0001193125-15-241496.txt : 20151022 0001193125-15-241496.hdr.sgml : 20151022 20150630173117 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-241496 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-14 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 17 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150630 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150805 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EQ ADVISORS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001027263 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-14 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-205386 FILM NUMBER: 15962313 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10104 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125541234 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: 787 TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961125 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001027263 S000009176 EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio C000024940 Class IB CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160168 S000042494 Charter Fixed Income Portfolio C000131473 Class B CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001027263 S000010734 EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio C000029649 Class IB CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160168 S000042508 Charter Equity Portfolio C000131489 Class B N-14 1 d925823dn14.htm EQ ADVISORS TRUST N-14 EQ Advisors Trust N-14
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File No. 333-            

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 30, 2015

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-14

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x     
Pre-Effective Amendment No.     ¨     
Post-Effective Amendment No.     ¨     

 

 

EQ ADVISORS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(212) 554-1234

(Registrant’s Area Code and Telephone Number)

STEVEN M. JOENK

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copies to:

 

Patricia Louie, Esq. Mark C. Amorosi, Esq.
AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC K&L Gates LLP
1290 Avenue of the Americas 1601 K Street, N.W.
New York, NY 10104 Washington, D.C. 20006

 

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

 

It is proposed that this Registration Statement will become effective on the 30th day after filing pursuant to Rule 488 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Title of securities being registered: Class IB shares of beneficial interest in the series of the Registrant designated EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio.

No filing fee is required because the registrant is relying on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, pursuant to which it has previously registered an indefinite number of shares (File No. 333-17217 and 811-07953).

 

 

 


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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement contains the following papers and documents:

 

Cover Sheet

Contents of Registration Statement

Letter to Shareholders

Notice of Special Meeting

Contractholder Voting Instructions

Part A - Proxy Statement/Prospectus

Part B - Statement of Additional Information

Part C - Other Information

Signature Page

Exhibits


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AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

 

[            ], 2015

 

Dear Contractholder:

 

Enclosed is a notice and Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus relating to a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio (each an “Acquired Portfolio” and together the “Acquired Portfolios”).

 

Each Acquired Portfolio is a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”). The Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios is scheduled to be held at the Trust’s offices, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, on September 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., Eastern time (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios who are entitled to vote at the Meeting will be asked to approve the proposals described below.

 

The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has called the Meeting to request shareholder approval of the reorganization of each Acquired Portfolio into a corresponding series of EQ Advisors Trust (an “Acquiring Portfolio”) (each, a “Reorganization”) as set forth below:

 

   

the CharterSM Equity Portfolio into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust; and

 

   

the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust.

 

The Board has approved the proposals and recommends that you vote “FOR” the proposal relating to the Acquired Portfolio in which you own shares. Although the Board has determined that a vote “FOR” the proposal is in your best interest, the final decision is yours.

 

Each Portfolio is managed by AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC. Each Acquiring Portfolio is sub-advised by an investment sub-adviser. In each case, if the Reorganization involving an Acquired Portfolio is approved and implemented, each Contractholder that invests indirectly in the Acquired Portfolio will automatically become a Contractholder that invests indirectly in the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio.

 

As an owner of a variable life insurance policy and/or a variable annuity contract or certificate that participates in an Acquired Portfolio through the investment divisions of a separate account or accounts established by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”), you are entitled to instruct AXA Equitable how to vote the Acquired Portfolio shares related to your interest in those accounts as of the close of business on June 30, 2015. The attached Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus concerning the


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Meeting describe the matters to be considered at the Meeting. You should read the Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus prior to completing your voting instruction card.

 

You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting. Since it is important that your vote be represented whether or not you are able to attend, you are urged to consider these matters and to exercise your voting instructions by completing, dating, and signing the enclosed voting instruction card and returning it in the accompanying return envelope at your earliest convenience or by relaying your voting instructions via telephone or the Internet by following the enclosed instructions. For further information on how to instruct AXA Equitable, please see the Contractholder Voting Instructions included herein. Of course, we hope that you will be able to attend the Meeting, and if you wish, you may provide voting instructions in person, even though you may have already returned a voting instruction card or submitted your voting instructions via telephone or the Internet. Please respond promptly in order to save additional costs of proxy solicitation and in order to make sure you are represented.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Steven M. Joenk

Managing Director

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company


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AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

CharterSM Equity Portfolio

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

 

 

 

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

 

 

 

To the Shareholders:

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio (each an “Acquired Portfolio” and together the “Acquired Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), will be held on September 17, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, at the offices of the Trust, located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104 (the “Meeting”).

 

The Meeting will be held to act on the following proposals:

 

For shareholders of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio only:

 

1. To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination (the “Plan of Reorganization”) with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust (“EQ Trust”).

 

For shareholders of the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio only:

 

2. To approve the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Trust.

 

For shareholders of each Acquired Portfolio:

 

3. To transact other business that may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments thereof.

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) unanimously recommends that you vote in favor of the relevant proposal(s).

 

Please note that owners of variable life insurance policies and/or variable annuity contracts or certificates (the “Contractholders”) issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”), who have invested in shares of an Acquired Portfolio through the investment divisions of a separate account or accounts of AXA Equitable will be given the opportunity, to the extent required by law, to provide voting instructions on the above proposals.

 

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You should read the Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus attached to this notice prior to completing your proxy or voting instruction card. The record date for determining the number of shares outstanding, the shareholders entitled to vote and the Contractholders entitled to provide voting instructions at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof has been fixed as the close of business on June 30, 2015. If you attend the Meeting, you may vote or provide your voting instructions in person.

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

 

Please return your proxy or voting instruction card promptly

 

Regardless of whether you plan to attend the Meeting, you should vote or provide voting instructions by promptly completing, dating, and signing the enclosed proxy or voting instruction card and returning it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. You also can vote or provide voting instructions through the Internet or by telephone using the 12-digit control number that appears on the enclosed proxy or voting instruction card and following the simple instructions. If you are present at the Meeting, you may change your vote or voting instructions, if desired, at that time. The Board recommends that you vote or provide voting instructions to vote “FOR” each proposal.

 

By order of the Board,

 

Patricia Louie

Vice President and Secretary

 

Dated: [            ], 2015

New York, New York

 

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AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

CONTRACTHOLDER VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

REGARDING A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF

CHARTERSM EQUITY PORTFOLIO

CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO,

EACH A SERIES OF AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

 

Dated: [            ], 2015

 

GENERAL

 

These Contractholder Voting Instructions are being furnished by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”) to owners of its variable life insurance policies or variable annuity contracts or certificates (the “Contracts”) (the “Contractholders”) who, as of June 30, 2015 (the “Record Date”), had net premiums or contributions allocated to the investment divisions of its separate account or accounts (the “Separate Accounts”) that are invested in shares of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and/or the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio (each an “Acquired Portfolio” and together the “Acquired Portfolios”).

 

Each Acquired Portfolio is a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end management investment company.

 

To the extent required by applicable law, AXA Equitable will offer Contractholders the opportunity to instruct it, as the record owner of all of the shares of beneficial interest in an Acquired Portfolio (the “Shares”) held by the Separate Accounts, as to how it should vote on the respective reorganization proposals (the “Proposals”) that will be considered at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios referred to in the preceding Notice and at any adjournments or postponements (the “Meeting”). The enclosed Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus, which you should retain for future reference, concisely sets forth information about the proposed reorganization involving each Acquired Portfolio and the corresponding series of EQ Advisors Trust that a Contractholder should know before completing the enclosed voting instruction card.

 

AXA Equitable Financial Services Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc., is the parent company of AXA Equitable. AXA Financial, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA, a French insurance holding company. The principal executive offices of AXA Equitable Financial Services Company, LLC and AXA Financial, Inc. are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104.

 

These Contractholder Voting Instructions and the accompanying voting instruction card, together with the enclosed proxy materials, are being mailed to Contractholders on or about [            ], 2015.

 

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HOW TO INSTRUCT AXA EQUITABLE

 

To instruct AXA Equitable as to how to vote the Shares held in the investment divisions of its Separate Accounts, Contractholders are asked to promptly complete their voting instructions on the enclosed voting instruction card(s), sign and date the voting instruction card(s), and mail the voting instruction card(s) in the accompanying postage-paid envelope. Contractholders also may provide voting instructions by telephone at 1-866-221-8325 or by Internet at our website at https://www.proxypush.com/AXACP.

 

If a voting instruction card is not marked to indicate voting instructions but is signed and timely returned, it will be treated as an instruction to vote the Shares “For” the applicable Proposal.

 

The number of Shares held in the investment division of a Separate Account corresponding to the Acquired Portfolio for which a Contractholder may provide voting instructions was determined as of the Record Date by dividing (i) a Contract’s account value allocable to that investment division by (ii) the net asset value of one Share of the Acquired Portfolio. Each whole Share of an Acquired Portfolio is entitled to one vote as to each matter with respect to which it is entitled to vote and each fractional Share is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. At any time prior to AXA Equitable’s voting at the Meeting, a Contractholder may revoke his or her voting instructions with respect to that investment division by providing AXA Equitable with a properly executed written revocation of such voting instructions, properly executing later-dated voting instructions by a voting instruction card, telephone or the Internet, or appearing and providing voting instructions in person at the Meeting.

 

HOW AXA EQUITABLE WILL VOTE

 

AXA Equitable will vote the Shares for which it receives timely voting instructions from Contractholders in accordance with those instructions. Shares in each investment division of a Separate Account for which AXA Equitable receives a voting instruction card that is signed and timely returned but is not marked to indicate voting instructions will be treated as an instruction to vote the Shares “FOR” a Proposal. Shares in each investment division of a Separate Account for which AXA Equitable receives no timely voting instructions from Contractholders, or that are attributable to amounts retained by AXA Equitable as surplus or seed money, will be voted by AXA Equitable either “FOR” or “AGAINST” a Proposal, or as an abstention, in the same proportion as the Shares for which Contractholders have provided voting instructions to AXA Equitable. As a result of such proportional voting by AXA Equitable, it is possible that a small number of Contractholders could determine whether a Proposal is approved.

 

OTHER MATTERS

 

AXA Equitable is not aware of any matters, other than the specified Proposals, to be acted on at the Meeting. If any other matters come before the Meeting, AXA Equitable

 

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will vote the Shares upon such matters in its discretion. Voting instruction cards may be solicited by directors, officers and employees of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC, the investment manager of the Trust, or its affiliates as well as officers and agents of the Trust. The principal solicitation will be by mail but voting instructions may also be solicited by telephone, fax, personal interview, the Internet or other permissible means.

 

If the quorum necessary to transact business at the Meeting is not established with respect to an Acquired Portfolio, or the vote required to approve a Proposal is not obtained at the Meeting, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments or postponements of the Meeting in accordance with applicable law to permit further solicitation of voting instructions. The persons named as proxies will vote in their discretion on any such adjournment or postponement.

 

It is important that your Contract be represented. Please promptly mark your voting instructions on the enclosed voting instruction card; then sign and date the voting instruction card and mail it in the accompanying postage-paid envelope. You may also provide your voting instructions by telephone at 1-866-221-8325 or by Internet at our website at https://www.proxypush.com/AXACP.

 

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PROXY STATEMENT

 

for

 

CharterSM Equity Portfolio

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio,

each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust and

 

PROSPECTUS

 

for

 

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio,

each a series of EQ Advisors Trust

 

Dated [            ], 2015

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

1-877-222-2144

 

 

 

This Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) is being furnished to owners (the “Contractholders”) of variable life insurance policies and/or variable annuity contracts or certificates (the “Contracts”) issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”) who, as of June 30, 2015, had net premiums or contributions allocated to the investment divisions of its separate account or accounts (the “Separate Accounts”) that are invested in shares of beneficial interest in the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and/or the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio.

 

The CharterSM Equity Portfolio is referred to herein as the “Equity Portfolio,” and the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio is referred to herein as the “Fixed Income Portfolio” (each also an “Acquired Portfolio” and together the “Acquired Portfolios”). Each Acquired Portfolio is a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This Proxy Statement/Prospectus also is being furnished to AXA Equitable as the record owner of shares and to other shareholders that were invested in the Acquired Portfolios as of June 30, 2015. Contractholders are being provided the opportunity to instruct AXA Equitable to approve or disapprove the proposals contained in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus (each, a “Proposal”) in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board” or “Board of the Trust”) of proxies to be used at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios to be held at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, on September 17, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Meeting”).

 

THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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The Proposals are:

 

Proposal   Shareholders Entitled  to
Vote on the Proposal
1. To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination (the “Plan of Reorganization”) with respect to the reorganization of the Equity Portfolio into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust (“EQ Trust”) (the “Stock Index Portfolio”).   Shareholders of the Equity Portfolio.
2. To approve the Plan of Reorganization with respect to the reorganization of the Fixed Income Portfolio into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series EQ Trust (the “Bond Index Portfolio”).   Shareholders of the Fixed Income Portfolio.

 

Each reorganization referred to in Proposals 1-2 above is referred to herein as a “Reorganization” and together as the “Reorganizations.” Each of the Stock Index Portfolio and the Bond Index Portfolio is referred to herein as an “Acquiring Portfolio” and together as the “Acquiring Portfolios.”

 

This Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which you should retain for future reference, contains important information regarding the Proposals that you should know before voting or providing voting instructions. Additional information about the Trust has been filed with the SEC and is available, without charge, upon oral or written request. This Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being provided to AXA Equitable and mailed to Contractholders and other shareholders on or about [            ], 2015. This Proxy Statement/Prospectus and a proxy or voting instruction card also will be available at https://www.poxydocs.com/AXACP on or about [            ], 2015. It is expected that one or more representatives of AXA Equitable will attend the Meeting in person or by proxy and will vote shares held by AXA Equitable in accordance with voting instructions received from its Contractholders and in accordance with voting procedures established by the Trust.

 

The following documents have been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement/Prospectus:

 

  1.   The Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Trust with respect to the Acquired Portfolios, dated May 1, 2015, as supplemented (File Nos. 333-70754 and 811-10509); and

 

  2.   The Statement of Additional Information dated [            ], 2015, relating to the Reorganizations (File No. 333-[            ]).

 

For a free copy of any of these documents, please call 1-877-522-5035 or write the Trust at the address above.

 

Each of the Trust and EQ Trust is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, it must file certain reports and other information with the SEC. You can copy and review information about each of the Trust and EQ Trust, including proxy materials and proxy and information statements, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at certain of the following SEC Regional Offices: New York Regional Office, 3 World Financial Center, Suite 400, New York, New York 10281;

 

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Miami Regional Office, 801 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1800, Miami, Florida 33131; Chicago Regional Office, 175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60604; Denver Regional Office, 1801 California Street, Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado 80202; Los Angeles Regional Office, 5670 Wilshire Boulevard, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90036; Boston Regional Office, 33 Arch Street, 23rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110; Philadelphia Regional Office, The Mellon Independence Center, 701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Atlanta Regional Office, 3475 Lenox Road, N.E., Suite 1000, Atlanta, GA 30326; Fort Worth Regional Office, Burnett Plaza, Suite 1900, 801 Cherry Street, Unit 18, Fort Worth, TX 76102; Salt Lake Regional Office, 15 W. South Temple Street, Suite 1800, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; and San Francisco Regional Office, 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94104. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090. Reports and other information about the Trust and EQ Trust are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. You may obtain copies of this information from the SEC’s Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, Washington, DC 20549, at prescribed rates.

 

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SUMMARY

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PROPOSAL 1: TO APPROVE THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTERSM EQUITY PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF THE TRUST, INTO THE EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF EQ TRUST.

     2   

Comparative Fee and Expense Tables

     6   

Example of Portfolio Expenses

     7   

Portfolio Turnover

     8   

Comparisons of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies

     8   

Comparisons of Principal Risk Factors

     9   

Comparative Performance Information

     10   

Capitalization

     11   

PROPOSAL 2: TO APPROVE THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF THE TRUST, INTO THE EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF EQ TRUST.

     12   

Comparative Fee and Expense Tables

     15   

Example of Portfolio Expenses

     16   

Portfolio Turnover

     17   

Comparison of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies

     17   

Comparison of Principal Risk Factors

     19   

Comparative Performance Information

     19   

Capitalization

     21   

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE REORGANIZATIONS

     21   

Terms of the Plan of Reorganization

     21   

Description of the Securities to Be Issued

     22   

Board Considerations

     23   

Potential Benefits of the Reorganizations to FMG LLC and its Affiliates

     25   

Descriptions of Risk Factors

     26   

Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reorganizations

     35   

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACQUIRING PORTFOLIOS

     36   

Management of EQ Trust

     36   

EQ Trust

     36   

The Manager

     36   

Management and Administrative Fees

     38   

The Sub-Advisers

     41   

Legal Proceedings

     42   

Portfolio Services

     45   

Portfolio Distribution Arrangements

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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

     46   

Buying and Selling Shares

     46   

How Portfolio Shares Are Priced

     49   

Dividends and Other Distributions

     51   

Federal Income Tax Considerations

     51   

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     52   

VOTING INFORMATION

     58   

Voting Rights

     58   

Required Shareholder Vote

     59   

Solicitation of Proxies and Voting Instructions

     60   

Adjournment or Postponement

     60   

Other Matters

     60   

APPENDIX A – Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination

     A-1   

APPENDIX B – More Information on Strategies and Risk Factors

     B-1   

APPENDIX C – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

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SUMMARY

 

You should read this entire Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully. For additional information, you should consult the Plan of Reorganization, a copy of the form of which is attached hereto as Appendix A.

 

The Proposed Reorganizations

 

This Proxy Statement/Prospectus is soliciting shareholders with amounts invested in the Acquired Portfolios as of June 30, 2015, to approve the Plan of Reorganization (with respect to the Acquired Portfolio in which they are invested), whereby each Acquired Portfolio will be reorganized into a corresponding Acquiring Portfolio, as described below. (Each Acquired Portfolio and Acquiring Portfolio is sometimes referred to herein as a “Portfolio,” and together, the “Portfolios.”)

 

Each Acquired Portfolio offers one class of shares, designated Class B shares (the “Acquired Portfolio Shares”). Each Acquiring Portfolio’s shares are divided into three classes, designated Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares. Only the Class IB shares of each Acquiring Portfolio (the “Acquiring Portfolio Shares”) are involved in the Reorganizations. The rights and preferences of the Acquiring Portfolio Shares are identical to the rights and preferences of the Acquired Portfolio Shares.

 

The Plan of Reorganization provides, with respect to each Reorganization, for:

 

   

the transfer of all the assets of the Acquired Portfolio to the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio in exchange solely for Acquiring Portfolio Shares having an aggregate net asset value equal to the Acquired Portfolio’s net assets and the Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of all the liabilities of the Acquired Portfolio;

 

   

the distribution to the shareholders (for the benefit of the Separate Accounts, as applicable, and thus the Contractholders) of those Acquiring Portfolio Shares; and

 

   

the complete termination of the Acquired Portfolio.

 

The Board of the Trust is proposing the Reorganizations because it believes that they will permit shareholders invested in the Acquired Portfolios, which are small and have limited prospects for future growth and corresponding limited ability to achieve economies of scale, to invest in the corresponding Acquiring Portfolios, which in each case will result in a larger combined portfolio with a broadly similar investment objective that invests in the same asset class (i.e., equity securities and fixed income securities, respectively) pursuant to an indexing strategy and that has better prospects for attracting additional assets and lower expenses. For a detailed description of the Board’s reasons for proposing the Reorganizations, see “Additional Information about the Reorganizations — Board Considerations” below.

 

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A comparison of the investment objectives, policies, strategies and principal risks of each Acquired Portfolio and its corresponding Acquiring Portfolio is included in “Comparison of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies” and “Comparison of Principal Risk Factors” below. The Portfolios have identical distribution procedures, purchase procedures, exchange rights and redemption procedures, which are discussed in “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” section below. Each Portfolio offers its shares to Separate Accounts and certain other eligible investors. Shares of each Portfolio are offered and redeemed at their net asset value without any sales load. You will not incur any sales loads or similar transaction charges as a result of a Reorganization.

 

Subject to shareholder approval, the Reorganizations are expected to be effective at the close of business on September 25, 2015, or on a later date the Trust decides upon (the “Closing Date”). As a result of each Reorganization, each shareholder that owns shares of an Acquired Portfolio would become an owner of shares of the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio. Each such shareholder would hold, immediately after the Closing Date, Class IB shares of the applicable Acquiring Portfolio having an aggregate value equal to the aggregate value of the Class B shares of the Acquired Portfolio that were held by the shareholder as of the Closing Date. Similarly, each Contractholder whose Contract values are invested in shares of an Acquired Portfolio would become an indirect owner of shares of the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio. Each such Contractholder would indirectly hold, immediately after the Closing Date, Class IB shares of applicable Acquiring Portfolio having an aggregate value equal to the aggregate value of the Class B shares of the Acquired Portfolio that were indirectly held by the Contractholder as of the Closing Date. The Trust believes that there will be no adverse tax consequences to shareholders or Contractholders as a result of the Reorganizations. Please see “Additional Information about the Reorganizations — Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reorganizations” below for further information.

 

The Board of Trustees of each of the Trust and EQ Trust has unanimously approved the Plan of Reorganization with respect to each Acquired Portfolio and each Acquiring Portfolio, respectively. Accordingly, the Board of the Trust is submitting the Plan of Reorganization for approval by each Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders. In considering whether to approve the Proposals, you should review the discussion of the Proposals set forth below. In addition, you should review the information in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus that relates to each Proposal and the Plan of Reorganization generally. The Board of the Trust recommends that you vote “FOR” the Proposals to approve the Plan of Reorganization.

 

PROPOSAL 1: TO APPROVE THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTERSM EQUITY PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF THE TRUST, INTO THE EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF EQ TRUST.

 

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This Proposal 1 requests your approval of a Plan of Reorganization pursuant to which the Equity Portfolio will be reorganized into the Stock Index Portfolio. In considering whether you should approve the Proposal, you should note that:

 

   

The Portfolios have broadly similar investment objectives. The Equity Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation, while the Stock Index Portfolio seeks to achieve a total return (before expenses) that approximates the total return performance of the Russell 3000 Index including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the Russell 3000 Index.

 

   

Both Portfolios provide diversified exposure to equity securities. There are, however, differences in the Portfolios’ principal investment policies and strategies of which you should be aware. These are set forth immediately below. For a detailed comparison of the Portfolios’ investment policies and strategies, see “Comparisons of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies” below.

 

   

The Equity Portfolio invests in securities of other investment companies (“Underlying Portfolios”) and exchange traded funds (“Underlying ETFs”) such that at least 80% of its net assets are invested in equity securities. The Equity Portfolio allocates its assets to Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest among various equity asset categories, as well as non-traditional (alternative) investments. The asset categories and strategies of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which the Equity Portfolio may invest are as follows (asset categories and strategies that the Manager considers to be non-traditional (alternative) are indicated with an asterisk*): covered call writing*, domestic large cap equity, domestic mid cap equity, domestic small cap equity, domestic micro-cap equity, emerging markets equity, emerging markets small cap, frontier markets, global equity, international developed equity and international/global small cap equity. Unlike the Stock Index Portfolio, the Equity Portfolio does not utilize an index investment strategy.

 

   

The Stock Index Portfolio utilizes an indexing strategy and generally invests at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of companies represented in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 3000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Stock Index Portfolio invests in stocks selected by a stratified sampling construction process, commonly referred to as an indexing strategy, in which its investment sub-adviser selects a subset of the companies represented in the Russell 3000 Index based on its analysis of key risk factors and other characteristics. Such factors include industry weightings, market capitalizations, return variability, and yield. Unlike the Equity Portfolio, the Stock Index Portfolio does not invest in Underlying Funds or Underlying ETFs.

 

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Each Portfolio’s principal risks include equity risk, large-cap, mid-cap company risk and small-cap company risk. The Equity Portfolio also is subject to affiliated portfolio risk, derivatives risk, foreign securities risk (including currency risk and emerging markets risk), futures contract risk, liquidity risk, market risk, micro-cap company risk, non-traditional (alternative) investment risk, portfolio management risk and risks related to investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs as principal risks while the Stock Index Portfolio is not. The Stock Index Portfolio is subject to index strategy risk, while the Equity Portfolio is not directly subject to such risk. For a detailed comparison of the Portfolios’ risks, see “Comparisons of Principal Risk Factors” below.

 

   

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”) serves as the investment manager and administrator for each Portfolio. FMG LLC manages the assets of the Equity Portfolio. FMG LLC has selected AllianceBernstein L.P. (“AllianceBernstein”) as the sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) to manage the assets of the Stock Index Portfolio. It is anticipated that FMG LLC will continue to manage and administer, and that AllianceBernstein will continue to sub-advise, the Stock Index Portfolio after the Reorganization.

 

   

The Manager has been granted relief by the SEC to hire, terminate and replace Sub-Advisers and amend sub-advisory agreements subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees and without obtaining shareholder approval. However, FMG LLC may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement on behalf of a Portfolio with an “affiliated person” of the Manager, such as AllianceBernstein, unless the sub-advisory agreement, including compensation, is approved by the Portfolio’s shareholders. For a detailed description of the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to the Stock Index Portfolio, please see “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios — The Manager” and “ — The Sub-Adviser” below.

 

   

The Equity Portfolio and the Stock Index Portfolio had net assets of approximately $5.4 million and $5.8 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2014. Thus, if the Reorganization of the Equity Portfolio into the Stock Index Portfolio had been in effect on that date, the combined Portfolio would have had net assets of approximately $5.8 billion.

 

   

The Class B shareholders of the Equity Portfolio will receive Class IB shares of the Stock Index Portfolio pursuant to the Reorganization. Shareholders will not pay any sales charges in connection with the Reorganization. Please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables,” “Additional Information about the Reorganizations” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below for more information.

 

   

It is estimated that the total annual operating expense ratio (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) for the Stock Index Portfolio’s Class IB shares, for the fiscal year following the Reorganization, will be lower than

 

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that of the Equity Portfolio’s Class B shares for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. For a more detailed comparison of the fees and expenses of the Portfolios, please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below.

 

   

The maximum management fee for the Equity Portfolio is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of its average daily net assets and the maximum management fee for the Stock Index Portfolio is equal to an annual rate of 0.35% of its average daily net assets. The Portfolios pay different administration fees. The Equity Portfolio pays FMG LLC its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee, subject to a minimum annual fee of $32,500. The asset-based administration fee is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets of the 19 portfolios of the Trust designated in the Trust’s prospectus as “CharterSM Allocation Portfolios.” The Stock Index Portfolio pays FMG LLC its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee for the Single-Advised Portfolios (defined below), which is equal to an annual rate of 0.12% of the first $3 billion of the aggregate average daily net assets of the Single-Advised Portfolios; 0.11% of the next $3 billion; 0.105% of the next $4 billion; 0.10% of the next $20 billion; 0.0975% of the next $10 billion; and 0.095% thereafter, subject to a minimum annual fee of $30,000. For a more detailed description of the fees and expenses of the Portfolios, including a description of the Single-Advised Portfolios, please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below.

 

   

The Equity Portfolio is subject to an expense limitation arrangement while the Stock Index Portfolio is not. Pursuant to a contract, FMG LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative or other fees to limit the expenses of the Equity Portfolio through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) (“Expense Limitation Arrangement”) so that the annual operating expenses of the Equity Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, capitalized expenses, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Equity Portfolio invests, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.65% for Class B shares the Equity Portfolio.

 

   

The Class IB Shares of the Stock Index Portfolio outperformed the Class B Shares of the Equity Portfolio for the one-year period ended December 31, 2014. Please see “Comparative Performance Information” below.

 

   

Following the Reorganization, the combined Portfolio will be managed in accordance with the investment objective, policies and strategies of the Stock Index Portfolio. It is not expected that the Stock Index Portfolio will revise any of its investment policies following the Reorganization to reflect those of the Equity Portfolio. If the Reorganization is approved, all of the Equity Portfolio’s assets (“Transferred Assets”) on the Closing Date will be transferred to the Stock Index Portfolio. It is anticipated that immediately prior to the

 

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Closing Date, the Equity Portfolio will liquidate its securities holdings and hold cash. Therefore, it is anticipated that the Transferred Assets will consist of cash. The sale of portfolio holdings by the Equity Portfolio in connection with the Reorganization may result in the Equity Portfolio selling securities at a disadvantageous time and price and could result in it realizing gains (or losses) that would not otherwise have been realized and incurring transaction costs that would not otherwise have been incurred. It is also expected that, over time, the Stock Index Portfolio will use the Transferred Assets to invest in equity securities represented in the Russell 3000 Index.

 

   

Except for brokerage costs incurred in connection with the Reorganization, FMG LLC will bear the expenses of the Reorganization described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

Comparative Fee and Expense Tables

 

The following tables show the fees and expenses of the Class B Shares of the Equity Portfolio and the Class IB Shares of the Stock Index Portfolio and the estimated pro forma fees and expenses of the Class IB Shares of the Stock Index Portfolio after giving effect to the proposed Reorganization. Fees and expenses for each Portfolio are based on those incurred by relevant class of its shares for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. The pro forma fees and expenses of the Stock Index Portfolio Shares assume that the Reorganization was in effect for the year ended December 31, 2014. The tables below do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses. See a Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

 

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

Equity Portfolio

 

Stock Index Portfolio

 

Pro Forma Stock Index
Portfolio (assuming the
Reorganization is approved)

Not Applicable.   Not Applicable.   Not Applicable.

 

Annual Operating Expenses

(expenses that you may pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

     Equity Portfolio     Stock Index Portfolio     Pro Forma
Stock Index
Portfolio
(assuming the
Reorganization
is approved)
 
     Class B     Class IB     Class IB  

Management Fee

     0.15     0.35     0.35

Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees)

     0.25     0.25     0.25

Other Expenses

     4.24     0.12     0.12

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

     0.86     N/A        N/A   

 

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     Equity Portfolio     Stock Index Portfolio     Pro Forma
Stock Index
Portfolio
(assuming the
Reorganization
is approved)
 
     Class B     Class IB     Class IB  

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

     5.50     0.72     0.72

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement†

     -3.99     N/A        N/A   

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/ or Expense Reimbursement

     1.51     0.72     0.72

 

  Pursuant to the Expense Limitation Arrangement, FMG LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative or other fees to limit the expenses of the Equity Portfolio through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) so that the annual operating expenses of the Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, capitalized expenses, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.65% for Class B of the Equity Portfolio. The Expense Limitation Arrangement may be terminated by FMG LLC at any time after April 30, 2016.

 

Example of Portfolio Expenses

 

This example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Portfolios with the cost of investing in other investment options. The example assumes that:

 

   

You invest $10,000 in a Portfolio for the time periods indicated;

 

   

Your investment has a 5% return each year;

 

   

The Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same; and

 

   

The Expense Limitation Arrangement with respect to the Equity Portfolio is not renewed.

 

This example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, including redemption fees (if any) at the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Equity Portfolio

           

Class B

   $ 154       $ 1,286       $ 2,408       $ 5,163   

Stock Index Portfolio

           

Class IB

   $ 74       $ 230       $ 401       $ 894   

Pro Forma Stock Index Portfolio

(assuming the Reorganization is approved)

           

Class IB

   $ 74       $ 230       $ 401       $ 894   

 

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Portfolio Turnover

 

Each Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect a Portfolio’s performance. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, the portfolio turnover rates for each of the Equity Portfolio and the Stock Index Portfolio were 25% and 4%, respectively, of the average value of the Portfolio.

 

Comparison of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies

 

The following table compares the investment objectives and principal investment policies and strategies of the Equity Portfolio with those of the Stock Index Portfolio. The Board of the Trust and the Board of EQ Trust may change the investment objective of a respective Portfolio without a vote of that Portfolio’s shareholders. For more detailed information about each Portfolio’s investment strategies and risks, see Appendix B.

 

     Acquired Portfolio   Acquiring Portfolio
     Equity Portfolio   Stock Index Portfolio

Investment Objective

  Seeks long-term capital appreciation.   Seeks to achieve a total return before expenses that approximates the total return performance of the Russell 3000 Index, including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the Russell 3000 Index.

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing in other mutual funds managed by the Manager and in investment companies managed by investment managers other than the Manager (affiliated and unaffiliated “Underlying Portfolios”) and Underlying ETFs comprising various asset categories and strategies. The Portfolio will invest in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs such that at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in equity securities (which may include derivatives exposure to equity securities).

 

The Portfolio allocates its assets to Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest among various equity asset categories, as well as non-traditional (alternative) investments. The asset categories and strategies of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which

 

The Portfolio generally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks of companies represented in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

The Portfolio’s investments are selected by a stratified sampling construction process in which the Sub-Adviser selects a subset of the 3,000 companies in the Russell 3000 based on the Sub-Adviser’s analysis of key risk factors and other characteristics. Such factors include industry weightings, market capitalizations, return variability, and yield. This strategy is commonly referred to as an indexing strategy.

 

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     Acquired Portfolio   Acquiring Portfolio
     Equity Portfolio   Stock Index Portfolio
   

the Portfolio invests are as follows (asset categories and strategies that the Manager considers to be non-traditional (alternative) are indicated with an asterisk*):

 

•    Covered Call Writing*

•    Domestic Large Cap Equity

•    Domestic Mid Cap Equity

•    Domestic Small Cap Equity

•    Domestic Micro-Cap Equity

•    Emerging Markets Equity

•    Emerging Markets Small Cap

•    Frontier Markets

•    Global Equity

•    International Developed Equity

•    International/Global Small Cap Equity.

 

Non-traditional (alternative) investments are alternatives to traditional equity (stocks) or fixed income (bonds and cash) investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments have the potential to enhance portfolio diversification and reduce overall portfolio volatility because these investments may not have a strong correlation (relationship) to one another or to traditional market indexes. This approach may involve, for example, holding both long and short positions in securities or using derivatives or hedging strategies. Many non-traditional (alternative) investments strategies are designed to help reduce the role of overall market direction in determining return.

 

In addition, the Portfolio may invest in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that employ derivatives (including futures contracts) for a variety of purposes, including to reduce risk, to seek enhanced returns from certain asset classes, and to level of exposure to certain asset classes.

   

 

Comparison of Principal Risk Factors

 

An investment in a Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in a Portfolio. The following table compares the principal risks of an investment in the Equity Portfolio and the Stock Index Portfolio.

 

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For an explanation of each such risk, see “Additional Information about the Reorganizations — Descriptions of Risk Factors” below.

 

Risks

   Stock Index
Portfolio
     Equity
Portfolio
 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk

        X   

Derivatives Risk

        X   

Equity Risk

     X         X   

Foreign Securities Risk

        X   

Currency Risk

        X   

Emerging Markets Risk

        X   

Futures Contract Risk

        X   

Index Strategy Risk

     X      

Large-Cap Company Risk

     X         X   

Liquidity Risk

        X   

Market Risk

        X   

Micro-Cap Company Risk

        X   

Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Company Risk

     X         X   

Non-Traditional (Alternative) Investment Risk

        X   

Portfolio Management Risk

        X   

Risks Related to Investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs

        X   

 

Comparative Performance Information

 

The bar charts and tables below provide some indication of the risks of investing in each Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Stock Index Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one-, five- and ten-years, and the Equity Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past year and since inception, through December 31, 2014, compared to the returns of a broad-based market index. The return of the broad-based market index (and any additional comparative index) shown in the right hand columns below for each Portfolio is the return of the index for the last 10 years or, if shorter, since inception of the share class with the longest history. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

 

The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.

 

Equity Portfolio - Calendar Year Total Returns (Class B)

 

LOGO

 

Best quarter (% and time period)

3.71% (2014 2nd Quarter)

 

Worst quarter (% and time period)

-3.34% (2014 3rd Quarter)

 

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Stock Index Portfolio - Calendar Year Total Returns (Class IB)

 

LOGO

 

Best quarter (% and time period)

16.68% (2009 2nd Quarter)

 

Worst quarter (% and time period)

-25.39% (2008 4th Quarter)

 

Equity Portfolio Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2014)

 

      One Year     Since Inception  

Equity Portfolio — Class B Shares
(Inception Date: October 30, 2013)

     2.24     5.05

MSCI AC World (Net) Index (reflects no deduction for fees and expenses)

     4.16     5.81

 

Stock Index Portfolio Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2014)

 

     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years/
Since Inception
 

Stock Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares

    12.03%        14.86%        5.58%   

Russell 3000 Index (reflects no deduction for fees and expenses)

    12.56%        15.63%        7.94%   

 

Capitalization

 

The following table shows the capitalization of each Portfolio as of December 31, 2014 and of the Stock Index Portfolio on a pro forma combined basis as of December 31, 2014, after giving effect to the proposed Reorganization. Pro forma net assets may not total and net asset values per share may not recalculate due to rounding of net assets.

 

     Net Assets
(in millions)
     Net Asset Value
Per Share
     Shares
Outstanding
 

Equity Portfolio — Class IA Shares

     N/A         N/A         N/A   

Stock Index Portfolio — Class IA Shares

   $ 4,292.8       $ 26.27         163,395,617   

Equity Portfolio — Class B Share

   $ 5.4       $ 10.15         529,959   

Stock Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares

   $ 1,472.9       $ 26.13         56,367,324   

Adjustments(a)

   $       $         (324,054

Pro forma Stock Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares
(assuming the Reorganization is approved)

   $ 1,478.3       $ 26.13         56,573,229   

Equity Portfolio — Class K Shares

     N/A         N/A         N/A   

Stock Index Portfolio — Class K Shares*

     N/A         N/A         N/A   

 

*   Class K shares of the Stock Index Portfolio are not operational.
(a)   Reflects adjustment for retired shares of the Equity Portfolio.

 

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AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, THE BOARD OF THE TRUST UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUITY PORTFOLIO. ACCORDINGLY, THE BOARD HAS SUBMITTED THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR APPROVAL BY THIS PORTFOLIO’S SHAREHOLDERS. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 1.

 

PROPOSAL 2: TO APPROVE THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF THE TRUST, INTO THE EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO, A SERIES OF EQ TRUST.

 

This Proposal 2 requests your approval of a Plan of Reorganization pursuant to which the Fixed Income Portfolio will be reorganized into the Bond Index Portfolio. In considering whether you should approve the Proposal, you should note that:

 

   

The Portfolios have broadly similar investment objectives. The Fixed Income Portfolio seeks a high level of current income, while the Bond Index Portfolio seeks to achieve a total return before expenses that approximates the total return performance of the Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index (the “U.S. Government/Credit Index”), including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the U.S. Government/Credit Index.

 

   

Both Portfolios provide diversified exposure to fixed income securities. There are, however, differences in the Portfolios’ principal investment policies and strategies of which you should be aware. These are set forth immediately below. For a detailed comparison of the Portfolios’ investment policies and strategies, see “Comparisons of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies” below.

 

   

The Fixed Income Portfolio invests in securities of other investment companies (“Underlying Portfolios”) and exchange traded funds (“Underlying ETFs”) such that at least 80% of its assets are invested in fixed income securities. The Fixed Income Portfolio allocates its assets to Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest among various fixed income asset categories, as well as non-traditional (alternative) investments. The asset categories and strategies of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which the Fixed Income Portfolio may invest are as follows (asset categories and strategies that the Manager considers to be non-traditional (alternative) are indicated with an asterisk*): convertible securities*, bank loans, emerging market debt securities, floating rate securities, global bond, high yield bond, inflation linked securities, international bond, money market, U.S. government bond, U.S. investment grade bond and U.S. short term investment grade bond. Unlike the Bond Index Portfolio, the Fixed Income Portfolio does not utilize an index investment strategy.

 

   

The Bond Index Portfolio utilizes an indexing strategy and generally invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities that are included in the U.S. Government/Credit Index, which covers the U.S. dollar denominated,

 

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investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasury and government-related, corporate, credit and agency fixed-rate debt securities. Unlike the Fixed Income Portfolio, only up to 40% of the Bond Index Portfolio’s assets may be invested in ETFs.

 

   

Each Portfolio’s principal risks include credit risk, interest rate risk, investment grade securities risk and liquidity risk. The Fixed Income Portfolio also is subject to affiliated portfolio risk, bank loans risk, convertible securities risk, derivatives risk, floating rate loan risk, foreign securities risk (including currency risk and emerging markets risk), inflation-indexed bonds risk, non-investment grade securities risk, market risk, money market risk, non-traditional (alternative) investment risk, portfolio management risk, risks related to investments in underlying portfolios and underlying ETFs, and U.S. government securities risk as principal risks, while the Bond Index Portfolio is not. The Bond Index Portfolio is subject to ETF risk, index strategy risk, redemption risk and securities lending risk as principal risks, while the Fixed Income Portfolio is not directly subject to such risks. For a detailed comparison of the Portfolios’ risks, see “Comparisons of Principal Risk Factors” below.

 

   

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”) serves as the investment manager and administrator for each Portfolio. FMG LLC manages the assets of the Fixed Income Portfolio. FMG LLC has selected SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM”) as the sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) to manage the assets of the Bond Index Portfolio. It is anticipated that FMG LLC will continue to manage and administer, and that SSgA FM will continue to sub-advise, the Bond Index Portfolio after the Reorganization.

 

   

The Manager has been granted relief by the SEC to hire, terminate and replace Sub-Advisers and amend sub-advisory agreements subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees and without obtaining shareholder approval. However, FMG LLC may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement on behalf of a Portfolio with an “affiliated person” of the Manager, unless the sub-advisory agreement, including compensation, is approved by the Portfolio’s shareholders. For a detailed description of the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to the Bond Index Portfolio, please see “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios — The Manager” and “ — The Sub-Adviser” below.

 

   

The Fixed Income Portfolio and the Bond Index Portfolio had net assets of approximately $5.2 million and $8.6 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2014. Thus, if the Reorganization had been in effect on that date, the combined Portfolio would have had net assets of approximately $8.6 billion.

 

   

The Class B shareholders of the Fixed Income Portfolio will receive Class IB shares of the Bond Index Portfolio pursuant to the Reorganization. Shareholders will not pay any sales charges in connection with the Reorganization.

 

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Please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables,” “Additional Information about the Reorganization” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below for more information.

 

   

It is estimated that the total annual operating expense ratio (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) for the Bond Index Portfolio’s Class IB shares, for the fiscal year following the Reorganization, will be lower than that of the Fixed Income Portfolio’s Class B shares for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. For a more detailed comparison of the fees and expenses of the Portfolios, please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below.

 

   

The maximum management fee for the Fixed Income Portfolio is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of its average daily net assets and the maximum management fee for the Bond Index Portfolio is equal to an annual rate of 0.35% of its average daily net assets. The Portfolios pay different administration fees. The Fixed Income Portfolio pays FMG LLC its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee, subject to a minimum annual fee of $32,500. The asset-based administration fee is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets of the 19 portfolios of the Trust designated in the Trust’s prospectus as “CharterSM Allocation Portfolios.” The Bond Index Portfolio pays FMG LLC its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee for the Single-Advised Portfolios (defined below), which is equal to an annual rate of 0.12% of the first $3 billion of the aggregate average daily net assets of the Single-Advised Portfolios; 0.11% of the next $3 billion; 0.105% of the next $4 billion; 0.10% of the next $20 billion; 0.0975% of the next $10 billion; and 0.095% thereafter, subject to a minimum annual fee of $30,000. For a more detailed description of the fees and expenses of the Portfolios, including a description of the Single-Advised Portfolios, please see “Comparative Fee and Expense Tables” and “Additional Information about the Acquiring Portfolios” below.

 

   

Both Portfolios are subject to an expense limitation arrangement (an “Expense Limitation Agreement”). FMG LLC has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Trust pursuant to which FMG LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative or other fees to limit the expenses of the Fixed Income Portfolio through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of the Trust consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) so that the annual operating expenses of the Fixed Income Portfolio (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, expenses of Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fixed Income Portfolio’s business) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.65% for Class B shares of the Fixed Income Portfolio. Similarly, FMG LLC has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with EQ Trust pursuant to which FMG LLC agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees to limit the expenses of the Bond Index Portfolio

 

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through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of Trustees of the EQ Trust consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) so that the annual operating expenses of the Bond Index Portfolio (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, expenses of other investment companies in which the Bond Index Portfolio invests, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Bond Index Portfolio’s business) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.72% for the Class IB shares of the Bond Index Portfolio.

 

   

The Class IB shares of the Bond Index Portfolio outperformed the Class B shares of the Fixed Income Portfolio for the one-year period ended December 31, 2014. Please see “Comparative Performance Information” below.

 

   

Following the Reorganization, the combined Portfolio will be managed in accordance with the investment objective, policies and strategies of the Bond Index Portfolio. It is not expected that the Bond Index Portfolio will revise any of its investment policies following the Reorganization to reflect those of the Fixed Income Portfolio. If the Reorganization is approved, all of the Fixed Income Portfolio’s assets (“Transferred Assets”) on the Closing Date will be transferred to the Bond Index Portfolio. It is anticipated that immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Fixed Income Portfolio will liquidate its securities holdings and hold cash. Therefore, it is anticipated that the Transferred Assets will consist of cash. The sale of portfolio holdings by the Fixed Income Portfolio in connection with the Reorganization may result in the Fixed Income Portfolio selling securities at a disadvantageous time and price and could result in it realizing gains (or losses) that would not otherwise have been realized and incurring transaction costs that would not otherwise have been incurred. It is also expected that, over time, the Bond Index Portfolio will use the Transferred Assets to invest in fixed income securities represented in the U.S. Government/Credit Index.

 

   

Except for brokerage costs incurred in connection with the Reorganization, FMG LLC will bear the expenses of the Reorganization described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

Comparative Fee and Expense Tables

 

The following tables show the fees and expenses of the Class B Shares of the Fixed Income Portfolio and the Class IB Shares of the Bond Index Portfolio and the estimated pro forma fees and expenses of the Class IB Shares of the Bond Index Portfolio after giving effect to the proposed Reorganization. The pro forma fees and expenses of the Bond Index Portfolio Shares assume that the Reorganization was in effect for the year ended December 31, 2014. The tables below do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses. See a Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

 

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Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

Fixed Income Portfolio

 

Bond Index Portfolio

 

Pro Forma Bond Index
Portfolio (assuming the
Reorganization is approved)

Not Applicable.

  Not Applicable.   Not Applicable.

 

Annual Operating Expenses

(expenses that you may pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

     Fixed Income
Portfolio
    Bond Index
Portfolio
    Pro Forma
Bond Index
Portfolio
(assuming the
Reorganization
is approved)
 
     Class B     Class IB     Class IB  

Management Fee

     0.15     0.34     0.34

Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees)

     0.25     0.25     0.25

Other Expenses

     3.82     0.12     0.12

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

     0.65     N/A        N/A   

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

     4.87     0.71     0.71

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement†

     -3.57        N/A        N/A   

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

     1.30     0.71     0.71

 

  Pursuant to an Expense Limitation Arrangement with the Trust, FMG LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative or other fees to limit the expenses of the Fixed Income Portfolio through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of the Trust consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) so that the annual operating expenses of the Fixed Income Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, capitalized expenses, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Fixed Income Portfolio invests, and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 0.65% for Class B shares of the Fixed Income Portfolio. The Expense Limitation Arrangement with the Trust may be terminated by FMG LLC at any time after April 30, 2016.

 

Example of Portfolio Expenses

 

This example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Portfolios with the cost of investing in other investment options. The example assumes that:

 

   

You invest $10,000 in a Portfolio for the time periods indicated;

 

   

Your investment has a 5% return each year;

 

   

The Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same; and

 

   

The Expense Limitation Arrangement with respect to the Fixed Income Portfolio is not renewed.

 

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This example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, including redemption fees (if any) at the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Fixed Income Portfolio

           

Class B

   $ 132       $ 1,144       $ 2,158       $ 4,704   

Bond Index Portfolio

           

Class IB

   $ 73       $ 227       $ 395       $ 883   

Pro Forma Bond Index Portfolio

(assuming the Reorganization is approved)

           

Class IB

   $ 73       $ 227       $ 395       $ 883   

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

Each Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect a Portfolio’s performance. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, the portfolio turnover rates for each of the Fixed Income Portfolio and the Bond Index Portfolio were 19% and 24%, respectively, of the average value of the Portfolio.

 

Comparison of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies

 

The following table compares the investment objectives and principal investment policies and strategies of the Fixed Income Portfolio with those of the Bond Index Portfolio. The Board of the Trust and the Board of EQ Trust may change the investment objective of a respective Portfolio without a vote of that Portfolio’s shareholders. For more detailed information about each Portfolio’s investment strategies and risks, see Appendix B.

 

     Acquired Portfolio   Acquiring Portfolio
     Fixed Income Portfolio   Bond Index Portfolio

Investment Objective

  Seeks a high level of current income.   Seeks to achieve a total return before expenses that approximates the total return performance of the Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index (“Intermediate Government Credit Index”), including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the Intermediate Government Credit Index.

 

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     Acquired Portfolio   Acquiring Portfolio
     Fixed Income Portfolio   Bond Index Portfolio

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing in other mutual funds managed by the Manager and in investment companies managed by investment managers other than the Manager (affiliated and unaffiliated “Underlying Portfolios”) and Underlying ETFs comprising various asset categories and strategies. The Portfolio will invest in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs such that at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in fixed income securities (which may include derivatives exposure to fixed income securities).

 

The Portfolio allocates its assets to Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest among various fixed income asset categories, as well as non-traditional (alternative) investments. The asset categories and strategies of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs in which the Portfolio invests are as follows (asset categories and strategies that the Manager considers to be non-traditional (alternative) are indicated with an asterisk*):

 

•    Convertible Securities*

•    Bank Loans

•    Emerging Market Debt Securities

•    Floating Rate Securities

•    Global Bond

•    High Yield Bond

•    Inflation Linked Securities

•    International Bond

•    Money Market

•    U.S. Government Bond

•    U.S. Investment Grade Bond

•    U.S. Short Term Investment Grade Bond

 

Non-traditional (alternative) investments are alternatives to traditional equity (stocks) or fixed income (bonds and cash) investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments have the potential to enhance portfolio diversification and reduce overall portfolio volatility because these investments may not have a strong correlation (relationship) to one another or to traditional market indexes.

 

In addition, the Portfolio may invest in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that employ derivatives (including futures contracts) for a variety of purposes, including to reduce risk, to seek enhanced returns from certain asset classes, and to level of exposure to certain asset classes.

 

Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities that are included in the Intermediate Government Credit Index, which covers the U.S. dollar denominated, investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasury and government-related, corporate, credit and agency fixed rate debt securities. The Manager also may invest up to 40% of the Portfolio’s assets in ETFs that invest in securities included in the Intermediate Government Credit Index.

 

In seeking to achieve the Portfolio’s investment objective, the Sub-Adviser will employ a stratified sample approach to build a portfolio whose broad characteristics match those of the Intermediate Government Credit Index. This strategy is commonly referred to as an indexing strategy. Individual securities holdings may differ from those of the Intermediate Government Credit Index, and the Portfolio may not track the performance of the Intermediate Government Credit Index perfectly due to expenses and transaction costs, the size and frequency of cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, and differences between how and when the Portfolio and the Intermediate Government Credit Index are valued.

 

The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.

 

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Comparison of Principal Risk Factors

 

An investment in a Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in a Portfolio. The following table compares the principal risks of an investment in each Portfolio. For an explanation of each such risk, see “Additional Information about the Reorganizations — Descriptions of Risk Factors” below.

 

Risks

   Bond Index
Portfolio
     Fixed Income
Portfolio
 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk

        X   

Bank Loans Risk

        X   

Convertible Securities Risk

        X   

Credit Risk

     X         X   

Derivatives Risk

        X   

ETF Risk

     X      

Floating Rate Loan Risk

        X   

Foreign Securities Risk

        X   

Currency Risk

        X   

Emerging Markets Risk

        X   

Index Strategy Risk

     X      

Inflation-Indexed Bonds Risk

        X   

Interest Rate Risk

     X         X   

Investment Grade Securities Risk

     X         X   

Liquidity Risk

     X         X   

Market Risk

        X   

Money Market Risk

        X   

Non-Investment Grade Risk

        X   

Non-Traditional (Alternative) Investment Risk

        X   

Portfolio Management Risk

        X   

Redemption Risk

     X      

Risks Related to Investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs

        X   

Securities Lending Risk

     X      

U.S. Government Securities Risk

        X   

 

Comparative Performance Information

 

The bar charts and tables below provide some indication of the risks of investing in each Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Bond Index Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one-, five- and ten-years, and the Fixed Income Portfolio’s average annual total returns for one year and since inception, through December 31, 2014, compared to the returns of a broad-based market index. The return of the broad-based market index (and any additional comparative index) shown in the right hand columns below for each Portfolio is the return of the index for the last 10 years or, if shorter, since inception of the share class with the longest history. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

 

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The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.

 

Fixed Income Portfolio - Calendar Year Total Returns (Class B)

 

LOGO

 

Best quarter (% and time period)

2.11% (2014 2nd Quarter)

 

Worst quarter (% and time period)

-1.48% (2014 3rd Quarter)

 

Bond Index Portfolio - Calendar Year Total Returns (Class IB)

 

LOGO

 

Best quarter (% and time period)

3.48% (2006 3rd Quarter)

 

Worst quarter (% and time period)

-2.89% (2008 3rd Quarter)

 

Fixed Income Portfolio Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2014)

 

     One Year     Since Inception  

Fixed Income Portfolio — Class B Shares
(Inception Date: October 30, 2013)

     1.85     1.03

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
(reflects no Deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

     5.97     4.21

 

Bond Index Portfolio Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2014)

 

     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years/
Since Inception
 

Bond Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares

     2.46     2.88     1.68

Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

     3.13     3.54     4.10

 

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Capitalization

 

The following table shows the capitalization of each Portfolio as of December 31, 2014 and of the Bond Index Portfolio on a pro forma combined basis as of December 31, 2014, after giving effect to the proposed Reorganization. Pro forma net assets may not total and net asset values per share may not recalculate due to rounding of net assets.

 

    Net Assets
(in millions)
    Net Asset Value
Per Share
    Shares
Outstanding
 

Fixed Income Portfolio — Class IA Shares

    N/A        N/A        N/A   

Bond Index Portfolio — Class IA Shares

  $ 88.5      $ 9.97        8,869,994   

Fixed Income Portfolio — Class B Share

  $ 5.2      $ 9.75        530,484   

Bond Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares

  $ 2,251.6      $ 9.99        225,390,925   

Adjustments(a)

  $      $        (12,878

Pro forma Bond Index Portfolio — Class IB Shares
(assuming the Reorganization is approved)

  $ 2,256.8      $ 9.99        225,908,531   

Fixed Income Portfolio — Class K Shares

    N/A        N/A        N/A   

Bond Index Portfolio — Class K Shares

  $ 6,223.0      $ 9.97        624,047,723   

 

(a)   Reflects adjustment for retired shares of the Fixed Income Portfolio.

 

AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, THE BOARD OF THE TRUST UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO. ACCORDINGLY, THE BOARD HAS SUBMITTED THE PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR APPROVAL BY THIS PORTFOLIO’S SHAREHOLDERS. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE REORGANIZATIONS

 

Terms of the Plan of Reorganization

 

The terms and conditions under which the Reorganizations would be completed are contained in the Plan of Reorganization. The following summary thereof is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan of Reorganization, a copy of the form of which is attached to this Proxy Statement/Prospectus as Appendix A.

 

Each Reorganization will involve an Acquiring Portfolio’s acquiring all the assets of the corresponding Acquired Portfolio in exchange solely for Acquiring Portfolio Shares and the Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of the Acquired Portfolio’s liabilities. The Plan of Reorganization further provides that, on or as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, each Acquired Portfolio will distribute the Acquiring Portfolio Shares it receives in its Reorganization to its shareholders (for the benefit of the Separate Accounts, as applicable, and thus the Contractholders). The number of full and fractional Acquiring Portfolio Shares each shareholder will receive will be equal in net asset value (as determined in accordance with the Trust’s and EQ Trust’s normal valuation procedures), as of immediately after the close of business (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on the Closing Date, to the Acquired Portfolio Shares the shareholder holds at that time. After that distribution to an Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders, the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Portfolio, will take all

 

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necessary steps under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”), and Delaware and any other applicable law to effect a complete termination of the Acquired Portfolio.

 

Either the Board of the Trust or the Board of Trustees of EQ Trust (the “EQ Trust Board”) may terminate or delay the Plan of Reorganization with respect to, and abandon or postpone, either or both Reorganizations at any time prior to the Closing Date, before or after approval by the relevant Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders, if circumstances develop that, in the Board’s opinion, make proceeding with a Reorganization inadvisable for a Portfolio. The consummation of each Reorganization also is subject to various conditions, including approval of the Reorganization by the applicable Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders, completion of all filings with, and receipt of all necessary approvals, if any, from the SEC, and other customary corporate and securities matters. Subject to the satisfaction of those conditions, the Reorganizations will take place immediately after the close of business on the Closing Date.

 

The Board of the Trust, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), has determined, with respect to each Acquired Portfolio, that the interests of the Acquired Portfolio’s existing shareholders will not be diluted as a result of the Reorganization and that participation in the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Acquired Portfolio. Similarly, the EQ Trust Board, including the Independent Trustees, has determined, with respect to each Acquiring Portfolio, that the interests of the Acquiring Portfolio’s existing shareholders will not be diluted as a result of the Reorganization and that the participation in the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Acquiring Portfolio.

 

Except for brokerage costs incurred in connection with each Reorganization, FMG LLC will bear the expenses of each Reorganization described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

Approval of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to an Acquired Portfolio will require a majority vote of that Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders. Such majority is defined in the 1940 Act as the lesser of (1) 67% or more of the voting securities of the Acquired Portfolio present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of its outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of its outstanding voting securities. If the Plan of Reorganization is not approved by an Acquired Portfolio’s shareholders or one or both Reorganizations is not consummated for any other reason, the Board of the Trust will consider other possible courses of action. Please see “Voting Information” below for more information.

 

Description of the Securities to Be Issued

 

The shareholders of each Acquired Portfolio will receive Class IB shares of the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Plan of Reorganization. Each such share will be fully paid and non-assessable by EQ Trust when issued and will have no preemptive or conversion rights.

 

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Each Acquiring Portfolio is a series of EQ Trust. EQ Trust may issue an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of EQ Trust (the “EQ Trust DoT”) authorizes the EQ Trust Board to issue shares in different series and classes. In addition, the EQ Trust DoT authorizes the EQ Trust Board to create new series and to name the rights and preferences of the shareholders of each series. The EQ Trust Board does not need additional shareholder action to divide the shares into separate series or classes or to name the shareholders’ rights and preferences.

 

EQ Trust currently offers three classes of shares of each Acquiring Portfolio – Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares. EQ Trust has adopted, in the manner prescribed under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, a plan of distribution pertaining to the Class IA and Class IB shares of the Acquiring Portfolios. The maximum distribution and/or service (12b-1) fee for each Acquiring Portfolio’s Class IA and Class IB shares is equal to an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to such share class. Because these distribution/service fees are paid out of each Acquiring Portfolio’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase your cost of investing and may cost more than paying other types of charges. The Class IA and Class K shares of the Acquiring Portfolios are not subject to the Reorganization.

 

Board Considerations

 

At a meeting of the Board of the Trust held on June 9, 2015, FMG LLC recommended that each Acquired Portfolio be reorganized into its corresponding Acquiring Portfolio. FMG LLC noted that, in addition to regularly evaluating the performance of each portfolio of the Trust, it continually reviews the overall line-up of investment options and conducts in-depth analysis to provide recommendations to the Board of the Trust to strengthen the Trust’s line-up. FMG LLC stated that it was recommending the Reorganizations to streamline and strengthen the Trust’s line-up and to address certain other developments with respect to each Acquired Portfolio, including the failure of each Acquired Portfolio to attract sufficient Contractholder interest and thus achieve a more sustainable asset base.

 

FMG LLC noted that each Acquiring Portfolio has a broadly similar investment objective and provides diversified exposure pursuant to an indexing strategy to the same asset class as its corresponding Acquired Portfolio (i.e., equity securities, in the case of the Equity Portfolio, and fixed income securities, in the case of the Fixed Income Portfolio). FMG LLC noted that, given each Acquired Portfolio’s failure to attract sufficient Contractholder interest, FMG LLC believed it would be appropriate to reorganize each Acquired Portfolio into its corresponding Acquiring Portfolio. FMG LLC also noted that it believed the Reorganizations would be beneficial to the shareholders invested in the Acquired Portfolios because the Reorganizations would provide a means by which Contractholders with amounts allocated to an Acquired Portfolio could pursue a broadly similar investment objective in the context of a much larger fund with better prospects for attracting additional assets and lower expenses.

 

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In determining whether to approve the Plan of Reorganization with respect to each Acquired Portfolio and recommend its approval to shareholders, the Board of the Trust, including the Independent Trustees, with the advice and assistance of independent legal counsel, inquired into a number of matters and considered the following factors, among others: (1) the potential benefits of each Reorganization to shareholders, including lower total annual operating expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) by reorganizing into an Acquiring Portfolio with lower total annual operating expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) than the respective Acquired Portfolio and greater potential to increase assets and thereby realize economies of scale in the Portfolio’s expenses and portfolio management fees as a result of asset growth; (2) comparisons of the Acquired Portfolios’ and the corresponding Acquiring Portfolios’ investment objectives, policies, strategies, restrictions and risks; (3) the experience and qualifications of the Manager, Sub-Advisers and key personnel managing each Acquiring Portfolio; (4) the effect of the Reorganization on an Acquired Portfolio’s annual operating expenses and shareholder fees and services; (5) the relative historical performance records of the Portfolios; (6) any change in shareholder rights; (7) the direct or indirect federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations to shareholders and Contractholders; (8) any fees or expenses that will be borne directly or indirectly by an Acquired Portfolio in connection with its respective Reorganization; (9) the terms and conditions of the Plan of Reorganization and whether a Reorganization would result in dilution of shareholder interests; (10) the potential benefits of the Reorganizations to other persons, including FMG LLC and its affiliates, as discussed below in the section entitled “Potential Benefits of the Reorganizations to FMG LLC and its Affiliates” and (11) possible alternatives to the Reorganizations, including the potential benefits and detriments of maintaining the current structure.

