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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: 811-08629

HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

P. O. Box 2999, Hartford, Connecticut 06104-2999
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Edward P. Macdonald, Esquire
Life Law Unit
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
200 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, Connecticut 06089
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (860) 843-9934

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2009

Date of reporting period: January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009

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.



HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC.
HARTFORD HLS SERIES FUND II, INC.
 
 
 
Annual Report
December 31, 2009
 

 
• Manager Discussions
 
• Financials 
 
   
 

 

 
 

 


 
Hartford Series Fund, Inc.
 
Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc.
 
Table of Contents
 
Manager Discussions (Unaudited)
2
Hartford Series Fund, Inc. and Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. Financial Statements:
 
 Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2009:
 
   Hartford Advisers HLS Fund
60
   Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund
66
   Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund
72
   Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund
75
   Hartford Equity Income HLS Fund
78
   Hartford Fundamental Growth HLS Fund
80
   Hartford Global Advisers HLS Fund
82
   Hartford Global Equity HLS Fund
90
   Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund
98
   Hartford Global Health HLS Fund
101
   Hartford Growth HLS Fund
103
   Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund
105
   Hartford High Yield HLS Fund
108
   Hartford Index HLS Fund
114
   Hartford International Growth HLS Fund
120
   Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund
124
   Hartford International Small Company HLS Fund
128
   Hartford MidCap HLS Fund
131
   Hartford MidCap Growth HLS Fund
134
   Hartford MidCap Value HLS Fund
137
   Hartford Money Market HLS Fund
140
   Hartford Small Company HLS Fund
144
   Hartford SmallCap Growth HLS Fund
150
   Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund
156
   Hartford Stock HLS Fund
163
   Hartford Total Return Bond HLS Fund
166
   Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund
177
   Hartford Value HLS Fund
182
   Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund
184
 Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2009
188
 Statements of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2009
194
 Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
200
 Notes to Financial Statements
210
 Financial Highlights
238
 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
246
 Directors and Officers (Unaudited)
247
 How to Obtain a Copy of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records (Unaudited)
249
 Quarterly Portfolio Holdings Information (Unaudited)
249
 Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)
250
 Expense Example (Unaudited)
251
 Approval of Investment Management and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements (Unaudited)
254
   
This report is prepared for the general information of contract owners and qualified retirement plan participants. It is not an offer of contracts or of qualified retirement plans. It should not be used in connection with any offer, except in conjunction with the appropriate prospectus which contains all pertinent information including the applicable sales, administrative and other charges.
 
The views expressed in each Fund’s Manager Discussion under “Why did the Fund perform this way?” and “What is the outlook?” are views of the Fund’s subadvisers and portfolio management team through the end of the period and are subject to change based on market and other conditions.
   
 


 
 

 


 

 
Hartford Advisers HLS Fund inception 3/31/1983 
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks maximum long-term total return.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index is an unmanaged, market value-weighted index of all debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies (excluding mortgage-backed securities) and of all publicly issued fixed-rate, nonconvertible, investment grade domestic corporate debt.

S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks. 

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
  
Year
Year
Year
Advisers IA
30.29%
2.43%
1.24%
Advisers IB
29.96%
2.17%
1.00%
Barclays Capital Government/
     
Credit Bond Index
4.52%
4.71%
6.34%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.95%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
     
Steven T. Irons, CFA
  John C. Keogh
   Peter I. Higgins, CFA
    Christopher L. Gootkind, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
  Senior Vice President, Partner
   Senior Vice President
     Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Advisers HLS Fund returned 30.29% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 26.45% for the S&P 500 Index and 4.52% for the Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index. The Fund outperformed the 24.27% return of the average fund in the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds that hold between 60%-80% in equity securities, with the remainder invested in bonds, cash, and cash equivalents.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but the overall results mask two significantly different market environments. From the beginning of January through early March, stocks fell sharply, reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. From early March through December, stocks rallied as investors shook off fears created by the volatility in the markets earlier in the period, interpreting a slowdown in the pace of economic decline as a sign that a bottoming process for the global economy had begun and reacting positively to the responsiveness of many companies in trimming cost structures and realigning operations to meet a softer demand outlook.
 
Equity markets as measured by the S&P 500 Index returned 26.45% during the period. Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+48%), and Consumer Discretionary (+41%) posted the largest gains while Telecommunication Services (+9%), Utilities (+12%), and Energy (+14%) gained the least. The bond market, as measured by the Barclays Capital Government/Credit Index, returned 4.52% during the period. All risk segments of the fixed income market outperformed duration-equivalent Treasuries for the period.


 
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The Fund has three primary levers to generate investment performance: equity investments, fixed income investments, and asset allocation among stocks, bonds, and cash. During the period, the equity portion and the fixed income portions of the Fund both outperformed their respective benchmarks. Asset allocation also contributed positively to benchmark-relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) results as the Fund was generally overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) equities relative to the benchmark.
 
Equity outperformance versus the benchmark was driven by security selection, which was strongest in Financials, Energy, and Health Care. This was partially offset by weaker selection in Telecommunication Services and Utilities. Sector positioning, which is a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) security selection, also contributed to relative performance due to overweight exposures to Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary and an underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposure to Utilities.
 
Top contributors to relative performance of the equity portion of the Fund during the period were Goldman Sachs (Financials), Schering-Plough (Health Care), and Petrol Brasileiros (Energy). Shares of Goldman Sachs, a leading investment bank, benefited from the firm’s relatively healthy balance sheet and news that the company was exploring ways to pay back its government TARP loans sooner than expected. Schering-Plough’s share price jumped after receiving a takeout offer by Merck. Brazil-based oil and gas exploration and production company Petrol Brasileiros reported solid results aided by reduced exploration and production lifting costs and strong refining and downstream earnings, driving shares higher. The Fund’s holdings in Apple (Information Technology) and Cisco (Information Technology) also contributed positively to the Fund’s returns on an absolute (i.e. total return) basis.
 
Stocks that detracted the most from relative returns during the period were Shionogi (Health Care), IBM (Information Technology), and Comcast (Consumer Discretionary). Japan-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi's third quarter domestic product sales were weaker than expected and its royalty income from international Crestor sales suffered due to the appreciating Yen. The combination of these two events forced Shionogi to lower its full year earnings outlook, driving its stock price downward. IBM reported better than expected earnings, driving the company’s share price higher. Not owning the benchmark-component stock IBM negatively impacted relative performance. Shares of U.S. cable company Comcast declined following rumors of its intent to acquire NBC Universal, although the stock recovered somewhat later in the period after the actual deal terms were announced. However, continued weakness in new home construction, weak employment, and concerns surrounding video bypass of cable continued to weigh on the stock’s valuation and caused it to lag the overall market. General Electric (Industrials), Exxon Mobil (Energy), and Wells Fargo (Financials) also detracted from absolute returns.
 
The fixed income portion of the Fund outperformed its benchmark during the period. The Fund’s allocations to agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), non-agency MBS, and consumer asset-backed securities (ABS), an overweight to the corporate bond sector, and security selection within the corporate bond sector were all additive to relative results. Modestly detracting from performance was the Fund’s allocation to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) early in the year. In February and March we exited the Fund’s remaining CMBS positions. Continued support from the Federal Reserve’s purchase program led to the outperformance of agency MBS. Non-agency MBS also outperformed with the launch of the Treasury’s Public Private Investment Fund for MBS and improved liquidity conditions. Consumer ABS, including credit card and auto deals, benefitted from improving economic conditions and positive developments in consumer fundamentals. In addition TALF (Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility) -related demand for the sector remained robust through year end. While the banks were virtually closed for lending, the corporate bond market was alive and vibrant. An overweight to corporate bonds was also additive. Corporate bonds posted strong performance for the year as positive earnings surprises and unabated demand drove spreads tighter (i.e. short and long term interest rates moving closer together) for the sector. Notably, the Fund was positioned with an overweight to corporate debt issued by Financials, including Banks, Insurance Companies, and REITS. Further improvements in capital markets and liquidity, increasing availability of capital, and the repayment of government aid by select issuers all led to the outperformance of financial issuers in 2009.
 
What is the outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all done with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since March lows shows investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
In the midst of this uncertainty we continue to focus our efforts in the equity portion of the Fund on stock-by-stock fundamental research to construct a diversified large-cap core portfolio. We look for companies that exhibit the following qualities: industry leadership, strong balance sheets, solid management, high return on equity, accelerating earnings, and/or attractive valuation with a catalyst. At the end of the period, our bottom-up investment approach resulted in overweight exposures in Health Care, Information Technology, and Industrials. The equity portions of the Fund’s largest underweights relative to the S&P 500 were in Telecommunication Services, Materials, and Utilities.
 
From a fixed income perspective, government intervention has reduced systemic risk and we believe that the recovery will be stronger than markets anticipate. Sluggish residential and commercial real estate markets, however, remain key headwinds. We believe that the Federal Reserve will keep the policy rate low and that Treasury yields will remain range bound in the near term. As a result we are tactically managing the Fund’s duration (i.e. sensitivity to changes in interest rates) around neutral. We continue to have a constructive view on risk assets as fundamentals have improved and valuations remain attractive from a historic perspective.
 
The fixed income portion of the Fund ended the period positioned with an underweight to the government sector, as we believe that nominal Treasury and Agency valuations are not attractive and face the headwind of relentless supply. Within the credit sector, we continue to find valuations compelling. We ended the period with an overweight posture to corporate credits, favoring financial issuers, as corporate profitability is improving and technical demand trends for the sector remain positive. Agency pass-through spreads over Treasuries are


 
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narrow, however we continue to find value in select higher coupon pass-throughs given our benign outlook for prepayment risk. We maintain a small allocation to specified pool higher coupon agency mortgages for income and liquidity purposes. Lastly, we believe that fundamentals for consumer ABS are stabilizing and held exposure to the senior tranches of auto and credit card-backed deals.
 
The equity and fixed income managers will continue to work collaboratively to make decisions regarding portfolio weights in stocks, bonds, and cash. As of December 31, 2009, the Fund’s equity exposure was at 67% compared to 60% in its benchmark and at the upper end of the Fund’s 50-70% range.
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of Hartford Global Advisers HLS Fund (“Global Advisers HLS”), a series of the Company, into Hartford Advisers HLS Fund (“Advisers HLS”), another series of the Company (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about March 19, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Security Type 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Category
 
Net Assets
 
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
    0.9 %
Common Stocks
    65.6  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade
    13.4  
Municipal Bonds
    0.8  
Preferred Stocks
    1.8  
U.S. Government Agencies
    0.5  
U.S. Government Securities
    13.8  
Warrants
    0.0  
Short-Term Investments
    3.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 
Diversification by Industry
     
as of December 31, 2009
     
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Equity Securities
     
    Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
         Discretionary)
    1.0 %
    Banks (Financials)
    2.7  
    Capital Goods (Industrials)
    5.9  
    Diversified Financials (Financials)
    7.2  
    Energy (Energy)
    7.8  
    Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    1.7  
    Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer
       
         Staples)
    4.2  
    Health Care Equipment & Services (Health
       
         Care)
    3.6  
    Insurance (Financials)
    1.3  
    Materials (Materials)
    0.5  
    Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.6  
    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life
       
         Sciences (Health Care)
    7.3  
    Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.0  
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    1.9  
    Software & Service (Information Technology)
    6.1  
    Technology Hardware & Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    7.4  
    Transportation (Industrials)
    2.6  
    Utilities (Utilities)
    0.6  
Fixed Income Securities
       
    Air Transportation (Transportation)
    0.4  
    Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (Services)
    0.0  
    Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Staples)
    0.1  
    Computer and Electronic Product
       
         Manufacturing (Technology)
    0.1  
    Electrical Equipment, Appliance
       
         Manufacturing (Technology)
    0.2  
    Finance and Insurance (Finance)
    9.6  
    General Obligations (General Obligations)
    0.3  
    Health Care and Social Assistance (Health
       
         Care)
    0.5  
    Higher Education (Univ., Dorms, etc.) (Higher
       
         Education (Univ., Dorms, etc.))
    0.2  
    Housing (HFA'S, etc.) (Housing (HFA'S, etc.))
    0.0  
    Information (Technology)
    1.1  
    Machinery Manufacturing (Capital Goods)
    0.2  
    Motor Vehicle & Parts Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.2  
    Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
       
         (Energy)
    0.3  
    Pipeline Transportation (Utilities)
    0.1  
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (Finance)
    0.2  
    Remic - Pac's (U.S. Government Agencies)
    0.0  
    Retail Trade (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.1  
    Soap, Cleaning Compound and Toilet
       
         Manufacturing (Consumer Staples)
    0.3  
    Tax Allocation (Tax Allocation)
    0.1  
    Tennessee Valley Authority (U.S. Government
       
         Securities)
    2.9  
    Transportation (Transportation)
    0.2  
    U.S. Government Agencies (U.S. Government
       
         Agencies)
    0.5  
    U.S. Government Securities (U.S. Government
       
         Securities)
    10.9  
    Utilities (Utilities)
    0.9  
Short-Term Investments
    3.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund inception 4/2/1984
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.
 
S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks.
 
You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
Capital Appreciation IA
45.67%
4.52%
6.02%
Capital Appreciation IB
45.30%
4.26%
5.77%
Russell 3000 Index
28.34%
0.76%
-0.21%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.95%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
     
       
Saul J. Pannell, CFA
 Mario E. Abularach, CFA, CMT
  Jeffrey L. Kripke
   David W. Palmer, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
 Vice President
  Vice President
   Vice President
Nicolas M. Choumenkovitch
 Peter I. Higgins, CFA
  Paul E. Marrkand, CFA
   Donald J. Kilbride
Senior Vice President
 Senior Vice President
  Senior Vice President
   Senior Vice President

How did the Fund perform? 
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund returned 45.67% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 26.45% for the S&P 500 Index and 28.34% for the Russell 3000 Index. The Fund outperformed the 31.30% return of the average fund in the Lipper Multi-Cap Core VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but this overall performance masks two significantly different market environments. From the end of 2008 through early March, stocks fell sharply reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. From early March through December, stocks rallied as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely. Equity markets, as measured by the Russell 3000 Index, returned 28.34% during the period, with all sectors within the index posting double digit returns. Information Technology (62%), Materials (53%) and Consumer Discretionary (48%) sectors posted the largest gains. Utilities (13%) and Telecommunication Services (13%) sectors lagged on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund outperformed its benchmark primarily due to stock selection. Selection was strongest in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors, and weakest in the Telecommunication Services and Utilities sectors. Allocation among sectors, a result of the bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection process, also aided relative performance, largely due to underweight (i.e. the


 
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Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) positions in the Consumer Staples and Utilities sectors.
 
Ford (Consumer Discretionary), Exxon Mobil (Energy) and Goldman Sachs (Financials) were among the top contributors to relative returns. Shares of automobile and truck manufacturer Ford rose as the company released solidly profitable, better than expected results in both auto and finance operations, aided by higher volumes, better price/mix, and cost reduction actions. Large diversified energy company Exxon Mobil’s lower leverage to rising energy prices, large refining exposure and disappointing quarterly earnings report weighed on the stock. Our underweight relative to the benchmark contributed positively to relative results. Shares of investment bank and bank holding company Goldman Sachs moved higher as investors were attracted to the firm’s relatively clean balance sheet and improved competitive positioning within the investment banking industry. Investors were also pleased by the company’s repayment of TARP funds. Health care company Schering-Plough was also a top contributor to absolute (i.e. total return) returns.
 
The largest detractors from relative returns were ACE (Financials), Apple (Information Technology) and Raytheon (Industrials). ACE, a global property and casualty insurance company, saw its shares trade lower on concerns about the pricing cycle. Consumer electronics company Apple performed well during the period despite slowing consumer trends. We initiated a position during the period, but not holding the benchmark component stock throughout the entire period detracted from relative performance. Massachusetts-based defense contractor Raytheon underperformed as investors feared that President Obama's budget proposal would negatively impact defense spending and would include sharp cuts to defense contractors. Industrial and financial conglomerate General Electric and diversified financial company Citigroup were also top detractors from absolute results.
 
What is the outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves will continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since the March lows shows investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
In this environment we continue to focus our efforts on stock-by-stock fundamental research. At the end of the period, the Fund was most overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) the Health Care, Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology sectors, and most underweight Consumer Staples, Utilities and Telecommunication Services sectors. The Fund’s largest absolute sector weights were in the Information Technology, Health Care and Financials sectors.
 
As of December 31, 2009, Team 1 (Saul Pannell and Frank Catrickes) managed approximately 51% of the Fund’s net assets. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Equity Securities
     
    Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
         Discretionary)
    4.3 %
    Banks (Financials)
    5.0  
    Capital Goods (Industrials)
    6.6  
    Commercial & Professional Services
       
         (Industrials)
    0.4  
    Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
         Discretionary)
    2.2  
    Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.2  
    Diversified Financials (Financials)
    5.7  
    Energy (Energy)
    9.2  
    Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    1.7  
    Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer
       
         Staples)
    1.5  
    Health Care Equipment & Services (Health
       
         Care)
    7.1  
    Household & Personal Products (Consumer
       
         Staples)
    0.5  
    Insurance (Financials)
    4.5  
    Materials (Materials)
    5.9  
    Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.8  
    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life
       
         Sciences (Health Care)
    10.2  
    Real Estate (Financials)
    0.6  
    Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.7  
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    2.5  
    Software & Service (Information Technology)
    8.5  
    Technology Hardware & Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    11.2  
    Telecommunication Services (Services)
    1.0  
    Transportation (Industrials)
    2.2  
    Utilities (Utilities)
    0.4  
Fixed Income Securities
       
    Finance and Insurance (Finance)
    0.2  
Short-Term Investments
    1.0  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.1 )
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund inception 5/29/1998
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks.
 
You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
Disciplined Equity IA
25.65%
0.46%
-0.67%
Disciplined Equity IB
25.33%
0.21%
-0.91%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.95%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
James A. Rullo, CFA
            Mammen Chally, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
             Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund returned 25.65% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which returned 26.45% for the same period. The Fund underperformed the 27.98% return of the average fund in the Lipper Large-Cap Core VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The period was marked by two drastically separate episodes. The first was a freefall of global equity markets from January through mid-March. This was characterized by uncertainty over the U.S. government stimulus package, tight global credit and liquidity conditions, a collapse of global industrial production, and sharp increases in unemployment. Beginning in March, global equity markets rallied sharply as investors showed increased appetite for risk and reacted positively to nascent signs of a bottoming in the fortunes of the financial industry, coupled with aggressive intervention by the Fed in the capital markets and better than expected corporate profits due to cost cutting. Signs of economic stabilization overshadowed concerns about high unemployment and weak home prices.
 
All ten of the broad economic sectors in the S&P 500 rose, though the strength varied greatly by sector. Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+48%), and Consumer Discretionary (+41%) performed well during the period. Telecommunication Services (+9%), Utilities (+12%), and Energy (+14%) rose the least.
 
The Fund underperformed the benchmark due to a combination of weak stock selection in the Information Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors and our sector position, which is a fallout of the bottom up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection process. In particular, our above-benchmark allocation to the Utilities and Health Care sectors, and an underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) allocation to the Materials sector, hurt relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) performance. This more than offset strong stock selection in the Energy and Financials sectors.
 
The largest detractors from performance relative to the benchmark were Apollo Group (Consumer Discretionary), Eli Lilly (Health Care) and Lockheed Martin (Industrials). For-profit education provider Apollo Group, which operates the University of Phoenix among other institutions, saw share price weakness after the firm announced an informal SEC investigation into its revenue recognition practices. We continue to hold the stock as we expect the investigation will not result


 
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in any drastic changes to revenue recognition. Eli Lilly’s shares came under pressure on concerns about the impact of future patent expirations on the company's long-term growth, as well as near-term pressures due to a slower ramp up of anti-clotting agent Effient. Lockheed Martin’s shares underperformed due to concerns of the impact of potential Department of Defense spending cuts. Other detractors from absolute (i.e. total return) performance included General Mills (Consumer Staples) and McKesson (Health Care).
 
The largest contributors to relative performance were Exxon Mobil (Energy), Wells Fargo (Financials) and General Electric (Industrials). Not owning benchmark component Exxon Mobil for most of the period helped relative performance as the company's lower leverage to rising energy prices and large refining exposure weighed on the stock. In a difficult period for financial services stocks, shares of U.S. bank Wells Fargo performed relatively better than those of many other U.S. banks as the company benefited from industry consolidation and a “flight to quality.” Not owning benchmark name General Electric also helped relative performance as the shares struggled early in the period due to concerns surrounding GE Capital's liquidity position and potential losses. Our positions in Apple (Information Technology) and Microsoft (Information Technology) were other top contributors to absolute performance.
 
What is the outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since the March lows show investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
The Fund focuses on stock selection as the key driver of returns and uses proprietary fundamental and quantitative research in a disciplined framework to build a portfolio of the most attractive stocks. Sector exposures are residuals from this bottom-up stock selection process and are not explicit management decisions. Based on individual stock decisions, the Fund ended the period most overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) the Health Care, Utilities and Information Technology sectors and most underweight the Consumer Staples, Materials and Energy sectors relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund’s benchmark. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    1.3 %
Banks (Financials)
    4.7  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    7.7  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    0.8  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    0.5  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.4  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    4.2  
Energy (Energy)
    9.7  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.7  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    6.8  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    5.1  
Insurance (Financials)
    5.2  
Materials (Materials)
    0.8  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    12.6  
Real Estate (Financials)
    0.9  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    6.3  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
     (Information Technology)
    3.4  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    10.3  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    7.9  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    2.1  
Utilities (Utilities)
    5.7  
Short-Term Investments
    1.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.5  
Total
    100.0 %
 

 
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Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund inception 3/9/1994
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks a high level of current income consistent with growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
 
S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks.
 
You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
    
Year
Year
Year
Dividend and Growth IA
24.68%
3.07%
4.24%
Dividend and Growth IB
24.36%
2.81%
3.99%
Russell 1000 Value Index
19.69%
-0.25%
2.47%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.95%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Manager
Edward P. Bousa, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund returned 24.68% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 26.45% for the S&P 500 Index and 19.69% for the Russell 1000 Value Index. The Fund outperformed the 23.06% return of the average fund in the Lipper Equity Income VA-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but this overall increase masks two significantly different market environments. From the beginning of January through early March, stocks fell sharply reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. From early March through the end of December, stocks rallied as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely.
 
Overall equity market performance was positive for the period across all market capitalizations: large cap equities (+26%), mid caps (+37%) and small caps (+27%) all rose as represented by the S&P 500, S&P 400 MidCap, and Russell 2000 indices respectively. During the twelvemonth period, all ten sectors within the S&P 500 Index posted positive returns, led by Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+48%) and Consumer Discretionary (+41%). Telecommunication Services (+9%), Utilities (+12%) and Energy (+14%) lagged on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund’s underperformance relative to the S&P 500 Index was due to sector allocation. Specifically, our underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) allocations to the strong-performing Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors and our overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) position in the weaker performing Energy


 
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sector, detracted from relative performance. Stock selection was strongest in the Health Care, Energy, and Materials sectors, more than offsetting weaker stock selection in the Information Technology and Telecommunication Services sectors.
 
Detractors from benchmark-relative performance included Apple (Information Technology), Google (Information Technology), Eli Lilly (Health Care) and AT&T (Telecommunication Services). Shares of Consumer electronics company Apple and internet search engine provider Google performed well during the period despite slowing consumer trends. The Fund did not hold shares in either benchmark component which hurt relative performance. Shares of major U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly declined during the period amid concerns about the impact of future patent expirations on the company’s long-term growth. The company’s share price was also negatively impacted by near-term pressures from a slower ramp-up of the company’s anti-clotting agent, Effient. Shares of AT&T underperformed the broad market as it faced tougher competition in wireless and as the market shifted away from defensive sectors toward cyclical sectors in anticipation of economic recovery. Capital One (Financials), Exxon Mobil (Energy) and Bank of America (Financials) were among the top detractors from absolute (i.e. total return) performance.
 
The Fund’s top contributors to benchmark-relative performance during the period were Exxon Mobil (Energy), Schering-Plough (Health Care) and International Paper (Materials). Our underweight position in benchmark component Exxon Mobil contributed to relative performance as shares of this global integrated oil company fell in response to declining oil prices amid economic weakness. Pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough benefited from a takeout offer by Merck, driving the share price higher. Shares of paper and containerboard producer International Paper rose as the company reported better than expected EPS and cash flow generation. The company also benefited from rational pricing in the industry. IBM (Information Technology) and Anadarko Petroleum (Energy) were top among the contributors to absolute performance.
 
What is the outlook?
 
The market’s sharp rally off its March lows has narrowed or eliminated many previously-attractive disparities between market price and our assessment of fair value. The strength of the rally suggests that investors are pricing in not just the removal of the worst-case scenario, but a robust economic recovery. While recent economic releases point to an improvement from the dire outlook of early 2009, the U.S. economy is by no means out of the woods. Consumer and corporate debt levels remain high, unemployment persists near 10%, and the government’s unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus has raised the specter of inflation down the road.
 
Our investment discipline is focused on investing in areas of strong demand and avoiding areas of oversupply. At the end of the period, our largest overweights relative to the benchmark were to the Energy, Health Care and Industrials sectors, while we remain underweight the Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors. We believe the Energy sector remains attractive based upon restricted supply at lower prices and a possible global economic rebound. Health Care remains an attractive sector as the government reform of health care appears to be less severe on the companies than previously feared. We believe the Consumer Staples sector is relatively less attractive as we continue to find opportunities with better risk/reward in other sectors.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.5 %
Banks (Financials)
    4.4  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    9.5  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    1.1  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    6.4  
Energy (Energy)
    15.6  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    2.3  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    4.4  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    3.8  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    2.1  
Insurance (Financials)
    4.7  
Materials (Materials)
    3.3  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.7  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    11.2  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.0  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
        (Information Technology)
    1.3  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    3.6  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    5.7  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    4.0  
Transportation (Industrials)
    2.0  
Utilities (Utilities)
    5.2  
Short-Term Investments
    2.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Equity Income HLS Fund inception 10/31/2003
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks a high level of current income consistent with growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 10/31/03 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
1
5
Since
   
Year
Year
Inception
Equity Income IA
17.66%
2.56%
4.82%
Equity Income IB
17.37%
2.31%
4.55%
Russell 1000 Value Index
19.69%
-0.25%
3.52%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
   
W. Michael Reckmeyer, III, CFA
 Karen H. Grimes, CFA
    Ian R. Link, CFA
Senior Vice President
 Senior Vice President
    Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Equity Income HLS Fund returned 17.66% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned 19.69% for the same period. The Fund underperformed the 23.06% return of the average fund in the Lipper Equity Income VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After a tumultuous start, U.S. equities finished 2009 near their highs for the year. Throughout the year, extraordinary government measures helped to stabilize global economies and markets, and as the year progressed, low interest rates, better than expected corporate earnings, and improving economic data provided a favorable backdrop for equities. During the period, Growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth Index (37.2%), outpaced value, as measured by the Russell 1000 Value Index (19.7%) for the year. Large cap stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index (26.5%), lagged smaller cap stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 Index (27.2%).
 
All ten sectors within the Russell 1000 Value Index posted strong positive returns. Materials, Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary were the top performers, while the Telecommunication Services and Energy sectors lagged, on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund underperformed its benchmark due to weak stock selection, particularly within the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Materials sectors. Sector allocation, a fall-out of the bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection process, was slightly positive led by the Fund’s overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) to the Information Technology sector.
 
Among the top detractors from benchmark-relative returns were ACE (Financials), Ford Motor (Consumer Discretionary) and Wells Fargo (Financials). Shares of global insurer ACE declined due to investors’ concerns over weakness in the property and casualty pricing cycle. We did not own benchmark component Ford Motor Company whose shares rallied as the company benefited from cost cutting, improved margins and higher volumes. This hurt benchmark-relative returns. Shares of Wells Fargo declined as the company raised capital to exit the TARP program. Top absolute detractors for the period included U.S. Bancorp


 
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(Financials), General Electric (Industrials) and Bank of America (Financials).
 