 

In connection with the Board of the Trust’s consideration of the proposed Reorganizations, the Independent Trustees requested, and FMG LLC provided to the Board, information regarding the factors set forth above as well as other information relating to the Reorganizations.

 

In reaching the decision to recommend approval of the Reorganizations, the Board of the Trust, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that each Acquired Portfolio’s participation in its respective Reorganization is in its best interests and that the interests of existing shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios would not be diluted as a result of the Reorganizations. The Board of the Trust’s conclusion was based on a number of factors, including the following:

 

   

The Reorganizations will permit shareholders invested in each Acquired Portfolio to allocate amounts to a much larger Portfolio that pursues a broadly similar investment objective, provides comparable exposure to a diversified portfolio of investments in equity securities or fixed income securities pursuant to an indexing strategy, as applicable, and has better prospects for attracting additional assets and a lower annual operating expense ratio than the Acquired Portfolio (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any).

 

   

Following the Reorganizations, FMG LLC will continue to serve as the investment manager and administrator of each Acquiring Portfolio and each Acquiring Portfolio’s current Sub-Adviser will continue to serve as the Sub-Adviser to that Acquiring Portfolio.

 

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As a result of the Reorganization, each shareholder of Class B shares of an Acquired Portfolio would hold, immediately after the Closing Date, Class IB shares of the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio having an aggregate value equal to the aggregate value of the Acquired Portfolio Shares such shareholder holds as of the Closing Date.

 

   

Each Reorganization will be effected on the basis of each participating Portfolio’s net asset value, which will be determined in connection with each Reorganization in accordance with the Trust’s or EQ Trust’s normal valuation procedures, as applicable, which are identical for all of the Portfolios.

 

   

Shareholders will not pay sales charges in connection with the Reorganizations.

 

   

The Reorganizations are not expected to have any adverse tax results to Contractholders.

 

   

Except for the brokerage costs incurred in connection with each Reorganization, FMG LLC will bear the expenses associated with each Reorganization.

 

On the basis of the information provided to it and its evaluation of that information, the Board of the Trust, including the Independent Trustees, voted unanimously to approve the Plan of Reorganization and to recommend that the shareholders of each Acquired Portfolio also approve, respectively, the Plan of Reorganization.

 

Potential Benefits of the Reorganizations to FMG LLC and its Affiliates

 

FMG LLC may realize benefits in connection with the Reorganizations. For example, the Reorganizations would eliminate FMG LLC’s obligations under the Expense Limitation Arrangement for the Acquired Portfolios by reorganizing the Acquired Portfolios into the Acquiring Portfolios. The Stock Index Portfolio is not subject to any expense limitation arrangement. The Bond Index Portfolio is subject to an expense limitation arrangement, but FMG LLC was not obligated to reimburse any expenses to the Bond Index Portfolio during its most recent fiscal year.

 

In addition, the Portfolios are offered and sold through Contracts issued by AXA Equitable that may provide certain death benefit, income benefit or other guarantees to Contractholders. In providing these guarantees, AXA Equitable assumes the risk that Contractholder account values will not be sufficient to pay the guaranteed amounts when due, and therefore that AXA Equitable will have to use its own resources to cover any shortfall. AXA Equitable may enter into hedging transactions from time to time that are intended to help manage its risks under these guarantees. The Reorganizations may enhance AXA Equitable’s ability to manage this risk, for example, by eliminating a Portfolio that has underperformed expectations. This could have a positive impact on AXA Equitable’s profitability and/or financial position.

 

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Descriptions of Risk Factors

 

A Portfolio’s performance may be affected by one or more of the following risks, which are described in detail in Appendix B “More Information on Strategies and Risk Factors.”

 

Reorganization of CharterSM Equity Portfolio into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk:    In managing a Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, the Manager will have the authority to select and substitute the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs. The Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs because it (and in certain cases its affiliates) earn fees for managing and administering the affiliated Underlying Portfolios, but not the unaffiliated Underlying Portfolios or Underlying ETFs. In addition, the Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among the various affiliated Underlying Portfolios because the fees payable to it by some of the affiliated Underlying Portfolios are higher than the fees payable by other affiliated Underlying Portfolios and because the Manager is also responsible for managing, administering, and with respect to certain affiliated Underlying Portfolios, its affiliates are responsible for sub-advising, the affiliated Underlying Portfolios.

 

Derivatives Risk:    A portfolio’s investments in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly or at all with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. In addition, it may be difficult or impossible for a portfolio to purchase or sell certain derivatives in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may result in a loss or may be costly to a portfolio. Derivatives also may be subject to certain other risks such as leveraging risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, the risk that a counterparty may be unable or unwilling to honor its obligations, and the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives also may not behave as anticipated by a portfolio, especially in abnormal market conditions. Changing regulation may make derivatives more costly, limit their availability, disrupt markets, or otherwise adversely affect their value or performance.

 

Equity Risk:    In general, stocks and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic, and political conditions and other factors.

 

Foreign Securities Risk:    Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

 

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Currency Risk:    Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

 

Emerging Markets Risk:    There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. In addition, the risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area are generally more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries.

 

Futures Contract Risk:    The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by a portfolio and the price of the futures contract; (b) liquidity risks, including the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract when desired; (c) losses (potentially unlimited) caused by unanticipated market movements; (d) an adviser’s inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that a counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will default in the performance of its obligations; (f) if a portfolio has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the portfolio may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so; and (g) transaction costs associated with investments in futures contracts may be significant, which could cause or increase losses or reduce gains. Futures contracts are also subject to the same risks as the underlying investments to which they provide exposure. In addition, futures contracts may subject the Portfolio to leveraging risk.

 

Index Strategy Risk:    A Portfolio that employs an index strategy generally invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends. Such a portfolio generally will not modify its index strategy to respond to changes in the economy, which means that it may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the index strategy attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the Portfolio may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Portfolio’s fees and expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs,

 

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changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

 

Large-Cap Company Risk:    Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

 

Liquidity Risk:    The risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible for a portfolio to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the portfolio.

 

Market Risk:    The risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based on overall economic conditions and other factors. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact a market as a whole.

 

Mid-Cap, Small-Cap and Micro-Cap Company Risk:    Investments in mid-, small- and micro-cap companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established issuers because they generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. Such companies generally have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and more limited markets for their stock as compared with larger companies. As a result, the value of such securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger companies, and the portfolio may experience difficulty in purchasing or selling such securities at the desired time and price or in the desired amount. In general, these risks are greater for small- and micro-cap companies than for mid-cap companies.

 

Non-Traditional (Alternative) Investment Risk:    To the extent the Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest in non-traditional (alternative) investments, the Portfolio will be subject to the risks associated with such investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments use a different approach to investing than do traditional investments (stocks, bonds, and cash) and, as a result, have different characteristics and risks than do traditional investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments are often less liquid, particularly in periods of stress, are generally more complex and less transparent, and may have more complicated tax profiles than traditional investments. In addition, the performance of non-traditional (alternative) investments may be dependent primarily on investment manager experience and skill, whereas the performance of traditional investments generally is dependent primarily on market exposure and returns. The use of non-traditional (alternative) investments may not achieve the desired effect.

 

Portfolio Management Risk:    The risk that strategies used by the Manager or the Sub-Adviser(s) and their securities selections fail to produce the intended results.

 

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Risks Related to Investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs:    A Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by those Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. The Underlying Portfolios may already be available directly as an investment option in your contract. Therefore, you may be able to realize lower aggregate expenses by investing directly in the Underlying Portfolios of a Portfolio instead of in the Portfolio itself. However, not all Underlying Portfolios may be available as an investment option in your contract. In addition, an investor who chooses to invest directly in the Underlying Portfolios would not receive the asset allocation and rebalancing services provided by the Manager.

 

The Portfolio’s net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the net asset values of the Underlying Portfolios and the market values of the Underlying ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs invest and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend on the ability of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs to meet their investment objectives. The Portfolio, Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities such as equity risk, market capitalization risk, investment grade securities risk, interest rate risk, credit/default risk, foreign and emerging markets securities risk and non-investment grade securities risk. There is also the risk that an Underlying ETF’s performance may not match that of the relevant index. It is also possible that an active trading market for an Underlying ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of the Portfolio’s investment in the Underlying ETF could be substantially and adversely affected. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlates to those of a particular Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio’s assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF, which will vary.

 

Reorganization of the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk:    In managing a Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, the Manager will have the authority to select and substitute the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs. The Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs because it (and in certain cases its affiliates) earn fees for managing and administering the affiliated Underlying Portfolios, but not

 

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the unaffiliated Underlying Portfolios or Underlying ETFs. In addition, the Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among the various affiliated Underlying Portfolios because the fees payable to it by some of the affiliated Underlying Portfolios are higher than the fees payable by other affiliated Underlying Portfolios and because the Manager is also responsible for managing, administering, and with respect to certain affiliated Underlying Portfolios, its affiliates are responsible for sub-advising, the affiliated Underlying Portfolios.

 

Bank Loans Risk:    Loans are subject to additional risks including liquidity risk, prepayment risk (the risk that when interest rates fall, debt securities may be repaid more quickly than expected and a portfolio may be required to reinvest in securities with a lower yield), extension risk (the risk that when interest rates rise, debt securities may be repaid more slowly than expected and the value of a portfolio’s holdings may decrease), the risk of subordination to other creditors, restrictions on resale, and the lack of a regular trading market and publicly available information. In addition, liquidity risk may be more pronounced for a portfolio investing in loans because certain loans may have a more limited secondary market. These loans may be difficult to value.

 

Convertible Securities Risk:    The value of convertible securities fluctuates in relation to changes in interest rates and the credit quality of the issuer and, in addition, fluctuates in relation to the underlying common stock. A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing instrument, which may be different than the current market price of the security. If a convertible security held by a portfolio is called for redemption, the portfolio will be required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Investments by a portfolio in convertible debt securities may not be subject to any ratings restrictions, although in such cases the portfolio’s investment manager may consider such ratings, and any changes in such ratings, in its determination of whether the portfolio should invest in and/or continue to hold the securities. Convertible securities are subject to equity risk, interest rate risk and credit risk, and are often lower-quality securities, which means that they are subject to the same risks as an investment in lower rated debt securities. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock.

 

Credit Risk:    The risk that the issuer or the guarantor (or other obligor, such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement, loan of portfolio securities or other transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in their credit ratings. The downgrade of the credit rating of a security may decrease its value.

 

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Derivatives Risk:    A portfolio’s investments in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly or at all with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. In addition, it may be difficult or impossible for a portfolio to purchase or sell certain derivatives in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may result in a loss or may be costly to a portfolio. Derivatives also may be subject to certain other risks such as leveraging risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, the risk that a counterparty may be unable or unwilling to honor its obligations, and the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives also may not behave as anticipated by a portfolio, especially in abnormal market conditions. Changing regulation may make derivatives more costly, limit their availability, disrupt markets, or otherwise adversely affect their value or performance.

 

ETFs Risk:    A Portfolio that invests in ETFs will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by those ETFs, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. In addition, the Portfolio’s net asset value will be subject to fluctuations in the market values of the ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the ETFs invest and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend on the ability of the ETFs to meet their investment objectives. The Portfolio and ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities such as equity risk, market capitalization risk, investment grade securities risk, interest rate risk, credit/default risk, foreign and emerging markets securities risk and non-investment grade securities risk. There is also the risk that an ETF’s performance may not match that of the relevant index. It is also possible that an active trading market for an ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of the Portfolio’s investment in the ETF could be substantially and adversely affected. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlates to those of a particular ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio’s assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the ETF, which will vary.

 

Floating Rate Loan Risk:    Floating rate loans generally are subject to restrictions on resale. The liquidity of floating rate loans, including the volume and frequency of secondary market trading in such loans, varies significantly over time and among individual floating rate loans. For example, if the credit quality of a floating rate loan unexpectedly declines significantly, secondary market trading in that floating rate loan can also decline. During periods of infrequent trading, valuing a floating rate loan can be more difficult, and buying and selling a floating rate loan at an acceptable price can be more difficult and delayed. Difficulty in selling a floating rate loan can result in a loss. The value of the collateral securing a floating rate loan can

 

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decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate. As a result, a floating rate loan may not be fully collateralized, and can decline significantly in value.

 

Foreign Securities Risk:    Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

 

Currency Risk:    Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

 

Emerging Markets Risk:    There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. In addition, the risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area are generally more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries.

 

Index Strategy Risk:    A Portfolio that employs an index strategy generally invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends. Such a portfolio generally will not modify its index strategy to respond to changes in the economy, which means that it may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the index strategy attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the Portfolio may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Portfolio’s fees and expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs, changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

 

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Inflation-Indexed Bonds Risk:    Inflation-indexed bonds, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”), decline in value when real interest rates rise. In certain interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, inflation-indexed bonds may experience greater losses than other fixed income securities with similar durations. Interest payments on inflation-linked debt securities will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable. In periods of deflation, a portfolio may have no income at all from such investments.

 

Interest Rate Risk:    The risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. When interest rates decline, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally rises. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally declines. A Portfolio with a longer average duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making it more volatile than a fund with a shorter average duration. As of the date of this Prospectus, interest rates in the United States are at or near historic lows, but may rise significantly or rapidly, potentially resulting in losses to a Portfolio.

 

Investment Grade Securities Risk:    Debt securities commonly are rated by national bond ratings agencies. Investment grade securities are securities rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings Ltd. (“Fitch”) or Baa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). Securities rated in the lower investment grade rating categories (e.g., BBB or Baa) are considered investment grade securities, but are somewhat riskier than higher rated obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, and are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics.

 

Liquidity Risk:    The risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible for a Portfolio to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, or possibly requiring a Portfolio to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices to satisfy obligations, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the Portfolio.

 

Market Risk:    The risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based on overall economic conditions and other factors. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact a market as a whole.

 

Money Market Risk:    Although a money market fund is designed to be a relatively low risk investment, it is not free of risk. Despite the short maturities and high credit quality of a money market portfolio’s investments, increases in interest rates and deteriorations in the credit quality of the instruments the portfolio has purchased may reduce the portfolio’s yield and can cause the price of a money market security to decrease. In addition, a money market portfolio is subject to the risk that the value of an investment may be eroded over time by inflation.

 

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additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default, illiquidity of the security, and changes in value based on changes in interest rates. Non-Investment grade bonds, sometimes referred to as “junk bonds” are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by those companies with questionable credit strength.

 

Non-Traditional (Alternative) Investment Risk:    To the extent the Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest in non-traditional (alternative) investments, the Portfolio will be subject to the risks associated with such investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments use a different approach to investing than do traditional investments (stocks, bonds, and cash) and, as a result, have different characteristics and risks than do traditional investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments are often less liquid, particularly in periods of stress, are generally more complex and less transparent, and may have more complicated tax profiles than traditional investments. In addition, the performance of non-traditional (alternative) investments may be dependent primarily on investment manager experience and skill, whereas the performance of traditional investments generally is dependent primarily on market exposure and returns. The use of non-traditional (alternative) investments may not achieve the desired effect.

 

Portfolio Management Risk:    The risk that strategies used by the Manager or the Sub-Adviser(s) and their securities selections fail to produce the intended results.

 

Redemption Risk:    A Portfolio may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Portfolio to sell assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Heavy redemptions could hurt a Portfolio’s performance.

 

Market developments and other factors, including a general rise in interest rates, have the potential to cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which may increase redemptions from mutual funds that hold large amounts of fixed income securities. Such a move, coupled with a reduction in the ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to buy or hold fixed income securities, may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed income markets.

 

Risks Related to Investments in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs:    A Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by those Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. The Underlying Portfolios may already be available directly as an investment option in your contract. Therefore, you may be able to realize lower aggregate expenses by investing directly in the Underlying Portfolios of a Portfolio instead of in the Portfolio itself. However, not all Underlying Portfolios may be available as an investment option in your contract. In addition, an investor who chooses to invest directly in the Underlying Portfolios would not receive the asset allocation and rebalancing services provided by the Manager.

 

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The Portfolio’s net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the net asset values of the Underlying Portfolios and the market values of the Underlying ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs invest and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend on the ability of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs to meet their investment objectives. The Portfolio, Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities such as equity risk, market capitalization risk, investment grade securities risk, interest rate risk, credit/default risk, foreign and emerging markets securities risk and non-investment grade securities risk. There is also the risk that an Underlying ETF’s performance may not match that of the relevant index. It is also possible that an active trading market for an Underlying ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of the Portfolio’s investment in the Underlying ETF could be substantially and adversely affected. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlates to those of a particular Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio’s assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF, which will vary.

 

Securities Lending Risk:    The Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to seek income. There is a risk that a borrower may default on its obligations to return loaned securities, however, the Portfolio’s securities lending agent may indemnify the Portfolio against that risk. The Portfolio will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including any collateral invested in an affiliated money market fund. The Portfolio may lose money on its investment of cash collateral or may fail to earn sufficient income on its investment to meet obligations to the borrower. In addition, delays may occur in the recovery of securities from borrowers, which could interfere with the Portfolio’s ability to vote proxies or to settle transactions.

 

U.S. Government Securities Risk:    Although a portfolio may hold securities that carry U.S. government guarantees, these guarantees do not extend to shares of the portfolio itself and do not guarantee the market price of the securities. Furthermore, not all securities issued by the U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury.

 

Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reorganizations

 

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Reorganization, as a result of which it may recognize net gains or losses (which losses could be significant). Any net gains recognized on those sales would increase the amount of any distribution an Acquired Portfolio must make to its shareholders (the Separate Accounts) before consummating its Reorganization to preserve its status as a “regulated investment company” for federal tax purposes and to eliminate any federal income tax liability. In addition, (1) each shareholder’s (a) adjusted basis for those purposes (“adjusted basis”) in the Acquiring Portfolio Shares it receives in a Reorganization will be the fair market value thereof at the time the Reorganization is consummated (“Effective Time”) and (b) holding period for those Acquiring Portfolio Shares will begin on the following day, and (2) each Acquiring Portfolio’s (a) adjusted basis in each Transferred Asset will be the fair market value thereof at the Effective Time and (b) holding period for the Transferred Assets will begin on the following day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Contractholders who had premiums or contributions allocated to the investment divisions of the Separate Accounts that are invested in Acquired Portfolio Shares will not recognize any gain or loss as a result of the Reorganizations.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACQUIRING PORTFOLIOS

 

Management of EQ Trust

 

This section gives you information about EQ Trust, the Manager and the Sub-Advisers for the Acquiring Portfolios.

 

EQ Trust

 

EQ Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered with the SEC as an open-end management investment company. The EQ Trust Board is responsible for the overall management of EQ Trust and each of its series (“portfolios”), including the Acquiring Portfolios. As of May 1, 2015, EQ Trust issues shares of beneficial interest that are currently divided among eighty-six (86) portfolios, sixty-one (61) of which have authorized Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares, twenty-four (24) of which are only authorized to issue Class IB and Class K shares, and one (1) of which is authorized to issue Class IA and Class K shares. This Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the Class IB shares of the Acquiring Portfolios.

 

The Manager

 

FMG LLC, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, is the Manager to each Acquired Portfolio and each Acquiring Portfolio. FMG LLC is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. FMG LLC also is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and serves as a CPO with respect to certain portfolios of EQ Trust. FMG LLC currently claims an exclusion (under CFTC Rule 4.5) from registration as a CPO with respect to other portfolios,

 

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including the Acquiring Portfolios. Being subject to dual regulation by the SEC and the CFTC may increase compliance costs and may affect portfolio returns. FMG LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable. AXA Equitable is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc., a subsidiary of AXA, a French insurance holding company. FMG LLC serves as the investment adviser to mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and had $103.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014.

 

The Manager has a variety of responsibilities for the general management and administration of EQ Trust and the portfolios. The Manager’s management responsibilities include the selection and monitoring of Sub-Advisers for the portfolios. In addition, the Manager may be responsible for the management of the portfolios’ investments in ETFs.

 

The Manager plays an active role in monitoring each portfolio (or portion thereof) and Sub-Adviser and uses portfolio analytics systems to strengthen its evaluation of performance, style, risk levels, diversification and other criteria. The Manager also monitors each Sub-Adviser’s portfolio management team to determine whether its investment activities remain consistent with the portfolios’ (or portion thereof’s) investment style and objectives.

 

Beyond performance analysis, the Manager monitors significant changes that may impact the Sub-Adviser’s overall business. The Manager monitors continuity in the Sub-Adviser’s operations and changes in investment personnel and senior management. The Manager performs due diligence reviews with each Sub-Adviser no less frequently than annually. The Manager obtains detailed, comprehensive information concerning portfolio (or portion thereof) and Sub-Adviser performance and portfolio (or portion thereof) operations that is used to supervise and monitor the Sub-Advisers and the portfolio (or portion thereof) operations. A team is responsible for conducting ongoing investment reviews with each Sub-Adviser and for developing the criteria by which portfolio (or portion thereof) performance is measured.

 

The Manager selects Sub-Advisers from a pool of candidates, including its affiliates, to manage the portfolio (or portions thereof). The Manager may appoint, dismiss and replace Sub-Advisers and amend sub-advisory agreements subject to the approval of the EQ Trust Board. The Manager also may allocate a portfolio’s assets to additional Sub-Advisers subject to the approval of the EQ Trust Board and has discretion to allocate a portfolio’s assets among a portfolio’s current Sub-Advisers. The Manager recommends Sub-Advisers for a portfolio to the EQ Trust Board based upon its continuing quantitative and qualitative evaluation of each Sub-Adviser’s skills in managing assets pursuant to specific investment styles and strategies. Short-term investment performance, by itself, is not a significant factor in selecting or terminating a Sub-Adviser, and the Manager does not expect to recommend frequent changes of Sub-Advisers.

 

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may experience a period of transition during which the securities held in the portfolio may be repositioned in connection with the change in Sub-Adviser(s). A portfolio may not pursue its principal investment strategies during such a transition period and may incur increased brokerage commissions and other transaction costs in connection with the change(s). Generally, transitions may be implemented before or after the effective date of the new Sub-Adviser’s appointment as an adviser to the portfolio, and may be completed in several days to several weeks, depending on the particular circumstances of the transition. In addition, as described in “Comparative Performance Information” above, the past performance of a portfolio is not necessarily an indication of future performance. This may be particularly true for any portfolios that have undergone Sub-Adviser changes and/or changes to the investment objectives or policies of the portfolio.

 

The Manager is responsible for overseeing Sub-Advisers and recommending their hiring, termination and replacement to the EQ Trust Board. A committee of FMG LLC investment personnel (“Investment Committee”) is primarily responsible for the selection, monitoring and oversight of each portfolio’s Sub-Adviser(s) and performs other duties for portfolios not described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

The Manager has received an exemptive order from the SEC to permit it and the EQ Trust Board to appoint, dismiss and replace Sub-Advisers and to amend the sub-advisory agreements between the Manager and the Sub-Advisers without obtaining shareholder approval. Accordingly, the Manager is able, subject to the approval of the EQ Trust Board, to appoint, dismiss and replace Sub-Advisers and to amend sub-advisory agreements without obtaining shareholder approval. If a new Sub-Adviser is retained for a portfolio, shareholders will receive notice of such action. However, the Manager may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement with an “affiliated person” of the Manager (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Affiliated Sub-Adviser”), such as AllianceBernstein, AXA Investment Managers, Inc., and AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC, unless the sub-advisory agreement with the Affiliated Sub-Adviser, including compensation, is also approved by the affected portfolio’s shareholders. An amendment to an investment management agreement between FMG LLC and EQ Trust that would result in an increase in the management fee rate specified in that agreement (i.e., the aggregate management fee) charged to a portfolio will also be submitted to shareholders for approval.

 

Management and Administrative Fees

 

Each Acquiring Portfolio pays a fee to FMG LLC for management services. The table below shows the annual rate of the management fees (as a percentage of the Acquiring Portfolio’s average daily net assets) that the Manager received from each Acquiring Portfolio in 2014 for managing the Acquiring Portfolio.

 

      Annual Rate Received  

Stock Index Portfolio

     0.35

Bond Index Portfolio

     0.34

 

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In the interest of limiting through April 30, 2016 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) the expenses of certain portfolios, the Manager has entered into an expense limitation agreement with EQ Trust with respect to those certain portfolios, including the Bond Index Portfolio (“Expense Limitation Agreement”). Pursuant to that Expense Limitation Agreement, the Manager has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees to limit the expenses of the Bond Index Portfolio so that the annual operating expenses of the Bond Index Portfolio (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Bond Index Portfolio invests, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Bond Index Portfolio’s business) as a percentage of average daily net assets do not exceed 0.72% for the Class IA shares, 0.72% for the Class IB shares, and 0.47% for the Class K shares of the Bond Index Portfolio. The Class IA shares and Class K shares are not subject to the Reorganizations. The Manager may be reimbursed the amount of any such payments and waivers in the future provided that the payments or waivers are reimbursed within three years of the payment or waiver being made and the combination of the Bond Index Portfolio’s expense ratio and such reimbursements do not exceed the Bond Index Portfolio’s expense cap. If the actual expense ratio is less than the expense cap and the Manager has recouped any eligible previous payments made, the Bond Index Portfolio will be charged such lower expenses. The Stock Index Portfolio is not subject to an expense limitation arrangement with the Manager. The current contractual rate of the management fees (as a percentage of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets) payable by each Portfolio is determined as follows:

 

     First $4 Billion     Next $4 Billion     Next $2 Billion    
Thereafter
 

Stock Index Portfolio

     0.35     0.34     0.33     0.32

Bond Index Portfolio

     0.35     0.34     0.33     0.32

 

Each Sub-Adviser to an Acquiring Portfolio is paid by the Manager. Changes to the advisory fees may be negotiated, which could result in an increase or a decrease in the amount of the management fee retained by the Manager, without shareholder approval. A discussion of the basis for the decision by the EQ Trust Board to approve the investment management and sub-advisory agreements with respect to the Acquiring Portfolios is available in EQ Trust’s Annual Report to Shareholders.

 

FMG LLC also currently serves as the Administrator of EQ Trust. The administrative services provided to EQ Trust by FMG LLC include, among others, coordination of EQ Trust’s audit, financial statements and tax returns; expense management and budgeting; legal administrative services and compliance monitoring; portfolio accounting services, including daily net asset value accounting; operational risk management; and oversight of EQ Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures and anti-money laundering program.

 

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For administrative services, in addition to the management fee, each Acquiring Portfolio pays FMG LLC its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee for the Single-Advised Portfolios listed below which is equal to an annual rate of:

 


Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets

   Annual Fee Rate (as a Percentage of the
Aggregate Average  Daily Net Assets)
 

First $3 billion

     0.12

Next $3 billion

     0.11

Next $4 billion

     0.105

Next $20 billion

     0.10

Next $10 billion

     0.0975

Thereafter

     0.095

 

, subject to a minimum annual fee of $30,000. The Single-Advised Portfolios include the Acquiring Portfolios, AXA/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio, AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio, AXA Natural Resources Portfolio, AXA SmartBeta Equity Portfolio, EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio, EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio, EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio, EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio, EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio, EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio, EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio, EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio, EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio, EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio, EQ/Money Market Portfolio, EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio, EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio, EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio, EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio, EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio, EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio, EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio, EQ/Energy ETF Portfolio, EQ/International ETF Portfolio, EQ/Low Volatility Global ETF Portfolio, and AXA/DoubleLine Opportunistic Core Plus Bond Portfolio.

 

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The Sub-Advisers

 

Each Acquiring Portfolio’s investments are selected by its Sub-Adviser. The following table describes each Acquiring Portfolio’s Sub-Adviser and portfolio managers and each portfolio manager’s business experience. Information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of securities of each Acquiring Portfolio is available in the EQ Trust’s Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2015, as supplemented.

 

    

Sub-Adviser and
Portfolio Managers

 

Business Experience

Bond Index Portfolio and Stock Index Portfolio  

FMG LLC

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

 

Portfolio Managers

Kenneth T. Kozlowski

Alwi Chan

 

Kenneth T. Kozlowski and Alwi Chan are primarily responsible for the selection, monitoring and oversight of each Acquiring Portfolio’s Sub-Adviser.

 

Kenneth T. Kozlowski, CFP®, CHFC, CLU has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC since June 2012 and as Managing Director of AXA Equitable since September 2011. He was Senior Vice President of FMG LLC from May 2011 to June 2012 and a Vice President of AXA Equitable from February 2001 to August 2011. He has served as Vice President of the Trust from June 2010 to present. Since 2003, Mr. Kozlowski has had primary responsibility for the asset allocation, fund selection and rebalancing of the funds of funds currently managed by FMG LLC and for the ETF Allocated Portions since May 25, 2007. Mr. Kozlowski served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Trust from 2002 to 2007. He has been managing the Stock Index Portfolio since May 2011, and the Bond Index Portfolio since June 2011.

 

Alwi Chan, CFA® has served as Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC since June 2012 and as Lead Director of AXA Equitable since February 2007. He served as Vice President of FMG LLC from May 2011 to June 2012. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant Vice President (2005-2007) and Senior Investment Analyst (2002-2005) of AXA Equitable. He also has served as a Vice President of the Trust since 2007. He has been managing the Stock Index Portfolio since May 2009 and the Bond Index Portfolio since June 2011.

 

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Sub-Adviser and
Portfolio Managers

 

Business Experience

Bond Index Portfolio  

SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial

Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

 

Portfolio Managers

Mahesh Jayakumar

Michael Brunell

 

Mahesh Jayakumar and Michael Brunell are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Bond Index Portfolio.

 

Mahesh Jayakumar, CFA®, FRM is a Vice President of SSgA FM. He currently is a Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income, Currency and Cash Investment Team. He is responsible for managing several portfolios spanning diverse areas such as Green Bonds, Global Treasuries/Inflation, Government/Credit, Aggregate and client directed mandates. Mr. Jayakumar has been with SSgA FM since 2008. Prior to joining State Street Corporation, Mr. Jayakumar worked as a software development manager for a large enterprise software provider. Mr. Jayakumar has been managing the Bond Index Portfolio since January 2012.

 

Michael Brunell, CFA® has been a member of the Fixed Income Index team since 2004. Mr. Brunell is a Vice President of SSgA FM. In his current role as part of the Fixed Income, Currency and Cash Investment Team, Mr. Brunell is responsible for developing and managing funds against a variety of conventional and custom bond index strategies, including fixed income exchange traded funds, which were established in 2007. Prior to joining the investment group, Mr. Brunell was responsible for managing the US Bond Operations team, which he had been a member of since 1997. Mr. Brunell has been managing the Bond Index Portfolio since January 2009.

Stock Index Portfolio  

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10105.

 

Portfolio Manager

Judith DeVivo

  Judith DeVivo, a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, joined AllianceBernstein in 1971, joined the Passive Management Group in 1984 and has had portfolio management responsibility since that time. Ms. DeVivo manages equity portfolios benchmarked to a variety of indexes including the S&P 500, S&P MidCap, S&P Small Cap, Russell 2000, FTSE 100, TOPIX, DJ EuroSTOXX 50 and S&P/ASX 200 Indexes in addition to several customized accounts. Ms. DeVivo has been managing the Stock Index Portfolio since December 2008.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

In July 2011, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, entitled Mary Ann Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sivolella

 

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Litigation”). The lawsuit was filed derivatively on behalf of eight portfolios of EQ Trust: EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio; EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio; EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio; AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio; and EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio (the “Sivolella Portfolios”). Note, in June 2014, the EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio was reorganized into the AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio. The lawsuit seeks recovery under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, for alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC and AXA Equitable (the “Defendants”) for investment management services. The Plaintiff seeks recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contracts and restitution of all fees paid, interest, costs and fees. In October 2011, FMG LLC and AXA Equitable filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In November 2011, the Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint seeking the same relief, but adding new claims under (1) Section 26(f) of the 1940 Act alleging that the variable annuity contracts sold by the Defendants charged excessive management fees, and seeking restitution and rescission of those contracts under Section 47(b) of the 1940 Act; and (2) a claim for unjust enrichment. The Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint in December 2011. In May 2012, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the Section 26(f) claim seeking restitution and rescission under Section 47(b). In September 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied the motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint as it related to the Section 36(b) claim and granted the motion to dismiss as it related to the unjust enrichment claim.

 

In January 2013, a second lawsuit against FMG LLC was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by a group of Plaintiffs asserting substantially similar claims under Section 36(b) and seeking substantially similar damages as in the Sivolella Litigation. The lawsuit, entitled Glenn D. Sanford, et al. v. AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sanford Litigation”), was filed derivatively on behalf of the EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio, the EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio, the EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio, and the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, in addition to four of the Sivolella Portfolios. In light of the similarities of the allegations in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations, the Court consolidated the two lawsuits.

 

In April 2013, the Plaintiffs in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations amended the complaints to add additional claims under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act for recovery of alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC in its capacity as the Administrator of EQ Trust. The Plaintiffs seek recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contract and restitution of the excessive fees paid, interest, costs, and fees. In January 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgement as well as various motions to strike certain of the Plaintiffs’ experts in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations. Also in January 2015, two Plaintiffs in the Sanford Litigation filed a motion for partial summary judgement relating to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio as well as motions in limine to bar admission of certain documents and preclude the testimony of one of the Defendants’ experts.

 

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No liability for litigation relating to these matters has been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios because any potential damages would be the responsibility of the Defendants.

 

On November 1, 2010, EQ Trust, and several of its Portfolios, were named as defendants and putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in a lawsuit brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Committee”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware regarding Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The lawsuit relates to amounts paid to EQ Trust, and several of its Portfolios, as holders of publicly-traded shares of Tribune Company, which were components of certain broad-based securities market indices, for which there were public tender offers during 2007. The suit seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

On July 1, 2011, retiree participants in certain Tribune-defined compensation plans (the “Retirees”) initiated a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain Tribune Company shareholders who sold their shares as part of the 2007 public tender offers (the “Retiree Suit”). This Retiree Suit also seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in connection with the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

On August 24, 2011, the trustees of certain trusts that hold notes issued by Tribune Company (the “Noteholders”) initiated a separate lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain Tribune Company shareholders who sold their shares as part of the 2007 public tender offers (the “Noteholder Suit”). This Noteholder Suit also seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in connection with the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

The Committee’s suit, the Retiree Suit, and the Noteholder Suit have each been consolidated with a number of related lawsuits filed by the Noteholders and Retirees around the United States into a single multi-district litigation proceeding now pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (In re: Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation).

 

The EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio and the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio are named as defendants in the Noteholder Suit and the Retiree Suit. The EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio, the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio, the AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio, the EQ/Small Company Index II Portfolio, the EQ/Common Stock Index II Portfolio, and EQ Advisors Trust are all putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in the Committee’s suit. The EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisition Portfolio, the AXA Large Cap Core Managed

 

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Volatility Portfolio, and EQ Advisors Trust are also named separately in the Committee’s suit, in the event it is not certified as a class action. The amounts paid to the above six Portfolios in connection with the public tender offers were approximately: (i) the EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio – $1,740,800; (ii) the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio – $1,122,000; (iii) the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio – $2,992,000; (iv) the AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio – $64,600; (v) the EQ/Small Company Index II Portfolio – $61,200; (vi) the EQ/Common Stock Index II Portfolio – $18,360; and (vii) the Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio (now called AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio) – $3,359,200.

 

The lawsuits do not allege any misconduct by the EQ Trust or its Portfolios. Motions to dismiss the suits filed by the Noteholders and the Retirees based on certain limited defenses are currently pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Portfolios cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits. If the lawsuits were to be decided or settled in a manner adverse to the Portfolios, the payment of such judgments or settlements could have an adverse effect on each Portfolio’s net asset value. However, no liability for litigation relating to this matter has been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios, as the Manager believes a loss is not probable.

 

Portfolio Services

 

Portfolio Distribution Arrangements

 

EQ Trust offers three classes of shares on behalf of the Acquiring Portfolios: Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares. AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors”) serves as the distributor for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of EQ Trust. Each class of shares is offered and redeemed at its net asset value without any sales load. AXA Distributors is an affiliate of FMG LLC. AXA Distributors is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

EQ Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for EQ Trust’s Class IA and Class IB shares. Under the Distribution Plan, the Class IA and Class IB shares of EQ Trust are charged an annual fee to compensate AXA Distributors for promoting, selling and servicing shares of the Portfolios. The maximum annual distribution and/or service (12b-1) fee for each Acquiring Portfolio’s Class IA and Class IB shares is 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to such share class. Because these fees are paid out of the respective Acquiring Portfolio’s assets on an on going basis, over time, the fees for Class IA and Class IB shares will increase your cost of investing and may cost you more than other types of charges. The Acquiring Portfolios’ Class IA shares are not subject to the Reorganizations.

 

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sponsorships that may relate to the Contracts and/or the Portfolio. These sales meetings or seminar sponsorships may provide the Sub-Adviser with increased access to persons involved in the distribution of the Contracts. The distributor also may receive marketing support from each Sub-Adviser in connection with the distribution of the Contracts.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

The Acquiring Portfolios are not sold directly to the general public but instead are offered as an underlying investment option for Contracts and retirement plans and to other eligible investors. The Acquiring Portfolios and their related companies may make payments to a sponsoring insurance company (or its affiliates) or other financial intermediary for distribution and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the insurance company or other financial intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Portfolio over another investment or by influencing an insurance company to include the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Contract. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Contract may contain additional information about these payments. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

Buying and Selling Shares

 

The Acquiring Portfolios’ shares are currently sold to insurance company separate accounts in connection with Contracts issued by AXA Equitable. Shares in the Stock Index Portfolio are also sold to other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies. The Acquiring Portfolios’ shares also may be sold to other tax-qualified retirement plans, to other portfolios managed by FMG LLC that currently sell their shares to such accounts and plans and other investors eligible under applicable tax regulations. Class K shares of the Acquiring Portfolios are sold only to other portfolios of EQ Trust, portfolios of the Trust and certain group annuity and retirement plans.

 

The Acquiring Portfolios do not have minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements. Shares of the Acquiring Portfolios are redeemable on any business day upon receipt of a request. Please refer to your Contract prospectus for more information on purchasing and redeeming shares of the Acquiring Portfolios.

 

All shares are purchased and sold at their net asset value without any sales load. All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender. Each Acquiring Portfolio reserves the right to suspend or change the terms of purchasing or selling shares.

 

EQ Trust may suspend the right of redemption for any period or postpone payment for more than seven days when the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed (other than a weekend or holiday) or when trading is restricted by the SEC or the SEC declares that an emergency exists. Redemptions may also be suspended and payments may be postponed for more than seven days during other periods permitted by the SEC. An Acquiring Portfolio may pay the redemption price in whole or

 

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part by a distribution in kind of readily marketable securities in lieu of cash or may take up to seven days to pay a redemption request in order to raise capital, when it is detrimental for the Portfolio to make cash payments as determined in the sole discretion of FMG LLC.

 

Frequent transfers or purchases and redemptions of Acquiring Portfolio shares, including market timing and other program trading or short-term trading strategies, may be disruptive to the Portfolio. Excessive purchases and redemptions of shares of an Acquiring Portfolio may adversely affect the Portfolio’s performance and the interests of long-term investors by requiring the Portfolio to maintain larger amounts of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time or price. For example, when market timing occurs, the Portfolio may have to sell its holdings to have the cash necessary to redeem the market timer’s shares. This can happen when it is not advantageous to sell any securities, so the Portfolio’s performance may be hurt. When large dollar amounts are involved, market timing can also make it difficult to use long-term investment strategies because the Acquiring Portfolio cannot predict how much cash it will have to invest. In addition, disruptive transfers or purchases and redemptions of Acquiring Portfolio shares may impede efficient portfolio management and impose increased transaction costs, such as brokerage costs, by requiring the portfolio manager to effect more frequent purchases and sales of portfolio securities. Similarly, an Acquiring Portfolio may bear increased administrative costs as a result of the asset level and investment volatility that accompanies patterns of excessive or short-term trading.

 

The EQ Trust Board has adopted policies and procedures regarding disruptive transfer activity. EQ Trust and the Acquiring Portfolios discourage frequent purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares by Contractholders and will not make special arrangements to accommodate such transactions in Acquiring Portfolio shares. As a general matter, each Acquiring Portfolio and EQ Trust reserve the right to reject a transfer that they believe, in their sole discretion is disruptive (or potentially disruptive) to the management of the Portfolio.

 

EQ Trust’s policies and procedures seek to discourage what it considers to be disruptive trading activity. EQ Trust seeks to apply its policies and procedures to all Contractholders uniformly, including omnibus accounts. It should be recognized, however, that such policies and procedures are subject to limitations:

 

   

They do not eliminate the possibility that disruptive transfer activity, including market timing, will occur or that portfolio performance will be affected by such activity.

 

   

The design of such policies and procedures involves inherently subjective judgments, which FMG LLC and its affiliates, on behalf of EQ Trust, seek to make in a fair and reasonable manner consistent with the interests of all Contractholders.

 

   

The limits on the ability to monitor certain potentially disruptive transfer activity means that some Contractholders may be treated differently than others,

 

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resulting in the risk that some Contractholders may be able to engage in frequent transfer activity while others will bear the effect of that frequent transfer activity.

 

If FMG LLC, on behalf of EQ Trust, determines that a Contractholder’s transfer patterns among EQ Trust’s portfolios are disruptive to EQ Trust’s portfolios, FMG LLC or an affiliate may, among other things, restrict the availability of personal telephone requests, facsimile transmissions, automated telephone services, internet services or any electronic transfer services. FMG LLC or an affiliate may also refuse to act on transfer instructions of an agent acting under a power of attorney who is acting on behalf of more than one owner. In making these determinations, FMG LLC or an affiliate may consider the combined transfer activity of Contracts that it believes are under common ownership, control or direction.

 

EQ Trust currently considers transfers into and out of (or vice versa) the same portfolio within a five-business day period as potentially disruptive transfer activity. In order to reduce disruptive activity, it monitors the frequency of transfers, including the size of transfers in relation to portfolio assets, in each portfolio. EQ Trust aggregates inflows and outflows for each portfolio on a daily basis. When a potentially disruptive transfer into or out of a portfolio occurs on a day when the portfolio’s net inflows and outflows exceed an established monitoring threshold, FMG LLC or an affiliate sends a letter to the Contractholder explaining that there is a policy against disruptive transfer activity and that if such activity continues, FMG LLC or an affiliate may take action to restrict the availability of voice, fax and automated transaction services. If such Contractholder is identified a second time as engaging in potentially disruptive transfer activity, FMG LLC or an affiliate currently will restrict the availability of voice, fax and automated transaction services. FMG LLC or an affiliate currently will apply such action for the remaining life of each affected Contract. Because FMG LLC or an affiliate exercises discretion in determining whether or not to take the actions discussed above, some Contractholders may be treated differently than others, resulting in the risk that some Contractholders may be able to engage in frequent transfer activity while others will bear the effect of the frequent transfer activity. Although Contractholders who have engaged in disruptive transfer activity currently receive letters notifying them of FMG LLC or an affiliate’s intention to restrict access to communication services, such letters may not continue to be provided in the future. Consistent with seeking to discourage potentially disruptive transfer activity, FMG LLC, or an affiliate thereof or EQ Trust also may in its sole discretion and without further notice, change what it considers potentially disruptive transfer activity and its monitoring procedures and thresholds, as well as change its procedures to restrict this activity. You should consult your Contract prospectus for information on other specific limitations on the transfer privilege.

 

The above policies and procedures with respect to frequent transfers or purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares also apply to retirement plan participants. The above policies and procedures do not apply to transfers, purchases and redemptions of shares of portfolios of EQ Trust by funds of funds managed by FMG LLC.

 

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Notwithstanding our efforts, we may be unable to detect or deter market timing activity by certain persons, which can lead to disruption of management of, and excess costs to, the portfolios, including the Acquiring Portfolios.

 

How Portfolio Shares Are Priced

 

“Net asset value” is the price of one share of a portfolio of EQ Trust, including the Acquiring Portfolios, without a sales charge, and is calculated each business day using the following formula:

 

Net Asset Value   =  

Total market

value of securities

  +  

Cash and

other assets

    Liabilities
    Number of outstanding shares

 

The net asset value of portfolio shares is determined according to this schedule:

 

   

A share’s net asset value is determined as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the days it is open for trading. This is normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.

 

   

The price for purchasing or redeeming a share will be based upon the net asset value next calculated after an order is received and accepted by a portfolio or its designated agent.

 

   

A portfolio heavily invested in foreign securities may have net asset value changes on days when shares cannot be purchased or sold because foreign securities sometimes trade on days when a portfolio’s shares are not priced.

 

Generally, portfolio securities are valued as follows:

 

   

Equity securities (including securities issued by ETFs) most recent sales price or official closing price or if there is no sale or official closing price, latest available bid price.

 

   

Securities traded on foreign exchanges most recent sales or bid price on the foreign exchange or market, unless a significant event or circumstance occurs after the close of that market or exchange that will materially affect its value. In that case, fair value as determined by or under the direction of EQ Trust’s Board of Trustees at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollar equivalent daily at current exchange rates.

 

   

Debt securities based upon pricing service valuations. Debt securities with original or remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost.

 

   

Convertible bonds and unlisted convertible preferred stocks valued at prices obtained from a pricing service for such instruments or, if a pricing service price is not available, at bid prices obtained from one or more of the major dealers in such bonds or stocks. Where there is a discrepancy between

 

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dealers, values may be adjusted based on recent premium spreads to the underlying common stocks. Convertible bonds may be matrix-priced based upon the conversion value to the underlying common stocks and market premiums.

 

   

Options for exchange traded options, last sales price or, if not available, previous day’s sales price. If the bid price is higher or the asked price is lower than the last sale price, the higher bid or lower asked price may be used. Options not traded on an exchange or actively traded are valued according to fair value methods.

 

   

Futures — last sales price or, if there is no sale, latest available bid price.

 

   

Investment Company Securities shares of open-end mutual funds (other than ETFs) held by a portfolio will be valued at the net asset value of the shares of such funds as described in these funds’ prospectuses.

 

Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available, for which valuation cannot be provided or for which events or circumstances occurring after the close of the relevant market or exchange materially affect their value are valued pursuant to the fair value procedures in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees. For example, a security whose trading has been halted during the trading day may be fair valued based on the available information at the time of the close of the trading market. Similarly, securities for which there is no ready market (e.g., securities of certain small capitalization issuers, high yield securities and securities of certain issuers located in emerging markets) also may be fair valued. Some methods for valuing these securities may include: fundamental analysis (earnings multiple, etc.), matrix pricing, discounts from market prices of similar securities, or discounts applied due to the nature and duration of restrictions on the disposition of the securities.

 

Events or circumstances affecting the values of portfolio securities that occur between the closing of their principal markets and the time the net asset value is determined, such as foreign securities trading on foreign exchanges that close before the time the net asset value of portfolio shares is determined, may be reflected in EQ Trust’s calculations of net asset values for each applicable portfolio when EQ Trust deems that the particular event or circumstance would materially affect such portfolio’s net asset value. Such events or circumstances may be company specific, such as an earning report, country or region specific, such as a natural disaster, or global in nature. Such events or circumstances also may include price movements in the U.S. securities markets.

 

The effect of fair value pricing as described above is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded, but rather may be priced by another method that the EQ Trust Board believes will reflect fair value. As such, fair value pricing is based on subjective judgments and it is possible that fair value may differ materially from the value realized on a sale. This policy is intended to assure that the portfolio’s net asset value fairly reflects security

 

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values as of the time of pricing. Also, fair valuation of a portfolio’s securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of the portfolio’s net asset value by those traders.

 

Each business day, the portfolios’ net asset values, including the net asset values of any applicable Acquiring Portfolio, are transmitted electronically to insurance companies that use the portfolios as underlying investment options for Contracts.

 

Dividends and Other Distributions

 

Each Acquiring Portfolio generally distributes most or all of its net investment income and net realized gains (collectively, “Taxable Income”), if any, annually. Dividends and other distributions by an Acquiring Portfolio are automatically reinvested at net asset value in shares of the distributing class of the Portfolio.

 

Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

The Acquiring Portfolios currently sell their shares only to insurance company separate accounts, qualified plans and other investors eligible under applicable tax regulations. Accordingly, distributions an Acquiring Portfolio makes of its Taxable Income and net gains its shareholders realize on redemptions or exchanges of Acquiring Portfolio shares generally will not be taxable to them (or to the holders of underlying Contracts or plan participants or beneficiaries). See the prospectus for your Contract for further tax information.

 

Each Acquiring Portfolio is treated as a separate corporation, and intends to continue to qualify each taxable year to be treated as a “regulated investment company” (a “RIC”), for federal tax purposes. Each Acquiring Portfolio will be so treated if it meets specified federal income tax rules, including requirements regarding types of investments, diversification limits on investments, types of income, and distributions. To comply with all these requirements may, from time to time, necessitate an Acquiring Portfolio’s disposition of one or more investments when it might not otherwise do so.

 

An Acquiring Portfolio that satisfies the federal tax requirements to be treated as a RIC is not taxed at the entity (portfolio) level to the extent it passes through all its Taxable Income to its shareholders by making distributions. Although EQ Trust intends that each Acquiring Portfolio will be operated to have no federal tax liability, if an Acquiring Portfolio does have any federal tax liability, that would hurt its investment performance. Also, to the extent that an Acquiring Portfolio invests in foreign securities or holds foreign currencies, it could be subject to foreign taxes that would reduce its investment performance.

 

It is important for each Acquiring Portfolio to maintain its RIC status (and to satisfy certain other requirements), because each shareholder of a Portfolio that is a Separate Account will then be able to use a “look-through” rule in determining whether the account meets the federal tax investment diversification rules for insurance company

 

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separate accounts. If an Acquiring Portfolio failed to meet those diversification rules, owners of non-pension plan Contracts funded through the Acquiring Portfolio would be taxed immediately on the accumulated investment earnings under their Contracts and would lose any benefit of tax deferral. FMG LLC, in its capacity as the investment manager and the administrator of EQ Trust, therefore carefully monitors the Acquiring Portfolios’ compliance with all of the RIC rules and separate account investment diversification rules.

 

Contractholders seeking to more fully understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their Contract or refer to their Contract prospectus.

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

The following financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand the financial performance of the Bond Index Portfolio’s Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares and the Stock Index Portfolio’s Class IA and Class IB shares. The financial information in the tables is for the past five years (or, if shorter, the period of operations). The financial information below for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares, as applicable, of the respective Acquiring Portfolios has been derived from the financial statements of the Portfolio for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, which have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), an independent registered public accounting firm. PwC’s report on each Acquiring Portfolio’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and the financial statements themselves as of December 31, 2014 are included in the Statement of Additional Information relating to this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The information should be read in conjunction with these financial statement documents.

 

Certain information reflects financial results for a single share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that a shareholder would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Acquiring Portfolio (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions). The total return figures shown below do not reflect any Separate Account or Contract fees and charges. The total return figures would be lower if they did reflect such fees and charges.

 

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EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

 

     Year Ended December 31,  

Class IA

   2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 23.73      $ 18.13      $ 15.94      $ 16.07      $ 14.04   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.31        0.27        0.27        0.25        0.22   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures

     2.55        5.61        2.21        (0.13     2.04   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.86        5.88        2.48        0.12        2.26   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.32     (0.28     (0.29     (0.25     (0.23
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 26.27      $ 23.73      $ 18.13      $ 15.94      $ 16.07   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     12.05     32.49     15.54     0.82     16.14
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $ 4,292,750      $ 4,204,128      $ 3,532,647      $ 3,421,651      $ 3,823,474   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.47     0.47

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

     1.25     1.30     1.54     1.50     1.53

Portfolio turnover rate ^

     4     4     3     5     10

 

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EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

 

     Year Ended December 31,  

Class IB

   2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 23.61      $ 18.04      $ 15.85      $ 15.99      $ 13.96   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.31        0.27        0.27        0.20        0.18   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures

     2.53        5.58        2.21        (0.13     2.04   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.84        5.85        2.48        0.07        2.22   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.32     (0.28     (0.29     (0.21     (0.19
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 26.13      $ 23.61      $ 18.04      $ 15.85      $ 15.99   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     12.03     32.48     15.62     0.50     15.93
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $ 1,472,926      $ 1,462,407      $ 1,194,810      $ 1,152,609      $ 1,297,833   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.72

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

     1.25     1.30     1.54     1.25     1.28

Portfolio turnover rate ^

     4     4     3     5     10

 

^   Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(e)   Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.

 

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EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

 

     Year Ended December 31,  

Class IA

   2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 9.87      $ 10.15      $ 9.98      $ 9.71      $ 9.39   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.14        0.13        0.15        0.21        0.28   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, securities sold short, futures and foreign currency transactions

     0.09        (0.29     0.17        0.28        0.28   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.23        (0.16     0.32        0.49        0.56   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.13     (0.12     (0.15     (0.22     (0.24
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 9.97      $ 9.87      $ 10.15      $ 9.98      $ 9.71   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     2.36     (1.59 )%      3.20     5.01     6.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $ 88,462      $ 94,808      $ 116,262      $ 127,549      $ 5,775,848   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (f)

     0.71     0.72     0.72     0.47     0.47

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

     1.35     1.31     1.48     2.11     2.85

Portfolio turnover rate ^

     24     33     32     79     83

 

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EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

 

     Year Ended December 31,  

Class IB

   2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 9.88      $ 10.17      $ 10.00      $ 9.72      $ 9.40   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.14        0.13        0.15        0.17        0.26   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, securities sold short, futures and foreign currency transactions

     0.10        (0.30     0.17        0.30        0.28   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.24        (0.17     0.32        0.47        0.54   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.13     (0.12     (0.15     (0.19     (0.22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 9.99      $ 9.88      $ 10.17      $ 10.00      $ 9.72   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     2.46     (1.69 )%      3.20     4.85     5.76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $ 2,251,635      $ 2,402,741      $ 1,485,443      $ 1,355,385      $ 1,308,869   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (f)

     0.71     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.72

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

     1.35     1.30     1.47     1.73     2.64

Portfolio turnover rate ^

     24     33     32     79     83

 

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EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

 

     Year Ended December 31,     August 26, 2011* to
December 31, 2011
 

Class K

   2014     2013     2012    

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.87      $ 10.15      $ 9.98      $ 10.12   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

        

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.16        0.16        0.18        0.06   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     0.10        (0.30     0.17        0.02   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.26        (0.14     0.35        0.08   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

        

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.16     (0.14     (0.18     (0.22
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 9.97      $ 9.87      $ 10.15      $ 9.98   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (b)

     2.62     (1.34 )%      3.46     0.75
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

   $ 6,223,006      $ 5,438,085      $ 4,958,865      $ 5,256,236   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (a)(f)

     0.46     0.47     0.47     0.47

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

     1.60     1.56     1.72     1.74

Portfolio turnover rate ^

     24     33     32     79

 

*   Commencement of Operations.
^   Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(a)   Ratios for periods less than one year are annualized.
(b)   Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e)   Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.
(f)   Expenses do not include the expenses of the underlying funds (“indirect expenses”).

 

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VOTING INFORMATION

 

The following information applies to the Reorganization of the Acquired Portfolio for which you are entitled to vote.

 

Voting Rights

 

Shareholders with amounts invested in shares of an Acquired Portfolio at the close of business on June 30, 2015 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to be present and vote or provide voting instructions for the applicable Acquired Portfolio at the Meeting with respect to their shares or shares attributable to their Contracts as of the Record Date.

 

Each whole share of an Acquired Portfolio is entitled to one vote as to each matter with respect to which it is entitled to vote, as described above, and each fractional share is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. Votes cast by proxy or in person by a shareholder at the Meeting will be counted by persons appointed as inspectors of election for the Meeting. [The table below shows the number of outstanding shares of each Acquired Portfolio as of the Record Date that are entitled to vote at the Meeting. AXA Equitable owned of record more than 95% of those shares.]

 

      Total Number

Equity Portfolio- Class B Shares

  

Fixed Income Portfolio- Class B Shares

  

 

All properly executed and unrevoked proxies received in time for the Meeting will be voted as instructed by shareholders. If a shareholder executes a proxy but gives no voting instructions, that shareholder’s shares that are represented by proxy will be voted “FOR” the respective Proposal and “FOR” or “AGAINST” any other business which may properly arise at the Meeting, in the proxies’ discretion. Any person giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise by executing a superseding proxy or by submitting a written notice of revocation to the Trust. To be effective, such revocation must be received by the Trust prior to the Meeting. In addition, although mere attendance at the Meeting will not revoke a proxy, a shareholder present at the Meeting may withdraw his or her proxy by voting in person. If a shareholder abstains from voting as to any matter, the shares represented by the abstention or broker “non-vote” will be deemed present at the Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum but will not be voted and, therefore, will have the effect of a vote against the respective Proposal.

 

Contractholders with amounts allocated to an Acquired Portfolio on its respective Record Date will be entitled to be present and provide voting instructions for the Portfolio at the Meeting with respect to shares held indirectly as of the Record Date, to the extent required by applicable law. Voting instructions may be solicited, and such instructions may be provided, in the same manner as proxies as described herein. AXA Equitable will vote the shares for which it receives timely voting instructions from Contractholders in accordance with those instructions.

 

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Shares in each investment division of a Separate Account that is invested in an Acquired Portfolio for which AXA Equitable receives a voting instruction card that is signed and timely returned but is not marked to indicate voting instructions will be treated as an instruction to vote the shares “FOR” the respective Proposal, and AXA Equitable may vote in its discretion with respect to other matters not now known that may be presented at the Meeting. AXA Equitable will vote in its discretion on any proposal to adjourn or postpone the Meeting. Shares in each investment division of a Separate Account for which AXA Equitable receives no timely voting instructions from Contractholders, or which are attributable to amounts retained by AXA Equitable as surplus or seed money, will be voted by AXA Equitable “FOR” or “AGAINST” approval of the respective Proposal, or as an abstention, in the same proportion as the shares for which Contractholders have provided voting instructions to AXA Equitable. As a result of such proportional voting by AXA Equitable, it is possible that a small number of Contractholders could determine whether a Proposal is approved.

 

Voting instructions executed by a Contractholder may be revoked at any time prior to AXA Equitable voting the shares represented thereby by the Contractholder providing AXA Equitable with a properly executed written revocation of such voting instructions, or by the Contractholder providing AXA Equitable with proper later-dated voting instructions by voting instruction card, telephone or the Internet. In addition, any Contractholder who attends the Meeting in person may provide voting instructions by a voting instruction card at the Meeting, thereby canceling any voting instruction previously given. Proxies executed by AXA Equitable may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by a written revocation duly received, by properly executing a later-dated proxy or by AXA Equitable representative attending the Meeting and voting in person.

 

Required Shareholder Vote

 

Approval of the Plan of Reorganization with respect to a Reorganization involving an Acquired Portfolio will require the affirmative vote of (1) 67% or more of the voting securities of the Acquired Portfolio present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of its outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of its outstanding voting securities, whichever is less. “Voting securities” refers to the shares of an Acquired Portfolio.

 

The presence, in person or by proxy, of at least one-third of the shares of an Acquired Portfolio entitled to vote at the Meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, with respect to that Acquired Portfolio, at the Meeting.

 

To the knowledge of the Trust, as of the Record Date, the officers and Trustees owned, as a group, less than 1% of the shares of each Acquired Portfolio.

 

AXA Equitable may be deemed to be a control person of the Trust by virtue of its direct or indirect ownership of more than 95% of the Trust’s shares. Shareholders

 

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owning more than 25% of the outstanding shares of an Acquired Portfolio may be able to determine the outcome of most issues that are submitted to shareholders for a vote. [As of the Record Date, except as set forth in Appendix C, to the Trust’s knowledge, (1) no person, other than AXA Equitable, owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of the outstanding Class B shares of each Acquired Portfolio, and (2) no Contractholder owned Contracts entitling such Contractholder to provide voting instructions regarding 5% or more of the outstanding Class B shares of each Acquired Portfolio.]

 

Solicitation of Proxies and Voting Instructions

 

Solicitation of proxies and voting instructions is being made by the Trust primarily by the mailing of this Notice and Proxy Statement/Prospectus with its enclosures on or about [            ], 2015. The principal solicitation will be by mail, but proxies and voting instructions also may be solicited by telephone, fax, personal interview by directors, officers, employees or agents of FMG LLC or its affiliates or the Trust or its affiliates, without additional compensation, through the Internet, or other permissible means. Shareholders can vote proxies: (1) by Internet at our website at https://www.proxypush.com/AXACP; (2) by telephone at 1-866-221-8325; or (3) by mail, with the enclosed proxy card. Contractholders can provide voting instructions: (1) by Internet at our website at https://www.proxypush.com/AXACP; (2) by telephone at 1-866-221-8325; or (3) by mail, with the enclosed voting instruction card. In lieu of executing a proxy card or voting instruction card, you may attend the Meeting in person. The cost of the Meeting, including the cost of solicitation of proxies and voting instructions, will be borne by FMG LLC.

 

Adjournment or Postponement

 

If a quorum is not established at the Meeting or if sufficient votes in favor of a Proposal are not received by the time scheduled for the Meeting, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments or postponements of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the session of the Meeting to be adjourned. The persons named as proxies will vote in their discretion on any such adjournment or postponement.

 

Other Matters

 

The Trust does not know of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than those described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. If other business properly comes before the Meeting, the proxyholders will vote thereon in accordance with their best judgment.

 

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The Trust is not required to hold regular shareholder meetings and, in order to minimize its costs, does not intend to hold meetings of shareholders unless so required by applicable law, regulation or regulatory policy or if otherwise deemed advisable by the Trust’s management. Therefore, it is not practicable to specify a date by which proposals must be received in order to be incorporated in an upcoming proxy statement for a meeting of shareholders. Shareholders will be given notice of any meeting of shareholders not less than ten days, and not more than ninety days, before the date of the meeting.