Microsoft (Information Technology), Citigroup (Financials) and Exxon Mobil (Energy) were among the top contributors to benchmark-relative returns. Shares of global technology giant Microsoft gained on expectations of a strong software product cycle, and cost cutting discipline. We did not own the downward-trending shares of Citigroup during the period, which benefited relative results as the company is a significant benchmark holding. Our below-benchmark weight in global integrated oil company Exxon Mobil helped performance as shares of the stock declined during the period due to the company’s defensive characteristics. Top absolute contributors for the period included Goldman Sachs (Financials) and JPMorgan Chase (Financials).
 
What is the outlook?
 
We believe the market’s continued rally off its March lows has narrowed or eliminated many previously-attractive disparities between market price and our assessment of fair value. The strength of the rally suggests that investors expect strong economic growth in 2010. While recent economic releases do indicate the potential for a synchronized global economic recovery, the global economy is by no means out of the woods as long-term problems persist. In the U.S., consumer debt levels remain high, unemployment persists near 10%, and the government’s unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus, while helping to stabilize the financial system, has raised the specter of inflation down the road.
 
In this environment we continue to apply our time-tested philosophy focused on building a portfolio in which growth and the dividend yield are better than the market and valuations are lower than the market. Based on bottom-up stock decisions, we ended the period most overweight the Consumer Staples, Industrials, and Information Technology sectors, relative to the benchmark. Our largest underweights were in the Energy, Telecommunications Services and Materials sectors, relative to the benchmark. 
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of a series of the Company, Hartford Equity Income HLS Fund, into another series of the Company, Hartford Value HLS Fund (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about March 19, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Banks (Financials)
    6.3 %
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    10.5  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    3.1  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    1.7  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.5  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    8.9  
Energy (Energy)
    15.8  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.9  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    7.2  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    1.8  
Insurance (Financials)
    7.2  
Materials (Materials)
    2.1  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    9.8  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    5.7  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    4.0  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    2.9  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    3.2  
Utilities (Utilities)
    6.3  
Short-Term Investments
    1.0  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Fundamental Growth HLS Fund inception 4/30/2001
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 4/30/01 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 1000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
   
Year
Year
Inception
Fundamental Growth IA
42.48%
3.05%
2.18%
Fundamental Growth IB
42.13%
2.79%
1.94%
Russell 1000 Growth Index
37.21%
1.63%
-0.43%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Manager
Francis J. Boggan, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Fundamental Growth HLS Fund returned 42.48% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, which returned 37.21% for the same period. The Fund also outperformed the 37.97% return of the average fund in the Lipper Large Cap Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After posting steep losses in 2008 and the first part of 2009 amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession, U.S. equities staged a sharp rebound beginning in March 2009 as favorable news flow from a few large financial institutions signaled to investors that the troubled Financials sector might be starting to stabilize. Adding fuel to the recovery was the U.S. Treasury Department’s plan to clean up bank balance sheets.
 
In this environment, mid-cap stocks (+37%) outperformed small (+27%) and large cap stocks (+26%), as measured by the S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000 and S&P 500 indices, respectively. Growth stocks (+37%) significantly outperformed value stocks (+20%), as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value indices, respectively. Within the Russell 1000 Growth Index, all ten of the broad economic sectors posted positive returns. Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+43%), and Consumer Discretionary (+43%) had the strongest returns while Utilities (+17%), Consumer Staples (+17%), and Health Care (+22%) posted the least positive returns.
 
The Fund outperformed its benchmark during the period due to positive sector allocation, a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection, and strong stock selection. Our underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) allocation to Consumer Staples and overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) allocation to Information Technology positively contributed to relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) returns. Stock selection was strongest in Energy, Financials, and Industrials.
 
Top contributors to relative performance included Assured Guaranty (Financials), Atwood Oceanics (Energy) and Exxon Mobil (Energy). Shares of Assured Guaranty, a credit enhancement product provider, rallied as investors gained confidence that the Financial Security Assurance acquisition from Dexia will be accretive (i.e. additive to earnings per share) to earnings and a long-term positive for the company. The market also thinks the company will be one of the only municipal bond insurers left standing, which should allow the company to gain market share. Deepwater offshore driller Atwood Oceanics saw its share price increase on a rebound in oil prices and improved expectations for rig day rates. Not owning benchmark component Exxon Mobil for most of the period helped relative performance as the company's lower leverage to rising energy prices, large refining exposure, and its defensive characteristics and size weighed on the stock. Apple (Information Technology), Microsoft (Information Technology), and IBM (Information Technology) were the top absolute contributors to performance.


 
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The three largest detractors from benchmark-relative performance were Amazon.com (Consumer Discretionary), Barrick Gold (Materials), and AT&T (Telecommunication Services). Internet retailer and web services provider Amazon.com’s shares rose as investors recognized the company’s strong financial results and its solid positioning for further growth as the economy rebounds and the online retail market continues its rapid growth. Not owning the company for much of the period hurt relative results. Shares of gold producer and exploration company Barrick Gold rose with the price of gold. AT&T detracted from relative performance as investors were concerned that growing data usage will lead to higher capital intensity in the business; additional concerns stemmed from expectations that greater competition from low-end providers may impact growth. We eliminated our position during the period. Other notable detractors from absolute (i.e. total return) returns included NII Holding (Telecommunication Services), Caterpillar (Industrials), and Genzyme (Health Care).
 
What is the outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since the March lows shows that investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
The Fund seeks to add value through bottom-up security selection, with a goal of creating a diversified portfolio of high-quality growth companies with attractive valuations. Investment decisions are based primarily on independent, bottom-up, fundamental research. As of the end of the period, the Fund was most overweight in Information Technology, Health Care, and Energy and most underweight Consumer Staples, Utilities and in Consumer Discretionary relative to the Russell 1000 Growth Index. 
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of Hartford Fundamental Growth HLS Fund (“Fundamental Growth HLS”), a series of the Company, into Hartford Growth HLS Fund (“Growth HLS”), another series of the Company (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about April 16, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Banks (Financials)
    0.8 %
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    7.8  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    1.4  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.2  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    1.4  
Energy (Energy)
    5.3  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    3.2  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    2.2  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    5.6  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    3.8  
Insurance (Financials)
    3.1  
Materials (Materials)
    3.4  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    11.1  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.6  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    2.1  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    15.9  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    17.6  
Transportation (Industrials)
    2.3  
Short-Term Investments
    0.3  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    4.9  
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford Global Advisers HLS Fund inception 3/1/1995
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks maximum long-term total rate of return.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index USD Hedged provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets (the three major components of this index are the U.S. Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the Asian-Pacific Aggregate Indices; it also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, Canadian Government securities, and USD investment grade 144A securities).
 
MSCI World Growth Index is a broad-based unmanaged market capitalization-weighted total return index which measures the performance of growth securities in 23 developed-country global equity markets including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.
 
You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
Global Advisers IA
22.50%
1.64%
1.77%
Global Advisers IB
22.20%
1.38%
1.53%
Barclays Capital Global Aggregate
     
Index USD Hedged
5.09%
5.01%
5.90%
MSCI World Growth Index
33.85%
2.90%
-2.23%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
   
     
Matthew D. Hudson, CFA
 Robert L. Evans
    Evan S. Grace, CFA
Vice President
 SeniorVice President, Partner
    Vice President
Andrew S. Offit, CPA
 Jean-Marc Berteaux
 
Senior Vice President, Partner
 Senior Vice President, Partner
 

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Global Advisers HLS Fund returned 22.50% for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 33.85% for the MSCI World Growth Index and 5.09% for the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index USD Hedged. The Fund underperformed the 24.23% return of the average fund in the Lipper Global Flexible Portfolio VP-UF peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Capital markets were volatile during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009. Financial tumult reached historic levels in late 2008 and early 2009 as the trajectory of the global economy turned sharply lower. As economies around the globe faltered, policymakers provided record amounts of stimulus in an effort to stabilize conditions. By period’s end, these initiatives had taken root and the global economy appeared to be on far-firmer footing, with a host of indicators demonstrating material signs of improvement. 

 
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In this context, the MSCI World Growth Index returned 33.85% during 2009. However, during the first part of the period global equities declined significantly amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession. They then rebounded beginning in March as governments around the world increased their involvement to help mitigate the financial crisis. Some encouraging economic data added fuel to the recovery. Within the MSCI World Growth Index, all ten sectors posted positive returns, but performance among sectors varied considerably. Materials, Information Technology, and Energy performed the best, while Utilities and Health Care lagged during the twelve-month period.
 
Fixed income markets closed the year on a high note, as credit spreads finished 2009 at, or within basis points of, their tightest levels of the year, producing results that were well into positive territory for the year. Lower-quality credit segments performed particularly well, as risk aversion moderated from the extreme levels reached earlier in the year. Buoyed by the strong performance of non-government debt, the Barclay’s Global Aggregate Index USD Hedged returned 5.09% for the period.
 
The Fund outperformed its benchmark due to favorable relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) returns in both the fixed income and equity portions of the Fund. The fixed income portion outperformed its benchmark largely as a result of strong performance within our credit strategies. The equity portion of the Fund outperformed the MSCI World Growth Index due to strong security selection. Asset allocation among equities, bonds, and cash contributed modestly to relative performance during the period.
 
Within the equity portion of the Fund, outperformance versus the MSCI World Growth benchmark was primarily due to security selection, particularly within the Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors. This was partially offset by weaker selection in Industrials and Telecommunication Services. Relative performance also benefited from the Fund’s underweights to Utilities and Consumer Staples; however, the Fund’s overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) to Financials and underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposure to Health Care hurt relative results.
 
NetApp (Information Technology), Prudential Financial (Financials), and Seadrill (Energy) were the leading contributors to benchmark-relative performance in the equity portion of the Fund. Network storage equipment manufacturer NetApp reported better than expected quarterly earnings, driving shares higher. The company is gaining market share with its offering of low cost hardware combined with unified storage. Prudential Financial, a leading diversified financial services company, benefited as investors gained confidence that the worst of the financial crisis was behind the company. Shares rose after the firm reported better than expected first quarter earnings despite continued investment losses. Shares of Seadrill, an offshore drilling company, moved sharply higher amid rising oil prices and as the company reported better than expected operating profits. Top absolute contributors included Apple (Information Technology), Google (Information Technology), and Goldman Sachs (Financials).

The top detractors from the equity portion of the Fund’s relative performance were MetroPCS Communications (Telecommunication Services), SunPower (Industrials), and Wells Fargo (Financials). Shares of wireless broadband personal communications services company MetroPCS underperformed amid disappointing second quarter earnings results. Increasing competition in the pre-paid wireless market also led management to lower the outlook for average revenue per user. Shares of solar panel manufacturer SunPower moved lower after solar-sector peer First Solar commented on the potential risk of oversupply in the market. Diversified financial services company Wells Fargo saw its shares fall sharply as investors became concerned about the potential negative impact of the Wachovia acquisition on the company’s balance sheet. Las Vegas Sands (Consumer Discretionary) also detracted from absolute (i.e. total return) and relative returns.
 
The fixed income portion of the Fund also outperformed its benchmark for the period. Credit strategies provided the largest individual contribution to portfolio performance during the period, generating positive results in each quarter. Duration and currency strategies also aided results, while yield curve strategies were neutral and country strategies detracted. Performance among credit strategies was aided by an overweight allocation and favorable security selection among corporates, particularly in the first half of the year. CMBS and MBS positioning also provided a significant contribution to results. Currency strategies also aided results, benefiting from underweight euro positions in the first quarter and underweight Japanese yen positions in the final months of the year. Duration strategies provided a more modest contribution to results, producing favorable results during the second half of the year after opening the year weighed down by the underperformance of Japanese inflation-linked positions. Country strategies were the lone detractor during the year, negatively impacted by quantitative positions that favored the U.S. versus Germany in the closing months of the year.
 
What is the outlook?
 
Global economies continued the healing process during the latter part of the period. Our overall positioning is consistent with an improving economic outlook as aggressive stimulus measures have proven effective at providing liquidity and have eased financial market pressures. Against this backdrop, we continue to invest in globally competitive growth companies with accelerating fundamentals in the equity portion of the Fund. At the end of the period, our stock-by-stock investment process resulted in greater-than-benchmark weights in the cyclical Consumer Discretionary, Financials, and Information Technology sectors. The Fund held below-benchmark weights in the traditionally defensive Consumer Staples, Health Care, and Utilities sectors.
 
Our outlook for global bond markets continues to be driven by our assessment of the U.S. economic slowdown and the state of the global economic cycle. We believe a global recovery is underway, led by a strong rebound in industrial production, but consumer headwinds remain. Inflationary risks persist, driven by commodity prices, but deflationary pressures also exist as a result of the global output gap. Global policy responses have been unprecedented and global economies have begun to respond. The U.S. economy has seen signs of improvement in manufacturing and housing, and unemployment appears poised to decline in 2010. In Europe, activity appears to be stabilizing, the economy bolstered by stronger exports. Although the economy is stabilizing and commodity prices are higher, large excess capacity may put dampening pressure on Euro area core Consumer Price Inflation in the months ahead. While signs of improvement have emerged in the U.K., the sustainability of the improvement remains in question given low personal savings, continued contraction in credit, and the government’s large structural deficit. Overall, while conditions have clearly improved, some headwinds remain.
 
From an asset allocation standpoint, the Fund ended the period with an overweight to equities and underweights to fixed income and cash.
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement


 
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and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of Hartford Global Advisers HLS Fund (“Global Advisers HLS”), a series of the Company, into Hartford Advisers HLS Fund (“Advisers HLS”), another series of the Company (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about March 19, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Australia
    1.1 %
Belgium
    0.1  
Brazil
    1.9  
Canada
    2.2  
China
    0.4  
Denmark
    0.9  
Finland
    0.0  
France
    1.5  
Germany
    10.0  
Hong Kong
    3.5  
Ireland
    0.2  
Israel
    1.0  
Italy
    0.5  
Japan
    9.5  
Luxembourg
    0.7  
Malaysia
    0.0  
Mexico
    0.1  
Netherlands
    0.2  
Norway
    0.4  
Poland
    0.1  
Singapore
    0.7  
South Africa
    0.1  
Spain
    1.3  
Sweden
    0.2  
Switzerland
    3.2  
Taiwan
    0.9  
United Kingdom
    8.6  
United States
    48.4  
Short-Term Investments
    4.5  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (2.2 )
Total
    100.0 %
 
Diversification by Security Type 
as of December 31, 2009
 
   
Percentage of
 
Category
 
Net Assets
 
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
    1.5 %
Common Stocks
    64.3  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade
    23.8  
Corporate Bonds: Non-Investment Grade
    0.0  
U.S. Government Agencies
    6.7  
U.S. Government Securities
    1.4  
Short-Term Investments
    4.5  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (2.2 )
Total
    100.0 %

 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Equity Securities
     
    Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
         Discretionary)
    1.7 %
    Banks (Financials)
    3.8  
    Capital Goods (Industrials)
    6.9  
    Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
         Discretionary)
    1.8  
    Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.9  
    Diversified Financials (Financials)
    3.2  
    Energy (Energy)
    5.8  
    Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.9  
    Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer
       
         Staples)
    2.0  
    Household & Personal Products (Consumer
       
         Staples)
    1.0  
    Insurance (Financials)
    0.9  
    Materials (Materials)
    7.0  
    Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    0.6  
    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life
       
         Sciences (Health Care)
    3.6  
    Real Estate (Financials)
    0.7  
    Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    5.7  
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
(Information Technology)
    2.5  
    Software & Service (Information Technology)
    5.3  
    Technology Hardware & Equipment
       
(Information Technology)
    7.7  
    Telecommunication Services (Services)
    1.3  
Fixed Income Securities
       
    Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (Services)
    0.0  
    Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Staples)
    0.6  
    Chemical Manufacturing (Basic Materials)
    0.3  
    Computer and Electronic Product
       
         Manufacturing (Technology)
    0.2  
    Electrical Equipment, Appliance
       
         Manufacturing (Technology)
    0.0  
    Finance and Insurance (Finance)
    7.8  
    Food Manufacturing (Consumer Staples)
    0.3  
    Foreign Governments (Foreign Governments)
    12.3  
    Health Care and Social Assistance (Health
       
         Care)
    0.4  
    Information (Technology)
    1.6  
    Mining (Basic Materials)
    0.3  
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing (Capital Goods)
    0.2  
    Motor Vehicle & Parts Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.2  
    Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
       
         (Energy)
    0.4  
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (Finance)
    0.2  
    U.S. Government Agencies (U.S. Government
       
         Agencies)
    6.7  
    U.S. Government Securities (U.S. Government
       
         Securities)
    1.4  
    Utilities (Utilities)
    0.5  
Short-Term Investments
    4.5  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (2.2 )
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Global Equity HLS Fund inception 1/31/2008
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 1/31/08 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
MSCI All Country World Index is a free float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
Since
   
Year
Inception
Global Equity IA
42.13%
-6.28%
Global Equity IB
41.79%
-6.51%
MSCI All Country World Index
35.41%
-7.70%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Mark D. Mandel, CFA
              Cheryl M. Duckworth, CFA
Senior Vice President
              Senior Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Global Equity HLS Fund returned 42.13% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, which returned 35.41% for the same period. The Fund also outperformed the 33.08% return of the average fund in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core VP-UF peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Broad global equity markets rose during the period, but this overall rise masks two significantly different market environments. From the beginning of 2009 through early March, stocks fell sharply reflecting deepening economic worries. From early March through December stocks rallied, as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely. In this environment, sector returns within the MSCI All Country World Index diverged widely for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2009. Materials (+71%), Information Technology (+59%), and Consumer Discretionary (+45%) rose the most while returns in Utilities (+10%), Telecommunication Services (+18%), and Health Care (+20%) lagged on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund’s outperformance versus the benchmark was driven by security selection, which was positive in nine of ten sectors. Stock selection was strongest in Energy, Financials, and Materials, while selection in Industrials detracted from relative performance. Sector allocation was modestly additive to relative performance due in part to our underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposure to the Consumer Staples and Telecommunication Services sectors and an overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) allocation to Materials.
 
Top contributors to relative performance during the period included DnB Nor (Financials), Exxon Mobil (Energy), and Vale (Materials). Investors’ belief in the relative balance sheet strength of DnB Nor, a Norway-based financial services company, led shares higher. Holding an underweight position in Exxon Mobil, a large component of the benchmark, helped relative performance as the stock declined on the company's lower leverage to rising energy prices, large refining exposure, and its defensive characteristics and size. The stock price of Brazil-based diversified mining company Vale benefited from tight inventory levels and an improving outlook for iron ore demand and prices. Apple (Information Technology) was also a top contributor to absolute performance.
 
The largest detractors from relative returns were ACE (Financials), Eisai (Health Care), and Japan Tobacco (Consumer Staples). Shares of worldwide

 
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property/casualty insurance company ACE fell on concerns about the pricing cycle. Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai reduced its full-year earnings forecast due to costs associated with the acquisition of U.S.-based drug venture AkaRx. The company also faced declining U.S. sales of its blockbuster drug Aciphex and currency headwinds to earnings. Japan Tobacco’s shares declined as investors feared the new Japanese government would raise taxes on tobacco products. The shares were also weak on poor company performance in weak economic regions, such as Russia. Citigroup (Financials) and AXA (Financials) were also among the top detractors from absolute performance.
 
What is the outlook?
 
The global economic recovery appears to still be in its early stage. China led the acceleration initially, but now there are some signs that growth momentum is picking up in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, as well as certain emerging economies. In 2010, the recovery is expected to broaden geographically and across sectors. Looking into 2011, it remains an open question how the global economy will cope with the policy normalization required in many countries. There is no road map for reversing policies in the aftermath of a financial crisis. While the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since March shows many investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
The Fund ended the period most overweight in the Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, and Health Care sectors and most underweight the Industrials, Consumer Staples, and Financials sectors. The Fund’s largest absolute weightings were in the Financials, Information Technology, and Energy sectors. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    1.8 %
Banks (Financials)
    11.2  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    5.2  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    0.0  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    1.4  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.1  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    5.3  
Energy (Energy)
    11.7  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.2  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    6.7  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    3.0  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    0.4  
Insurance (Financials)
    2.8  
Materials (Materials)
    8.4  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.3  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    7.2  
Real Estate (Financials)
    0.6  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.9  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    2.0  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    6.5  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    4.9  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    5.1  
Transportation (Industrials)
    2.1  
Utilities (Utilities)
    4.7  
Short-Term Investments
    1.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 
Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 

 
   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Australia
    0.7 %
Austria
    0.3  
Belgium
    0.5  
Brazil
    4.0  
Canada
    4.9  
China
    2.2  
Denmark
    0.4  
France
    3.7  
Germany
    2.5  
Greece
    0.0  
Hong Kong
    3.1  
India
    1.7  
Indonesia
    0.2  
Ireland
    0.5  
Israel
    0.9  
Italy
    0.8  
Japan
    4.4  
Jersey
    0.2  
Korea (republic of)
    0.1  
Luxembourg
    0.6  
Malaysia
    0.0  
Netherlands
    1.0  
Norway
    0.6  
Philippines
    0.0  
Russia
    1.6  
Singapore
    0.8  
South Africa
    0.4  
South Korea
    0.3  
Spain
    1.0  
Sweden
    0.2  
Switzerland
    3.2  
Taiwan
    1.0  
Thailand
    0.6  
Turkey
    0.3  
United Kingdom
    9.0  
United States
    46.8  
Short-Term Investments
    1.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund inception 9/30/1998
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
MSCI World Growth Index is a broad-based unmanaged market capitalization-weighted total return index which measures the performance of growth securities in 23 developed-country global equity markets including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
 
Year
Year
Year
Global Growth IA
35.64%
-1.14%
-0.49%
Global Growth IB
35.31%
-1.39%
-0.72%
MSCI World Growth Index
33.85%
2.90%
-2.23%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
  
Portfolio Managers
   
Matthew D. Hudson, CFA
              Andrew S. Offit, CPA
              Jean-Marc Berteaux
Senior Vice President
              Senior Vice President, Partner
               Senior Vice President, Partner
 
How did the Fund perform?
 
The class IA shares of the Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund returned 35.64% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI World Growth Index, which returned 33.85% for the same period. The Fund underperformed the 40.18% return of the average fund in the Lipper Global Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, global equities declined through March amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession and then rebounded strongly as governments around the world increased their involvement to help mitigate the financial crisis. Some encouraging economic data and better than expected corporate earnings boosted investors’ enthusiasm for stocks and the market rallied dramatically from its March lows. For the period, Growth stocks (+34%) significantly outperformed Value stocks (+28%) as measured by the MSCI World Growth Index and the MSCI World Value Indexes, respectively. Within the MSCI World Growth Index, all ten sectors posted positive returns. Materials (63%), Information Technology (55%), and Energy (47%) performed the best, while the defensive Utilities (6%), Health Care (21%), and Consumer Staples (+22%) sectors lagged.
 
The Fund’s outperformance versus its benchmark was primarily due to security selection, particularly within the Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors; however, this was partially offset by weaker selection in Industrials and Telecommunication Services. Relative performance also benefited from the Fund’s underweights to Utilities and Consumer Staples; however, the Fund’s underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposure to Health Care and overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) to Financials hurt relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) results.
 
NetApp (Information Technology), Prudential Financial (Financials), and Goldman Sachs (Financials) were the leading contributors to benchmark-relative performance. Network storage equipment manufacturer NetApp reported better than expected quarterly earnings, driving shares higher. The company is gaining market share with its offering of low cost hardware combined with unified storage. Prudential Financial, a leading diversified financial services company, benefited as


 
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investors gained confidence that the worst of the financial crisis was behind the company. Shares rose after the firm reported better than expected first quarter earnings despite continued investment losses. Shares of leading investment bank Goldman Sachs moved higher as investors were attracted to the firm’s relatively clean balance sheet and improved competitive positioning within the investment banking industry. Investors also rewarded the company for repaying its TARP funds. Top absolute contributors included Apple (Information Technology) and Google (Information Technology).

The top detractors from the Fund’s relative performance were MetroPCS Communications (Telecommunication Services), SunPower (Industrials), and Wells Fargo (Financials). Shares of wireless broadband personal communications services company MetroPCS underperformed amid disappointing second quarter earnings results. Increasing competition in the pre-paid wireless market also led management to lower the outlook for average revenue per user. Shares of solar panel manufacturer SunPower moved lower after solar-sector peer First Solar commented on the potential risk of oversupply in the market. Diversified financial services company Wells Fargo saw its shares fall sharply during the period the Fund owned the stock as investors became concerned about the potential negative impact of the Wachovia acquisition on the company’s balance sheet. Nintendo (Information Technology) also detracted from absolute (i.e. total return) and relative returns.
 
What is the outlook?
 
Global economies continued the healing process during the latter part of the period. Our overall positioning is consistent with an improving economic outlook as aggressive stimulus measures have proven effective at providing liquidity and have eased financial market pressures. Against this backdrop, we continue to invest in globally competitive growth companies with accelerating fundamentals.
 
Portfolio construction is a bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) process based on intensive company research. Allocations among sectors are the result of individual stock decisions. At the end of the period, our stock-by-stock investment process resulted in greater-than-benchmark weights in the cyclical Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, and Financials sectors. The Fund held below-benchmark weights in the traditionally defensive Consumer Staples, Health Care, and Utilities sectors. In Consumer Discretionary, we believe the cyclically oriented sector should perform well in an economic recovery. Top positions relative to the benchmark at the end of December included Microsoft, Xstrata, and Oracle. Our below-benchmark weight in Health Care reflects the fact that we are finding limited opportunities for growth in that sector relative to companies in other sectors. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
  Discretionary)
    2.6 %
Banks (Financials)
    5.8  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    10.7  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
  Discretionary)
    2.8  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.9  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    4.9  
Energy (Energy)
    8.9  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    1.4  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    3.0  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    1.5  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.5  
Materials (Materials)
    11.0  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.0  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
  (Health Care)
    5.6  
Real Estate (Financials)
    1.1  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    8.9  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
  (Information Technology)
    3.8  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    8.1  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
  Technology)
    11.8  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    2.0  
Short-Term Investments
    0.7  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Brazil
    2.5 %
Canada
    2.6  
China
    0.7  
Denmark
    1.3  
France
    0.9  
Germany
    5.1  
Hong Kong
    5.7  
Israel
    1.6  
Japan
    7.8  
Spain
    1.2  
Switzerland
    4.7  
Taiwan
    1.4  
United Kingdom
    12.0  
United States
    51.8  
Short-Term Investments
    0.7  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Global Health HLS Fund inception 5/1/2000
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 5/01/00 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks. 

S&P North American Health Care Sector Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index based on United States headquartered health care companies. Stocks in the index are weighted such that each stock is no more than 7.5% of the market capitalization as of the most recent reconstitution date. The companies included in the index must be common stocks and be traded on the American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange and meet certain established market capitalization levels.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
 
Year
Year
Inception
Global Health IA
22.72%
3.92%
8.85%
Global Health IB
22.41%
3.66%
8.59%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.90%*
S&P North American Health
     
Care Sector Index
22.49%
3.67%
3.63%*

* Return is from 4/30/00
 
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
     
Jean M. Hynes, CFA 
Ann C. Gallo
Kirk J. Mayer, CFA 
Robert L. Deresiewicz 
Senior Vice President, Partner
Senior Vice President, Partner
Senior Vice President Vice President
 
How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Global Health Fund returned 22.72% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 22.49% for the S&P North American Health Care Index and 26.45% for the S&P 500 Index. The Fund underperformed the 23.69% return of the average fund in the Lipper Global Health and Biotechnology VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
In early 2009, Presidents Obama’s administration unveiled a proposed budget, which called for funding for a national health insurance program. Health care stocks tumbled on the heels of the news. While HMO stocks were the hardest hit, selling was indiscriminate; even industries that stand to benefit from health care reform, such as generic drug makers, were dragged down in the sell-off. The health care reform legislation worked through Congress in the second half of the year, culminating in the U.S. Senate passing its version of health care legislation on December 24, 2009. The market now seems more comfortable with the likely impact of reform on the sector. After that very difficult start to the year, healthcare stocks demonstrated an impressive turnaround through the end of 2009.


 
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Despite the turnaround, Health Care stocks (+22%) underperformed the broader U.S. market (+26%) and the global equity market (+31%) during the period, as measured by the S&P North American Health Care, S&P 500, and the MSCI World Indexes, respectively. Within the S&P North American Health Care Index, all four sub-sectors posted positive returns. Health Services (+37%), Medical Technology (+23%), and Major Pharmaceuticals (+21%) performed well. Specialty Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology (+10%) lagged the other sub-sectors.
 
During the period, stock selection, particularly in Major Pharmaceuticals, was additive to relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) results. Sector allocation, particularly our overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) position in Specialty Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology, detracted from relative performance.
 
Holdings of Incyte, Pfizer, and Abbott Laboratories were among the top contributors to benchmark-relative performance during the period. U.S.-based drug discovery and development company Incyte’s shares gained on improving financial results and significant collaboration and license agreements with Novartis for two hematology-oncology programs. Pfizer’s shares increased during the year as the market reacted favorably to the company’s acquisition of Wyeth. Shares of Abbott Laboratories declined as it reported unspectacular quarterly earnings in relation to the rest of the pharmaceutical industry. We sold our underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) position in benchmark component Abbott during the quarter, contributing positively to relative results. Top contributors to absolute (i.e. total return) performance also included Schering-Plough and Merck.
 
Holdings of Shionogi, Celera, and Progenics detracted from benchmark-relative performance. Japanese Specialty Pharmaceutical company Shionogi’s shares declined despite beating earnings expectations amid investors' concerns that a strong yen would weigh on the company's earnings, particularly from overseas sales of its blockbuster drug Crestor. Shares in molecular diagnostics company Celera fell during the period after the company announced 2009 guidance below analysts’ expectations. Specialty drug maker Progenics saw its shares decline throughout the year as sales for its most promising drug, RELISTOR, fell short of expectations. The drug also experienced delays in getting approval for chronic pain use. Top detractors from absolute performance included Specialty Pharmaceuticals company Medicines.
 
What is the outlook?
 
The broad markets rally was tapered somewhat during the fourth quarter, leading to outperformance of the health care sector. Starting the new year, we expect this trend to continue as the defensive qualities of the sector become more attractive to investors. While some versions of U.S. health care reforms will ultimately be passed, we remain comfortable with our belief that it will not greatly alter the fundamentals of the sector. We believe the impact will be manageable and, more importantly, that stocks are currently discounting an outcome that is unrealistically negative. We expect that resolution on the direction of reform will act as a positive catalyst for the sector in early 2010, driving multiples higher. We will continue to be mindful of other risks in the industry, such as a slower and conservative FDA, while using volatility in the market to make changes to the Fund.
 
Against this backdrop, the Fund ended the period most overweight in the Specialty Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology sector and most underweight in the Major Pharmaceuticals sector relative to the benchmark. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry
 
Net Assets
 
Biotechnology
    20.1 %
Drug Retail
    1.0  
Health Care Distributors
    7.5  
Health Care Equipment
    21.3  
Health Care Services
    0.9  
Health Care Technology
    0.2  
Life Sciences Tools & Services
    1.8  
Managed Health Care
    11.2  
Pharmaceuticals
    35.5  
Short-Term Investments
    0.2  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.3  
Total
    100.0 %
 
Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 
 
   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Belgium
    1.3 %
China
    0.8  
France
    0.4  
Germany
    1.5  
Ireland
    3.2  
Israel
    2.7  
Italy
    1.0  
Japan
    6.3  
Switzerland
    0.8  
United Kingdom
    1.2  
United States
    80.3  
Short-Term Investments
    0.2  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.3  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Growth HLS Fund inception 4/30/2002
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 4/30/02 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 1000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
   
Year
Year
Inception
Growth IA
34.24%
-0.01%
3.40%
Growth IB
33.90%
-0.26%
3.14%
Russell 1000 Growth Index
37.21%
1.63%
2.46%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
 
Andrew J. Shilling, CFA
             John A. Boselli, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
             Director, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Growth HLS Fund returned 34.24% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009 underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, which returned 37.21% for the same period. The Fund underperformed the 37.97% return of the average fund in the Large-Cap Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but the overall results mask two significantly different market environments. From the beginning of January through early March stocks fell sharply, reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. From early March through December stocks rallied as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely.
 
Though all sectors of the Russell 1000 Growth Index had a positive return for the period, performance varied across sectors, with relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) strength in Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+43%), and Consumer Discretionary (+43%) and relative weakness in Utilities (+17%), Consumer Staples (+17%), and Health Care (+22%). Growth stocks (+37%) significantly outperformed Value stocks (+20%), as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value indices.
 
The Fund’s underperformance versus its benchmark was primarily due to security selection. Weaker results from our selection of Information Technology, Financials, and Consumer Discretionary stocks detracted from performance versus the benchmark, though this was partially offset by the Fund’s strong selection in Energy. The Fund benefitted from its sector positioning, which is a fallout of the bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection process. In particular, underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) positions in Consumer Staples and Health Care, in addition to an overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) position in Information Technology, helped relative results.
 
Apollo Group (Consumer Discretionary), Wells Fargo (Financials), and Nintendo (Information Technology) were the top detractors from relative performance during the period. For-profit education provider Apollo Group, which operates the University of Phoenix among other institutions, saw share price weakness after the firm announced an


 
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informal SEC investigation into its revenue recoginition practices. Shares of diversified financial services company Wells Fargo declined as the company raised capital to repay TARP. Nintendo, the manufacturer of the Wii console and DS handheld games, saw its share price decline amid expected steep profit declines. We eliminated our position in Nintendo during the period. Insurer MetLife (Financials) and diversified capital markets company State Street (Financials) were top detractors from absolute (i.e. total return) performance.
 
Top contributors to benchmark-relative returns were NetApp (Information Technology), Exxon Mobil (Energy), and Wal-Mart Stores (Consumer Staples). Network storage equipment manufacturer NetApp reported better than expected quarterly earnings, driving shares higher. The company is gaining market share with its offering of low cost hardware combined with unified storage. Shares of Exxon Mobil, a large diversified energy company, declined due to the company’s large refining exposure and disappointing quarterly earnings. Not owning the stock, a component of the benchmark, contributed positively to relative returns. Shares of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, stagnated during the period as investors favored companies that they believe may benefit more from a rebound in consumer spending. We did not own the stock, which contributed to relative performance. Apple (Information Technology) and TJX Companies (Consumer Discretionary) were also top contributors to absolute returns.

What is the outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, leading indicators in industrial production are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since March shows investors are anticipating a recovery.
 
In this environment we continue to focus our efforts on stock-by-stock fundamental research, picking one stock at a time based upon the attractiveness of each company’s fundamentals and valuation. As a result of this bottom-up stock selection, at the end of the period our largest overweight positions versus the benchmark were Financials, Information Technology, and Consumer Discretionary. Consumer Staples, Health Care, and Utilities were the Fund’s largest underweight positions at the end of the period. 
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of Hartford Fundamental Growth HLS Fund (“Fundamental Growth HLS”), a series of the Company, into Hartford Growth HLS Fund (“Growth HLS”), another series of the Company (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about April 16, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    2.3 %
Banks (Financials)
    4.6  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    11.7  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    2.4  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.4  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    5.0  
Energy (Energy)
    9.6  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    1.1  
Insurance (Financials)
    3.1  
Materials (Materials)
    4.3  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.1  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    0.8  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    6.7  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    4.0  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    20.2  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    16.3  
Transportation (Industrials)
    1.9  
Short-Term Investments
    0.8  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.3 )
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund inception 3/24/1987
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 1000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
Russell 3000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
    
Year
Year
Year
Growth Opportunities IA
29.61%
3.54%
1.53%
Growth Opportunities IB
29.29%
3.29%
1.28%
Russell 1000 Growth Index
37.21%
1.63%
-3.99%
Russell 3000 Growth Index
37.01%
1.58%
-3.79%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
(2)
Class IB shares commenced on May 1, 2002. Class IB share performance prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted to reflect the 12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The performance after such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Michael T. Carmen, CFA, CPA
            Mario E. Abularach, CFA, CMT
Senior Vice President, Partner
            Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund returned 29.61% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 37.21% for the Russell 1000 Growth Index and 37.01% for the Russell 3000 Growth Index. The Fund underperformed the 40.72% return of the average fund in the Lipper Multi-Cap Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The period was marked by two drastically separate episodes. The first was a freefall of global equity markets from the end of 2008 through March 2009. This was characterized by uncertainty over the U.S. government stimulus package, tight global credit and liquidity conditions, a collapse of global industrial production, and sharp increases in unemployment. The second episode of increased investor risk appetite and rapidly rising equity markets started in March with nascent signs of a bottoming in the fortunes of the financial industry, coupled with aggressive intervention by the Federal Reserve in the capital markets, and better than expected corporate profits due to cost cutting. Signs of economic stabilization overshadowed concerns about high unemployment and weak home prices.
 
Mid cap stocks (37.4%) outperformed their larger cap (26.5%) and smaller cap (27.2%) counterparts as measured by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, S&P 500 Index, and Russell 2000 Index, respectively. Growth stocks (37.0%) significantly out-paced value (19.8%) during the period, as measured by the Russell 3000 Growth and Russell 3000 Value indices. All ten sectors of the Russell 3000 Growth Index (37.1%) rose during the period. The Information Technology (61.9%), Consumer Discretionary (44.2%), and Materials (43.0%) sectors rose the most while Utilities (16.6%) and Consumer Staples (17.5%) lagged on a


 
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relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund lagged its benchmark primarily due to weak security selection. Stock selection was weakest in the Financials, Health Care, and Information Technology sectors, while results were more favorable in the Materials, Consumer Staples, and Energy sectors. Sector allocation, a residual of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection, also detracted from results due in part to an underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) to Information Technology and an overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) to Financials, which more than offset the benefit of being underweight to Consumer Staples.
 
The top relative detractors in the Fund during the period were HUGHES Telematic (Information Technology), Cephalon (Health Care), and Apple (Information Technology). Shares of HUGHES Telematics, an after-market provider of next generation telematics for the automobile industry, declined due to concerns over slowing industry sales. Cephalon’s stock price fell as investors remained concerned over the impact of generic substitutes on the company's sleep disorder franchise. Consumer electronics company Apple performed well during the period despite slowing consumer trends. We initiated a position during the period, but not holding the benchmark component stock throughout the entire period detracted from relative performance. Top absolute detractors included Delta Air Lines (Industrials) and State Street (Financials). We eliminated both of these positions during the period.

Among the top relative contributors to performance in the Fund during the period were Jarden (Consumer Discretionary), Goldman Sachs (Financials), and Red Hat (Information Technology). Jarden, a consumer products company with a portfolio of niche brands, posted better than expected profits, helped by cost cuts and market share gains in some segments. Shares of Goldman Sachs, a U.S. investment bank and bank holding company, benefited from the firm's relatively healthy balance sheet, strong trading results, and improved competitive positioning within the investment banking industry. Investors were also pleased that the firm repaid its TARP funds during the period. Open-source enterprise software and services company Red Hat benefited from growing revenue and higher margins as IT organizations moved ahead with purchases of the firm’s high value software solutions. Despite being a relative detractor, Apple was also among the top absolute contributors to the Fund’s performance.

What is your outlook?
 
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing the credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory.
 
We see investment opportunities across multiple sectors and continue to focus our research efforts on identifying stocks of companies whose future growth is underpriced. At the end of the period, our bottom-up decisions resulted in overweights to the Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, and Financials sectors and underweights to the Consumer Staples, Industrials, and Health Care sectors relative to the Russell 3000 Growth Index. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    1.3 %
Banks (Financials)
    1.0  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    6.5  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    3.2  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.7  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    4.5  
Energy (Energy)
    6.0  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    6.6  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    0.9  
Insurance (Financials)
    0.9  
Materials (Materials)
    6.1  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.1  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    7.9  
Real Estate (Financials)
    1.1  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    9.5  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    6.7  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    16.2  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    14.9  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    1.2  
Transportation (Industrials)
    1.8  
Short-Term Investments
    1.9  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (1.0 )
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford High Yield HLS Fund inception 9/30/1998
(subadvised by Hartford Investment Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks high current income. Growth of capital is a secondary objective.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index is an unmanaged broad-based market value-weighted index that tracks the total return performance of non-investment grade, fixed-rate, publicly placed, dollar denominated and nonconvertible debt registered with the SEC.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
  
Year
Year
Year
High Yield IA
50.46%
5.59%
5.31%
High Yield IB
50.08%
5.33%
5.06%
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate
     
High Yield Bond Index
58.06%
6.44%
6.70%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
   
Mark Niland, CFA
       James Serhant, CFA
   Carlos Feged
Managing Director
       Senior Vice President, Senior Investment Analyst
   Senior Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA Shares of the Hartford High Yield HLS Fund returned 50.46% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, which returned 58.06%, but outperforming the Lipper High Current Yield VP-UF Funds category, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund, which returned 43.48%.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The High Yield market ended the year with another good quarter by historical standards, with December performance capping off the best calendar year ever for the High Yield market, trumping the previous high mark set in 1991.
 
However, the Fund’s defensive positioning (relative to the index) in the beginning of the year and a significant underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) allocation to the Financial Sector caused the Fund to severely lag the benchmark during the first five months of 2009. Our adherence to a bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research), value-oriented investment strategy meant that the Fund had significant under-weights in the sectors that we expected to be the most impacted by the drop-off in the economy, such as Autos, Manufacturing, Consumer Cyclicals, and most significantly, Financials. These sectors turned out to be among the best performers in 2009, as depressed values trumped weak earnings outlooks from companies.
 
The Fund has historically shunned High Yield Financials, given our view that their cost of capital renders them at an inherent disadvantage to their more highly rated competitors. In addition, the federal government’s erratic involvement in the sector (saving Bear Stearns, letting Lehman Brothers fail) hindered us from developing an investable framework consistent with our process.
 
The results of the federal government’s stress tests of the 19 largest banks in early May provided a more realistic sense of undercapitalization, and the reassurance that none of the 19 banks would be allowed to fail. This assurance allowed the Fund to more reliably implement our bottom-up credit selection process in Financials. Around this same time, the Fund also added risk by allocating to Industrial sectors where our ability to value companies and their debt securities improved as earnings stabilized. By the end of June, the risk in the Fund was more consistent with the broader High Yield market and after June 2009, the Fund’s returns kept pace with the upward trend in the market.


 
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What is the outlook?
 
While the High Yield market cannot repeat the strong performance of 2009, market momentum remains strong entering 2010. With the economic recovery most likely at hand and 2010/2011 debt maturities for High Yield companies largely refinanced by record new issuance in 2009, defaults are poised to drop dramatically. We forecast the 2010 default rate to be 4-5%, down from more than 14% in 2009.
 
With yields in other asset classes remaining historically low, we expect the search for yield to continue. This should drive money into the High Yield asset class and continue to push spreads tighter (i.e. short and long term interest rates moving closer together), at least for the first half of the year.
 
Earnings will be a key driver of performance in 2010, and since year-over-year comparisons should be easy, any disappointments will likely lead the market to price in higher default probabilities for the offending issuers. In addition to earnings, we expect positive “event risk” to support the market in the coming months. Specifically, we expect Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) firms to seek to monetize the more successful LBOs via Initial Public Offering, and we see merger and acquisition activity accelerating which should be a positive catalyst for the High Yield market.
 
As long as monetary policy remains extraordinarily easy, High Yield will benefit from the “reach for yield”. The longer this goes on, the worse it is likely to be when accommodative policy is removed. In addition, regulatory changes on the horizon in Healthcare, Utilities and the Financial sectors could materially alter the fundamental picture going forward. As the market begins to digest the changes being implemented by the federal government on these and other matters, it will begin to price in the implications for the economy in 2011 and beyond sometime this year, which we view as a potential source of volatility.
 
We are starting to position the Fund to weather increased volatility, moving into shorter duration bonds and favoring senior parts of the capital structure. We will continue to invest down the capital structure where we see value, but we will have discipline about the yield premiums we require to take on the additional risk.
 
Diversification by Security Type 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Category
 
Net Assets
 
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
    0.0 %
Common Stocks
    0.7  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade
    1.1  
Corporate Bonds: Non-Investment Grade
    89.0  
Preferred Stocks
    0.6  
Senior Floating Rate Interests: Non-Investment Grade
    6.3  
Warrants
    0.1  
Short-Term Investments
    0.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.8  
Total
    100.0 %

Distribution by Credit Quality 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
   
Long-Term
 
Rating
 
Holdings
 
BBB
    1.9 %
BB
    20.9  
B
    42.1  
CCC
    29.4  
CC
    3.1  
C
    0.4  
Not Rated
    2.2  
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Equity Securities
     
    Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
         Discretionary)
    1.4 %
    Banks (Financials)
    0.0  
Fixed Income Securities
       
    Accommodation and Food Services (Services)
    2.1  
    Administrative Waste Management and
       
         Remediation (Services)
    1.1  
    Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
       
         (Consumer Staples)
    2.3  
    Air Transportation (Transportation)
    1.1  
    Apparel Manufacturing (Consumer Cyclical)
    2.0  
    Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (Services)
    9.4  
    Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Staples)
    0.3  
    Chemical Manufacturing (Basic Materials)
    2.0  
    Computer and Electronic Product
       
         Manufacturing (Technology)
    2.3  
    Construction (Consumer Cyclical)
    1.4  
    Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
       
         (Basic Materials)
    0.6  
    Finance and Insurance (Finance)
    11.3  
    Food Manufacturing (Consumer Staples)
    1.1  
    Food Services (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.4  
    Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.5  
    Health Care and Social Assistance (Health
       
         Care)
    7.0  
    Information (Technology)
    14.0  
    Machinery Manufacturing (Capital Goods)
    1.2  
    Mining (Basic Materials)
    1.4  
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing (Capital Goods)
    1.3  
    Motor Vehicle & Parts Manufacturing
       
         (Consumer Cyclical)
    4.2  
    Paper Manufacturing (Basic Materials)
    2.3  
    Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
       
         (Energy)
    6.6  
    Pipeline Transportation (Utilities)
    1.6  
    Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
       
         (Basic Materials)
    0.7  
    Primary Metal Manufacturing (Basic
       
         Materials)
    0.8  
    Printing and Related Support Activities
       
         (Services)
    0.8  
    Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
       
         (Services)
    3.0  
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (Finance)
    1.7  
    Retail Trade (Consumer Cyclical)
    4.4  
    Textile Product Mills (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.4  
    Utilities (Utilities)
    5.6  
    Water Transportation (Transportation)
    0.8  
    Wholesale Trade (Consumer Cyclical)
    0.7  
Short-Term Investments
    0.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.8  
Total
    100.0 %


 
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Hartford Index HLS Fund inception 5/1/1987
(subadvised by Hartford Investment Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks to provide investment results which approximate the price and yield performance of publicly traded common stocks in the aggregate. 
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held common stocks.
 
You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
     
Year
Year
Year
Index IA
26.15%
0.14%
-1.31%
Index IB
25.81%
-0.11%
-1.54%
S&P 500 Index
26.45%
0.41%
-0.95%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Manager
Deane Gyllenhaal
Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Index HLS Fund returned 26.15% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which returned 26.45%, and outperforming the Lipper S&P 500 Index Objective VP-UF Funds category, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund, which returned 26.10%.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
By design, the Fund is managed to mimic the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The performance of the Fund only marginally differed from that of the benchmark for the twelve-month period. Sources of return variance include trading costs, cash exposure in volatile markets, and the lack of exposure to Hartford Financial Services Group in the portfolio. The Fund lost about three basis points due to the lack of Hartford Financial Services Group exposure. Because of internal Hartford Investment Management Company (HIMCO) policy, the Fund does not purchase stock of HIMCO's parent, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc (a component of the index). This exposure is reallocated across the Life/Health Insurance, Property/Casualty Insurance and Multi-line Insurance industries.
 
After a disappointing return in the first quarter, the markets (and the S&P 500 Index benchmark) rallied from early March through the end of the year. All ten of the ten sectors in the benchmark had positive returns. Information Technology led the way, up 61.7% during 2009. Materials then gained 48.6%, which was followed by Consumer Discretionary rising 41.3% over the same period. The lowest return for the year was Telecom Services, which was up 8.9%. Utilities was the second worst performing sector, gaining 11.9%
 
Looking at individual stocks within the benchmark, there were many high performers for the year, due to the sharp market recovery. XL Capital, an insurer and reinsurer, led the way, returning 419.8% for the year, followed by Tenet Healthcare Corp, which rose 368.7% and Advanced Micro Devices which gained 348.2%. The laggards within the S&P 500 Index were led by financial companies. There were a number of companies that were dropped as constituents of the Index that produced significant negative returns. Of the stocks that remained in the index, Marshall & Isley, a financial services provider, fell about 60% for the year. Huntington Bancshares followed closely behind, dropping 51.6%.


 
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What is the outlook? 
 
In 2009 equities rallied in one of the strongest and fastest bear market recoveries on record. Like previous recession rallies, the market rose by means of a rapid expansion in valuation multiples as earnings growth decelerated. However, this "junk" rally, which was led by stocks with no earnings, low profitability, high beta, and low S&P ratings, seems to be abating. Investors may focus on the direction of the U.S. dollar in 2010 along with the level of interest rates and how that change may impact credit going forward. Another popular theme we will be monitoring is how U.S. corporations will grow their top lines (i.e revenue) after slashing costs in 2009.
 
The Fund will continue to be invested in the S&P 500 Index, with a focus on risk control and efficient trading. Performance of the Fund is expected to be similar to that of the index.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
  Discretionary)
    0.6 %
Banks (Financials)
    2.8  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    7.4  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    0.6  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
  Discretionary)
    0.9  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.7  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    7.8  
Energy (Energy)
    11.3  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    2.6  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    5.7  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    4.1  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    2.8  
Insurance (Financials)
    2.4  
Materials (Materials)
    3.5  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.9  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
  (Health Care)
    8.3  
Real Estate (Financials)
    1.2  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.4  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
  (Information Technology)
    2.6  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    7.9  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
  Technology)
    9.2  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    3.1  
Transportation (Industrials)
    2.1  
Utilities (Utilities)
    3.7  
Short-Term Investments
    1.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %


 
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Hartford International Growth HLS Fund inception 4/30/2001
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP) 
 
Investment goal – Seeks capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 4/30/01 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
MSCI EAFE Growth Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance (excluding the U.S. and Canada) of the growth securities within the MSCI EAFE Index.

You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower
 
Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
   
Year
Year
Inception
International Growth IA
28.67%
-1.92%
2.29%
International Growth IB
28.34%
-2.16%
2.05%
MSCI EAFE Growth Index
29.91%
4.02%
3.44%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
     
John A. Boselli, CFA
   Matthew D. Hudson, CFA
  Andrew S. Offit, CPA
  Jean-Marc Berteaux
Director, Partner
   Vice President
  Senior Vice President, Partner
  Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford International Growth HLS Fund returned 28.67% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Growth Index, which returned 29.91% for the same period. The Fund also underperformed the 38.44% return of the average fund in the Lipper International Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
Global equities declined during the first part of the period amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession and then rebounded dramatically in the second part of the period as governments around the world increased their involvement to help mitigate the financial crisis. Better than expected corporate earnings and generally improving economic data boosted investors’ enthusiasm for stocks. Within the MSCI EAFE Growth Index, all sectors posted positive returns during the period. Materials (79%), Energy (37%), and Consumer Discretionary (31%) gained the most during the period, while Utilities (6%) and Information Technology (19%) lagged.
 
Weak security selection in the Materials, Telecommunication Services, and Financials sector contributed to underperformance relative to the benchmark. This was partially offset by favorable security selection in the Information Technology sector. Sector allocation, which is a residual of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection, helped relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) performance largely due to the Fund’s underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposure to Utilities and Financials during the period.
 
BHP Billiton (Materials), Allianz (Financials), and Westpac Banking (Financials) detracted most from relative performance. During the early part of the period, shares of Materials company BHP Billiton outperformed due to its strong cash flow generation and relatively healthy balance sheet. We initiated a position during the period, but not holding the benchmark component stock throughout the entire period detracted from relative performance. Shares of German insurer Allianz fell due to the company’s exposure to declining asset markets early in the period. Shares of Westpac, one of the largest banks in Australia, surged along with other Australian financials as concerns about asset quality eased. Not owning the stock, which is a component of the benchmark, detracted from relative performance. Other detractors from


 
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the Fund’s absolute (i.e. total return) performance included Nintendo (Information Technology) and Munich Re (Financials).

Top contributors to the Fund’s relative performance were Autonomy (Information Technology), Volkswagen (Consumer Discretionary), and ARM Holding (Information Technology). Leading British software company Autonomy announced better than expected earnings, reflecting strong demand for its services and driving shares higher. The Fund benefited on a relative basis by not holding German car maker Volkswagen, which is a component of the benchmark. The stock continued to fall after the rapid appreciation seen in October 2008, which had been driven by Porsche’s move to take a controlling stake in the company. Shares of U.K. microchip company ARM Holdings rose despite a small revenue decline during the period, as the company is well-positioned for growth during economic recovery. Other contributors to the Fund’s absolute performance included Standard Charter (Financials) and Rio Tinto (Materials).

What is the outlook?
 
Global economies continued the healing process during the latter part of the period. Our overall positioning is consistent with an improving economic outlook as aggressive stimulus measures have proven effective at providing liquidity and have eased financial market pressures. Against this backdrop, we continue to seek globally competitive growth companies within industries with improving fundamentals.
 
We select stocks individually based on their merits. During the period we increased our exposure to the cyclically oriented Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors and decreased our exposure to the traditionally defensive Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors. As a result, Industrials was the Fund’s largest absolute weight and largest overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) exposure relative to the benchmark at the end of the period. Other sectors where we ended the period with above-benchmark weights included Information Technology and Energy. The Fund held less-than-benchmark weights in the Consumer Staples, Financials, and Telecommunication Services sectors at the end of the period. 
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved the Forms of Agreement and Plans of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreements”) that provide for the reorganization of each of two series of the Company, Hartford International Growth HLS Fund and Hartford International Small Company Fund (each, an “Acquired Fund”, and collectively the “Acquired Funds”), into another series of the Company, Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund (“Reorganizations”). The Reorganizations do not require shareholder approval. The Reorganizations are expected to occur on or about April 16, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
  Discretionary)
    1.2 %
Banks (Financials)
    7.9  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    8.0  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    1.7  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
  Discretionary)
    1.7  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.8  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    1.4  
Energy (Energy)
    4.6  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.6  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    7.3  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    2.4  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    3.3  
Insurance (Financials)
    2.9  
Materials (Materials)
    14.9  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.0  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
  (Health Care)
    8.3  
Real Estate (Financials)
    1.6  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.1  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
  (Information Technology)
    1.9  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    6.6  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
  Technology)
    2.1  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    1.9  
Transportation (Industrials)
    6.7  
Utilities (Utilities)
    2.1  
Short-Term Investments
    2.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.1 )
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Australia
    7.0 %
Austria
    1.6  
Brazil
    2.9  
Canada
    8.2  
China
    3.5  
France
    5.7  
Germany
    5.8  
Hong Kong
    2.1  
India
    0.5  
Indonesia
    0.4  
Israel
    3.4  
Italy
    0.8  
Japan
    5.7  
Luxembourg
    2.6  
Netherlands
    2.2  
Singapore
    1.8  
South Korea
    0.7  
Spain
    4.0  
Sweden
    1.2  
Switzerland
    10.5  
Taiwan
    1.1  
Thailand
    0.4  
Turkey
    1.5  
United Kingdom
    22.8  
United States
    1.6  
Short-Term Investments
    2.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.1 )
Total
    100.0 %


 
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Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund inception 7/2/1990
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Index is a broad-based, unmanaged, market capitalization weighted, total return index that measures the performance of both developed and emerging stock markets, excluding the U.S. The index is calculated to exclude companies and share classes which cannot be freely purchased by foreigners.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
International Opportunities IA
33.46%
6.98%
1.99%
International Opportunities IB
33.13%
6.71%
1.75%
MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Index
42.14%
6.30%
3.11%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Manager
Nicolas M. Choumenkovitch
Senior Vice President and Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA of The Hartford International Opportunities Fund returned 33.46% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI All Country World ex U.S. Index, which returned 42.14% for the same period. The Fund outperformed the 31.95% return of the average fund in the Lipper International Core Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After a tumultuous start, global equities finished 2009 up sharply from the beginning of the year. Extraordinary government measures helped to stabilize global economies and markets throughout the year, while low interest rates, better than expected corporate earnings, and improving economic data provided a favorable backdrop for equities. Within the MSCI AC All Country World ex U.S. Index, all ten sectors within the index posted positive absolute (i.e. total return) returns. Materials, Information Technology, and Energy led the index higher, while Utilities rose the least. All global regions were also positive with Emerging Markets leading the returns.
 