 

Prompt execution and return of the enclosed voting instruction card is requested. A self-addressed, postage-paid envelope is enclosed for your convenience. If executed but unmarked voting instructions are received, AXA Equitable will vote those unmarked voting instructions in favor of a Proposal.

 

* * * * *

 

Copies of the Trust’s most recent annual and semi-annual reports, including financial statements, previously have been delivered to Contractholders. Contractholders may request additional copies of the Trust’s annual or semi-annual reports, free of charge, by writing to the Trust at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104 or by calling 1-877-522-5035.

 

We need your vote. It is important that you execute and return all of your proxy or voting instruction cards promptly.

 

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APPENDIX A

FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND TERMINATION

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND TERMINATION (“Agreement”) is made as of September [    ], 2015, between EQ ADVISORS TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (“EQAT”), on behalf of each of its segregated portfolios of assets (“series”) listed under the heading “Acquiring Portfolios” on Schedule A to this Agreement (“Schedule A”) (each, an “Acquiring Portfolio”), and AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST, also a Delaware statutory trust (“VIP”), on behalf of each of its series listed under the heading “Targets” on Schedule A (each, a “Target”). (Each Acquiring Portfolio and Target is sometimes referred to herein as a “Portfolio,” and each of EQAT and VIP is sometimes referred to herein as an “Investment Company.”) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) all agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, actions, and obligations contained herein (collectively, “Obligations”) of and by each Portfolio, and of and by each Investment Company, as applicable, on its behalf, shall be the Obligations of that Portfolio only, (2) all rights and benefits created hereunder in favor of each Portfolio shall inure to and be enforceable by the Investment Company of which that Portfolio is a series on that Portfolio’s behalf, and (3) in no event shall any other series of an Investment Company or the assets thereof be held liable with respect to the breach or other default by an obligated Portfolio or Investment Company of its Obligations set forth herein.

Each Investment Company currently sells voting shares of beneficial interest in its Portfolios, $0.001 par value per share (“shares”), to separate accounts of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”) (“Separate Accounts”) in connection with certain variable annuity certificates and contracts and variable life insurance policies (collectively, “Contracts”) issued thereby; EQAT also currently sells shares in EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio to AXA Life and Annuity Company and other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies in connection with Contracts issued thereby. Shares in each Portfolio also may be sold to (1) tax-qualified retirement plans, including The AXA Equitable 401(k) Plan, and (2) other investors eligible under applicable Regulations (as defined below); and shares in each Acquiring Portfolio also may be sold to other portfolios managed by AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC”) that currently sell their shares to those accounts and plans. Class K shares are sold only to other series of the Investment Companies and certain group annuity and retirement plans. The Portfolios are underlying investment options for the Separate Accounts to fund Contracts. Under applicable law, the assets of all the Separate Accounts (i.e., the shares in the Portfolios) are the property of AXA Equitable, which is the owner of record of those shares, and are held for the benefit of the Contract holders.

The Investment Companies wish to effect two separate reorganizations, each consisting of (1) the transfer of all of a Target’s assets to the Acquiring Portfolio listed on Schedule A opposite its name (“corresponding Acquiring Portfolio”) in exchange for shares in that Acquiring Portfolio and that Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of all of that Target’s liabilities, (2) the distribution of those shares pro rata to that Target’s shareholders in exchange for their shares therein and in complete liquidation thereof, and (3) that Target’s termination (all the foregoing transactions involving each Target and its corresponding Acquiring Portfolio being referred to herein collectively as a “Reorganization”), all on the terms and conditions set forth herein. The consummation of one Reorganization shall not be contingent on the consummation of the other Reorganization. (For convenience, the balance hereof refers only to a single Reorganization, one Target, and one Acquiring Portfolio, but the terms and conditions hereof shall apply separately to each Reorganization and the Portfolios participating therein.)

Each Investment Company’s board of trustees (each, a “Board”), in each case including a majority of its members who are not “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”)) of either Investment Company, (1) has duly adopted and approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and has duly authorized its performance hereof on its Portfolio’s behalf by all necessary Board action and (2) has determined that participation in the Reorganization is in the best interests of its Portfolio and that the interests of the existing shareholders thereof will not be diluted as a result of the Reorganization.

 

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Target offers a single class of shares, designated Class B shares (“Target Shares”). Acquiring Portfolio offers three classes of shares, designated Class IA, Class IB, and Class K shares, but only Acquiring Portfolio’s Class IB shares (“Acquiring Portfolio Shares”) are involved in the Reorganization and included in references herein to “Acquiring Portfolio Shares.” The rights and preferences of the Acquiring Portfolio Shares are identical to the rights and preferences of the Target Shares.

In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

  1. PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND TERMINATION

1.1. Subject to the requisite approval of Target’s shareholders and the terms and conditions set forth herein, Target shall assign, sell, convey, transfer, and deliver all of its assets described in paragraph 1.2 (“Assets”) to Acquiring Portfolio. In exchange therefor, Acquiring Portfolio shall —

(a) issue and deliver to Target the number of full and fractional (all references herein to “fractional” shares meaning fractions rounded to the eighth decimal place) Acquiring Portfolio Shares determined by dividing Target’s net value (computed as set forth in paragraph 2.1) by the net asset value (computed as set forth in paragraph 2.2) (“NAV”) of an Acquiring Portfolio Share, and

(b) assume all of Target’s liabilities described in paragraph 1.3 (“Liabilities”).

Those transactions shall take place at the Closing (as defined in paragraph 3.1).

1.2. The Assets shall consist of all assets and property of every kind and nature — including all cash, cash equivalents, securities, commodities, futures interests, receivables (including interest and dividends receivable), claims and rights of action, rights to register shares under applicable securities laws, goodwill, and books and records — Target owns at the Valuation Time (as defined in paragraph 2.1) and any deferred and prepaid expenses shown as assets on Target’s books at that time; and Target has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses that have not previously been disclosed in writing to EQAT.

1.3. The Liabilities shall consist of all of Target’s liabilities, debts, obligations, and duties of whatever kind or nature existing at the Valuation Time, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, whether or not determinable at the Effective Time (as defined in paragraph 3.1), and whether or not specifically referred to herein, except expenses borne by FMG LLC pursuant to paragraph 7.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Target shall use its best efforts to discharge all its known liabilities, debts, obligations, and duties before the Effective Time.

1.4. If the dividends and/or other distributions Target has paid through the Effective Time for its current taxable year do not equal or exceed the sum of its (a) “investment company taxable income” (within the meaning of section 852(b)(2)), computed without regard to any deduction for dividends paid, plus (b) “net capital gain” (as defined in section 1222(11)), after reduction by any capital loss carryovers, for that year through that time, then at or as soon as practicable before that time, Target shall declare and pay to its shareholders of record one or more dividends and/or other distributions so that it will have distributed substantially all of that income and gain for all federal income tax periods ending at or before the Effective Time, and treating its current taxable year as ending at that time, such that Target will have no tax liability under section 852 for the current and any prior tax periods.

1.5. At the Effective Time (or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable), Target shall distribute the Acquiring Portfolio Shares it receives pursuant to paragraph 1.1(a) to the Separate Accounts for which AXA Equitable holds Target Shares of record at the Effective Time (each, a “Shareholder”), in proportion to their Target Shares then so held and in constructive exchange therefor, and shall completely liquidate. That distribution shall be accomplished by EQAT’s transfer agent’s opening accounts on Acquiring Portfolio’s shareholder records in the names of the Shareholders (except Shareholders in whose names accounts thereon already exist) and transferring those Acquiring Portfolio Shares to those newly opened and existing accounts.

 

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Pursuant to that transfer, each Shareholder’s account shall be credited with the respective pro rata number of full and fractional Acquiring Portfolio Shares due that Shareholder. The aggregate NAV of Acquiring Portfolio Shares to be so credited to each Shareholder’s account shall equal the aggregate NAV of the Target Shares that Shareholder holds at the Effective Time. All issued and outstanding Target Shares, including any represented by certificates, shall simultaneously be canceled on Target’s shareholder records. EQAT shall not issue certificates representing the Acquiring Portfolio Shares issued in connection with the Reorganization.

1.6. After the Effective Time, Target shall not conduct any business except in connection with its termination. As soon as reasonably practicable after distribution of the Acquiring Portfolio Shares pursuant to paragraph 1.5, all actions required to terminate Target as a series of VIP shall be taken — and in all events Target shall have been terminated as such within six months after the Effective Time — and VIP shall make all filings and take all other actions in connection therewith required by applicable law or necessary and proper to effect that termination.

1.7. Any reporting responsibility of Target to a public authority, including the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns, and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), any state securities commission, any federal, state, and local tax authorities, and any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain its responsibility up to and including the date on which it is terminated. In furtherance of the foregoing, after the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to by the Investment Companies, VIP shall prepare, or shall cause its agents to prepare, any federal, state, and local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by it with respect to Target’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall cause those tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.

 

  2. VALUATION

2.1. For purposes of paragraph 1.1(a), Target’s net value shall be (a) the value of the Assets computed immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Target’s declaration of dividends and/or other distributions, if any, on the date of the Closing (“Valuation Time”), using the valuation procedures set forth in VIP’s then-current prospectus and statement of additional information (“Pro/SAI”) including Target and valuation procedures established by its Board (collectively, “Valuation Procedures”), less (b) the amount of the Liabilities at the Valuation Time.

2.2. For purposes of paragraph 1.1(a), the NAV per share of each class of Acquiring Portfolio Shares shall be computed at the Valuation Time, using EQAT’s Valuation Procedures.

2.3. All computations pursuant to paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 shall be made (a) by FMG LLC, in its capacity as each Investment Company’s administrator, or (b) in the case of securities subject to fair valuation, in accordance with the respective Valuation Procedures.

 

  3. CLOSING AND EFFECTIVE TIME

3.1. Unless the Investment Companies agree otherwise, all acts necessary to consummate the Reorganization (“Closing”) shall be deemed to occur simultaneously at the close of business (4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) on September 25, 2015, or a later date as to which they agree (“Effective Time”). If, at or immediately before the Valuation Time, (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of either Portfolio (each, an “Exchange”) is closed to trading or trading thereon is restricted or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on an Exchange or elsewhere is disrupted, so that, in either Board’s judgment, accurate appraisal of the value of either Portfolio’s net assets and/or the NAV per Acquiring Portfolio Share is impracticable, the date of the Closing (and, therefore, the Valuation Time and the Effective Time) shall be postponed until the first business day on which that Exchange is open for regular trading after the day when that trading has been fully resumed and that reporting has been restored. The Closing shall be held at the Investment Companies’ offices or at another place as to which they agree.

 

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3.2. The Investment Companies shall direct the custodian of the Portfolios’ assets to deliver at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer (“Certificate”) stating that (a) the Assets it holds will be transferred to Acquiring Portfolio at the Effective Time and (b) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.

3.3. VIP shall direct its transfer agent to deliver to EQAT at the Closing a Certificate stating that its records contain (a) the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each Shareholder, (b) the number of full and fractional outstanding Target Shares each Shareholder owns, and (c) the dividend reinvestment elections, if any, applicable to each Shareholder, all at the Effective Time.

3.4. EQAT shall direct its transfer agent to deliver to VIP (a) at the Closing, a confirmation, or other evidence satisfactory to VIP, that the Acquiring Portfolio Shares to be issued to Target pursuant to paragraph 1.1(a) have been credited to Target’s account on Acquiring Portfolio’s shareholder records and (b) at or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, a Certificate as to the opening of accounts on those records in the names of the Shareholders (except Shareholders in whose names accounts thereon already exist).

3.5. Each Investment Company shall deliver to the other at the Closing (a) a Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the recipient and dated the Effective Time, to the effect that the representations and warranties it made herein are true and correct at the Effective Time except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, receipts, and/or other documents the other Investment Company or its counsel reasonably requests.

 

  4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

4.1. VIP, on Target’s behalf, represents and warrants to EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, as follows:

4.1.1. VIP (a) is a statutory trust that is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware (a “Delaware Statutory Trust”), and its Certificate of Trust has been duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State thereof, (b) is duly registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment company, which registration is in full force and effect, and (c) has the power to own all its properties and assets and to carry on its business described in its current registration statement on Form N-1A;

4.1.2. Target is a duly established and designated series of VIP;

4.1.3. The execution, delivery, and performance hereof have been duly authorized at the date hereof by all necessary action on the part of VIP’s Board, which has made the determinations required by Rule 17a-8(a) under the 1940 Act; and this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of VIP, with respect to Target, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as they may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, and similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and by general principles of equity;

4.1.4. At the Effective Time, VIP, on Target’s behalf, will have good and marketable title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer, and deliver the Assets hereunder free of any liens or other encumbrances (except securities that are subject to “securities loans,” as referred to in section 851(b)(2), or are restricted to resale by their terms); and on delivery and payment for the Assets, EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, will acquire good and marketable title thereto, subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including restrictions that might arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”);

4.1.5. VIP, with respect to Target, is not currently engaged in, and its execution, delivery, and performance hereof and consummation of the Reorganization will not result in, (a) a conflict with or material violation of any provision of Delaware law, VIP’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended

 

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(“VIP Declaration”), or Bylaws, or any agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease, or other undertaking (each, an “Undertaking”) to which VIP, with respect to Target or on its behalf, is a party or by which it is bound or (b) the acceleration of any obligation, or the imposition of any penalty, under any Undertaking, judgment, or decree to which VIP, with respect to Target or on its behalf, is a party or by which it is bound;

4.1.6. At or before the Effective Time, either (a) all material contracts and other commitments of or applicable to Target (other than this Agreement and certain investment contracts, including options, futures, forward contracts, and swap agreements) will terminate or (b) provision for discharge, and/or Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption, of any liabilities of Target thereunder will be made, without either Portfolio’s incurring any liability or penalty with respect thereto and without diminishing or releasing any rights VIP, on Target’s behalf, may have had with respect to actions taken or omitted or to be taken by any other party thereto before the Closing;

4.1.7. No litigation, administrative proceeding, action, or investigation of or before any court, governmental body, or arbitrator is presently pending or, to VIP’s knowledge, threatened against VIP, with respect to Target or any of its properties or assets attributable or allocable to Target, that, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect Target’s financial condition or the conduct of its business; and VIP, on Target’s behalf, knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of any such litigation, proceeding, action, or investigation and is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, judgment, or award of any court, governmental body, or arbitrator that materially and adversely affects Target’s business or VIP’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

4.1.8. Target’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, Portfolio of Investments, Statement of Operations, and Statement of Changes in Net Assets (each, a “Statement”) at and for the fiscal year (in the case of the last Statement, for the two fiscal years) ended December 31, 2014, have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm (“PwC”), and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in the United States (“GAAP”); those Statements and Target’s unaudited Statements for the six months ended June 30, 2015 (copies of which VIP has furnished to EQAT), present fairly, in all material respects, Target’s financial condition at their respective dates in accordance with GAAP and the results of its operations and changes in its net assets for the periods then ended; and, to VIP’s management’s best knowledge and belief, there are no known contingent liabilities of Target required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP at those respective dates that are not disclosed therein;

4.1.9. Since December 31, 2014, there has not been any material adverse change in Target’s financial condition, assets, liabilities, or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business, or any incurrence by Target of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date that indebtedness was incurred; for purposes of this representation and warranty, a decline in Target’s NAV due to declines in market values of securities Target holds, the discharge of Target’s liabilities, or the redemption of Target Shares by its shareholders will not constitute a material adverse change;

4.1.10. All federal, state, and local tax returns, dividend reporting forms, and other tax-related reports (collectively, “Returns”) of Target required by law to have been filed by the Effective Time (including any properly and timely filed extensions of time to file) will have been timely filed and are or will be correct in all material respects, and all federal and other taxes shown as due or required to be shown as due on those Returns will have been paid or provision will have been made for the payment thereof (except for amounts that alone or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect); to the best of VIP’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit and no assessment has been asserted with respect to those Returns; and Target (a) is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Regulations pertaining to (1) the reporting of dividends and other distributions on and redemptions of its shares, (2) withholding in respect thereof, and (3) shareholder basis reporting, (b) has withheld in respect of dividends and other distributions and paid to the proper taxing authorities all taxes required to be withheld, and (c) is not liable for any material penalties that could be imposed thereunder;

 

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4.1.11. Target is not classified as a partnership, and instead is classified as an association that is taxable as a corporation, for federal tax purposes and either has elected the latter classification by filing Form 8832 with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or is a “publicly traded partnership” (as defined in section 7704(b)) that is treated as a corporation; Target is an “investment company” (as defined in section 368(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and a “fund” (as defined in section 851(g)(2), eligible for treatment under section 851(g)(1)); Target has elected to be a “regulated investment company” under Part I of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code (“Subchapter M”) (“RIC”); for each taxable year of its operation (including the taxable year that will end at the Effective Time (“current year”)), Target has met (and for the current year will meet) the requirements of Subchapter M for qualification and treatment as a RIC and has been (and for the current year will be) eligible to and has computed (and for the current year will compute) its federal income tax under section 852; Target has declared and paid to its shareholders the dividend(s) and/or other distribution(s), if any, required to be declared and paid pursuant to paragraph 1.4; and Target has no earnings and profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M did not apply to it;

4.1.12. All issued and outstanding Target Shares are, and at the Effective Time will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid, and non-assessable by VIP and have been offered and sold in every state and the District of Columbia in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration requirements of the 1933 Act and state securities laws; all issued and outstanding Target Shares will, at the Effective Time, be held by the persons and in the amounts set forth on Target’s shareholder records (as provided in the Certificate to be delivered pursuant to paragraph 3.3); and Target does not have outstanding any options, warrants, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Target Shares, nor are there outstanding any securities convertible into any Target Shares;

4.1.13. On the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in paragraph 4.3.1), at the time of the Shareholders Meeting (as defined in paragraph 5.2), and at the Effective Time, VIP’s Pro/SAI including Target will (a) conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (b) not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

4.1.14. The information to be furnished by VIP for use in no-action letters, applications for orders, the Registration Statement, and other documents filed or to be filed with any federal, state, or local regulatory authority (including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”)) that may be necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will be accurate and complete in all material respects, will comply in all material respects with federal securities laws and other laws and regulations, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

4.1.15. The Acquiring Portfolio Shares to be delivered to Target hereunder are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms hereof; and

4.1.16. The VIP Declaration permits VIP to vary its shareholders’ investment. VIP does not have a fixed pool of assets — each series thereof (including Target) is a managed portfolio of securities, and FMG LLC and each investment sub-adviser thereof, if any, have the authority to buy and sell securities for it.

4.2. EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, represents and warrants to VIP, on Target’s behalf, as follows:

4.2.1. EQAT (a) is a Delaware Statutory Trust, and its Certificate of Trust has been duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware, (b) is duly registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment company, which registration is in full force and effect, and (c) has the power to own all its properties and assets and to carry on its business described in its current registration statement on Form N-1A;

 

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4.2.2. Acquiring Portfolio is a duly established and designated series of EQAT;

4.2.3. The execution, delivery, and performance hereof have been duly authorized at the date hereof by all necessary action on the part of EQAT’s Board, which has made the determinations required by Rule 17a-8(a) under the 1940 Act; and this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of EQAT, with respect to Acquiring Portfolio, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as they may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, and similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and general principles of equity;

4.2.4. No consideration other than Acquiring Portfolio Shares (and Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of the Liabilities) will be issued in exchange for the Assets in the Reorganization;

4.2.5. EQAT, with respect to Acquiring Portfolio, is not currently engaged in, and its execution, delivery, and performance hereof and consummation of the Reorganization will not result in, (a) a conflict with or material violation of any provision of Delaware law, EQAT’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (“EQAT Declaration”), or Bylaws, or any Undertaking to which EQAT, with respect to Acquiring Portfolio or on its behalf, is a party or by which it is bound or (b) the acceleration of any obligation, or the imposition of any penalty, under any Undertaking, judgment, or decree to which EQAT, with respect to Acquiring Portfolio or on its behalf, is a party or by which it is bound;

4.2.6. No litigation, administrative proceeding, action, or investigation of or before any court, governmental body, or arbitrator is presently pending or, to EQAT’s knowledge, threatened against EQAT, with respect to Acquiring Portfolio or any of its properties or assets attributable or allocable to Acquiring Portfolio, that, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect Acquiring Portfolio’s financial condition or the conduct of its business; and EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of any such litigation, proceeding, action, or investigation and is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, judgment, or award of any court, governmental body, or arbitrator that materially and adversely affects Acquiring Portfolio’s business or EQAT’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

4.2.7. Acquiring Portfolio’s Statements at and for the fiscal year (in the case of the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, for the two fiscal years) ended December 31, 2014, have been audited by PwC and are in accordance with GAAP; those Statements and Acquiring Portfolio’s unaudited Statements for the six months ended June 30, 2015 (copies of which EQAT has furnished to VIP), present fairly, in all material respects, Acquiring Portfolio’s financial condition at their respective dates in accordance with GAAP and the results of its operations and changes in its net assets for the periods then ended; and, to EQAT’s management’s best knowledge and belief, there are no known contingent liabilities of Acquiring Portfolio required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP at those respective dates that are not disclosed therein;

4.2.8. Since December 31, 2014, there has not been any material adverse change in Acquiring Portfolio’s financial condition, assets, liabilities, or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business, or any incurrence by Acquiring Portfolio of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date that indebtedness was incurred; for purposes of this representation and warranty, a decline in Acquiring Portfolio’s NAV due to declines in market values of securities Acquiring Portfolio holds, the discharge of Acquiring Portfolio’s liabilities, or the redemption of Acquiring Portfolio Shares by its shareholders will not constitute a material adverse change;

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respects with all applicable Regulations pertaining to (1) the reporting of dividends and other distributions on and redemptions of its shares, (2) withholding in respect thereof, and (3) shareholder basis reporting, (b) has withheld in respect of dividends and other distributions and paid to the proper taxing authorities all taxes required to be withheld, and (c) is not liable for any material penalties that could be imposed thereunder;

4.2.10. Acquiring Portfolio is not classified as a partnership, and instead is classified as an association that is taxable as a corporation, for federal tax purposes and either has elected the latter classification by filing Form 8832 with the IRS or is a “publicly traded partnership” (as defined in section 7704(b)) that is treated as a corporation; Acquiring Portfolio is an “investment company” (as defined in section 368(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and a “fund” (as defined in section 851(g)(2), eligible for treatment under section 851(g)(1)); Acquiring Portfolio has elected to be a RIC; for each taxable year of its operation (including the taxable year that includes the Effective Time (“current year”)), Acquiring Portfolio has met (and for the current year will meet) the requirements of Subchapter M for qualification and treatment as a RIC and has been (and for the current year will be) eligible to and has computed (and for the current year will compute) its federal income tax under section 852; Acquiring Portfolio will continue to meet all those requirements for the current year and intends to continue to do so, and to continue to be eligible to and to so compute its federal income tax, for succeeding taxable years; and Acquiring Portfolio has no earnings and profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M did not apply to it;

4.2.11. All issued and outstanding Acquiring Portfolio Shares are, and at the Effective Time will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid, and non-assessable by EQAT and have been offered and sold in every state and the District of Columbia in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration requirements of the 1933 Act and state securities laws; Acquiring Portfolio does not have outstanding any options, warrants, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Acquiring Portfolio Shares, nor are there outstanding any securities convertible into any Acquiring Portfolio Shares; and the Acquiring Portfolio Shares to be issued and delivered to Target, for the Shareholders’ accounts, pursuant to the terms hereof, (a) will have been duly authorized by EQAT and duly registered under the federal securities laws (and appropriate notices respecting them will have been duly filed under applicable state securities laws) at the Effective Time and (b) when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding Acquiring Portfolio Shares, fully paid and non-assessable by EQAT;

4.2.12. On the effective date of the Registration Statement, at the time of the Shareholders Meeting, and at the Effective Time, (a) EQAT’s Pro/SAI including Acquiring Portfolio will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (b) that Pro/SAI and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the foregoing will not apply to statements in or omissions from that prospectus made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished by VIP for use therein;

4.2.13. The information to be furnished by EQAT for use in no-action letters, applications for orders, the Registration Statement, and other documents filed or to be filed with any federal, state, or local regulatory authority (including FINRA) that may be necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will be accurate and complete in all material respects, will comply in all material respects with federal securities laws and other laws and regulations, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

4.2.14. The EQAT Declaration permits EQAT to vary its shareholders’ investment. EQAT does not have a fixed pool of assets — each series thereof (including Acquiring Portfolio) is a managed portfolio of securities, and FMG LLC and each investment sub-adviser thereof have the authority to buy and sell securities for it.

 

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4.3. Each Investment Company, on its Portfolio’s behalf, represents and warrants to the other Investment Company, on its Portfolio’s behalf, as follows:

4.3.1. No governmental consents, approvals, or authorizations (collectively, “consents”) or filings are required under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the 1940 Act, or state securities laws, and no consents or orders of any court are required, for its execution, delivery, and performance hereof on its Portfolio’s behalf, except for (a) EQAT’s filing with the Commission of (1) a registration statement on Form N-14 relating to the Acquiring Portfolio Shares issuable hereunder, and any supplement or amendment thereto, including therein a prospectus and proxy statement (“Registration Statement”), and (2) a post-effective amendment to EQAT’s registration statement on Form N-1A and (b) consents, filings, and orders that have been made or received or may be required after the Effective Time;

4.3.2. The fair market value of the Acquiring Portfolio Shares each Shareholder receives will be approximately equal to the fair market value of its Target Shares it actually or constructively surrenders in exchange therefor;

4.3.3. There will be no dissenters to the Reorganization under the applicable provisions of Delaware law, and Acquiring Portfolio will not pay cash in lieu of fractional Acquiring Portfolio Shares in connection with the Reorganization; and

4.3.4. The principal purpose of Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of the Liabilities is not avoidance of federal income tax on the transaction.

 

  5. COVENANTS

5.1. Each Investment Company covenants to operate its Portfolio’s business in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Closing, it being understood that:

(a) such ordinary course will include declaring and paying customary dividends and other distributions and changes in operations contemplated by each Portfolio’s normal business activities; and

(b) each Portfolio will retain exclusive control of the composition of its portfolio until the Closing.

5.2. VIP covenants to call and hold a meeting of Target’s shareholders to consider and act on this Agreement and to take all other action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated hereby (“Shareholders Meeting”).

5.3. VIP covenants that it will assist EQAT in obtaining information EQAT reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of Target Shares.

5.4. VIP covenants that it will turn over its books and records regarding Target (including all tax books and records and all books and records required to be maintained under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) to EQAT at the Closing.

5.5. Each Investment Company covenants to cooperate with the other in preparing the Registration Statement in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

5.6. Each Investment Company covenants that it will, from time to time, as and when requested by the other Investment Company, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all assignments and other instruments, and will take or cause to be taken all further action, the other Investment Company deems necessary or desirable in order to vest in, and confirm to, (a) EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, title to and possession of all the Assets, and (b) VIP, on Target’s behalf, title to and possession of the Acquiring Portfolio Shares to be delivered hereunder, and otherwise to carry out the intent and purpose hereof.

 

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5.7. EQAT covenants to use all reasonable efforts to obtain the consents required by the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, and applicable state securities laws it deems appropriate to continue Acquiring Portfolio’s operations after the Effective Time.

5.8. VIP covenants to distribute all the Acquiring Portfolio Shares it receives in the Reorganization to the Shareholders in complete liquidation of Target.

5.9. Subject to this Agreement, each Investment Company covenants to take or cause to be taken all actions, and to do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable to consummate and effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

  6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Each Investment Company’s obligations hereunder shall be subject to (a) the other Investment Company’s performance of all its obligations to be performed hereunder at or before the Closing, (b) all representations and warranties of the other Investment Company contained herein being true and correct in all material respects at the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated hereby, at the Effective Time, with the same force and effect as if made at that time, and (c) the following further conditions that, at or before that time:

6.1. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly adopted and approved by both Boards and by Target’s shareholders at the Shareholders Meeting (including any adjournments or postponements thereof);

6.2. All necessary filings shall have been made with the Commission and state securities authorities, and no order or directive shall have been received that any other or further action is required to permit the Investment Companies to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby; the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued, and, to each Investment Company’s best knowledge, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending, threatened, or contemplated under the 1933 Act or the 1940 Act; the Commission shall not have issued an unfavorable report with respect to the Reorganization under section 25(b) of the 1940 Act nor instituted any proceedings seeking to enjoin consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby under section 25(c) of the 1940 Act; and all consents, orders, and permits of federal, state, and local regulatory authorities (including the Commission and state securities authorities) either Investment Company deems necessary to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain same would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on either Portfolio’s assets or properties, provided that either Investment Company may for itself waive any of those conditions;

6.3. At the Effective Time, no action, suit, or other proceeding shall be pending (or, to either Investment Company’s best knowledge, threatened to be commenced) before any court, governmental agency, or arbitrator in which it is sought to enjoin the performance of, restrain, prohibit, affect the enforceability of, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, the transactions contemplated hereby;

6.4. EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, shall have executed and delivered at or before the Closing a Certificate confirming that EQAT, on Acquiring Portfolio’s behalf, assumes all of the Liabilities; and

6.5. At any time before the Closing, either Investment Company may waive any of the foregoing conditions (except that set forth in paragraph 6.1) if, in the judgment of its Board, that waiver will not have a material adverse effect on its Portfolio’s shareholders’ interests.

 

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  7. BROKERAGE FEES AND EXPENSES

7.1. Each Investment Company represents and warrants to the other that there are no brokers or finders entitled to receive any payments in connection with the transactions provided for herein.

7.2. FMG LLC shall bear all the expenses of the Reorganization, except that (a) all brokerage costs incurred in connection with the Reorganization shall be borne by the Portfolio that directly incurs them and (b) expenses shall be paid by the Portfolio directly incurring them if and to the extent that the payment thereof by another person would result in that Portfolio’s disqualification as a RIC.

 

  8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; NO SURVIVAL

Neither Investment Company has made any representation, warranty, or covenant not set forth herein, and this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Investment Companies. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the Closing (except to the extent provided in paragraph 6.4).

 

  9. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement may be terminated at any time at or before the Closing:

9.1. By either Investment Company (a) in the event of the other Investment Company’s material breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein to be performed at or before the Closing, (b) if a condition to its obligations has not been met and it reasonably appears that that condition will not or cannot be met, (c) if a governmental body issues an order, decree, or ruling having the effect of permanently enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Reorganization, or (d) if the Closing has not occurred on or before December 31, 2015, or another date to which the Investment Companies agree; or

9.2. By the Investment Companies’ mutual agreement.

In the event of termination under paragraphs 9.1(c) or (d) or 9.2, neither Investment Company (nor its trustees, officers, or shareholders) shall have any liability to the other Investment Company.

 

  10. AMENDMENTS

The Investment Companies may amend, modify, or supplement this Agreement at any time in any manner they mutually agree on in writing, notwithstanding Target’s shareholders’ approval hereof; provided that, following that approval, no such amendment, modification, or supplement shall have a material adverse effect on the Shareholders’ interests.

 

  11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws; provided that, in the case of any conflict between those laws and the federal securities laws, the latter shall govern.

11.2. Nothing expressed or implied herein is intended or shall be construed to confer on or give any person, firm, trust, or corporation other than each Investment Company (on its Portfolio’s behalf) and their respective successors and assigns any rights or remedies under or by reason hereof.

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Company’s obligations under this instrument are not binding on or enforceable against any of its trustees, officers, shareholders, or series other than its Portfolio but are only binding on and enforceable against its property attributable to and held for the benefit of its Portfolio (“Portfolio’s Property”) and not its property attributable to and held for the benefit of any other series thereof. Each Investment Company, in asserting any rights or claims hereunder on its or its Portfolio’s behalf, shall look only to the other Portfolio’s Property in settlement of those rights or claims and not to the property of any other series of the other Investment Company or to those trustees, officers, or shareholders.

11.4 Any term or provision hereof that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of that invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms and provisions hereof in any other jurisdiction.

11.5. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been executed by each Investment Company and delivered to the other Investment Company. The headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.

 

EQ ADVISORS TRUST, on behalf of its series listed on Schedule A
By:

 

Name: Steven M. Joenk
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST, on behalf of its series listed on Schedule A
By:

 

Name: Brian E. Walsh
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

TARGETS

  

ACQUIRING PORTFOLIOS

(series of VIP)    (series of EQAT)
CharterSM Equity Portfolio    EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio
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APPENDIX B

 

MORE INFORMATION ON STRATEGIES AND RISK FACTORS

 

Strategies

 

Changes in Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies

 

Each Portfolio has its own investment objective(s), policies and strategies. There is no assurance that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective. The investment objective of each Portfolio may be changed without shareholder approval. Except as otherwise noted, the investment policies and strategies of a Portfolio are not fundamental policies and may be changed without a shareholder vote. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio is new or is undergoing a transition (such as a rebalancing, or experiences large inflows or outflows) or takes a temporary defensive position, it may not be pursuing its investment objective or executing its principal investment strategies.

 

80% Policies

 

Each Portfolio has a policy that it will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in a particular type of investment connoted by its name. Each such policy is subject to change only upon at least sixty (60) days prior notice to shareholders of the affected Portfolio.

 

Indexing Strategy

 

Each Acquiring Portfolio seeks to track the total return performance (before fees and expenses) of a particular index. The Sub-Adviser to each Acquiring Portfolio seeks to track the total return performance (before fees and expenses) of a particular index and does not utilize customary economic, financial or market analyses or other traditional investment techniques to manage the Portfolio. Rather, the Sub-Adviser employs a sampling technique in seeking to track the total return performance (before fees and expenses) of the index. A sampling technique strives to match the characteristics of a particular index without having to purchase every stock in that index by selecting a representative sample of securities for the Portfolio based on the characteristics of the index and the particular securities included therein. Such characteristics may include, with respect to equity indexes, industry weightings, market capitalizations and fundamental characteristics and, with respect to fixed income indexes, interest rate sensitivity, credit quality and sector diversification.

 

Underlying Portfolios and ETFs

 

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Manager and sub-advised by one or more investment sub-advisers, which may include affiliates of the Manager, and other investment companies (including open-end and closed-end investment companies) that are managed by investment managers other than the Manager. ETFs are investment companies or other investment vehicles whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. stock exchanges or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market and may be purchased and sold throughout the trading day based on their market price. A passively-managed ETF seeks to track a securities index or a basket of securities that an “index provider” (such as Standard & Poor’s, Russell or Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”)) selects as representative of a market, market segment, industry sector, country or geographic region. A passively managed ETF generally holds the same stocks, bonds or other instruments as the index it tracks (or it may hold a representative sample of such instruments). Accordingly, such an ETF is designed so that its performance will correspond closely with that of the index it tracks.

 

Each Acquired Portfolio has target investment percentages (an approximate percentage of the Acquired Portfolio’s assets invested in a particular asset category as represented by the primary holdings, as described in the prospectuses, of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs).

 

Generally, each Acquired Portfolio’s investments in other investment companies are subject to statutory limitations in the 1940 Act, which prohibit the acquisition of shares of other investment companies in excess of certain limits. However, there are statutory and regulatory exemptions from these restrictions under the 1940 Act on which the Acquired Portfolio rely to invest in other investment companies in excess of these limits, subject to certain conditions. In addition, many ETFs have obtained exemptive relief from the SEC to permit unaffiliated funds (such as the Acquired Portfolios) to invest in their shares beyond the statutory limits, subject to certain conditions and pursuant to contractual arrangements between the ETFs and the investing funds. The Acquired Portfolios rely on these exemptive orders in investing in ETFs.

 

Additional Strategies

 

The following provides additional information regarding the principal investment strategies discussed in “Comparison of Investment Objectives, Policies and Strategies,” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and additional investment strategies that a Portfolio may employ in pursuing its investment objective. The Portfolios may make other types of investments to the extent permitted by applicable law. For further information about investment strategies, please see each Portfolio’s respective Statement of Additional Information.

 

Acquired Portfolios

 

Cash and Short-Term Investments.    An Acquired Portfolio may hold cash or invest in short-term paper and other short-term investments (instead of being allocated to an Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF) as deemed appropriate by the Manager. Short-term paper generally includes any note, draft bill of exchange or banker’s acceptance payable on demand or having a maturity at the time of issuance that does

 

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not exceed nine months or any renewal thereof payable on demand or having a maturity that is likewise limited. An Acquired Portfolio also may invest its uninvested cash in high-quality, short-term debt securities, including repurchase agreements and high-quality money market instruments, and also may invest uninvested cash in money market funds, including money market funds managed by the Manager. To the extent an Acquired Portfolio invests in a money market fund, it generally is not subject to the limits placed on investments in other investment companies by the 1940 Act. Generally, these securities offer less potential for gains than other types of securities.

 

Non-Traditional (Alternative) Investments.    Non-traditional (alternative) investments are alternatives to traditional equity (stocks) or fixed income (bonds and cash) investments. Non-traditional (alternative) investments have the potential to enhance portfolio diversification and reduce overall portfolio volatility because these investments may not have a strong correlation (relationship) to one another or to traditional market indexes. Non-traditional (alternative) investments use a different approach to investing than do traditional investments. This approach may involve, for example, seeking excess returns that are not tied to traditional investment benchmarks (absolute return); taking both long and short positions in credit-sensitive securities (e.g., long/short credit); holding private securities instead of publicly traded securities (e.g., listed private equity); taking both long and short positions in futures contracts (e.g., managed futures); seeking to benefit from price movements caused by anticipated corporate events, such as mergers, acquisitions, or other special situations (e.g., merger arbitrage); or using derivatives or hedging strategies. This approach also may involve investing in a variety of non-traditional (alternative) strategies (e.g., multi strategies). Many non-traditional (alternative) investment strategies are designed to help reduce the role of overall market direction in determining return.

 

Portfolio Turnover.    The Acquired Portfolios do not restrict the frequency of trading to limit expenses. An Acquired Portfolio may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objectives. Frequent trading can result in a portfolio turnover in excess of 100% (high portfolio turnover).

 

Temporary Defensive Investments.    For temporary defensive purposes in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, an Acquired Portfolio may invest, without limit, in cash, money market instruments or high quality short-term debt securities, including repurchase agreements. To the extent an Acquired Portfolio is invested in these instruments, the Acquired Portfolio will not be pursuing its principal investment strategies and may not achieve its investment objective. In addition, an Acquired Portfolio may deviate from its asset allocation targets and target investment percentages for defensive purposes.

 

U.S. Government Securities.    An Acquired Portfolio may invest in U.S. government securities, which include direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury (such as Treasury bills, notes or bonds) and obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest (but not as to market value) by the U.S. government, its agencies or its instrumentalities. U.S. government securities include mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by government agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. Other

 

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U.S. government securities may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or supported primarily or solely by the creditworthiness of the government-related issuer or, in the case of mortgage-backed securities, by pools of assets.

 

In August 2011, S&P downgraded its long-term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. from “AAA” to “AA+”. This development, and the government’s credit concerns in general, could cause an increase in interest rates and borrowing costs, which may negatively impact both the perception of credit risk associated with the debt securities issued by the U.S. and the country’s ability to access the debt markets on favorable terms. In addition, credit concerns could create broader financial turmoil and uncertainty, which could increase volatility in both stock and bond markets. These events could result in significant adverse impacts on issuers of securities held by a Portfolio.

 

Acquiring Portfolios

 

Bank Loans.    A Portfolio may invest in bank loans. A bank loan represents an interest in a loan or other direct indebtedness that entitles the acquirer of such interest to payments of interest, principal and/or other amounts due under the structure of the loan. A Portfolio may acquire a bank loan through a participation interest, which gives the Portfolio the right to receive payments of principal, interest and/or other amounts only from the lender selling the participation interest and only when the lender receives the payments from the borrower, or through an assignment in which a Portfolio succeeds to the rights of the assigning lender and becomes a lender under the loan agreement. Bank loans are typically borrowers’ senior debt obligations and, as such, are considered to hold a senior position in the borrower’s capital structure. The senior capital structure position generally gives the holders of bank loans a priority claim on some or all of the borrower’s assets in the event of a default. In many situations, the assets or cash flow of the borrowing corporation, partnership or other business entity may serve as collateral for the bank loan. Bank loans may be issued in connection with acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalizations.

 

Cash Management.    Each Portfolio may invest its uninvested cash in high-quality, short-term debt securities, including repurchase agreements and high-quality money market instruments, and also may invest uninvested cash in money market funds, including money market funds managed by the Manager. To the extent a Portfolio invests in a money market fund, it generally is not subject to the limits placed on investments in other investment companies. Generally, these securities offer less potential for gains than other types of securities.

 

Derivatives.    Each Portfolio may use “derivative” instruments to hedge its portfolio against market, economic, currency, issuer and other risks, to gain or manage exposure to the markets, sectors and securities in which the Portfolio may invest and to other economic factors that affect the Portfolio’s performance (such as interest rate movements), to increase total return or income, to reduce transaction costs, to manage cash, and for other portfolio management purposes. In general terms, a derivative instrument is an investment contract the value of which is linked to (or is derived from),

 

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in whole or in part, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index (e.g., stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes). Certain derivative securities may have the effect of creating financial leverage by multiplying a change in the value of the asset underlying the derivative to produce a greater change in the value of the derivative security. This creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility in the net asset value of the shares of a Portfolio). Futures and options contracts (including futures and options on individual securities and equity and bond market indexes and options on futures contracts), swaps (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, currency swaps and credit default swaps) and forward contracts, and structured securities, including forward currency contracts, are examples of derivatives in which a Portfolio may invest. A Portfolio that engages in derivatives transactions may maintain a significant percentage of its assets in cash and cash equivalent instruments, which may serve as margin or collateral for the Portfolio’s obligations under derivative transactions.

 

Equity Securities.    Certain Portfolios, including certain Portfolios that invest primarily in debt securities, may invest in equity securities. Equity securities may be bought on stock exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. Equity securities generally include common stock, preferred stock, warrants, securities convertible into common stock, securities of other investment companies and securities of real estate investment trusts.

 

Exchange Traded Funds.    A Portfolio may invest in ETFs. ETFs are investment companies or other investment vehicles whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. stock exchanges or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market and may be purchased and sold throughout the trading day based on their market price. Generally, each ETF seeks to track a securities index or a basket of securities that an “index provider” (such as Standard & Poor’s, Dow Jones, Russell or Morgan Stanley Capital International) selects as representative of a market, market segment, industry sector, country or geographic region. An ETF generally holds the same stocks or bonds as the index it tracks (or it may hold a representative sample of such securities). Accordingly, each ETF is designed so that its performance, before fees and expenses, will correspond closely with that of the index it tracks. By investing in a Portfolio that invests in ETFs, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs in which the Portfolio invests in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses.

 

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in their shares beyond the statutory limits, subject to certain conditions and pursuant to contractual arrangements between the ETFs and the investing funds. A Portfolio may rely on these exemptive orders in investing in ETFs.

 

Fixed Income Securities.    Each Portfolio may invest in short- and long-term fixed income securities in pursuing its investment objective and for other portfolio management purposes, such as to manage cash. Fixed income securities are debt securities such as bonds, notes, debentures and commercial paper. Domestic and foreign governments, banks and companies raise cash by issuing or selling debt securities to investors. Most debt securities pay fixed or adjustable rates of interest at regular intervals until they mature, at which point investors receive their principal back.

 

Foreign Securities.    Certain Portfolios may invest in foreign securities, including securities of companies in emerging markets. Generally, foreign securities are issued by companies organized outside the U.S. or by foreign governments or international organizations, are traded primarily in markets outside the U.S., and are denominated in a foreign currency. Foreign securities may include securities of issuers in developing countries or emerging markets, which generally involve greater risk because the economic structures of these countries and markets are less developed and their political systems are less stable. In addition, foreign securities may include depositary receipts of foreign companies. American Depositary Receipts are receipts typically issued by an American bank or trust company that evidence underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. European Depositary Receipts (issued in Europe) and Global Depositary Receipts (issued throughout the world) each evidence a similar ownership arrangement. Depositary receipts also may be convertible into securities of foreign issuers. These securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted.

 

Futures.    A Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts on individual securities or securities indexes. In purchasing a futures contract, the buyer agrees to purchase a specified underlying instrument at a specified future date. In selling a futures contract, the seller agrees to sell a specified underlying instrument at a specified future date. The price at which the purchase and sale will take place is fixed when the buyer and seller enter into the contract. Futures can be held until their delivery dates, or can be closed out before then if a liquid market is available. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of its underlying instrument. Therefore, purchasing futures contracts will tend to increase a fund’s exposure to positive and negative price fluctuations in the underlying instrument, much as if it had purchased the underlying instrument directly. When a fund sells a futures contract, by contrast, the value of its futures position will tend to move in a direction contrary to the market. Selling futures contracts, therefore, will tend to offset both positive and negative market price changes, much as if the underlying instrument had been sold. Futures contracts in which the Portfolio will invest are highly standardized contracts that typically trade on futures exchanges.

 

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for futures contracts, and may halt trading if a contract’s price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached or a trading halt is imposed, it may be impossible to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the market for a contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or other market conditions, it could prevent prompt liquidation of unfavorable positions, and potentially could require a fund to continue to hold a position until delivery or expiration regardless of changes in its value. As a result, a fund’s access to other assets held to cover its futures positions could also be impaired.

 

The use of futures contracts and similar instruments may be deemed to involve the use of leverage because the Portfolio is not required to invest the full market value of the futures contract upon entering into the contract. Instead, the Portfolio, upon entering into a futures contract (and to maintain its open position in a futures contract), is required to post collateral for the contract, known as “initial margin” and “variation margin,” the amount of which may vary but which generally equals a relatively small percentage (e.g., less than 5%) of the value of the contract being traded. While the use of futures contracts may involve the use of leverage, the Portfolio generally does not intend to use leverage to increase its net exposure to debt securities above approximately 100% of the Portfolio’s net asset value or below 0%.

 

Illiquid Securities.    Each Portfolio may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities are securities that have no ready market.

 

Inflation-Indexed Bonds.    A Portfolio may invest in inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation indexed bonds and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds, which are more fully described below) are fixed income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. The U.S. Treasury uses the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers as the inflation measure. Inflation-indexed bonds issued by a foreign government are generally adjusted to reflect a comparable inflation index, calculated by that government. If the index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed bonds and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

 

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considered taxable ordinary income to an investing Portfolio, which generally must distribute the amount of that income for federal income tax purposes, even though it does not receive the principal until maturity.

 

Because market convention for bonds is to use nominal yields to measure duration, duration for real return bonds, which are based on real yields, are converted to nominal durations through a conversion factor. The resulting nominal duration typically can range from 20% and 90% of the respective real duration. All security holdings will be measured in effective (nominal) duration terms. Similarly, the effective duration of the relevant index (e.g., the Barclays World Government Inflation-Linked Index (hedged)) will be calculated using the same conversion factors.

 

Investment Grade Securities.    A Portfolio may invest in investment grade debt securities. Investment grade securities are rated in one of the four highest rating categories by Moody’s or S&P, comparably rated by another rating agency or, if unrated, determined by the applicable Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality. Securities with lower investment grade ratings, while normally exhibiting adequate protection parameters, and may possess certain speculative characteristics as well. This means that changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to make principal and interest payments than is the case for higher rated debt securities.

 

Large-Cap Companies.    A Portfolio may invest in the securities of large-cap companies. These companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.

 

Mid-Cap, Small-Cap and Micro-cap Companies.    Each Portfolio may invest in the securities of mid-, small- and micro-cap companies. These companies are more likely than larger companies to have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or to depend on a small, inexperienced management group. Generally, they are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments and their securities may be less well-known, trade less frequently and in more limited volume than the securities of larger more established companies.

 

Portfolio Turnover.    The Portfolios do not restrict the frequency of trading to limit expenses. The Portfolios may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve their investment objectives. Frequent trading can result in a portfolio turnover in excess of 100% (high portfolio turnover).

 

Swaps.    A Portfolio may engage in swap transactions. Swap contracts are derivatives in the form of a contract or other similar instrument that is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. The payment streams are calculated by reference to a specified security or index and agreed upon notional amount. The term “specified index” includes, but is not limited to, currencies, fixed interest rates, prices and total return on interest rate indices, fixed income indices, total return on equity securities, stock indices and commodity indices (as well as amounts derived from arithmetic operations on these indices).

 

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U.S. Government Securities.    A Portfolio may invest in U.S. government securities, which include direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury (such as Treasury bills, notes or bonds) and obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest (but not as to market value) by the U.S. government, its agencies or its instrumentalities. U.S. government securities include mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by government agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. Other U.S. government securities may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or supported primarily or solely by the creditworthiness of the government-related issuer or, in the case of mortgage-backed securities, by pools of assets.

 

In August 2011, S&P downgraded its long-term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. from “AAA” to “AA+”. This development, and the government’s credit concerns in general, could cause an increase in interest rates and borrowing costs, which may negatively impact both the perception of credit risk associated with the debt securities issued by the U.S. and the country’s ability to access the debt markets on favorable terms. In addition, these developments could create broader financial turmoil and uncertainty, which could increase volatility in both stock and bond markets. These events could result in significant adverse impacts on issuers of securities held by a Portfolio.

 

Risks

 

Risk is the chance that you will lose money on your investment or that it will not earn as much as you expect. In general, the greater the risk, the more money your investment can earn for you and the more you can lose. Like other investment companies, the value of a Portfolio’s shares may be affected by the Portfolio’s investment objective(s), principal investment strategies and particular risk factors. Consequently, each Portfolio may be subject to different risks. Some of the risks, including principal risks, of investing in the Portfolios are discussed below. However, other factors may also affect a Portfolio’s investment results. There is no guarantee that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective(s) or that it will not lose value.

 

Affiliated Portfolio Risk.    In managing a Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios, the Manager will have the authority to select and substitute the Underlying Portfolios. The Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among the various Underlying Portfolios because the fees payable to it by some of the Underlying Portfolios are higher than the fees payable by other Underlying Portfolios and because the Manager is also responsible for managing, administering, and with respect to certain Underlying Portfolios, its affiliates are responsible for sub-advising, the Underlying Portfolios. A Portfolio investing in Underlying Portfolios may from time to time own or control a significant percentage of an Underlying Portfolio’s shares. Accordingly, an Underlying Portfolio is subject to the potential for large-scale inflows and outflows as a result of purchases and redemptions of its shares by such a Portfolio. These inflows and outflows may be frequent and could negatively affect an Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s net asset value and performance and could cause an Underlying Portfolio to purchase

 

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or sell securities at a time when it would not normally do so. It would be particularly disadvantageous for an Underlying Portfolio if it experiences outflows and needs to sell securities at a time of volatility in the markets, when values could be falling. These inflows and outflows also could negatively affect an Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s ability to meet shareholder redemption requests or could limit an Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s ability to pay redemption proceeds within the time period stated in its prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. During periods of declining or illiquid markets, the Manager also may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in selecting shares of Underlying Portfolios for redemption. In addition, these inflows and outflows could increase an Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s brokerage or other transaction costs, and large-scale outflows could cause an Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s, actual expenses to increase, or could result in an Underlying Portfolio’s current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Underlying Portfolio’s and, in turn, a Portfolio’s expense ratio. Consistent with its fiduciary duties, the Manager seeks to implement each Portfolio’s and each Underlying Portfolio’s investment program in a manner that is in the best interest of that Portfolio and Underlying Portfolio and that is consistent with its investment objective, policies, and strategies.

 

Asset Class Risk.  There is the risk that the returns from the asset classes, or types of securities in which a Portfolio invests will underperform the general securities markets or different asset classes. Different asset classes tend to go through cycles of outperformance and underperformance in comparison to each other and to the general securities markets.

 

Bank Loans Risk.  Loans are subject to additional risks including liquidity risk, prepayment risk (the risk that when interest rates fall, debt securities may be repaid more quickly than expected and a Portfolio may be required to reinvest in securities with a lower yield), extension risk (the risk that when interest rates rise, debt securities may be repaid more slowly than expected and the value of a Portfolio’s holdings may decrease), the risk of subordination to other creditors, restrictions on resale, and the lack of a regular trading market and publicly available information. In addition, liquidity risk may be more pronounced for a Portfolio investing in loans because certain loans may have a more limited secondary market. These loans may be difficult to value.

 

A Portfolio’s investments in bank loans are subject to the risk that the Portfolio will not receive payment of interest, principal and other amounts due in connection with these investments and will depend primarily on the financial condition of the borrower. Fully secured bank loans offer a Portfolio more protection than unsecured bank loans in the event of nonpayment of scheduled interest or principal, although there is no assurance that the liquidation of a secured bank loan’s collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation or that the collateral could be readily liquidated. In addition, a Portfolio’s access to collateral may be limited by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. In the event of a default, a Portfolio may not recover its principal, may experience a substantial delay in recovering its investment and may not receive

 

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interest during the delay. Unsecured bank loans are subject to a greater risk of default than secured bank loans, especially during periods of deteriorating economic conditions. Unsecured bank loans also have a greater risk of nonpayment in the event of a default than secured bank loans since there is no recourse for the lender to collateral. If a Portfolio acquires a participation interest in a loan, the Portfolio may not be able to control the exercise of any remedies that the lender would have under the loan and likely would not have any rights against the borrower directly. Loans in which a Portfolio may invest may be made to finance highly leveraged corporate transactions. The highly leveraged capital structure of the borrowers in such transactions may make such loans especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. In addition, bank loan interests may be unrated, and a sub-adviser may be required to rely exclusively on their analysis of the borrower in determining whether to acquire, or to continue to hold, a loan.

 

Cash Management Risk.  Upon entering into certain derivatives contracts, such as futures contracts, and to maintain open positions in certain derivatives contracts, a Portfolio may be required to post collateral for the contract, the amount of which may vary. In addition, a Portfolio may maintain cash and cash equivalent positions to manage the Portfolio’s market exposure and for other portfolio management purposes. As such, a Portfolio may maintain with counterparties, such as a custodian or its affiliates, cash balances, including foreign currency balances, that may be significant. A Portfolio is thus subject to counterparty risk and credit risk with respect to these arrangements.

 

Counterparty Risk.  A Portfolio may sustain a loss as a result of the insolvency or bankruptcy of, or other non-compliance by, another party to a transaction.

 

Convertible Securities Risk.  The value of convertible securities fluctuates in relation to changes in interest rates and the credit quality of the issuer and, in addition, fluctuates in relation to the underlying common stock. A convertible security tends to perform more like a stock when the underlying stock price is high relative to the conversion price (because more of the security’s value resides in the option to convert) and more like a debt security when the underlying stock price is low relative to the conversion price (because the option to convert is less valuable). Because its value can be influenced by many different factors, a convertible security generally is not as sensitive to interest rate changes as a similar non-convertible debt security, and generally has less potential for gain or loss than the underlying stock. A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing instrument, which may be less than the current market price of the security. If a convertible security held by a Portfolio is called for redemption, the Portfolio will be required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Convertible securities are subject to equity risk, interest rate risk and credit risk and are often lower-quality securities, which means that they are subject to the same risks as an investment in lower rated debt securities. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer-specific risks that apply to the underlying common stock. In

 

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addition, because companies that issue convertible securities are often small- or mid-cap companies, to the extent a Portfolio invests in convertible securities, it will be subject to the risks of investing in these companies. The stocks of small- and mid-cap companies are often more volatile and less liquid than the stocks of larger companies. Convertible securities are normally “junior” securities which means an issuer usually must pay interest on its non-convertible debt before it can make payments on its convertible securities. If an issuer stops making interest or principal payments, these securities may become worthless and the Portfolio could lose its entire investment. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities may be paid before the company’s common stockholders but after holders of any senior debt obligations of the company. To the extent a Portfolio invests in securities that may be considered “enhanced” convertible securities, some or all of these risks may be more pronounced.

 

Credit Risk.  The risk that the issuer or the guarantor (or other obligor, such as a party providing insurance or other credit enhancement) of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement, loan of portfolio securities or other transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in their credit ratings. The downgrade of the credit rating of a security held by a Portfolio may decrease its value. When a fixed-income security is not rated, the Portfolio’s Sub-Adviser may have to assess the risk of the security itself. Securities rated below investment grade (e.g., “junk bonds”) may include a substantial risk of default. U.S. government securities held by a Portfolio are supported by varying degrees of credit, and their value may fluctuate in response to political, market or economic developments. U.S. government securities, especially those that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, such as securities supported only by the credit of the issuing governmental agency or government-sponsored enterprise, carry at least some risk of nonpayment, and the maximum potential liability of the issuers of such securities may greatly exceed their current resources. There is no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to the issuing entity if not obligated to do so by law. Further, any government guarantees on U.S. government securities that a Portfolio owns extend only to the timely payment of interest and the repayment of principal on the securities themselves and do not extend to the market value of the securities or to shares of the Portfolio themselves.

 

Derivatives Risk.  A derivative instrument is an investment contract the value of which is linked to (or is derived from), in whole or in part, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, index or event (e.g., stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes). Derivatives include options, swaps, futures, options on futures, forward contracts and structured securities. Investing in derivatives involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary mutual fund securities transactions and may involve increased transaction costs. The successful use of derivatives will usually depend on the Manager’s or Sub-Adviser’s ability to

 

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accurately forecast movements in the market relating to the underlying asset, reference rate, index or event. If the Manager or a Sub-Adviser does not predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates and other economic factors, a Portfolio’s derivatives position could lose value. A Portfolio’s investment in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly in value than other investments and may reduce the Portfolio’s returns. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly, or at all, with the underlying asset, reference rate or index, and a Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. Derivatives also may be subject to certain other risks such as leveraging risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, the risk that a counterparty may be unable or unwilling to honor its obligations, management risk and the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. Derivatives also may not behave as anticipated by a Portfolio, especially in abnormal market conditions. The use of derivatives may increase the volatility of a Portfolio’s net asset value. Derivatives may be leveraged such that a small investment in derivative securities can have a significant impact on a Portfolio’s exposure to stock market values, interest rates, currency exchange rates or other investments. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a derivatives contract may cause an immediate and substantial loss or gain. It may be difficult or impossible for a Portfolio to purchase or sell certain derivatives in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the Portfolio. In addition, the possible lack of a liquid secondary market for certain derivatives and the resulting inability of a Portfolio to sell or otherwise close-out a derivatives position could expose the Portfolio to losses and could make such derivatives more difficult for the Portfolio to value accurately. Assets segregated to cover these transactions may decline in value and may become illiquid. Some derivatives are more sensitive to market price fluctuations and to interest rate changes than other investments. A Portfolio also could suffer losses related to its derivatives positions as a result of unanticipated market movements, which losses are potentially unlimited. A Portfolio also may be exposed to losses if the counterparty in the transaction does not fulfill its contractual obligation. In addition, derivatives traded over-the-counter do not benefit from the protections provided by exchanges in the event that a counterparty is unable to fulfill its contractual obligation. Such over-the-counter derivatives therefore involve greater counterparty and credit risk and may be more difficult to value than exchange-traded derivatives. When a derivative is used as a hedge against a position that a Portfolio holds, any loss generated by the derivative should generally be offset by gains on the hedged instrument, and vice versa. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it also can reduce or eliminate gains. Hedges are sometimes subject to imperfect matching between the derivative and the hedged investment, and there can be no assurance that a Portfolio’s hedging transactions will be effective. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances. There can be no assurance that a Portfolio will engage in derivative transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that might be beneficial. The federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in an underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character and amount of income a Portfolio realizes from its investments. As a result, a larger portion of a Portfolio’s distributions may be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gains. In addition, certain derivatives are subject

 

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to mark-to-market or straddle provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable dividends paid by a Portfolio. There have been numerous recent legislative and regulatory initiatives to implement a new regulatory framework for the derivatives markets. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) substantially increased regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market and participants in that market, imposing various requirements on transactions involving instruments that fall within the Dodd-Frank Act’s definition of “swap” and “security-based swap.” In particular, the Dodd-Frank Act may limit the availability of certain derivatives, may make the use of derivatives by a Portfolio more costly, and may otherwise adversely impact the performance and value of derivatives. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, a Portfolio also may be subject to additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements. In addition, the tax treatment of certain derivatives, such as swaps, is unsettled and may be subject to future legislation, regulation or administrative pronouncements issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Other future regulatory developments may also impact a Portfolio’s ability to invest or remain invested in certain derivatives. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which a Portfolio itself is regulated. The Manager cannot predict the effects of any new governmental regulation that may be implemented on the ability of a Portfolio to use swaps or any other financial derivative product, and there can be no assurance that any new governmental regulation will not adversely affect a Portfolio’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

ETF Risk.  A Portfolio that invests in ETFs will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by those ETFs, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that exclusively invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. In addition, the Portfolio’s net asset value will be subject to fluctuations in the market values of the ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the ETFs invest and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend on the ability of the ETFs to meet their investment objectives. The Portfolio and the ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities such as equity risk, market capitalization risk, investment grade securities risk, interest rate risk, credit/default risk, foreign and emerging markets securities risk and non-investment grade securities risk. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlates to those of a particular ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio’s assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the ETF, which will vary. ETFs may change their investment objectives or policies without the approval of the Portfolio. If that were to occur, the Portfolio might be forced to sell its investment in an ETF at a time and price that is unfavorable to the Portfolio. In addition, many ETFs invest in securities included in, or representative of, underlying indexes regardless of

 

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investment merit or market trends and, therefore, these ETFs do not change their investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means that an ETF may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. Imperfect correlation between an ETF’s securities and those in the index it seeks to track, rounding of prices, changes to the indices and regulatory policies may cause an ETF’s performance to not match the performance of its index. An ETF’s use of a representative sampling approach will result in it holding a smaller number of securities than are in the index it seeks to track. As a result, an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the ETF could result in a greater decline in net asset value than would be the case if the ETF held all of the securities in the index. To the extent the assets in the ETF are smaller, these risks will be greater. No ETF fully replicates its index and an ETF may hold securities not included in its index. Therefore, there is a risk that the investment strategy of the ETF manager may not produce the intended results. Moreover, there is the risk that an ETF may value certain securities at a higher price than it can sell them for. Secondary market trading in shares of ETFs may be halted by a national securities exchange because of market conditions or for other reasons. In addition, trading in these shares is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. In addition, although ETFs are listed for trading on national securities exchanges, certain foreign exchanges and in over-the-counter markets, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of a Portfolio’s investment in the ETFs could be substantially and adversely affected. In addition, because ETFs are traded on these exchanges and in these markets, the purchase and sale of their shares involve transaction fees and commissions. The market price of an ETF may be different from the net asset value of such ETF (i.e., an ETF may trade at a discount or premium to its net asset value). The performance of a Portfolio that invests in such an ETF could be adversely impacted.

 

Equity Risk.  In general, stocks and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions and other factors. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities.

 

Floating Rate Loan Risk.  Floating rate loans generally are subject to restrictions on resale. The liquidity of floating rate loans, including the volume and frequency of secondary market trading in such loans, varies significantly over time and among individual floating rate loans. For example, if the credit quality of a floating rate loan unexpectedly declines significantly, secondary market trading in that floating rate loan can also decline. During periods of infrequent trading, valuing a floating rate loan can be more difficult, and buying and selling a floating rate loan at an acceptable price can be more difficult and delayed. Difficulty in selling a floating rate loan can result in a loss. The value of the collateral securing a floating rate loan can decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower, or be difficult to liquidate. As a result, a floating rate loan may not be fully collateralized and can decline significantly in value.

 

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Foreign Securities Risk.  Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with, or more prevalent than those that may be associated with, investing in U.S. securities. The economies of certain foreign markets may not compare favorably with the economy of the United States with respect to such issues as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital, resources and balance of payments position. Over a given period of time, foreign securities may underperform U.S. securities — sometimes for years. A Portfolio could also underperform if it invests in countries or regions whose economic performance falls short. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision and regulation than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities. Securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations can involve risks relating to conditions in foreign countries. Foreign securities are also subject to the risks associated with the potential imposition of economic or other sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals, businesses or industries, which could adversely affect the value of the Portfolio’s investments.

 

Currency Risk.  Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. In the case of hedging positions, there is the risk that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

 

Emerging Markets Risk.  Emerging market countries generally are located in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central and South America and Africa. There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. For instance, these countries may be more likely than developed countries to experience rapid and significant adverse developments in their political or economic structures. Some emerging market countries restrict foreign investments, impose high withholding or other taxes on foreign investments, impose restrictive exchange control regulations, or may nationalize or expropriate the assets of private companies. Therefore, a Portfolio may be limited in its ability to make direct or additional investments in an emerging markets country or could lose the entire value of its investment in the affected market. Such restrictions also may have

 

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negative impacts on transaction costs, market price, investment returns and the legal rights and remedies of a Portfolio. In addition, the securities markets of emerging markets countries generally are smaller, less liquid and more volatile than those of developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting and reporting requirements and less reliable clearance and settlement, registration and custodial procedures which could result in ownership registration being completely lost. There are generally higher commission rates on foreign portfolio transactions, transfer taxes, and higher custodial costs. A Portfolio may not know the identity of trading counterparties, which may increase the possibility of the Portfolio not receiving payment or delivery of securities in a transaction. Emerging market countries also may be subject to high inflation and rapid currency devaluations and currency-hedging techniques may be unavailable in certain emerging market countries. In addition, some emerging market countries may be heavily dependent on international trade, which can materially affect their securities markets. The risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area also generally are more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries. Investments in frontier markets may be subject to greater levels of these risks than investments in more developed and traditional emerging markets.

 

Futures Contract Risk.  The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by a Portfolio and the price of the futures contract; (b) liquidity risks, including the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract when desired; (c) losses (potentially unlimited) caused by unanticipated market movements; (d) a Sub-Adviser’s inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that a counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will default in the performance of its obligations; (f) if a Portfolio has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Portfolio may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so; and (g) transaction costs associated with investments in futures contracts may be significant, which could cause or increase losses or reduce gains. Futures contracts are also subject to the same risks as the underlying investments to which they provide exposure. In addition, futures contracts may subject the Portfolio to leveraging risk.

 

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expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs, changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

 

Inflation-Indexed Bonds Risk.  Inflation-indexed bonds decline in value when real interest rates rise. In certain interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, inflation-indexed bonds may experience greater losses than other fixed income securities with similar durations. Interest payments on inflation-linked debt securities will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation and can be unpredictable. In periods of deflation, a Portfolio may have no income at all from such investments.

 

Insurance Fund Risk.  The Portfolios are available through Contracts offered by insurance company affiliates of the Manager, and the Portfolios may be used to fund all or a portion of certain benefits and guarantees available under the Contracts. To the extent the assets in a Portfolio are insufficient to fund those benefits and guarantees, the Manager’s insurance company affiliates might otherwise be obligated to fulfill them out of their own resources. The Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in connection with providing advice to, or developing strategies and models used to manage, a Portfolio (e.g., with respect to the allocation of assets among Underlying Portfolios or between passively and actively managed portions of a Portfolio and the development and implementation of the models used to manage a Portfolio). The performance of a Portfolio may impact the obligations and financial exposure of the Manager’s insurance company affiliates under any death benefit, income benefit and other guarantees provided through Contracts that offer the Portfolio as an investment option and the ability of an insurance company affiliate to manage (e.g., through the use of various hedging techniques) the risks associated with these benefits and guarantees. The Manager’s investment decisions and the design of the Portfolios may be influenced by these factors. For example, the Portfolios or models and strategies may be managed or designed in a manner (e.g., using more conservative or less volatile investment styles, including volatility management strategies) that could reduce potential losses and/or mitigate financial risks to insurance company affiliates that provide the benefits and guarantees and offer the Portfolios as investment options in their products, and also could facilitate such an insurance company’s ability to provide benefits and guarantees under its Contracts, including by making more predictable the costs of the benefits and guarantees and by reducing the regulatory capital needed to provide them. The performance of a Portfolio also may adversely impact the value of Contracts that offer the Portfolio as an investment option and could suppress the value of the benefits and guarantees offered under a Contract. Please refer to your Contract prospectus for more information about any benefits and guarantees offered under the Contract. Consistent with its fiduciary duties, the Manager seeks to implement each Portfolio’s investment program in a manner that is in the best interests of the Portfolio and that is consistent with the Portfolio’s investment objective, policies and strategies described in detail in the Portfolio’s Prospectus.

 

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Interest Rate Risk.  The risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. When interest rates decline, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally rises. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a Portfolio’s debt securities generally declines. A Portfolio with a longer average duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making it more volatile than a fund with a shorter average duration. During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable bond may “call” or repay a security before its stated maturity and a Portfolio may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in Portfolio income. Conversely, when interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the issuer more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these obligations to fall. Inflation-indexed bonds decline in value when real interest rates rise. In certain interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, inflation-indexed bonds may experience greater losses than other fixed income securities with similar durations. Preferred stocks may also be sensitive to changes in interest rates. When interest rates rise, the value of preferred stocks will generally decline. Variable and floating rate securities generally are less sensitive to interest rate changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, floating rate securities will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. When a Portfolio holds variable or floating rate securities, a decrease in market interest rates will adversely affect the income received from such securities and the net asset value of the Portfolio’s shares. A wide variety of factors can cause interest rates to rise (e.g., central bank monetary policies, inflation rates, general economic conditions, etc.). When the Federal Reserve raises the federal funds rate, which is expected to occur, interest rates are expected to rise. As of the date of this Prospectus, interest rates in the United States are at or near historic lows, but may rise significantly or rapidly, potentially resulting in losses to a Portfolio.

 

Investment Grade Securities Risk.  Debt securities generally are rated by national bond ratings agencies. A portfolio considers securities to be investment grade if they are rated BBB or higher by S&P or Fitch or Baa or higher by Moody’s or, if unrated, are deemed to be of comparable quality by a Sub-Adviser. Securities rated in the lower investment grade rating categories (e.g., BBB or Baa) are considered investment grade securities, but are somewhat riskier than higher rated obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, and are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics and may possess certain speculative characteristics as well.

 

Issuer-Specific Risk.  The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets. A change in the financial condition of a single issuer may affect securities markets as a whole. Certain

 

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unanticipated events, such as natural disasters, can have a dramatic adverse effect on the value of an issuer’s securities.

 

Large-Cap Company Risk.  Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

 

Leveraging Risk.  When a Portfolio leverages its holdings, the value of an investment in that Portfolio will be more volatile and all other risks will tend to be compounded. For example, a Portfolio may take on leveraging risk when it takes a short position, engages in derivatives transactions, invests collateral from securities loans or borrows money. Leveraged holdings generally require corresponding holdings of cash and cash equivalents, which may impair a Portfolio’s ability to pursue its objectives. A Portfolio may experience leveraging risk in connection with investments in derivatives because its investments in derivatives may be purchased with a fraction of the assets that would be needed to purchase the securities directly, so that the remainder of the assets may be invested in other investments. Such investments may have the effect of leveraging a Portfolio because the Portfolio may experience gains or losses not only on its investments in derivatives, but also on the investments purchased with the remainder of the assets. If the value of a Portfolio’s investments in derivatives is increasing, this could be offset by declining values of the Portfolio’s other investments. Conversely, it is possible that the rise in the value of a Portfolio’s non-derivative investments could be offset by a decline in the value of the Portfolio’s investments in derivatives. In either scenario, a Portfolio may experience losses. In a market where the value of a Portfolio’s investments in derivatives is declining and the value of its other investments is declining, the Portfolio may experience substantial losses. The use of leverage may cause a Portfolio to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet any required asset segregation requirements.

 

Liquidity Risk.  The risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible for a Portfolio to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may require a Portfolio to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices to satisfy obligations and may result in a loss or may be costly to the Portfolio. Investments in foreign securities, particularly those of issuers located in emerging markets, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than domestic securities. Judgment plays a greater role in pricing illiquid investments than it does in pricing investments having more active markets and there is a greater risk that the investments may not be sold for the price at which the Portfolio is carrying them. Certain securities that were liquid when purchased may later become illiquid, particularly in times of overall economic distress.

 

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specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investment sentiment generally. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact a market as a whole. The value of a security may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously. Terrorism and related geo-political risks have led, and may in the future lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally. In addition, markets and market participants are increasingly reliant upon both publicly available and proprietary information data systems. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access, and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or the market at-large. In certain cases, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on either specific securities or even the entire market, which may result in a Portfolio being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or accurately price its investments.

 

Mid-Cap, Small-Cap and Micro-Cap Company Risk.  A Portfolio’s investments in mid-, small- and micro-cap companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established issuers because they generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. Such companies generally have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and more limited markets for their stock as compared with larger companies. Their securities may be less well-known and trade less frequently and in limited volume compared with the securities of larger, more established companies. As a result, the value of such securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger companies, and the Portfolio may experience difficulty in purchasing or selling such securities at the desired time and price or in the desired amount. Mid-, small- and microcap companies also are typically subject to greater changes in earnings and business prospects than larger companies. Consequently, the prices of mid-, small-and micro-cap company stocks tend to rise and fall in value more frequently than the stocks of larger companies. Although investing in mid-, small- and micro-cap companies offers potential for above average returns, the companies may not succeed and the value of their stock could decline significantly. In general, these risks are greater for small-and micro-cap companies than for mid-cap companies.

 

Money Market Risk.  Although a money market fund is designed to be a relatively low risk investment, it is not free of risk. Despite the short maturities and high credit quality of a money market fund’s investments, increases in interest rates and deteriorations in the credit quality of the instruments the money market fund has purchased may reduce the money market fund’s yield and can cause the price of a money market security to decrease. In addition, a money market fund is subject to the risk that the value of an investment may be eroded over time by inflation. The Securities

 

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and Exchange Commission recently adopted changes to the rules that govern money market funds. These changes will: (1) permit, subject to the discretion of the board of trustees, money market funds to impose a “liquidity fee” (up to 2%) and/or “gates” that temporarily restrict redemptions from the funds, if weekly liquidity levels fall below the required regulatory threshold, and (2) require “institutional” money market funds to operate with a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. These changes may affect the Portfolio’s investment strategies, operations and/or return potential. As of the date of this Prospectus, FMG LLC is evaluating the potential impact of these changes which have a phase in compliance period ranging from July, 2015 through October, 2016.

 

Non-Investment Grade Securities Risk.  Bonds rated below investment grade (i.e., BB or lower by S&P or Fitch or Ba or lower by Moody’s or, if unrated, are deemed to be of comparable quality by a Sub-Adviser) are speculative in nature, involve greater risk of default by the issuing entity and may be subject to greater market fluctuations than higher rated fixed income securities. Non-investment grade bonds, sometimes referred to as “junk bonds” are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by those companies with questionable credit strength. The retail secondary market for these “junk bonds” may be less liquid than that of higher rated securities and adverse conditions could make it difficult at times to sell certain securities or could result in lower prices than those used in calculating a Portfolio’s net asset value. A Portfolio investing in “junk bonds” may also be subject to greater credit risk because it may invest in debt securities issued in connection with corporate restructuring by highly leveraged issuers or in debt securities not current in the payment of interest or principal or in default. If the issuer of a security is in default with respect to interest or principal payments, a Portfolio may lose its entire investment. Because of the risks involved in investing in below investment grade securities, an investment in a Portfolio that invests substantially in such securities should be considered speculative. “Junk bonds” may contain redemption or call provisions. If an issuer exercises these provisions in a declining interest rate market, the Portfolio would have to replace the security with a lower yielding security, resulting in a decreased return. Conversely, a junk bond’s value will decrease in a rising interest rate market, as will the value of the Portfolio’s assets. The credit rating of a below investment grade security does not necessarily address its market value risk and may not reflect its actual credit risk. Ratings and market value may change from time to time, positively or negatively, to reflect new developments regarding the issuer.

 

Portfolio Management Risk.  The risk that strategies used by the Manager or the Sub-Adviser(s) and their securities selections fail to produce the intended results.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk.  High portfolio turnover (generally, turnover in excess of 100% in any given fiscal year) may result in increased transaction costs to a Portfolio, which may result in higher fund expenses and lower total return.

 

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and its after effects have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets. Conditions in the U.S. and many foreign economies have resulted, and may continue to result, in fixed income instruments experiencing unusual liquidity issues, increased price volatility and, in some cases, credit downgrades and increased likelihood of default. These events have reduced the willingness and ability of some lenders to extend credit, and have made it more difficult for borrowers to obtain financing on attractive terms, if at all. In some cases, traditional market participants have been less willing to make a market in some types of debt instruments, which has affected the liquidity of those instruments. As a result, investors in many types of securities, including, but not limited to, mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and corporate debt securities, have and may continue to experience losses. During times of market turmoil, investors tend to look to the safety of securities issued or backed by the U.S. Treasury, causing the prices of these securities to rise and the yields to decline.

 

The reduced liquidity in fixed income and credit markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide. In addition, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. Over the past several years and continuing into the present, the U.S. and other governments and the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have taken steps to support financial markets. Certain of these entities have injected liquidity into the markets and taken other steps in an effort to stabilize the markets and grow economies. The ultimate effect of these efforts is not yet known. In some countries where economic conditions are recovering, they are nevertheless perceived as still fragile. A change in or withdrawal of government support, failure of efforts in response to the crisis, or investor perception that such efforts are not succeeding, could adversely impact the value and liquidity of certain securities. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations, including changes in tax laws. The Dodd-Frank Act initiated a dramatic revision of the U.S. financial regulatory framework that is expected to continue to unfold over several years. As a result, the impact of U.S. financial regulation and the practical implications for market participants may not be fully known for some time. In addition, political events within the U.S. and abroad, such as the U.S. government’s recent inability to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan, the federal government shutdown and threats not to increase the federal government’s debt limit, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. High public debt in the U.S. and other countries creates ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty. Although the U.S. government has honored its credit obligations, it remains possible that the U.S. could default on its obligations. While it is impossible to predict the consequences of such an unprecedented event, it is likely that a default by the U.S. would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly impair the value of a Portfolio’s investments. Uncertainty surrounding the sovereign

 

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debt of a number of European Union countries and the viability of the European Union has disrupted and may continue to disrupt markets in the U.S. and around the world. If one or more countries leave the European Union or the European Union dissolves, the world’s securities markets likely will be significantly disrupted. Because the impact on the markets has been widespread, it may be difficult to identify both risks and opportunities using past models of the interplay of market forces, or to predict the duration of these market conditions. Changes in market conditions will not have the same impact on all types of securities. Interest rates have been unusually low in recent years in the U.S. and Europe. An increase in interest rates may adversely impact various markets. For example, because investors may buy securities or other investments with borrowed money, an increase in interest rates may result in a decline in such borrowing and purchases and thus in a decline in the markets for those investments. In addition, there is a risk that the prices of goods and services in the U.S. and many foreign economies may decline over time, known as deflation (the opposite of inflation). Deflation may have an adverse effect on stock prices and creditworthiness and may make defaults on debt more likely. If a country’s economy slips into a deflationary pattern, it could last for a prolonged period and may be difficult to reverse.

 

Redemption Risk.  A Portfolio may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Portfolio to sell assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Heavy redemptions could hurt a Portfolio’s performance. Following the financial crisis that began in 2007, the Federal Reserve has attempted to stabilize the economy and support the economic recovery by keeping the federal funds rate (the interest rate at which depository institutions lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight) at or near zero percent. In addition, as part of its monetary stimulus program known as quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has purchased on the open market large quantities of securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities. More recently, the Federal Reserve substantially reduced the amount of securities it purchases pursuant to quantitative easing. Given this reduction in market support and the Federal Reserve’s expected increase of the federal funds rate, interest rates may rise significantly or rapidly potentially resulting in losses to a Portfolio. Market developments and other factors, including a general rise in interest rates, have the potential to cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which may increase redemptions from mutual funds that hold large amounts of fixed income securities. Such a move, coupled with a reduction in the ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to buy or hold fixed income securities, may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed income markets.

 

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net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the net asset values of the Underlying Portfolios and the market values of the Underlying ETFs in which it invests. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs invest, and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will directly depend, on the ability of the Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs to meet their investment objectives. The Portfolio, Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, asset class risk, issuer specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities such as equity risk, market capitalization risk, investment grade securities risk, interest rate risk, credit/default risk, foreign and emerging markets securities risk and non-investment grade securities risk. The extent to which the investment performance and risks associated with the Portfolio correlates to those of a particular Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF will depend upon the extent to which the Portfolio’s assets are allocated from time to time for investment in the Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF, which will vary. The Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs may change their investment objectives or policies without the approval of the Portfolio. If that were to occur, the Portfolio might be forced to sell its investment in an Underlying Portfolio or Underlying ETF at a time and price that is unfavorable to the Portfolio. In addition, many ETFs invest in securities included in, or representative of, underlying indexes regardless of investment merit or market trends and, therefore, these ETFs do not change their investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means that an Underlying ETF may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. Imperfect correlation between an Underlying ETF’s securities and those in the index it seeks to track, rounding of prices, changes to the indices and regulatory policies may cause an Underlying ETF’s performance to not match the performance of its index. An Underlying ETF’s use of a representative sampling approach will result in it holding a smaller number of securities than are in the index it seeks to track. As a result, an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the Underlying ETF could result in a greater decline in net asset value than would be the case if the Underlying ETF held all of the securities in the index. To the extent the assets in the Underlying ETF are smaller, these risks will be greater. No ETF fully replicates its index and an Underlying ETF may hold securities not included in its index. Therefore, there is a risk that the investment strategy of the Underlying ETF manager may not produce the intended results. Moreover, there is the risk that an Underlying ETF may value certain securities at a higher price than it can sell them for. Secondary market trading in shares of Underlying ETFs may be halted by a national securities exchange because of market conditions or for other reasons. In addition, trading in these shares is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. In addition, although ETFs are listed for trading on national securities exchanges, certain foreign

 

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exchanges and in over-the-counter markets, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of a Portfolio’s investment in the Underlying ETFs could be substantially and adversely affected. In addition, because Underlying ETFs are traded on these exchanges and in these markets, the purchase and sale of their shares involve transaction fees and commissions. The market price of an Underlying ETF may be different from the net asset value of such ETF (i.e., an Underlying ETF may trade at a discount or premium to its net asset value). The performance of a Portfolio that invests in such an ETF could be adversely impacted.

 

Securities Lending Risk.  For purposes of realizing additional income, certain Portfolios may lend securities to broker-dealers approved by the Board of Trustees. Generally, any such loan of portfolio securities will be continuously secured by collateral at least equal to the value of the security loaned. Such collateral will be in the form of cash, marketable securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies, or a standby letter of credit issued by qualified banks. The risks in lending portfolio securities, as with other extensions of secured credit, consist of possible delay in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities or possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. Loans will only be made to firms deemed by the Manager to be of good standing and will not be made unless, in the judgment of the Sub-Adviser, the consideration to be earned from such loans would justify the risk.

 

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APPENDIX C

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

 

As of the Record Date, to EQ Trust’s knowledge, the following persons owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of the Class IA, Class IB, or Class K shares of an Acquiring Portfolio.

 

Shareholder’s or
Contractholder’s
Name/Address

 

Percent Beneficial
Ownership of Shares of
the Portfolio

  Percent Beneficial Ownership of Shares
of the Combined Portfolio  (assuming
the Reorganizations occur)
   
   
   

 

As of the Record Date, to the Trust’s knowledge, the following persons owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of the Class B shares of an Acquired Portfolio.

 

Shareholder’s or
Contractholder’s
Name/Address

 

Percent Beneficial
Ownership of Shares of
the Portfolio

  Percent Beneficial Ownership of Shares
of the Combined Portfolio (assuming
the Reorganizations occur)
   
   
   

 

Shareholders indicated above owning more than 25% of a Portfolio may be deemed “control persons” of the Portfolio under the 1940 Act.

 

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

[            ], 2015

 

 

 

AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

CharterSM Equity Portfolio

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio,

(each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust)

(each, an “Acquired Portfolio” and together, the “Acquired Portfolios”)

 

AND

 

EQ ADVISORS TRUST

 

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio,

(each a series of EQ Advisors Trust)

(each, an “Acquiring Portfolio” and together, the “Acquiring Portfolios”)

 

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(877) 222-2144

 

 

 

Acquisition of the assets and assumption of the liabilities of:   By and in exchange for shares of:
CharterSM Equity Portfolio   EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio (“Stock Index Portfolio”)
CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio   EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (“Bond Index Portfolio”)

 

This Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) relates specifically to the proposed reorganization of each Acquired Portfolio into the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio under which the Acquiring Portfolio would acquire all of the assets of the Acquired Portfolio in exchange solely for shares of the Acquiring Portfolio and that Acquiring Portfolio’s assumption of all of the corresponding Acquired Portfolio’s liabilities (the “Reorganizations”). This SAI is available to owners of and participants in variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts and certificates (the “Contracts”) with amounts allocated to an Acquired Portfolio and to other shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios as of June 30, 2015.

 

This SAI is not a prospectus. A Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus dated [    ], 2015 relating to the Reorganizations (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) may be obtained, without charge, by writing to EQ Advisors Trust (“EQ Trust”) or AXA Premier VIP Trust (“VIP Trust”) at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104 or calling 1-877-522-5035. This SAI should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.


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Contents of the SAI

 

This SAl consists of the cover page, the information set forth below and the following documents:

 

The Annual Report to Shareholders of VIP Trust for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 with respect to the Acquired Portfolios, which includes Audited Financial Statements of VIP Trust for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, with respect to the Acquired Portfolios.

 

The Annual Report to Shareholders of EQ Trust for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 with respect to the Acquiring Portfolios, which includes the Audited Financial Statements of EQ Trust for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 with respect to the Acquiring Portfolios.

 

Information Incorporated by Reference

 

This SAI incorporates by reference the following documents as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

Statement of Additional Information of EQ Trust dated May 1, 2015, as supplemented, with respect to the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio and the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (File Nos. 333-17217 and 811-07953).

 

Statement of Additional Information of VIP Trust dated May 1, 2015, as supplemented, with respect to the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio (File Nos. 333-70754 and 811-10509).

 

The Statements of Additional Information include information about EQ Trust’s and VIP Trust’s other portfolios that is not relevant to the Reorganizations. Please disregard that information.

 

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

CharterSM Equity Portfolio merging into EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

 

In accordance with the instructions to Form N-14, pro forma financial information for the CharterSM Equity Portfolio (“Equity Portfolio”) and the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio (“Stock Index Portfolio”) after giving effect to the Reorganization are not required to be included in this SAI because the net assets of the Equity Portfolio within 30 days prior to the date of filing of the proxy statement and prospectus for the Reorganization are less than 10 percent of the net assets of the Stock Index Portfolio.

 

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio merging into EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

 

In accordance with the instructions to Form N-14, pro forma financial information for the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio (“Fixed Income Portfolio”) and the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (“Bond Index Portfolio”) after giving effect to the Reorganization are not required to be included in this SAI because the net assets of the Fixed Income Portfolio within 30 days prior to the date of filing of the proxy statement and prospectus for the Reorganization are less than 10 percent of the net assets of the Bond Index Portfolio.


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AXA Premier VIP Trust

Annual Report

December 31, 2014


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December 31, 2014

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Notes on Performance (Unaudited)

  4

Portfolios

 

Charter Allocation Portfolios

 

CharterSM Fixed Income

  5

CharterSM Equity

  12

Notes to Financial Statements

  19

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  30

Approvals of Investment Management and Advisory Agreements (Unaudited)

  31

Federal Income Tax Information (Unaudited)

  41

Management of the Trust (Unaudited)

  42

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (Unaudited)

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Overview

2014 Market Overview

Economy

In 2014, unemployment in the U.S. fell as a result of what experts describe as the best hiring stretch since the late 1990s. In addition, the Federal Reserve appeared to signal its belief in the economy’s ability to grow without assistance by concluding its bond purchasing program known as Quantitative Easing (QE), in October 2014. Although investors seem to expect the Fed to raise interest rates sometime in 2015, overall monetary policy remains accommodative. In this environment, manufacturing indicators rose, and unemployment fell from 6.7% at the beginning of the year to 5.6% in December, bolstering consumer confidence and increasing the market’s expectations for a 2015 rate hike.

In the currency markets, investors pointed to relatively better growth levels in the U.S. as a critical support for the dollar, a trend that picked up as the year progressed. Currency volatility remained high as monetary policies worldwide diverged, and emerging market currencies were particularly volatile as lower oil prices weighed on the finances of large exporters.

Market watchers found that global economic growth continued at a slow and uneven pace. The euro-area economy remained stuck in slow or negative growth mode. Participants widely anticipated the European Central Bank to launch a quantitative easing program in early 2015 in an effort to prevent deflation and reignite growth. In Japan, GDP had risen by only 0.3% over the six quarters since the Bank of Japan’s aggressive stimulus program began in April 2013.

In the fourth quarter, a plunge in oil prices appeared to rattle the credit markets, pressured emerging-market currencies and added to deflationary pressures in Europe and Japan.

Fixed Income

Bond markets turned more volatile in 2014, apparently in reaction to growth trends and monetary policies in the world’s biggest economies heading in different directions.

The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield ended 2014 roughly 0.86% below where it began the year. The market appeared to assign higher risk to U.S. corporate bonds, as the yield spread (or difference) between corporate and government bonds widened domestically, but narrowed slightly in Europe; globally, most credit sectors underperformed developed-market government debt.

The high yield market posted its sixth consecutive positive, although modest, annual return for full year 2014. Returns were stronger in the first half of the year, followed by negative total returns in the third quarter and fourth quarter. Experts believe that returns in the high yield market were largely impacted by the sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of 2014, as the energy sector, a large proportion of the high-yield market, sharply underperformed the broader market. There were record outflows from high-yield funds in 2014 but new issuance was steady, and defaults would have been historically low, excluding the failure of two long-distressed issuers.

U.S. Equity

For domestic equity investors, the phrase “There’s No Place Like Home” proved to be an accurate summary of market activity in 2014. The U.S. economy was among the few globally that appeared to produce clear, self-sustaining growth. This positive economic data, coupled with strong corporate earnings combined to produce squarely positive U.S. equity returns in 2014.

Experts agree that 2014 was a difficult year for stockpickers. While U.S. stocks outperformed the vast majority of both developed and emerging markets last year, market volatility was a near constant in 2014. Beginning in the first quarter, a series of geopolitical and macro-economic issues appeared to weigh on investor risk tolerances. Concern over the ultimate path of U.S. monetary policy under a new Federal Reserve chair seemed to add to the malaise. Given this heightened uncertainty, it appears that equity investors sought out the perceived safety of larger-capitalization stocks with lower relative valuations and higher dividend yields. Conversely, higher growth stocks with premium valuations were, at times, sold indiscriminately of their underlying fundamentals. Specifically during a six-week period that stretched through the end of April, experts agree that the market had absolutely no appetite for higher growth, higher valuation equities.

Despite a difficult start to the year, small- and mid-cap stocks finished 2014 on a positive note to close the year with small gains. Investors appeared to react to an unexpected decline in bond yields by seeking income in higher-yielding equities. This development helped the utility sector to lead all others in the small/mid-cap space. In contrast, the energy sector posted the worst results as oil prices plunged by nearly 50% in the second half of 2014.

International Equity

Market strategists agree that it was an unpleasant start to the year for international equity investors. Volatility ticked up amid what appeared to be heightened risks in emerging markets, slowing growth in China and softer economic data in the United States, while investors braced for the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve scaling back on its stimulus program. Equity markets around the world declined sharply in January, but the sell-off was short-lived and international equities rebounded in February, particularly in Europe.

 

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Nonetheless, high valuations and uncertainty around global central bank policies apparently left equities particularly vulnerable to bad news. Consequently, geopolitical risks took a toll on international equity prices as tensions between Russia and Ukraine mounted and the fragmentation of Iraq led to escalating violence and a spike in oil prices during the summer. A ground war in Gaza, the downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, and Scotland’s flirtation with independence from the United Kingdom all seemed to add to global headwinds, causing many investors to retreat from riskier assets.

In the latter part of the year, most European developed economies again struggled with sluggish activity and experts agree that equity prices were tossed about between investors’ concerns about geopolitical turmoil and hopes for central bank stimulus. The continuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a Russian currency crisis, as well as Greece’s failure to successfully elect a new president, also apparently drove volatility higher. In the eurozone, market watchers appeared to find inflation dangerously low. Another round of policy easing from the ECB appeared to give international equities a much-needed boost, but the significant depreciation of the euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar resulted in falling stock prices for U.S.–based investors.

Similarly, Asian developed market equities performed well in local currency terms, but generated negative results on a U.S. dollar basis. Market strategists agree that, as the Japanese economy struggled to get on its legs, the nation’s equity market benefited from central bank stimulus and positive sentiment toward structural reform. Strong corporate earnings results also appeared to have pushed Japanese stocks higher, as did a surge of domestic inflows due to the reallocation of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund. However, a weakening yen versus a strengthening U.S. dollar resulted in Japanese equities having the largest negative effect on the performance of international stocks.

In the latter months of 2014, the divergence in global central bank policies became a major theme in equity markets and the strong appreciation in the U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices. Oil prices in particular plunged as a global supply-and-demand imbalance materialized. While lower prices were harmful to economies that rely heavily on oil exports, most developed markets derived a boost in consumer spending, a positive for equity markets.

Source: AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC. As of 12/31/2014.

This information is provided for general information only and is not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual investor. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. No investment is risk-free. International securities carry additional risks including currency exchange fluctuation and different government regulations, economic conditions or accounting standards. Smaller company stocks involve a greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. Bond investments are subject to interest rate risk so that when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds can decrease and the investor can lose principal value. High yield bonds are subject to a high degree of credit and market risk. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (New York, NY). Distributors: AXA Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors, LLC.

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors and AXA Distributors are affiliated companies.

GE-101091(2/15) (Exp. 2/17)

 

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NOTES ON PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Total Returns

Performance of the AXA Premier VIP Trust Portfolios as shown on the following pages compares each Portfolio’s performance to that of a broad-based securities index. Each of the Portfolio’s annualized rates of return is net of investment management fees and expenses of the Portfolio. Rates of return are not representative of the actual return you would receive under your variable life insurance policy or annuity contract. No policyholder or contractholder can invest directly in the AXA Premier VIP Trust Portfolios. Changes in policy values depend not only on the investment performance of the AXA Premier VIP Trust Portfolios, but also on the insurance and administrative charges, applicable sales charges, and the mortality and expense risk charge applicable under a policy. These policy charges effectively reduce the dollar amount of any net gains and increase the dollar amount of any net losses.

Each of the AXA Premier VIP Trust Portfolios has a separate investment objective it seeks to achieve by following a separate investment policy. There is no guarantee that these objectives will be attained. The objectives and policies of each Portfolio will affect its return and its risk. Keep in mind that past performance is not an indication of future results.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

The charts shown on the following pages illustrate the total value of an assumed investment in Class A, Class B and/or Class K shares of each Portfolio of the AXA Premier VIP Trust. The periods illustrated are from the inception dates shown, or for a ten year period if the inception date is prior to December 31, 2004, through December 31, 2014. These results assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The total value shown for each Portfolio reflects management fees and operating expenses of the Portfolios and 12b-1 fees which are applicable to Class B shares. Effective January 1, 2012, 12b-1 fees are applicable to Class A shares. 12b-1 fees are not applicable to Class K shares. The values have not been adjusted for insurance-related charges and expenses associated with life insurance policies or annuity contracts, which would lower the total values shown. Results should not be considered representative of future gains or losses.

The Benchmarks

Broad-based securities indices are unmanaged and are not subject to fees and expenses typically associated with actively-managed funds. An investment cannot be made directly in a broad-based securities index. Comparisons with these benchmarks, therefore, are of limited use. They are included because they are widely known and may help you to understand the universe of securities from which each Portfolio is likely to select its holdings.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (“BAG”)

An index which covers the U.S. dollar denominated investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of securities. The index includes bonds from the Treasury, government-related and corporate securities, agency fixed rate and hybrid adjustable mortgage pass throughs, asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-based securities

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) AC World (Net) Index (“MSCI ACWI”)

A free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of 23 developed markets and 23 emerging markets (as of June 2, 2014). The index covers approximately 85% of the global investment opportunities.

 

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CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER

 

Ø  

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC

PERFORMANCE RESULTS

    

LOGO

 

Annualized Total Returns as of 12/31/14  
     1 Year     Since
Incept.
 

Portfolio – Class B Shares*

    1.85     1.03

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

    5.97        4.21  

*   Date of inception 10/30/13.

 

    Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized.

 

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

      

       

  

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The Portfolio’s Class B shares returned 1.85% for the year ended December 31, 2014. This compares to the returns of the following broad market benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned 5.97% over the same period.

Portfolio Highlights

For the period ended December 31, 2014

 

 

As of 12/31/2014, the Portfolio’s allocation consisted of 89.9% fixed income investments and 10.0% non-traditional (alternative) investments.

 

 

As the Federal Reserve wound down its quantitative easing program, and concerns flared about uneven global growth trends, most major fixed-income sectors provided positive returns in 2014, with the U.S. leading the way by a substantial margin. The Portfolio’s holdings in convertible securities, global inflation-linked bonds, and emerging market bonds boosted returns, while sectors including international government bonds and corporate bonds detracted from performance. The Portfolio’s diversification out of U.S. bonds, however, contributed to underperformance versus its benchmark.

 

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CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

Portfolio Allocation (as a percentage of Total Investment Companies)  
As of December 31, 2014        

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

     10.4

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

     10.2   

EQ/Convertible Securities Portfolio

     10.1   

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio

     9.9   

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio

     8.7   

iShares® International Treasury Bond ETF

     8.6   

iShares® JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

     6.3   

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

     6.2   

iShares® Floating Rate Bond ETF

     5.9   

EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio

     5.5   

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund, Institutional Class

     4.0   

Van Eck Unconstrained Emerging Markets Bond Fund, Institutional Class

     3.8   

SPDR® Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

     3.3   

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

     2.9   

PIMCO Foreign Bond Fund Unhedged, Institutional Class

     1.2   

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio

     1.0   

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF

     0.9   

iShares® Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     0.9   

PowerShares Global Short Term High Yield Bond Portfolio

     0.2   

UNDERSTANDING YOUR EXPENSES:

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

(1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (in the case of Class A and Class B shares of the Trust), and other Portfolio expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolio and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period ended December 31, 2014 and held for the entire six-month period.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Also note that the table does not reflect any variable life insurance or variable annuity contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses.

EXAMPLE

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/14
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/14
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
7/1/14 -
12/31/14
 

Class B

       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $981.37        $3.25   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.93        3.31   

*   Expenses are equal to the Portfolio’s Class B shares annualized expense ratio of 0.65%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, and multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

        

 

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AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

INVESTMENT COMPANIES:

   

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund, Institutional Class

    22,962      $ 204,594   

EQ/Convertible Securities Portfolio‡

    48,972        522,514   

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio‡

    15,193        151,502   

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio‡

    55,359        511,726   

EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio‡

    28,623        282,421   

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio‡

    51,289        528,668   

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio‡

    46,590        450,518   

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio‡

    54,423        535,972   

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio‡

    6,018        51,373   

iShares® Floating Rate Bond ETF

    6,050        305,767   

iShares® Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    900        45,666   

iShares® International Treasury Bond ETF

    4,570        442,284   

iShares® JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

    2,950        323,644   

Multimanager Core Bond
Portfolio‡

    32,310        320,349   
   

PIMCO Foreign Bond Fund Unhedged, Institutional Class

    6,416      $ 63,458   

PowerShares Global Short Term High Yield Bond Portfolio

    320        7,482   

SPDR® Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

    5,880        169,991   

Van Eck Unconstrained Emerging Markets Bond Fund, Institutional Class

    24,059        198,008   

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation- Protected Securities ETF

    950        45,828   
   

 

 

 

Total Investments (99.8%)
(Cost $5,256,018)

      5,161,765   

Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.2%)

      9,071   
   

 

 

 

Net Assets (100%)

    $ 5,170,836   
   

 

 

 

 

Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The holdings in affiliated Investment Companies are all Class K shares.

 

 

Investments in companies which were affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

Securities

  Value
December 31,
2013
    Purchases
at Cost
    Sales
at Cost
    Value
December 31,
2014
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)†
 

CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio (a)(aa)(bb)(cc)

  $ 183,007      $ 8,380      $ 1,860      $      $      $ (5,371 )(dd) 

EQ/Convertible Securities Portfolio

    372,772        225,523        93,690        522,514        9,824        10,182   

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (aa)

           42,007        17,091        151,502        2,369        (3

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio

    358,149        227,587        65,324        511,726        4,798        6,639   

EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio (bb)

    192,989        127,597        52,898        282,421        11,931        99   

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

    359,582        229,967        64,748        528,668        3,473        417   

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio

    296,333        222,191        75,948        450,518        21,768        223   

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

    545,609        177,459        185,252        535,972        3,417        (838

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio (cc)

           15,508        6,409        51,373        643        (1

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

    356,877        121,676        159,668        320,349        7,367        2,642   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $     2,665,318      $     1,397,895      $     722,888      $     3,355,043      $     65,590      $     13,989   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

When applicable, realized gain includes net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios.
(a) Formerly known as Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio.
(aa)

On April 21, 2014 the Portfolio exchanged a portion of its Class K shares in CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio for Class K shares of the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio in the amount of $126,855, representing 32,393 shares of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio and 12,716 shares of EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, as a taxable transfer. These amounts are not reflected in the purchases and sales listed above. The amount above includes a portion of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio’s realized gains.

(bb)

On April 21, 2014 the Portfolio exchanged a portion of its Class K shares in CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio for Class K shares of the EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio in the amount of $23,732, representing 6,060 shares of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio and 2,286 shares of EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio, as a taxable transfer. These amounts are not reflected in the purchases and sales listed above. The amount above includes a portion of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio’s realized gains.

(cc)

On April 21, 2014 the Portfolio exchanged a portion of its Class K shares in CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio for Class K shares of the EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio in the amount of $41,976, representing 10,719 shares of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio and 4,956 shares of EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio, as a taxable transfer. These amounts are not reflected in the purchases and sales listed above. The amount above includes a portion of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio’s realized gains.

(dd) $(5,371) of the realized gain (loss) was due to the in-kind transactions noted above.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014:

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

         
Investment Type  

Level 1

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical
Securities

   

Level 2

Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(including quoted prices
for similar securities,
interest rates,
prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3

Significant Unobservable
Inputs (including the
Portfolio’s own
assumptions in
determining the fair
value of investments)

    Total  

Assets:

       

Investment Companies

       

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

  $ 1,340,662      $      $      $ 1,340,662   

Investment Companies

    466,060        3,355,043               3,821,103   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 1,806,722      $ 3,355,043      $      $ 5,161,765   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

  $      $      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     1,806,722      $     3,355,043      $         —      $     5,161,765   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

The Portfolio held no derivatives contracts during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Investment security transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Cost of Purchases:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $     2,065,806   

Net Proceeds of Sales and Redemptions:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $ 859,072   

As of December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 25,845   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

    (119,896
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (94,051
 

 

 

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

  $     5,255,816   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value:

 

Affiliated Issuers (Cost $3,379,320)

  $ 3,355,043   

Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $1,876,698)

    1,806,722   

Cash

    50,233   

Receivable from investment manager

    8,139   

Receivable from Separate Accounts for Trust shares sold

    2,759   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

    888   

Receivable for securities sold

    56   

Other assets

    16   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    5,223,856   
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Distribution fees payable – Class B

    1,091   

Trustees’ fees payable

    117   

Payable for securities purchased

    105   

Payable to Separate Accounts for Trust shares redeemed

    5   

Accrued expenses

    51,702   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    53,020   
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 5,170,836   
 

 

 

 

Net assets were comprised of:

 

Paid in capital

  $ 5,273,035   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

    3,313   

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

    (11,259

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (94,253
 

 

 

 

Net assets

  $ 5,170,836   
 

 

 

 

Class B

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $5,170,836 / 530,484 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.001 par value)

  $ 9.75   
 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends ($65,590 of dividend income received from affiliates)

  $ 112,790   

Interest

    37   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    112,827   
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Custodian fees

    75,100   

Professional fees

    47,115   

Administrative fees

    37,499   

Offering costs

    14,593   

Distribution fees – Class B

    11,556   

Investment management fees

    6,934   

Printing and mailing expenses

    1,034   

Trustees’ fees

    241   

Miscellaneous

    938   
 

 

 

 

Gross expenses

    195,010   

Less:   Waiver from investment manager

    (44,432

            Reimbursement from investment advisor

    (120,534
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    30,044   
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

    82,783   
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments ($(6,429) of realized gain (loss) from affiliates)

    (6,095

Net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios (All realized gains received from affiliates)

    20,418   
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    14,323   
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments ($20,089 of change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from affiliates)

    (33,766
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    (19,443
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 63,340   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
    October 30, 2013* to
December 31, 2013
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 82,783      $ 36,555   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios

    14,323        (20

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (33,766     (60,487
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    63,340        (23,952
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

   

Dividends from net investment income

   

Class B

    (114,004     (45,191

Distributions from net realized capital gains

   

Class B

           (3,835

Return of capital

   

Class B

           (10,639
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

    (114,004     (59,665
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARES TRANSACTIONS:

   

Class B

   

Capital shares sold [ 163,708 and 405,613 shares, respectively ]

    1,645,717        4,055,764   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions [ 11,708 and 6,094 shares, respectively ]

    114,004        59,665   

Capital shares repurchased [ (56,635) and (4) shares, respectively ]

    (569,991     (42
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    1,189,730        4,115,387   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    1,139,066        4,031,770   

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    4,031,770          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (a)

  $ 5,170,836      $ 4,031,770   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Includes accumulated undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss) of

  $ 3,313      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 *    The Portfolio commenced operations on October 30, 2013.

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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CHARTERSM FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

Class B   Year Ended
December 31, 2014
    October 30, 2013* to
December 31, 2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 9.79      $ 10.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

   

Net investment income (loss) (e)(x)

    0.18        0.09   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

        (0.15
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.18        (0.06
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

   

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.22     (0.11

Distributions from net realized gains

           (0.01

Return of capital

           (0.03
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.22     (0.15
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 9.75      $ 9.79   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (b)

    1.85     (0.63 )% 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

  $     5,171      $     4,032   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

   

After waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)

    0.65     0.65

Before waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)

    4.22     3.83

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

   

After waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)(x)

    1.79     5.39 %(l) 

Before waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)(x)

    (1.78 )%      2.21 %(l) 

Portfolio turnover rate (z)^

    19     19
* Commencement of Operations.
# Per share amount is less than $0.005.
^ Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(a) Ratios for periods less than one year are annualized.
(b) Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Expenses do not include the expenses of the underlying funds (“indirect expenses”).
(l) The annualized ratio of net investment income to average net assets may not be indicative of operating results for a full year.
(x) Recognition of net investment income is affected by the timing of dividend declarations by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
(z) Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one year is not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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CHARTERSM EQUITY PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER

 

Ø  

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC

PERFORMANCE RESULTS

    

LOGO

 

Annualized Total Returns as of 12/31/14  
     1 Year     Since
Incept.
 

Portfolio – Class B Shares*

    2.24     5.05

MSCI AC World (Net) Index

    4.16        5.81   

*   Date of inception 10/30/13.

 

    Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized.

      

       

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The Portfolio’s Class B shares returned 2.24% for the year ended December 31, 2014. This compares to the returns of the following broad market benchmark, the MSCI AC World (Net) Index, which returned 4.16% over the same period.

Portfolio Highlights

For the year ended December 31, 2014

 

 

As of 12/31/2014, the Portfolio’s allocation consisted of 97.7% equity investments and 2.3% non-traditional (alternative) investments.

 

 

As the world’s economies diverged, U.S. economic growth drove stocks to higher levels, while international stocks were hurt by the rising dollar, global political tensions and sputtering economies in Europe and Japan. In this environment, the Portfolio underperformed its benchmark, largely due to investments in several actively managed portfolios in both the U.S. equity and commodities sectors, which underperformed their benchmarks.

 

Portfolio Allocation (as a percentage of Total Investment Companies)  
As of December 31, 2014        

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio

     12.1

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio

     10.1   

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio

     7.7   

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

     7.5   

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

     7.3   

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio

     5.2   

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio

     5.2   

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio

     5.1   

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio

     5.1   

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio

     5.0   

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio

     5.0   

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio

     4.9   

Templeton Global Smaller Companies, Advisor Class

     4.0   

AXA SmartBeta Equity Portfolio

     2.6   

EQ/Low Volatility Global ETF Portfolio

     2.6   

Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap, Advisor Class

     2.4   

Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio, Institutional Class

     2.4   

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio

     2.3   

AXA/Lord Abbett Micro Cap Portfolio

     2.3   

iShares® MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

     0.7   

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

     0.5   

 

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CHARTERSM EQUITY PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

UNDERSTANDING YOUR EXPENSES:

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

(1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (in the case of Class A and Class B shares of the Trust), and other Portfolio expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolio and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period ended December 31, 2014 and held for the entire six-month period.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Also note that the table does not reflect any variable life insurance or variable annuity contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses.

EXAMPLE

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/14
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/14
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
7/1/14 -
12/31/14
 

Class B

       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $980.03        $3.24   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.93        3.31   

*   Expenses are equal to the Portfolio’s Class B shares annualized expense ratio of 0.65%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, and multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

        

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

INVESTMENT COMPANIES:

   

AXA SmartBeta Equity Portfolio‡

    13,218      $ 141,433   

AXA/Lord Abbett Micro Cap Portfolio*‡

    11,240        121,088   

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio‡

    13,789        275,174   

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio‡

    12,926        278,064   

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio‡

    26,085        541,600   

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio‡

    29,298        265,255   

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio‡

    5,054        280,890   

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio‡

    73,812        651,096   

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio‡

    17,979        270,014   

EQ/Low Volatility Global ETF Portfolio‡

    13,409        139,599   

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio‡

    59,258        394,186   

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio*‡

    22,566        405,594   

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio*‡

    7,429        271,875   

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio*‡

    23,651        270,538   

iShares® Micro-Cap ETF

    310        23,864   
   

iShares® MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

    800      $ 37,368   

Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.-Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio, Institutional Class

    6,683        128,043   

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio‡

    29,092        411,668   

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio

    6,050        125,417   

Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap, Advisor Class

    10,406        128,416   

Templeton Global Smaller Companies, Advisor Class

    25,007        216,307   
   

 

 

 

Total Investments (99.9%)
(Cost $5,405,808)

      5,377,489   

Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.1%)

      2,983   
   

 

 

 

Net Assets (100%)

    $ 5,380,472   
   

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing.
Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The holdings in affiliated Investment Companies are all Class K shares.

 

 

Investments in companies which were affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

Securities

  Value
December 31,
2013
    Purchases
at Cost
    Sales
at Cost
    Value
December 31,
2014
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)†
 

AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio (a)

  $ 196,354      $ 24,249      $ 220,430      $      $      $ 2,868   

AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio (b)

    307,880        20,570            328,258                      3,597   

AXA SmartBeta Equity Portfolio

    104,344        41,212        9,338            141,433        2,607        962   

AXA/Lord Abbett Micro Cap Portfolio

           111,739        6,915        121,088               9   

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio

        203,508            116,283        26,935        275,174        795        27,180   

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio

    204,411        80,444        26,325        278,064        3,398        148   

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio

    422,939        159,844        86,957        541,600        4,782        2,117   

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio

    189,225        116,290        32,286        265,255        2,034        697   

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio

    206,378        95,029        19,499        280,890        1,362            8,596   

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio

           766,028        46,947        651,096            21,785        (68

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio

    205,658        81,189        33,749        270,014        4,143        225   

EQ/Low Volatility Global ETF Portfolio

    101,599        40,864        9,341        139,599        3,216        1   

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

    305,325        168,621        42,544        394,186        4,645        15,253   

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

    328,400        182,705        59,642        405,594               48,035   

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio

    204,829        81,346        35,725        271,875               749   

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio

    205,424        109,723        26,942        270,538               28,403   

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio

    316,427        117,380        39,372        411,668        2,694        186   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $     3,502,701      $     2,313,516      $     1,051,205      $     4,718,074      $ 51,461      $     138,958   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

When applicable, realized gain includes net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios.
(a) Formerly known as EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio.
(b) Formerly known as EQ/International Value PLUS Portfolio.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014:

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

         
Investment Type   Level 1
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical
Securities
    Level 2
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(including quoted prices
for similar securities,
interest rates,
prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)
    Level 3
Significant Unobservable
Inputs (including the
Portfolio’s own
assumptions in
determining the fair
value of investments)
    Total  

Assets:

       

Investment Companies

       

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

  $ 186,649      $      $      $ 186,649   

Investment Companies

    472,766        4,718,074               5,190,840   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 659,415      $ 4,718,074      $      $ 5,377,489   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

  $      $      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     659,415      $     4,718,074      $         —      $     5,377,489   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

The Portfolio held no derivatives contracts during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Investment security transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Cost of Purchases:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $ 2,492,055   

Net Proceeds of Sales and Redemptions:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $     1,179,499   

As of December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 210,192   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

    (238,444
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (28,252
 

 

 

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

  $   5,405,741   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value:

 

Affiliated Issuers (Cost $4,755,558)

  $ 4,718,074   

Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $650,250)

    659,415   

Cash

    41,106   

Receivable from investment manager

    15,022   

Receivable for securities sold

    73   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

    4   

Other assets

    17   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    5,433,711   
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Distribution fees payable – Class B

    1,103   

Trustees’ fees payable

    113   

Payable to Separate Accounts for Trust shares redeemed

    39   

Accrued expenses

    51,984   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    53,239   
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 5,380,472   
 

 

 

 

Net assets were comprised of:

 

Paid in capital

  $ 5,304,302   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

    3,166   

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

    101,323   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (28,319
 

 

 

 

Net assets

  $ 5,380,472   
 

 

 

 

Class B

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $5,380,472 / 529,959 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.001 par value)

  $ 10.15   
 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends ($51,461 of dividend income received from affiliates)

  $ 60,601   

Interest

    40   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    60,641   
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Custodian fees

    95,600   

Professional fees

    47,115   

Administrative fees

    37,600   

Offering costs

    14,593   

Distribution fees – Class B

    11,619   

Investment management fees

    6,972   

Printing and mailing expenses

    1,032   

Trustees’ fees

    239   

Miscellaneous

    939   
 

 

 

 

Gross expenses

    215,709   

Less:   Waiver from investment manager

    (44,572

           Reimbursement from investment manager

    (140,928
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    30,209   
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

    30,432   
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments ($11,194 of realized gain (loss) from affiliates)

    12,491   

Net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios ($127,764 received from affiliates)

    130,362   
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    142,853   
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments ($(46,938) of change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from affiliates)

    (59,337
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    83,516   
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 113,948   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
    October 30, 2013* to
December 31, 2013
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 30,432      $ 36,402   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and net distributions of realized gain received from Underlying Portfolios

    142,853        75,755   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (59,337     31,018   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    113,948        143,175   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

   

Dividends from net investment income

   

Class B

    (58,631     (61,734

Distributions from net realized capital gains

   

Class B

    (66,937     (13,706
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

    (125,568     (75,440
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARES TRANSACTIONS:

   

Class B

   

Capital shares sold [ 134,351 and 403,507 shares, respectively ]

    1,376,720        4,035,655   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions [ 12,141 and 7,512 shares, respectively ]

    125,568        75,440   

Capital shares repurchased [ (27,552) and 0 shares, respectively ]

    (289,026       
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    1,213,262        4,111,095   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    1,201,642        4,178,830   

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of period

    4,178,830          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (a)

  $ 5,380,472      $ 4,178,830   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Includes accumulated undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss) of

  $ 3,166      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 *    The Portfolio commenced operations on October 30, 2013.

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

Class B   Year Ended
December 31, 2014
    October 30, 2013* to
December 31, 2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 10.17      $ 10.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

   

Net investment income (loss) (e)(x)

    0.07        0.09   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.16        0.26   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.23        0.35   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions:

   

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.11     (0.15

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.14     (0.03
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.25     (0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $     10.15      $     10.17   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (b)

    2.24     3.61
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

  $ 5,380      $ 4,179   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets:

   

After waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)

    0.65     0.65

Before waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)

    4.64     3.81

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

   

After waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)(x)

    0.65     5.32 %(l) 

Before waivers and reimbursements (a)(f)(x)

    (3.34 )%      2.17 %(l) 

Portfolio turnover rate (z)^

    25     10
* Commencement of Operations.
^ Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(a) Ratios for periods less than one year are annualized.
(b) Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Expenses do not include the expenses of the underlying funds (“indirect expenses”).
(l) The annualized ratio of net investment income to average net assets may not be indicative of operating results for a full year.
(x) Recognition of net investment income is affected by the timing of dividend declarations by the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
(z) Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one year is not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Note  1 Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on October 2, 2001 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company with twenty-eight diversified Portfolios (each a “Portfolio” and together “the Portfolios”). These financial statements present two of the Portfolios. The investment manager to each Portfolio is AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”).

On October 30, 2013, AXA Equitable contributed $4,000,000 in seed capital into Class B shares of each of the Portfolios presented in these financial statements.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trust’s officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with certain vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust. However, based on experience, the Trust and management expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Portfolios are types of mutual funds often described as “fund-of-funds.” Each of the Portfolios presented in these financial statements (each a “Charter Allocation Portfolio” and together the “Charter Allocation Portfolios”) pursues its investment objective by investing in other affiliated mutual funds within the EQ Advisors Trust, managed by FMG LLC and other unaffiliated investment companies or exchange-traded funds.

The Trust issues three classes of shares, Class A, Class B and Class K. The Class A and Class B shares are each subject to distribution fees imposed under distribution plans (“Distribution Plans”) adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Portfolios presented in these financial statements only offer Class B Shares. Under the Trust’s multiple class distribution system, each class of shares has identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, other than the payment of distribution fees under the applicable Distribution Plan. The Trust’s shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts issued by AXA Equitable, AXA Life and Annuity Company and other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies and to the AXA Equitable 401(k) Plan. Shares also may be sold to other tax-qualified retirement plans and to portfolios of EQ Advisors Trust.

The investment objectives of each Portfolio are as follows:

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio — Seeks a high level of current income.

CharterSM Equity Portfolio — Seeks long-term capital appreciation.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the Trust:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Portfolios are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic
946 - Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. GAAP.

Valuation:

Equity securities (including securities issued by Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)) listed on national securities exchanges are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the date of valuation or, if there is no sale or official closing price, at the latest available bid price. Securities listed on the NASDAQ stock market will be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price

 

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(“NOCP”). Generally, the NOCP will be the last sale price unless the reported trade for the security is outside the range of the bid/ask price. In such cases, the NOCP will be normalized to the nearer of the bid or ask price. Other unlisted stocks are valued at their last sale price or official closing price, or if there is no such price, at a bid price estimated by a broker.

Investments in shares of open-end mutual funds (other than ETFs) held by a Portfolio will be valued at the net asset value of the shares of such funds as described in these funds’ prospectuses.

If market quotations are not readily available for a security or other financial instruments, such securities and instruments shall be referred to the Trust’s Valuation Committee (“Committee”), who will value the assets in good faith pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (“Pricing Procedures”) of the Trust (the “Board”).

The Board is responsible for ensuring that appropriate valuation methods are used to price securities for the Trust’s Portfolios. The Board has delegated the responsibility of calculating the net asset values (“NAVs”) of the Trust’s Portfolios and classes pursuant to these Pricing Procedures to the Trust’s administrator, FMG LLC (in its capacity as administrator, the “Administrator”). The Administrator has entered into a sub-administration agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Sub-Administrator”) to assist in performing certain of the duties described herein. The Committee, established by the Board, determines the value of the Trust’s securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which valuation cannot otherwise be provided in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. The Committee is comprised of senior employees from FMG LLC.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such securities, the fair value may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of a Portfolio’s assets or liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

 

   

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices of similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

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

A summary of inputs used to value each Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014 is included in the Portfolios of Investments. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level. The Portfolios’ policy is to recognize transfers into and transfers out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. Transfers between levels are included after the Summary of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 inputs, following the Portfolio of Investments for each Portfolio. Transfers between levels may be due to a decline or an increase in market activity (e.g., frequency of trades), which may result in a lack of, or increase in, available market inputs to determine price.

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3, if material, are included in the Level 3 reconciliation following the Portfolio of Investments for each Portfolio.

The inputs or methodology used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input, both individually and in aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Committee meets and reviews reports based on the valuation technique used to value each particular Level 3 security. In connection with this review, the Committee obtains, when available, updates from its pricing vendors and investment sub-advisers (“Advisers”) for each fair valued

 

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security. For example, with respect to model driven prices, the Committee receives a report regarding a review and recalculation of pricing models and related discounts. For securities valued based on broker quotes, the Committee evaluates variances between existing broker quotes and any alternative broker quotes provided by an Adviser or other pricing source.

To substantiate unobservable inputs used in fair valuation, the Secretary of the Committee performs an independent verification and additional research for all fair value notifications received from its pricing agent. Among other factors, particular areas of focus include: description of security, historical pricing, intra-day price movement, last trade information, corporate actions, related securities, any available company news and announcements, any available trade data and actions taken by other clients of the pricing vendor. The Committee also notes the materiality of holdings and price changes on portfolio NAVs.

The Committee reviews and considers changes in value for all fair valued securities that have occurred since the last review.

Pursuant to procedures approved by the Board, events or circumstances affecting the values of portfolio securities that occur between the closing of their principal markets and the time the net asset value is determined may be reflected in the Trust’s calculation of net asset values for each applicable Portfolio when the Manager deems that the particular event or circumstance would materially affect such Portfolio’s net asset value. At December 31, 2014, none of the Portfolios applied these procedures.

Security Transactions and Investment Income:

Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date net of brokerage fees, commissions, and transfer fees. Dividend income (net of withholding tax) and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Trust is informed of the ex-dividend date. Interest income (including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on long-term securities using the effective yield method) and interest expense are accrued daily. The Trust records paydown gains and losses realized on prepayments received on mortgage-backed securities as an adjustment to interest income.

The Portfolios record distributions received in excess of income from underlying investments as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Such amounts are based on estimates if actual amounts are not available and actual amounts of income, realized gain and return of capital may differ from the estimated amounts. The Portfolios adjust the estimated amounts of components of distributions (and consequently its net investment income) as necessary once the issuers provide information about the actual composition of the distributions.

Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are computed on the basis of the specific identified cost of the investments sold. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities, if any, is presented net of deferred taxes on unrealized gains in each Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Allocation of Expenses and Income:

Expenses attributable to a single Portfolio or class are charged to that Portfolio or class. Expenses of the Trust not attributable to a single Portfolio or class are charged to each Portfolio or class in proportion to the average net assets of each Portfolio or other appropriate allocation methods.

Offering costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 by the Portfolios shown below were:

 

Portfolios:

  Amount  

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $ 17,579   

CharterSM Equity

    17,579   

 

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Offering costs are amortized by the Portfolios over a twelve-month period on a straight-line basis.

All income earned and expenses incurred by each Portfolio are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Portfolio represented by the daily net assets of such class, except for distribution fees which are charged on a class specific basis.

Taxes:

The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”) and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders of each Portfolio. Therefore, no Federal, state and local income tax provisions is required.

The Portfolios are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. However, the Portfolios’ conclusions may be subject to future review based on changes in, or the interpretation of, the accounting standards or tax laws and regulations. The Portfolios recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Portfolios did not incur any interest or penalties. Each of the tax years in the four-year period ended December 31, 2014 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service, state and local taxing authorities.