The Fund’s underperformance versus its benchmark was largely due to weak stock selection, particularly within Financials, Energy, and Industrials. Sector and regional allocation, a fall-out of the stock selection process, was also slightly negative due to an underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) to Emerging Markets.
 
The largest detractors from relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) returns were Swiss financial services provider UBS (Financials) and two Japanese financial services providers: SMFG (Financials) and MUFG (Financials). Shares of UBS fell early in the period when the firm posted a larger than expected loss in the first quarter of 2009, due in part to a charge related to the transfer of risky assets to a fund managed by the Swiss National Bank, which was part of a rescue package set up by the Swiss government. Shares of SMFG and MUFG, two of Japan’s largest financial services firms, were weighed down due to the fact that stricter international financial regulations are expected to negatively impact the earnings of Japanese megabanks.


 
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Significant detractors from absolute returns included France Telecom (Telecommunication Services), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (Telecommunication Services) and East Japan Railways (Industrials).
 
Top contributors to relative performance during the period included Rio Tinto (Materials), Xstrata (Materials) and HSBC (Financials). Shares of diversified international mining company Rio Tinto rose as increasing prices for industrial metals provided a tailwind for the stock. In addition, the company’s announcement of a proposed iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton also helped Rio Tinto’s stock performance. Shares of global mining company Xstrata rose on increasing industrial metals pricing and an improving demand outlook from China and India. Shares of Swiss private bank HSBC rose from the recovery in the global markets and improving market share in China and other emerging markets.
 
In addition, Impala Platinum (Materials) was a significant contributor to absolute returns.
 
What is the outlook?
 
Economic data continues to come in better-than-expected, as low rates and aggressive quantitative easing have helped to drive a sharp rebound in global economic activity. Expectations for corporate earnings growth have surged since the March 2009 lows, which in turn have propelled equities higher. We enter 2010 on the lookout for indicators that would suggest an upcoming change in the policy of the Federal Reserve. A change in monetary policy could have a sharp impact on expectations for earning growth, particularly for cyclical and commodity-related industries.
 
In this environment we are looking for companies that can deliver strong or improving returns regardless of the macroeconomic environment. While the rebound in the market has reduced the remaining upside, we are still finding opportunities where the market under-appreciates a company’s ability to generate sustainable or improving return on capital.
 
At the sector level, we ended the period most overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) in Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials and most underweight in Utilities, Energy and Information Technology versus the benchmark. At a regional level, the Fund ended the period overweight the U.K. and Europe ex-U.K. We are seeing more opportunities in Japan as a weakening Yen is likely to help exporters, and therefore have reduced our underweight exposure. 
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved the Forms of Agreement and Plans of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreements”) that provide for the reorganization of each of two series of the Company, Hartford International Growth HLS Fund and Hartford International Small Company Fund (each, an “Acquired Fund”, and collectively the “Acquired Funds”), into another series of the Company, Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund (“Reorganizations”). The Reorganizations do not require shareholder approval. The Reorganizations are expected to occur on or about April 16, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
  Discretionary)
    2.6 %
Banks (Financials)
    16.4  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    8.0  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
  Discretionary)
    3.5  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.6  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    5.5  
Energy (Energy)
    8.7  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    7.7  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    0.9  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.4  
Materials (Materials)
    15.3  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.6  
Other Investment Pools and Funds (Financials)
    0.7  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
  (Health Care)
    6.2  
Real Estate (Financials)
    3.0  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.2  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    1.3  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
  Technology)
    3.2  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    4.9  
Transportation (Industrials)
    4.2  
Utilities (Utilities)
    1.0  
Short-Term Investments
    0.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Brazil
    2.7 %
Canada
    3.3  
China
    5.4  
Denmark
    1.0  
France
    5.6  
Germany
    6.9  
Greece
    1.1  
Hong Kong
    5.5  
India
    1.4  
Ireland
    2.1  
Israel
    2.4  
Japan
    11.4  
Malaysia
    0.2  
Mexico
    1.4  
Netherlands
    2.4  
Russia
    0.4  
South Africa
    2.5  
Spain
    1.8  
Sweden
    1.4  
Switzerland
    11.7  
Taiwan
    1.6  
Turkey
    1.2  
United Kingdom
    25.4  
United States
    1.1  
Short-Term Investments
    0.1  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford International Small Company HLS Fund inception 4/30/2001
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)
 
Investment goal – Seeks capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 4/30/01 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
S&P EPAC SmallCap Index, formerly S&P/Citigroup Europe Pacific Asia Composite (EPAC) Extended Market Index (EMI), is a developed-market equity index representing the bottom 15% of the cumulative available capital, by country, of the S&P EPAC Broad Market Index (BMI). The S&P EPAC BMI captures all companies in developed market countries, as defined by Standard & Poor's, within Europe and the Asia Pacific region. To meet the eligibility criteria, companies must have float-adjusted market capitalizations of at least US$100 million and trailing 12 month trading volume of at least US$50 million. Companies are removed if their float-adjusted market capitalization falls below US$75 million or if their trailing 12 month trading volume falls below US$35 million during the annual index reconstitution.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
 
Year
Year
Inception
International Small Company IA
38.07%
5.85%
9.12%
International Small Company IB
37.73%
5.59%
8.86%
S&P EPAC SmallCap Index
41.55%
4.99%
9.33%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Simon H. Thomas
              Daniel Maguire, CFA
Vice President
              Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of The Hartford International Small Company HLS Fund returned 38.07% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P EPAC SmallCap Index, which returned 41.55% for the same period. The Fund outperformed the 31.95% return of the average fund in the Lipper International Core VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After a tumultuous first quarter, global equities finished 2009 up sharply from the beginning of the year. Extraordinary government measures helped to stabilize global economies and markets throughout the year, while low interest rates, better than expected corporate earnings, and improving economic data provided a favorable backdrop for equities. All ten sectors in the S&P EPAC SmallCap Index rose during the period, led by Energy, Telecommunications Services, and Information Technology.
 
The Fund underperformed its benchmark largely due to sector allocation, a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection. In particular, the Fund’s overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) to Health Care, which underperformed other sectors of the market during the period, and a modest cash position in a significantly up market hurt relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) returns. Stock selection was strong in aggregate, particularly within the Consumer Staples, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors. However, weaker stock selection within the


 
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Health Care, Industrials and Information Technology sectors partially offset these results.
 
Among the top detractors from relative and absolute (i.e. total return) returns were Shionogi (Health Cre), Aeon Delight (Industrials), and Jupiter Telecommunication (Consumer Discretionary). Shares of Japanese-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi declined amid investors’ concerns that a strong yen would negatively impact the company’s earnings. Aeon Delight, a provider of real estate maintenance services in Japan, saw its shares fall after disappointing earnings announcements. Shares of Jupiter Telecommunication, the largest cable television network operator in Japan and provider of cable television, high speed internet access and telephone services, declined due to weak subscriber growth and increased competition in the Kansai region. Spazio Investment, a Dutch-based real estate company focused on Italy’s industrial real estate market, was also among the top detractors from absolute returns.
 
Among the top contributors to relative and absolute returns were Dufry Group (Consumer Discretionary), Karoon Gas Australia (Energy), and Whitehaven Coal (Energy). Shares of Dufry, an operator of retail shops in airports, recovered as investors gained confidence in management's ability to operate through the downturn and achieve margin goals despite a slowdown in consumer spending. Shares of Karoon Gas Australia, a pure-play energy exploration company with investments in Australia, Peru and Brazil, surged after the company announced positive drilling results at a key offshore field north of Western Australia. Shares of Whitehaven Coal, the leading Australian coal producer, rose on strengthening end market demand for steel and electricity production, particularly in China and India. In addition, Swiss banking software company TEMENOS was a strong contributor to absolute returns.
 
What is the outlook?
 
We believe the macro environment will be marked by uncertainty in 2010 as monetary authorities weigh the withdrawal of massive stimulus efforts against signs of economic recovery. With this as a backdrop, we continue to focus on stock selection, favoring high quality companies with clean balance sheets, solid revenue predictability and nimble cost structures.
 
On a regional basis, our greatest underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) position at the end of the period was in Europe. Our regional positioning is a residual of our bottom-up stock selection process and reflects, on the margin, a more attractive opportunity set in Asia and select emerging markets, including Brazil and China.
 
At the sector level, we ended the period most overweight in Industrials and Energy, and most underweight in Financials and Materials, versus the benchmark.
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved the Forms of Agreement and Plans of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreements”) that provide for the reorganization of each of two series of the Company, Hartford International Growth HLS Fund and Hartford International Small Company Fund (each, an “Acquired Fund”, and collectively the “Acquired Funds”), into another series of the Company, Hartford International Opportunities HLS Fund (“Reorganizations”). The Reorganizations do not require shareholder approval. The Reorganizations are expected to occur on or about April 16, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    1.3 %
Banks (Financials)
    2.7  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    18.1  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    4.7  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    3.9  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.4  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    4.5  
Energy (Energy)
    7.4  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.9  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    3.7  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    2.5  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    0.7  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.1  
Materials (Materials)
    8.3  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.3  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    4.2  
Real Estate (Financials)
    4.4  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    6.6  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    3.7  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    4.2  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    2.6  
Transportation (Industrials)
    6.1  
Utilities (Utilities)
    1.9  
Short-Term Investments
    0.8  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Country 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Country
 
Net Assets
 
Australia
    10.3 %
Belgium
    3.5  
Brazil
    2.7  
China
    0.2  
Finland
    0.8  
France
    10.3  
Germany
    5.1  
Guernsey Channel Isle
    0.6  
Hong Kong
    5.2  
India
    0.4  
Indonesia
    0.6  
Israel
    0.7  
Italy
    4.0  
Japan
    20.4  
Jersey
    1.1  
Luxembourg
    0.6  
Netherlands
    1.2  
Norway
    1.2  
Singapore
    2.9  
South Korea
    2.3  
Sweden
    1.8  
Switzerland
    4.0  
United Kingdom
    18.7  
United States
    0.6  
Short-Term Investments
    0.8  
Other Assets and Liabilities
     
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford MidCap HLS Fund* inception 7/14/1997
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
S&P MidCap 400 Index is an unmanaged index of common stocks of companies chosen by S&P designed to represent price movements in the midcap U.S. equity market.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
MidCap IA
30.96%
4.97%
7.79%
MidCap IB
30.62%
4.70%
7.54%
S&P MidCap 400 Index
37.38%
3.27%
6.36%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
*  The Fund has restrictions on the purchase of shares. A description of the restrictions can be found in the prospectus.
 
Portfolio Manager
Phillip H. Perelmuter
Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford MidCap HLS Fund returned 30.96% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index, which returned 37.38% for the same period. The Fund also underperformed the 37.77% return of the average fund in the Lipper Mid-Cap Core VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After posting steep losses in the first part of 2009 amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession, U.S. equities staged a sharp rebound beginning in March 2009 as favorable news flow from a few large financial institutions signaled to investors that the troubled Financials sector might be starting to stabilize. Adding fuel to the recovery was encouraging economic data and the U.S. Treasury Department’s updated plan to clean up bank balance sheets. The broad U.S. equity market posted positive returns for the period, aided by the strong rally from the mid-March lows.
 
Mid cap stocks (37.4%) outperformed small cap (27.2%) and large cap stocks (26.5%) during the period, as measured by the S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000, and S&P 500 indices, respectively. Growth stocks (41.7%) significantly out-paced value stocks (27.7%) during the period, as measured by the Russell 2500 Growth and Russell 2500 Value indices. Within the S&P MidCap 400 Index, all ten sectors posted positive returns. Energy (67%), Information Technology (58%), and Consumer Discretionary (56%) were the best performers, while Financials (12%) and Telecommunication Services (14%) lagged on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
Underperformance versus the benchmark was driven by security selection. Weak stock selection in Consumer Discretionary, Energy, and Materials more than offset strong stock selection within Information Technology and Financials. Sector allocations, driven by our bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection process, contributed positively to relative returns during the period, primarily due to an underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) position in the weaker-performing Financials sector and overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) positions in Information Technology and Health Care.


 
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Top detractors from relative performance included Huntington Bancshares (Financials), Apollo Group (Consumer Discretionary), and WR Berkley (Financials). Ohio-based diversified banking and financials services company Huntington Bancshares reported a larger-than-expected earnings loss due to an increase in provision for credit loss expense. Shares of for-profit educational services provider Apollo Group fell after the firm announced that the SEC had launched an informal investigation into its revenue recognition practices. WR Berkley shares underperformed as the insurance sector came under pressure on concerns about the pricing cycle. Health and supplemental benefit plans provider Humana (Health Care) and waste management company Republic Services (Industrials) were among the top detractors from absolute (i.e. total return) performance.
 
Top contributors to benchmark-relative returns included NetApp (Information Technology), Life Technologies (Health Care), and Red Hat (Information Technology). Shares of data storage equipment maker NetApp rose as the company’s earnings exceeded expectations and management raised guidance citing manufacturing cost improvements and signs of improving business sentiment. Life Technologies, created through the merger of Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems, is a provider of tools and cultures used in genetic research and drug development. The company’s shares benefited during the period from strong synergies after the merger and the impact of government agency stimulus funds. Open-source enterprise software and services company Red Hat benefited from growing revenue and higher margins as IT organizations moved ahead with purchases of the firm’s high value software solutions.

What is the outlook?
 
Global economies continued the healing process during the latter part of the period. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all taken with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures.
 
Our efforts are focused on picking stocks based on a bottom-up review of their fundamentals. As a result of these individual stock decisions, we ended the period with our most significant overweight positions relative to the benchmark in the Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, and Information Technology sectors. Our largest underweights relative to the benchmark were in the Financials, Utilities, and Materials sectors.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.4 %
Banks (Financials)
    4.2  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    10.0  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    1.8  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    2.9  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.0  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    1.2  
Energy (Energy)
    8.7  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    1.3  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    8.9  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    0.5  
Insurance (Financials)
    4.0  
Materials (Materials)
    3.6  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.9  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    6.3  
Real Estate (Financials)
    2.4  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    6.6  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    4.0  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    8.2  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    4.8  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    1.2  
Transportation (Industrials)
    3.4  
Utilities (Utilities)
    3.7  
Short-Term Investments
    2.7  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.3  
Total
    100.0 %
 

 
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Hartford MidCap Growth HLS Fund inception 5/1/1998
(subadvised by Hartford Investment Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell MidCap Growth Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
MidCap Growth IA
47.87%
0.59%
3.27%
MidCap Growth IB
47.51%
0.35%
3.01%
Russell MidCap Growth Index
46.29%
2.40%
-0.52%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
   
(2)
Class IB shares commenced on March 31, 2008. Class IB share  performance prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted  to reflect the 12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The  performance after such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
Hugh Whelan, CFA
       Paul Bukowski, CFA
Managing Director
       Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford MidCap Growth HLS Fund returned 47.87% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell Midcap Growth Index, which returned 46.29%, and the Lipper Mid-Cap Growth VP-UF Funds category, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund, which returned 43.51%.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The Fund outperformed the benchmark during the period. Favorable security selection in the Information Technology, Materials, and Industrials sectors offset weak security selection in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
 
Among the largest contributors to benchmark relative performance were overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) allocations in Ashland (Materials), a specialty chemicals company, and Western Digital Corporation (Technology), a hard drive manufacturer. Ashland had a strong year, surpassing most of its peers in the chemical industry. Although the industry has struggled during the year, the company is benefiting from its water technologies. Western Digital Corporation’s shares rose due to strong demand and lean inventories for hard drives.
 
The primary detractors from relative returns were positions in homebuilder Pulte Homes (Consumer Discretionary) and FMC Technologies (Energy), a technology solution provider to the energy industry. The Fund's overweight to Pulte Homes detracted from performance, as the company posted disappointing results related to its acquisition of Centex. The Fund’s underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) to FMC Technologies was also a drag on performance; the company had a strong year, up 142.7% as it benefited from the overall strength in the oil well services and equipment industry and provided earnings guidance significantly above analyst estimates.
 
The Fund’s current top holdings are Ashland (Materials), and Integrys Energy Group (Utilities), a holding company serving both regulated and non-regulated energy markets. When evaluating a stock’s attractiveness, we consider four categories of characteristics: business behavior, management behavior, valuation, and investor behavior. Ashland is a top holding because of positive investor sentiment coupled with very strong valuations. Integrys Energy Group is a top holding primarily due


 
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to a combination of favorable valuation and a strong consensus regarding the company's outlook from the analyst community.
 
The Fund invests in companies that we believe have compelling stock characteristics versus the Russell Midcap Growth Index. The Fund’s systematic approach weighs over 40 fundamental characteristics across four broad categories, including business behavior, management behavior, valuation and investor behavior. This analysis is used to build a broadly diversified portfolio of companies, with sector weightings determined largely by the attractiveness of specific stocks within the Fund’s investment universe. Overall, the Fund tends to invest in financially efficient companies with attractive valuations and strong balance sheets. We believe this approach will yield attractive risk-adjusted returns relative to the Russell Midcap Growth Index over the long term.
 
What is the outlook?
 
In 2009, equities rallied in one of the strongest and fastest bear market recoveries on record. Like previous recession rallies, the market rose by means of a rapid expansion with valuations multiplying as earnings growth decelerated. However, this "junk" rally, which was led by stocks with little or no earnings, low profitability, high beta, and low S&P ratings, seems to be abating.
 
We believe the slowing of the rally, and its primary drivers, is indicative of an inflection point in investor sentiment. Early recovery "easy wins" for companies, such as reducing inventory, are coming to an end. Investors are recognizing that a sustainable recovery will need to be led by an improvement in employment and end-demand and that, in the face of multipliers like price to earnings (P/E) stabilizing or falling company fundamentals will matter.
 
Our investment process systematically favors companies with strong fundamentals and should benefit from this type of shift in sentiment. However, if the cost of capital and credit spreads were to continue to decline, then strong fundamentals would matter less and could represent a risk to our strategy. 
 
Effective March 1, 2010, Kurt Cubbage will be added as a portfolio manager of the Fund. In connection with this addition, the name of “Hartford MidCap Growth HLS Fund” will be changed to “Hartford Small/Mid Cap Equity HLS Fund” and the Principal Investment Strategy will be revised.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.6 %
Banks (Financials)
    0.2  
Basic Materials (Materials)
    0.4  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    12.0  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    2.7  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    2.1  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.4  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    4.1  
Energy (Energy)
    3.5  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    4.3  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    9.7  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    2.0  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.0  
Materials (Materials)
    5.8  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.7  
Other Investment Pools and Funds (Financials)
    0.2  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    4.8  
Real Estate (Financials)
    0.3  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    7.6  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    3.9  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    14.4  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    5.7  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    0.6  
Transportation (Industrials)
    0.9  
Utilities (Utilities)
    3.4  
Short-Term Investments
    3.9  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.8  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford MidCap Value HLS Fund* inception 4/30/2001
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 4/30/01 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 2500 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of those Russell 2500 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
Since
   
Year
Year
Inception
MidCap Value IA
44.19%
2.68%
5.93%
MidCap Value IB
43.83%
2.43%
5.67%
Russell 2500 Value Index
27.68%
0.84%
6.69%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
*  The Fund has restrictions on the purchase of shares. A description of the restrictions can be found in the prospectus.
 
Portfolio Manager
James N. Mordy
Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford MidCap Value HLS Fund returned 44.19% for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 2500 Value Index, which returned 27.68% for the same period. The Fund also outperformed the 34.98% return of the average fund in the Lipper Mid-Cap Value VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way? 
 
After experiencing significant declines in the first months of the year, the equity markets rallied following the release of positive economic data which confirmed that a recovery was underway.
 
During the period, the growth indices outpaced value indices, as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth Index (37.2%) and Russell 1000 Value Index (19.7%), respectively. Midcap stocks, as measured by the Russell Midcap Index (40.5%), outperformed large cap stocks, as measured by Russell 1000 Index (28.4%) and small cap stocks, as measured by Russell 2000 Index (27.2%). Within the Russell 2500 Value Index, all ten sectors posted positive returns with Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary, and Telecommunications and Media leading the way while Financials lagged, on a relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) basis.
 
The Fund’s outperformance was driven primarily by strong favorable selection, which was additive in seven of ten broad economic sectors. Stock selection was strongest within Financials, Consumer Staples, and Telecommunications and Media. Overall sector allocation, a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) security selection, also contributed positively to relative performance, particularly our underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) position in Financials and overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) positions in Health Care and Information Technology.
 
The largest contributors to absolute (i.e. total return) and benchmark-relative performance included Virgin Media (Telecom & Media), TRW Automotive (Consumer Discretionary), and Marine Harvest (Consumer Staples). Virgin Media is a UK cable television operator whose share price rose due to improved fundamentals. The company now enjoys a favorable pricing environment and technology advantage versus its competitors. Shares of auto parts supplier TRW Automotive rose as earnings exceeded consensus expectations as cost cutting overcame output declines and company management raised its


 
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full-year revenue guidance. Salmon farming company Marine Harvest’s shares moved significantly higher as the global supply-demand balance tightened and fish prices increased. In addition, Wall Street’s concerns that the company would need to raise equity to repay debt abated as interest coverage metrics improved. In addition, Varian Semiconductor (Information Technology) was a significant contributor to absolute returns.

The largest detractors from relative returns included Delta Air Lines (Industrials), Kimco Realty (Financials), and Solar Cayman (Financials). Shares of Delta Air Lines fell as demand for air travel declined even faster than aggressive industry capacity cuts, while a decline in high-fare business travel also affected revenue-per-seat metrics. Kimco Realty, a U.S. REIT specializing in the development, management and acquisition of shopping centers, experienced stock price pressure on concerns over the company’s joint venture leverage and debt maturities over the next 12-18 months. Our stake in Solar Cayman, a private investment fund that we anticipate will IPO in 2010, was revalued lower during the year. In addition, CACI International (Information Technology) was a significant detractor from absolute returns.

What is the outlook?

Recent indicators point to even stronger near-term momentum in the economy than we anticipated. While we still think job growth will surprise positively during 2010, we have also seen strength in the ISM (Institute for Supply Management), more impact from fiscal stimulus, a lift in vehicle sales, and a decent finish to holiday retail sales. A shift in the inventory cycle from liquidation to modest accumulation will also have an outsized impact on GDP. The real question is sustainability, and we anticipate feeling more headwinds as we move past the next few quarters. We believe real consumer spending growth will be subdued, commercial real estate issues linger, growth in China might ease, and the Fed will have to begin to implement an exit strategy and a possible rate hike later this year.

We had a slight cyclical bias to portfolio transactions during the fourth quarter of 2009, emphasizing Industrials, Materials and Energy names over the other sectors. We may look to become more defensive in anticipation of slower economic momentum.

At the end of the period, our largest overweights were in Health Care, Materials, and Information Technology while our largest underweights were in Financials (specifically Banks and Real Estate) and Utilities, relative to the benchmark. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.8 %
Banks (Financials)
    2.4  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    11.1  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    5.0  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.0  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    7.2  
Energy (Energy)
    6.7  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    2.5  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    4.4  
Insurance (Financials)
    9.5  
Materials (Materials)
    11.0  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.4  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    4.4  
Real Estate (Financials)
    4.2  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.8  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    4.4  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    1.0  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    6.8  
Transportation (Industrials)
    3.7  
Utilities (Utilities)
    6.0  
Short-Term Investments
    0.6  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Small Company HLS Fund inception 8/9/1996
(subadvised by:
Wellington Management Company, LLP
 
Hartford Investment Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks growth of capital.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index of those Russell 2000 Index growth companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
Small Company IA
29.29%
3.96%
0.91%
Small Company IB
29.01%
3.72%
0.69%
Russell 2000 Growth Index
34.47%
0.87%
-1.38%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
       
Wellington Management Company, LLP
 
  Hartford Investment Management Company
Steven C. Angeli, CFA
 Stephen Mortimer
  Mario E. Abularach, CFA, CMT
  Hugh Whelan, CFA
Kurt Cubbage, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
 Senior Vice President
  Vice President
  Managing Director
Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Small Company HLS Fund returned 29.29% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, underperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index which returned 34.47% for the same period. The Fund underperformed the 35.86% return of the average fund in the Lipper Small Cap Growth VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009 was one of the most volatile in history, reflecting investors’ fluctuating reactions to economic data releases and the U.S. government’s involvement to help mitigate the financial crisis. The broad U.S. equity market continued to decline until early March lows, when it began to sharply rebound through the end of 2009. In this environment, small cap, mid cap and large cap stocks all registered a positive return over the twelve-month period, as measured by the Russell 2000 (+27.2%), S&P MidCap 400 (+37.4%) and S&P 500 (+26.5%) indices, respectively. All ten sectors within the Russell 2000 Growth Index advanced during the period. Information Technology (+60.1%), Consumer Discretionary (+58.1%), and Materials (+47.7%) were the strongest-performing sectors while Financials (+9.6%), Industrials (+11.9%), and Utilities (+15.0%) gained the least.
 
From mid-March, a low-profitability, low-quality stock rally led the market out of the bottom. This rally impacted the Fund’s performance since a large portion of the Fund only invests in high-quality, profitable stocks. As a result, the Fund security selection detracted from performance for the remainder of the period. However, the effects of security selection were slightly mitigated by positive stock selection in Energy and Consumer Staples.
 
Stocks that detracted the most from relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) returns during the period were Corinthian Colleges (Consumer Discretionary), Human Genome Science (Health Care), and Celera (Health Care). Shares of Corinthian Colleges, a post-secondary education services company with operations in the United States and Canada, fell together with other education stocks due to regulatory worries. Elevated bad debt expense, coupled with concerns that the company would likely have to continue providing financing to students (especially those with lower credit scores),


 
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dampened investor enthusiasm. Shares of Human Genome Science, a biotechnology company, soared on encouraging Phase 3 results for Benlysta, a potential treatment for lupus. Not owning the stock detracted from  elative performance. Molecular-diagnostics company Celera announced disappointing second-quarter results due to slowing product sales and higher bad debts expense. We eliminated the position during the year. Significant detractors from absolute returns (i.e. total return) included Covanta Holding (Industrials), Fuel Systems Solutions (Consumer Discretionary) and Smithfield Foods (Consumer Staples).

Top contributors to relative performance during the period included SeaGate Technology (Information Technology), Jarden (Consumer Discretionary), and Jabil Circuit (Information Technology). We established a position in hard drive maker SeaGate Technology early in the period anticipating better industry fundamentals (capacity reduction, low inventories) and company-specific execution (new management, restructuring steps, product mix changes). Our investment thesis continued to play out in 2009, and SeaGate’s stock price moved higher in the period as the company reported earnings that topped consensus forecasts. Jarden, parent of consumer niche product brands like Sunbeam and Coleman, saw its shares rise as it posted better than expected profits, helped by cost cuts and market share gains in some segments. Shares of Jabil Circuit, one of the largest electronic manufacturing services providers, performed well as results topped expectations and management raised guidance citing improving end-market demand, manufacturing efficiencies, and cost reductions. ON Semiconductor (Information Technology) was a notable contributor to absolute performance.

What is the outlook? 
The first part of the period resulted in tremendous uncertainty that undermined confidence and resulted in plummeting stock prices. Signs of lessening deterioration in the early part of the year had a powerful positive influence on sentiment and stock prices. Reported corporate profits began to exceed expectations, in large part due to cost cutting. Lean inventories could hold up the promise for some uptick in industrial activity while easy year-on-year comparisons could pave the way for better “growth” headlines. Meanwhile, stocks have moved decisively higher: the Russell 2000 Growth Index is up over 75% from early March lows to the end of 2009. The question now is how sustainable the improvement in fundamentals and sentiment will prove.

Despite the uncertainty, the Fund continues to focus on stocks of companies that have unique business models or special market opportunities that should allow them to deliver superior growth. The Fund remains well diversified, with holdings across all major market sectors. At the end of the period, the Fund had overweights (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) in Consumer Discretionary, Materials, and Telecommunications Services relative to the Russell 2000 Growth Index. The Fund ended the period most underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) in Information Technology, Financials, and Health Care.