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually for all Portfolios. Dividends from net realized short-term and long-term capital gains are declared and distributed at least annually to the shareholders of the Portfolios to which such gains are attributable. All dividends are reinvested in additional full and fractional shares of the related Portfolios. All distributions are calculated on a tax basis and, as such, the amounts may differ from financial statement investment income and realized gains. In addition, short-term capital gains and foreign currency gains are treated as capital gains for U.S. GAAP purposes but are considered ordinary income for tax purposes. Capital and net specified losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of a Portfolio’s next taxable year. The tax composition of distributed and undistributed income and gains for the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2014     Year Ended December 31, 2013  

Portfolios:

  Distributed
Ordinary
Income
    Distributed
Long Term
Gains
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Long Term
Gains
    Distributed
Ordinary
Income
    Distributed
Long Term
Gains
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Long Term
Gains
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $ 114,004      $      $ 1,986      $      $ 45,191      $ 3,835      $      $   

CharterSM Equity

    64,198        61,370        3,898        100,524        61,734        13,706               47,664   

There was no Return of Capital for any Portfolios during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Additionally, the following Portfolio had a Return of Capital during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

Portfolio:

  Return of Capital  

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $ 10,639   

Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions resulted in reclassifications to undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) and paid-in capital at December 31, 2014 as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
    Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Paid In
Capital
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $ 34,534      $ (17,773   $ (16,761

CharterSM Equity

    31,365        (16,005     (15,360

 

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Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “RIC Mod Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Portfolios after December 31, 2010, may get carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long term losses. Prior to the RIC Mod Act, net capital losses incurred by the Portfolios were carried forward for up to eight years and treated as 100% short-term. The RIC Mod Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses, therefore some net capital loss carryforwards that would have been utilized under prior law may expire unused. Pre-enactment and post-enactment net capital losses that will be carried forward, if any, are presented in the table below.

The following Portfolio utilized net capital loss carryforwards during 2014 and/or have losses incurred that will be carried forward under the provisions of the RIC Mod Act as follows:

 

    Utilized     Losses Carried Forward  

Portfolio:

  Short Term     Long Term     Short Term     Long Term  

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $      $      $ 10,134      $   

 

Note  2 Management of the Trust

The Trust has entered into an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with FMG LLC. The Management Agreement for the Portfolios obligates the Manager to, among other things: (i) provide investment management and advisory services; (ii) render investment advice concerning the underlying funds in which to invest and the appropriate allocations for each of the Portfolios; (iii) implement and monitor the investment programs and results; (iv) apprise the Trustees/Trust of developments materially affecting the Portfolios; (v) oversee each Portfolio’s compliance with investment objectives and policies as well as the Trust’s compliance with various federal and state statutes; and (vi) carry out the directives of the Board. For the year ended December 31, 2014, for its services under the Management Agreement, the Manager was entitled to receive an annual fee as a percentage of average daily net assets, for each of the following Portfolios, calculated daily and payable monthly as follows:

 

Portfolios:

 

Management Fee

CharterSM Fixed Income

  0.150% of average daily net assets

CharterSM Equity

  0.150% of average daily net assets

 

Note  3 Administrative Fees

Pursuant to an administrative agreement (“Mutual Funds Service Agreement”), the Administrator provides the Trust with necessary administrative, fund accounting, and compliance services. In addition, the Administrator makes available the office space, equipment, personnel and facilities required to provide such administrative services to the Trust. FMG LLC may carry out its responsibilities either directly or through sub-contracting with third party providers. For these services, the Trust pays to FMG LLC, as Administrator, an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule:

Each Charter Allocation Portfolio pays the greater of $32,500 or its proportionate share of an asset-based administration fee. The asset-based administration fee is equal to an annual rate of 0.15% of the aggregate average daily net assets of the Charter Allocation Portfolios (the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, CharterSM Conservative Portfolio, CharterSM Moderate Portfolio, CharterSM Moderate Growth Portfolio, CharterSM Growth Portfolio, CharterSM Aggressive Growth Portfolio, CharterSM Equity Portfolio, CharterSM International Conservative Portfolio, CharterSM International Moderate Portfolio, CharterSM International Growth Portfolio, CharterSM Income Strategies Portfolio, CharterSM Interest Rate Strategies Portfolio, CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio (prior to conversion known as Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio), CharterSM Real Assets Portfolio, CharterSM Small Cap Growth Portfolio (prior to conversion known as Multimanager Small Cap Growth Portfolio), CharterSM Small Cap Value Portfolio (prior to conversion known as Multimanager Small Cap Growth Portfolio), CharterSM Alternative 100 Conservative Plus Portfolio,

 

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CharterSM Alternative 100 Moderate Portfolio, and CharterSM Alternative 100 Growth Portfolio), including Portfolios of the Trust not presented in these financial statements.

Prior to October 1, 2014, the administration fee for the Charter Allocation Portfolios was as follows:

(i) $32,500 for each Charter Allocation Portfolio; plus

(ii) With respect to the Charter Allocation Portfolios:

0.150% of the total average net assets.

To be calculated on a per Portfolio basis.

Pursuant to a sub-administration agreement with FMG LLC, the Sub-Administrator provides the Trust with administrative services, including monitoring of portfolio compliance and portfolio accounting services.

 

Note  4 Custody Fees

The Trust has entered into a Custody Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (in this capacity, the “Custodian”). The Custody Agreement provides for an annual fee based on the amount of assets under custody plus transaction charges. The Custodian serves as custodian of the Trust’s portfolio securities and other assets. Under the terms of the Custody Agreement between the Trust and the Custodian, the Custodian maintains and deposits in each Portfolio’s account, cash, securities and other assets of the Portfolios. The Custodian is also required, upon the order of the Trust, to deliver securities held by the Custodian, and to make payments for securities purchased by the Trust. The Custodian has also entered into sub-custodian agreements with a number of foreign banks and clearing agencies, pursuant to which portfolio securities purchased outside the U.S. are maintained in the custody of these entities.

 

Note  5 Distribution Plans

The Trust has entered into distribution agreements with AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors” or the “Distributor”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable and an affiliate of FMG LLC, pursuant to which the Distributor serves as the principal underwriter of the Class A, Class B and Class K shares of the Trust. The Trust has adopted in the manner prescribed under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act a plan of distribution pertaining to each of the Class A and Class B shares of the Trust (“Distribution Plans”). The Distribution Plans provide that the Distributor will be entitled to receive a maximum distribution fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to each of the Trust’s Class A and Class B shares for which it provides service.

 

Note  6 Expense Limitation

In the interest of limiting through April 30, 2015 (unless the Board consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) the expenses of certain Portfolios, FMG LLC has entered into an expense limitation agreement with the Trust (“Expense Limitation Agreement”). Pursuant to that Expense Limitation Agreement, FMG LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees so that the annual operating expenses of each Portfolio (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, expenses of Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each Portfolio’s business), do not exceed the following annualized rates:

 

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    Maximum Annual  Operating
Expense Limit
 

Portfolios:

  Class K     Class A+     Class B+  

CharterSM Fixed Income*

    N/A        N/A        0.65

CharterSM Equity*

    N/A        N/A        0.65   

 

+ Includes amounts payable pursuant to Rule 12b-1
* Portfolio currently only has Class B shares registered

FMG LLC first waives its management fees, then waives its administration fees, and then reimburses a Portfolio’s expenses out of its own resources. FMG LLC may be reimbursed the amount of any such payments or waivers in the future provided that the payments or waivers are reimbursed within three years of the payments or waivers being made and the combination of the Portfolio’s expense ratio and such reimbursements do not exceed the Portfolio’s expense cap. If the actual expense ratio is less than the expense cap and FMG LLC has recouped any eligible previous payments or waivers made, the Portfolio will be charged such lower expenses. FMG LLC’s selection of Underlying Portfolios and Underlying ETFs may positively or negatively impact its obligations under the Expense Limitation Agreement and its ability to recoup previous payments or waivers made under the Expense Limitation Agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2014, FMG LLC received total recoupments of $1,252,578 of Portfolios of the Trust not included in these financial statements.

Recoupments in excess of waivers during the period would be presented as Recoupment Fees in the Statement of Operations. At December 31, 2014, under the Expense Limitation Agreement, the amount that would be recoverable from each Portfolio is as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  2015     2016     2017     Total Eligible
For
Reimbursement
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $      $ 59,171      $ 164,966      $ 224,137   

CharterSM Equity

           59,165        185,500        244,665   

 

Note  7 Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan

A deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of the Independent Trustees has been adopted by the Trust. Under the Plan, each Trustee may defer payment of all or part of the fees payable for such Trustee’s services. Each Trustee may defer payment of such fees until their retirement as a Trustee or until the earlier attainment of a specified age. Fees deferred under the Plan, together with accrued earnings thereon, will be disbursed to a participating Trustee in monthly installments over a five- to twenty-year period elected by such Trustee. At December 31, 2014, the total amount deferred by the Trustees participating in the Plan was $804,974.

 

Note  8 Percentage of Ownership by Affiliates

At December 31, 2014, AXA Equitable held investments in each of the Portfolios as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  Percentage of
Ownership
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

    78.27

CharterSM Equity

    78.77   

Shares of affiliated underlying investment companies may be held by the Portfolios. The following tables represent the percentage of ownership that each Portfolio has in each respective affiliated underlying investment company’s net assets as of December 31, 2014, including Portfolios of the Trust not presented in these financial statements.

 

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Portfolios:

  CharterSM
Fixed
Income
    CharterSM
Equity
 

EQ/Energy ETF

       

EQ/Low Volatility Global ETF

           1.95   

AXA SmartBeta Equity

           1.12   

AXA/Lord Abbett Micro Cap

           0.10   

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth

           0.01   

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity

           0.01   

EQ/Capital Guardian Research

           0.15   

EQ/Convertible Securities

    2.51          

EQ/Core Bond Index

          

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS

           0.57   

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value

           0.01   

EQ/Global Bond PLUS

    0.15          

EQ/High Yield Bond

    0.15          

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond

    0.01          

EQ/International Equity Index

           0.04   

EQ/Invesco Comstock

           0.12   

EQ/MFS International Growth

           0.03   

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth

           0.04   

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return

    1.35          

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond

    0.03          

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS

          

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

           0.04   

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth

           0.06   

Multimanager Core Bond

    0.05          

Multimanager Mid Cap Value

           0.19   

 

# Percentage of ownership is less than 0.005%.

 

Note  9 Substitution, Reorganization and In-Kind Transactions

The following transactions occurred during 2014:

At a meeting held on April 10, 2014, the shareholders approved the conversion of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio (“CMSB”), known at the time as Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio, into a fund-of-funds structure. The conversion was effected on April 21, 2014.

Simultaneous with the conversion, there was a redemption in-kind by certain of the AXA Allocation Portfolios, Charter Allocation Portfolios and Target Allocation Portfolios (“Allocation Portfolios”) from Class K of CMSB. The redeeming Portfolios then contributed in-kind the securities and currency received from CMSB to EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio and received Class K shares of those Portfolios. Valuation of the securities and currency transferred was as of April 17, 2014 and was in accordance with the Portfolios’ valuation policy.

For U.S. GAAP and tax purposes, the transaction was treated as a sale on the conversion date. The resulting gain/loss based on the values of the securities and currency transferred are listed in the table below. The realized gain/loss is recorded in Net Realized Gain on Investments on the redeeming Portfolio’s Statements of Operations.

 

Portfolio:

  Value of
CMSB

Class K
Shares
Redeemed
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

  $ 192,563      $ (5,371

 

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The value of the securities and currency contributed in-kind by the Allocation Portfolios to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio and the corresponding Class K shares issued by those Portfolios was as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  Class K
Shares
Issued to
Allocation
Portfolios
    Value of
Securities
and Currency
Transferred by
Allocation
Funds
 

EQ/Core Bond Index (a)

    14,728,410      $ 146,930,927   

EQ/High Yield Bond (a)

    2,647,274        27,488,183   

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS (a)

    5,739,906        48,619,304   

 

(a) A portfolio of EQ Advisors Trust.

The value of shares redeemed in-kind and securities and currency contributed in-kind is excluded from the respective Portfolios’ portfolio turnover calculation and excluded from cost of purchases and net proceeds of sales and redemptions.

At the date of the conversion, CMSB transferred securities and currency to the AXA Allocation Funds in relation to the redemption in-kind. CMSB then transferred its remaining securities and currency into EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio in exchange for Class K shares of those portfolios. Valuation of these securities transferred was as of April 17, 2014 and in accordance with the Portfolios’ valuation policy.

The redemption in-kind by the Allocation Portfolios from CMSB was treated as a sale for U.S. GAAP purposes. CMSB recognized a gain of $4,056,345 based on the value of the securities and currency transferred of $223,038,414 on the date of the conversion. The realized gain is recorded in Net Realized Gain on Investments on CMSB’s Statement of Operations. For tax purposes, the gain is not recognized by the Portfolio.

The contribution in-kind to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio was treated as a sale for U.S. GAAP purposes and accomplished through a taxable transfer. CMSB recognized a gain of $4,556,918 based on the value of the securities and currency transferred of $250,562,433 on the date of the conversion. The realized gain is recognized in Net Realized Gain on Investments on CMSB’s Statement of Operations. The value of the securities and currency contributed in-kind by CMSB to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio and the corresponding Class K shares issued by those Portfolios was as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  Class K
Shares
Issued to
CMSB
    Value of
Securities

and Currency
Transferred by
CMSB
 

EQ/Core Bond Index (a)

    16,545,151      $ 165,054,782   

EQ/High Yield Bond (a)

    2,974,905        30,890,166   

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS (a)

    6,448,041        54,617,485   

 

(a) A portfolio of EQ Advisors Trust.

The value of securities and currency transferred by CMSB to Allocation Portfolios and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio is excluded from the respective Portfolios’ portfolio turnover calculation and excluded from cost of purchases and net proceeds of sales and redemptions.

 

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Note  10 Subsequent Events

The Manager evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2014, the date of these financial statements, through the date these financial statements were issued and available. There were no subsequent events to report.

 

Note  11 Pending Legal Proceedings

In July 2011, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, entitled Mary Ann Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sivolella Litigation”). The lawsuit was filed derivatively on behalf of eight portfolios of EQ Advisors Trust, which is also managed by FMG LLC: EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio; EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio; EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio; AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio; and EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio (the “Sivolella Portfolios”). Note, in June 2014, the EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio was reorganized into the AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio. None of the Portfolios involved in the lawsuits are presented in these financial statements. The lawsuit seeks recovery under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, for alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC and AXA Equitable (the “Defendants”) for investment management services. The Plaintiff seeks recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contracts and restitution of all fees paid, interest, costs and fees. In October 2011, FMG LLC and AXA Equitable filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In November 2011, the Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint seeking the same relief, but adding new claims under: (1) Section 26(f) of the 1940 Act alleging that the variable annuity contracts sold by the Defendants charged excessive management fees, and seeking restitution and rescission of those contracts under Section 47(b) of the 1940 Act; and (2) a claim for unjust enrichment. The Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint in December 2011. In May 2012, the Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the Section 26(f) claim seeking restitution and rescission under Section 47(b). In September 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied the motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint as it related to the Section 36(b) claim and granted the motion as it related to the unjust enrichment claim.

In January 2013, a second lawsuit against FMG LLC was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by a group of plaintiffs asserting substantially similar claims under Section 36(b) and seeking substantially similar damages as in the Sivolella Litigation. The lawsuit entitled Glenn D. Sanford, et al. v. AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sanford Litigation”), was filed derivatively on behalf of the EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio, the EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio, the EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio, and the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, in addition to four of the Sivolella Portfolios. In light of the similarities of the allegations in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations, the Court consolidated the two lawsuits.

In April 2013, the Plaintiffs in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations amended the complaints to add additional claims under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act for recovery of alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC in its capacity as the Administrator of EQ Advisors Trust. The Plaintiffs seek recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contract and restitution of the excessive fees paid, interest, costs, and fees. In January 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment as well as various motions to strike certain of the Plaintiffs’ experts in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations. Also in January 2015, two Plaintiffs in the Sanford Litigation filed a motion for partial summary judgment relating to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio as well as motions in limine to bar admission of certain documents and preclude the testimony of one of Defendants’ experts.

No portfolios within the Trust are a party to the Sivolella or Sanford Litigation and any potential damages would be the responsibility of the Defendants. Therefore, no liability for litigation relating to these matters has been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios.

 

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AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

On November 1, 2010, the Trust and EQ Advisors Trust, and several of their respective portfolios, were named as defendants and putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in a lawsuit brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Committee”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware regarding Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The lawsuit relates to amounts paid to the Trust and EQ Advisors Trust, and several of their respective portfolios, as holders of publicly-traded shares of Tribune Company, which were components of certain broad-based securities market indices, for which there were public tender offers during 2007. The suit seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

The Committee’s suit has been consolidated with a number of related lawsuits around the United States into a single multi-district litigation proceeding now pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (In re: Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation).

The lawsuits do not allege any misconduct by the Trust, or its portfolios. The portfolios cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits. If the lawsuits were to be decided or settled in a manner adverse to the portfolios, the payment of such judgments or settlements could have an adverse effect on each portfolio’s net asset value. However, no liability for litigation relating to this matter has been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios, as FMG LLC believes a loss is not probable.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of AXA Premier VIP Trust

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the portfolios of AXA Premier VIP Trust listed in the Table of Contents to the Annual Report in which these financial statements appear (collectively referred to as the “Trust”) at December 31, 2014, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2014 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agents and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

February 19, 2015

 

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APPROVALS OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY AGREEMENTS DURING

THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)

At a meeting held on September 8-9, 2014, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not parties to the Agreement (as defined below) or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such parties or the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and unanimously approved the extension of the Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”) with respect to the Portfolios listed for an additional month (i.e., through September 30, 2015), so that the Agreement with respect to the Portfolios will continue for an additional one-year period through September 30, 2015, as discussed below.

AXA Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

AXA Conservative Allocation Portfolio

AXA Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio

AXA Moderate Allocation Portfolio

AXA Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio

(collectively, the “AXA Allocation Portfolios”)

Target 2015 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2025 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2035 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2045 Allocation Portfolio

(collectively, the “Target Allocation Portfolios”)

CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

CharterSM Small Cap Growth Portfolio

CharterSM Small Cap Value Portfolio

(collectively, the “Charter Portfolios”)

The Board noted that, at a meeting held on July 8, 2014, it had most recently considered and unanimously approved the renewal of the Agreement with FMG LLC with respect to the Portfolios for an additional one-year period through August 31, 2015. The Board further noted that FMG LLC had requested that the Board approve the extension of the Agreement with respect to the Portfolios for an additional month (i.e., through September 30, 2015) solely for the purposes of shifting the timing of the Board’s consideration of the annual renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Portfolios to its regularly-scheduled meeting typically held in September of each year and adjusting the annual renewal period for the Agreement with respect to the Portfolios to coincide with the annual renewal period for the Agreement with respect to the Trust’s other portfolios.

In reaching its decision to extend the Agreement with respect to each Portfolio through September 30, 2015, the Board considered the overall fairness of the Agreement and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. The Board further considered all factors it deemed relevant with respect to each Portfolio, including: (1) the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio by the Manager and its affiliates; (2) comparative performance information; (3) the level of the Portfolio’s management fee and the Portfolio’s expense ratios relative to those of peer funds; (4) the costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the Manager and its affiliates from their relationships with the Portfolio; (5) the anticipated effect of growth and size on the Portfolio’s performance and expenses, including any potential economies of scale; and (6) the “fall out” benefits to be realized by the Manager and its affiliates (i.e., any direct or indirect benefits to be derived by the Manager and its affiliates from their relationships with the Trust).

In connection with its deliberations, the Board took into account information prepared by the Manager, including memoranda and other materials addressing the factors set out above, and provided to the Trustees prior to the meeting. The Board also took into account information provided to the Trustees at prior Board meetings, including its meeting held on July 8, 2014. The information provided to the Trustees described, among other things, the services to be provided by the Manager, as well as the Manager’s investment personnel, proposed management fee, performance information, and other matters. During the meeting, the Trustees met with senior representatives of

 

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the Manager to discuss the Agreement and the information provided. The Independent Trustees met in advance of the meeting and in executive session during the meeting to review the information provided. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel during the meeting and during their deliberations regarding the Agreement, and also received materials discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Agreement. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective October 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedules that may lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees. At current asset levels, the changes effectively reduce the administration fee by up to $32,500 for each Charter Portfolio, but do not currently affect the administration fee for each of the AXA Allocation Portfolios and Target Allocation Portfolios.

In approving the extension of the Agreement with respect to each Portfolio through September 30, 2015, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the management fee was fair and reasonable and that the extension of the Agreement was in the best interests of the applicable Portfolio and its investors.

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)

At a meeting held on July 8, 2014, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not parties to the Agreement (as defined below) or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such parties or the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and unanimously approved the renewal of the Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”) with respect to the Portfolios listed.

AXA Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

AXA Conservative Allocation Portfolio

AXA Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio

AXA Moderate Allocation Portfolio

AXA Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio

(collectively, the “AXA Allocation Portfolios”)

Target 2015 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2025 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2035 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2045 Allocation Portfolio

(collectively, the “Target Allocation Portfolios”)

CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

CharterSM Small Cap Growth Portfolio

CharterSM Small Cap Value Portfolio

(collectively, the “Charter Portfolios”)

In reaching its decision to renew the Agreement with respect to each Portfolio, the Board considered the overall fairness of the Agreement and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. The Board further considered all factors it deemed relevant with respect to each Portfolio, including: (1) the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio by the Manager and its affiliates; (2) the investment performance of the Portfolio on both an absolute and a relative basis; (3) the level of the Portfolio’s management fee and the Portfolio’s expense ratios relative to those of peer funds; (4) the costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the Manager and its affiliates from their relationships with the Portfolio; (5) the anticipated effect of growth and size on the Portfolio’s performance and expenses, including any potential economies of scale; and (6) the “fall out” benefits to be realized by the Manager and its affiliates (i.e., any direct or indirect benefits to be derived by the Manager and its affiliates from their relationships with the Trust). In considering the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or information as all-important or controlling and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to each factor.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board took into account information provided throughout the year at regular and special Board meetings, as well as information provided specifically in connection with the annual renewal process. Information provided and discussed throughout the year included investment performance reports and related financial information for each Portfolio, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, legal, compliance, shareholder and other services provided by the Manager and its affiliates. Information provided and discussed specifically in connection with the annual renewal process included a report prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an independent organization, regarding each Portfolio, as well as additional material prepared by management regarding each Portfolio. Each Portfolio’s Lipper report compared that Portfolio’s expenses with those of other mutual funds (or peers) deemed by Lipper to be comparable to the Portfolio. The additional material prepared by management generally included Portfolio-by-Portfolio information showing each Portfolio’s management fees; expense ratios; expense limitation arrangements; investment performance (including performance information prepared by Lipper); and profitability information, including information regarding the profitability of the Manager’s operations on an overall Trust basis, as well as on a Portfolio-by-Portfolio basis. In addition, for each Portfolio, the Manager provided separate materials describing the Portfolio’s investment performance (including the Portfolio’s performance versus benchmark and peers for various time periods) and the services provided and the fees charged with respect to the Portfolio, and discussing whether the Portfolio had performed as expected over time and other matters.

 

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The Independent Trustees met in advance of the meeting at which the Board approved the renewal of the Agreement and in executive sessions during the meeting to review the information provided. Management representatives attended portions of the executive sessions to review and discuss matters relating to the Agreement and to provide additional information requested by the Independent Trustees. At the meeting and during the portions of the executive sessions attended by management, the Independent Trustees and management engaged in extensive discussions regarding the Agreement. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel during the meeting and during their deliberations regarding the Agreement, and also received materials discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Agreement. In addition, the Independent Trustees reviewed information and met during the year to discuss information relevant to their annual consideration of the Agreement.

Although the Board approved the renewal of the Agreement for all of the Portfolios at the same Board meeting, the Board considered each Portfolio separately. In approving the renewal of the Agreement with respect to each Portfolio, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the management fee was fair and reasonable and that the renewal of the Agreement was in the best interests of the applicable Portfolio and its investors. Although the Board gave attention to all information provided, the following discusses some of the primary factors that the Board deemed relevant to its decision to renew the Agreement.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board evaluated the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to each Portfolio and its investors by the Manager and its affiliates. In addition to the investment performance and expense information discussed below, the Board considered the Manager’s responsibilities with respect to each Portfolio and the Manager’s experience in serving as an investment adviser for the Portfolio and for portfolios and accounts similar to the Portfolio. The Board considered that the Manager is responsible for, among other things, developing investment strategies for the Portfolios; making investment decisions for the Portfolios; monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Portfolios; monitoring the investment operations and composition of the Portfolios and, in connection therewith, monitoring compliance with the Portfolios’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as well as the Portfolios’ compliance with applicable law; placing all orders for the purchase or sale of investments for the Portfolios; coordinating and managing the flow of information and communications relating to the Portfolios among the applicable parties; and implementing Board directives as they relate to the Portfolios. The Board also considered information regarding the Manager’s process for making investment decisions for the Portfolios, as well as information regarding the backgrounds of the personnel who perform those functions with respect to the Portfolios. The Board also considered that the Manager’s responsibilities include daily monitoring of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory and compliance risks as they relate to the Portfolios, and considered information regarding the Manager’s ongoing risk management activities.

The Board also considered, among other factors, periodic reports provided to the Board regarding the services provided by the Manager and its affiliates. The Board also considered the Portfolios’ Chief Compliance Officer’s evaluation of the Manager’s compliance program, policies, and procedures. In addition, the Board considered whether there were any pending lawsuits, enforcement proceedings or regulatory investigations involving the Manager and reviewed information regarding the Manager’s financial condition and history of operations and conflicts of interest in managing the Portfolios.

The Board also considered the benefits to investors from participation in an FMG LLC-sponsored mutual fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a wide range of portfolios, advisers and investment styles. In addition, the Board considered the nature, quality and extent of the administrative, investor servicing and distribution services that the Manager and its affiliates provide to the Portfolios and their shareholders. The Board also noted that, throughout the past year, the Manager and its affiliates had continued or undertaken initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust’s operations and investors’ experience with the FMG LLC-sponsored mutual funds.

The Board also considered strategic and other actions taken by the Manager in response to recent events within the mutual fund industry, including actions taken in response to financial regulatory reform and other regulatory initiatives, as well as other developments within the mutual fund industry. The Board also considered strategic and other actions taken by the Manager in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of the Manager in this context.

 

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Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the nature, quality and extent of the overall services provided by the Manager and its affiliates were appropriate for the Portfolio in light of its investment objectives and, thus, supported a decision to approve the renewal of the Agreement.

Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions with the Manager about Portfolio investment performance that occur at Board meetings throughout the year. In this regard, the Board noted that, as part of regularly scheduled Portfolio reviews and other reports to the Board on Portfolio performance, the Board periodically considered information regarding each Portfolio’s short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, as applicable, on both an absolute basis and relative to an appropriate broad-based securities market index (“benchmark”), a peer group of other mutual funds deemed by Lipper to be comparable to the Portfolio (“Lipper peer group”), and/or a custom volatility managed index (“VMI”) developed by the Manager and approved by the Board (which, in the case of certain Portfolios, may be a blended index comprising both broad-based and volatility-managed indexes). The performance information generally included, among other information, annual total returns, average annual total returns, cumulative returns and rolling period total returns. In evaluating the Portfolios’ performance, the Board generally considered long-term performance to be more important than short-term performance.

In addition, the Board received and reviewed information regarding each Portfolio’s performance relative to a benchmark, a Lipper peer group, and/or a VMI for the most recent one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods, as applicable, ended May 31, 2014, as discussed below. The Board noted that this information was provided specifically in connection with the annual renewal process. The Board took into account that the Lipper information reflected the investment performance of Class B shares of each Portfolio. The Board also considered that variations in performance among a Portfolio’s operating classes reflect variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board factored into its evaluation of each Portfolio’s performance the limitations inherent in Lipper’s methodology for developing and constructing peer groups and determining which mutual funds should be included in which peer groups. While recognizing these inherent limitations, the Board believed the independent analysis conducted by Lipper remained a useful measure of comparative performance.

AXA Allocation Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the AXA Allocation Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio operates as a fund-of-funds and invests in a combination of other investment companies (underlying portfolios) and recognized, therefore, that each Portfolio’s performance is based, in part, on the total returns of the underlying portfolios in which it invests.

The Board further considered that the underlying portfolios in which each Portfolio invests may employ a tactical volatility management strategy that is intended to reduce the volatility associated with investing in equity securities and to produce more favorable risk-adjusted returns over extended market cycles. The Board also noted that, for each Portfolio, the Manager had developed and implemented a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the Portfolio’s performance, and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a Portfolio’s performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark fails to take into account the impact of an integral part of the investment strategies of the underlying portfolios, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to the tactical volatility management strategies that the underlying portfolios may employ, the Board noted that the Manager generally considers a Portfolio’s performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more important than its performance relative to its benchmark. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ a tactical volatility management strategy like that employed by the underlying portfolios in which a Portfolio invests.

The Board evaluated the performance of each Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

AXA Aggressive Allocation, AXA Moderate Allocation and AXA Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolios. The Board considered that each of the AXA Aggressive Allocation, AXA Moderate Allocation and AXA Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolios had underperformed its Lipper peer group for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that each Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but the AXA Moderate Allocation Portfolio’s performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the five-year period. With respect to the benchmark performance comparisons, the Board considered each Portfolio’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index because each Portfolio had the majority of its assets allocated to equity securities.

 

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AXA Conservative Allocation Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the ten-year period ended on that date, and it had underperformed its VMI for the one-, three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the one-year period, and it had outperformed its VMI for the five-year period ended on that date. With respect to the benchmark performance comparison, the Board considered the Portfolio’s performance relative to the Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government Bond Index because the Portfolio had the majority of its assets allocated to fixed income securities.

AXA Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its Lipper peer group for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and it had underperformed its VMI for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the five-year period. With respect to the benchmark performance comparison, the Board considered the Portfolio’s performance relative to the Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government Bond Index because the Portfolio had the majority of its assets allocated to fixed income securities.

The Board factored into its evaluation of each AXA Allocation Portfolio’s performance the limitations inherent in comparing the performance of asset allocation funds, such as the Portfolios, which may invest in equity and debt securities, to the performance of a benchmark that consists entirely of equity or debt securities and to the performance of a Lipper peer group that includes funds that may allocate their assets between equity and debt securities in different percentages over time than the Portfolios and among other asset classes.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each AXA Allocation Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and/or VMI, as applicable, as well as actions being taken to enhance that Portfolio’s performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew the Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations and undertakings provided by the Manager regarding the performance of each AXA Allocation Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Target Allocation Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the Target Allocation Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio operates as a fund-of-funds and invests in a combination of other investment companies (underlying portfolios) and recognized, therefore, that each Portfolio’s performance is based, in part, on the total returns of the underlying portfolios in which it invests.

The Board evaluated the performance of each Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

The Board considered that each Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group and its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. With respect to the benchmark performance comparisons, the Board considered each Portfolio’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index because each Portfolio had the majority of its assets allocated to equity securities.

The Board factored into its evaluation of each Target Allocation Portfolio’s performance the limitations inherent in comparing the performance of time-weighted asset allocation funds, such as the Portfolios, which may invest in equity and debt securities, to the performance of a benchmark that consists entirely of equity or debt securities and to the performance of a Lipper peer group that includes funds that may allocate their assets between equity and debt securities in different percentages over time than the Portfolios and among other asset classes. The Board also took note of the relatively small size of each Target Allocation Portfolio and the likely impact that a Portfolio’s size has on its relative expenses and performance.

 

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The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each Target Allocation Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark, as well as actions being taken to enhance that Portfolio’s performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew the Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations and undertakings provided by the Manager regarding the performance of each Target Allocation Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Charter Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the Charter Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio currently operates as a fund-of-funds and invests in a combination of other investment companies (underlying portfolios). The Board noted, however, that prior to April 18, 2014 (the “Conversion Date”) each Portfolio had different investment policies and operated as a multimanager fund by allocating its assets among multiple investment advisers who managed their allocated portions of a Portfolio using different but complimentary investment strategies. The Board noted that the performance information that had been provided to the Board for each Portfolio reflected the Portfolio’s operation as a multimanager fund prior to the Conversion Date and may have been different if the Portfolio had historically been managed as a fund-of-funds using its current investment policies and strategies.

The Board evaluated the performance of each Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

Charter Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date.

Charter Small Cap Growth Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group and its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

Charter Small Cap Value Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its Lipper peer group for the five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its Lipper peer group for the one- and three-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods, and it had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended on that date.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each Charter Portfolio in detail, including whether the Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark, as well as actions being taken to enhance that Portfolio’s performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew the Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations and undertakings provided by the Manager regarding the performance of each Charter Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Expenses. The Board considered each Portfolio’s investment management fee in light of the nature, quality and extent of the overall services provided by the Manager. The Board also reviewed a comparative analysis of the contractual and net management fees and expense ratios of each Portfolio compared with those of peer funds selected by Lipper as constituting the Portfolio’s appropriate Lipper expense group. Lipper provides information on each Portfolio’s contractual investment management fee in comparison with the contractual investment management fee that would have been charged by other funds within the Portfolio’s Lipper expense group assuming the funds were similar in size to the Portfolio, as well as the Portfolio’s actual management fee and expense ratios in

 

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comparison with those of other funds within its expense group. The Lipper investment management fee analysis includes within such fee the separate administrative fees paid to FMG LLC. The Board noted that management had separately provided comparative fee information net of administrative fees. The Lipper expense data was based upon historical information taken from each Portfolio’s annual report for the period ended December 31, 2013, and the Lipper expense ratios were shown for Class A, Class B and Class K shares, as applicable, of the relevant Portfolio. Where contractual investment management fee comparisons were shown for Class A and/or Class B shares of a Portfolio as well as for Class K shares of that Portfolio, the contractual investment management fee information described below reflects the comparisons for only Class A and/or Class B shares of that Portfolio. While recognizing the limitations inherent in Lipper’s methodology and that current expense ratios (prior to any applicable expense limitation arrangement) may increase if assets decline, the Board believed that the independent analysis conducted by Lipper remained a useful measure of comparative expenses. The Board also considered that all fees and expenses of each Portfolio are explicitly disclosed in Portfolio offering documents.

AXA Allocation Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the actual expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class A, Class B and Class K shares of each Portfolio were at (in the case of the Class A and Class B shares of the AXA Aggressive Allocation Portfolio) or above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that, although the contractual management fee for each Portfolio and the actual expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class A, Class B and Class K shares of each Portfolio were at or above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group, the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s effective management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in the prospectus. The Board noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each of the AXA Conservative Allocation and AXA Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolios was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each AXA Allocation Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee is fair and reasonable.

Target Allocation Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the actual expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class B and Class K shares of each Portfolio were above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also took note of the relatively small size of each Portfolio and the likely impact that a Portfolio’s size has on its relative expenses.

The Board further considered that, although the contractual management fee for each Portfolio and the actual expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class B and Class K shares of each Portfolio were above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group, the administrative fee rate schedule for each Portfolio includes breakpoints so that the fee rate is reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s effective administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in the prospectus. The Board noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each Portfolio was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each Target Allocation Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee is fair and reasonable.

 

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Charter Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the actual expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class A, Class B and Class K shares of each Portfolio were below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted that, due to the limited number of comparable funds-of-funds, the Portfolios’ Lipper peer groups comprised funds that do not operate as funds-of-funds. The Board noted that funds, like the Portfolios, that operate as funds-of-funds typically have lower management fees than funds that do not operate as funds-of-funds due to the different services performed by an investment manager in managing funds-of-funds.

The Board further considered that the Manager had agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in the prospectus. The Board noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each Portfolio was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each Charter Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee is fair and reasonable.

Profitability and Costs. The Board also considered the level of profits realized by the Manager and its affiliates in connection with the operation of each Portfolio. In this respect, the Board reviewed profitability information setting forth the overall profitability of the Trust to the Manager and its affiliates, as well as the Manager’s and its affiliates’ profits in providing management and other services to each of the individual Portfolios during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2013, which was the most recent fiscal year for the Manager.

In reviewing the analysis, attention was given to the methodology followed in allocating costs to each Portfolio, it being recognized that allocation methodologies are inherently subjective and various allocation methodologies may each be reasonable while producing different results. In this respect, the Board noted that, while being continuously refined and reflecting changes in the Manager’s and its affiliates’ cost accounting and other appropriate adjustments, the cost allocation methodology was consistent with that followed in profitability report presentations for the Portfolios made in prior years. In reviewing and discussing such analysis, the Manager discussed with the Board its belief that costs incurred in establishing the infrastructure necessary for the type of mutual fund operations conducted by the Manager and its affiliates may not be fully reflected in the expenses allocated to each Portfolio in determining its profitability, as well as the fact that the level of profits, to a certain extent, reflected operational cost savings and efficiencies initiated by management. The Board also took into account management’s ongoing costs and expenditures in providing and improving services for the Portfolios, as well as the need to meet additional regulatory and compliance requirements resulting from recently adopted rules and other regulations. In addition, the Board considered information prepared by management or from third party sources comparing the profitability of the Manager on an overall basis to the profitability of other publicly held asset managers (including asset managers similar to the Manager).

Based on its consideration of the factors above, the Board determined that the level of profits realized by the Manager from providing services to each Portfolio was not excessive in view of the nature, quality and extent of services provided.

Economies of Scale. The Board also considered whether economies of scale or efficiencies are realized by the Manager as the Portfolios grow larger and the extent to which this is reflected in the level of management and administrative fees charged. While recognizing that any precise determination is inherently subject to assumptions and subjective assessments, the Board considered that any economies of scale or efficiencies may be shared with portfolios and their shareholders in a variety of ways, including: (i) breakpoints in the management fee or other fees so that a portfolio’s effective fee rate declines as the portfolio grows in size, (ii) subsidizing a portfolio’s expenses by making payments or waiving all or a portion of the management fee or other fees so that the portfolio’s total expense ratio does not exceed certain levels, (iii) setting the management fee or other fees so that a portfolio is priced to scale, which assumes that the portfolio has sufficient assets from inception to operate at a competitive fee rate without any fee waiver or expense reimbursement from the manager, and (iv) reinvestment in, and enhancements to, the services that the manager and its affiliates provide to the portfolios and their shareholders. The Board noted that the management and administrative fee schedules for the AXA Allocation Portfolios and the administrative fee schedule for the Target Allocation Portfolios include breakpoints that reduce the fee rate as Portfolio assets increase. The Board also noted that, although the management fees for the Target Allocation

 

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Portfolios and the management and administrative fees for the Charter Portfolios do not include breakpoints, the Manager was subsidizing each of the Portfolios’ expenses by making payments or waiving all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that the Portfolios’ total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in their prospectuses. In addition, the Board considered that the Manager shares economies of scale with the Portfolios in other ways, which may include setting the management or other fees for a Portfolio so that they are priced to scale. The Board considered that the effect of this pricing strategy is that the Manager could lose money in the early stages of a Portfolio’s operation (and bear the risk that the Portfolio will never become profitable), while shareholders of the Portfolio receive the benefit of economies of scale that the Manager expects the Portfolio will achieve as it grows. The Board further considered that the Manager shares economies of scale with the Portfolios through reinvestment in, and enhancements to, the services that the Manager and its affiliates provide to the Portfolios and their shareholders, such as hiring additional personnel and providing additional resources in areas relating to management and administration of the Portfolios. Based on its consideration of the factors above, the Board concluded that there was a reasonable sharing of any economies of scale or efficiencies under the management and administrative fee schedules at the present time.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Board also considered the extent to which the Manager and its affiliates derive ancillary benefits from Portfolio operations, including the following. The Board noted that the Manager also serves as the administrator for the Portfolios and receives compensation for acting in this capacity. The Board also recognized that AXA Distributors, LLC, an affiliate of the Manager, serves as the underwriter for the Trust and receives from the Portfolios payments pursuant to Rule 12b-1 plans with respect to their Class A and Class B shares to compensate it for providing shareholder services and selling activities, which could lead to growth in the Trust’s assets and corresponding benefits from such growth, including economies of scale. The Board also recognized that the Portfolios invest in other (underlying) portfolios managed by the Manager and advised by advisers that may be affiliated with the Manager and that these underlying portfolios pay management and administrative fees to the Manager, who may in certain cases pay advisory fees to an affiliated adviser, and pay distribution fees to the Manager’s distribution affiliate. The Board also noted that the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies, as depositors of the insurance company separate accounts investing in the Portfolios, receive certain significant tax benefits associated with such investments as well as other potential benefits. The Board also considered that the Portfolios are offered as investment options through variable insurance contracts offered and sold by the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and that the performance of each Portfolio may impact, positively or negatively, each insurance company’s ability to hedge the risks associated with guarantees that each insurance company may provide as the issuer of such contracts. The Board also noted that the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and AXA Distributors, LLC receive compensation, which may include sales charges, separate account fees and charges, and other variable contract fees and charges, from the sale and administration of these variable insurance contracts. The Board also considered that certain Portfolios are subject to certain investment controls that are designed to reduce volatility for investors and that may benefit both investors and the Manager and its affiliates (including by making it easier for the insurance companies to hedge their risks under the guarantees). Based on its review, the Board determined that any “fall-out” benefits that may accrue to the Manager are fair and reasonable.

 

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Federal Income Tax Information (Unaudited)

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the percentage of dividends paid that qualify for the 70% dividends received deductions for corporate shareholders, foreign taxes which are expected to be passed through to shareholders for foreign tax credits, gross income derived from sources within foreign countries, and long-term capital gain dividends for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction on its Federal income tax return were as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  70% Dividend
Received
Deduction
    Foreign
Taxes
    Foreign
Source Income
    Long Term
Capital Gain
 

CharterSM Fixed Income

    2.03   $      $      $   

CharterSM Equity

    32.76        2,299        35,929        61,370   

 

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MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST (UNAUDITED)

The Trust’s Board is responsible for the overall management of the Trust and the Portfolios, including general supervision and review of the Portfolios’ investment activities and their conformity with federal and state law as well as the stated policies of the Portfolios. The Board elects the officers of the Trust who are responsible for administering the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees of the Trust are identified in the table below along with information as to their principal business occupations held during the last five years and certain other information.

The Trustees

 

Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen  by
Trustee***
  Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
Interested Trustee

Steven M. Joenk*

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1958)

  Trustee, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   Trustee and Chairman from September 2004 to present; Chief Executive Officer from December 2002 to present; President from November 2001 to present   From May 2011 to present, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, FMG LLC; from September 1999 to present, Managing Director, AXA Equitable; from September 2004 to April 2011, President, AXA Equitable’s FMG unit; from July 2004 to October 1, 2013, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company; from July 2004 to present, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company of America and Director, MONY Capital Management, Inc., Director and President, 1740 Advisers, Inc; Director, Chairman of the Board and President, MONY Asset Management, Inc. and Enterprise Capital Management (from July 2004 to January 2011); from January 2005 to January 2011, Director, MONY Financial Resources of Americas Limited; and from November 2005 to present, Director MONY International Holdings, LLC.   113   None
Independent Trustees

Gerald C. Crotty

c/o AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1951)

  Trustee  

From November 2001 to

present

  Since 2001, President of Weichert Enterprise, LLC, a private equity investment firm.   28   From 2005 to April 2014, Director of The Jones Group, Inc.; from 2002 to 2011, Director of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.

 

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Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen  by
Trustee***
  Other Directorships
Held by Trustee

Barry Hamerling

c/o AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1946)

  Trustee   From November 2001 to present   Since 1998, Managing Partner of Premium Ice Cream of America; from 1970 to 1998, President of Ayco Co. L.P., the largest independent financial counseling firm in the United States; and from 1998 to 2013, Chairman of Ayco Charitable Foundation.   28   From 2014 to present, Lead Independent Trustee of the Westchester Event Driven Fund; from 2007 to present, Independent Lead Director of The Merger Fund.

Thomas P. Lemke
c/o AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1954)

  Trustee   From January 1, 2014 to present   From 2005 to 2013, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Head of the Governance Group of Legg Mason, Inc.   28   From February 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of the J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (4 portfolios); SEI family of funds (from February 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (9 portfolios), from May 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of O’Connor Equus and from December 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of Winton Series Trust); from October 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of the Victory Institutional Funds, Victory Portfolios (25 portfolios) and The Victory Variable Insurance Funds.

Cynthia R. Plouché

c/o AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1957)

  Lead Independent Trustee   Since March 2010; Trustee from November 2001 to March 2010   From January 2014 to present, Assessor, Moraine Township (IL); from June 2006 to April 2012, Portfolio Manager at Williams Capital Management, Inc.; from June 2003 to 2006, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Blaylock-Abacus Asset Management, Inc.; prior thereto, Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Abacus Financial Group from May 1991 to 2003, a manager of fixed income portfolios for institutional clients.   28   From May 2014 to present, Independent Trustee of the Northern Funds (48 portfolios) and Northern Institutional Funds (8 portfolios).

 

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Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen  by
Trustee***
  Other Directorships
Held by Trustee

Rayman L. Solomon

c/o AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1947)

  Trustee   From November 2001 to present   From January 2014 to present, Provost of the Camden Campus of Rutgers University; since 1998, Dean and a Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law; prior to 1998, an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Northwestern University School of Law.   28   None

 

* Affiliated with the portfolios’ investment manager and the distributor.
** Each Trustee serves until his or her resignation or retirement.
*** The registered investment companies in the fund complex include EQ Advisors Trust and the Trust. Mr. Joenk serves as Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer for each of the registered investment companies in the fund complex, as well as Chairman for each such company.

Qualifications and Experience

In addition to the information set forth in the table above, the following sets forth additional information about the qualifications and experience of each of the Trustees.

Interested Trustee

Steven M. Joenk — Mr. Joenk has a background in the financial services industry; senior management experience with multiple insurance companies, investment management firms and investment companies; multiple years of service as an officer, Trustee and Chairman of the Trust and other registered investment companies.

Independent Trustees

Gerald C. Crotty — Mr. Crotty has a background in the financial services industry; business management experience, including chief executive and chief operating officer experience, with multiple years of service as a Trustee of the Trust and as a director of publicly-traded operating companies; multiple years of executive experience with a publicly-traded operating company and private equity investment firm; and legal and governmental experience.

Barry Hamerling — Mr. Hamerling has a background in the financial services industry; business management experience, including chief executive officer experience, with multiple years of service as a Trustee of the Trust and another registered investment company; and prior executive experience with a financial consulting firm.

Thomas P. Lemke — Mr. Lemke has a legal background and served as General Counsel in the financial services industry, experience in senior management positions with financial services firms in addition to multiple years of service with a regulatory agency.

Cynthia R. Plouché — Ms. Plouché has a background in the financial services industry; business management experience with multiple years of service as a Trustee of the Trust; and multiple years of executive experience as a chief investment officer and portfolio manager with investment management firms.

Rayman L. Solomon — Mr. Solomon has a legal and higher education background, including executive management experience as Provost and Dean of the Rutgers School of Law — Camden and Associate Dean of Northwestern University School of Law; and multiple years of service as a Trustee of the Trust.

 

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The Trust’s Officers

No officer of the Trust receives any compensation paid by the Trust. Each officer of the Trust is an employee of AXA Equitable, FMG LLC, and/or AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors”). The Trust’s principal officers are:

 

Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund*
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served**
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Steven M. Joenk

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1958)

  Trustee, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
  Trustee and Chairman from September 2004 to present; Chief Executive Officer from December 2002 to present; President from November 2001 to present   From May 2011 to present, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, FMG LLC; from September 1999 to present, Managing Director, AXA Equitable; from September 2004 to April 2011, President, AXA Equitable’s FMG unit; from July 2004 to October 1, 2013, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company; from July 2004 to present, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company of America and Director, MONY Capital Management, Inc., Director and President, 1740 Advisers, Inc; Director, Chairman of the Board and President, MONY Asset Management, Inc. and Enterprise Capital Management (from July 2004 to January 2011); from January 2005 to January 2011, Director, MONY Financial Resources of Americas Limited; and from November 2005 to present, Director MONY International Holdings, LLC.

Brian E. Walsh

525 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310 (1968)

  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   From June 2007 to present   From May 2011 to present, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2003 to present, Lead Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

Joseph J. Paolo

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1970)

  Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) Compliance Officer   Chief Compliance Officer from May 2007 to present; Vice President and AML Compliance Officer from December 2005 to present   From May 2011 to present, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of FMG LLC; from June 2007 to present, Lead Director of AXA Equitable and Chief Compliance Officer of AXA Equitable FMG.

Patricia Louie, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1955)

  Vice President and Secretary   From November 2001 to present   From June 2012 to present, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel of FMG LLC; from February 2011 to present Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from May 2003 to February 2011, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

Alwi Chan

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1974)

  Vice President   From June 2007 to present   From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2007 to present, Lead Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

Mary E. Cantwell

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104

(1961)

  Vice President   From November 2001 to present   From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2001 to present, Lead Director of AXA Equitable; from July 2004 to January 2011, a Director of Enterprise Capital Management, Inc.

William T. MacGregor, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1975)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From May 2008 to present   From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President and Associate Corporate Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2008 to present, Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable.

 

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Name, Address and

Year of Birth

  Position(s) Held
With Fund*
 

Term of Office

and Length of

Time Served**

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Anthony Geron, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1971)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From July 2014 to present   From June 2014 to present, Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2014 to present, Senior Director and Counsel of AXA Equitable; from October 2007 to May 2014 Associate of Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Michael Weiner, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1982)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From July 2014 to present   From June 2014 to present, Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2014 to present, Senior Director and Counsel of AXA Equitable; from October 2007 to April 2014 Associate of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.

Kenneth T. Kozlowski

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1961)

  Vice President   From June 2010 to present   From June 2012 to present, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from September 2011 to present, Managing Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from February 2001 to September 2011, Vice President, AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from July 2004 to January 2011, Director, Enterprise Capital Management, Inc.

Richard Guinnessey

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1963)

  Vice President   From March 2010
to present
  From June 2012 to present, Vice President of FMG LLC, from September 2010 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable; from November 2005 to September 2010, Assistant Vice President of AXA Equitable.

James Kelly

525 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1968)

  Controller   From June 2007 to present   From May 2011 to present, Vice President of FMG LLC; from September 2008 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable.

Roselle Ibanga

525 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1978)

  Assistant Controller   From February 2009 to present   From February 2009 to present, Director of AXA Equitable; from December 2008 to February 2009, Director of AXA Equitable FMG.

Lisa Perrelli

525 Washington Boulevard Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1974)

  Assistant Controller   From February 2009 to present   From November 2012 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable; from September 2008 to November 2012, Assistant Vice President of AXA Equitable; from February 2008 to September 2008, Director of AXA Equitable FMG.

Jennifer Mastronardi

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1985)

  Assistant Vice President   From March 2012 to present   From February 2009 to present, Director of AXA Equitable; from June 2007 to February 2009, Operations Associate in Managed Futures Department, Morgan Stanley.

Lorelei Fajardo

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1978)

  Assistant Secretary   From March 2014 to present   From July 2013 to present, Senior Manager/Legal Assistant of AXA Equitable; from July 2008 to June 2013, Lead Associate/Legal Assistant of AXA Equitable.

 

* Each officer (except Ms. Fajardo) holds a similar position with other funds within the Trust complex.
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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (UNAUDITED)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Portfolios use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling a toll-free number at 1-877-222-2144 and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) on the Trust’s website at
www.axa-equitablefunds.com and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The Portfolios file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Portfolios’ Forms N-Q are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and obtain copies at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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December 31, 2014

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Notes on Performance (Unaudited)

  4

Portfolios

 

EQ/Common Stock Index

  5

EQ/Core Bond Index

  29

Notes to Financial Statements

  72

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  87

Federal Income Tax Information (Unaudited)

  118

Management of the Trust (Unaudited)

  119

Control Person and Principal Holders of Securities (Unaudited)

  124

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (Unaudited)

  125

Quarterly Portfolio Holdings Information (Unaudited)

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Overview

2014 Market Overview

Economy

In 2014, unemployment in the U.S. fell as a result of what experts describe as the best hiring stretch since the late 1990s. In addition, the Federal Reserve appeared to signal its belief in the economy’s ability to grow without assistance by concluding its bond purchasing program known as Quantitative Easing (QE), in October 2014. Although investors seem to expect the Fed to raise interest rates sometime in 2015, overall monetary policy remains accommodative. In this environment, manufacturing indicators rose, and unemployment fell from 6.7% at the beginning of the year to 5.6% in December, bolstering consumer confidence and increasing the market’s expectations for a 2015 rate hike.

In the currency markets, investors pointed to relatively better growth levels in the U.S. as a critical support for the dollar, a trend that picked up as the year progressed. Currency volatility remained high as monetary policies worldwide diverged, and emerging market currencies were particularly volatile as lower oil prices weighed on the finances of large exporters.

Market watchers found that global economic growth continued at a slow and uneven pace. The euro-area economy remained stuck in slow or negative growth mode. Participants widely anticipated the European Central Bank to launch a quantitative easing program in early 2015 in an effort to prevent deflation and reignite growth. In Japan, GDP had risen by only 0.3% over the six quarters since the Bank of Japan’s aggressive stimulus program began in April 2013.

In the fourth quarter, a plunge in oil prices appeared to rattle the credit markets, pressured emerging-market currencies and added to deflationary pressures in Europe and Japan.

Fixed Income

Bond markets turned more volatile in 2014, apparently in reaction to growth trends and monetary policies in the world’s biggest economies heading in different directions.

The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield ended 2014 roughly 0.86% below where it began the year. The market appeared to assign higher risk to U.S. corporate bonds, as the yield spread (or difference) between corporate and government bonds widened domestically, but narrowed slightly in Europe; globally, most credit sectors underperformed developed-market government debt.

The high yield market posted its sixth consecutive positive, although modest, annual return for full year 2014. Returns were stronger in the first half of the year, followed by negative total returns in the third quarter and fourth quarter. Experts believe that returns in the high yield market were largely impacted by the sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of 2014, as the energy sector, a large proportion of the high-yield market, sharply underperformed the broader market. There were record outflows from high-yield funds in 2014 but new issuance was steady, and defaults would have been historically low, excluding the failure of two long-distressed issuers.

U.S. Equity

For domestic equity investors, the phrase “There’s No Place Like Home” proved to be an accurate summary of market activity in 2014. The U.S. economy was among the few globally that appeared to produce clear, self-sustaining growth. This positive economic data, coupled with strong corporate earnings combined to produce squarely positive U.S. equity returns in 2014.

Experts agree that 2014 was a difficult year for stockpickers. While U.S. stocks outperformed the vast majority of both developed and emerging markets last year, market volatility was a near constant in 2014. Beginning in the first quarter, a series of geopolitical and macro-economic issues appeared to weigh on investor risk tolerances. Concern over the ultimate path of U.S. monetary policy under a new Federal Reserve chair seemed to add to the malaise. Given this heightened uncertainty, it appears that equity investors sought out the perceived safety of larger-capitalization stocks with lower relative valuations and higher dividend yields. Conversely, higher growth stocks with premium valuations were, at times, sold indiscriminately of their underlying fundamentals. Specifically during a six-week period that stretched through the end of April, experts agree that the market had absolutely no appetite for higher growth, higher valuation equities.

Despite a difficult start to the year, small- and mid-cap stocks finished 2014 on a positive note to close the year with small gains. Investors appeared to react to an unexpected decline in bond yields by seeking income in higher-yielding equities. This development helped the utility sector to lead all others in the small/mid-cap space. In contrast, the energy sector posted the worst results as oil prices plunged by nearly 50% in the second half of 2014.

International Equity

Market strategists agree that it was an unpleasant start to the year for international equity investors. Volatility ticked up amid what appeared to be heightened risks in emerging markets, slowing growth in China and softer economic data in the United States, while investors braced for the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve scaling back on its stimulus program. Equity markets around the world declined sharply in January, but the sell-off was short-lived and international equities rebounded in February, particularly in Europe.

 

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Nonetheless, high valuations and uncertainty around global central bank policies apparently left equities particularly vulnerable to bad news. Consequently, geopolitical risks took a toll on international equity prices as tensions between Russia and Ukraine mounted and the fragmentation of Iraq led to escalating violence and a spike in oil prices during the summer. A ground war in Gaza, the downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, and Scotland’s flirtation with independence from the United Kingdom all seemed to add to global headwinds, causing many investors to retreat from riskier assets.

In the latter part of the year, most European developed economies again struggled with sluggish activity and experts agree that equity prices were tossed about between investors’ concerns about geopolitical turmoil and hopes for central bank stimulus. The continuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a Russian currency crisis, as well as Greece’s failure to successfully elect a new president, also apparently drove volatility higher. In the eurozone, market watchers appeared to find inflation dangerously low. Another round of policy easing from the ECB appeared to give international equities a much-needed boost, but the significant depreciation of the euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar resulted in falling stock prices for U.S.–based investors.

Similarly, Asian developed market equities performed well in local currency terms, but generated negative results on a U.S. dollar basis. Market strategists agree that, as the Japanese economy struggled to get on its legs, the nation’s equity market benefited from central bank stimulus and positive sentiment toward structural reform. Strong corporate earnings results also appeared to have pushed Japanese stocks higher, as did a surge of domestic inflows due to the reallocation of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund. However, a weakening yen versus a strengthening U.S. dollar resulted in Japanese equities having the largest negative effect on the performance of international stocks.

In the latter months of 2014, the divergence in global central bank policies became a major theme in equity markets and the strong appreciation in the U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices. Oil prices in particular plunged as a global supply-and-demand imbalance materialized. While lower prices were harmful to economies that rely heavily on oil exports, most developed markets derived a boost in consumer spending, a positive for equity markets.

Source: AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC. As of 12/31/2014.

This information is provided for general information only and is not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual investor.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. No investment is risk-free. International securities carry additional risks including currency exchange fluctuation and different government regulations, economic conditions or accounting standards. Smaller company stocks involve a greater risk than is customarily associated with more established companies. Bond investments are subject to interest rate risk so that when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds can decrease and the investor can lose principal value. High yield bonds are subject to a high degree of credit and market risk. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (New York, NY). Distributors: AXA Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors, LLC.

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors and AXA Distributors are affiliated companies.

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NOTES ON PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Total Returns

Performance of the EQ Advisors Trust Portfolios as shown on the following pages compares each Portfolio’s performance to that of a broad-based securities index. Each of the Portfolio’s annualized rates of return is net of investment management fees and expenses of the Portfolio. Rates of return are not representative of the actual return you would receive under your variable life insurance policy or annuity contract. No policyholder or contractholder can invest directly in the EQ Advisors Trust Portfolios. Changes in policy values depend not only on the investment performance of the EQ Advisors Trust Portfolios, but also on the insurance and administrative charges, applicable sales charges, and the mortality and expense risk charge applicable under a policy. These policy charges effectively reduce the dollar amount of any net gains and increase the dollar amount of any net losses. Each of the EQ Advisors Trust Portfolios has a separate investment objective it seeks to achieve by following a separate investment policy. There is no guarantee that these objectives will be attained. The objectives and policies of each Portfolio will affect its return and its risk. Keep in mind that past performance is not an indication of future results.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

The charts shown on the following pages illustrate the total value of an assumed investment in Class IA, Class IB and/or Class K shares of each Portfolio of the EQ Advisors Trust. The periods illustrated are from the inception dates shown, or for a ten year period if the inception date is prior to December 31, 2004, through December 31, 2014. These results assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The total value shown for each Portfolio reflects management fees and operating expenses of the Portfolios and 12b-1 fees which are applicable to Class IB shares. Effective January 1, 2012, 12b-1 fees are applicable to Class IA shares. 12b-1 fees are not applicable to Class K shares. The values have not been adjusted for insurance-related charges and expenses associated with life insurance policies or annuity contracts, which would lower the total values shown. Results should not be considered representative of future gains or losses.

The Benchmarks

Broad-based securities indices are unmanaged and are not subject to fees and expenses typically associated with actively-managed funds. An investment cannot be made directly in a broad-based securities index. Comparisons with these benchmarks, therefore, are of limited use. They are included because they are widely known and may help you to understand the universe of securities from which each Portfolio is likely to select its holdings.

Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (“BIG/C”)

An unmanaged, market value weighted index which includes Treasuries, government-related issues (i.e., agency, sovereign, supranational, and local authority debt), and corporates with maturities of one to 10 years.

Russell 3000® Index (“Russell 3000”)

An index which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. It is market-capitalization weighted.

 

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EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER

 

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AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER

 

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AllianceBernstein L.P.

PERFORMANCE RESULTS

 

LOGO

 

Annualized Total Returns as of 12/31/14  
     1
Year
    5
Years
    10 Years/
Since
Incept.
 

Portfolio – Class IA Shares

    12.05     14.97     5.77

Portfolio – Class IB Shares

    12.03        14.86        5.58   

Russell 3000® Index

    12.56        15.63        7.94   

    Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized.

       

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The Portfolio’s Class IB shares returned 12.03% for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Portfolio’s benchmark, Russell 3000® Index, returned 12.56% over the same period.

Portfolio Highlights

For the year ended December 31, 2014

What helped performance during the year:

 

 

The sectors that contributed most to relative performance for the year ended December 31, 2014 were Information Technology, Health Care, Financials, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary.

 

 

The top five stocks that provided the most positive impact to the Russell 3000® Index performance for the year ended December 31, 2014 were Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Intel Corp., and Wells Fargo & Co.

What hurt performance during the year:

 

 

The most negative sector contributors to performance for year ended December 31, 2014 were Energy, Telecommunication Services, Materials, Utilities and Industrials.

 

 

The five stocks that were most detrimental to performance in the Russell 3000® Index for the year ended December 31, 2014 were Amazon.com Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., International Business Machines, General Electric Co. and Chevron Corp.

 

Sector Weightings

as of December 31, 2014

  % of
Net Assets
 

Information Technology

    18.8

Financials

    17.8   

Health Care

    13.9   

Consumer Discretionary

    12.7   

Industrials

    11.3   

Consumer Staples

    8.5   

Energy

    7.5   

Materials

    3.6   

Utilities

    3.2   

Telecommunication Services

    2.0   

Cash and Other

    0.7   
   

 

 

 
      100.0
   

 

 

 

 

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EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

UNDERSTANDING YOUR EXPENSES:

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

(1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (in the case of Class IA and Class IB shares of the Trust), and other Portfolio expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolio and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period ended December 31, 2014 and held for the entire six-month period.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Also note that the table does not reflect any variable life insurance or variable annuity contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses.

EXAMPLE

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/14
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/14
   

Expenses
Paid
During

Period*
7/1/14 -

12/31/14

 

Class IA

       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,049.72        $3.68   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.61        3.63   

Class IB

       

Actual

    1,000.00        1,050.01        3.68   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.61        3.63   

*   Expenses are equal to the Portfolio’s Class IA and Class IB shares annualized expense ratios of 0.71% and 0.71%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, and multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

         

 

 

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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

COMMON STOCKS:

   

Consumer Discretionary (12.7%)

   

Auto Components (0.4%)

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

    65,260      $ 3,586,037   

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

    16,700        578,655   

Dana Holding Corp.

    52,900        1,150,046   

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.*

    32,700        526,143   

Gentex Corp.

    37,800        1,365,714   

Gentherm, Inc.*

    9,100        333,242   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    69,700        1,991,329   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

    173,030        8,364,270   

Lear Corp.

    21,400        2,098,912   

Tenneco, Inc.*

    22,600        1,279,386   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*

    28,800        2,962,080   

Visteon Corp.*

    12,600        1,346,436  
   

 

 

 
      25,582,250  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles (0.7%)

   

Ford Motor Co.

    991,736        15,371,908   

General Motors Co.

    402,600        14,054,766   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    55,450        3,654,709   

Tesla Motors, Inc.*

    24,800        5,515,768   

Thor Industries, Inc.

    14,600        815,702  
   

 

 

 
      39,412,853  
   

 

 

 

Distributors (0.1%)

   

Genuine Parts Co.

    40,000        4,262,800   

LKQ Corp.*

    89,000        2,502,680   

Pool Corp.

    15,900        1,008,696  
   

 

 

 
      7,774,176  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services (0.2%)

  

 

Apollo Education Group, Inc.*

    26,330        898,116   

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*

    10,700        503,007   

DeVry Education Group, Inc.

    16,100        764,267   

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    1,300        1,122,823   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.*

    12,900        601,914   

H&R Block, Inc.

    69,550        2,342,444   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.*

    28,400        588,164   

Service Corp. International

    56,100        1,273,470   

Sotheby’s, Inc.

    25,300        1,092,454  
   

 

 

 
      9,186,659  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.9%)

  

 

Aramark

    2,900        90,335   

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*

    19,400        480,344   

Brinker International, Inc.

    20,490        1,202,558   

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

    6,100        1,100,318   

Carnival Corp.

    106,660        4,834,898   

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    12,800        643,968   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

    8,000        5,476,080   

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    6,000        336,120   

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    5,800        816,408   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    33,250        1,949,447   

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    16,400        1,544,388   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

    30,300        1,292,295   

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*

    35,800        934,022   
   

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A*

    16,500      $ 993,465   

International Game Technology

    81,360        1,403,460   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    9,900        791,604   

La Quinta Holdings, Inc.*

    24,000        529,440   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    98,000        5,699,680   

Life Time Fitness, Inc.*

    14,000        792,680   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    57,725        4,504,282   

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    7,300        544,142   

McDonald’s Corp.

    252,440        23,653,628   

MGM Resorts International*

    101,700        2,174,346   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*

    23,600        1,103,536   

Panera Bread Co., Class A*

    7,100        1,241,080   

Restaurant Brands International LP*

    285        10,754   

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.*

    53,615        2,093,130   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

    41,650        3,433,209   

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.

    4,700        84,130   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

    24,684        1,065,115   

Starbucks Corp.

    193,850        15,905,393   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

    51,400        4,166,998   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    18,200        614,432   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    10,200        929,526   

Wendy’s Co.

    84,400        762,132   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

    36,970        3,170,547   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    22,100        3,287,596   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    114,940        8,373,379  
   

 

 

 
      108,028,865  
   

 

 

 

Household Durables (0.5%)

   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    88,100        2,228,049   

Garmin Ltd.

    35,500        1,875,465   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

    19,190        2,047,765   

Helen of Troy Ltd.*

    6,000        390,360   

Jarden Corp.*

    52,425        2,510,109   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    42,200        1,798,142   

Lennar Corp., Class A

    49,300        2,209,133   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.*

    17,000        2,641,120   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

    80,500        3,066,245   

NVR, Inc.*

    1,200        1,530,396   

PulteGroup, Inc.

    104,800        2,249,008   

Ryland Group, Inc.

    13,600        524,416   

Standard Pacific Corp.*

    62,400        454,896   

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A*

    23,000        434,470   

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.*

    17,200        944,452   

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

    44,200        1,514,734   

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.*

    38,000        579,500   

Tupperware Brands Corp.

    15,000        945,000   

Whirlpool Corp.

    20,120        3,898,049  
   

 

 

 
      31,841,309  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail (1.1%)

  

 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

    95,280        29,570,148   

Expedia, Inc.

    27,205        2,322,219   

FTD Cos., Inc.*

    2,020        70,336   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Groupon, Inc.*

    119,200      $ 984,592   

HomeAway, Inc.*

    24,400        726,632   

HSN, Inc.

    13,200        1,003,200   

Liberty Interactive Corp.*

    131,830        3,878,438   

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc.*

    17,402        468,114   

Liberty Ventures*

    36,144        1,363,352   

Netflix, Inc.*

    15,600        5,329,116   

Priceline Group, Inc.*

    12,980        14,799,926   

Shutterfly, Inc.*

    10,000        416,950   

TripAdvisor, Inc.*

    31,805        2,374,561   

zulily, Inc., Class A*

    400        9,360  
   

 

 

 
      63,316,944  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Products (0.2%)

   

Brunswick Corp.

    22,600        1,158,476   

Hasbro, Inc.

    33,900        1,864,161   

Mattel, Inc.

    94,800        2,933,586   

Polaris Industries, Inc.

    19,200        2,903,808  
   

 

 

 
      8,860,031  
   

 

 

 

Media (3.5%)

   

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A

    18,500        484,330   

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*

    21,212        1,352,689   

Cablevision Systems Corp. – New York Group, Class A

    61,150        1,262,136   

CBS Corp. (Non-Voting), Class B

    135,820        7,516,279   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*

    20,700        3,449,034   

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    31,500        1,120,770   

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A

    69,700        738,123   

Comcast Corp., Class A

    653,824        37,928,330   

DIRECTV*

    121,846        10,564,048   

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A*

    59,800        2,060,110   

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C*

    59,800        2,016,456   

DISH Network Corp., Class A*

    55,660        4,057,057   

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A*

    20,600        459,998   

Gannett Co., Inc.

    69,600        2,222,328   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    119,600        2,484,092   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    17,000        1,007,080   

Liberty Broadband Corp.*

    14,322        714,055   

Liberty Media Corp.*

    74,091        2,601,335   

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

    22,800        730,056   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*

    33,200        866,852   

Madison Square Garden Co., Class A*

    17,787        1,338,650   

Meredith Corp.

    9,100        494,312   

Morningstar, Inc.

    1,800        116,478   

New York Times Co., Class A

    38,000        502,360   

News Corp., Class A*

    141,361        2,217,954   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    68,500        5,306,695   

Regal Entertainment Group, Class A

    20,900        446,424   
   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A

    31,100      $ 2,340,897   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

    19,400        530,784   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.*

    718,400        2,514,400   

Starz, Class A*

    32,997        980,011   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

    89,700        3,618,498   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

    72,602        11,039,860   

Time Warner, Inc.

    221,426        18,914,209   

Time, Inc.

    29,203        718,686   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    480,726        18,462,282   

Viacom, Inc., Class B

    111,960        8,424,990   

Walt Disney Co.

    439,368        41,384,072  
   

 

 

 
      202,986,720  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail (0.7%)

   

Big Lots, Inc.

    15,500        620,310   

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

    6,600        826,188   

Dollar General Corp.*

    81,900        5,790,330   

Dollar Tree, Inc.*

    55,050        3,874,419   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

    24,450        1,936,685   

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.*

    63,200        409,536   

Kohl’s Corp.

    54,310        3,315,082   

Macy’s, Inc.

    95,600        6,285,700   

Nordstrom, Inc.

    39,390        3,127,172   

Target Corp.

    165,060        12,529,705  
   

 

 

 
      38,715,127  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (2.5%)

   

Aaron’s, Inc.

    17,500        534,975   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A

    18,800        538,432   

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    20,750        3,305,060   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    60,700        842,516   

ANN, Inc.*

    12,600        459,648   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

    8,300        630,136   

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.*

    2,000        25,120   

AutoNation, Inc.*

    18,900        1,141,749   

AutoZone, Inc.*

    8,490        5,256,244   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

    46,950        3,576,181   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    83,910        3,270,812   

Buckle, Inc.

    9,900        519,948   

Cabela’s, Inc.*

    15,800        832,818   

CarMax, Inc.*

    59,950        3,991,471   

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

    39,950        647,589   

CST Brands, Inc.

    18,058        787,509   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    31,100        1,544,115   

DSW, Inc., Class A

    15,200        566,960   

Five Below, Inc.*

    14,100        575,703   

Foot Locker, Inc.

    40,100        2,252,818   

GameStop Corp., Class A

    33,700        1,139,060   

Gap, Inc.

    68,890        2,900,958   

Genesco, Inc.*

    7,800        597,636   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A

    27,900        1,310,184   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    5,800        519,796   

Guess?, Inc.

    17,600        371,008   

Home Depot, Inc.

    345,205        36,236,169   

L Brands, Inc.

    63,090        5,460,439   

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

    5,700        494,133   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    255,740      $ 17,594,912   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.*

    400        26,524   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

    19,100        843,265   

Murphy USA, Inc.*

    14,655        1,009,143   

Office Depot, Inc.*

    132,429        1,135,579   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

    27,650        5,325,943   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    8,900        436,723   

PetSmart, Inc.

    25,700        2,089,282   

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.*

    8,200        787,282   

Ross Stores, Inc.

    55,360        5,218,234   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*

    48,300        1,484,742   

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    20,880        2,747,182   

Staples, Inc.

    184,150        3,336,798   

Tiffany & Co.

    31,700        3,387,462   

TJX Cos., Inc.

    182,400        12,508,992   

Tractor Supply Co.

    39,600        3,121,272   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.*

    19,600        2,505,664   

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*

    35,150        1,234,820   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    26,900        2,035,792  
   

 

 

 
      147,158,798  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.9%)

  

 

Carter’s, Inc.

    15,680        1,369,021   

Coach, Inc.

    76,820        2,885,359   

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    7,800        347,412   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

    12,800        1,165,312   

Fossil Group, Inc.*

    15,800        1,749,692   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*

    4,800        484,848   

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    25,600        2,857,472   

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.*

    12,800        432,512   

Kate Spade & Co.*

    29,900        957,099   

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.*

    57,200        4,295,720   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    176,360        16,957,014   

PVH Corp.

    20,781        2,663,501   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    15,370        2,845,909   

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*

    10,200        563,550   

Steven Madden Ltd.*

    19,102        608,017   

Under Armour, Inc., Class A*

    44,900        3,048,710   

VF Corp.

    89,500        6,703,550   

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    27,700        816,319  
   

 

 

 
      50,751,017  
   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Discretionary

      733,614,749  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Staples (8.5%)

   

Beverages (1.7%)

   

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A*

    2,300        665,942   

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    42,400        3,724,416   

Coca-Cola Co.

    996,540        42,073,919   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

    70,600        3,121,932   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A*

    42,200        4,142,774   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    51,110        3,663,565   

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B

    39,750        2,962,170   

Monster Beverage Corp.*

    36,700        3,976,445   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    384,590        36,366,830  
   

 

 

 
      100,697,993  
   

 

 

 
   

Food & Staples Retailing (2.2%)

   

Andersons, Inc.

    1,550      $ 82,367   

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    9,800        885,136   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    113,250        16,053,187   

CVS Health Corp.

    293,510        28,267,948   

Kroger Co.

    129,310        8,302,995   

Rite Aid Corp.*

    254,100        1,910,832   

Safeway, Inc.

    68,840        2,417,661   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*

    25,500        866,490   

SUPERVALU, Inc.*

    52,600        510,220   

Sysco Corp.

    152,250        6,042,803   

United Natural Foods, Inc.*

    13,800        1,067,085   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    239,580        18,255,996   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    402,120        34,534,066   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

    93,300        4,704,186  
   

 

 

 
      123,900,972  
   

 

 

 

Food Products (1.6%)

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    166,060        8,635,120   

Bunge Ltd.

    40,580        3,689,128   

Campbell Soup Co.

    49,800        2,191,200   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

    112,750        4,090,570   

Darling Ingredients, Inc.*

    43,000        780,880   

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    47,400        909,606   

General Mills, Inc.

    160,100        8,538,133   

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.*

    25,800        1,503,882   

Hershey Co.

    40,550        4,214,361   

Hormel Foods Corp.

    40,000        2,084,000   

Ingredion, Inc.

    23,600        2,002,224   

J.M. Smucker Co.

    25,827        2,608,010   

Kellogg Co.

    66,400        4,345,216   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

    36,866        4,880,874   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

    155,036        9,714,556   

McCormick & Co., Inc. (Non-Voting)

    35,050        2,604,215   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

    51,300        5,157,702   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    431,910        15,689,131   

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.*

    17,800        583,662   

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.

    14,000        494,200   

Post Holdings, Inc.*

    11,000        460,790   

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

    4,600        386,515   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*

    10,000        855,300   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    79,200        3,175,128   

WhiteWave Foods Co.*

    39,703        1,389,208  
   

 

 

 
      90,983,611  
   

 

 

 

Household Products (1.7%)

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    34,300        2,703,183   

Clorox Co.

    33,450        3,485,825   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    231,020        15,984,274   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    16,450        2,114,812   

Harbinger Group, Inc.*

    8,500        120,360   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    98,200        11,346,028   

Procter & Gamble Co.

    683,080        62,221,757   

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

    3,500        334,880  
   

 

 

 
      98,311,119  
   

 

 

 

Personal Products (0.1%)

   

Avon Products, Inc.

    123,850        1,162,951   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    61,600        4,693,920   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Herbalife Ltd.

    24,100      $ 908,570   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

    15,500        677,350  
   

 

 

 
      7,442,791  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco (1.2%)

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    498,390        24,555,675   

Lorillard, Inc.

    92,550        5,825,097   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    397,030        32,338,094   

Reynolds American, Inc.

    79,500        5,109,465  
   

 

 

 
      67,828,331  
   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Staples

      489,164,817  
   

 

 

 

Energy (7.5%)

   

Energy Equipment & Services (1.3%)

  

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.*

    17,200        487,964   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    112,284        6,295,764   

Bristow Group, Inc.

    11,000        723,690   

Cameron International Corp.*

    52,750        2,634,862   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

    23,210        852,039   

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.*

    19,700        1,611,460   

Dril-Quip, Inc.*

    12,800        982,144   

Era Group, Inc.*

    3,200        67,680   

Exterran Holdings, Inc.

    19,800        645,084   

FMC Technologies, Inc.*

    62,800        2,941,552   

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.*

    4,200        87,066   

Frank’s International N.V.

    15,300        254,439   

Halliburton Co.

    220,030        8,653,780   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*

    36,700        796,390   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    28,600        1,928,212   

McDermott International, Inc.*

    84,700        246,477   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    78,990        1,025,290   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

    114,080        7,475,662   

North Atlantic Drilling Ltd.

    37,300        60,799   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    33,600        1,976,016   

Oil States International, Inc.*

    18,900        924,210   

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    45,900        761,481   

Rowan Cos., plc, Class A

    43,300        1,009,756   

Schlumberger Ltd.

    328,255        28,036,260   

SEACOR Holdings, Inc.*

    3,100        228,811   

Seadrill Ltd.

    100,300        1,197,582   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

    42,271        851,761   

Tidewater, Inc.

    6,100        197,701   

Unit Corp.*

    6,900        235,290  
   

 

 

 
      73,189,222  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (6.2%)

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    128,180        10,574,850   

Antero Resources Corp.*

    13,800        560,004   

Apache Corp.

    100,480        6,297,082   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    108,700        3,218,607   

California Resources Corp.*

    79,744        439,389   

Cheniere Energy, Inc.*

    61,700        4,343,680   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    137,210        2,685,200   

Chevron Corp.

    480,500        53,902,490   

Cimarex Energy Co.

    24,260        2,571,560   

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.*

    91,500        813,435   

Concho Resources, Inc.*

    29,200        2,912,700   
   

ConocoPhillips Co.

    311,476      $ 21,510,533   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    68,950        2,331,199   

Continental Resources, Inc.*

    23,200        889,952   

CVR Energy, Inc.

    4,900        189,679   

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

    9,400        256,432   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

    91,659        745,188   

Devon Energy Corp.

    104,730        6,410,523   

Diamondback Energy, Inc.*

    9,900        591,822   

Energen Corp.

    20,400        1,300,704   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    141,300        13,009,491   

EP Energy Corp., Class A*

    15,200        158,688   

EQT Corp.

    42,700        3,232,390   

Exxon Mobil Corp.#

    1,078,065        99,667,109   

GasLog Ltd.

    300        6,105   

Gulfport Energy Corp.*

    22,300        930,802   

Hess Corp.

    72,120        5,323,898   

HollyFrontier Corp.

    53,732        2,013,875   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    343,971        14,553,413   

Marathon Oil Corp.

    175,390        4,961,783   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    65,495        5,911,579   

Matador Resources Co.*

    8,300        167,909   

Murphy Oil Corp.

    50,920        2,572,478   

Newfield Exploration Co.*

    35,850        972,252   

Noble Energy, Inc.

    94,960        4,503,953   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.*

    24,900        411,846   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    199,360        16,070,410   

ONEOK, Inc.

    56,500        2,813,135   

Peabody Energy Corp.

    78,700        609,138   

Phillips 66

    147,388        10,567,720   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    37,250        5,544,662   

QEP Resources, Inc.

    53,400        1,079,748   

Range Resources Corp.

    44,350        2,370,507   

Rosetta Resources, Inc.*

    19,900        443,969   

RSP Permian, Inc.*

    8,400        211,176   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.*

    141,444        257,428   

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

    24,200        210,298   

SemGroup Corp., Class A

    9,800        670,222   

SM Energy Co.

    20,900        806,322   

Southwestern Energy Co.*

    95,550        2,607,560   

Spectra Energy Corp.

    174,700        6,341,610   

Targa Resources Corp.

    9,000        954,450   

Teekay Corp.

    10,600        539,434   

Tesoro Corp.

    33,710        2,506,339   

Ultra Petroleum Corp.*

    40,500        532,980   

Valero Energy Corp.

    139,030        6,881,985   

Western Refining, Inc.

    17,900        676,262   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.*

    46,995        1,550,845   

Williams Cos., Inc.

    193,800        8,709,372   

World Fuel Services Corp.

    27,400        1,285,882   

WPX Energy, Inc.*

    64,033        744,704  
   

 

 

 
      355,928,758  
   

 

 

 

Total Energy

      429,117,980  
   

 

 

 

Financials (17.8%)

   

Banks (5.7%)

   

Associated Banc-Corp

    40,500        754,515   

BancorpSouth, Inc.

    31,550        710,190   

Bank of America Corp.

    2,639,792        47,225,879   

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    12,700        753,237   

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

    17,400        659,808   

BankUnited, Inc.

    26,500        767,705   

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

BB&T Corp.

    187,250      $ 7,282,152   

BOK Financial Corp.

    7,850        471,314   

Cathay General Bancorp

    21,630        553,512   

CIT Group, Inc.

    56,100        2,683,263   

Citigroup, Inc.

    770,672        41,701,062   

City Holding Co.

    10,030        466,696   

City National Corp./California

    17,200        1,389,932   

Comerica, Inc.

    53,000        2,482,520   

Commerce Bancshares, Inc./Missouri

    22,933        997,358   

Community Bank System, Inc.

    12,000        457,560   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    17,300        1,222,072   

CVB Financial Corp.

    30,200        483,804   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    39,500        1,529,045   

F.N.B. Corp./Pennsylvania

    48,700        648,684   

Fifth Third Bancorp

    221,550        4,514,081   

First Busey Corp.

    15,800        102,858   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc./North Carolina, Class A

    2,200        556,138   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

    17,700        163,194   

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    18,800        561,744   

First Financial Corp./Indiana

    10,000        356,200   

First Horizon National Corp.

    68,162        925,640   

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc./Illinois

    13,900        237,829   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

    122,945        1,036,426   

First Republic Bank/California

    31,800        1,657,416   

FirstMerit Corp.

    47,495        897,181   

Fulton Financial Corp.

    75,000        927,000   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    24,600        683,142   

Hancock Holding Co.

    24,124        740,607   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.*

    25,700        512,715   

Home BancShares, Inc./Arkansas

    12,400        398,784   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./Ohio

    223,800        2,354,376   

Iberiabank Corp.

    8,400        544,740   

International Bancshares Corp.

    19,700        522,838   

Investors Bancorp, Inc.

    92,965        1,043,532   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    955,325        59,784,238   

KeyCorp

    224,100        3,114,990   

M&T Bank Corp.

    34,457        4,328,488   

MB Financial, Inc.

    13,100        430,466   

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

    37,700        396,792   

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    16,500        433,455   

Old National Bancorp/Indiana

    28,300        421,104   

PacWest Bancorp

    26,596        1,209,054   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    12,800        506,112   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    135,518        12,363,307   

Popular, Inc.*

    38,050        1,295,603   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

    18,000        601,200   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

    15,900        880,224   

Regions Financial Corp.

    355,100        3,749,856   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    12,500        372,625   

Signature Bank/New York*

    14,900        1,876,804   

SunTrust Banks, Inc./Georgia

    133,750        5,604,125   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

    58,700        788,341   

SVB Financial Group*

    13,400        1,555,338   

Synovus Financial Corp.

    42,300        1,145,907   
   

TCF Financial Corp.

    56,950      $ 904,936   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

    12,000        651,960   

Tompkins Financial Corp.

    9,239        510,917   

Towne Bank/Virginia

    17,479        264,282   

Trustmark Corp.

    15,050        369,327   

U.S. Bancorp/Minnesota

    435,790        19,588,761   

UMB Financial Corp.

    10,600        603,034   

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    44,690        760,177   

United Bankshares, Inc./West Virginia

    14,100        528,045   

Valley National Bancorp

    71,829        697,460   

Webster Financial Corp.

    25,700        836,021   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,205,519        66,086,552   

WesBanco, Inc.

    15,000        522,000   

Western Alliance Bancorp*

    14,200        394,760   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    11,500        537,740   

Zions Bancorp

    49,600        1,414,096  
   

 

 

 
      327,504,846  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets (2.3%)

   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.*

    15,940        3,383,106   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    50,460        6,673,335   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    297,050        12,051,318   

BlackRock, Inc.

    33,210        11,874,568   

Charles Schwab Corp.

    283,734        8,565,929   

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    11,400        479,712   

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

    83,210        2,018,259   

Eaton Vance Corp.

    34,740        1,421,908   

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

    10,600        555,122   

Federated Investors, Inc., Class B

    36,800        1,211,824   

Financial Engines, Inc.

    13,900        508,045   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    103,390        5,724,704   

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

    6,700        595,898   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    113,500        21,999,705   

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

    7,500        327,000   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    17,040        496,886   

Invesco Ltd.

    112,700        4,453,904   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

    31,300        504,869   

Lazard Ltd., Class A

    34,700        1,736,041   

Legg Mason, Inc.

    30,750        1,641,128   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    22,800        1,015,740   

Morgan Stanley

    389,173        15,099,912   

Northern Trust Corp.

    65,350        4,404,590   

NorthStar Asset Management Group, Inc.

    48,550        1,095,774   

Piper Jaffray Cos.*

    7,900        458,911   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    37,500        2,148,375   

SEI Investments Co.

    42,150        1,687,686   

State Street Corp.

    109,250        8,576,125   

Stifel Financial Corp.*

    15,339        782,596   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    66,280        5,690,801   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    67,936        2,430,750   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    491        83,711   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A

    23,920        1,191,694   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    27,400        429,495  
   

 

 

 
      131,319,421  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Consumer Finance (0.9%)

  

Ally Financial, Inc.*

    70,400      $ 1,662,848   

American Express Co.

    230,156        21,413,714   

Capital One Financial Corp.

    148,870        12,289,219   

Credit Acceptance Corp.*

    2,800        381,948   

Discover Financial Services

    121,470        7,955,070   

Navient Corp.

    117,584        2,540,990   

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    2,300        106,559   

PRA Group, Inc.*

    17,400        1,007,982   

SLM Corp.

    117,584        1,198,181   

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.*

    14,300        517,231   

Synchrony Financial*

    32,800        975,800  
   

 

 

 
      50,049,542  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (1.8%)

  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

    461,985        69,367,048   

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

    27,200        1,725,024   

CME Group, Inc./Illinois

    83,065        7,363,712   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    29,178        6,398,444   

Leucadia National Corp.

    91,388        2,048,919   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    10,860        778,771   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

    69,030        6,142,289   

Moody’s Corp.

    49,250        4,718,642   

MSCI, Inc.

    36,334        1,723,685   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

    29,600        1,419,616   

Voya Financial, Inc.

    37,300        1,580,774  
   

 

 

 
      103,266,924  
   

 

 

 

Insurance (3.1%)

  

ACE Ltd.

    87,300        10,029,024   

Aflac, Inc.

    116,950        7,144,475   

Alleghany Corp.*

    4,754        2,203,479   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG

    25,640        972,269   

Allstate Corp.

    114,740        8,060,485   

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    17,400        507,906   

American Financial Group, Inc./Ohio

    23,830        1,446,958   

American International Group, Inc.

    367,036        20,557,686   

American National Insurance Co.

    4,400        502,744   

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

    1,336        75,150   

Aon plc

    77,278        7,328,273   

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

    35,700        2,109,870   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    39,500        1,859,660   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

    18,170        795,301   

Assurant, Inc.

    24,600        1,683,378   

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

    49,500        1,286,505   

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    34,070        1,740,636   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    35,300        1,161,723   

Chubb Corp.

    64,960        6,721,411   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    48,520        2,514,792   

CNA Financial Corp.

    10,500        406,455   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    59,300        1,021,146   

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

    11,700        700,128   

Enstar Group Ltd.*

    800        122,312   

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A

    10,800        980,316   

Everest Reinsurance Group Ltd.

    12,500        2,128,750   
   

First American Financial Corp.

    39,300      $ 1,332,270   

FNF Group

    78,189        2,693,611   

FNFV Group*

    26,060        410,184   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A*

    142,000        1,207,000   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    10,690        762,411   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    121,210        5,053,245   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    27,780        1,486,786   

Kemper Corp.

    14,900        538,039   

Lincoln National Corp.

    68,750        3,964,813   

Loews Corp.

    87,192        3,663,808   

Markel Corp.*

    4,060        2,772,330   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    143,150        8,193,906   

Mercury General Corp.

    6,500        368,355   

MetLife, Inc.

    234,860        12,703,577   

Old Republic International Corp.

    71,894        1,051,809   

OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A

    21,600        349,920   

PartnerReinsurance Ltd.

    13,560        1,547,603   

Phoenix Cos., Inc.*

    2,840        195,591   

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

    7,300        535,966   

Primerica, Inc.

    14,700        797,622   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    76,600        3,978,604   

ProAssurance Corp.

    19,000        857,850   

Progressive Corp.

    151,200        4,080,888   

Protective Life Corp.

    20,500        1,427,825   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    119,831        10,839,912   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    19,910        1,744,514   

RenaissanceReinsurance Holdings Ltd.

    11,000        1,069,420   

RLI Corp.

    16,280        804,232   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

    12,780        892,811   

Symetra Financial Corp.

    21,300        490,965   

Torchmark Corp.

    40,905        2,215,824   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    90,170        9,544,495   

Unum Group

    72,500        2,528,800   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

    24,958        1,037,254   

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    27,100        1,389,146   

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

    1,700        1,071,187   

XL Group plc

    73,270        2,518,290  
   

 

 

 
      180,181,695  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (3.6%)

  

Acadia Realty Trust (REIT)

    9,800        313,894   

Alexander’s, Inc. (REIT)

    1,600        699,488   

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (REIT)

    18,480        1,639,915   

Altisource Residential Corp. (REIT)

    10,700        207,580   

American Campus Communities, Inc. (REIT)

    28,300        1,170,488   

American Capital Agency Corp. (REIT)

    95,100        2,076,033   

American Homes 4 Rent (REIT), Class A

    30,400        517,712   

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    44,100        524,790   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    236,500      $ 2,140,325   

American Tower Corp. (REIT)

    99,900        9,875,115   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (REIT)

    250,458        2,707,451   

Apartment Investment & Management Co. (REIT), Class A

    43,188        1,604,434   

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (REIT)

    104,400        384,192   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (REIT)

    33,649        5,497,910   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    49,800        1,072,692   

Boston Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    41,070        5,285,298   

Brandywine Realty Trust (REIT)

    51,000        814,980   

Camden Property Trust (REIT)

    24,880        1,837,139   

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    47,891        930,043   

Chambers Street Properties (REIT)

    70,700        569,842   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust (REIT)

    13,900        517,219   

Chimera Investment Corp. (REIT)

    360,700        1,147,026   

Colony Financial, Inc. (REIT)

    19,100        454,962   

Columbia Property Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    32,600        826,410   

Corporate Office Properties Trust/Maryland (REIT)

    24,809        703,831   

Corrections Corp. of America (REIT)

    34,743        1,262,561   

Cousins Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    51,713        590,562   

Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT)

    86,250        6,787,875   

CubeSmart (REIT)

    39,700        876,179   

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    22,850        814,831   

DDR Corp. (REIT)

    84,708        1,555,239   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (REIT)

    58,300        866,921   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    37,589        2,492,151   

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (REIT)

    37,000        1,050,800   

Duke Realty Corp. (REIT)

    84,800        1,712,960   

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (REIT)

    11,800        392,232   

EastGroup Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    12,100        766,172   

EPR Properties (REIT)

    14,840        855,229   

Equity Commonwealth (REIT)

    33,000        847,110   

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    21,800        1,123,790   

Equity One, Inc. (REIT)

    1,500        38,040   

Equity Residential (REIT)

    94,087        6,759,210   

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    15,977        3,300,848   

Extra Space Storage, Inc. (REIT)

    33,000        1,935,120   

Federal Realty Investment Trust (REIT)

    17,380        2,319,535   
   

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    29,500      $ 606,520   

Franklin Street Properties Corp. (REIT)

    600        7,362   

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    30,730        901,618   

General Growth Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    144,807        4,073,421   

Geo Group, Inc. (REIT)

    24,883        1,004,278   

Glimcher Realty Trust (REIT)

    44,100        605,934   

Government Properties Income Trust (REIT)

    16,900        388,869   

Hatteras Financial Corp. (REIT)

    17,200        316,996   

HCP, Inc. (REIT)

    114,997        5,063,318   

Health Care REIT, Inc. (REIT)

    83,317        6,304,597   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    23,600        644,752   

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (REIT), Class A

    30,900        832,446   

Hersha Hospitality Trust (REIT)

    44,800        314,944   

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    29,530        1,307,588   

Home Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    13,610        892,816   

Hospitality Properties Trust (REIT)

    43,400        1,345,400   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)

    199,613        4,744,801   

Inland Real Estate Corp. (REIT)

    39,600        433,620   

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (REIT)

    38,200        590,572   

Investors Real Estate Trust (REIT)

    21,400        174,838   

Iron Mountain, Inc. (REIT)

    56,801        2,195,927   

Kilroy Realty Corp. (REIT)

    21,800        1,505,726   

Kimco Realty Corp. (REIT)

    118,722        2,984,671   

Lamar Advertising Co. (REIT), Class A

    21,400        1,147,896   

LaSalle Hotel Properties (REIT)

    26,100        1,056,267   

Lexington Realty Trust (REIT)

    45,500        499,590   

Liberty Property Trust (REIT)

    38,452        1,446,949   

LTC Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    7,600        328,092   

Macerich Co. (REIT)

    35,484        2,959,720   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (REIT)

    25,239        481,055   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    42,800        589,784   

MFA Financial, Inc. (REIT)

    120,050        959,200   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (REIT)

    19,716        1,472,391   

National Health Investors, Inc. (REIT)

    7,000        489,720   

National Retail Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    38,290        1,507,477   

New Residential Investment Corp. (REIT)

    26,550        339,044   

New York REIT, Inc. (REIT)

    45,900        486,081   

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (REIT)

    48,550        853,509   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (REIT)

    35,140      $ 1,372,920   

Outfront Media, Inc. (REIT)

    31,000        832,040   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (REIT)

    16,400        748,332   

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (REIT)

    18,000        379,620   

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT), Class A

    58,600        1,104,024   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (REIT)

    51,914        2,221,400   

Post Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    18,200        1,069,614   

Potlatch Corp. (REIT)

    10,100        422,887   

Prologis, Inc. (REIT)

    126,164        5,428,837   

PS Business Parks, Inc. (REIT)

    5,200        413,608   

Public Storage (REIT)

    36,402        6,728,910   

Rayonier, Inc. (REIT)

    40,425        1,129,475   

Realty Income Corp. (REIT)

    60,028        2,863,936   

Redwood Trust, Inc. (REIT)

    21,900        431,430   

Regency Centers Corp. (REIT)

    23,586        1,504,315   

Retail Properties of America, Inc. (REIT), Class A

    61,600        1,028,104   

RLJ Lodging Trust (REIT)

    33,200        1,113,196   

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (REIT)

    10,751        567,008   

Senior Housing Properties Trust (REIT)

    54,290        1,200,352   

Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. (REIT)

    1,008        16,692   

Simon Property Group, Inc. (REIT)

    79,959        14,561,334   

SL Green Realty Corp. (REIT)

    24,000        2,856,480   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (REIT)

    6,900        601,818   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (REIT)

    104,667        1,244,491   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)*

    53,000        701,190   

Sun Communities, Inc. (REIT)

    12,300        743,658   

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT)

    53,300        879,983   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT)

    29,500        1,090,320   

Taubman Centers, Inc. (REIT)

    20,600        1,574,252   

Two Harbors Investment Corp. (REIT)

    86,200        863,724   

UDR, Inc. (REIT)

    77,036        2,374,250   

Ventas, Inc. (REIT)

    77,535        5,559,260   

Vornado Realty Trust (REIT)

    47,847        5,632,070   

Washington Prime Group, Inc. (REIT)

    41,379        712,546   

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

    16,270        450,028   

Weingarten Realty Investors (REIT)

    36,986        1,291,551   

Weyerhaeuser Co. (REIT)

    136,533        4,900,169   

WP Carey, Inc. (REIT)

    25,900        1,815,590  
   

 

 

 
      210,153,337  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (0.2%)

  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    15,180        595,967   

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.*

    900        30,411   
   

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*

    79,250      $ 2,714,312   

Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A*

    50,700        1,079,910   

Howard Hughes Corp.*

    11,200        1,460,704   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

    12,100        1,814,153   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    17,400        440,220   

Realogy Holdings Corp.*

    34,100        1,517,109  
   

 

 

 
      9,652,786  
   

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.2%)

  

Astoria Financial Corp.

    25,900        346,024   

Bank Mutual Corp.

    33,400        229,124   

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc.*

    34,200        419,634   

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    34,700        348,041   

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    40,986        523,801   

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    25,700        418,396   

Essent Group Ltd.*

    18,300        470,493   

EverBank Financial Corp.

    18,800        358,328   

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.*

    100        1,573   

Home Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd.

    7,600        148,352   

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

    178,590        1,807,331   

Kearny Financial Corp.*

    36,100        496,375   

Ladder Capital Corp. (REIT), Class A*

    25,500        500,055   

MGIC Investment Corp.*

    75,800        706,456   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    134,950        2,159,200   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    25,100        314,503   

Ocwen Financial Corp.*

    32,700        493,770   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

    101,400        1,539,252   

Radian Group, Inc.

    50,400        842,688   

TFS Financial Corp.

    36,000        535,860   

TrustCo Bank Corp.

    25,600        185,856   

Washington Federal, Inc.

    42,500        941,375  
   

 

 

 
      13,786,487  
   

 

 

 

Total Financials

      1,025,915,038  
   

 

 

 

Health Care (13.9%)

   

Biotechnology (3.0%)

   

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    22,600        717,550   

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    16,100        197,225   

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.*

    8,500        347,395   

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    8,100        169,614   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    50,200        9,288,506   

Alkermes plc*

    37,600        2,201,856   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    15,400        1,493,800   

Amgen, Inc.

    192,039        30,589,892   

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    66,800        231,796   

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    49,900        342,813   

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

    60,160        20,421,312   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

    39,500        3,570,800   

Bluebird Bio, Inc.*

    5,500        504,460   

Celgene Corp.*

    203,138        22,723,017   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*

    27,100        494,575   

Cepheid, Inc.*

    14,400        779,616   

Clovis Oncology, Inc.*

    6,700        375,200   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    17,600        1,771,440   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Dyax Corp.*

    34,100      $ 479,446   

Exact Sciences Corp.*

    29,500        809,480   

Exelixis, Inc.*

    46,100        66,384   

Genomic Health, Inc.*

    9,100        290,927   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

    385,500        36,337,230   

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*

    45,200        436,180   

ImmunoGen, Inc.*

    10,900        66,490   

Incyte Corp.*

    37,700        2,756,247   

Insys Therapeutics, Inc.*

    9,500        400,520   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    3,200        499,200   

Intrexon Corp.*

    4,300        118,379   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    22,200        340,104   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    31,900        1,969,506   

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.*

    10,700        400,501   

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    30,700        434,405   

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    6,100        5,550   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    7,500        399,075   

MannKind Corp.*

    59,400        309,771   

Medivation, Inc.*

    20,600        2,051,966   

MiMedx Group, Inc.*

    500        5,765   

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    1,100        13,244   

Myriad Genetics, Inc.*

    25,650        873,639   

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*

    9,100        203,294   

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    21,900        783,363   

Ophthotech Corp.*

    8,900        399,343   

OPKO Health, Inc.*

    49,000        489,510   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

    58,500        451,035   

Pharmacyclics, Inc.*

    16,500        2,017,290   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc.*

    6,100        1,154,547   

Receptos, Inc.*

    4,700        575,797   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    20,500        8,410,125   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*

    10,100        146,147   

Seattle Genetics, Inc.*

    33,200        1,066,716   

Synageva BioPharma Corp.*

    5,400        501,066   

TESARO, Inc.*

    3,400        126,446   

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

    10,200        447,576   

United Therapeutics Corp.*

    13,000        1,683,370   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    60,700        7,211,160  
   

 

 

 
      170,951,661  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (2.3%)

  

Abaxis, Inc.

    1,500        85,245   

Abbott Laboratories

    379,150        17,069,333   

Alere, Inc.*

    21,250        807,500   

Align Technology, Inc.*

    21,700        1,213,247   

Baxter International, Inc.

    140,280        10,281,121   

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

    50,340        7,005,314   

Boston Scientific Corp.*

    344,600        4,565,950   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

    19,480        3,245,758   

Cantel Medical Corp.

    14,350        620,781   

CareFusion Corp.*

    52,900        3,139,086   

CONMED Corp.

    1,900        85,424   

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    14,400        2,334,096   

Covidien plc

    117,500        12,017,900   

Cyberonics, Inc.*

    8,600        478,848   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

    37,900        2,018,933   

DexCom, Inc.*

    20,100        1,106,505   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

    28,400        3,617,592   

Endologix, Inc.*

    9,700        148,313   
   

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*

    14,100      $ 335,157   

Greatbatch, Inc.*

    10,500        517,650   

Haemonetics Corp.*

    21,800        815,756   

Halyard Health, Inc.*

    12,275        558,144   

HeartWare International, Inc.*

    4,300        315,749   

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    14,830        676,545   

Hologic, Inc.*

    62,600        1,673,924   

ICU Medical, Inc.*

    2,100        171,990   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

    14,600        2,164,742   

Insulet Corp.*

    17,800        819,868   

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*

    10,300        558,569   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

    9,300        4,919,142   

Masimo Corp.*

    25,600        674,304   

Medtronic, Inc.

    253,440        18,298,368   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

    16,100        265,006   

Neogen Corp.*

    9,900        490,941   

NuVasive, Inc.*

    12,950        610,722   

NxStage Medical, Inc.*

    4,700        84,271   

Quidel Corp.*

    2,900        83,868   

ResMed, Inc.

    41,700        2,337,702   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.*

    18,900        1,651,293   

Spectranetics Corp.*

    4,100        141,778   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

    75,600        4,916,268   

STERIS Corp.

    16,360        1,060,946   

Stryker Corp.

    84,370        7,958,622   

Teleflex, Inc.

    10,900        1,251,538   

Thoratec Corp.*

    23,300        756,318   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

    27,110        2,345,286   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    23,000        1,224,520   

Wright Medical Group, Inc.*

    21,200        569,644   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

    42,400        4,809,008  
   

 

 

 
      132,898,585  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (2.6%)

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

    14,500        887,545   

Aetna, Inc.

    94,497        8,394,169   

Air Methods Corp.*

    12,600        554,778   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    57,700        5,202,232   

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*

    4,000        78,400   

Amsurg Corp.*

    10,200        558,246   

Anthem, Inc.

    71,380        8,970,325   

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.*

    3,200        102,816   

BioScrip, Inc.*

    300        2,097   

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.*

    50,735        1,860,452   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    90,500        7,306,065   

Catamaran Corp.*

    55,692        2,882,061   

Centene Corp.*

    14,900        1,547,365   

Chemed Corp.

    4,200        443,814   

Cigna Corp.

    71,040        7,310,726   

Community Health Systems, Inc.*

    33,267        1,793,757   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.*

    45,900        3,476,466   

Ensign Group, Inc.

    100        4,439   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.*

    21,100        731,959   

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

    194,151        16,438,765   

HCA Holdings, Inc.*

    85,000        6,238,150   

Health Net, Inc.*

    20,940        1,120,918   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

HealthSouth Corp.

    24,800      $ 953,808   

Henry Schein, Inc.*

    22,250        3,029,338   

Humana, Inc.

    40,300        5,788,289   

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc.*

    100        4,589   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

    27,300        496,314   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

    23,750        2,562,625   

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.*

    14,250        1,024,717   

Magellan Health, Inc.*

    9,200        552,276   

McKesson Corp.

    58,880        12,222,310   

MEDNAX, Inc.*

    29,640        1,959,500   

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*

    12,900        690,537   

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.*

    4,000        679,640   

Omnicare, Inc.

    29,620        2,160,187   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    26,850        942,703   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

    27,600        1,327,560   

PharMerica Corp.*

    14,270        295,532   

Premier, Inc., Class A*

    17,800        596,834   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    38,630        2,590,528   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

    28,400        408,960   

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*

    19,500        1,121,835   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*

    31,275        1,584,704   

Triple-S Management Corp., Class B*

    600        14,346   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    248,620        25,132,996   

Universal American Corp.*

    30,800        285,824   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    23,080        2,567,881   

VCA, Inc.*

    23,650        1,153,411   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

    14,900        1,222,694  
   

 

 

 
      147,275,483  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Technology (0.2%)

   

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

    64,450        823,026   

athenahealth, Inc.*

    11,900        1,733,830   

Castlight Health, Inc., Class B*

    28,700        335,790   

Cerner Corp.*

    76,700        4,959,422   

HealthStream, Inc.*

    300        8,844   

HMS Holdings Corp.*

    28,800        608,832   

IMS Health Holdings, Inc.*

    19,500        499,980   

MedAssets, Inc.*

    10,400        205,504   

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

    13,600        649,400   

Quality Systems, Inc.

    9,100        141,869   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

    11,500        303,715  
   

 

 

 
      10,270,212  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.6%)

  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    86,230        3,530,256   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*

    8,500        1,024,760   

Bio-Techne Corp.

    11,450        1,057,980   

Bruker Corp.*

    27,900        547,398   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*

    12,250        779,590   

Covance, Inc.*

    16,700        1,734,128   

Illumina, Inc.*

    35,900        6,626,422   

Luminex Corp.*

    1,300        24,388   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*

    8,600        2,601,156   

PAREXEL International Corp.*

    14,570        809,509   
   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    36,100      $ 1,578,653   

QIAGEN N.V.*

    59,200        1,388,832   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc.*

    14,700        865,389   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    100,750        12,622,968   

Waters Corp.*

    21,500        2,423,480  
   

 

 

 
      37,614,909  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (5.2%)

   

AbbVie, Inc.

    399,150        26,120,376   

Actavis plc*

    63,762        16,412,976   

Akorn, Inc.*

    16,200        586,440   

Allergan, Inc.

    74,670        15,874,095   

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    3,500        120,347   

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    43,900        744,105   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    418,330        24,694,020   

Catalent, Inc.*

    3,400        94,792   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    248,310        17,130,907   

Endo International plc*

    39,700        2,863,164   

Hospira, Inc.*

    46,750        2,863,438   

Impax Laboratories, Inc.*

    17,900        567,072   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc*

    15,500        2,537,815   

Johnson & Johnson

    710,160        74,261,431   

Lannett Co., Inc.*

    9,600        411,648   

Mallinckrodt plc*

    32,692        3,237,489   

Medicines Co.*

    11,200        309,904   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    733,590        41,660,576   

Mylan, Inc.*

    97,350        5,487,620   

Nektar Therapeutics*

    37,000        573,500   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

    7,500        664,950   

Perrigo Co. plc

    34,300        5,733,588   

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,601,317        49,881,025   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*

    14,500        503,440   

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*

    16,600        1,908,004   

Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*

    5,000        74,600   

Theravance, Inc.

    17,500        247,625   

Zoetis, Inc.

    127,100        5,469,113  
   

 

 

 
      301,034,060  
   

 

 

 

Total Health Care

      800,044,910  
   

 

 

 

Industrials (11.3%)

   

Aerospace & Defense (2.6%)

   

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

    9,100        1,057,875   

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

    4,700        243,930   

B/E Aerospace, Inc.*

    27,460        1,593,229   

Boeing Co.

    186,200        24,202,276   

Cubic Corp.

    4,000        210,560   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    12,700        896,493   

DigitalGlobe, Inc.*

    15,800        489,326   

Engility Holdings, Inc.*

    661        28,291   

Esterline Technologies Corp.*

    11,300        1,239,384   

Exelis, Inc.

    60,850        1,066,700   

General Dynamics Corp.

    77,170        10,620,135   

HEICO Corp.

    21,093        1,274,017   

Hexcel Corp.*

    29,600        1,228,104   

Honeywell International, Inc.

    198,700        19,854,104   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    12,700        1,428,242   

KLX, Inc.*

    13,730        566,362   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

    22,470        2,835,939   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    69,960      $ 13,472,197   

Moog, Inc., Class A*

    12,000        888,360   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    51,250        7,553,738   

Orbital Sciences Corp.*

    10,400        279,656   

Precision Castparts Corp.

    37,270        8,977,598   

Raytheon Co.

    80,890        8,749,871   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

    37,450        3,163,776   

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A*

    32,900        1,416,016   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*

    13,700        1,407,538   

Textron, Inc.

    70,800        2,981,388   

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    15,150        2,974,703   

Triumph Group, Inc.

    12,400        833,528   

United Technologies Corp.

    230,140        26,466,100  
   

 

 

 
      147,999,436  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics (0.7%)

   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    41,200        3,085,468   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    58,600        2,614,146   

FedEx Corp.

    74,950        13,015,817   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A*

    400        15,232   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    179,550        19,960,573   

UTi Worldwide, Inc.*

    16,500        199,155   

XPO Logistics, Inc.*

    13,500        551,880  
   

 

 

 
      39,442,271  
   

 

 

 

Airlines (0.7%)

   

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

    39,800        2,378,448   

Allegiant Travel Co.

    4,000        601,320   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    187,600        10,060,988   

Copa Holdings S.A., Class A

    11,600        1,202,224   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    215,150        10,583,228   

JetBlue Airways Corp.*

    69,900        1,108,614   

SkyWest, Inc.

    11,300        150,064   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    180,200        7,626,064   

Spirit Airlines, Inc.*

    17,100        1,292,418   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.*

    97,240        6,504,384  
   

 

 

 
      41,507,752  
   

 

 

 

Building Products (0.2%)

   

A.O. Smith Corp.

    19,000        1,071,790   

Allegion plc

    28,166        1,562,086   

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.*

    8,100        414,072   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    46,150        2,089,210   

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    200        4,716   

Lennox International, Inc.

    16,510        1,569,606   

Masco Corp.

    104,600        2,635,920   

Masonite International Corp.*

    8,200        503,972   

Owens Corning, Inc.

    35,170        1,259,438   

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

    7,600        262,960   

USG Corp.*

    22,500        629,775  
   

 

 

 
      12,003,545  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.6%)

  

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

    6,200        177,630   

ADT Corp.

    45,350        1,643,030   
   

Brady Corp., Class A

    7,500      $ 205,050   

Brink’s Co.

    1,200        29,292   

Cintas Corp.

    28,800        2,259,072   

Civeo Corp.

    9,600        39,456   

Clean Harbors, Inc.*

    16,200        778,410   

Copart, Inc.*

    37,000        1,350,130   

Covanta Holding Corp.

    32,000        704,320   

Deluxe Corp.

    17,000        1,058,250   

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    21,900        677,367   

Herman Miller, Inc.

    11,700        344,331   

HNI Corp.

    11,700        597,402   

Interface, Inc.

    700        11,529   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

    36,400        1,261,260   

Mobile Mini, Inc.

    8,300        336,233   

MSA Safety, Inc.

    7,100        376,939   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    54,520        1,328,652   

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

    49,130        825,630   

Republic Services, Inc.

    76,735        3,088,584   

Rollins, Inc.

    21,000        695,100   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

    12,800        229,760   

Stericycle, Inc.*

    21,800        2,857,544   

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    18,300        488,610   

Tyco International plc

    120,200        5,271,972   

UniFirst Corp.

    2,000        242,900   

United Stationers, Inc.

    12,100        510,136   

Waste Connections, Inc.

    37,550        1,651,825   

Waste Management, Inc.

    123,450        6,335,454   

West Corp.

    17,700        584,100  
   

 

 

 
      35,959,968  
   

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering (0.2%)

  

 

AECOM Technology Corp.*

    32,802        996,197   

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. (N.Y. Shares)

    31,625        1,327,617   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    25,100        1,116,699   

Fluor Corp.

    45,460        2,756,240   

Granite Construction, Inc.

    4,900        186,298   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.*

    37,100        1,657,999   

KBR, Inc.

    48,800        827,160   

MasTec, Inc.*

    18,700        422,807   

Primoris Services Corp.

    700        16,268   

Quanta Services, Inc.*

    64,850        1,841,092  
   

 

 

 
      11,148,377  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (0.6%)

   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    12,200        1,708,854   

AMETEK, Inc.

    64,975        3,419,634   

Babcock & Wilcox Co.

    37,600        1,139,280   

Eaton Corp. plc

    119,697        8,134,608   

Emerson Electric Co.

    182,810        11,284,862   

EnerSys, Inc.

    13,300        820,876   

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

    13,400        502,902   

Generac Holdings, Inc.*

    14,600        682,696   

Hubbell, Inc., Class B

    15,400        1,645,182   

Polypore International, Inc.*

    12,300        578,715   

Regal-Beloit Corp.

    13,900        1,045,280   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    38,500        4,281,200   

SolarCity Corp.*

    11,100        593,628  
   

 

 

 
      35,837,717  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (1.9%)

   

3M Co.

    166,030        27,282,050   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    17,300        1,561,152   

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Danaher Corp.

    154,160      $ 13,213,054   

General Electric Co.

    2,531,292        63,965,749   

Raven Industries, Inc.

    2,700        67,500   

Roper Industries, Inc.

    25,850        4,041,647  
   

 

 

 
      110,131,152  
   

 

 

 

Machinery (2.0%)

   

Actuant Corp., Class A

    23,500        640,140   

AGCO Corp.

    27,500        1,243,000   

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

    35,200        1,193,280   

Barnes Group, Inc.

    15,200        562,552   

Caterpillar, Inc.

    160,310        14,673,174   

Chart Industries, Inc.*

    10,080        344,736   

CLARCOR, Inc.

    14,000        932,960   

Colfax Corp.*

    27,730        1,430,036   

Crane Co.

    18,600        1,091,820   

Cummins, Inc.

    47,360        6,827,891   

Deere & Co.

    94,740        8,381,648   

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    36,700        1,417,721   

Dover Corp.

    43,390        3,111,931   

Flowserve Corp.

    35,740        2,138,324   

Graco, Inc.

    17,860        1,432,015   

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    7,600        408,348   

Harsco Corp.

    18,300        345,687   

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    9,800        338,100   

IDEX Corp.

    23,240        1,809,002   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    89,010        8,429,247   

Ingersoll-Rand plc

    74,200        4,703,538   

ITT Corp.

    30,425        1,230,995   

Joy Global, Inc.

    26,480        1,231,850   

Kennametal, Inc.

    26,190        937,340   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    20,960        1,448,126   

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

    46,900        1,036,490   

Middleby Corp.*

    18,000        1,783,800   

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    16,400        559,896   

Navistar International Corp.*

    15,400        515,592   

Nordson Corp.

    20,060        1,563,878   

Oshkosh Corp.

    24,700        1,201,655   

PACCAR, Inc.

    93,630        6,367,776   

Pall Corp.

    30,000        3,036,300   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    37,610        4,849,809   

Pentair plc

    50,387        3,346,705   

Proto Labs, Inc.*

    5,900        396,244   

RBC Bearings, Inc.

    3,900        251,667   

Rexnord Corp.*

    19,600        552,916   

Snap-on, Inc.

    14,900        2,037,426   

SPX Corp.

    13,300        1,142,736   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    40,635        3,904,211   

Terex Corp.

    33,030        920,876   

Timken Co.

    21,240        906,523   

Toro Co.

    19,440        1,240,466   

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    48,740        1,365,207   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

    7,700        977,900   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.*

    16,570        1,736,205   

Wabtec Corp.

    25,700        2,233,073   

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

    8,000        507,520   

Woodward, Inc.

    23,030        1,133,767   

Xylem, Inc.

    47,850        1,821,650  
   

 

 

 
      111,693,749  
   

 

 

 
   

Marine (0.0%)

  

 

Kirby Corp.*

    14,250      $ 1,150,545   

Matson, Inc.

    11,880        410,098  
   

 

 

 
      1,560,643  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services (0.4%)

  

 

Advisory Board Co.*

    11,680        572,086   

CBIZ, Inc.*

    37,720        322,883   

Corporate Executive Board Co.

    11,800        855,854   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

    9,600        1,161,216   

Equifax, Inc.

    34,820        2,815,893   

FTI Consulting, Inc.*

    12,600        486,738   

IHS, Inc., Class A*

    18,700        2,129,556   

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    20,980        1,430,207   

Nielsen N.V.

    73,400        3,283,182   

Resources Connection, Inc.

    25,650        421,943   

Robert Half International, Inc.

    37,260        2,175,239   

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

    17,900        2,025,743   

TriNet Group, Inc.*

    12,400        387,872   

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A*

    45,800        2,933,490   

WageWorks, Inc.*

    9,100        587,587  
   

 

 

 
      21,589,489  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail (1.1%)

  

 

AMERCO

    2,200        625,372   

Avis Budget Group, Inc.*

    28,490        1,889,742   

Con-way, Inc.

    19,100        939,338   

CSX Corp.

    257,950        9,345,528   

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A*

    14,700        1,321,824   

Heartland Express, Inc.

    7,700        207,977   

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

    116,600        2,908,004   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    23,050        1,941,962   

Kansas City Southern

    28,650        3,496,159   

Knight Transportation, Inc.

    19,600        659,736   

Landstar System, Inc.

    15,650        1,135,095   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    79,070        8,666,863   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*

    15,750        1,222,830   

Ryder System, Inc.

    16,900        1,569,165   

Swift Transportation Co.*

    17,600        503,888   

Union Pacific Corp.

    227,420        27,092,545   

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    18,100        563,815  
   

 

 

 
      64,089,843  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.3%)

  

 

Air Lease Corp.

    21,000        720,510   

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    15,500        706,645   

Fastenal Co.

    83,300        3,961,748   

GATX Corp.

    13,700        788,298   

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.*

    27,600        813,924   

MRC Global, Inc.*

    23,600        357,540   

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    12,200        991,250   

NOW, Inc.*

    27,920        718,382   

TAL International Group, Inc.*

    600        26,142   

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

    11,200        384,384   

United Rentals, Inc.*

    27,722        2,827,921   

Veritiv Corp.*

    233        12,086   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    15,650        3,989,028   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Watsco, Inc.

    7,310      $ 782,170   

WESCO International, Inc.*

    15,220        1,159,916  
   

 

 

 
      18,239,944  
   

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure (0.0%)

  

 

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.*

    20,600        287,988  
   

 

 

 

Total Industrials

      651,491,874  
   

 

 

 

Information Technology (18.8%)

   

Communications Equipment (1.6%)

  

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

    13,900        303,020   

ARRIS Group, Inc.*

    41,000        1,237,790   

Aruba Networks, Inc.*

    27,400        498,132   

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

    132,560        1,569,510   

Ciena Corp.*

    31,400        609,474   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,293,070        35,966,742   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*

    19,100        436,053   

EchoStar Corp., Class A*

    10,500        551,250   

F5 Networks, Inc.*

    21,200        2,765,858   

Finisar Corp.*

    27,300        529,893   

Harris Corp.

    32,840        2,358,569   

Infinera Corp.*

    18,700        275,264   

InterDigital, Inc.

    10,700        566,030   

JDS Uniphase Corp.*

    76,350        1,047,522   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    123,400        2,754,288   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    60,421        4,053,041   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*

    13,500        1,654,695   

Plantronics, Inc.

    17,400        922,548   

Polycom, Inc.*

    40,400        545,400   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    426,080        31,670,526   

Riverbed Technology, Inc.*

    47,200        963,352   

ViaSat, Inc.*

    12,200        768,966  
   

 

 

 
      92,047,923  
   

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.6%)

  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    80,840        4,350,000   

Anixter International, Inc.*

    7,700        681,142   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*

    26,000        1,505,140   

Avnet, Inc.

    38,720        1,665,734   

AVX Corp.

    25,300        354,200   

Belden, Inc.

    10,900        859,029   

CDW Corp.

    22,600        794,842   

Cognex Corp.*

    29,800        1,231,634   

Coherent, Inc.*

    7,000        425,040   

Corning, Inc.

    345,890        7,931,258   

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    12,700        547,624   

FEI Co.

    10,800        975,780   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    42,200        1,363,482   

II-VI, Inc.*

    2,700        36,855   

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A*

    41,200        1,138,768   

InvenSense, Inc.*

    21,300        346,338   

IPG Photonics Corp.*

    9,100        681,772   

Itron, Inc.*

    6,710        283,766   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

    68,100        1,486,623   

Keysight Technologies, Inc.*

    43,115        1,455,994   

Knowles Corp.*

    25,045        589,810   

Littelfuse, Inc.

    6,500        628,355   

National Instruments Corp.

    35,700        1,109,913   

Plexus Corp.*

    8,300        342,043   
   

Sanmina Corp.*

    14,400      $ 338,832   

SYNNEX Corp.

    7,200        562,752   

Tech Data Corp.*

    11,200        708,176   

Trimble Navigation Ltd.*

    77,400        2,054,196   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    39,600        560,340   

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*

    16,700        1,292,747  
   

 

 

 
      36,302,185  
   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (3.1%)

  

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc.*

    45,800        2,883,568   

AOL, Inc.*

    20,956        967,539   

Bankrate, Inc.*

    33,000        410,190   

Cimpress N.V.*

    9,700        725,948   

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*

    13,300        468,160   

CoStar Group, Inc.*

    7,535        1,383,652   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.*

    13,300        589,323   

Demandware, Inc.*

    300        17,262   

eBay, Inc.*

    321,570        18,046,508   

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.*

    26,800        493,924   

Equinix, Inc.

    14,739        3,341,773   

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

    500,900        39,080,218   

Google, Inc., Class A*

    71,225        37,796,258   

Google, Inc., Class C*

    72,025        37,913,960   

GrubHub, Inc.*

    8,200        297,824   

IAC/InterActiveCorp

    24,850        1,510,632   

j2 Global, Inc.

    14,600        905,200   

LinkedIn Corp., Class A*

    27,000        6,202,170   

NIC, Inc.

    1,500        26,985   

Pandora Media, Inc.*

    53,500        953,905   

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.*

    31,500        1,474,515   

Trulia, Inc.*

    9,600        441,888   

Twitter, Inc.*

    124,800        4,476,576   

VeriSign, Inc.*

    35,250        2,009,250   

Yahoo!, Inc.*

    252,750        12,766,403   

Yelp, Inc.*

    13,200        722,436   

Zillow, Inc., Class A*

    7,500        794,175  
   

 

 

 
      176,700,242  
   

 

 

 

IT Services (3.2%)

   

Accenture plc, Class A

    158,800        14,182,428   

Alliance Data Systems Corp.*

    15,752        4,505,860   

Amdocs Ltd.

    45,210        2,109,272   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    125,550        10,467,103   

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.*

    13,400        519,920   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    19,800        525,294   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    30,410        1,404,334   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

    6,000        517,080   

Cardtronics, Inc.*

    7,000        270,060   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*

    152,700        8,041,182   

Computer Sciences Corp.

    37,740        2,379,507   

Convergys Corp.

    37,300        759,801   

CoreLogic, Inc.*

    26,300        830,817   

DST Systems, Inc.

    11,580        1,090,257   

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

    7,600        362,900   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

    14,700      $ 807,030   

EVERTEC, Inc.