As of December 31, 2009, 55% of the Fund’s assets were managed by Wellington Management Company and 45% of the assets were managed by Hartford Investment Management Company.
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.8 %
Banks (Financials)
    0.6  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    7.6  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    3.2  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    7.8  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.9  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    1.3  
Energy (Energy)
    4.4  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.3  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    1.9  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    11.7  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    2.0  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.1  
Materials (Materials)
    3.8  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.7  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    9.7  
Real Estate (Financials)
    0.7  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.8  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    5.5  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    11.5  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    7.2  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    2.0  
Transportation (Industrials)
    3.3  
Utilities (Utilities)
    0.3  
Short-Term Investments
    1.6  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    1.3  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford SmallCap Growth HLS Fund inception 5/2/1994
(subadvised by:
Wellington Management Company, LLP
 
Hartford Investment Management Company)
 
Investment goal – Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index of those Russell 2000 Index growth companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
SmallCap Growth IA
35.39%
-0.27%
-1.91%
SmallCap Growth IB
35.06%
-0.51%
-2.15%
Russell 2000 Growth Index
34.47%
0.87%
-1.38%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
   
(2)
Class IB shares commenced on May 1, 2002. Class IB share  performance prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted  to reflect the 12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The  performance after such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
     
Wellington Management Company, LLP
     Hartford Investment Management Company
David J. Elliot, CFA
   Mammen Chally, CFA
     Hugh Whelan, CFA
    Kurt Cubbage, CFA
Vice President
   Vice President
     Managing Director
    Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Small Cap Growth HLS Fund returned 35.39% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth, which returned 34.47%. For the same period, the Fund performed inline with the return of the average fund in the Lipper Small Cap Growth VP-UF Funds peer group 35.86%, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
After posting steep losses in the first part of 2009 amid increasing signs of a deeper and more protracted recession, U.S. equities staged a sharp rebound beginning in March as favorable news flow from a few large financial institutions signaled to investors that the troubled Financials sector might be starting to stabilize. Adding fuel to the recovery was encouraging economic data and the U.S. Treasury Department’s updated plan to clean up bank balance sheets. The broad U.S. equity market posted positive returns for the period, aided by the strong rally from the mid-March lows.
 
Mid cap stocks (37.4%) outperformed small cap (27.2%) and large cap stocks (26.5%) during the period, as measured by the S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000 and S&P 500 indices, respectively. Growth stocks (37.2%) significantly out-paced value stocks (19.7%) during the period, as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value indices. All ten sectors in the Russell 2000 Growth Index had positive returns during the period. The Information Technology (60.1%), Consumer Discretionary (58.1%), and Materials (47.7%) sectors performed best, while Financials (9.6%) and Industrials (11.9%) lagged on a relative basis.
 
Fund performance was primarily driven by stock selection. Outperformance relative to the benchmark reflected strong selection in the Information Technology and Telecommunications Services sectors, which more than offset weaker selection in Consumer Discretionary and Materials. Sector allocation also contributed modestly to relative results.
 
Among the top contributors to relative performance were CV Therapeutics (Health Care), Rosetta Resources (Energy), and Salix Pharmaceutical (Health Care). Shares of U.S.-based pharmaceutical company CV Therapeutics rose as physician interest in one of its primary drugs increased following a recent label expansion. In addition, competitive takeover bids from Astellas Pharma and Gilead Sciences helped drive strong price appreciation. We eliminated the position during the period. Shares of independent oil & gas company Rosetta Resources benefited from recovering natural gas prices as well as


 
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investors’ increasing comfort with the company's transition to an emerging resource play. Specialty pharmaceutical company Salix Pharmaceutical’s shares rose as the company announced the successful outcome of two Phase III trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Rifaximin.Top contributors to absolute results also included personal care products and nutritional supplements company Nu Skin Enterprises (Consumer Staples).
 
Human Genome Science (Health Care), Medicines Company (Health Care), and Healthspring (Health Care) detracted most from relative returns during the period. Shares of biopharmaceutical company Human Genome Sciences soared after the company announced encouraging news about Benlysta, a potential treatment for lupus. We exited our position early in the period; not holding the position as the price appreciated hurt benchmark-relative returns. Specialty pharmaceutical company Medicines Co's shares fell as the company discontinued Phase III clinical trials for the development of its experimental blood clotting treatment. Healthspring, a managed health care organization focused on Medicare, saw its share price fall early in the period as fourth quarter 2008 earnings were lower than expected, reflecting higher Medicare Advantage loss ratios and lower investment yields. Another significant detractor from absolute returns (i.e. total return) during the period was Esterline Technologies (Industrials), a specialized manufacturing company principally serving aerospace and defense customers.
 
What is the outlook?
 
As the deterioration in macroeconomic data began to moderate during the first half of the year, investors removed the worst-case depression scenario from their outlook, propelling stocks higher. Government intervention helped to stabilize the financial sector, resulting in tightening credit spreads and greater flexibility for companies to raise both debt and equity financing. While recent economic releases point to an improvement from the dire outlook of early 2009, the U.S. economy is by no means out of the woods. Consumer and corporate debt levels remain high, unemployment now exceeds 10%, and the government’s unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus has raised the specter of inflation down the road.
 
The Fund focuses on stock selection as the key driver of returns and uses proprietary fundamental and quantitative research in a disciplined framework to build a portfolio of the most attractive stocks. The Fund ended the period most overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) in Financials, Telecommunications Services, and Energy sectors and most underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) in the Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, and Materials sectors.
 
At December 31, 2009, 92% of the Fund’s assets were managed by Wellington Management Company and 8% of the assets were managed by Hartford Investment Management Company. 
 
Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.5 %
Banks (Financials)
    2.1  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    8.5  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    4.2  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    3.5  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.0  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    1.7  
Energy (Energy)
    4.9  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.5  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    1.2  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    10.9  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    1.9  
Insurance (Financials)
    2.1  
Materials (Materials)
    1.9  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.4  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    12.6  
Real Estate (Financials)
    0.7  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    5.7  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    4.8  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    15.5  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    5.6  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    2.5  
Transportation (Industrials)
    2.3  
Utilities (Utilities)
    0.9  
Short-Term Investments
    1.0  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.1  
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund inception 5/1/1998
 
(subadvised by:
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.)
   
Investment goal – Seeks capital appreciation.
 
Performance Overview (1) 12/31/99 - - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment

 
Russell 2000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09)
 
 
1
5
10
   
Year
Year
Year
SmallCap Value IA
28.72%
2.14%
8.62%
SmallCap Value IB
28.28%
1.85%
8.37%
Russell 2000 Value Index
20.58%
-0.01%
8.27%

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
 
(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.
   
(2)
Class IB shares commenced on March 31, 2003. Class IB share  performance prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted  to reflect the 12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The  performance after such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.
 
Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.
 
The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other fees would lower the Fund’s performance.
 
Portfolio Managers
   
     
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
 Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
Robert A. Schwarzkopf
 Samir Sikka
William H. DeRoche, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
 Senior Vice President
Principal
Craig Stone
 
Chuck Martin
Senior Research Analyst
 
Principal
Julie Kutasov
   
Senior Research Analyst
   

How did the fund perform?
 
The Class IA shares of the Hartford SmallCap Value HLS Fund returned 28.72%for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the 20.58% return of the Russell 2000 Value Index and underperforming the 30.59% return of the average fund in the Lipper Small-Cap Value VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.
 
Why did the Fund perform this way?
 
The twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009 was one of the most volatile in history, reflecting investors’ fluctuating reactions to economic data releases and the U.S. government’s involvement to help mitigate the financial crisis. The broad U.S. equity market continued to decline until the early March lows, when it began to sharply rebound all the way through 2009. Within the Russell 2000 Value Index, there was a wide spread of returns in the various sectors. Nine out of ten sectors posted positive returns for the period, led by Materials (66.2%), Consumer Discretionary (66.1%) and Information Technology (60.3%). Financials (-2.4%) was the only sector with negative returns in 2009.
 
Stock selection was the primary driver of our performance during the period. VeriFone Holding (Information Technology) and Tempur-Pedic International (Consumer Discretionary) were top relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) performers. A producer of point-of-sale scanners, shares of VeriFone Holdings had fallen excessively toward the end of 2008 in sympathy with the retail slowdown. VeriFone remains the global leader in its business, is generating strong cash flow and stands to benefit over the coming years from growth of non-cash payment methods (credit and debit cards) and the proliferation of new products, from point-of-sale terminals in cabs to handheld scanners in restaurants. From its low in December 2008 to the end of December 2009, shares of VeriFone have gained over 230%. Tempur-Pedic, which was one of our worst performers in 2008, boosted its gross margin and beat analysts’ expectations during the year due to lower costs and declining selling


 
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and marketing expenses, this in response to reduced consumer discretionary spending. Shares of Tempur-Pedic also increased over 230% in 2009.

Detractors from performance included Cathay General Bancorp (Financials) and Zions Bancorp (Financials). Regional banks Cathay General and Zions both decreased due to concerns over commercial real estate losses and their balance sheets caused by challenging financial credit conditions.

What is the outlook?

The worst of the economic pain is likely behind us as the massive policy response from the Treasury and the Federal Reserve has led to an improved credit environment, although not yet a completely healthy one. We believe the full impact of the Federal government stimulus program will take hold gradually and, while economic growth will turn positive, we expect it to be slower than normal over the next few years. Equity markets could do well in this environment. Slow, steady growth accompanied by relatively low and non-volatile interest rates could be positive for corporate earnings. We also believe that equity returns should beat most fixed income alternatives as investors begin to reinvest their low-yielding cash positions in the stock market.

Currently, the Fund’s overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) positions relative to the benchmark were in Industrials and Health Care. Conversely, the Fund’s largest underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) position relative to the benchmark continues to be in Financials. We believe that the complementary style of the three sub-advisers provides the Fund with a well positioned portfolio in this environment to add value relative to the market and its peers.

At December 31, 2009, 34% of the Fund’s assets were managed by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, 34% were managed by Metropolitan West Capital Management and 32% were managed by SSgA Funds Management.

Diversification by Industry 
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer
     
    Discretionary)
    0.8 %
Banks (Financials)
    6.8  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    10.2  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    9.0  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer
       
    Discretionary)
    3.5  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.1  
Consumer Staples (Industrials)
    0.0  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    6.3  
Energy (Energy)
    7.3  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    0.2  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    1.9  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    7.3  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    3.2  
Insurance (Financials)
    4.3  
Materials (Materials)
    3.8  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    0.3  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
       
    (Health Care)
    1.9  
Real Estate (Financials)
    4.9  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.1  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
       
    (Information Technology)
    2.3  
Software & Service (Information Technology)
    6.4  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information
       
    Technology)
    5.1  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    0.8  
Transportation (Industrials)
    3.7  
Utilities (Utilities)
    2.8  
Short-Term Investments
    3.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (2.4 )
Total
    100.0 %

 

 
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Hartford Stock HLS Fund inception 8/31/1977
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)

Performance Overview(1) 12/31/99 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500  widely held common stocks.  

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data  represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Investment goal – Seeks long-term growth of capital.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)

   
1
   
5
   
10
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
Stock IA
    41.54 %     1.39 %     -1.36 %
Stock IB
    41.18 %     1.14 %     -1.59 %
S&P 500 Index
    26.45 %     0.41 %     -0.95 %

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results  seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share  class.

Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the  investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For  information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.

The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth  more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the  deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the  redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other  fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or  qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other  fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
 
Steven T. Irons, CFA
Peter I. Higgins, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
Senior Vice President, Partner

How did the Fund perform?
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Stock HLS Fund returned 41.54% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 26.45% for the same period. The Fund also outperformed the 27.98% return of the average fund in the Lipper Large Cap Core VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.

Why did the Fund perform this way?
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but the overall results mask two significantly different market environments. From the beginning of January through early March, stocks fell sharply reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. From early March through December, stocks rallied as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely.

Mid cap stocks (+37%) outperformed large (+26%) and small (+27%) cap stocks during the period, as measured by the S&P MidCap 400, S&P 500, and Russell 2000 indices, respectively. Growth (+37%) stocks significantly outperformed Value (+20%) stocks, as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value indices. Within the S&P 500, the Information Technology (+62%), Materials (+48%), and Consumer Discretionary (+41%) sectors posted the largest gains. Telecommunication Services (+9%), Utilities (+12%), and Energy (+14%) gained the least.

The Fund’s outperformance versus its benchmark was driven by security selection, which was strongest in Financials, Energy, and Health Care. This was partially offset by weaker selection in Telecommunication Services and Utilities. Sector positioning, which is a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) security selection, also contributed positively to relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) performance due to overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) exposures to Information Technology and underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) exposures to Utilities and Telecommunication Services.

Top contributors to relative performance during the period were Goldman Sachs (Financials), Schering-Plough (Health Care) and Petrol Brasileiros (Energy). Shares of Goldman Sachs, a leading investment bank, benefited from the firm’s relatively healthy balance sheet and news that the company would pay back its government TARP loans sooner than expected. Schering-Plough’s share price jumped after receiving a takeout offer by Merck. Brazil-based oil and gas exploration and production company Petrol Brasileiros reported solid results aided by reduced exploration and production lifting costs and strong refining and downstream earnings, driving shares higher. The Fund’s holdings in Apple (Information Technology) and Microsoft (Information Technology) also contributed positively to the Fund’s returns on an absolute (i.e. total return) basis.

 
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Stocks that detracted the most from relative returns during the period were Shionogi (Health Care), Wells Fargo (Financials), and IBM (Information Technology). Japan-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi's third quarter domestic product sales were weaker than expected and its royalty income from international Crestor sales suffered due to the appreciating Yen. The combination of these two events forced Shionogi to lower its full year earnings outlook, driving its stock price downward. Shares of U.S. bank Wells Fargo fell early in the period amid concerns over its acquisition of Wachovia, the potential impact of worsening credit trends, and the possibility that it might have to raise additional equity. IBM reported better than expected earnings, driving the company’s share price higher. Not owning the benchmark-component stock IBM negatively impacted relative performance. General Electric (Industrials) and Exxon Mobil (Energy) also detracted from absolute returns.

What is the outlook?
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is emerging from a deep recession. The rate of increase in unemployment has slowed, industrial production leading indicators are pointing to an expansion, and the housing market has shown some signs of stabilization. The government continues to reshape the financial playing field through stimulus packages, massive loans to impaired private sector companies, and other programs, all done with an eye towards thawing credit markets and placing a floor on the house price declines and a ceiling on housing inventory. These moves should continue to help mitigate some of the negative economic pressures, and while the outlook remains uncertain, the strong equity market performance since March lows shows investors are anticipating a recovery.

In the midst of this uncertainty we continue to focus our efforts on stock-by-stock fundamental research to construct a diversified large-cap core portfolio. We look for companies that exhibit the following qualities: industry leadership, strong balance sheets, solid management, high return on equity, accelerating earnings, and/or attractive valuation with a catalyst. At the end of the period, our bottom-up investment approach resulted in overweight exposures in Health Care, Information Technology, and Industrials, as we found a number of attractive investment opportunities in these sectors. The Fund’s largest underweights relative to the S&P 500 were in Telecommunication Services, Utilities, and Materials. 

Diversification by Industry
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.5 %
Banks (Financials)
    4.0  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    8.7  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    10.5  
Energy (Energy)
    11.3  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    2.4  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    6.1  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    5.2  
Insurance (Financials)
    1.9  
Materials (Materials)
    0.7  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.4  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences (Health Care)
    10.8  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    5.8  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Information Technology)
    2.7  
Software & Services (Information Technology)
    9.1  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information Technology)
    11.0  
Transportation (Industrials)
    3.7  
Utilities (Utilities)
    0.8  
Short-Term Investments
    1.7  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.3 )
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford Total Return Bond HLS Fund inception 8/31/1977
(subadvised by Hartford Investment Management Company)

Performance Overview(1) 12/31/99 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index and is  composed of securities from the Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index,  Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, Asset-Backed Securities Index and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Index.
  
You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data  represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Investment goal – Seeks a competitive total return, with income as a secondary objective.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)

   
1
   
5
   
10
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
Total Return Bond IA
    15.01 %     3.61 %     6.08 %
Total Return Bond IB
    14.72 %     3.35 %     5.84 %
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
    5.93 %     4.97 %     6.33 %

 PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results  seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share  class.

Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the  investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For  information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.

The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth  more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the  deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the  redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other  fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or  qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other  fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
   
Nasri Toutoungi
Joseph Portera
Christopher J. Zeppieri, CFA
Managing Director
Executive Vice President
Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
The Class IA Shares of the Hartford Total Return Bond HLS Fund returned 15.01% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned 5.93%, and the Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Debt VP-UF Funds category, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund, which returned 12.21%.

Why did the Fund perform this way?
The environment at the conclusion of 2008 was one of unprecedented uncertainty. Investment Grade and High Yield Corporate Bond premiums were at or near all time highs while U.S. Treasury rates across all maturities were at or near all time lows. The financial system had nearly failed and there remained tremendous ambiguity regarding the fate of the U.S. banks. However, at the onset of 2009, rays of light emerged from the darkness.

The first indication of market stabilization came from the high yield sector. Money began to flow into the sector from market participants of all types; these investors recognized the extremely depressed asset valuations and the relative value compared to equities. Investment grade Industrials followed high yield with the reopening of primary markets. Successful new issuance begot firmer markets and spurred investor appetite. The opening of markets allowed for corporate chief financial officers to term out their debt and bolster their balance sheets. The resulting increase in corporate creditworthiness further enticed investor interest, which created a cycle of spread tightening (i.e. short and long term interest rates moving closer together) through all of 2009. Meanwhile, more certainty emerged regarding the banking sector, nationalization was averted and systemic deleveraging appeared to be mostly complete.

The result of these events materialized in the form of record breaking excess returns from both investment grade and high yield corporate debt. The Fund maintained an overweight versus the benchmark to investment grade corporates throughout the year. The Fund also increased its high yield corporate bond and bank loan allocations as spreads rallied. The relative overweight and out of benchmark allocations contributed significantly to performance in 2009.

 
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Structured products, Asset Backed Securities (ABS) and Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS), also sharply recovered in 2009. Both benefited significantly from the Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility and the Public-Private Investment Program, government programs enacted to finance the releveraging of structured products. The deluge of supply that was dumped onto the market in the fall of 2008 was quickly absorbed by investors in the spring of 2009, which drove spreads tighter (i.e. short and long term interest rates moving closer together). Despite a less than optimistic view of commercial real estate, valuations compelled us to overweight CMBS in the Fund. The Fund had overweight allocations to ABS and CMBS which benefited performance over the period.

The Fund also benefited from out of benchmark positions in non agency prime and Alt-A residential passthroughs, and an Emerging Market allocation. Despite ongoing difficulties in home values and mortgage defaults, valuations of non-conforming residential mortgages recovered significantly from 2008. The Fund retained its positions through the extremes of 2008 and only began to reduce them with the recovery in the second quarter of 2009. Although the total allocation was minimal, the position contributed to outperformance. Similarly, Emerging Markets recovered nicely in 2009, and although it was also a relatively small portion of the Fund, it also contributed positively to performance.

What is the outlook?
Many Investment Grade issuers are now at valuations congruent with pre-crisis conditions. Still, there is value remaining in Corporate Bonds. In most of our expected scenarios, spreads continue to tighten and generate positive returns in Investment Grade and High Yield. Economic growth and corporate earnings are vulnerable if we have weak quarters going forward, but we feel balance sheets are adequately prepared, and we expect the high yield default rate to continue to decline. It is likely in the near term we expect to remain overweight in Corporates in both Investment Grade and High Yield in the Fund.

In the longer term, we expect that the yield curve will flatten. That said, applying that view to portfolio positioning concedes portfolio yield and therefore timing is critical. Given the continued low levels of capacity utilization and high unemployment, inflation is not likely to be a near-term threat. This should keep the federal funds rate and the short end of the curve at low levels through the coming quarters. Longer maturity Treasuries will be pressured by the enormous amount of issuance required for funding the federal deficit. We believe a flatter curve is most likely several quarters away. However, we will look to position the Fund for a flatter curve sooner should the economic recovery broaden and deepen.

Diversification by Security Type
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Category
 
Net Assets
 
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
    9.7 %
Call Options Purchased
    0.1  
Common Stocks
    0.0  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade
    31.0  
Corporate Bonds: Non-Investment Grade
    7.3  
Municipal Bonds
    0.8  
Preferred Stocks
    0.0  
Put Options Purchased
    0.0  
Senior Floating Rate Interests: Non-Investment Grade
    2.9  
U.S. Government Agencies
    26.6  
U.S. Government Securities
    18.3  
Warrants
    0.0  
Short-Term Investments
    9.0  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (5.7 )
Total
    100.0 %

Diversification by Industry
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry
 
Net Assets
 
Fixed Income Securities
     
Accommodation and Food Services
    0.4 %
Administrative Waste Management and Remediation
    0.2  
Air Transportation
    0.1  
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
    1.9  
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
    1.1  
Chemical Manufacturing
    1.3  
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
    0.3  
Construction
    0.4  
Electrical Equipment, Appliance Manufacturing
    0.1  
Finance and Insurance
    21.9  
Food Manufacturing
    0.2  
Food Services
    0.0  
Foreign Governments
    2.4  
General Obligations
    0.3  
Health Care and Social Assistance
    2.3  
Higher Education (Univ., Dorms, etc.)
    0.1  
Information
    5.2  
Machinery Manufacturing
    0.2  
Mining
    1.5  
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
    0.7  
Motor Vehicle & Parts Manufacturing
    0.1  
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
    0.1  
Paper Manufacturing
    0.3  
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
    2.8  
Pipeline Transportation
    0.7  
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
    0.0  
Primary Metal Manufacturing
    0.6  
Printing and Related Support Activities
    0.0  
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
    0.4  
Rail Transportation
    0.1  
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
    0.9  
Retail Trade
    0.4  
Soap, Cleaning Compound and Toilet Manufacturing
    0.1  
Tax Allocation
    0.0  
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
    0.0  
Transportation
    0.4  
U.S. Government Agencies
    26.6  
U.S. Government Securities
    18.3  
Utilities
    4.1  
Wholesale Trade
    0.1  
Other Securities
       
Automobiles & Components
    0.0  
Banks
    0.0  
Long Call Future Option Contract
    0.1  
Long Put Future Option Contract
    0.0  
Telecommunication Services
    0.0  
Short-Term Investments
    9.0  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (5.7 )
Total
    100.0 %

Distribution by Credit Quality
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
   
Long Term
 
Rating
 
Holdings
 
AAA
    56.2 %
AA
    6.4  
A
    12.7  
BBB
    13.3  
BB
    4.9  
B
    5.0  
CCC
    1.3  
Not Rated
    0.2  
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund inception 3/24/1987
(subadvised by Hartford Investment Management Company)

Performance Overview(1) 12/31/99 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


Barclays Capital Intermediate Government Bond Index is an unmanaged  index of government bonds with maturities of between one and ten years.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data  represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Investment goal Seeks to maximize total return while providing shareholders with a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. 

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09) 

   
1
   
5
   
10
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
U.S. Government Securities IA
    3.38 %     2.52 %     4.62 %
U.S. Government Securities IB
    3.12 %     2.26 %     4.36 %
Barclays Capital Intermediate Government Bond Index
    -0.32 %     4.74 %     5.65 %

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results  seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share  class.

(2)
Class IB shares commenced on May 1, 2002. Class IB share performance  prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted to reflect the  12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The performance after  such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.

Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the  investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For  information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.

The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth  more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the  deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the  redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other  fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or  qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other  fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
 
Russell M. Regenauer, CFA
John Hendricks
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
The Class IA Shares of the Hartford U.S. Government Securities HLS Fund returned 3.38% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Intermediate Government Bond Index, which returned -0.32%, but underperforming the Lipper General U.S. Government VP-UF Funds category, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund, which returned 5.99%.

Why did the Fund perform this way?
For 2009, the federal government increased its programs designed to support the capital markets. This support included the Federal Reserve increasing its commitment to purchase Agency debentures and pass-throughs from $500B to $1,250B. It also announced a Quantitative Easing program (QE) to purchase Treasury Securities. In addition, the Treasury announced the creation of the Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) and an expansion of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) to include Residential and Commercial Mortgage backed securities (CMBS). The spreads in these aforementioned sectors widened considerably in the beginning of the first quarter, but with the announcement of the previously mentioned programs, spreads tightened and outperformed Treasury securities for the year.

The Fund’s outperformance versus the benchmark for the period was primarily due to out of benchmark allocations. Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) debentures as well as Small Business Administration (SBA) securities, GSE mortgage-backed securities, and Private Label Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) all contributed to the Fund’s outperformance. Relatively small allocations to Asset Backed Securities (ABS) and CMBS also contributed to performance.

Detractors from the Fund’s performance over the period included duration positioning (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) and yield curve positioning. For the period, rates finished higher, with longer maturity rates rising more than shorter maturity rates.

What is the outlook?
While data continue to indicate a more stable economic environment, it remains to be seen whether the recovery can continue once stimulus support expires amid continued weak economic fundamentals.

 
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We expect the Fed to exit its MBS purchase program during the 1st quarter of 2010, and we believe interest rate volatility could rise as this occurs. This would likely result in MBS securities underperforming Treasury securities. We also expect further declines in housing prices later in 2010, but the pace and rate of the decline will be affected by the scope and success of mortgage modifications. Uncertainty over current and future housing legislation will keep prepayment and loss severity uncertainty in Residential Mortgage Backed Securities high. We will also continue to monitor the rates markets closely, as increased Government involvement could result in a record supply of Treasury securities. We expect below normal (for a post recessionary period) economic growth to continue to support a low rate environment, but the growing supply of Treasury debt will put upward pressure on interest rates as time goes on. 

Diversification by Security Type
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Category
 
Net Assets
 
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
    7.8 %
Call Options Purchased
    0.0  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade
    4.0  
Put Options Purchased
    0.0  
U.S. Government Agencies
    65.9  
U.S. Government Securities
    20.3  
Short-Term Investments
    1.3  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.7  
Total
    100.0 %

Distribution by Credit Quality
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
   
Long Term
 
Rating
 
Holdings
 
AAA
    95.7 %
AA
    0.5  
A
    0.5  
BBB
    1.0  
BB
    0.7  
B
    0.1  
CCC
    1.1  
Not Rated
    0.4  
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford Value HLS Fund inception 4/30/2001
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)

Performance Overview(1) 4/30/01 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of  those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower  forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data  represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Investment goal – Seeks long-term total return.

Average Annual Returns (as of 12/31/09)

   
1
   
5
   
Since
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Inception
 
Value IA
    24.37 %     3.33 %     3.05 %
Value IB
    24.06 %     3.07 %     2.80 %
Russell 1000 Value Index
    19.69 %     -0.25 %     2.20 %

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results  seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share  class.

Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the  investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For  information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.

The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth  more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the  deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the  redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other  fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or  qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other  fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
   
Karen H. Grimes, CFA
Ian Link, CFA
W. Michael Reckmeyer, III, CFA
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Senior Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Value HLS Fund returned 24.37% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, outperforming the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned 19.69% for the same period. The Fund also outperformed the 23.20% return of the average fund in the Lipper Large Cap Value VP-UF Funds peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.

Why did the Fund perform this way?
Broad U.S. equity markets rose during the period, but this overall increase masks two significantly different market environments. From January through early March, stocks fell sharply reflecting deepening economic worries and concerns over the U.S. government’s increasing involvement in the economy. Beginning in early March stocks rallied through December as investors came to believe that a Depression-like scenario was less likely. Sector returns within the Russell 1000 Value Index diverged widely in this environment, with strength in Materials (+63%), Information Technology (+58%), and Consumer Discretionary (+50%) overshadowing relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) weakness in Energy (+9%) and Telecommunication Services (+9%).

The Fund’s outperformance versus its benchmark was due to favorable stock selection as well as sector positioning, which is a result of bottom-up (i.e. stock by stock fundamental research) stock selection decisions. Stock selection was particularly strong in Industrials, Energy, and Consumer Staples, more than offsetting weaker selection in Information Technology, Financials, and Consumer Discretionary. The Fund’s overweights to Information Technology and Materials and underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) in Financials also helped benchmark-relative results.