    13,200        292,116   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    74,625        4,641,675   

Fiserv, Inc.*

    66,500        4,719,505   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

    21,600        3,212,136   

Gartner, Inc.*

    25,500        2,147,355   

Genpact Ltd.*

    41,700        789,381   

Global Payments, Inc.

    21,600        1,743,768   

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

    9,200        496,340   

iGATE Corp.*

    12,300        485,604   

International Business Machines Corp.

    240,031        38,510,574   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    23,030        1,431,084   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    21,037        915,530   

ManTech International Corp., Class A

    6,200        187,426   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    255,100        21,979,416   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

    24,800        1,360,032   

NeuStar, Inc., Class A*

    17,390        483,442   

Paychex, Inc.

    83,810        3,869,508   

Sabre Corp.

    15,600        316,212   

Sapient Corp.*

    34,200        850,896   

Science Applications International Corp.

    12,021        595,400   

Syntel, Inc.*

    9,400        422,812   

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.*

    18,950        448,736   

Teradata Corp.*

    49,760        2,173,517   

Total System Services, Inc.

    46,200        1,568,952   

Unisys Corp.*

    9,696        285,838   

Vantiv, Inc., Class A*

    32,500        1,102,400   

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*

    29,900        1,112,280   

Visa, Inc., Class A

    125,850        32,997,870   

Western Union Co.

    139,760        2,503,102   

WEX, Inc.*

    10,100        999,092   

Xerox Corp.

    298,131        4,132,096  
   

 

 

 
      185,546,940  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.5%)

  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

    188,500        503,295   

Altera Corp.

    86,250        3,186,075   

Amkor Technology, Inc.*

    39,100        277,610   

Analog Devices, Inc.

    80,670        4,478,798   

Applied Materials, Inc.

    308,820        7,695,794   

Atmel Corp.*

    109,700        920,931   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

    66,900        6,729,471   

Broadcom Corp., Class A

    138,770        6,012,904   

Cavium, Inc.*

    16,300        1,007,666   

Cree, Inc.*

    32,700        1,053,594   

Entegris, Inc.*

    19,240        254,160   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.*

    36,000        607,680   

First Solar, Inc.*

    17,400        775,953   

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.*

    27,400        691,302   

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.*

    34,800        682,080   

Intel Corp.

    1,249,690        45,351,250   

International Rectifier Corp.*

    21,300        849,870   

Intersil Corp., Class A

    33,600        486,192   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    47,080        3,310,666   

Lam Research Corp.

    46,175        3,663,525   
   

Linear Technology Corp.

    67,650      $ 3,084,840   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

    129,930        1,883,985   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    81,250        2,589,438   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    55,700        2,512,627   

Micron Technology, Inc.*

    270,150        9,457,952   

Microsemi Corp.*

    31,400        891,132   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    13,200        483,120   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    9,900        492,426   

NVIDIA Corp.

    161,260        3,233,263   

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

    113,500        1,149,755   

PMC-Sierra, Inc.*

    34,200        313,272   

Power Integrations, Inc.

    6,400        331,136   

Rambus, Inc.*

    37,500        415,875   

RF Micro Devices, Inc.*

    74,800        1,240,932   

Semtech Corp.*

    18,000        496,260   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*

    13,440        640,013   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    49,400        3,591,874   

Spansion, Inc., Class A*

    15,200        520,144   

SunEdison, Inc.*

    73,470        1,433,400   

SunPower Corp.*

    11,900        307,377   

Synaptics, Inc.*

    10,300        709,052   

Teradyne, Inc.

    61,310        1,213,325   

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

    13,400        479,184   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    270,990        14,488,480   

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.*

    37,300        1,027,615   

Veeco Instruments, Inc.*

    11,300        394,144   

Xilinx, Inc.

    70,200        3,038,958  
   

 

 

 
      144,958,395  
   

 

 

 

Software (3.9%)

   

ACI Worldwide, Inc.*

    37,500        756,375   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    129,100        2,601,365   

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

    129,620        9,423,374   

Advent Software, Inc.

    14,000        428,960   

ANSYS, Inc.*

    23,300        1,910,600   

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

    32,500        1,138,150   

Autodesk, Inc.*

    62,550        3,756,753   

Blackbaud, Inc.

    13,000        562,380   

CA, Inc.

    93,050        2,833,372   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

    82,930        1,573,182   

CDK Global, Inc.

    41,850        1,705,806   

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

    43,350        2,765,730   

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

    15,300        790,857   

Covisint Corp.*

    11,928        31,609   

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

    87,900        4,132,618   

Epiq Systems, Inc.

    27,700        473,116   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    12,500        1,759,375   

Fair Isaac Corp.

    13,100        947,130   

FireEye, Inc.*

    22,300        704,234   

Fortinet, Inc.*

    40,400        1,238,664   

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

    13,500        683,505   

Infoblox, Inc.*

    2,200        44,462   

Informatica Corp.*

    37,700        1,437,689   

Intuit, Inc.

    72,950        6,725,260   

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

    24,000        977,280   

Mentor Graphics Corp.

    37,800        828,576   

Microsoft Corp.

    2,073,650        96,321,043   

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A*

    3,000        487,200   

NetScout Systems, Inc.*

    10,700        390,978   

NetSuite, Inc.*

    8,900        971,613   

Nuance Communications, Inc.*

    84,490        1,205,672   

Oracle Corp.

    829,112        37,285,167   

 

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     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Pegasystems, Inc.

    13,500      $ 280,395   

Progress Software Corp.*

    19,000        513,380   

PTC, Inc.*

    33,950        1,244,268   

Qlik Technologies, Inc.*

    23,900        738,271   

Red Hat, Inc.*

    53,800        3,719,732   

Rovi Corp.*

    41,550        938,615   

Salesforce.com, Inc.*

    154,100        9,139,671   

ServiceNow, Inc.*

    37,500        2,544,375   

SolarWinds, Inc.*

    19,400        966,702   

Solera Holdings, Inc.

    21,110        1,080,410   

Splunk, Inc.*

    29,100        1,715,445   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    14,100        824,709   

Symantec Corp.

    178,090        4,568,899   

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.*

    10,910        456,693   

Synopsys, Inc.*

    48,120        2,091,776   

Tableau Software, Inc., Class A*

    9,900        839,124   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*

    25,800        723,174   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

    9,400        1,028,736   

Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*

    6,600        968,979   

Verint Systems, Inc.*

    14,800        862,544   

VMware, Inc., Class A*

    23,100        1,906,212   

Workday, Inc., Class A*

    24,400        1,991,284   

Zynga, Inc., Class A*

    123,800        329,308  
   

 

 

 
      226,364,797  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (3.9%)

  

3D Systems Corp.*

    28,530        937,781   

Apple, Inc.

    1,513,695        167,081,654   

Diebold, Inc.

    16,050        555,972   

Electronics for Imaging, Inc.*

    12,900        552,507   

EMC Corp.

    516,790        15,369,335   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    480,832        19,295,788   

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A

    18,690        771,336   

NCR Corp.*

    45,900        1,337,526   

NetApp, Inc.

    83,650        3,467,293   

Nimble Storage, Inc.*

    15,300        420,750   

SanDisk Corp.

    57,090        5,593,678   

Stratasys Ltd.*

    12,900        1,072,119   

Western Digital Corp.

    59,770        6,616,539  
   

 

 

 
      223,072,278  
   

 

 

 

Total Information Technology

      1,084,992,760  
   

 

 

 

Materials (3.6%)

   

Chemicals (2.5%)

   

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    55,380        7,987,457   

Airgas, Inc.

    17,300        1,992,614   

Albemarle Corp.

    23,000        1,382,990   

Ashland, Inc.

    21,064        2,522,625   

Axiall Corp.

    20,500        870,635   

Balchem Corp.

    7,700        513,128   

Cabot Corp.

    19,700        864,042   

Celanese Corp.

    44,500        2,668,220   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    14,702        4,006,883   

Chemtura Corp.*

    31,600        781,468   

Cytec Industries, Inc.

    23,800        1,098,846   

Dow Chemical Co.

    303,980        13,864,528   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

    231,840        17,142,250   
   

Eastman Chemical Co.

    39,128      $ 2,968,250   

Ecolab, Inc.

    66,888        6,991,134   

FMC Corp.

    38,600        2,201,358   

H.B. Fuller Co.

    16,100        716,933   

Huntsman Corp.

    55,200        1,257,456   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    22,000        2,229,920   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

    20,400        265,608   

LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A

    106,200        8,431,218   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    11,400        791,730   

Monsanto Co.

    132,300        15,805,881   

Mosaic Co.

    86,530        3,950,094   

NewMarket Corp.

    3,300        1,331,649   

Olin Corp.

    21,500        489,555   

Platform Specialty Products Corp.*

    22,200        515,484   

PolyOne Corp.

    31,700        1,201,747   

PPG Industries, Inc.

    36,000        8,321,400   

Praxair, Inc.

    76,300        9,885,428   

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

    19,730        1,554,724   

RPM International, Inc.

    37,150        1,883,876   

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A

    11,900        741,608   

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    12,500        754,250   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    22,300        5,865,792   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

    30,500        4,186,735   

Valspar Corp.

    25,300        2,187,944   

W.R. Grace & Co.*

    22,000        2,098,580   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    14,400        879,696  
   

 

 

 
      143,203,736  
   

 

 

 

Construction Materials (0.1%)

  

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    14,400        1,094,832   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    17,730        1,955,974   

Vulcan Materials Co.

    33,100        2,175,663  
   

 

 

 
      5,226,469  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.4%)

  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    20,200        1,350,168   

Avery Dennison Corp.

    26,550        1,377,414   

Ball Corp.

    37,200        2,535,924   

Bemis Co., Inc.

    29,800        1,347,258   

Berry Plastics Group, Inc.*

    23,400        738,270   

Crown Holdings, Inc.*

    37,150        1,890,935   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.*

    85,200        1,160,424   

Greif, Inc., Class A

    1,400        66,122   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

    49,400        2,192,866   

Owens-Illinois, Inc.*

    46,650        1,259,083   

Packaging Corp. of America

    26,500        2,068,325   

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

    38,600        2,353,828   

Sealed Air Corp.

    55,360        2,348,925   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    11,600        621,760   

Sonoco Products Co.

    32,660        1,427,242  
   

 

 

 
      22,738,544  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.5%)

  

 

Alcoa, Inc.

    296,150        4,676,208   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

    35,260        1,225,990   

Carpenter Technology Corp.

    14,900        733,825   

Commercial Metals Co.

    49,390        804,563   

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    12,400        1,076,692   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    267,494      $ 6,248,660   

Newmont Mining Corp.

    129,300        2,443,770   

Nucor Corp.

    87,620        4,297,761   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    22,200        1,360,194   

Royal Gold, Inc.

    18,000        1,128,600   

Southern Copper Corp.

    50,544        1,425,341   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    71,300        1,407,462   

Tahoe Resources, Inc.

    14,900        206,663   

United States Steel Corp.

    37,490        1,002,483   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    12,400        373,116  
   

 

 

 
      28,411,328  
   

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products (0.1%)

  

Domtar Corp.

    18,480        743,266   

International Paper Co.

    116,850        6,260,823   

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.

    23,200        679,992   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.*

    42,500        703,800  
   

 

 

 
      8,387,881  
   

 

 

 

Total Materials

      207,967,958  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services (2.0%)

  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.9%)

  

8x8, Inc.*

    1,000        9,160   

AT&T, Inc.

    1,302,984        43,767,232   

CenturyLink, Inc.

    152,979        6,054,909   

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

    10,800        34,452   

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    8,900        314,971   

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,300        64,009   

FairPoint Communications, Inc.*

    1,500        21,315   

Frontier Communications Corp.

    280,290        1,869,534   

General Communication, Inc., Class A*

    2,200        30,250   

Globalstar, Inc.*

    81,800        224,950   

Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.*

    600        16,542   

IDT Corp., Class B

    2,400        48,744   

inContact, Inc.*

    6,800        59,772   

Intelsat S.A.*

    3,600        62,496   

Iridium Communications, Inc.*

    300        2,925   

Level 3 Communications, Inc.*

    76,836        3,794,162   

Lumos Networks Corp.

    100        1,682   

magicJack VocalTec Ltd.*

    100        812   

ORBCOMM, Inc.*

    3,100        20,274   

Premiere Global Services, Inc.*

    1,700        18,054   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,045,340        48,901,005   

Windstream Holdings, Inc.

    157,011        1,293,771  
   

 

 

 
      106,611,021  
   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.1%)

  

Boingo Wireless, Inc.*

    3,100        23,777   

Leap Wireless International, Inc. (b)*

    1,900        4,788   

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

    3,600        15,084   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A*

    2,000        29,840   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A*

    33,300        3,688,308   

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

    300        9,375   
   

Spok Holdings, Inc.

    1,900      $ 32,984   

Sprint Corp.*

    240,579        998,403   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

    28,186        711,697   

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

    69,200        1,864,248   

U.S. Cellular Corp.*

    12,100        481,943  
   

 

 

 
      7,860,447  
   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunication Services

      114,471,468  
   

 

 

 

Utilities (3.2%)

   

Electric Utilities (1.7%)

  

ALLETE, Inc.

    10,500        578,970   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    122,670        7,448,522   

Cleco Corp.

    16,100        878,094   

Duke Energy Corp.

    176,085        14,710,141   

Edison International

    83,360        5,458,413   

Entergy Corp.

    45,100        3,945,348   

Exelon Corp.

    223,156        8,274,624   

FirstEnergy Corp.

    106,804        4,164,288   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

    43,600        1,238,676   

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

    34,200        1,145,016   

IDACORP, Inc.

    11,450        757,875   

ITC Holdings Corp.

    44,400        1,795,092   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    111,450        11,846,020   

Northeast Utilities

    82,209        4,399,826   

OGE Energy Corp.

    48,600        1,724,328   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

    69,250        1,864,903   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    32,500        2,220,075   

PNM Resources, Inc.

    28,700        850,381   

Portland General Electric Co.

    15,800        597,714   

PPL Corp.

    171,050        6,214,246   

Southern Co.

    221,750        10,890,143   

UIL Holdings Corp.

    18,500        805,490   

Westar Energy, Inc.

    30,000        1,237,200   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    122,480        4,399,482  
   

 

 

 
      97,444,867  
   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (0.2%)

  

 

AGL Resources, Inc.

    28,683        1,563,510   

Atmos Energy Corp.

    25,200        1,404,648   

Laclede Group, Inc.

    11,200        595,840   

National Fuel Gas Co.

    21,100        1,467,083   

New Jersey Resources Corp.

    9,800        599,760   

ONE Gas, Inc.

    14,125        582,232   

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

    19,900        784,259   

Questar Corp.

    47,000        1,188,160   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    12,100        713,053   

Southwest Gas Corp.

    17,200        1,063,132   

UGI Corp.

    48,675        1,848,677   

WGL Holdings, Inc.

    19,100        1,043,242  
   

 

 

 
      12,853,596  
   

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (0.1%)

  

AES Corp.

    188,995        2,602,461   

Calpine Corp.*

    110,300        2,440,939   

Dynegy, Inc.*

    28,400        861,940   

NRG Energy, Inc.

    87,821        2,366,776  
   

 

 

 
      8,272,116  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

Multi-Utilities (1.1%)

  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    26,900      $ 1,786,698   

Ameren Corp.

    65,000        2,998,450   

Avista Corp.

    19,200        678,720   

Black Hills Corp.

    13,000        689,520   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    116,450        2,728,423   

CMS Energy Corp.

    71,500        2,484,625   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    74,600        4,924,346   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

    144,850        11,138,965   

DTE Energy Co.

    46,500        4,016,205   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

    20,300        1,580,355   

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    48,250        1,133,875   

NiSource, Inc.

    79,300        3,363,906   

NorthWestern Corp.

    8,700        492,246   

PG&E Corp.

    121,220        6,453,753   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    128,100        5,304,621   

SCANA Corp.

    38,550        2,328,420   

Sempra Energy

    62,290        6,936,614   

TECO Energy, Inc.

    59,350        1,216,082   

Vectren Corp.

    18,000        832,140   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

    55,100        2,905,974  
   

 

 

 
      63,993,938  
   

 

 

 

Water Utilities (0.1%)

  

 

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    44,000        2,345,200   

Aqua America, Inc.

    50,062        1,336,656  
   

 

 

 
      3,681,856  
   

 

 

 

Total Utilities

      186,246,373  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (99.3%)
(Cost $2,956,563,194)

      5,723,027,927  
   

 

 

 
     Number of
Rights
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

RIGHTS:

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.0%)

  

 

Media (0.0%)

  

 

Liberty Broadband Corp., expiring 1/9/15*

    3,707      $ 35,216   
   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Discretionary

      35,216   
   

 

 

 

Health Care (0.0%)

   

Biotechnology (0.0%)

   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., expiring 12/31/49*

    8,800        352  
   

 

 

 

Total Health Care

      352  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights (0.0%)
(Cost $—)

      35,568   
   

 

 

 

Total Investments (99.3%)
(Cost $2,956,563,194)

      5,723,063,495   

Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.7%)

      42,612,773   
   

 

 

 

Net Assets (100%)

    $ 5,765,676,268   
   

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing.
# All, or a portion of security held by broker as collateral for financial futures contracts, with a total collateral value of $28,289,700.
(b) Illiquid security.

 

 

At December 31, 2014, the Portfolio had the following futures contracts open: (Note 1)

 

Purchases

  Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Original
Value
    Value at
12/31/2014
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Russell 2000 Mini Index

    39        March-15      $     4,537,531      $     4,682,730      $ 145,199   

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

    313        March-15        31,746,203        32,120,060        373,857   
         

 

 

 
          $     519,056   
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014:

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

         
Investment Type   Level 1
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets For
Identical
Securities (a)
    Level 2
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(including quoted prices
for similar securities,
interest rates,
prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)
    Level 3
Significant Unobservable
Inputs (including the
Portfolio’s own
assumptions in
determining the fair
value of investments)
    Total  

Assets:

       

Common Stocks

       

Consumer Discretionary

  $ 733,614,749      $      $      $ 733,614,749   

Consumer Staples

    489,164,817                      489,164,817   

Energy

    429,117,980                      429,117,980   

Financials

    1,025,915,038                      1,025,915,038   

Health Care

    800,044,910                      800,044,910   

Industrials

    651,491,874                      651,491,874   

Information Technology

    1,084,992,760                      1,084,992,760   

Materials

    207,967,958                      207,967,958   

Telecommunication Services

    114,466,680        4,788               114,471,468   

Utilities

    186,246,373                      186,246,373   

Futures

    519,056                      519,056   

Rights

       

Consumer Discretionary

    35,216                      35,216   

Health Care

    352                      352   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 5,723,577,763      $ 4,788      $      $ 5,723,582,551   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

  $      $      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     5,723,577,763      $     4,788      $         —      $     5,723,582,551   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) A security with a market value of $3,724,416 transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 at the end of the period due to active trading.

There were no additional transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2014:

 

   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as
Hedging Instrument^

 

Asset Derivatives

  Fair Value  

Equity contracts

  Receivables, Net assets –
Unrealized appreciation
  $     519,056
   

 

 

 

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Portfolio of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income  

Derivatives Not Accounted for as
Hedging Instruments^

  Futures     Total  

Equity contracts

  $     3,104,439      $     3,104,439   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

Amount of Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income  

Derivatives Not Accounted for as
Hedging Instruments^

  Futures     Total  

Equity contracts

  $     74,353      $     74,353   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held futures contracts as a substitute for investing in conventional securities.

The Portfolio held futures contracts with an average notional balance of approximately $40,930,000 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Investment security transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Cost of Purchases:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $     199,699,142   

Net Proceeds of Sales and Redemptions:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $ 661,481,810   

As of December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

  $     2,982,259,355   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

    (252,306,680
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 2,729,952,675   
 

 

 

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

  $ 2,993,110,820   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2014

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value (Cost $2,956,563,194)

  $ 5,723,063,495   

Cash

    40,270,695   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

    7,515,302   

Receivable from Separate Accounts for Trust shares sold

    2,100,800   

Other assets

    11,776   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    5,772,962,068   
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable to Separate Accounts for Trust shares redeemed

    3,180,183   

Investment management fees payable

    1,699,312   

Distribution fees payable – Class IA

    911,619   

Administrative fees payable

    494,754   

Due to broker for futures variation margin

    418,125   

Distribution fees payable – Class IB

    312,895   

Trustees’ fees payable

    21,842   

Accrued expenses

    247,070   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    7,285,800   
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 5,765,676,268   
 

 

 

 

Net assets were comprised of:

 

Paid in capital

  $ 4,454,388,638   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

    6,883,471   

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and futures

    (1,462,615,198

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and futures

    2,767,019,357   
 

 

 

 

Net assets

  $ 5,765,676,268   
 

 

 

 

Class IA

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $4,292,750,480 / 163,395,617 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.01 par value)

  $ 26.27   
 

 

 

 

Class IB

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $1,472,925,788 / 56,367,324 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.01 par value)

  $ 26.13   
 

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends (net of $32,994 foreign withholding tax)

  $ 111,119,006   

Interest

    40,141   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    111,159,147   
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment management fees

    19,655,213   

Distribution fees – Class IA

    10,527,473   

Administrative fees

    5,731,635   

Distribution fees – Class IB

    3,630,770   

Printing and mailing expenses

    427,867   

Professional fees

    162,414   

Custodian fees

    151,500   

Trustees’ fees

    143,710   

Miscellaneous

    144,009   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    40,574,591   
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

    70,584,556   
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

    269,491,625   

Futures

    3,104,439   
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    272,596,064   
 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

    301,806,406   

Futures

    74,353   
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    301,880,759   
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    574,476,823   
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 645,061,379   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 70,584,556      $ 68,233,177   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and futures

    272,596,064        222,943,858   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and futures

    301,880,759        1,174,006,009   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    645,061,379        1,465,183,044   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS :

   

Dividends from net investment income

   

Class IA

    (51,658,815     (50,063,367

Class IB

    (17,849,224     (17,454,803
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DIVIDENDS :

    (69,508,039     (67,518,170
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARES TRANSACTIONS:

   

Class IA

   

Capital shares sold [ 2,026,588 and 2,307,638 shares, respectively ]

    50,668,821        48,773,350   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends [ 1,968,067 and 2,155,506 shares,
respectively ]

    51,658,815        50,063,367   

Capital shares repurchased [ (17,757,923) and (22,111,499) shares, respectively ]

    (442,333,192     (466,270,226
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class IA transactions

    (340,005,556     (367,433,509
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IB

   

Capital shares sold [ 2,585,192 and 4,387,904 shares, respectively ]

    63,347,697        91,232,820   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends [ 683,686 and 755,531 shares, respectively ]

    17,849,224        17,454,803   

Capital shares repurchased [ (8,854,542) and (9,429,127) shares, respectively ]

    (217,603,296     (199,841,093
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class IB transactions

    (136,406,375     (91,153,470
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    (476,411,931     (458,586,979
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    99,141,409        939,077,895   

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of year

    5,666,534,859        4,727,456,964   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year (a)

  $ 5,765,676,268      $ 5,666,534,859   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Includes accumulated undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss) of

  $ 6,883,471      $ 5,352,127   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/COMMON STOCK INDEX PORTFOLIO

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
Class IA    2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 23.73       $ 18.13       $ 15.94       $ 16.07       $ 14.04   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.31         0.27         0.27         0.25         0.22   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures

     2.55         5.61         2.21         (0.13      2.04   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.86         5.88         2.48         0.12         2.26   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.32      (0.28      (0.29      (0.25      (0.23
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 26.27       $ 23.73       $ 18.13       $ 15.94       $ 16.07   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     12.05      32.49      15.54      0.82      16.14
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

              

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $     4,292,750       $     4,204,128       $     3,532,647       $     3,421,651       $     3,823,474   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.72      0.72      0.72      0.47      0.47

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

     1.25      1.30      1.54      1.50      1.53

Portfolio turnover rate^

     4      4      3      5      10

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
Class IB    2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 23.61       $ 18.04       $ 15.85       $ 15.99       $ 13.96   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.31         0.27         0.27         0.20         0.18   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures

     2.53         5.58         2.21         (0.13      2.04   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.84         5.85         2.48         0.07         2.22   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.32      (0.28      (0.29      (0.21      (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 26.13       $ 23.61       $ 18.04       $ 15.85       $ 15.99   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     12.03      32.48      15.62      0.50      15.93
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

              

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $     1,472,926       $     1,462,407       $     1,194,810       $     1,152,609       $     1,297,833   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.72      0.72      0.72      0.72      0.72

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

     1.25      1.30      1.54      1.25      1.28

Portfolio turnover rate^

     4      4      3      5      10
^ Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(e) Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT MANAGER

 

Ø  

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER

 

Ø  

SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

PERFORMANCE RESULTS

 

LOGO

 

Annualized Total Returns as of 12/31/14  
     1
Year
    5
Years
    10 Years/
Since
Incept.
 

Portfolio – Class IA Shares

    2.36     2.97     1.86

Portfolio – Class IB Shares

    2.46        2.88        1.68  

Portfolio – Class K Shares***

    2.62        N/A        1.62  

Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index

    3.13        3.54        4.10  

***  Date of inception 8/26/11.

 

      Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized.

     

         

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The Portfolio’s Class IB shares returned 2.46% for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Portfolio’s benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index, returned 3.13% over the same period.

Portfolio Highlights

For the year ended December 31, 2014

2014 was an unexpected year for U.S. fixed income as treasuries posted their biggest returns since 2011, bolstered by a global slowdown and low inflation, even as the U.S. economy displayed signs of healthy growth from mid-year onward. Conversely, the year didn’t begin as it ended, starting off with weak employment reports and a dismal first quarter gross domestic product (GDP). Things quickly changed, however, with a clearer growth picture showing better GDP and employment prints from second quarter and onward. The Federal Reserve also weighed in on the situation, showing patience with any possible rate increases over the course of the year but notably ending the quantitative easing (QE) program in October that began in 2008.

The annual return information by major components came in as follows: Intermediate U.S. Treasury 2.57%, Intermediate U.S. Agency 2.05%, Intermediate Corporate 4.35% and Intermediate Non-Corporate at 3.46%.

It was a series of geopolitical events and increased volatility in stock and commodity markets over the course of 2014, that provided support for U.S. government bonds as tensions between Russia and Ukraine peaked in the second quarter, the U.S. began airstrikes in Syria to battle ISIS and the Scottish independence referendum caused investor uneasiness in quarter three. The relatively higher yields on U.S. bonds versus other countries such as Germany and Japan also assisted in the rally as spreads between the U.S. generic 10 year Treasury and its G7 peers hit the highest since November 2006 with the soaring U.S. dollar adding to the allure for U.S. denominated assets. Against this backdrop, the Portfolio slightly underperformed its benchmark.

 

Portfolio Characteristics

As of December 31, 2014

      

Weighted Average Life (Years)

    4.17   

Weighted Average Coupon (%)

    2.75   

Weighted Average Modified Duration (Years)*

    3.89   

Weighted Average Rating**

    AA3   

*   Modified duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of the Portfolio to interest rate movements, taking into account specific features of the securities in which it invests.

 

** Weighted Average Rating has been provided by the Investment Sub-Adviser. A credit rating is an assessment provided by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) of the creditworthiness of an issuer with respect to debt obligations, including specific securities, money market instruments or other debts. Ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest); ratings are subject to change without notice.

        

          

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO (Unaudited)

 

 

Distribution of Assets by Sector

as of December 31, 2014

  % of
Net Assets
 

Government Securities

    61.3

Corporate Bonds

    31.7   

Investment Companies

    6.2   

Preferred Stocks

    0.0

Cash and Other

    0.8   
   

 

 

 

Total

    100.0
   

 

 

 

#   Less than 0.05%

       

UNDERSTANDING YOUR EXPENSES:

As a shareholder of the Portfolio, you incur two types of costs:

(1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (in the case of Class IA and Class IB shares of the Trust), and other Portfolio expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolio and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period ended December 31, 2014 and held for the entire six-month period.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Also note that the table does not reflect any variable life insurance or variable annuity contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses.

EXAMPLE

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/14
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/14
   

Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
7/1/14 -

12/31/14

 

Class IA

       

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,004.31        $3.59   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.62        3.62   

Class IB

       

Actual

    1,000.00        1,005.32        3.59   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.62        3.62   

Class K

       

Actual

    1,000.00        1,005.85        2.33   

Hypothetical (5% average annual return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.88        2.35   

*   Expenses are equal to the Portfolio’s Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares annualized expense ratios of 0.71%, 0.71% and 0.46%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, and multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

         

 

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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

LONG-TERM DEBT SECURITIES:

  

 

Corporate Bonds (31.7%)

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.0%)

   

Auto Components (0.1%)

   

Delphi Corp.

   

6.125%, 5/15/21

  $ 1,500,000      $ 1,621,875   

4.150%, 3/15/24

    865,000        886,625   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

   

5.500%, 1/15/16

    1,000,000        1,047,225   

1.400%, 11/2/17

    360,000        357,383   

5.000%, 3/30/20

    919,000        1,007,272   

4.250%, 3/1/21

    680,000        728,512   

3.625%, 7/2/24

    214,000        215,447   

Magna International, Inc.

   

3.625%, 6/15/24

    1,200,000        1,205,031   
   

 

 

 
      7,069,370  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services (0.0%)

  

Graham Holdings Co.

   

7.250%, 2/1/19

    500,000        562,359   
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.2%)

  

Brinker International, Inc.

   

2.600%, 5/15/18

    175,000        174,562   

3.875%, 5/15/23

    250,000        249,063   

Carnival Corp.

   

1.875%, 12/15/17

    600,000        595,428   

3.950%, 10/15/20

    666,000        694,954   

Hyatt Hotels Corp.

   

3.875%, 8/15/16

    350,000        364,066   

5.375%, 8/15/21

    350,000        401,605   

International Game Technology

  

 

7.500%, 6/15/19

    1,202,000        1,285,886   

5.500%, 6/15/20

    100,000        102,471   

Marriott International, Inc.

   

3.375%, 10/15/20

    626,000        639,552   

3.250%, 9/15/22

    1,700,000        1,704,510   

McDonald’s Corp.

   

5.800%, 10/15/17

    1,000,000        1,115,933   

5.350%, 3/1/18

    968,000        1,076,038   

5.000%, 2/1/19

    750,000        833,698   

3.500%, 7/15/20

    150,000        158,628   

3.625%, 5/20/21

    400,000        424,609   

3.250%, 6/10/24

    1,000,000        1,015,897   

Starbucks Corp.

   

0.875%, 12/5/16

    286,000        284,912   

6.250%, 8/15/17

    600,000        673,559   

3.850%, 10/1/23

    850,000        904,939   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

   

2.500%, 3/1/18

    950,000        950,000   

4.250%, 3/1/22

    1,094,000        1,115,880   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

5.300%, 9/15/19

    100,000        110,661   

3.875%, 11/1/20

    1,125,000        1,186,861   
   

 

 

 
      16,063,712  
   

 

 

 

Household Durables (0.0%)

  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

   

3.400%, 8/15/22

    250,000        251,924   

3.800%, 11/15/24

    300,000        304,630   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

   

3.850%, 2/1/23

    1,200,000        1,202,384   
   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

   

2.875%, 12/1/19

  $ 550,000      $ 550,999   

4.000%, 12/1/24

    400,000        408,037   

NVR, Inc.

   

3.950%, 9/15/22

    150,000        154,286   

Tupperware Brands Corp.

  

 

4.750%, 6/1/21

    500,000        536,385   

Whirlpool Corp.

  

 

1.650%, 11/1/17

    175,000        174,674   

2.400%, 3/1/19

    900,000        893,994   

4.850%, 6/15/21

    400,000        440,374   

3.700%, 3/1/23

    250,000        254,334   

3.700%, 5/1/25

    500,000        506,758   
   

 

 

 
      5,678,779  
   

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail (0.1%)

  

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

1.200%, 11/29/17

    1,500,000        1,481,843   

2.600%, 12/5/19

    450,000        454,361   

3.300%, 12/5/21

    1,050,000        1,065,432   

2.500%, 11/29/22

    1,200,000        1,135,801   

3.800%, 12/5/24

    1,000,000        1,024,107   

Expedia, Inc.

   

7.456%, 8/15/18

    500,000        581,075   

5.950%, 8/15/20

    1,394,000        1,556,052   

QVC, Inc.

   

3.125%, 4/1/19

    333,000        332,527   

5.125%, 7/2/22

    500,000        525,725   

4.375%, 3/15/23

    300,000        300,723   

4.850%, 4/1/24

    500,000        508,575   

4.450%, 2/15/25

    670,000        655,763   
   

 

 

 
      9,621,984  
   

 

 

 

Leisure Products (0.0%)

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

3.150%, 5/15/21

    500,000        499,218   

Mattel, Inc.

   

1.700%, 3/15/18

    500,000        494,477   

2.350%, 5/6/19

    500,000        498,158   

3.150%, 3/15/23

    300,000        294,953   
   

 

 

 
      1,786,806  
   

 

 

 

Media (1.1%)

   

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

  

 

8.000%, 10/17/16

    2,300,000        2,567,929   

6.900%, 3/1/19

    596,000        702,279   

5.650%, 8/15/20

    594,000        680,601   

4.500%, 2/15/21

    500,000        547,345   

3.000%, 9/15/22

    1,000,000        992,472   

CBS Corp.

   

5.750%, 4/15/20

    1,256,000        1,430,915   

3.375%, 3/1/22

    2,000,000        2,008,775   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

  

 

9.455%, 11/15/22

    62,000        89,116   

Comcast Corp.

   

5.900%, 3/15/16

    2,562,000        2,717,271   

6.500%, 1/15/17

    1,841,000        2,032,885   

5.700%, 7/1/19

    1,289,000        1,477,381   

5.150%, 3/1/20

    2,806,000        3,163,686   

3.125%, 7/15/22

    1,050,000        1,070,967   

2.850%, 1/15/23

    2,150,000        2,147,614   

3.600%, 3/1/24

    2,000,000        2,087,794   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

  

3.125%, 2/15/16

  $ 1,062,000      $ 1,085,889   

2.400%, 3/15/17

    2,000,000        2,038,135   

1.750%, 1/15/18

    1,000,000        994,190   

5.875%, 10/1/19

    800,000        912,008   

5.200%, 3/15/20

    604,000        670,311   

4.600%, 2/15/21

    1,312,000        1,410,112   

5.000%, 3/1/21

    1,800,000        1,975,021   

3.800%, 3/15/22

    850,000        867,167   

4.450%, 4/1/24

    1,500,000        1,579,465   

Discovery Communications LLC

  

 

5.050%, 6/1/20

    2,262,000        2,482,784   

4.375%, 6/15/21

    62,000        65,736   

3.300%, 5/15/22

    500,000        491,954   

3.250%, 4/1/23

    1,000,000        973,034   

Grupo Televisa S.A.B.

   

6.000%, 5/15/18

    600,000        669,360   

Historic TW, Inc.

   

6.875%, 6/15/18

    62,000        71,497   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

2.250%, 11/15/17

    900,000        901,377   

4.000%, 3/15/22

    315,000        322,516   

NBCUniversal Media LLC

   

5.150%, 4/30/20

    1,983,000        2,248,415   

4.375%, 4/1/21

    1,971,000        2,161,658   

2.875%, 1/15/23

    156,000        155,706   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

5.900%, 4/15/16

    62,000        65,545   

6.250%, 7/15/19

    673,000        780,819   

4.450%, 8/15/20

    1,280,000        1,375,234   

3.625%, 5/1/22

    1,281,000        1,315,469   

3.650%, 11/1/24

    750,000        754,316   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

   

8.625%, 1/15/19

    1,691,000        2,060,196   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.

  

 

2.750%, 11/15/19

    500,000        501,085   

3.900%, 11/15/24

    800,000        810,282   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

   

0.875%, 5/23/16

    1,313,000        1,305,676   

1.650%, 9/29/17

    500,000        497,541   

6.500%, 7/15/18

    1,058,000        1,203,756   

4.700%, 10/15/19

    369,000        398,988   

4.300%, 11/23/23

    500,000        529,409   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

   

5.850%, 5/1/17

    1,706,000        1,860,967   

6.750%, 7/1/18

    2,500,000        2,863,002   

8.750%, 2/14/19

    1,000,000        1,234,699   

8.250%, 4/1/19

    1,846,000        2,253,845   

5.000%, 2/1/20

    1,061,000        1,164,495   

4.000%, 9/1/21

    1,500,000        1,591,473   

Time Warner, Inc.

   

5.875%, 11/15/16

    1,480,000        1,601,921   

4.875%, 3/15/20

    2,700,000        2,957,136   

4.700%, 1/15/21

    1,812,000        1,972,472   

3.400%, 6/15/22

    500,000        504,998   

4.050%, 12/15/23

    1,250,000        1,305,694   

3.550%, 6/1/24

    2,000,000        2,007,157   

Viacom, Inc.

   

6.250%, 4/30/16

    1,339,000        1,430,253   

3.500%, 4/1/17

    156,000        162,527   
   

2.500%, 9/1/18

  $ 200,000      $ 201,626   

2.200%, 4/1/19

    600,000        591,720   

5.625%, 9/15/19

    1,641,000        1,848,897   

3.875%, 12/15/21

    125,000        129,522   

3.125%, 6/15/22

    500,000        486,701   

3.250%, 3/15/23

    1,000,000        964,868   

4.250%, 9/1/23

    1,100,000        1,136,311   

Walt Disney Co.

   

6.000%, 7/17/17

    446,000        497,578   

1.100%, 12/1/17

    2,000,000        1,981,455   

5.500%, 3/15/19

    500,000        570,807   

1.850%, 5/30/19

    1,000,000        993,447   

3.750%, 6/1/21

    181,000        195,602   

2.750%, 8/16/21

    1,000,000        1,017,225   

2.550%, 2/15/22

    2,000,000        1,990,536   

2.350%, 12/1/22

    650,000        633,440   

WPP Finance 2010

   

4.750%, 11/21/21

    160,000        175,687   

3.750%, 9/19/24

    1,000,000        1,004,670   
   

 

 

 
      94,722,412  
   

 

 

 

Multiline Retail (0.2%)

  

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

4.125%, 7/15/17

    1,000,000        1,037,374   

1.875%, 4/15/18

    194,000        187,102   

3.250%, 4/15/23

    1,150,000        1,048,638   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

  

 

5.000%, 2/1/21

    300,000        313,804   

Kohl’s Corp.

   

6.250%, 12/15/17

    748,000        832,506   

4.750%, 12/15/23

    800,000        856,750   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

  

 

5.900%, 12/1/16

    1,112,000        1,205,130   

3.875%, 1/15/22

    400,000        415,500   

4.375%, 9/1/23

    635,000        678,656   

3.625%, 6/1/24

    1,000,000        1,011,250   

Nordstrom, Inc.

   

6.250%, 1/15/18

    277,000        312,286   

4.750%, 5/1/20

    584,000        645,609   

4.000%, 10/15/21

    600,000        642,893   

Target Corp.

   

5.875%, 7/15/16

    1,000,000        1,075,714   

6.000%, 1/15/18

    1,550,000        1,747,325   

2.300%, 6/26/19

    1,500,000        1,515,292   

3.875%, 7/15/20

    1,000,000        1,075,666   
   

 

 

 
      14,601,495  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (0.3%)

  

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

4.500%, 1/15/22

    160,000        170,227   

4.500%, 12/1/23

    1,000,000        1,066,926   

AutoZone, Inc.

   

4.000%, 11/15/20

    1,956,000        2,067,973   

3.700%, 4/15/22

    350,000        360,657   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

   

3.749%, 8/1/24

    350,000        356,358   

Gap, Inc.

   

5.950%, 4/12/21

    1,094,000        1,242,027   

Home Depot, Inc.

   

5.400%, 3/1/16

    3,758,000        3,967,247   

2.250%, 9/10/18

    742,000        755,691   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

2.000%, 6/15/19

  $ 1,000,000      $ 999,992   

4.400%, 4/1/21

    650,000        720,496   

2.700%, 4/1/23

    800,000        791,152   

3.750%, 2/15/24

    1,000,000        1,066,547   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

   

2.125%, 4/15/16

    1,150,000        1,167,267   

5.400%, 10/15/16

    94,000        100,860   

1.625%, 4/15/17

    250,000        251,565   

4.625%, 4/15/20

    1,089,000        1,210,883   

3.120%, 4/15/22

    750,000        769,334   

3.875%, 9/15/23

    1,000,000        1,070,405   

3.125%, 9/15/24

    500,000        503,805   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

   

4.875%, 1/14/21

    285,000        315,529   

4.625%, 9/15/21

    300,000        328,164   

3.800%, 9/1/22

    300,000        310,224   

3.850%, 6/15/23

    250,000        259,642   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

3.375%, 9/15/24

    300,000        299,325   

Signet UK Finance plc

   

4.700%, 6/15/24

    500,000        481,875   

Staples, Inc.

   

2.750%, 1/12/18

    1,000,000        997,431   

4.375%, 1/12/23

    100,000        99,688   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

6.950%, 4/15/19

    385,000        458,231   

2.750%, 6/15/21

    750,000        751,341   

2.500%, 5/15/23

    450,000        431,559   
   

 

 

 
      23,372,421  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.0%)

  

 

Cintas Corp. No. 2

   

2.850%, 6/1/16

    437,000        447,509   

6.125%, 12/1/17

    100,000        112,052   

NIKE, Inc.

   

2.250%, 5/1/23

    450,000        436,090   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

   

2.125%, 9/26/18

    300,000        301,932   
   

 

 

 
      1,297,583  
   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Discretionary

      174,776,921  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Staples (2.3%)

   

Beverages (0.8%)

   

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC

   

5.050%, 10/15/16

    1,000,000        1,067,574   

5.000%, 3/1/19

    62,000        68,836   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.

  

 

0.800%, 1/15/16

    2,000,000        2,001,034   

1.125%, 1/27/17

    850,000        850,009   

1.250%, 1/17/18

    500,000        493,719   

2.625%, 1/17/23

    2,356,000        2,288,675   

3.700%, 2/1/24

    2,500,000        2,587,025   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.

  

 

2.875%, 2/15/16

    250,000        255,663   

1.375%, 7/15/17

    1,414,000        1,412,886   

7.750%, 1/15/19

    3,300,000        3,994,044   

5.375%, 1/15/20

    2,181,000        2,467,795   

4.375%, 2/15/21

    1,158,000        1,268,095   

2.500%, 7/15/22

    1,300,000        1,265,747   
   

Beam Suntory, Inc.

   

5.375%, 1/15/16

  $ 45,000      $ 47,008   

1.750%, 6/15/18

    500,000        495,215   

3.250%, 5/15/22

    250,000        248,703   

3.250%, 6/15/23

    500,000        490,396   

Bottling Group LLC

   

5.125%, 1/15/19

    846,000        943,069   

Brown-Forman Corp.

   

2.500%, 1/15/16

    350,000        355,501   

1.000%, 1/15/18

    500,000        490,171   

Coca-Cola Co.

   

1.800%, 9/1/16

    1,896,000        1,928,256   

0.750%, 11/1/16

    667,000        665,389   

1.650%, 3/14/18

    1,800,000        1,809,923   

1.150%, 4/1/18

    500,000        494,690   

2.450%, 11/1/20

    1,000,000        1,005,837   

3.150%, 11/15/20

    2,401,000        2,505,435   

3.300%, 9/1/21

    1,000,000        1,051,731   

2.500%, 4/1/23

    1,000,000        976,508   

3.200%, 11/1/23

    2,650,000        2,720,058   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

   

2.000%, 8/19/16

    250,000        253,018   

3.500%, 9/15/20

    150,000        154,611   

3.250%, 8/19/21

    350,000        360,362   

Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V.

   

2.375%, 11/26/18

    1,450,000        1,445,795   

3.875%, 11/26/23

    500,000        523,400   

Diageo Capital plc

   

0.625%, 4/29/16

    2,000,000        1,994,027   

5.500%, 9/30/16

    187,000        201,143   

5.750%, 10/23/17

    1,700,000        1,891,363   

1.125%, 4/29/18

    1,250,000        1,219,190   

2.625%, 4/29/23

    1,500,000        1,457,068   

Diageo Investment Corp.

   

2.875%, 5/11/22

    1,000,000        996,945   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

   

2.900%, 1/15/16

    1,794,000        1,830,447   

2.600%, 1/15/19

    300,000        303,697   

3.200%, 11/15/21

    300,000        305,831   

Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V.

  

 

2.875%, 5/10/23

    150,000        139,485   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

   

3.500%, 5/1/22

    500,000        502,685   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

0.700%, 2/26/16

    1,150,000        1,149,516   

2.500%, 5/10/16

    300,000        306,643   

0.950%, 2/22/17

    1,036,000        1,029,848   

1.250%, 8/13/17

    1,900,000        1,890,451   

5.000%, 6/1/18

    156,000        172,617   

7.900%, 11/1/18

    1,297,000        1,575,148   

2.250%, 1/7/19

    1,000,000        1,011,037   

4.500%, 1/15/20

    2,700,000        2,977,050   

3.125%, 11/1/20

    250,000        258,097   

2.750%, 3/5/22

    1,750,000        1,736,696   

2.750%, 3/1/23

    1,000,000        983,874   

3.600%, 3/1/24

    1,000,000        1,042,086   
   

 

 

 
      63,961,122  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (0.5%)

  

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

5.500%, 3/15/17

    1,730,000        1,892,725   

1.125%, 12/15/17

    1,000,000        992,618   

1.700%, 12/15/19

    1,000,000        977,492   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

CVS Health Corp.

   

6.125%, 8/15/16

  $ 346,000      $ 373,091   

5.750%, 6/1/17

    1,545,000        1,704,636   

2.250%, 12/5/18

    694,000        700,484   

2.250%, 8/12/19

    1,500,000        1,493,141   

4.750%, 5/18/20

    304,000        334,064   

2.750%, 12/1/22

    2,000,000        1,942,604   

4.000%, 12/5/23

    1,100,000        1,166,490   

Delhaize Group S.A.

   

4.125%, 4/10/19

    350,000        366,926   

Kroger Co.

   

6.400%, 8/15/17

    100,000        111,676   

6.150%, 1/15/20

    1,602,000        1,849,937   

3.300%, 1/15/21

    100,000        101,546   

2.950%, 11/1/21

    960,000        953,589   

3.400%, 4/15/22

    350,000        355,993   

3.850%, 8/1/23

    1,250,000        1,295,788   

4.000%, 2/1/24

    190,000        198,624   

Safeway, Inc.

   

5.000%, 8/15/19 (b)

    568,000        577,940   

3.950%, 8/15/20 (b)

    1,151,000        1,162,510   

Sysco Corp.

   

1.450%, 10/2/17

    555,000        553,874   

5.250%, 2/12/18

    1,139,000        1,260,962   

3.000%, 10/2/21

    580,000        591,445   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

1.800%, 9/15/17

    800,000        800,863   

1.750%, 11/17/17

    1,000,000        1,002,715   

5.250%, 1/15/19

    650,000        720,692   

2.700%, 11/18/19

    1,000,000        1,004,400   

3.300%, 11/18/21

    940,000        945,288   

3.100%, 9/15/22

    1,281,000        1,267,082   

3.800%, 11/18/24

    2,000,000        2,038,762   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   

0.600%, 4/11/16

    1,000,000        1,000,330   

2.800%, 4/15/16

    3,000,000        3,084,504   

1.000%, 4/21/17

    1,000,000        997,190   

5.800%, 2/15/18

    596,000        673,415   

1.125%, 4/11/18

    1,625,000        1,606,327   

4.125%, 2/1/19

    1,750,000        1,903,602   

3.625%, 7/8/20

    187,000        199,733   

3.250%, 10/25/20

    3,037,000        3,172,715   

2.550%, 4/11/23

    1,650,000        1,626,531   

3.300%, 4/22/24

    2,000,000        2,060,951   
   

 

 

 
      45,063,255  
   

 

 

 

Food Products (0.5%)

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

5.450%, 3/15/18

    1,300,000        1,441,237   

4.479%, 3/1/21

    250,000        275,170   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

   

4.100%, 3/15/16

    250,000        258,142   

8.500%, 6/15/19

    565,000        692,404   

Campbell Soup Co.

   

3.050%, 7/15/17

    269,000        277,335   

4.500%, 2/15/19

    521,000        560,674   

4.250%, 4/15/21

    100,000        108,043   

2.500%, 8/2/22

    363,000        345,463   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

   

1.300%, 1/25/16

    1,000,000        1,002,257   

1.900%, 1/25/18

    1,375,000        1,361,775   

7.000%, 4/15/19

    1,150,000        1,348,305   

3.200%, 1/25/23

    2,306,000        2,254,666   
   

General Mills, Inc.

   

5.650%, 2/15/19

  $ 1,202,000      $ 1,357,245   

2.200%, 10/21/19

    1,000,000        992,275   

3.150%, 12/15/21

    2,000,000        2,050,596   

Hershey Co.

   

1.500%, 11/1/16

    280,000        282,545   

4.125%, 12/1/20

    500,000        541,300   

2.625%, 5/1/23

    250,000        243,922   

Hormel Foods Corp.

   

4.125%, 4/15/21

    350,000        381,723   

Ingredion, Inc.

   

1.800%, 9/25/17

    250,000        249,622   

4.625%, 11/1/20

    269,000        288,423   

J.M. Smucker Co.

   

3.500%, 10/15/21

    750,000        783,489   

Kellogg Co.

   

4.450%, 5/30/16

    620,000        647,758   

1.750%, 5/17/17

    1,000,000        1,005,016   

3.250%, 5/21/18

    290,000        300,925   

4.150%, 11/15/19

    500,000        538,955   

4.000%, 12/15/20

    542,000        582,525   

3.125%, 5/17/22

    500,000        504,341   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

   

2.250%, 6/5/17

    1,000,000        1,016,174   

6.125%, 8/23/18

    1,250,000        1,425,141   

5.375%, 2/10/20

    1,163,000        1,320,715   

3.500%, 6/6/22

    1,700,000        1,742,015   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

3.900%, 7/15/21

    250,000        270,391   

3.500%, 9/1/23

    357,000        373,903   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

   

4.900%, 11/1/19

    804,000        881,602   

Mondelez International, Inc.

   

4.125%, 2/9/16

    3,154,000        3,270,765   

6.125%, 2/1/18

    1,866,000        2,095,394   

4.000%, 2/1/24

    2,150,000        2,254,428   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   

2.650%, 8/15/19

    2,750,000        2,783,923   

4.500%, 6/15/22

    1,375,000        1,490,185   

Unilever Capital Corp.

   

2.750%, 2/10/16

    700,000        717,816   

0.850%, 8/2/17

    1,500,000        1,485,548   

4.800%, 2/15/19

    1,296,000        1,438,176   

2.200%, 3/6/19

    500,000        505,017   

4.250%, 2/10/21

    350,000        385,374   
   

 

 

 
      44,132,698  
   

 

 

 

Household Products (0.2%)

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

2.450%, 12/15/19

    500,000        496,476   

Clorox Co.

   

3.800%, 11/15/21

    500,000        530,488   

3.050%, 9/15/22

    610,000        602,540   

3.500%, 12/15/24

    500,000        501,264   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

1.500%, 11/1/18

    500,000        497,782   

2.300%, 5/3/22

    1,000,000        982,061   

2.100%, 5/1/23

    1,000,000        952,186   

3.250%, 3/15/24

    500,000        516,097   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

4.700%, 5/19/21

    650,000        674,515   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

6.125%, 8/1/17

  $ 1,858,000      $ 2,077,237   

7.500%, 11/1/18

    800,000        961,818   

1.900%, 5/22/19

    500,000        495,166   

3.875%, 3/1/21

    100,000        108,316   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

1.600%, 11/15/18

    900,000        897,755   

4.700%, 2/15/19

    2,465,000        2,739,125   

3.100%, 8/15/23

    2,625,000        2,694,078   
   

 

 

 
      15,726,904  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco (0.3%)

   

Altria Group, Inc.

   

9.700%, 11/10/18

    913,000        1,160,114   

9.250%, 8/6/19

    2,437,000        3,129,898   

2.625%, 1/14/20

    1,500,000        1,503,690   

4.750%, 5/5/21

    950,000        1,051,980   

2.850%, 8/9/22

    1,700,000        1,647,039   

2.950%, 5/2/23

    156,000        151,111   

Lorillard Tobacco Co.

   

3.500%, 8/4/16

    355,000        365,007   

8.125%, 6/23/19

    572,000        693,405   

6.875%, 5/1/20

    1,266,000        1,491,037   

3.750%, 5/20/23

    500,000        495,448   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

2.500%, 5/16/16

    600,000        614,058   

1.625%, 3/20/17

    250,000        252,707   

1.125%, 8/21/17

    1,000,000        994,298   

1.250%, 11/9/17

    160,000        159,084   

5.650%, 5/16/18

    2,689,000        3,030,891   

1.875%, 1/15/19

    600,000        594,975   

4.500%, 3/26/20

    1,000,000        1,099,782   

4.125%, 5/17/21

    300,000        326,003   

2.500%, 8/22/22

    1,000,000        973,052   

2.625%, 3/6/23

    1,150,000        1,121,016   

3.600%, 11/15/23

    600,000        625,433   

3.250%, 11/10/24

    500,000        500,278   

Reynolds American, Inc.

   

6.750%, 6/15/17

    900,000        1,000,311   

3.250%, 11/1/22

    694,000        675,850   

4.850%, 9/15/23

    1,500,000        1,610,998   
   

 

 

 
      25,267,465  
   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Staples

      194,151,444  
   

 

 

 

Energy (3.3%)

   

Energy Equipment & Services (0.3%)

  

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   

3.200%, 8/15/21

    1,000,000        1,011,903   

Cameron International Corp.

   

1.150%, 12/15/16

    468,000        461,852   

6.375%, 7/15/18

    300,000        336,824   

4.500%, 6/1/21

    350,000        366,855   

4.000%, 12/15/23

    750,000        756,270   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

   

5.875%, 5/1/19

    915,000        992,075   

Ensco plc

   

3.250%, 3/15/16

    501,000        510,265   

4.700%, 3/15/21

    2,166,000        2,173,155   

FMC Technologies, Inc.

   

2.000%, 10/1/17

    250,000        248,039   

3.450%, 10/1/22

    400,000        385,415   
   

Halliburton Co.

   

2.000%, 8/1/18

  $ 250,000      $ 248,947   

6.150%, 9/15/19

    1,723,000        1,989,587   

3.250%, 11/15/21

    350,000        354,415   

3.500%, 8/1/23

    800,000        806,252   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

   

2.350%, 9/15/16

    500,000        501,952   

6.150%, 2/15/18

    800,000        832,001   

9.250%, 1/15/19

    1,300,000        1,510,233   

5.000%, 9/15/20

    700,000        680,698   

4.625%, 9/15/21

    156,000        146,367   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

   

1.350%, 12/1/17

    500,000        491,996   

2.600%, 12/1/22

    687,000        638,870   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

   

4.650%, 11/15/24

    500,000        489,453   

Pride International, Inc.

   

8.500%, 6/15/19

    125,000        149,045   

Rowan Cos., Inc.

   

7.875%, 8/1/19

    345,000        389,726   

4.875%, 6/1/22

    47,000        46,322   

4.750%, 1/15/24

    1,000,000        942,783   

Transocean, Inc.

   

2.500%, 10/15/17

    156,000        137,396   

6.000%, 3/15/18

    645,000        615,375   

6.500%, 11/15/20

    1,189,000        1,122,271   

6.375%, 12/15/21

    150,000        137,487   

3.800%, 10/15/22

    1,100,000        892,554   

Weatherford International Ltd.

   

5.500%, 2/15/16

    597,000        617,340   

6.000%, 3/15/18

    408,000        434,419   

9.625%, 3/1/19

    1,559,000        1,835,503   

5.125%, 9/15/20

    1,000,000        1,015,714   

4.500%, 4/15/22

    250,000        222,912   

Western Atlas, Inc.

   

6.000%, 6/1/18

    200,000        224,502   
   

 

 

 
      24,716,773  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.0%)

  

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

   

5.950%, 9/15/16

    1,673,000        1,787,623   

6.375%, 9/15/17

    1,500,000        1,668,647   

8.700%, 3/15/19

    927,000        1,139,259   

3.450%, 7/15/24

    800,000        778,464   

Apache Corp.

   

5.625%, 1/15/17

    890,000        958,743   

1.750%, 4/15/17

    500,000        498,477   

3.625%, 2/1/21

    1,000,000        1,009,929   

3.250%, 4/15/22

    362,000        355,791   

Boardwalk Pipelines LP

   

5.750%, 9/15/19

    739,000        794,611   

BP Capital Markets plc

   

3.200%, 3/11/16

    1,250,000        1,283,405   

1.375%, 11/6/17

    750,000        742,826   

1.375%, 5/10/18

    2,519,000        2,473,669   

2.241%, 9/26/18

    1,500,000        1,507,688   

4.750%, 3/10/19

    1,121,000        1,223,950   

2.237%, 5/10/19

    100,000        99,370   

2.521%, 1/15/20

    880,000        870,706   

4.500%, 10/1/20

    1,637,000        1,763,819   

4.742%, 3/11/21

    1,000,000        1,088,851   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

3.561%, 11/1/21

  $ 1,500,000      $ 1,531,769   

3.245%, 5/6/22

    1,375,000        1,351,409   

2.500%, 11/6/22

    1,500,000        1,391,056   

2.750%, 5/10/23

    1,000,000        937,216   

3.994%, 9/26/23

    500,000        514,440   

3.814%, 2/10/24

    1,150,000        1,156,814   

3.535%, 11/4/24

    1,150,000        1,139,103   

Buckeye Partners LP

   

5.500%, 8/15/19

    479,000        524,452   

4.875%, 2/1/21

    1,420,000        1,489,194   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

5.700%, 5/15/17

    2,095,000        2,280,223   

1.750%, 1/15/18

    875,000        867,563   

5.900%, 2/1/18

    100,000        110,602   

3.800%, 4/15/24

    64,000        62,967   

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

   

5.700%, 10/15/19

    1,673,000        1,848,696   

3.800%, 9/15/23

    500,000        488,359   

Chevron Corp.

   

0.889%, 6/24/16

    1,000,000        1,001,330   

1.104%, 12/5/17

    1,500,000        1,490,964   

1.718%, 6/24/18

    2,000,000        2,001,810   

4.950%, 3/3/19

    1,346,000        1,497,181   

2.193%, 11/15/19

    715,000        718,076   

2.427%, 6/24/20

    2,250,000        2,265,689   

2.355%, 12/5/22

    1,800,000        1,729,355   

3.191%, 6/24/23

    1,425,000        1,451,907   

CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd.

   

1.125%, 5/9/16

    231,000        230,042   

1.750%, 5/9/18

    254,000        249,504   

3.000%, 5/9/23

    2,450,000        2,315,593   

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC

   

1.625%, 4/30/17

    2,000,000        1,985,863   

4.250%, 4/30/24

    1,100,000        1,136,575   

ConocoPhillips Co.

   

1.050%, 12/15/17

    1,750,000        1,723,596   

5.750%, 2/1/19

    2,166,000        2,462,611   

6.000%, 1/15/20

    1,000,000        1,158,675   

2.400%, 12/15/22

    1,806,000        1,711,878   

3.350%, 11/15/24

    250,000        250,947   

Continental Resources, Inc.

   

4.500%, 4/15/23

    3,650,000        3,402,285   

3.800%, 6/1/24

    685,000        606,335   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

2.250%, 12/15/18

    250,000        248,606   

6.300%, 1/15/19

    1,000,000        1,143,096   

4.000%, 7/15/21

    837,000        864,097   

3.250%, 5/15/22

    750,000        733,707   

Ecopetrol S.A.

   

4.250%, 9/18/18

    1,000,000        1,027,500   

7.625%, 7/23/19

    1,859,000        2,142,497   

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC

   

5.950%, 4/15/17

    500,000        536,883   

El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co. LLC

  

 

6.500%, 4/1/20

    375,000        423,123   

Enable Midstream Partners LP

   

2.400%, 5/15/19§

    750,000        729,221   

3.900%, 5/15/24§

    750,000        728,250   

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

   

9.875%, 3/1/19

    500,000        634,713   

5.200%, 3/15/20

    1,081,000        1,177,909   

4.200%, 9/15/21

    500,000        517,920   
   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

5.600%, 4/1/17

  $ 200,000      $ 213,457   

3.500%, 6/10/24

    1,000,000        919,599   

EnCana Corp.

   

5.900%, 12/1/17

    1,669,000        1,817,376   

6.500%, 5/15/19

    618,000        696,982   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

   

6.700%, 7/1/18

    844,000        946,509   

9.700%, 3/15/19

    346,000        432,388   

9.000%, 4/15/19

    1,000,000        1,228,388   

4.150%, 10/1/20

    800,000        819,367   

4.650%, 6/1/21

    250,000        260,316   

5.200%, 2/1/22

    1,000,000        1,065,568   

3.600%, 2/1/23

    1,150,000        1,110,439   

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

   

4.400%, 4/1/24

    1,000,000        1,010,027   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

   

3.200%, 2/1/16

    2,000,000        2,045,960   

6.300%, 9/15/17

    100,000        111,438   

6.650%, 4/15/18

    2,000,000        2,274,090   

2.550%, 10/15/19

    750,000        740,520   

5.250%, 1/31/20

    200,000        220,146   

5.200%, 9/1/20

    1,500,000        1,651,707   

4.050%, 2/15/22

    500,000        517,022   

3.350%, 3/15/23

    1,356,000        1,330,326   

3.750%, 2/15/25

    415,000        411,431   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

5.625%, 6/1/19

    1,094,000        1,233,761   

4.100%, 2/1/21

    1,625,000        1,723,243   

EQT Corp.