Among the top contributors to benchmark-relative returns were Goldman Sachs (Financials), Citigroup (Financials), and Schering-Plough (Health Care). Shares of U.S. bank holding company and investment bank Goldman Sachs Group benefited from the firm's relative strength versus peers, its ability to pay back government loans, and an earnings lift from its underwriting business in the wake of high levels of new stock offerings. We purchased Citigroup early in the period and eliminated it after determining the fundamentals were continuing to deteriorate. Its stock price fell as a result. Since Citigroup is a large benchmark component, our lack of exposure through most of the period benefited our relative results. Shares of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough jumped after the company announced a definitive merger agreement with Merck. Top absolute contributors for the period also included JPMorgan Chase (Financials) and Newfield Exploration (Energy).

 
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ACE (Financials), International Paper (Materials), and Freeport-McMoRan (Materials) detracted most from benchmark-relative returns. Worldwide property/casualty insurance and reinsurance provider ACE underperformed over the course of the year on concerns over its reserve levels. Not owning International Paper as the stock rallied from March through October hurt relative results. Shares of mining company Freeport McMoRan jumped amid surging profits and improving commodity prices. We did not own the benchmark-component stock, which negatively impacted relative performance. Stocks that detracted most from absolute (i.e. total return) returns included Exxon Mobile (Energy), banking firm U.S. Bancorp (Financials) and industrial and financial conglomerate General Electric (Industrials).

What is the outlook?
As the deterioration in macroeconomic data began to moderate during the first half of the year, investors removed the worst-case depression scenario from their outlook, propelling stocks higher. Government intervention helped to stabilize the financial sector, resulting in tightening credit spreads and greater flexibility for companies to raise both debt and equity financing. While recent economic releases point to an improvement from the dire outlook of early 2009, the U.S. economy is by no means out of the woods. Consumer and corporate debt levels remain high, unemployment now exceeds 10%, and the government’s unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus has raised the specter of inflation down the road.

The market’s sharp rally off its March lows narrowed or eliminated many previously-attractive disparities between market price and our assessment of fair value. The strength of the rally suggests that investors are pricing in not just the removal of the worst-case scenario, but a robust economic recovery. In this environment we continue to apply our time-tested philosophy focused on building a portfolio in which expected growth and the dividend yield are better than the market, and valuations are lower than the market. Based on bottom-up stock decisions, we ended the period most overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) the Information Technology, Health Care, and Materials sectors; our largest underweights were in Utilities, Telecommunications Services, and Financials. 

At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (“Company”) approved a Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Reorganization Agreement”) that provides for the reorganization of a series of the Company, Hartford Equity Income HLS Fund, into another series of the Company, Hartford Value HLS Fund (“Reorganization”). The Reorganization does not require shareholder approval. The Reorganization is expected to occur on or about March 19, 2010, or on such a date as the officers of the Company determine.

At the same meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. approved on behalf of Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund (the “Acquired Fund”), and the Board of Directors of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. approved on behalf of Hartford Value Fund HLS (the “Acquiring Fund”), the reorganization of the Acquired Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund (the “Reorganization”). The Board of Directors of Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. has called for a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Acquired Fund to be held on or about January 26, 2010, for the purpose of seeking the approval of the Agreement and Plan of Reorgaization (the “Reorganization Agreement”) by the Shareholders of the Acquired Fund. If approved, the Reorganization is expected to occur on or about the close of business on March 19, 2010. 

Diversification by Industry
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Automobiles & Components (Consumer Discretionary)
    0.5 %
Banks (Financials)
    5.4  
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    10.1  
Commercial & Professional Services (Industrials)
    1.0  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.8  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    10.3  
Energy (Energy)
    17.5  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    1.8  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    4.4  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    4.8  
Household & Personal Products (Consumer Staples)
    0.9  
Insurance (Financials)
    6.2  
Materials (Materials)
    5.8  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.6  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences (Health Care)
    7.0  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    4.4  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Information Technology)
    4.0  
Software & Services (Information Technology)
    1.8  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information Technology)
    3.1  
Telecommunication Services (Services)
    3.0  
Transportation (Industrials)
    0.7  
Utilities (Utilities)
    3.2  
Short-Term Investments
    0.4  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    0.3  
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund inception 5/1/1996
(subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP)

Performance Overview(1) 12/31/99 - 12/31/09
Growth of $10,000 investment


Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of  those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower  forecasted growth values.

Russell 3000 Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of  those Russell 3000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower  forecasted growth values.

You cannot invest directly in an index.

The chart represents a hypothetical investment in the Fund. Performance data  represents past performance and current performance could be higher or lower.

Investment goal – Seeks capital appreciation.

Average Annual Returns(2) (as of 12/31/09)

   
1
   
5
   
10
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
Value Opportunities IA
    46.75 %     0.88 %     4.33 %
Value Opportunities IB
    46.37 %     0.63 %     4.07 %
Russell 1000 Value Index
    19.69 %     -0.25 %     2.47 %
Russell 3000 Value Index
    19.76 %     -0.24 %     2.88 %

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

(1)
Growth of a $10,000 investment in Class IB shares will vary from the results  seen on this page due to differences in the expense charged to this share class.

(2)
Class IB shares commenced on May 1, 2002. Class IB share performance  prior to that date reflects Class IA share performance adjusted to reflect the  12b-1 fee of 0.25% applicable to Class IB shares. The performance after  such date reflects actual Class IB share performance.

Performance information may reflect historical or current expense waivers from the  investment adviser, without which performance would have been lower. For  information on current expense waivers/reimbursements, please see the prospectus.

The value of the contract will fluctuate so that when redeemed, it may be worth  more or less than the original investment. The chart and table do not reflect the  deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the  redemption of portfolio shares. The figures do not include sales charges or other  fees which may be applied at the variable life insurance, variable annuity or  qualified retirement plan product level. Any such additional sales charges or other  fees would lower the Fund’s performance.

Portfolio Managers
   
David R. Fassnacht, CFA
James N. Mordy
David W. Palmer, CFA
Senior Vice President, Partner
Senior Vice President, Partner
Vice President

How did the Fund perform?
The Class IA shares of the Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund returned 46.75% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, versus the returns of 19.69% for the Russell 1000 Value Index and 19.76% for the Russell 3000 Value Index. The Fund outperformed the 26.77% return of the average fund in the Lipper Multi Cap Value VP-UF Fund peer group, a group of funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.  

Why did the Fund perform this way?
After a tumultuous first quarter, global equities finished 2009 up sharply from the beginning of the year. Extraordinary government measures helped to stabilize global economies and markets throughout the year, while low interest rates, better than expected corporate earnings, and improving economic data provided a favorable backdrop for equities.

In this environment, the growth indices outpaced value indices, as measured by the Russell 3000 Growth Index (37.0%) and Russell 3000 Value Index (19.8%), respectively. Midcap stocks, as measured by Russell Midcap (40.5%), outperformed large cap stocks, as measured by Russell 1000 Index (28.4%) and small cap stocks, as measured by Russell 2000 Index(27.2%). All ten sectors within the Russell 3000 Value Index posted positive returns with Materials, Information Technology, and Consumer Discretionary leading the way, while Telecommunication Services and Energy rose the least.

Positive stock selection in seven of the ten broad economic sectors was the primary driver of the Fund’s outperformance versus its benchmark. Security selection was most additive in Energy, Financials, and Consumer Staples, while results trailed the benchmark in Industrials and Utilities. Sector allocation also contributed positively to the Fund’s relative (i.e. performance of the Fund as measured against the benchmark) performance, due largely to overweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was greater than the benchmark position) positions in Information Technology and Financials.

 
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The largest contributors to relative and absolute (i.e. total return) performance were TRW Automotive (Consumer Discretionary), Newfield Exploration (Energy) and Marine Harvest (Consumer Staples). Shares of auto parts supplier TRW Automotive advanced due to signs of stabilizing auto sales in the U.S. and Europe. The company amended its bank credit facility to ease covenant restrictions, addressing concerns that the company would violate interest coverage metrics. Oil and gas producer Newfield Exploration rallied as investors became more convinced that the oversupply situation in the natural gas industry would start to self-correct near-term. In addition, the company’s new CEO has done a better job of focusing attention on the value of the company’s reserve base. Salmon farming company Marine Harvest’s shares moved significantly higher as the global supply-demand balance tightened and fish prices increased. In addition, Wall Street’s concerns that the company would need to raise equity to repay debt abated as interest coverage metrics improved with rising product prices.

The largest detractors from relative performance included U.S. Airways (Industrials), ACE (Financials), and Comcast (Consumer Discretionary). Shares of U.S. Airways fell as demand for air travel declined even faster than aggressive industry capacity cuts, and a decline in high-fare business travel also affected revenue-per-seat metrics. Worldwide property/casualty insurance and reinsurance provider ACE saw its shares decline as investors became concerned about weakness in the property and casualty pricing cycle. Shares of Comcast, the largest U.S. cable company, underperformed following rumors of its intent to acquire NBC Universal, though the share price recovered somewhat late in the fourth quarter, after the actual deal terms were announced. In addition, continued weakness in new home construction, weak employment and concerns surrounding video bypass of cable continued to weigh on Comcast’s valuation. Continued weakness in new home construction, weak employment and concerns surrounding video bypass of cable continued to weigh on valuation. Top detractors from absolute returns also included Humana (Health Care) and General Electric (Industrials).

What is the outlook?
Markets finished the year on a solid note, marking the third straight quarter of gains for the major indices, but the tone of Wall Street commentary on the direction of fundamentals remains as bifurcated and shrill as ever. While investors argue amongst themselves about the future direction of leading indicators, interest rates and the dollar, coincident indicators are finally showing some improvement in layoffs, inventory trends and disposable income, which we believe should support corporate profits.

Against this backdrop, the Fund ended the period most overweight Information Technology, Financials, and Health Care, and most underweight (i.e. the Fund’s sector position was less than the benchmark position) Telecommunication Services and Utilities relative to the benchmark.
 
At a meeting held on August 5, 2009, the Board of Directors of Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. approved on behalf of Hartford Value Opportunities HLS Fund (the “Acquired Fund”), and the Board of Directors of Hartford Series Fund, Inc. approved on behalf of Hartford Value Fund HLS (the “Acquiring Fund”), the reorganization of the Acquired Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund (the “Reorganization”). The Board of Directors of Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc. has called for a Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Acquired Fund to be held on or about January 26, 2010, for the purpose of seeking the approval of the Agreement and Plan of Reorgaization (the “Reorganization Agreement”) by the Shareholders of the Acquired Fund. If approved, the Reorganization is expected to occur on or about the close of business on March 19, 2010. 
 
Diversification by Industry
as of December 31, 2009 

   
Percentage of
 
Industry (Sector)
 
Net Assets
 
Banks (Financials)
    3.3 %
Capital Goods (Industrials)
    7.4  
Consumer Durables & Apparel (Consumer Discretionary)
    0.6  
Consumer Services (Consumer Discretionary)
    1.4  
Diversified Financials (Financials)
    10.9  
Energy (Energy)
    16.9  
Food & Staples Retailing (Consumer Staples)
    1.9  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
    1.7  
Health Care Equipment & Services (Health Care)
    4.1  
Insurance (Financials)
    10.7  
Materials (Materials)
    5.4  
Media (Consumer Discretionary)
    2.8  
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences (Health Care)
    6.5  
Real Estate (Financials)
    1.1  
Retailing (Consumer Discretionary)
    3.7  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Information Technology)
    0.7  
Software & Services (Information Technology)
    2.5  
Technology Hardware & Equipment (Information Technology)
    9.0  
Transportation (Industrials)
    4.2  
Utilities (Utilities)
    3.7  
Short-Term Investments
    1.6  
Other Assets and Liabilities
    (0.1 )
Total
    100.0 %

 
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Hartford Advisers HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


       
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — 65.6%
     
   
Automobiles & Components — 1.0%
     
2,350
 
Ford Motor Co.
  $ 23,499  
768
 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    19,364  
          42,863  
   
Banks — 2.7%
       
767
 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    40,512  
400
 
Standard Chartered plc
    10,092  
4,194
 
Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
   
Placement Ù
    527  
2,264
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
    61,096  
          112,227  
   
Capital Goods — 5.9%
       
549
 
Boeing Co.
    29,739  
338
 
Cummins, Inc.
    15,505  
441
 
General Dynamics Corp.
    30,077  
2,002
 
General Electric Co.
    30,292  
914
 
Ingersoll-Rand plc
    32,681  
1,010
 
Masco Corp.
    13,952  
317
 
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    17,549  
151
 
Siemens AG ADR
    13,810  
542
 
Stanley Works.
    27,934  
1,944
 
Textron, Inc.
    36,568  
          248,107  
   
Diversified Financials — 5.4%
       
674
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
    26,176  
1,329
 
Discover Financial Services, Inc.
    19,543  
151
 
Franklin Resources, Inc.
    15,891  
230
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    38,749  
793
 
Invesco Ltd.
    18,632  
1,454
 
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
    60,601  
2,648
 
UBS AG ADR
    41,075  
          220,667  
   
Energy — 7.8%
       
353
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
    22,015  
240
 
BP plc ADR
    13,895  
335
 
Cameco Corp.
    10,790  
961
 
ConocoPhillips Holding Co.
    49,053  
189
 
Devon Energy Corp.
    13,914  
226
 
EOG Resources, Inc.
    21,980  
638
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    43,512  
442
 
Hess Corp.
    26,717  
507
 
OAO Gazprom Class S ADR.
    12,931  
595
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    48,371  
428
 
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR
    20,412  
370
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.
    13,053  
1,378
 
Williams Cos., Inc.
    29,044  
          325,687  
   
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%
       
471
 
CVS/Caremark Corp.
    15,171  
646
 
Sysco Corp.
    18,038  
686
 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    36,656  
          69,865  
   
Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 4.2%
       
661
 
Campbell Soup Co.
    22,325  
651
 
General Mills, Inc.
    46,090  
1,255
 
PepsiCo, Inc.
    76,298  
1,031
 
Unilever N.V. NY Shares ADR
    33,326  
          178,039  
   
Health Care Equipment & Services — 3.6%
       
391
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
    12,609  
196
 
CareFusion Corp.
    4,891  
50
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
    15,196  
1,040
 
Medtronic, Inc.
    45,717  
503
 
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    18,482  
998
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    30,422  
555
 
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    25,997  
          153,314  
   
Insurance — 1.3%
       
533
 
ACE Ltd.
    26,861  
1,292
 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
    28,523  
          55,384  
   
Materials — 0.5%
       
88
 
Rio Tinto plc ADR
    18,868  
   
Media — 1.6%
       
4,044
 
Comcast Corp. Class A
    68,178  
   
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 7.3%
 
355
 
Amgen, Inc.
    20,088  
257
 
Celgene Corp.
    14,299  
1,353
 
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
    28,370  
1,984
 
Elan Corp. plc ADR
    12,936  
467
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
    16,659  
110
 
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
    3,545  
202
 
Johnson & Johnson
    12,998  
1,610
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
    58,833  
3,426
 
Pfizer, Inc.
    62,326  
87
 
Roche Holding AG
    14,817  
1,200
 
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    26,007  
318
 
UCB S.A.
    13,284  
482
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    20,658  
          304,820  
   
Retailing — 4.0%
       
106
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
    14,313  
11,241
 
Buck Holdings L.P. Ù
    23,034  
381
 
Kohl’s Corp.
    20,553  
2,110
 
Lowe’s Co., Inc.
    49,358  
362
 
Nordstrom, Inc.
    13,607  
1,105
 
Staples, Inc.
    27,167  
429
 
Target Corp.
    20,756  
          168,788  
   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.9%
 
495
 
Lam Research Corp.
    19,417  
1,729
 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    35,100  
947
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
    24,679  
          79,196  
   
Software & Services — 6.1%
       
574
 
Accenture plc
    23,834  
1,011
 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    43,287  
93
 
Google, Inc.
    57,534  
2,652
 
Microsoft Corp.
    80,859  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
60

 

             
         
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount  
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — (continued)      
     
Software & Services — (continued)
     
 
1,974
 
Western Union Co.
  $ 37,213  
 
827
 
Yahoo!, Inc.
    13,874  
            256,601  
     
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 7.4%
       
 
322
 
Apple, Inc.
    67,939  
 
3,569
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
    85,435  
 
1,475
 
Dell, Inc.
    21,179  
 
1,305
 
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    67,226  
 
1,172
 
Qualcomm, Inc.
    54,207  
 
823
 
Seagate Technology
    14,963  
            310,949  
     
Transportation — 2.6%
       
 
3,844
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    43,741  
 
376
 
FedEx Corp.
    31,413  
 
601
 
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
    34,491  
            109,645  
     
Utilities — 0.6%
       
 
482
 
Exelon Corp.
    23,560  
     
Total common stocks
       
     
     (cost $2,443,452) 
  $ 2,746,758  
           
PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.8%        
     
Diversified Financials — 1.8%
       
 
4,985
 
Bank of America Corp. Y
  $ 74,375  
     
Total preferred stocks
       
     
     (cost $74,773)
  $ 74,375  
           
WARRANTS — 0.0%        
     
Banks — 0.0%
       
 
524
 
Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
     
Placement Ù
  $  
     
Total warrants (cost $—)
  $  
           
ASSET & COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BACKED        
SECURITIES — 0.9%        
     
Finance and Insurance — 0.9%
       
     
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust
       
11,945  
    5.65%, 09/20/2019
  $ 12,938  
     
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust
       
 
12,375
 
    5.21%, 06/17/2013
    12,858  
     
Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust
       
 
897
 
    5.36%, 10/20/2028
    881  
     
USAA Automotive Owner Trust
       
 
11,285
 
    4.50%, 10/15/2013
    11,801  
            38,478  
     
Total asset & commercial
       
     
     mortgage backed securities
       
     
     (cost $36,486)
  $ 38,478  
           
CORPORATE BONDS: INVESTMENT GRADE — 13.4%        
     
Air Transportation — 0.4%
       
     
Continental Airlines, Inc.
       
4,140  
    5.98%, 04/19/2022
  $ 3,995  
   
Southwest Airlines Co.
     
8,700
 
    5.75%, 12/15/2016
    8,598  
3,281
 
    6.15%, 08/01/2022
    3,249  
          15,842  
   
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation — 0.0%
       
   
News America Holdings, Inc.
       
1,175
 
    5.65%, 08/15/2020
    1,224  
   
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing — 0.1%
 
   
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V.
       
3,100
 
    7.75%, 01/15/2019
    3,629  
   
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
       
500
 
    8.50%, 02/01/2022
    642  
          4,271  
   
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing — 0.1%
 
   
Dell, Inc.
       
2,735
 
    5.88%, 06/15/2019
    2,894  
   
Electrical Equipment, Appliance Manufacturing — 0.2%
 
   
General Electric Co.
       
6,925
 
    5.00%, 02/01/2013
    7,326  
   
Finance and Insurance — 8.7%
       
   
Ace INA Holdings, Inc.
       
700
 
    5.88%, 06/15/2014
    759  
   
American Express Centurion Bank
       
6,350
 
    6.00%, 09/13/2017
    6,580  
   
ANZ National Ltd.
       
1,360
 
    2.38%, 12/21/2012
    1,350  
   
AXA Financial, Inc.
       
6,400
 
    7.00%, 04/01/2028
    6,088  
   
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.
       
5,500
 
    4.85%, 01/15/2015
    5,888  
   
Brandywine Operating Partnership
       
9,585
 
    6.00%, 04/01/2016
    8,797  
   
Capital One Bank
       
3,750
 
    6.50%, 06/13/2013
    4,031  
   
Capital One Capital IV
       
1,625
 
    6.75%, 02/17/2037
    1,349  
   
CDP Financial, Inc.
       
3,100
 
    4.40%, 11/25/2019
    2,969  
   
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
       
10,000
 
    6.92%, 05/15/2028
    9,663  
   
Citibank NA
       
26,000
 
    1.88%, 06/04/2012
    26,149  
   
Citigroup, Inc.
       
8,800
 
    6.00%, 10/31/2033
    7,572  
520
 
    8.13%, 07/15/2039
    587  
   
Discover Financial Services, Inc.
       
7,220
 
    6.45%, 06/12/2017
    6,757  
   
Eaton Vance Corp.
       
3,180
 
    6.50%, 10/02/2017
    3,288  
   
Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.
       
4,525
 
    5.40%, 10/15/2014
    4,421  
   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
       
20,000
 
    1.63%, 07/15/2011
    20,179  
5,500
 
    5.30%, 02/14/2012
    5,836  
6,000
 
    5.63%, 01/15/2017
    6,128  
   
Health Care Properties
       
6,530
 
    6.00%, 01/30/2017
    6,145  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Advisers HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


   
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount  
Value Ì
 
CORPORATE BONDS: INVESTMENT GRADE — (continued)  
     
Finance and Insurance — (continued)
     
     
HSBC Finance Corp.
     
$
12,500
 
    5.50%, 01/19/2016
  $ 13,114  
     
International Lease Finance Corp.
       
 
10,500
 
    5.00%, 09/15/2012
    8,804  
 
6,350
 
    5.63%, 09/15/2010
    6,281  
     
Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
       
 
12,650
 
    8.15%, 03/15/2027 
    12,834  
     
John Deere Capital Corp.
       
 
8,320
 
    4.88%, 10/15/2010
    8,609  
     
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
       
 
3,500
 
    3.70%, 01/20/2015
    3,510  
 
10,375
 
    5.13%, 09/15/2014
    10,943  
     
Kimco Realty Corp.
       
 
7,880
 
    5.78%, 03/15/2016
    7,780  
     
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
       
 
8,750
 
    5.75%, 03/15/2014 
    8,625  
     
Liberty Property L.P.
       
 
1,725
 
    6.63%, 10/01/2017
    1,673  
     
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
       
 
11,000
 
    5.00%, 02/03/2014
    11,132  
 
1,000
 
    6.40%, 08/28/2017
    1,053  
 
6,000
 
    6.88%, 04/25/2018
    6,465  
     
Morgan Stanley
       
 
13,000
 
    5.38%, 10/15/2015
    13,432  
     
National City Corp.
       
 
4,250
 
    6.88%, 05/15/2019
    4,499  
     
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.
       
 
6,000
 
    7.88%, 02/15/2024 
    6,387  
     
Nordea Bank AB
       
 
1,790
 
    3.70%, 11/13/2014 
    1,786  
     
Paccar Financial Corp.
       
 
1,460
 
    1.95%, 12/17/2012
    1,445  
     
Postal Square L.P.
       
 
31,381
 
    8.95%, 06/15/2022
    38,315  
     
Prologis Trust
       
 
6,500
 
    5.63%, 11/15/2016
    5,990  
     
Prudential Financial, Inc.
       
 
8,000
 
    5.50%, 03/15/2016
    8,011  
     
Realty Income Corp.
       
 
4,830
 
    6.75%, 08/15/2019
    4,730  
     
Republic New York Capital I
       
 
500
 
    7.75%, 11/15/2006
    459  
     
Simon Property Group L.P.
       
 
9,065
 
    6.10%, 05/01/2016
    9,251  
     
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
       
 
4,795
 
    8.75%, 05/30/2018
    5,541  
     
Sovereign Capital Trust IV
       
 
7,250
 
    7.91%, 06/13/2036
    6,237  
     
Svenska Handelsbanken AB
       
 
2,900
 
    4.88%, 06/10/2014 
    3,039  
     
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
       
 
2,500
 
    5.50%, 11/15/2012
    2,669  
     
Wachovia Corp.
       
 
10,000
 
    5.25%, 08/01/2014
    10,352  
     
WEA Finance LLC
       
 
5,000
 
    7.13%, 04/15/2018 
    5,467  
            362,969  
     
Health Care and Social Assistance — 0.5%
       
     
CVS Corp.
       
 
7,725
 
    6.13%, 08/15/2016
    8,318  
     
Express Scripts, Inc.
       
 
1,020
 
    6.25%, 06/15/2014
    1,113  
     
Merck & Co., Inc.
       
 
2,100
 
    4.00%, 06/30/2015
    2,190  
     
Schering-Plough Corp.
       
 
9,000
 
    5.30%, 12/01/2013
    9,892  
            21,513  
     
Information — 1.1%
       
     
AT&T, Inc.
       
 
2,510
 
    6.80%, 05/15/2036
    2,673  
     
BellSouth Telecommunications
       
 
650
 
    7.00%, 12/01/2095
    637  
     
Comcast Corp.
       
 
8,000
 
    5.90%, 03/15/2016
    8,615  
     
Fiserv, Inc.
       
 
6,400
 
    6.13%, 11/20/2012
    6,969  
     
France Telecom S.A.
       
 
1,300
 
    4.38%, 07/08/2014
    1,358  
     
Intuit, Inc.
       
 
7,900
 
    5.40%, 03/15/2012
    8,393  
     
Oracle Corp.
       
 
2,850
 
    6.13%, 07/08/2039
    2,993  
     
Telecom Italia Capital
       
 
2,900
 
    7.00%, 06/04/2018
    3,191  
     
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
       
 
4,580
 
    5.85%, 05/01/2017
    4,812  
     
Verizon Communications, Inc.
       
 
5,000
 
    5.35%, 02/15/2011
    5,214  
     
Verizon Global Funding Corp.
       
 
500
 
    7.25%, 12/01/2010
    528  
            45,383  
     
Machinery Manufacturing — 0.2%
       
     
Xerox Corp.
       
 
6,000
 
    5.50%, 05/15/2012
    6,341  
     
Motor Vehicle & Parts Manufacturing — 0.2%
       
     
DaimlerChrysler NA Holdings Corp.
       
 
9,550
 
    6.50%, 11/15/2013
    10,469  
     
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing — 0.3%
 
     
Atmos Energy Corp.
       
 
5,875
 
    6.35%, 06/15/2017
    6,234  
     
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd.
       
 
1,200
 
    5.50%, 09/30/2014
    1,257  
     
Weatherford International Ltd.
       
 
5,500
 
    5.95%, 06/15/2012
    5,887  
            13,378  
     
Pipeline Transportation — 0.1%
       
     
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.
       
 
5,000
 
    6.95%, 01/15/2038
    5,329  
     
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing — 0.2%
       
     
COX Communications, Inc.
       
 
9,000
 
    5.45%, 12/15/2014
    9,642  
     
Retail Trade — 0.1%
       
     
Staples, Inc.
       
 
2,525
 
    9.75%, 01/15/2014
    3,077  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount  
Value Ì
 
CORPORATE BONDS: INVESTMENT GRADE — (continued)  
     
Soap, Cleaning Compound and Toilet
     
     
Manufacturing — 0.3%
     
     
Procter & Gamble Co.
     
11,203  
    9.36%, 01/01/2021
  $ 13,663  
     
Utilities — 0.9%
       
     
Consolidated Edison Co. of NY
       
 
4,605
 
    5.30%, 12/01/2016
    4,796  
     
Enel Finance International
       
 
4,045
 
    6.80%, 09/15/2037
    4,473  
     
Indianapolis Power and Light
       
 
8,000
 
    6.60%, 06/01/2037
    8,483  
     
MidAmerican Energy Co.
       
 
6,000
 
    5.65%, 07/15/2012
    6,477  
     
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
       
 
2,510
 
    3.55%, 10/01/2014
    2,502  
     
Southern California Edison Co.
       
 
8,000
 
    5.55%, 01/15/2037
    7,954  
     
Taqa Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.
       
 
2,965
 
    5.88%, 10/27/2016
    2,857  
     
Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
       
 
1,960
 
    4.25%, 12/15/2019
    1,915  
            39,457  
     
Total corporate bonds: investment grade
       
     
     (cost $549,306)
  $ 562,778  
         
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.8%        
     
General Obligations — 0.3%
       
     
California State Taxable,
       
1,450  
    6.20%, 10/01/2019
  $ 1,399  
     
Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation Dist
       
     
Taxable,
       
 
685
 
    5.72%, 12/01/2038
    684  
     
Los Angeles USD,
       
 
4,300
 
    5.75%, 07/01/2034
    3,972  
     
Oregon School Boards Association, Taxable
       
     
Pension,
       
 
10,000
 
    4.76%, 06/30/2028
    8,454  
            14,509  
     
Higher Education (Univ., Dorms, etc.) — 0.2%
       
     
Curators University, MO, Taxable System Facs
       
     
Rev,
       
 
2,170
 
    5.96%, 11/01/2039
    2,216  
     
Massachusetts School Building Auth,
       
 
2,500
 
    5.72%, 08/15/2039
    2,457  
     
University of California,
       
 
1,960
 
    5.77%, 05/15/2043
    1,902  
            6,575  
     
Housing (HFA’S, etc.) — 0.0%
       
     
University of California,
       
 
1,935
 
    6.58%, 05/15/2049
    1,880  
     
Tax Allocation — 0.1%
       
     
Dallas, TX, Area Rapid Transit Taxable Sales Tax Rev,
       
 
2,200
 
    6.00%, 12/01/2044
    2,253  
     
Transportation — 0.2%
       
     
Bay Area Toll Auth,
       
 
3,100
 
    6.26%, 04/01/2049
    2,961  
     
Illinois State Toll Highway Auth, Taxable Rev,
       
 
365
 
    6.18%, 01/01/2034
    363  
     
Maryland State Transit Auth,
       
 
1,350
 
    5.89%, 07/01/2043
    1,352  
     
New York and New Jersey PA,
       
 
975
 
    5.86%, 12/01/2024
    1,012  
 
570
 
    6.04%, 12/01/2029
    570  
     
North Texas Tollway Auth Rev Taxable,
       
 
3,400
 
    6.72%, 01/01/2049
    3,532  
            9,790  
     
Total municipal bonds
       
     
    (cost $37,040)
  $ 35,007  
           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 0.5%        
     
 Federal National Mortgage Association 0.0%
       
$
68
 
    6.50%, 05/01/2036 07/01/2038
  $ 73  
     
Government National Mortgage Association 0.5%
 
 
6,031
 
    6.00%, 06/15/2024 05/15/2035
    6,438  
 
2,024
 
    6.50%, 03/15/2026 02/15/2035
    2,189  
 
7,912
 
    7.00%, 11/15/2031 11/15/2033
    8,733  
 
76
 
    7.50%, 09/16/2035
    84  
 
1,249
 
    8.00%, 09/15/2026 02/15/2031
    1,434  
 
86
 
    9.00%, 06/20/2016 06/15/2022
    96  
            18,974  
     
Total U.S. government agencies
       
     
    (cost $17,773)
  $ 19,047  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 13.8%        
     
Other Direct Federal Obligations 3.3%
       
     
Federal Financing Corporation 0.4%
       
$
6,500
 
    5.24%, 12/06/2013 O
  $ 5,736  
 
11,117
 
    5.25%, 12/27/2013 O
    9,779  
            15,515  
     
Tennessee Valley Authority 2.9%
       
 
64,300
 
    4.38%, 06/15/2015
    67,478  
 
50,000
 
    6.00%, 03/15/2013
    55,946  
            123,424  
            138,939  
     
U.S. Treasury Securities 10.5%
       
     
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.1%
       
 
5,000
 
    4.25%, 05/15/2039
    4,691  
 
22,000
 
    4.38%, 02/15/2038
    21,120  
 
18,000
 
    6.00%, 02/15/2026
    21,057  
 
33,650
 
    6.25%, 08/15/2023
    40,191  
            87,059  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Advisers HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


           
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount    
Value Ì
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES — (continued)        
     
U.S. Treasury Notes 8.4%
       
166,500  
   1.00%, 07/31/2011 09/30/2011
    $ 166,664  
 
30,000
 
   1.38%, 05/15/2012
      30,000  
 
42,000
 
   2.38%, 08/31/2010
      42,556  
 
23,000
 
   2.75%, 02/15/2019
      21,174  
 
35,000
 
   3.88%, 02/15/2013 05/15/2018
      36,035  
 
30,135
 
   4.13%, 08/15/2010
      30,840  
 
13,000
 
   4.25%, 08/15/2013
      14,028  
 
9,950
 
   4.75%, 05/31/2012
      10,745  
              352,042  
              439,101  
     
Total U.S. government securities
         
     
   (cost $566,907)
    $ 578,040  
     
Total long-term investments
         
     
   (cost $3,725,737)
    $ 4,054,483  
                 
     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.1%
         
     
Repurchase Agreements — 3.1%
         
     
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. TriParty Joint
         
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
         
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $30,355,
         
     
   collateralized by FHLMC 4.00% 6.00%,
         
     
   2022 2039, FNMA 5.00% 7.00%,
         
     
   2028 2047, value of $30,962)
         
$
30,355  
   0.005%, 12/31/2009
    $ 30,355  
     
Deutsche Bank Securities TriParty Joint
         
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
         
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $55,988,
         
     
   collateralized by FNMA 5.00% 7.00%,
         
     
   2022 2040, value of $57,108)
         
 
55,988
 
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
      55,988  
     
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. TriParty Joint
         
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
         
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $21,946,
         
     
   collateralized by FHLMC 4.00% 8.00%,
         
     
   2010 2039, FNMA 3.50% 8.00%,
         
     
   2013 2049, value of $22,484)
         
 
21,946
 
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
      21,946  
     
 UBS Securities, Inc. Joint Repurchase
         
     
   Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the
         
     
   amount of $243, collateralized by
         
     
   U.S. Treasury Note 1.50%, 2013, value
         
     
   of $249)
         
 
243
 
   0.001%, 12/31/2009
      243  
     
UBS Securities, Inc. TriParty Joint Repurchase
         
     
   Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the
         
     
   amount of $20,752, collateralized by FNMA
         
     
   4.00% 8.25%, 2013 2040, value
         
     
   of $21,167)
         
 
20,752
 
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
      20,752  
              129,284  
     
Total short-term investments
         
     
   (cost $129,284)
    $ 129,284  
     
Total investments
         
     
   (cost $3,855,021)
99.9
  $ 4,183,767  
     
Other assets and liabilities
0.1
    2,500  
     
Total net assets
100.0
  $ 4,186,267  

Note:
Percentage of investments as shown is the ratio of the total market value to total net assets. Market value of investments in foreign securities represents 7.1% of total net assets at December 31, 2009. Foreign securities that are principally traded on certain foreign markets are adjusted daily pursuant to a third party pricing service methodology approved by the Board of Directors in order to reflect an adjustment for factors occurring after the close of the foreign market but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange.

At December 31, 2009, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $3,946,415 and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost were:

Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 459,447  
Unrealized Depreciation
    (222,095 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation.
  $ 237,352  

The aggregate value of securities valued in good faith at fair value as determined under policies and procedures established by and under the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors at December 31, 2009, was $23,561, which represents 0.56% of total net assets. This amount excludes securities that are principally traded in certain foreign markets and whose prices are adjusted pursuant to a third party pricing service methodology approved by the Board of Directors.
 
Currently non-income producing.
 
Securities issued within terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues are determined to be liquid. The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2009, was $67,763, which represents 1.62% of total net assets.
 
Y
Convertible security.
 
O
The interest rate disclosed for these securities represents the effective yield on the date of the acquisition.
 
Ù
The following securities are considered illiquid. Illiquid securities are often purchased in private placement transactions, are often not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may have contractual restrictions on resale. A security may also be considered illiquid if the security lacks a readily available market or if its valuation has not changed for a certain period of time.

Period
             
Acquired
 
Shares/Par
 
Security
 
Cost Basis
 
06/2007
    11,241  
Buck Holdings L.P.
  $ 10,665  
04/2008
    524  
Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
         
Placement Warrants
     
04/2008
    4,194  
Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
         
Placement
    36,700  

 
The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2009 was $23,561 which represents 0.56% of total net assets.
 
 
PA — Port Authority
 
USD — United School District
 
Ì
See Significant Accounting Policies of accompanying Notes to Financial Statements regarding valuation of securities.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Credit Default Swap Agreements Outstanding at December 31, 2009

                         
Unrealized
 
   
Reference
 
Buy/Sell
 
Pay/Receive
 
Expiration
 
Notional
   
Appreciation/
 
Counterparty
 
Entity
 
Protection
 
Fixed Rate
 
Date
 
Amount
   
(Depreciation)
 
Goldman Sachs International
 
CDS North American Investment Grade Index
 
Sell
    1.00 %
12/20/14
  $ 42,000     $ 115  

Investment Valuation Hierarchy Level Summary
December 31, 2009

   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
  $ 38,478     $     $ 38,478     $  
Common Stocks ‡
    2,746,758       2,630,627       92,570       23,561  
Corporate Bonds: Investment Grade.
    562,778             555,534       7,244  
Municipal Bonds
    35,007             35,007        
Preferred Stocks ‡
    74,375       74,375              
U.S. Government Agencies
    19,047             19,047        
U.S. Government Securities
    578,040             578,040        
Warrants ‡
                       
Short-Term Investments
    129,284             129,284        
Total
  $ 4,183,767     $ 2,705,002     $ 1,447,960     $ 30,805  
Other Financial Instruments *
  $ 115     $     $ 115     $  

The Fund has all or primarily all of these equity securities categorized in a single level. Refer to the Schedule of Investments for further industry breakout.
 
*
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the investment.

Following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

               
Change in
                   
   
Balance as of
         
Unrealized
         
Transfers In
   
Balance as of
 
   
December 31,
   
Realized
   
Appreciation
   
Net Purchases
   
and/or Out of
   
December 31,
 
   
2008
   
Gain (Loss)
   
(Depreciation)
   
(Sales)
   
Level 3
   
2009
 
Assets:
                                   
Asset & Commercial Mortgage Backed
                                   
Securities
  $ 4,580     $ (3,577 )   $ 4,145 *   $ (5,148 )   $     $  
Common Stock
    10,906             12,655                 23,561  
Corporate Bonds
    5,251             2,105     (112 )           7,244  
Total
  $ 20,737     $ (3,577 )   $ 18,905     $ (5,260 )   $     $ 30,805  

*
Change in unrealized gains or losses in the current period relating to assets still held at December 31, 2009 was $—.
 
Change in unrealized gains or losses in the current period relating to assets still held at December 31, 2009 was $12,655.
 
Change in unrealized gains or losses in the current period relating to assets still held at December 31, 2009 was $2,105.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


       
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — 97.9%
     
   
 Automobiles & Components 3.9%
     
1,802
 
 ArvinMeritor, Inc.
  $ 20,141  
270
 
 Daimler AG
    14,407  
26,457
 
 Ford Motor Co.
    264,567  
386
 
 Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    9,732  
234
 
 Johnson Controls, Inc.
    6,377  
3,229
 
 Modine Manufacturing Co.
    38,231  
582
 
 Tenneco Automotive, Inc.
    10,312  
856
 
 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.
    20,434  
          384,201  
   
 Banks 5.0%
       
2,427
 
 Banco Santander Brasil S.A.
    33,828  
972
 
 HSBC Holding plc
    11,087  
1,236
 
 Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
    4,512  
752
 
 Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo S.A. ADR
    17,172  
13,287
 
 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
    65,447  
240
 
 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    12,643  
875
 
 Popular, Inc.
    1,977  
2,008
 
 Standard Chartered plc
    50,698  
397
 
 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    11,398  
11,255
 
 Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S.
    47,947  
469
 
 Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
   
   Placement Ù
    59  
8,910
 
 Wells Fargo & Co.
    240,491  
          497,259  
   
 Capital Goods 6.6%
       
695
 
 ABB Ltd. ADR
    13,282  
260
 
 AMETEK, Inc.
    9,946  
575
 
 Atlas Copco Ab
    8,457  
220
 
 Barnes Group, Inc.
    3,712  
753
 
 BE Aerospace, Inc.
    17,697  
378
 
 Boeing Co.
    20,470  
378
 
 Caterpillar, Inc.
    21,559  
173
 
 Cummins, Inc.
    7,921  
79
 
 Deere & Co.
    4,278  
546
 
 Dover Corp.
    22,739  
247
 
 Emerson Electric Co.
    10,510  
58
 
 First Solar, Inc.
    7,909  
125
 
 Flowserve Corp.
    11,854  
440
 
 General Dynamics Corp.
    29,961  
8,378
 
 General Electric Co.
    126,765  
2,840
 
 Hansen Transmissions
    5,002  
434
 
 Honeywell International, Inc.
    17,000  
247
 
 Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    11,852  
732
 
 Ingersoll-Rand plc
    26,168  
165
 
 Joy Global, Inc.
    8,513  
319
 
 Lockheed Martin Corp.
    24,040  
793
 
 Masco Corp.
    10,948  
39
 
 Moog, Inc. Class A
    1,125  
370
 
 Owens Corning, Inc.
    9,482  
231
 
 Parker-Hannifin Corp.
    12,459  
263
 
 Pentair, Inc.
    8,479  
192
 
 Precision Castparts Corp.
    21,193  
1,935
 
 Raytheon Co.
    99,681  
148
 
 Regal-Beloit Corp.
    7,672  
85
 
 Schneider Electric S.A.
    9,880  
77
 
 Stanley Works.
    3,956  
851
 
 Sunpower Corp. Class B
    17,836  
802
 
 Terex Corp.
    15,887  
530
 
 Trex Co., Inc.
    10,382  
186
 
 Trina Solar Ltd. ADR
    10,033  
65
 
 Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    3,987  
564
 
 Yingli Green Energy Holdings
    8,917  
          661,552  
   
 Commercial & Professional Services 0.4%
       
1,166
 
 Cenveo, Inc.
    10,204  
421
 
 Corrections Corp. of America
    10,331  
585
 
 Monster Worldwide, Inc.
    10,183  
252
 
 Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
    6,408  
          37,126  
   
 Consumer Durables & Apparel 2.2%
       
2,709
 
 Anta Sports Products Ltd.
    3,995  
88
 
 Black & Decker Corp.
    5,718  
329
 
 CIE Financiere Richemont S.A.
    11,057  
783
 
 Coach, Inc.
    28,609  
511
 
 Hanesbrands, Inc.
    12,320  
418
 
 Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
    5,286  
1,081
 
 Lennar Corp.
    13,810  
2,000
 
 Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    30,020  
392
 
 Nikon Corp.
    7,739  
49
 
 NVR, Inc.
    34,806  
626
 
 PDG Realty S.A.
    6,233  
3,364
 
 Pulte Homes, Inc.
    33,636  
477
 
 Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.
    11,281  
315
 
 Toll Brothers, Inc.
    5,927  
219
 
 Warnaco Group, Inc.
    9,257  
          219,694  
   
 Consumer Services 1.2%
       
537
 
 Apollo Group, Inc. Class A
    32,524  
162
 
 Bally Technologies, Inc.
    6,703  
300
 
 Brinks Home Security Holding
    9,786  
149
 
 Coinstar, Inc.
    4,136  
196
 
 Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
    2,704  
96
 
 Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR
    6,913  
1,066
 
 Educomp Solutions Ltd.
    16,297  
18
 
 ITT Educational Services, Inc.
    1,746  
568
 
 Las Vegas Sands Corp.
    8,493  
436
 
 Life Time Fitness, Inc.
    10,877  
3,763
 
 Shangri-La Asia Ltd.
    7,050  
321
 
 Starbucks Corp.
    7,409  
1,506
 
 Thomas Cook Group plc.
    5,563  
          120,201  
   
 Diversified Financials 5.1%
       
789
 
 Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
    30,613  
5,966
 
 Bank of America Corp.
    89,853  
151
 
 Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
    4,226  
1,070
 
 GAM Holding Ltd.
    12,962  
1,171
 
 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    197,763  
678
 
 ING Groep N.V.
    6,526  
371
 
 Invesco Ltd.
    8,720  
258
 
 JP Morgan Chase & Co.
    10,730  
688
 
 Julius Baer Group Ltd.
    24,206  
157
 
 Morgan Stanley.
    4,658  
452
 
 Oaktree Capital ■●
    15,142  
373
 
 PennantPark Investment Corp.
    3,329  
87
 
 State Street Corp.
    3,796  
467
 
 TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
    9,052  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — (continued)
     
   
 Diversified Financials (continued)
     
3,005
 
 UBS AG
  $ 46,801  
2,762
 
 UBS AG ADR
    42,836  
          511,213  
   
 Energy 9.2%
       
180
 
 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
    7,804  
43
 
 Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
    2,697  
430
 
 Apache Corp.
    44,394  
1,961
 
 Baker Hughes, Inc.
    79,361  
1,851
 
 BG Group plc
    33,430  
92
 
 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
    4,006  
2,961
 
 Cameco Corp.
    95,247  
204
 
 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. ADR
    14,692  
342
 
 Cobalt International Energy
    4,733  
1,135
 
 Complete Production Services, Inc. 
    14,757  
446
 
 Consol Energy, Inc.
    22,215  
64
 
 Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
    6,252  
792
 
 Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.
    25,048  
1,480
 
 Exxon Mobil Corp.
    100,887  
252
 
 Halliburton Co.
    7,592  
241
 
 Hess Corp.
    14,562  
26
 
 Karoon Gas Australia Ltd.
    242  
1,212
 
 Massey Energy Co.
    50,910  
262
 
 Nabors Industries Ltd.
    5,738  
979
 
 National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
    43,182  
251
 
 Newfield Exploration Co.
    12,101  
393
 
 Noble Corp.
    15,983  
704
 
 Noble Energy, Inc.
    50,142  
661
 
 OAO Gazprom Class S ADR.
    16,866  
150
 
 Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    12,169  
174
 
 Oceaneering International, Inc.
    10,195  
1,000
 
 OMV AG
    43,876  
254
 
 Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
    11,155  
289
 
 Peabody Energy Corp.
    13,084  
86
 
 PetroChina Co., Ltd. ADR
    10,207  
285
 
 SBM Offshore N.V.
    5,592  
594
 
 Smith International, Inc.
    16,142  
1,797
 
 Suncor Energy, Inc.
    63,500  
574
 
 Total S.A. ADR
    36,740  
70
 
 Transocean, Inc.
    5,795  
400
 
 Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
    5,870  
376
 
 Weatherford International Ltd.
    6,734  
152
 
 Whiting Petroleum Corp.
    10,868  
          924,768  
   
 Food & Staples Retailing 1.7%
       
1,971
 
 CVS/Caremark Corp.
    63,501  
447
 
 Kroger Co.
    9,183  
24,070
 
 Olam International Ltd.
    45,224  
357
 
 Sysco Corp.
    9,972  
818
 
 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    43,729  
          171,609  
   
 Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.5%
       
88
 
 BRF Brasil Foods S.A. ADR
    4,624  
219
 
 Groupe Danone
    13,405  
523
 
 Imperial Tobacco Group plc
    16,487  
6
 
 Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    19,894  
1,537
 
 Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
    24,646  
105
 
 Nestle S.A.
    5,072  
633
 
 PepsiCo, Inc.
    38,474  
842
 
 Unilever N.V. CVA
    27,395  
          149,997  
   
 Health Care Equipment & Services 7.1%
       
2,030
 
 ATS Medical, Inc.
    6,557  
66
 
 Bard (C.R.), Inc.
    5,125  
9,664
 
 Boston Scientific Corp.
    86,977  
1,020
 
 Cardinal Health, Inc.
    32,883  
125
 
 CIGNA Corp.
    4,402  
1,827
 
 Covidien plc
    87,518  
318
 
 Cyberonics, Inc.
    6,504  
90
 
 Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
    7,845  
885
 
 Hologic, Inc.
    12,837  
80
 
 Hospira, Inc.
    4,087  
7
 
 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
    2,001  
130
 
 Inverness Medical Innovation, Inc.
    5,380  
2,073
 
 McKesson Corp.
    129,550  
2,065
 
 Medtronic, Inc.
    90,833  
709
 
 St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    26,073  
350
 
 SXC Health Solutions Corp.
    18,883  
5,713
 
 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    174,122  
357
 
 Volcano Corp.
    6,198  
          707,775  
   
 Household & Personal Products 0.5%
       
281
 
 Herbalife Ltd.
    11,397  
149
 
 Medifast, Inc.
    4,553  
421
 
 Procter & Gamble Co.
    25,531  
          41,481  
   
 Insurance 4.5%
       
4,880
 
 ACE Ltd.
    245,952  
555
 
 Assured Guaranty Ltd.
    12,072  
2,422
 
 China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
    11,852  
444
 
 Chubb Corp.
    21,835  
157
 
 Everest Re Group Ltd.
    13,451  
1,055
 
 Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
    14,199  
156
 
 First American Financial Corp.
    5,152  
509
 
 Lincoln National Corp.
    12,667  
2,972
 
 Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
    65,630  
249
 
 Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.
    9,530  
220
 
 Principal Financial Group, Inc.
    5,298  
318
 
 Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
    15,148  
793
 
 Unum Group
    15,474  
11
 
 White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.
    3,793  
          452,053  
   
 Materials 5.9%
       
1,377
 
 AngloGold Ltd. ADR.
    55,336  
974
 
 Barrick Gold Corp.
    38,357  
244
 
 Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.
    11,252  
465
 
 CRH plc
    12,711  
974
 
 Fibria Celulose S.A. ADR
    22,245  
19
 
 FMC Corp.
    1,077  
477
 
 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
    38,295  
94
 
 HeidelbergCement AG
    6,480  
10,872
 
 Huabao International Holdings Ltd.
    11,691  
543
 
 Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
    14,853  
216
 
 Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
    19,330  
474
 
 Mosaic Co.
    28,324  
1,480
 
 Newmont Mining Corp.
    70,005  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
67

 

Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


       
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — (continued)
     
   
 Materials (continued)
     
260
 
 Nucor Corp.
  $ 12,152  
315
 
 Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    10,367  
200
 
 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.
    21,700  
116
 
 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. ADR
    12,687  
75
 
 Randgold Resources Ltd. ADR
    5,950  
6,115
 
 Rexam plc
    28,586  
312
 
 Rio Tinto plc
    16,854  
82
 
 Rio Tinto plc ADR
    17,619  
848
 
 Sino Forest Corp.
    15,704  
203
 
 Southern Copper Corp.
    6,693  
232
 
 Teck Cominco Ltd. Class B
    8,114  
938
 
 Vedanta Resources plc
    39,246  
210
 
 Vulcan Materials Co.
    11,061  
1,665
 
 Xstrata plc
    29,697  
1,365
 
 Yamana Gold, Inc.
    15,534  
          581,920  
   
 Media 1.8%
       
4,515
 
 Comcast Corp. Class A
    76,125  
871
 
 Comcast Corp. Special Class A
    13,943  
261
 
 DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
    10,415  
30
 
 Harvey Weinstein Co. Holdings
       
   
   Class A-1 Ù
     
135
 
 Scripps Networks Interactive Class A
    5,618  
450
 
 Viacom, Inc. Class B
    13,369  
348
 
 Virgin Media, Inc.
    5,860  
1,400
 
 Walt Disney Co.
    45,150  
1,031
 
 WPP plc
    10,087  
          180,567  
   
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 10.2%
 
332
 
 Abbott Laboratories
    17,936  
502
 
 Alkermes, Inc.
    4,724  
850
 
 Amgen, Inc.
    48,056  
66
 
 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    932  
5
 
 Biovail Corp.
    67  
1,505
 
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    37,990  
3,369
 
 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
    70,657  
3,307
 
 Elan Corp. plc ADR
    21,564  
902
 
 Eli Lilly & Co.
    32,213  
541
 
 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    23,402  
290
 
 Icon plc ADR
    6,293  
631
 
 Impax Laboratories, Inc.
    8,580  
330
 
 Johnson & Johnson
    21,268  
1,613
 
 King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    19,796  
68
 
 Life Technologies Corp.
    3,565  
5,037
 
 Merck & Co., Inc.
    184,059  
6,266
 
 Novavax, Inc.
    16,668  
11,164
 
 Pfizer, Inc.
    203,067  
956
 
 Roche Holding AG
    163,513  
479
 
 Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    10,377  
1,899
 
 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR
    106,681  
349
 
 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
    16,620  
189
 
 UCB S.A.
    7,896  
88
 
 Waters Corp.
    5,470  
          1,031,394  
   
 Real Estate 0.6%
       
822
 
 Chimera Investment Corp.
    3,188  
5,000
 
 China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.
    10,476  
2,432
 
 Hang Lung Properties Ltd.
   
9,534
 
298
 
 Iguatemi Emp de Shopping
   
5,818
 
2,250
 
 Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
   
33,463
 
         
62,479
 
   
 Retailing 4.7%
       
279
 
 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A
   
9,737
 
189
 
 Advance Automotive Parts, Inc.
   
7,662
 
125
 
 Amazon.com, Inc.
   
16,835
 
909
 
 Best Buy Co., Inc.
   
35,879
 
141
 
 Blue Nile, Inc.
   
8,948
 
29,055
 
 Buck Holdings L.P. Ù
   
59,539
 
213
 
 Expedia, Inc.
   
5,471
 
352
 
 GameStop Corp. Class A
   
7,723
 
1,352
 
 Gap, Inc.
   
28,316
 
94
 
 Guess?, Inc.
   
3,970
 
536
 
 Home Depot, Inc.
   
15,515
 
1,077
 
 Lowes Co., Inc.
   
25,196
 
234
 
 Nordstrom, Inc.
   
8,786
 
475
 
 Nutri/System, Inc.
   
14,800
 
417
 
 Sherwin-Williams Co.
   
25,683
 
522
 
 Shutterfly, Inc.
   
9,297
 
4,872
 
 Staples, Inc.
   
119,809
 
140
 
 The Buckle, Inc.
   
4,096
 
1,467
 
 TJX Cos., Inc.
   
53,637
 
391
 
 Urban Outfitters, Inc.
   
13,692
 
         
474,591
 
   
 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 2.5%
620
 
 Altera Corp.
   
14,025
 
817
 
 Analog Devices, Inc.
   
25,793
 
1,257
 
 ASML Holding N.V. ADR
   
42,842
 
623
 
 Intel Corp.
   
12,708
 
785
 
 Intersil Corp.
   
12,042
 
334
 
 Lam Research Corp.
   
13,085
 
607
 
 MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
   
8,271
 
863
 
 ON Semiconductor Corp.
   
7,607
 
472
 
 Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
   
6,703
 
5,620
 
 Taiwan Semiconductor
       
   
   Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
   
64,296
 
556
 
 Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
14,488
 
1,258
 
 TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
   
7,548
 
158
 
 Varian Semiconductor Equipment
       
   
   Associates, Inc.
   
5,665
 
626
 
 Xilinx, Inc.
   
15,685
 
         
250,758
 
   
 Software & Services 8.5%
       
3,011
 
 Activision Blizzard, Inc.
   
33,456
 
638
 
 Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
   
27,303
 
413
 
 BMC Software, Inc.
   
16,576
 
75
 
 CACI International, Inc. Class A
   
3,654
 
1,968
 
 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
   
11,785
 
247
 
 Check Point Software
       
   
   Technologies Ltd. ADR
   
8,352
 
2,415
 
 Cia Brasileira de Meios de Pagamentos.
   
21,276
 
122
 
 Concur Technologies, Inc.
   
5,207
 
4,271
 
 eBay, Inc.
   
100,542
 
107
 
 Equinix, Inc.
   
11,337
 
217
 
 Google, Inc.
   
134,636
 
217
 
 Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd.
   
8,031
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
68

 

         
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount  
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — (continued)      
     
 Software & Services (continued)
     
 
182
 
 Mastercard, Inc.
  $ 46,511  
 
3,708
 
 Microsoft Corp.
    113,064  
 
137
 
 Netease.com, Inc.
    5,167  
 
5,611
 
 Oracle Corp.
    137,682  
 
119
 
 Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. ADR
    6,256  
 
833
 
 Sohu.com, Inc.
    47,738  
 
120
 
 Visa, Inc.
    10,521  
 
120
 
 Vistaprint N.V.
    6,771  
 
370
 
 Vocus, Inc.
    6,655  
 
4,037
 
 Western Union Co.
    76,091  
 
1,287
 
 Yahoo!, Inc.
    21,597  
            860,208  
     
 Technology Hardware & Equipment 11.2%
       
 
623
 
 Apple, Inc.
    131,445  
 
471
 
 Arrow Electronics, Inc.
    13,958  
 
193
 
 Avnet, Inc.
    5,812  
 
9,245
 
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
    221,334  
 
2,796
 
 Corning, Inc.
    53,984  
 
1,200
 
 Dell, Inc.
    17,234  
 
3,130
 
 EMC Corp.
    54,683  
 
1,333
 
 Emulex Corp.
    14,530  
 
1,693
 
 Flextronics International Ltd.
    12,375  
 
303
 
 Hewlett-Packard Co.
    15,625  
 
23,961
 
 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    112,055  
 
1,017
 
 IBM Corp.
    133,129  
 
449
 
 Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    7,792  
 
777
 
 JDS Uniphase Corp.
    6,407  
 
493
 
 Juniper Networks, Inc.
    13,138  
 
2,175
 
 Motorola, Inc.
    16,876  
 
640
 
 NetApp, Inc.
    22,001  
 
982
 
 QLogic Corp.
    18,535  
 
2,892
 
 Qualcomm, Inc.
    133,765  
 
610
 
 Riverbed Technology, Inc.
    14,017  
 
1,968
 
 SanDisk Corp.
    57,064  
 
805
 
 Seagate Technology
    14,638  
 
75
 
 Solar Cayman Ltd. Ù
    616  
 
1,800
 
 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR
    16,542  
 
154
 
 Teradata Corp.
    4,851  
            1,112,406  
     
 Telecommunication Services 1.0%
       
 
1,847
 
 AT&T, Inc.
    51,760  
 
136
 
 Brasil Telecom S.A. ADR.
    3,973  
 
655
 
 Iridium Communications, Inc.
    5,257  
 
2,291
 
 MTN Group Ltd.
    36,463  
            97,453  
     
 Transportation 2.2%
       
 
1,414
 
 Air Asia BHD
    567  
 
628
 
 AMR Corp.
    4,857  
 
1,412
 
 British Airways plc
    4,247  
 
155
 
 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    9,074  
 
353
 
 Continental Airlines, Inc.
    6,333  
 
205
 
 Con-way, Inc.
    7,146  
 
8,558
 
 Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    97,388  
 
309
 
 FedEx Corp.
    25,761  
 
196
 
 J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
    6,309  
 
84
 
 Kuehne & Nagel International AG
    8,128  
 
161
 
 TNT N.V.
    4,960  
 
332
 
 UAL Corp.
    4,290  
 
650
 
 United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
    37,274  
 
870
 
 US Airways Group, Inc.
    4,212  
            220,546  
     
 Utilities 0.4%
       
 
427
 
 Allegheny Energy, Inc.
    10,028  
 
245
 
 Entergy Corp.
    20,043  
 
58
 
 FirstEnergy Corp.
    2,694  
 
401
 
 Northeast Utilities
    10,344  
            43,109  
     
 Total common stocks
       
     
   (cost $8,691,839)
  $ 9,794,360  
           
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.7%        
     
 Automobiles & Components 0.4%
       
 
479
 
 Volkswagen AG Preferred
  $ 45,165  
     
 Diversified Financials 0.3%
       
 
1,721
 
 Bank of America Corp. Y
    25,671  
     
 Total preferred stocks
       
     
   (cost $72,421)
  $ 70,836  
           
WARRANTS — 0.0%        
     
 Banks 0.0%
       
 
59
 
 Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
     
   Placement Ù
  $  
     
 Capital Goods 0.0%
       
 
150
 
 Capstone Turbine Corp. Ù
     
     
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 0.0%
 
 
510
 
 Novavax, Inc. Ù
     
     
 Total warrants
       
     
   (cost $)
  $  
           
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 0.3%        
     
 Diversified Financials 0.3%
       
 
273
 
 S & P MidCap 400 Depositary Receipts
  $ 35,984  
     
 Total exchange traded funds
       
     
   (cost $30,213)
  $ 35,984  
     
CORPORATE BONDS: NON-INVESTMENT GRADE — 0.2%  
     
 Finance and Insurance 0.2%
       
     
 MBIA Insurance Co.
       
53,500  
   14.00%, 01/15/2033 ■Δ
  $ 23,005  
     
 Total corporate bonds: non-investment grade
       
     
   (cost $53,134)
  $ 23,005  
     
 Total long-term investments
       
     
   (cost $8,847,607)
  $ 9,924,185  
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.0%        
     
 Repurchase Agreements 1.0%
       
     
 BNP Paribas Securities Corp. TriParty Joint
       
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
       
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $22,480,
       
     
   collateralized by FHLMC 4.00% 6.00%,
       
     
   2022 2039, FNMA 5.00% 7.00%,
       
     
   2028 2047, value of $22,930)
       
22,480  
   0.005%, 12/31/2009
  $ 22,480  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


     
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount    
Value Ì
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — (continued)        
     
Repurchase Agreements — (continued)
       
     
Deutsche Bank Securities TriParty Joint
       
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
       
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $41,463,
       
     
   collateralized by FNMA 5.00% 7.00%,
       
     
   2022 2040, value of $42,292)
       
41,463  
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
    $ 41,463  
     
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. TriParty Joint
         
     
   Repurchase Agreement (maturing on
         
     
   01/04/2010 in the amount of $16,252,
         
     
   collateralized by FHLMC 4.00% 8.00%,
         
     
   2010 2039, FNMA 3.50% 8.00%,
         
     
   2013 2049, value of $16,651)
         
 
16,252
 
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
      16,252  
     
UBS Securities, Inc. Joint Repurchase
         
     
   Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the
         
     
   amount of $180, collateralized by
         
     
   U.S. Treasury Note 1.50%, 2013, value
         
     
   of $184)
         
 
180
 
   0.001%, 12/31/2009
      180  
     
UBS Securities, Inc. TriParty Joint Repurchase
         
     
   Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the
         
     
   amount of $15,368, collateralized by FNMA
         
     
   4.00% 8.25%, 2013 2040, value
         
     
   of $15,676)
         
 
15,369
 
   0.010%, 12/31/2009
      15,369  
              95,744  
     
 Total short-term investments
         
     
   (cost $95,744)
    $ 95,744  
     
 Total investments
         
     
   (cost $8,943,351)
100.1
  $ 10,019,929  
     
 Other assets and liabilities
(0.1
)%     (13,803 )
     
 Total net assets
100.0
%   $ 10,006,126  

Note:
Percentage of investments as shown is the ratio of the total market value to total net assets. Market value of investments in foreign securities represents 23.1% of total net assets at December 31, 2009.
 
 
Foreign securities that are principally traded on certain foreign markets are adjusted daily pursuant to a third party pricing service methodology approved by the Board of Directors in order to reflect an adjustment for factors occurring after the close of the foreign market but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange.
 
At December 31, 2009, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $9,310,929 and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost were:

Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 1,353,042  
Unrealized Depreciation
    (644,042 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 709,000  

The aggregate value of securities valued in good faith at fair value as determined under policies and procedures established by and under the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors at December 31, 2009, was $60,214, which represents 0.60% of total net assets. This amount excludes securities that are principally traded in certain foreign markets and whose prices are adjusted pursuant to a third party pricing service methodology approved by the Board of Directors.

Currently non-income producing.
   
Δ Variable rate securities; the rate reported is the coupon rate in effect at December 31, 2009.

Securities issued within terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues are determined to be liquid. The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2009, was $38,147, which represents 0.38% of total net assets.

Y
Convertible security.

Ù
The following securities are considered illiquid. Illiquid securities are often purchased in private placement transactions, are often not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may have contractual restrictions on resale. A security may also be considered illiquid if the security lacks a readily available market or if its valuation has not changed for a certain period of time.

Period
             
Acquired
 
Shares/Par
 
Security
 
Cost Basis
 
06/2007
    29,055  
 Buck Holdings L.P.
  $ 27,567  
09/2008
    150  
 Capstone Turbine Corp. Warrants
     
10/2005
    30  
 Harvey Weinstein Co. Holdings
       
         
 Class A-1 - Reg D
    27,951  
07/2008
    510  
 Novavax, Inc. Warrants
     
03/2007
    75  
 Solar Cayman Ltd. - 144A
    994  
04/2008
    59  
 Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
         
 Placement Warrants
     
04/2008
    469  
 Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
         
 Placement
    4,100  

The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2009 was $60,214 which represents 0.60% of total net assets.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts Outstanding at December 31, 2009

                 
Unrealized
 
   
Market
   
Contract
 
Delivery
 
Appreciation/
 
Description 
 
ValueÌ
   
Amount
 
Date
 
(Depreciation)
 
British Pound (Buy)
  $ 12,732     $ 12,537  
01/04/10
  $ 195  
British Pound (Buy)
    2,151       2,139  
01/05/10
    12  
British Pound (Sell)
    499       491  
01/04/10
    (8 )
Canadian Dollar (Buy)
    522       517  
01/05/10
    5  
Canadian Dollar (Buy)
    115       114  
01/06/10
    1  
Euro (Sell)
    128,136       128,179  
12/15/10
    43  
Euro (Sell)
    75,255       75,212  
12/15/10
    (43 )
Hong Kong Dollar (Sell)
    88       88  
01/04/10
     
Hong Kong Dollar (Sell)
    64       64  
01/05/10
     
Japanese Yen (Buy)
    4,078       4,151  
01/04/10
    (73 )
Japanese Yen (Buy)
    3,189       3,239  
01/05/10
    (50 )
Japanese Yen (Buy)
    9,258       9,347  
01/06/10
    (89 )
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    21,804       21,785  
12/15/10
    (19 )
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    9,218       9,900  
03/17/10
    682  
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    23,053       23,376  
06/23/10
    323  
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    34,252       34,934  
12/15/10
    682  
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    47,770       48,425  
12/15/10
    655  
                      $ 2,316  

Ì
See Significant Accounting Policies of accompanying Notes to Financial Statements regarding valuation of securities.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Investment Valuation Hierarchy Level Summary
December 31, 2009

   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Common Stocks
                       
Automobiles & Components
  $ 384,201     $ 369,794     $ 14,407     $  
Banks
    497,259       310,623       186,577       59  
Capital Goods
    661,552       634,226       27,326        
Commercial & Professional Services
    37,126       37,126              
Consumer Durables & Apparel
    219,694       196,903       22,791        
Consumer Services.
    120,201       91,291       28,910        
Diversified Financials
    511,213       429,782       66,289       15,142  
Energy
    924,768       841,628       83,140        
Food & Staples Retailing
    171,609       126,385       45,224        
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
    149,997       43,098       106,899        
Health Care Equipment & Services
    707,775       707,775              
Household & Personal Products
    41,481       41,481              
Insurance
    452,053       440,201       11,852        
Materials
    581,920       421,802       160,118        
Media.
    180,567       170,480       10,087        
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
    1,031,394       778,951       252,443        
Real Estate
    62,479       9,006       53,473        
Retailing
    474,591       415,052             59,539  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
    250,758       250,758              
Software & Services.
    860,208       860,208              
Technology Hardware & Equipment.
    1,112,406       999,735       112,055       616  
Telecommunication Services
    97,453       60,990       36,463        
Transportation
    220,546       202,644       17,902        
Utilities
    43,109       43,109              
Total
    9,794,360       8,483,048       1,235,956       75,356  
Corporate Bonds: Non-Investment Grade
    23,005             23,005        
Exchange Traded Funds
    35,984       35,984              
Preferred Stocks ‡
    70,836       25,671       45,165        
Warrants ‡
                       
Short-Term Investments
    95,744             95,744        
Total
  $ 10,019,929     $ 8,544,703     $ 1,399,870     $ 75,356  
Other Financial Instruments *
  $ 2,598     $     $ 2,598     $  
Liabilities:
                               
Other Financial Instruments *
  $ 282     $     $ 282     $  

The Fund has all or primarily all of these equity securities categorized in a single level. Refer to the Schedule of Investments for further industry breakout.
   
*
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the investment.

Following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

               
Change in
                   
   
Balance as of
         
Unrealized
         
Transfers In
   
Balance as of
 
   
December 31,
   
Realized
   
Appreciation
   
Net Purchases
   
and/or Out of
   
December 31,
 
   
2008
   
Gain (Loss)
   
(Depreciation)
   
(Sales)
   
Level 3
   
2009
 
Assets:
                                   
Common Stock
  $ 46,381     $     $ 30,049 *   $ 1,444     $ (2,518 )   $ 75,356  
Corporate Bonds
    15,599                       (15,599 )      
Total
  $ 61,980     $     $ 30,049     $ 1,444     $ (18,117 )   $ 75,356  

*
Change in unrealized gains or losses in the current period relating to assets still held at December 31, 2009 was $33,418.
   
Change in unrealized gains or losses in the current period relating to assets still held at December 31, 2009 was $—.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


       
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — 98.1%
     
   
 Automobiles & Components 1.3%
     
955
 
 Ford Motor Co.
  $ 9,546  
264
 
 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.
    6,292  
          15,838  
   
 Banks 4.7%
       
414
 
 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    21,829  
1,257
 
 Wells Fargo & Co.
    33,929  
          55,758  
   
 Capital Goods 7.7%
       
76
 
 3M Co.
    6,316  
102
 
 Caterpillar, Inc.
    5,801  
134
 
 Cooper Industries plc Class A
    5,705  
330
 
 Dover Corp.
    13,744  
267
 
 General Dynamics Corp.
    18,174  
110
 
 Northrop Grumman Corp.
    6,143  
161
 
 Precision Castparts Corp.
    17,733  
77
 
 Raytheon Co.
    3,962  
199
 
 United Technologies Corp.
    13,799  
          91,377  
   
 Commercial & Professional Services 0.8%
       
164
 
 Manpower, Inc.
    8,946  
   
 Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.5%
       
386
 
 Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    5,791  
   
 Consumer Services 1.4%
       
156
 
 Apollo Group, Inc. Class A
    9,469  
70
 
 ITT Educational Services, Inc.
    6,688  
          16,157  
   
 Diversified Financials 4.2%
       
184
 
 Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
    7,143  
1,264
 
 Bank of America Corp.
    19,036  
139
 
 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    23,401  
          49,580  
   
 Energy 9.7%
       
138
 
 Baker Hughes, Inc.
    5,566  
225
 
 ConocoPhillips Holding Co.
    11,511  
128
 
 Consol Energy, Inc. 1
    6,395  
236
 
 Hess Corp.
    14,278  
552
 
 Marathon Oil Corp.
    17,224  
605
 
 Nabors Industries Ltd.
    13,239  
215
 
 National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
    9,475  
244
 
 Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    19,874  
128
 
 Peabody Energy Corp. Ø
    5,764  
220
 
 Ultra Petroleum Corp.
    10,984  
          114,310  
   
 Food & Staples Retailing 0.7%
       
218
 
 Walgreen Co.
    7,998  
   
 Food, Beverage & Tobacco 6.8%
       
946
 
 Altria Group, Inc.
    18,578  
101
 
 Archer Daniels Midland Co.
    3,147  
167
 
 Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
    4,737  
145
 
 Lorillard, Inc.
    11,657  
219
 
 PepsiCo, Inc.
    13,340  
590
 
 Philip Morris International, Inc.
    28,441  
          79,900  
   
 Health Care Equipment & Services 5.1%
       
185
 
 McKesson Corp.
    11,544  
209
 
 Medtronic, Inc.
    9,179  
408
 
 St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    15,021  
490
 
 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    14,929  
173
 
 Wellpoint, Inc.
    10,107  
          60,780  
   
 Insurance 5.2%
       
294
 
 Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd.
    13,554  
466
 
 Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.
    13,225  
171
 
 Everest Re Group Ltd.
    14,660  
573
 
 Genworth Financial, Inc.
    6,507  
115
 
 Prudential Financial, Inc.
    5,702  
378
 
 Unum Group
    7,377  
          61,025  
   
 Materials 0.8%
       
126
 
 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Ø
    10,117  
   
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 12.6%
 
263
 
 Abbott Laboratories
    14,189  
411
 
 Amgen, Inc.
    23,245  
608
 
 Eli Lilly & Co.
    21,704  
753
 
 Forest Laboratories, Inc.
    24,179  
286
 
 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    12,369  
186
 
 Johnson & Johnson
    11,948  
769
 
 Merck & Co., Inc.
    28,103  
722
 
 Pfizer, Inc.
    13,138  
          148,875  
   
 Real Estate 0.9%
       
587
 
 Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
    10,188  
   
 Retailing 6.3%
       
105
 
 Amazon.com, Inc.
    14,124  
189
 
 Best Buy Co., Inc. Q
    7,466  
221
 
 Big Lots, Inc.
    6,416  
233
 
 Expedia, Inc.
    6,001  
941
 
 Gap, Inc.
    19,710  
209
 
 Nordstrom, Inc.
    7,843  
1,064
 
 Office Depot, Inc.
    6,863  
182
 
 TJX Cos., Inc.
    6,637  
          75,060  
   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.4%
 
191
 
 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    3,877  
892
 
 ON Semiconductor Corp.
    7,854  
626
 
 Texas Instruments, Inc.
    16,311  
495
 
 Xilinx, Inc.
    12,392  
          40,434  
   
 Software & Services 10.3%
       
201
 
 Accenture plc.
    8,354  
148
 
 BMC Software, Inc.
    5,923  
336
 
 eBay, Inc.
    7,902  
33
 
 Google, Inc.
    20,583  
22
 
 Mastercard, Inc.
    5,708  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
72

 
 

 
         
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount  
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — (continued)      
     
 Software & Services (continued)
     
 
1,096
 
 Microsoft Corp.
  $ 33,429  
 
891
 
 Oracle Corp.
    21,872  
 
93
 
 Sohu.com, Inc.
    5,299  
 
288
 
 VeriSign, Inc.
    6,969  
 
306
 
 Western Union Co.
    5,759  
            121,798  
     
 Technology Hardware & Equipment 7.9%
       
 
160
 
 Apple, Inc. Ø
    33,653  
 
558
 
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
    13,351  
 
179
 
 Hewlett-Packard Co.
    9,226  
 
139
 
 IBM Corp.
    18,169  
 
190
 
 Qualcomm, Inc.
    8,771  
 
570
 
 Seagate Technology Ø
    10,366  
            93,536  
     
 Telecommunication Services 2.1%
       
 
896
 
 AT&T, Inc.
    25,105  
     
 Utilities 5.7%
       
 
252
 
 Entergy Corp.
    20,616  
 
249
 
 Exelon Corp.
    12,144  
 
232
 
 FirstEnergy Corp.
    10,795  
 
51
 
 PG&E Corp.
    2,264  
 
640
 
 UGI Corp.
    15,477  
 
276
 
 Xcel Energy, Inc.
    5,850  
            67,146  
     
 Total common stocks
       
     
    (cost $1,072,851)
  $ 1,159,719  
     
 Total long-term investments
       
     
    (cost $1,072,851)
  $ 1,159,719  
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.4%        
     
 Repurchase Agreements 1.4%
       
     
 BNP Paribas Securities Corp. TriParty Joint
       
     
    Repurchase Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010
       
     
    in the amount of $3,949, collateralized by
       
     
    FHLMC 4.00% 6.00%, 2022 2039, FNMA
       
     
    5.00% — 7.00%, 2028 — 2047, value of 4,028)
       
3,949  
    0.005%, 12/31/2009
  $ 3,949  
     
 Deutsche Bank Securities TriParty Joint
       
     
    Repurchase Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010
       
     
    in the amount of $7,283, collateralized by
       
     
    FNMA 5.00% 7.00%, 2022 2040, value
       
     
    of $7,429)
       
 
7,283
 
    0.010%, 12/31/2009
    7,283  
     
 Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. TriParty Joint
       
     
    Repurchase Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010
       
     
    in the amount of $2,855, collateralized by
       
     
    FHLMC 4.00% 8.00%, 2010 2039, FNMA
       
     
    3.50% 8.00%, 2013 2049, value of
       
     
    $ 2,925)
       
 
2,855
 
    0.010%, 12/31/2009
    2,855  
     
UBS Securities, Inc. Joint Repurchase Agreement
       
     
     (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the amount of $32,
       
     
    collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note 1.50%,
       
     
    2013, value of $32)
       
 
32
 
    0.001%, 12/31/2009
    32  
     
 UBS Securities, Inc. TriParty Joint Repurchase
       
     
    Agreement (maturing on 01/04/2010 in the
       
     
    amount of $2,700, collateralized by FNMA
       
     
    4.00% 8.25%, 2013 2040, value of $2,754)
       
$
2,699
 
    0.010%, 12/31/2009
      $ 2,699  
                16,818  
     
 Total short-term investments
           
     
    (cost $16,818)
      $ 16,818  
     
 Total investments
           
     
    (cost $1,089,669)
99.5 %   $ 1,176,537  
     
 Other assets and liabilities
0.5 %     5,401  
     
 Total net assets
100.0 %   $ 1,181,938  

Note:
Percentage of investments as shown is the ratio of the total market value to total net assets. Market value of investments in foreign securities represents 0.4% of total net assets at December 31, 2009.
 
 
Foreign securities that are principally traded on certain foreign markets are adjusted daily pursuant to a third party pricing service methodology approved by the Board of Directors in order to reflect an adjustment for factors occurring after the close of the foreign market but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange.

At December 31, 2009, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,089,749 and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost were:

Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 171,851  
Unrealized Depreciation
    (85,063 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 86,788  

Currently non-income producing.
 
Q
At December 31, 2009, these securities were designated to cover open call options written as follows:

                     
Unrealized
 
Issuer/ Exercise Price/
 
Number of
   
Market
   
Premiums
   
Appreciation
 
Expiration Date
 
Contracts*
   
Value Ì
   
Received
   
(Depreciation)
 
Best Buy Co., Inc.,
                       
$ 44.00, Jan, 2010
    423     $ 4     $ 27     $ 23  
Consol Energy, Inc.,
                               
$ 50.00, Jan, 2010
    253       42       35       (7 )
            $ 46     $ 62     $ 16  

*
The number of contracts does not omit 000’s.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


Ø
At December 31, 2009, securities valued at $2,078 and cash of $2,844 collateralized the maximum delivery obligation of open put options written as follows:

                     
Unrealized
 
Issuer/ Exercise Price/
 
Number of
   
Market
   
Premiums
   
Appreciation
 
Expiration Date
 
Contracts*
   
Value Ì
   
Received
   
(Depreciation)
 
Apple, Inc.,
                       
$ 180.00, Jan, 2010
    118     $ 2     $ 32     $ 30  
Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold, Inc.,
                               
$ 70.00, Jan, 2010
    220       5       16       11  
Peabody Energy Corp.,
                               
$ 40.00, Jan, 2010
    260       4       25       21  
Seagate Technology,
                               
$ 14.00, Jan, 2010
    156             4       4  
            $ 11     $ 77     $ 66  

*
The number of contracts does not omit 000’s.

Futures Contracts Outstanding at December 31, 2009

               
Unrealized
 
   
Number of
     
Expiration
 
Appreciation/
 
Description
 
Contracts*
 
Position
 
Month
 
(Depreciation)
 
S&P 500 Mini
    225  
Long
 
Mar 2010
  $ 82  

*
The number of contracts does not omit 000’s.
 
Cash of $1,013 was pledged as initial margin deposit for open futures contracts at December 31, 2009.

Ì
See Significant Accounting Policies of accompanying Notes to Financial Statements regarding valuation of securities.

Investment Valuation Hierarchy Level Summary
December 31, 2009

   
Total
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Common Stocks ‡
  $ 1,159,719     $ 1,159,719     $     $  
Short-Term Investments
    16,818             16,818        
Total
  $ 1,176,537     $ 1,159,719     $ 16,818     $  
Other Financial Instruments *
  $ 171     $ 171     $     $  
Liabilities:
                               
Other Financial Instruments *
  $ 7     $ 7     $     $  

The Fund has all or primarily all of these equity securities categorized in a single level. Refer to the Schedule of Investments for further industry breakout.
   
*
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the investment.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
74

 

Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
(000’s Omitted)


       
Market
 
Shares or Principal Amount
 
Value Ì
 
COMMON STOCKS — 96.5%
     
   
 Automobiles & Components 0.5%
     
775
 
 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ADR
  $ 26,262  
   
 Banks 4.4%
       
886
 
 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    46,783  
177
 
 SunTrust Banks, Inc.
    3,593  
1,633
 
 US Bancorp
    36,763  
1,554
 
 Washington Mutual, Inc. Private
       
   
   Placement Ù
    195  
5,024
 
 Wells Fargo & Co.
    135,601  
          222,935  
   
 Capital Goods 9.5%
       
304
 
 Caterpillar, Inc.
    17,314  
1,439
 
 Deere & Co.
    77,857  
683
 
 General Dynamics Corp.
    46,581  
1,151
 
 General Electric Co.
    17,410  
1,275
 
 Honeywell International, Inc.
    49,968  
725
 
 Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    34,802  
719
 
 Lockheed Martin Corp.
    54,199  
756
 
 Parker-Hannifin Corp.
    40,733  
1,267
 
 Pentair, Inc.
    40,918  
802
 
 Raytheon Co.
    41,335  
629
 
 Siemens AG ADR
    57,707  
          478,824  
   
 Commercial & Professional Services 1.1%
       
1,651
 
 Waste Management, Inc.
    55,824  
   
 Diversified Financials 6.1%
       
1,313
 
 Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
    50,978  
3,400
 
 Bank of America Corp.
    51,204  
156
 
 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    26,390  
2,339
 
 JP Morgan Chase & Co.
    97,449  
517
 
 Morgan Stanley
    15,288  
608
 
 State Street Corp.
    26,464  
2,714
 
 UBS AG ADR
    42,094  
          309,867  
   
 Energy 15.6%
       
1,381
 
 Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
    86,171  
1,334
 
 Baker Hughes, Inc.
    54,008  
1,129
 
 BP plc ADR.
    65,465  
1,135
 
 Cenovus Energy, Inc.
    28,606  
2,169
 
 Chevron Corp.
    166,976  
812
 
 ConocoPhillips Holding Co.
    41,443  
988
 
 EnCana Corp. ADR.
    32,010  
1,607
 
 Exxon Mobil Corp.
    109,593  
1,908
 
 Marathon Oil Corp.
    59,565  
1,835
 
 Total S.A. ADR
    117,526  
526
 
 XTO Energy, Inc.
    24,496  
          785,859  
   
 Food & Staples Retailing 2.3%
       
959
 
 CVS/Caremark Corp.
    30,886  
1,638
 
 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    87,567  
          118,453  
   
 Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.4%
       
1,477
 
 Nestle S.A. ADR
    71,433  
1,141
 
 PepsiCo, Inc.
    69,391  
1,376
 
 Philip Morris International, Inc.
    66,319  
512
 
 Unilever N.V.
    16,556  
          223,699  
   
 Health Care Equipment & Services 3.8%
       
979
 
 Cardinal Health, Inc.
    31,553  
922
 
 Covidien plc.
    44,155  
1,746
 
 Medtronic, Inc.
    76,793  
1,359
 
 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    41,426  
          193,927  
   
 Household & Personal Products 2.1%
       
646
 
 Kimberly-Clark Corp.
    41,182  
1,097
 
 Procter & Gamble Co.
    66,512  
          107,694  
   
 Insurance 4.7%
       
1,261
 
 ACE Ltd.
    63,569  
1,065
 
 Chubb Corp.
    52,377  
998
 
 Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
    22,031  
2,059
 
 MetLife, Inc.
    72,772  
549
 
 Travelers Cos., Inc.
    27,348  
          238,097  
   
 Materials 3.3%
       
693
 
 Agrium U.S., Inc.
    42,595  
1,107
 
 Barrick Gold Corp.
    43,601  
540
 
 BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR
    41,361  
1,571
 
 International Paper Co.
    42,061  
          169,618  
   
 Media 2.7%
       
3,038
 
 Comcast Corp. Class A
    51,215  
739
 
 Comcast Corp. Special Class A
    11,832  
1,334
 
 Time Warner, Inc.
    38,860  
1,029
 
 Walt Disney Co.
    33,172  
          135,079  
   
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 11.2%
 
1,254
 
 AstraZeneca plc ADR
    58,849  
2,338
 
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    59,024  
2,720
 
 Eli Lilly & Co.
    97,142  
1,288
 
 Johnson & Johnson
    82,954  
3,740
 
 Merck & Co., Inc.
    136,642  
5,675
 
 Pfizer, Inc.
    103,220  
516
 
 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR
    29,006  
          566,837  
   
 Retailing 3.0%
       
1,315
 
 Gap, Inc.
    27,558  
1,420
 
 Limited Brands, Inc.
    27,313  
1,404
 
 Lowes Co., Inc.
    32,842  
2,620
 
 Staples, Inc.
    64,428  
          152,141  
   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.3%
 
2,423
 
 Texas Instruments, Inc.
    63,138  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund
Schedule of Investments — (continued)
December 31, 2009
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