   

6.500%, 4/1/18

    500,000        559,880   

8.125%, 6/1/19

    1,027,000        1,244,800   

4.875%, 11/15/21

    156,000        167,057   

EQT Midstream Partners LP

   

4.000%, 8/1/24

    415,000        410,591   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

0.921%, 3/15/17

    3,150,000        3,145,348   

1.819%, 3/15/19

    1,500,000        1,500,197   

3.176%, 3/15/24

    2,000,000        2,052,004   

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC/FCX Oil & Gas, Inc.

  

6.500%, 11/15/20

    163,000        176,370   

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP

   

4.000%, 6/15/22

    750,000        735,686   

Hess Corp.

   

1.300%, 6/15/17

    200,000        197,409   

8.125%, 2/15/19

    1,140,000        1,354,863   

Husky Energy, Inc.

   

7.250%, 12/15/19

    295,000        346,548   

3.950%, 4/15/22

    2,000,000        2,002,081   

4.000%, 4/15/24

    125,000        122,156   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

   

6.000%, 2/1/17

    685,000        739,711   

2.650%, 2/1/19

    500,000        491,876   

9.000%, 2/1/19

    793,000        958,249   

6.850%, 2/15/20

    1,061,000        1,215,607   

5.300%, 9/15/20

    202,000        217,573   

3.500%, 3/1/21

    2,040,000        1,998,866   

5.800%, 3/1/21

    1,000,000        1,105,009   

4.150%, 3/1/22

    500,000        502,930   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

3.950%, 9/1/22

  $ 750,000      $ 739,789   

3.450%, 2/15/23

    500,000        474,087   

3.500%, 9/1/23

    100,000        94,850   

4.250%, 9/1/24

    750,000        746,935   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

2.000%, 12/1/17

    1,110,000        1,103,808   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

   

6.550%, 7/15/19

    287,000        334,542   

4.250%, 2/1/21

    624,000        676,223   

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

6.000%, 10/1/17

    500,000        550,649   

5.900%, 3/15/18

    283,000        312,508   

2.800%, 11/1/22

    875,000        811,817   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

3.500%, 3/1/16

    1,820,000        1,862,794   

5.125%, 3/1/21

    391,000        428,694   

Murphy Oil Corp.

   

3.700%, 12/1/22

    1,125,000        995,118   

Nexen Energy ULC

   

6.200%, 7/30/19

    500,000        574,960   

Noble Energy, Inc.

   

8.250%, 3/1/19

    998,000        1,199,144   

4.150%, 12/15/21

    156,000        158,944   

3.900%, 11/15/24

    1,500,000        1,474,095   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

   

3.050%, 3/1/16

    100,000        100,957   

2.500%, 3/15/17

    400,000        381,081   

4.900%, 8/1/20

    677,000        637,353   

4.625%, 3/1/21

    1,125,000        1,017,919   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   

2.500%, 2/1/16

    400,000        406,731   

4.125%, 6/1/16

    873,000        912,325   

1.750%, 2/15/17

    400,000        402,111   

1.500%, 2/15/18

    500,000        494,285   

4.100%, 2/1/21

    1,950,000        2,064,586   

3.125%, 2/15/22

    1,500,000        1,486,036   

2.700%, 2/15/23

    1,156,000        1,098,533   

ONEOK Partners LP

   

3.250%, 2/1/16

    300,000        305,929   

3.200%, 9/15/18

    1,500,000        1,509,426   

8.625%, 3/1/19

    1,602,000        1,930,108   

3.375%, 10/1/22

    150,000        138,500   

5.000%, 9/15/23

    1,000,000        1,020,379   

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

   

2.000%, 5/20/16

    444,000        422,777   

3.250%, 3/17/17

    2,000,000        1,865,400   

3.000%, 1/15/19

    2,000,000        1,761,840   

4.875%, 3/17/20

    400,000        370,240   

4.375%, 5/20/23

    2,800,000        2,410,800   

6.250%, 3/17/24

    2,000,000        1,896,600   

Petrobras International Finance Co. S.A.

   

3.875%, 1/27/16

    3,406,000        3,333,009   

6.125%, 10/6/16

    846,000        848,631   

3.500%, 2/6/17

    1,250,000        1,184,375   

5.875%, 3/1/18

    458,000        449,761   

7.875%, 3/15/19

    2,239,000        2,328,336   

5.750%, 1/20/20

    5,622,000        5,422,981   

5.375%, 1/27/21

    3,969,000        3,669,341   

Petroleos Mexicanos

   

5.750%, 3/1/18§

    1,286,000        1,388,880   

3.500%, 7/18/18

    1,000,000        1,010,000   

3.125%, 1/23/19

    1,500,000        1,503,750   
   

8.000%, 5/3/19

  $ 1,900,000      $ 2,246,750   

6.000%, 3/5/20

    3,323,000        3,730,067   

4.875%, 1/24/22

    1,500,000        1,567,500   

3.500%, 1/30/23

    2,381,000        2,273,855   

4.875%, 1/18/24

    2,000,000        2,085,000   

2.378%, 4/15/25

    1,080,000        1,069,157   

Phillips 66

   

2.950%, 5/1/17

    1,794,000        1,845,963   

4.300%, 4/1/22

    2,250,000        2,369,412   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

6.650%, 3/15/17

    1,500,000        1,635,653   

7.500%, 1/15/20

    250,000        292,096   

Plains All American Pipeline LP/Plains All American Finance Corp.

   

6.500%, 5/1/18

    477,000        540,409   

8.750%, 5/1/19

    404,000        501,980   

2.600%, 12/15/19

    1,575,000        1,560,381   

5.000%, 2/1/21

    1,000,000        1,094,299   

3.850%, 10/15/23

    250,000        252,104   

3.600%, 11/1/24

    1,250,000        1,217,358   

Southwestern Energy Co.

   

4.100%, 3/15/22

    1,667,000        1,632,230   

Spectra Energy Capital LLC

   

6.200%, 4/15/18

    984,000        1,088,455   

8.000%, 10/1/19

    345,000        415,806   

3.300%, 3/15/23

    500,000        462,424   

Spectra Energy Partners LP

   

2.950%, 9/25/18

    1,400,000        1,429,655   

Statoil ASA

   

3.125%, 8/17/17

    1,062,000        1,106,394   

1.250%, 11/9/17

    1,000,000        991,791   

1.150%, 5/15/18

    1,500,000        1,468,066   

5.250%, 4/15/19

    1,406,000        1,582,383   

2.250%, 11/8/19

    1,000,000        1,000,579   

2.900%, 11/8/20

    1,170,000        1,185,394   

2.750%, 11/10/21

    1,000,000        1,002,219   

3.150%, 1/23/22

    1,000,000        1,016,421   

2.450%, 1/17/23

    500,000        475,284   

2.650%, 1/15/24

    500,000        479,596   

3.700%, 3/1/24

    2,000,000        2,083,811   

3.250%, 11/10/24

    600,000        603,357   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

6.100%, 6/1/18

    1,925,000        2,153,310   

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

   

3.450%, 1/15/23

    750,000        717,195   

4.250%, 4/1/24

    1,000,000        1,006,431   

Talisman Energy, Inc.

   

7.750%, 6/1/19

    1,412,000        1,625,085   

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC

   

7.500%, 4/1/17

    550,000        612,042   

Total Capital Canada Ltd.

   

1.450%, 1/15/18

    1,150,000        1,142,947   

2.750%, 7/15/23

    1,000,000        963,750   

Total Capital International S.A.

   

0.750%, 1/25/16

    1,000,000        1,000,270   

1.000%, 8/12/16

    1,000,000        1,002,292   

1.000%, 1/10/17

    650,000        647,437   

1.550%, 6/28/17

    1,000,000        1,003,111   

2.125%, 1/10/19

    1,000,000        1,003,646   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

2.100%, 6/19/19

  $ 1,000,000      $ 998,618   

2.875%, 2/17/22

    250,000        247,806   

2.700%, 1/25/23

    1,187,000        1,145,989   

3.750%, 4/10/24

    2,000,000        2,068,711   

Total Capital S.A.

   

2.300%, 3/15/16

    2,500,000        2,544,228   

2.125%, 8/10/18

    1,000,000        1,009,221   

4.450%, 6/24/20

    825,000        903,864   

4.125%, 1/28/21

    1,100,000        1,184,465   

4.250%, 12/15/21

    500,000        539,572   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

   

0.750%, 1/15/16

    500,000        498,920   

7.125%, 1/15/19

    1,293,000        1,511,054   

3.800%, 10/1/20

    1,298,000        1,329,854   

2.500%, 8/1/22

    850,000        802,969   

6.350%, 5/15/67 (l)

    1,371,000        1,329,870   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

   

6.050%, 6/15/18

    100,000        112,154   

Valero Energy Corp.

   

6.125%, 6/15/17

    500,000        548,108   

9.375%, 3/15/19

    554,000        684,833   

6.125%, 2/1/20

    1,154,000        1,308,089   

Western Gas Partners LP

   

4.000%, 7/1/22

    500,000        504,256   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

3.700%, 1/15/23

    500,000        444,902   

4.550%, 6/24/24

    2,250,000        2,087,116   

Williams Partners LP

   

5.250%, 3/15/20

    1,640,000        1,771,394   

4.125%, 11/15/20

    250,000        254,536   

4.000%, 11/15/21

    750,000        750,251   

3.350%, 8/15/22

    1,200,000        1,158,819   

4.500%, 11/15/23

    1,000,000        1,001,188   

4.300%, 3/4/24

    1,000,000        996,033   

Williams Partners LP/Williams Partners Finance Corp.

   

7.250%, 2/1/17

    329,000        362,727   

XTO Energy, Inc.

   

6.250%, 8/1/17

    1,150,000        1,287,450   
   

 

 

 
      260,944,599  
   

 

 

 

Total Energy

      285,661,372  
   

 

 

 

Financials (13.3%)

   

Banks (6.6%)

   

American Express Bank FSB

   

6.000%, 9/13/17

    500,000        557,686   

Associated Banc-Corp

   

5.125%, 3/28/16

    500,000        521,679   

Associated Banc-Corp.

   

2.750%, 11/15/19

    550,000        547,894   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York

   

0.900%, 2/12/16

    1,000,000        1,001,543   

1.250%, 1/10/17

    1,250,000        1,249,888   

1.250%, 6/13/17

    1,500,000        1,493,886   

1.875%, 10/6/17

    500,000        504,439   

1.450%, 5/15/18

    750,000        741,579   

Banco do Brasil S.A./Cayman Islands

   

3.875%, 10/10/22

    1,700,000        1,547,000   
   

Bancolombia S.A.

   

5.950%, 6/3/21

  $ 500,000      $ 533,750   

Bank of America Corp.

   

1.250%, 1/11/16

    2,412,000        2,415,011   

6.050%, 5/16/16

    3,053,000        3,233,334   

3.750%, 7/12/16

    95,000        98,477   

6.500%, 8/1/16

    3,785,000        4,087,733   

5.625%, 10/14/16

    2,971,000        3,188,274   

1.350%, 11/21/16

    1,000,000        997,495   

3.875%, 3/22/17

    1,000,000        1,048,110   

5.700%, 5/2/17

    2,400,000        2,594,113   

1.700%, 8/25/17

    2,280,000        2,275,526   

6.400%, 8/28/17

    2,147,000        2,393,245   

6.000%, 9/1/17

    5,060,000        5,600,519   

5.750%, 12/1/17

    1,500,000        1,658,931   

2.000%, 1/11/18

    1,350,000        1,348,995   

6.875%, 4/25/18

    4,624,000        5,306,943   

5.650%, 5/1/18

    4,289,000        4,768,157   

6.875%, 11/15/18

    130,000        151,481   

2.600%, 1/15/19

    1,742,000        1,754,437   

2.650%, 4/1/19

    1,133,000        1,141,212   

7.625%, 6/1/19

    3,439,000        4,181,474   

5.625%, 7/1/20

    5,310,000        6,045,642   

5.000%, 5/13/21

    1,500,000        1,670,057   

5.700%, 1/24/22

    2,500,000        2,893,742   

3.300%, 1/11/23

    4,300,000        4,295,525   

4.100%, 7/24/23

    2,000,000        2,102,725   

4.125%, 1/22/24

    1,200,000        1,261,364   

4.000%, 4/1/24

    5,000,000        5,206,190   

4.200%, 8/26/24

    625,000        634,629   

Bank of America N.A.

   

1.125%, 11/14/16

    1,000,000        993,505   

1.250%, 2/14/17

    1,000,000        995,604   

5.300%, 3/15/17

    1,300,000        1,394,903   

Bank of Montreal

   

1.300%, 7/15/16

    1,500,000        1,506,273   

2.500%, 1/11/17

    1,000,000        1,024,041   

1.300%, 7/14/17

    1,250,000        1,241,901   

1.400%, 9/11/17

    1,700,000        1,690,267   

1.450%, 4/9/18

    1,000,000        988,242   

2.550%, 11/6/22

    1,300,000        1,266,641   

Bank of Nova Scotia

   

0.950%, 3/15/16

    600,000        601,165   

2.900%, 3/29/16

    1,537,000        1,576,704   

1.375%, 7/15/16

    2,000,000        2,012,758   

1.100%, 12/13/16

    950,000        948,420   

1.250%, 4/11/17

    1,250,000        1,246,860   

1.300%, 7/21/17

    1,000,000        994,359   

1.450%, 4/25/18

    1,150,000        1,134,864   

2.050%, 6/5/19

    1,000,000        994,467   

4.375%, 1/13/21

    1,150,000        1,270,963   

2.800%, 7/21/21

    1,000,000        1,000,366   

Barclays Bank plc

   

5.000%, 9/22/16

    2,150,000        2,284,353   

2.500%, 2/20/19

    2,000,000        2,016,946   

5.125%, 1/8/20

    1,200,000        1,347,876   

5.140%, 10/14/20

    2,269,000        2,461,302   

3.750%, 5/15/24

    1,250,000        1,283,622   

Barclays plc

   

2.750%, 11/8/19

    2,250,000        2,246,362   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

BB&T Corp.

   

3.200%, 3/15/16

  $ 1,612,000      $ 1,651,724   

3.950%, 4/29/16

    954,000        993,460   

4.900%, 6/30/17

    693,000        747,328   

1.600%, 8/15/17

    1,200,000        1,197,491   

2.050%, 6/19/18

    850,000        854,184   

2.250%, 2/1/19

    600,000        602,171   

6.850%, 4/30/19

    100,000        118,221   

5.250%, 11/1/19

    460,000        515,403   

3.950%, 3/22/22

    250,000        261,859   

BNP Paribas S.A.

   

1.375%, 3/17/17

    4,000,000        3,991,655   

2.375%, 9/14/17

    1,000,000        1,017,451   

2.700%, 8/20/18

    2,000,000        2,045,325   

2.400%, 12/12/18

    100,000        100,951   

2.450%, 3/17/19

    1,700,000        1,720,711   

5.000%, 1/15/21

    2,569,000        2,899,429   

3.250%, 3/3/23

    650,000        661,380   

4.250%, 10/15/24

    1,000,000        1,010,449   

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

   

1.450%, 10/3/16

    1,000,000        1,006,459   

1.050%, 12/1/16

    250,000        249,593   

1.000%, 4/3/17

    2,000,000        1,981,784   

2.300%, 10/15/18

    1,000,000        1,009,162   

3.800%, 10/30/26

    300,000        306,058   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

1.350%, 7/18/16

    1,200,000        1,205,870   

1.550%, 1/23/18

    100,000        99,259   

Capital One Bank USA N.A.

   

1.150%, 11/21/16

    1,000,000        995,668   

2.150%, 11/21/18

    250,000        249,659   

2.250%, 2/13/19

    2,000,000        1,991,784   

8.800%, 7/15/19

    1,787,000        2,239,317   

3.375%, 2/15/23

    1,000,000        991,850   

Capital One N.A./Virginia

   

1.500%, 9/5/17

    3,000,000        2,977,503   

1.500%, 3/22/18

    1,000,000        984,055   

2.950%, 7/23/21

    1,000,000        994,973   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

5.300%, 1/7/16

    156,000        162,583   

1.300%, 4/1/16

    1,062,000        1,063,550   

3.953%, 6/15/16

    3,000,000        3,113,597   

1.700%, 7/25/16

    1,150,000        1,156,905   

5.850%, 8/2/16

    500,000        535,228   

1.300%, 11/15/16

    1,200,000        1,196,912   

5.500%, 2/15/17

    1,650,000        1,774,813   

1.550%, 8/14/17

    5,000,000        4,980,905   

6.125%, 11/21/17

    6,517,000        7,290,922   

1.850%, 11/24/17

    800,000        799,533   

1.750%, 5/1/18

    1,156,000        1,145,408   

6.125%, 5/15/18

    2,613,000        2,957,200   

2.500%, 9/26/18

    3,000,000        3,035,008   

8.500%, 5/22/19

    4,406,000        5,490,510   

5.375%, 8/9/20

    2,162,000        2,475,040   

4.500%, 1/14/22

    200,000        218,776   

4.050%, 7/30/22

    150,000        155,233   

3.375%, 3/1/23

    1,150,000        1,162,984   

3.500%, 5/15/23

    1,000,000        976,084   

3.875%, 10/25/23

    1,550,000        1,608,291   

3.750%, 6/16/24

    500,000        510,740   

4.000%, 8/5/24

    2,500,000        2,498,439   
   

Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI

  

2.450%, 12/4/19

  $ 750,000      $ 745,263   

Comerica Bank

   

5.750%, 11/21/16

    250,000        270,641   

Comerica, Inc.

   

2.125%, 5/23/19

    400,000        397,277   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York

  

1.125%, 3/13/17

    1,000,000        995,859   

1.900%, 9/18/17

    1,250,000        1,261,772   

2.500%, 9/20/18

    1,000,000        1,018,278   

2.250%, 3/13/19

    1,350,000        1,354,796   

2.300%, 9/6/19

    1,000,000        998,828   

Compass Bank

   

1.850%, 9/29/17

    500,000        497,679   

6.400%, 10/1/17

    300,000        329,027   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.

  

3.375%, 1/19/17

    1,350,000        1,406,165   

1.700%, 3/19/18

    1,000,000        996,191   

2.250%, 1/14/19

    3,000,000        3,016,352   

4.500%, 1/11/21

    1,500,000        1,649,481   

3.875%, 2/8/22

    2,812,000        2,991,163   

3.950%, 11/9/22

    1,000,000        1,016,915   

4.625%, 12/1/23

    1,000,000        1,055,338   

Corpbanca S.A.

   

3.125%, 1/15/18

    500,000        495,650   

Discover Bank/Delaware

   

7.000%, 4/15/20

    1,200,000        1,415,268   

3.200%, 8/9/21

    350,000        351,176   

4.200%, 8/8/23

    550,000        578,100   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

3.625%, 1/25/16

    1,950,000        2,002,377   

5.450%, 1/15/17

    100,000        107,160   

4.500%, 6/1/18

    1,000,000        1,076,648   

2.300%, 3/1/19

    1,000,000        998,723   

4.300%, 1/16/24

    700,000        732,428   

Fifth Third Bank/Ohio

   

1.150%, 11/18/16

    1,000,000        997,394   

1.450%, 2/28/18

    300,000        296,944   

2.375%, 4/25/19

    1,000,000        1,005,148   

First Republic Bank/California

   

2.375%, 6/17/19

    500,000        501,901   

Glitnir HF

   

0.000%, 10/15/08 (h)§

    4,650,000        1,395,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

   

6.000%, 8/9/17

    750,000        831,414   

4.875%, 8/24/20

    1,000,000        1,101,805   

HSBC Holdings plc

   

5.100%, 4/5/21

    2,700,000        3,063,780   

4.875%, 1/14/22

    750,000        840,115   

4.000%, 3/30/22

    1,650,000        1,754,242   

4.250%, 3/14/24

    1,700,000        1,762,735   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./Ohio

   

2.600%, 8/2/18

    750,000        762,388   

7.000%, 12/15/20

    80,000        95,763   

Huntington National Bank

   

1.300%, 11/20/16

    515,000        513,429   

1.375%, 4/24/17

    2,000,000        1,996,227   

2.200%, 4/1/19

    500,000        499,623   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd./New York

   

2.351%, 11/13/17

    355,000        354,342   

3.231%, 11/13/19

    700,000        702,945   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

   

3.125%, 1/15/16

  $ 1,400,000      $ 1,420,682   

3.875%, 1/16/18

    1,505,000        1,567,056   

3.875%, 1/15/19

    2,400,000        2,485,769   

5.250%, 1/12/24

    1,500,000        1,640,827   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  

 

1.125%, 2/26/16

    312,000        312,522   

3.450%, 3/1/16

    2,500,000        2,570,183   

3.150%, 7/5/16

    2,719,000        2,802,992   

1.350%, 2/15/17

    3,300,000        3,300,716   

2.000%, 8/15/17

    1,750,000        1,767,943   

6.000%, 1/15/18

    4,043,000        4,525,233   

1.800%, 1/25/18

    1,000,000        999,273   

1.625%, 5/15/18

    2,156,000        2,130,139   

2.350%, 1/28/19

    5,000,000        5,030,207   

6.300%, 4/23/19

    7,707,000        8,942,545   

4.950%, 3/25/20

    500,000        556,286   

4.400%, 7/22/20

    3,230,000        3,508,466   

4.250%, 10/15/20

    874,000        942,267   

4.625%, 5/10/21

    2,000,000        2,200,628   

4.350%, 8/15/21

    300,000        325,311   

4.500%, 1/24/22

    2,000,000        2,185,066   

3.250%, 9/23/22

    2,849,000        2,866,210   

3.200%, 1/25/23

    4,369,000        4,366,666   

3.375%, 5/1/23

    2,075,000        2,048,364   

3.875%, 2/1/24

    5,000,000        5,226,299   

3.625%, 5/13/24

    3,000,000        3,072,607   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

  

 

6.000%, 10/1/17

    3,750,000        4,160,788   

KeyBank N.A./Ohio

   

1.100%, 11/25/16

    269,000        268,027   

1.650%, 2/1/18

    2,000,000        1,989,747   

KeyCorp

   

5.100%, 3/24/21

    1,375,000        1,553,202   

KfW

   

2.625%, 2/16/16

    6,050,000        6,190,846   

5.125%, 3/14/16

    4,000,000        4,217,826   

0.500%, 4/19/16

    6,024,000        6,016,309   

0.500%, 7/15/16

    8,000,000        7,979,365   

0.625%, 12/15/16

    3,600,000        3,584,854   

4.875%, 1/17/17

    2,965,000        3,200,444   

1.250%, 2/15/17

    812,000        817,311   

0.750%, 3/17/17

    7,000,000        6,966,651   

0.875%, 9/5/17

    2,000,000        1,982,651   

4.375%, 3/15/18

    3,000,000        3,288,186   

1.000%, 6/11/18

    2,000,000        1,973,178   

4.500%, 7/16/18

    2,385,000        2,635,976   

1.875%, 4/1/19

    3,150,000        3,176,786   

4.875%, 6/17/19

    1,900,000        2,157,530   

4.000%, 1/27/20

    8,539,000        9,408,667   

2.750%, 9/8/20

    2,436,000        2,532,965   

2.750%, 10/1/20

    3,150,000        3,273,647   

2.375%, 8/25/21

    1,500,000        1,537,137   

2.625%, 1/25/22

    3,000,000        3,115,479   

2.000%, 10/4/22

    2,312,000        2,288,747   

2.125%, 1/17/23

    3,350,000        3,334,353   

2.500%, 11/20/24

    1,500,000        1,517,870   

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

  

 

2.500%, 2/15/16

    2,400,000        2,454,651   

2.125%, 7/15/16

    187,000        191,204   

5.125%, 2/1/17

    2,229,000        2,421,321   
   

0.875%, 9/12/17

  $ 1,000,000      $ 991,730   

2.375%, 9/13/17

    1,000,000        1,032,044   

1.000%, 4/4/18

    3,250,000        3,209,893   

1.750%, 4/15/19

    2,000,000        2,004,109   

1.375%, 10/23/19

    829,000        812,808   

Lloyds Bank plc

   

4.200%, 3/28/17

    1,500,000        1,588,305   

2.300%, 11/27/18

    1,200,000        1,207,728   

2.350%, 9/5/19

    1,000,000        999,708   

6.375%, 1/21/21

    1,000,000        1,197,036   

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

  

6.625%, 12/4/17

    500,000        566,029   

1.450%, 3/7/18

    1,000,000        989,658   

2.300%, 1/30/19

    800,000        803,601   

2.250%, 7/25/19

    1,100,000        1,097,464   

MUFG Americas Holdings Corp.

  

 

3.500%, 6/18/22

    2,200,000        2,290,270   

MUFG Union Bank N.A.

   

3.000%, 6/6/16

    1,000,000        1,027,974   

1.500%, 9/26/16

    343,000        344,461   

2.625%, 9/26/18

    1,000,000        1,019,359   

National Australia Bank Ltd./New York

  

1.300%, 7/25/16

    500,000        502,396   

2.750%, 3/9/17

    1,800,000        1,854,488   

2.300%, 7/25/18

    1,250,000        1,265,454   

3.000%, 1/20/23

    1,350,000        1,347,426   

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

  

4.875%, 2/16/16

    2,468,000        2,587,912   

5.000%, 4/25/17

    1,346,000        1,467,840   

1.125%, 5/29/18

    2,000,000        1,976,901   

1.625%, 3/12/19

    1,000,000        998,428   

PNC Bank N.A.

   

1.150%, 11/1/16

    250,000        250,604   

1.125%, 1/27/17

    1,500,000        1,499,823   

4.875%, 9/21/17

    1,000,000        1,082,025   

1.500%, 10/18/17

    2,000,000        1,999,627   

2.200%, 1/28/19

    1,500,000        1,504,428   

2.950%, 1/30/23

    250,000        243,883   

3.800%, 7/25/23

    1,000,000        1,026,324   

3.300%, 10/30/24

    1,000,000        1,019,137   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

  

2.854%, 11/9/22 (e)

    2,000,000        1,960,630   

3.900%, 4/29/24

    500,000        507,053   

PNC Funding Corp.

   

2.700%, 9/19/16

    1,050,000        1,079,255   

5.625%, 2/1/17

    2,050,000        2,212,164   

6.700%, 6/10/19

    500,000        592,217   

5.125%, 2/8/20

    981,000        1,104,325   

4.375%, 8/11/20

    1,839,000        2,007,001   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

2.000%, 5/15/18

    650,000        643,110   

Royal Bank of Canada

   

0.850%, 3/8/16

    900,000        900,319   

2.300%, 7/20/16

    2,500,000        2,550,221   

1.250%, 6/16/17

    500,000        498,026   

1.400%, 10/13/17

    1,000,000        995,725   

1.500%, 1/16/18

    2,000,000        1,989,121   

2.200%, 7/27/18

    2,000,000        2,021,359   

2.150%, 3/15/19

    750,000        751,287   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

  

1.875%, 3/31/17

    2,100,000        2,097,036   

6.400%, 10/21/19

    1,010,000        1,167,198   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Royal Bank of Scotland plc

   

4.375%, 3/16/16

  $ 1,500,000      $ 1,552,568   

5.625%, 8/24/20

    1,406,000        1,603,464   

6.125%, 1/11/21

    1,000,000        1,177,137   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc./Pennsylvania

  

4.625%, 4/19/16

    245,000        255,274   

Societe Generale S.A.

   

2.750%, 10/12/17

    750,000        769,163   

2.625%, 10/1/18

    1,000,000        1,016,431   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

  

0.900%, 1/18/16

    350,000        349,373   

1.450%, 7/19/16

    1,000,000        1,002,000   

1.800%, 7/18/17

    1,000,000        998,944   

1.500%, 1/18/18

    500,000        492,941   

2.500%, 7/19/18

    250,000        252,614   

2.450%, 1/10/19

    800,000        802,438   

2.250%, 7/11/19

    750,000        744,195   

3.200%, 7/18/22

    750,000        759,532   

3.000%, 1/18/23

    1,000,000        993,904   

3.950%, 1/10/24

    2,250,000        2,381,274   

3.400%, 7/11/24

    2,000,000        2,047,509   

SunTrust Banks, Inc./Georgia

  

3.600%, 4/15/16

    1,294,000        1,334,403   

3.500%, 1/20/17

    156,000        162,213   

1.350%, 2/15/17

    750,000        750,163   

6.000%, 9/11/17

    500,000        556,520   

7.250%, 3/15/18

    946,000        1,099,353   

2.350%, 11/1/18

    350,000        352,506   

2.500%, 5/1/19

    1,250,000        1,252,462   

SVB Financial Group

   

5.375%, 9/15/20

    160,000        180,167   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB

  

3.125%, 7/12/16

    1,450,000        1,495,262   

1.625%, 3/21/18

    1,000,000        994,786   

2.500%, 1/25/19

    3,000,000        3,059,222   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

  

 

2.500%, 7/14/16

    1,650,000        1,689,306   

1.500%, 9/9/16

    750,000        756,301   

2.375%, 10/19/16

    1,350,000        1,381,439   

1.125%, 5/2/17

    1,500,000        1,494,118   

1.400%, 4/30/18

    1,000,000        987,277   

2.625%, 9/10/18

    1,000,000        1,022,587   

2.125%, 7/2/19

    1,000,000        997,947   

2.250%, 11/5/19

    1,600,000        1,602,596   

U.S. Bancorp/Minnesota

  

 

3.442%, 2/1/16

    1,150,000        1,177,627   

2.200%, 11/15/16

    312,000        318,457   

1.650%, 5/15/17

    1,500,000        1,511,149   

4.125%, 5/24/21

    1,000,000        1,092,246   

3.000%, 3/15/22

    750,000        764,036   

2.950%, 7/15/22

    2,125,000        2,089,418   

3.700%, 1/30/24

    500,000        524,558   

3.600%, 9/11/24

    1,000,000        1,013,152   

U.S. Bank N.A./Ohio

   

1.100%, 1/30/17

    1,000,000        998,468   

1.375%, 9/11/17

    1,000,000        998,325   

2.125%, 10/28/19

    2,500,000        2,492,893   

Wachovia Corp.

   

5.625%, 10/15/16

    1,447,000        1,556,705   

5.750%, 6/15/17

    422,000        465,731   

5.750%, 2/1/18

    4,146,000        4,640,723   
   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

1.250%, 7/20/16

  $ 1,500,000      $ 1,504,962   

5.125%, 9/15/16

    367,000        391,189   

2.625%, 12/15/16

    2,000,000        2,055,410   

2.100%, 5/8/17

    200,000        203,460   

1.400%, 9/8/17

    1,500,000        1,497,713   

5.625%, 12/11/17

    3,647,000        4,064,100   

1.500%, 1/16/18

    1,006,000        1,000,528   

2.150%, 1/15/19

    1,166,000        1,169,675   

2.125%, 4/22/19

    5,000,000        4,992,832   

3.000%, 1/22/21

    1,500,000        1,532,694   

4.600%, 4/1/21

    2,000,000        2,220,388   

3.500%, 3/8/22

    1,844,000        1,911,487   

3.450%, 2/13/23

    1,806,000        1,828,250   

4.125%, 8/15/23

    3,000,000        3,139,087   

3.300%, 9/9/24

    2,000,000        2,010,703   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

   

6.000%, 11/15/17

    500,000        560,642   

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

0.950%, 1/12/16

    1,500,000        1,505,226   

1.200%, 5/19/17

    788,000        785,447   

2.000%, 8/14/17

    1,700,000        1,723,480   

1.500%, 12/1/17

    3,000,000        2,991,772   

1.600%, 1/12/18

    500,000        499,288   

4.625%, 6/1/18

    62,000        66,761   

2.250%, 1/17/19

    600,000        604,368   

4.875%, 11/19/19

    1,800,000        2,005,247   
   

 

 

 
      567,980,527  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets (2.1%)

   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

   

4.250%, 2/15/24

    350,000        367,465   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

7.300%, 6/28/19

    1,611,000        1,949,310   

5.300%, 3/15/20

    156,000        176,719   

4.000%, 10/15/23

    150,000        158,699   

3.700%, 10/15/24

    750,000        766,118   

Ares Capital Corp.

   

4.875%, 11/30/18

    500,000        524,389   

3.875%, 1/15/20

    300,000        298,891   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

2.500%, 1/15/16

    300,000        305,553   

0.700%, 3/4/16

    1,000,000        999,236   

1.300%, 1/25/18

    250,000        247,693   

2.100%, 1/15/19

    48,000        48,133   

2.300%, 9/11/19

    1,500,000        1,504,439   

4.150%, 2/1/21

    2,187,000        2,374,448   

3.550%, 9/23/21

    750,000        785,091   

3.650%, 2/4/24

    2,100,000        2,197,187   

BGC Partners, Inc.

   

5.375%, 12/9/19§

    300,000        294,640   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

5.000%, 12/10/19

    1,473,000        1,661,309   

4.250%, 5/24/21

    1,000,000        1,106,452   

3.375%, 6/1/22

    500,000        516,331   

3.500%, 3/18/24

    1,400,000        1,440,879   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

4.450%, 7/22/20

    850,000        932,208   

3.225%, 9/1/22

    1,197,000        1,212,249   

Credit Suisse AG/New York

   

1.375%, 5/26/17

    1,000,000        997,039   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

2.300%, 5/28/19

  $ 900,000      $ 897,522   

5.300%, 8/13/19

    1,346,000        1,508,958   

5.400%, 1/14/20

    2,000,000        2,236,206   

4.375%, 8/5/20

    2,850,000        3,080,256   

3.000%, 10/29/21

    850,000        843,902   

3.625%, 9/9/24

    3,000,000        3,047,751   

Credit Suisse USA, Inc.

   

5.375%, 3/2/16

    300,000        316,720   

5.850%, 8/16/16

    1,318,000        1,418,334   

Deutsche Bank AG/London

   

3.250%, 1/11/16

    2,000,000        2,041,622   

1.400%, 2/13/17

    1,250,000        1,246,506   

1.350%, 5/30/17

    1,650,000        1,638,169   

6.000%, 9/1/17

    2,096,000        2,325,665   

2.500%, 2/13/19

    1,600,000        1,616,374   

3.700%, 5/30/24

    2,000,000        2,042,276   

4.296%, 5/24/28 (l)

    1,700,000        1,646,118   

Eaton Vance Corp.

   

6.500%, 10/2/17

    60,000        67,387   

3.625%, 6/15/23

    500,000        514,779   

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

   

4.875%, 3/1/19

    250,000        260,405   

FS Investment Corp.

   

4.000%, 7/15/19

    400,000        397,797   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

5.350%, 1/15/16

    2,941,000        3,068,092   

3.625%, 2/7/16

    3,000,000        3,074,243   

5.750%, 10/1/16

    375,000        402,162   

5.625%, 1/15/17

    2,543,000        2,724,945   

6.250%, 9/1/17

    2,219,000        2,464,237   

5.950%, 1/18/18

    6,451,000        7,172,052   

2.375%, 1/22/18

    750,000        758,219   

6.150%, 4/1/18

    1,318,000        1,480,382   

2.900%, 7/19/18

    3,000,000        3,073,710   

7.500%, 2/15/19

    2,999,000        3,586,963   

2.550%, 10/23/19

    1,000,000        994,530   

5.375%, 3/15/20

    3,650,000        4,094,114   

6.000%, 6/15/20

    1,428,000        1,649,955   

5.250%, 7/27/21

    1,905,000        2,147,692   

5.750%, 1/24/22

    4,400,000        5,091,742   

3.625%, 1/22/23

    2,244,000        2,276,608   

4.000%, 3/3/24

    3,045,000        3,158,812   

3.850%, 7/8/24

    2,000,000        2,049,845   

Invesco Finance plc

   

3.125%, 11/30/22

    1,000,000        988,381   

Jefferies Group LLC

   

5.125%, 4/13/18

    525,000        554,930   

8.500%, 7/15/19

    1,446,000        1,734,109   

5.125%, 1/20/23

    117,000        121,073   

Lazard Group LLC

   

4.250%, 11/14/20

    1,000,000        1,052,500   

Legg Mason, Inc.

   

2.700%, 7/15/19

    375,000        376,353   

Mellon Funding Corp.

   

5.500%, 11/15/18

    1,000,000        1,125,174   

Morgan Stanley

   

1.750%, 2/25/16

    420,000        422,951   

3.800%, 4/29/16

    150,000        154,723   

5.750%, 10/18/16

    1,500,000        1,611,316   

4.750%, 3/22/17

    656,000        698,814   

5.550%, 4/27/17

    7,250,000        7,868,226   
   

6.625%, 4/1/18

  $ 2,848,000      $ 3,241,896   

2.125%, 4/25/18

    4,504,000        4,504,019   

2.500%, 1/24/19

    2,000,000        2,001,653   

7.300%, 5/13/19

    2,718,000        3,239,155   

2.375%, 7/23/19

    3,000,000        2,963,662   

5.625%, 9/23/19

    2,039,000        2,300,784   

5.500%, 1/26/20

    250,000        281,692   

5.500%, 7/24/20

    1,522,000        1,723,528   

5.750%, 1/25/21

    4,112,000        4,724,779   

5.500%, 7/28/21

    2,130,000        2,414,084   

4.875%, 11/1/22

    312,000        331,354   

3.750%, 2/25/23

    3,394,000        3,483,705   

4.100%, 5/22/23

    2,000,000        2,015,768   

3.875%, 4/29/24

    4,000,000        4,102,709   

3.700%, 10/23/24

    2,000,000        2,028,177   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

4.125%, 1/19/16

    3,100,000        3,186,668   

2.000%, 9/13/16

    100,000        100,757   

2.750%, 3/19/19

    1,000,000        1,011,915   

6.700%, 3/4/20

    959,000        1,140,319   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

3.450%, 11/4/20

    850,000        901,784   

3.375%, 8/23/21

    375,000        394,500   

2.375%, 8/2/22

    500,000        491,223   

PennantPark Investment Corp.

   

4.500%, 10/1/19

    400,000        400,982   

Prospect Capital Corp.

   

5.000%, 7/15/19

    350,000        355,291   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

4.250%, 4/15/16

    250,000        259,008   

8.600%, 8/15/19

    439,000        542,772   

Stifel Financial Corp.

   

4.250%, 7/18/24

    600,000        597,105   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

   

5.600%, 12/1/19

    100,000        114,373   

3.625%, 4/1/25

    1,000,000        1,020,956   

UBS AG/Connecticut

   

5.875%, 7/15/16

    1,000,000        1,068,825   

1.375%, 8/14/17

    3,395,000        3,364,226   

5.875%, 12/20/17

    2,275,000        2,541,185   

5.750%, 4/25/18

    3,000,000        3,366,832   

2.375%, 8/14/19

    500,000        500,115   

4.875%, 8/4/20

    1,812,000        2,013,338   
   

 

 

 
      176,717,217  
   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (1.3%)

   

American Express Centurion Bank

   

6.000%, 9/13/17

    1,250,000        1,394,216   

American Express Co.

   

6.150%, 8/28/17

    416,000        463,899   

7.000%, 3/19/18

    3,922,000        4,533,207   

1.550%, 5/22/18

    2,000,000        1,969,976   

8.125%, 5/20/19

    1,212,000        1,502,094   

2.650%, 12/2/22

    1,487,000        1,459,842   

3.625%, 12/5/24

    1,070,000        1,077,948   

6.800%, 9/1/66 (l)

    150,000        157,125   

American Express Credit Corp.

   

2.800%, 9/19/16

    250,000        257,358   

2.375%, 3/24/17

    2,000,000        2,046,260   

2.125%, 3/18/19

    750,000        750,239   

2.250%, 8/15/19

    2,500,000        2,500,700   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

American Honda Finance Corp.

   

1.200%, 7/14/17

  $ 2,150,000      $ 2,139,973   

1.550%, 12/11/17

    800,000        800,283   

2.125%, 10/10/18

    1,000,000        1,003,650   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

3.150%, 7/15/16

    300,000        308,535   

6.150%, 9/1/16

    669,000        718,405   

6.750%, 9/15/17

    1,546,000        1,737,961   

4.750%, 7/15/21

    500,000        551,481   

3.750%, 4/24/24

    1,000,000        1,015,823   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

   

0.700%, 2/26/16

    1,250,000        1,249,474   

5.500%, 3/15/16

    125,000        132,060   

2.050%, 8/1/16

    1,700,000        1,730,597   

1.750%, 3/24/17

    500,000        505,880   

1.250%, 8/18/17

    1,500,000        1,494,138   

1.250%, 11/6/17

    250,000        248,707   

1.300%, 3/1/18

    1,000,000        988,757   

5.450%, 4/15/18

    1,000,000        1,118,180   

7.150%, 2/15/19

    2,520,000        3,019,743   

2.100%, 6/9/19

    700,000        701,308   

2.850%, 6/1/22

    500,000        500,822   

2.625%, 3/1/23

    1,000,000        979,147   

3.300%, 6/9/24

    700,000        716,319   

Discover Financial Services

   

6.450%, 6/12/17

    498,000        550,240   

5.200%, 4/27/22

    100,000        109,669   

3.850%, 11/21/22

    1,144,000        1,157,291   

3.950%, 11/6/24

    250,000        250,625   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

   

2.500%, 1/15/16

    2,950,000        2,987,857   

1.700%, 5/9/16

    1,250,000        1,254,744   

3.984%, 6/15/16

    300,000        310,659   

8.000%, 12/15/16

    1,250,000        1,396,840   

1.500%, 1/17/17

    714,000        710,126   

4.250%, 2/3/17

    300,000        314,967   

3.000%, 6/12/17

    5,000,000        5,126,206   

1.684%, 9/8/17

    1,000,000        990,947   

1.724%, 12/6/17

    1,200,000        1,186,508   

2.375%, 1/16/18

    1,382,000        1,389,663   

5.875%, 8/2/21

    5,850,000        6,767,131   

4.250%, 9/20/22

    2,700,000        2,864,719   

HSBC Finance Corp.

   

5.500%, 1/19/16

    2,219,000        2,321,010   

6.676%, 1/15/21

    3,826,000        4,540,844   

HSBC USA, Inc.

   

1.625%, 1/16/18

    1,000,000        994,526   

2.250%, 6/23/19

    1,250,000        1,250,213   

5.000%, 9/27/20

    650,000        710,144   

3.500%, 6/23/24

    900,000        925,868   

John Deere Capital Corp.

   

1.050%, 12/15/16

    2,000,000        1,998,391   

5.500%, 4/13/17

    208,000        227,595   

2.800%, 9/18/17

    1,500,000        1,560,432   

1.200%, 10/10/17

    1,000,000        994,219   

1.300%, 3/12/18

    1,150,000        1,139,080   

5.750%, 9/10/18

    1,108,000        1,256,508   

1.950%, 12/13/18

    650,000        649,594   

2.250%, 4/17/19

    500,000        503,609   

2.800%, 3/4/21

    1,000,000        1,011,462   
   

3.900%, 7/12/21

  $ 350,000      $ 379,470   

3.150%, 10/15/21

    500,000        518,480   

2.750%, 3/15/22

    1,000,000        992,337   

3.350%, 6/12/24

    650,000        666,707   

PACCAR Financial Corp.

   

1.400%, 11/17/17

    55,000        54,858   

PACCAR Financial Corp.

   

0.800%, 2/8/16

    1,000,000        1,001,474   

1.150%, 8/16/16

    100,000        100,369   

1.600%, 3/15/17

    750,000        756,428   

Synchrony Financial

   

1.875%, 8/15/17

    2,000,000        2,003,225   

3.000%, 8/15/19

    600,000        606,459   

4.250%, 8/15/24

    750,000        771,086   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

   

2.800%, 1/11/16

    2,212,000        2,259,396   

0.800%, 5/17/16

    1,094,000        1,094,399   

2.000%, 9/15/16

    850,000        864,863   

2.050%, 1/12/17

    1,000,000        1,017,400   

1.750%, 5/22/17

    1,300,000        1,314,971   

1.250%, 10/5/17

    1,500,000        1,494,358   

1.375%, 1/10/18

    1,000,000        996,459   

2.000%, 10/24/18

    200,000        200,746   

2.125%, 7/18/19

    1,000,000        998,164   

4.500%, 6/17/20

    300,000        331,848   

4.250%, 1/11/21

    1,300,000        1,432,122   

2.750%, 5/17/21

    750,000        758,007   

3.400%, 9/15/21

    1,050,000        1,098,729   

3.300%, 1/12/22

    156,000        161,963   

2.625%, 1/10/23

    1,150,000        1,141,779   
   

 

 

 
      110,241,891  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (1.2%)

  

 

Alterra Finance LLC
6.250%, 9/30/20

    500,000        582,346   

Associates Corp. of North America
6.950%, 11/1/18

    62,000        72,569   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC

   

5.550%, 1/22/17

    2,721,000        2,939,928   

6.400%, 10/2/17

    1,346,000        1,508,586   

7.250%, 2/1/18

    2,070,000        2,391,639   

4.650%, 7/2/18

    125,000        134,686   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

   

0.800%, 2/11/16

    2,000,000        2,003,082   

1.900%, 1/31/17

    1,000,000        1,014,409   

1.550%, 2/9/18

    1,000,000        998,782   

2.100%, 8/14/19

    1,200,000        1,206,893   

3.750%, 8/15/21

    500,000        533,888   

3.400%, 1/31/22

    500,000        521,342   

3.000%, 2/11/23

    1,250,000        1,257,783   

Boeing Capital Corp.

   

2.125%, 8/15/16

    1,595,000        1,625,947   

2.900%, 8/15/18

    156,000        162,518   

Braskem Finance Ltd.
6.450%, 2/3/24

    1,250,000        1,259,375   

CME Group, Inc./Illinois
3.000%, 9/15/22

    500,000        508,528   

ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co. I
5.625%, 10/15/16

    1,091,000        1,178,135   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

1.000%, 1/8/16

  $ 562,000      $ 564,190   

5.000%, 1/8/16

    62,000        64,739   

2.950%, 5/9/16

    3,000,000        3,085,524   

1.500%, 7/12/16

    2,312,000        2,332,941   

2.900%, 1/9/17

    3,000,000        3,102,851   

5.400%, 2/15/17

    5,487,000        5,963,515   

1.250%, 5/15/17

    750,000        750,442   

5.625%, 9/15/17

    62,000        68,862   

1.600%, 11/20/17

    1,000,000        1,005,909   

1.625%, 4/2/18

    1,300,000        1,300,610   

5.625%, 5/1/18

    4,470,000        5,026,124   

2.300%, 1/14/19

    1,500,000        1,524,194   

6.000%, 8/7/19

    4,000,000        4,662,160   

5.500%, 1/8/20

    1,000,000        1,145,116   

4.625%, 1/7/21

    1,750,000        1,947,873   

5.300%, 2/11/21

    3,027,000        3,462,596   

4.650%, 10/17/21

    2,800,000        3,147,222   

3.150%, 9/7/22

    1,800,000        1,835,032   

3.100%, 1/9/23

    2,875,000        2,910,723   

3.450%, 5/15/24

    1,000,000        1,034,854   

6.375%, 11/15/67 (b)(l)

    625,000        671,875   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
4.000%, 10/15/23

    850,000        904,173   

Leucadia National Corp.
5.500%, 10/18/23

    800,000        817,920   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
5.900%, 11/15/17

    500,000        543,332   

Moody’s Corp.

   

2.750%, 7/15/19

    500,000        503,292   

5.500%, 9/1/20

    500,000        566,561   

4.500%, 9/1/22

    31,000        33,284   

4.875%, 2/15/24

    500,000        549,270   

MUFG Capital Finance I Ltd.
6.346%, 7/29/49 (l)

    1,500,000        1,597,743   

Murray Street Investment Trust I
4.647%, 3/9/17 (e)

    1,156,000        1,220,142   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

   

5.250%, 1/16/18

    220,000        239,818   

5.550%, 1/15/20

    894,000        984,943   

National Credit Union Administration Guaranteed Notes
2.350%, 6/12/17

    1,200,000        1,233,282   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

   

3.050%, 3/1/16

    1,800,000        1,846,488   

5.450%, 4/10/17

    125,000        136,293   

5.450%, 2/1/18

    250,000        277,102   

10.375%, 11/1/18

    1,000,000        1,300,655   

2.350%, 6/15/20

    2,000,000        1,981,194   

3.400%, 11/15/23

    1,000,000        1,030,027   

4.750%, 4/30/43 (l)

    350,000        344,750   

NYSE Euronext
2.000%, 10/5/17

    1,000,000        1,008,093   

ORIX Corp.

   

5.000%, 1/12/16

    78,000        80,812   

3.750%, 3/9/17

    1,000,000        1,038,685   

Private Export Funding Corp.

   

1.375%, 2/15/17

    1,775,000        1,784,311   

1.875%, 7/15/18

    400,000        403,058   
   

2.250%, 3/15/20

  $ 2,000,000      $ 2,017,400   

2.050%, 11/15/22

    1,125,000        1,083,277   

3.550%, 1/15/24

    729,000        777,213   

Sasol Financing International plc
4.500%, 11/14/22

    750,000        744,375   

Schlumberger Investment S.A.
3.650%, 12/1/23

    1,500,000        1,566,855   

Shell International Finance B.V.

   

0.900%, 11/15/16

    2,600,000        2,591,853   

1.125%, 8/21/17

    1,000,000        998,412   

1.900%, 8/10/18

    1,000,000        1,003,510   

4.300%, 9/22/19

    2,147,000        2,336,017   

4.375%, 3/25/20

    1,629,000        1,781,672   

2.375%, 8/21/22

    1,175,000        1,126,866   

3.400%, 8/12/23

    900,000        924,591   

Voya Financial, Inc.

   

2.900%, 2/15/18

    700,000        716,659   

5.500%, 7/15/22

    550,000        617,850   

XTRA Finance Corp.
5.150%, 4/1/17

    100,000        108,169   
   

 

 

 
      104,327,735  
   

 

 

 

Insurance (0.9%)

  

 

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.

   

5.800%, 3/15/18

    100,000        111,911   

5.900%, 6/15/19

    1,235,000        1,416,787   

3.350%, 5/15/24

    600,000        608,702   

Aflac, Inc.

   

2.650%, 2/15/17

    250,000        256,848   

8.500%, 5/15/19

    404,000        504,287   

4.000%, 2/15/22

    500,000        529,281   

3.625%, 6/15/23

    1,150,000        1,166,677   

3.625%, 11/15/24

    1,000,000        1,014,959   

Alleghany Corp.

   

5.625%, 9/15/20

    200,000        223,890   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

   

7.500%, 8/1/16

    740,000        807,215   

5.500%, 11/15/20

    500,000        556,887   

Allstate Corp.

   

7.450%, 5/16/19

    973,000        1,175,702   

3.150%, 6/15/23

    156,000        156,394   

5.750%, 8/15/53 (l)

    500,000        524,375   

American Financial Group, Inc./Ohio
9.875%, 6/15/19

    169,000        216,532   

American International Group, Inc.

   

5.450%, 5/18/17

    1,375,000        1,498,028   

5.850%, 1/16/18

    1,072,000        1,200,725   

2.300%, 7/16/19

    1,000,000        1,000,224   

3.375%, 8/15/20

    500,000        518,914   

6.400%, 12/15/20

    3,100,000        3,687,565   

4.875%, 6/1/22

    750,000        842,969   

Aon Corp.

   

3.125%, 5/27/16

    600,000        615,959   

5.000%, 9/30/20

    1,287,000        1,436,796   

Aon plc
3.500%, 6/14/24

    350,000        352,596   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
6.000%, 12/15/20

    500,000        572,449   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Assurant, Inc.

   

2.500%, 3/15/18

  $ 350,000      $ 353,437   

4.000%, 3/15/23

    300,000        310,839   

Assured Guaranty U.S. Holdings, Inc.
5.000%, 7/1/24

    500,000        517,874   

Axis Specialty Finance LLC
5.875%, 6/1/20

    700,000        795,759   

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

   

1.600%, 5/15/17

    150,000        151,011   

1.300%, 5/15/18

    600,000        593,353   

5.400%, 5/15/18

    693,000        778,136   

2.000%, 8/15/18

    1,000,000        1,011,442   

4.250%, 1/15/21

    1,175,000        1,290,413   

3.000%, 5/15/22

    656,000        664,580   

Brown & Brown, Inc.
4.200%, 9/15/24

    350,000        353,539   

Chubb Corp.

   

5.750%, 5/15/18

    1,266,000        1,429,249   

6.375%, 3/29/67 (l)

    662,000        708,340   

CNA Financial Corp.

   

6.500%, 8/15/16

    500,000        540,320   

7.350%, 11/15/19

    571,000        681,448   

5.875%, 8/15/20

    902,000        1,025,988   

Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
7.875%, 1/31/20

    75,000        89,824   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

6.600%, 5/15/17

    500,000        550,555   

5.500%, 9/1/22

    500,000        539,350   

First American Financial Corp.
4.600%, 11/15/24

    500,000        507,016   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

5.375%, 3/15/17

    100,000        108,077   

6.000%, 1/15/19

    1,000,000        1,132,089   

5.500%, 3/30/20

    900,000        1,012,818   

5.125%, 4/15/22

    250,000        279,421   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
6.300%, 11/15/19

    200,000        231,046   

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.
5.000%, 9/19/22

    250,000        268,612   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

8.750%, 7/1/19

    927,000        1,157,809   

6.250%, 2/15/20

    485,000        564,000   

4.850%, 6/24/21

    334,000        367,540   

7.000%, 5/17/66 (l)

    100,000        100,250   

6.050%, 4/20/67 (l)

    1,100,000        1,109,625   

Loews Corp.
2.625%, 5/15/23

    900,000        843,394   

Markel Corp.

   

7.125%, 9/30/19

    321,000        381,596   

5.350%, 6/1/21

    350,000        394,932   

3.625%, 3/30/23

    300,000        302,246   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

   

2.550%, 10/15/18

    250,000        254,437   

2.350%, 9/10/19

    375,000        374,793   

4.800%, 7/15/21

    600,000        664,108   

3.500%, 6/3/24

    1,000,000        1,001,144   
   

MetLife, Inc.

   

6.750%, 6/1/16

  $ 2,750,000      $ 2,965,480   

6.817%, 8/15/18

    112,000        130,787   

7.717%, 2/15/19

    508,000        617,447   

4.750%, 2/8/21

    1,547,000        1,722,791   

3.048%, 12/15/22

    1,000,000        997,699   

4.368%, 9/15/23

    667,000        728,322   

3.600%, 4/10/24

    500,000        514,459   

Montpelier Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.
4.700%, 10/15/22

    250,000        258,672   

Old Republic International Corp.
4.875%, 10/1/24

    400,000        416,105   

OneBeacon U.S. Holdings, Inc.
4.600%, 11/9/22

    200,000        208,381   

PartnerReinsurance Finance B LLC
5.500%, 6/1/20

    454,000        510,824   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

1.850%, 11/15/17

    250,000        250,537   

8.875%, 5/15/19

    800,000        1,005,374   

ProAssurance Corp.
5.300%, 11/15/23

    750,000        823,724   

Progressive Corp.

   

3.750%, 8/23/21

    219,000        233,982   

6.700%, 6/15/37 (l)

    1,000,000        1,075,000   

Protective Life Corp.
7.375%, 10/15/19

    550,000        663,069   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

6.000%, 12/1/17

    1,320,000        1,471,843   

2.300%, 8/15/18

    1,000,000        1,009,293   

7.375%, 6/15/19

    916,000        1,098,149   

2.350%, 8/15/19

    1,000,000        994,997   

5.375%, 6/21/20

    1,100,000        1,243,965   

4.500%, 11/16/21

    1,000,000        1,088,122   

8.875%, 6/15/38 (l)

    303,000        355,646   

5.625%, 6/15/43 (l)

    3,000,000        3,082,500   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

6.450%, 11/15/19

    369,000        429,097   

5.000%, 6/1/21

    60,000        65,929   

4.700%, 9/15/23

    1,500,000        1,603,657   

RenReinsurance North America Holdings, Inc.
5.750%, 3/15/20

    100,000        112,335   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
5.000%, 8/15/22

    350,000        380,595   

Symetra Financial Corp.
4.250%, 7/15/24

    300,000        305,364   

Torchmark Corp.

   

9.250%, 6/15/19

    275,000        347,172   

3.800%, 9/15/22

    250,000        253,823   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

5.750%, 12/15/17

    187,000        208,483   

5.800%, 5/15/18

    1,100,000        1,242,528   

5.900%, 6/2/19

    500,000        579,854   

Trinity Acquisition plc
4.625%, 8/15/23

    250,000        258,592   

Unum Group
7.125%, 9/30/16

    100,000        109,239   

5.625%, 9/15/20

    700,000        790,250   

4.000%, 3/15/24

    300,000        304,789   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

   

5.375%, 9/15/20

  $ 100,000      $ 111,332   

4.625%, 3/15/22

    750,000        804,127   

Willis Group Holdings plc

   

5.750%, 3/15/21

    500,000        557,710   

Willis North America, Inc.

   

6.200%, 3/28/17

    500,000        540,490   

XLIT Ltd.

   

2.300%, 12/15/18

    750,000        747,876   
   

 

 

 
      77,657,492  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (1.1%)

  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

   

2.750%, 1/15/20

    250,000        246,867   

3.900%, 6/15/23

    1,000,000        1,003,939   

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP

   

 

3.750%, 4/15/23

    500,000        498,869   

American Tower Corp.

   

7.000%, 10/15/17

    250,000        281,857   

4.500%, 1/15/18

    100,000        106,218   

3.400%, 2/15/19

    950,000        966,116   

5.050%, 9/1/20

    1,058,000        1,145,097   

3.450%, 9/15/21

    1,000,000        984,585   

4.700%, 3/15/22

    500,000        526,195   

3.500%, 1/31/23

    1,150,000        1,107,217   

5.000%, 2/15/24

    1,000,000        1,057,906   

ARC Properties Operating Partnership LP

  

 

4.600%, 2/6/24

    2,300,000        2,121,750   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   

5.700%, 3/15/17

    539,000        587,027   

6.100%, 3/15/20

    139,000        161,005   

3.625%, 10/1/20

    1,500,000        1,559,904   

2.950%, 9/15/22

    500,000        490,169   

4.200%, 12/15/23

    100,000        105,924   

Boston Properties LP

   

3.700%, 11/15/18

    600,000        634,982   

5.875%, 10/15/19

    200,000        228,989   

5.625%, 11/15/20

    2,015,000        2,297,795   

3.850%, 2/1/23

    500,000        519,619   

3.125%, 9/1/23

    1,000,000        981,044   

Brandywine Operating Partnership LP

  

 

4.950%, 4/15/18

    350,000        374,704   

4.100%, 10/1/24

    700,000        704,662   

Camden Property Trust

   

4.625%, 6/15/21

    375,000        410,918   

2.950%, 12/15/22

    1,150,000        1,123,204   

CBL & Associates LP

   

4.600%, 10/15/24

    262,000        265,648   

Corporate Office Properties LP

   

3.700%, 6/15/21

    750,000        744,737   

3.600%, 5/15/23

    200,000        191,988   

CubeSmart LP

   

4.375%, 12/15/23

    250,000        264,459   

DDR Corp.

   

3.500%, 1/15/21

    550,000        552,738   

4.625%, 7/15/22

    1,000,000        1,064,802   

3.375%, 5/15/23

    350,000        339,991   
   

Digital Realty Trust LP

   

5.875%, 2/1/20

  $ 1,000,000      $ 1,117,964   

5.250%, 3/15/21

    500,000        546,723   

Duke Realty LP

   

5.950%, 2/15/17

    312,000        338,224   

6.500%, 1/15/18

    500,000        561,304   

6.750%, 3/15/20

    1,665,000        1,954,166   

Education Realty Operating Partnership LP

  

 

4.600%, 12/1/24

    250,000        255,536   

EPR Properties

   

7.750%, 7/15/20

    269,000        321,436   

5.750%, 8/15/22

    250,000        272,080   

5.250%, 7/15/23

    150,000        156,036   

Equity Commonwealth

   

6.650%, 1/15/18

    481,000        524,461   

5.875%, 9/15/20

    250,000        274,909   

ERP Operating LP

   

5.125%, 3/15/16

    1,582,000        1,657,888   

2.375%, 7/1/19

    800,000        798,756   

4.750%, 7/15/20

    450,000        491,015   

3.000%, 4/15/23

    1,000,000        973,329   

Essex Portfolio LP

   

3.375%, 1/15/23

    500,000        492,536   

3.250%, 5/1/23

    1,000,000        974,705   

Excel Trust LP

   

4.625%, 5/15/24

    400,000        412,646   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

   

3.000%, 8/1/22

    200,000        199,558   

Government Properties Income Trust

  

 

3.750%, 8/15/19

    500,000        506,659   

HCP, Inc.

   

3.750%, 2/1/16

    232,000        238,531   

6.000%, 1/30/17

    1,020,000        1,111,423   

5.625%, 5/1/17

    100,000        108,742   

3.750%, 2/1/19

    200,000        210,609   

2.625%, 2/1/20

    656,000        649,400   

5.375%, 2/1/21

    1,690,000        1,898,001   

3.150%, 8/1/22

    250,000        245,758   

4.250%, 11/15/23

    1,070,000        1,120,574   

3.875%, 8/15/24

    1,000,000        1,016,768   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

   

3.625%, 3/15/16

    1,062,000        1,092,039   

6.200%, 6/1/16

    627,000        669,296   

4.700%, 9/15/17

    412,000        442,706   

2.250%, 3/15/18

    1,000,000        1,006,461   

4.125%, 4/1/19

    1,000,000        1,063,928   

6.125%, 4/15/20

    385,000        441,373   

4.950%, 1/15/21

    1,000,000        1,093,047   

4.500%, 1/15/24

    1,000,000        1,061,573   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

   

6.500%, 1/17/17

    619,000        676,541   

Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP

   

3.375%, 7/15/21

    350,000        349,397   

3.700%, 4/15/23

    250,000        246,978   

Hospitality Properties Trust

   

6.300%, 6/15/16

    660,000        691,213   

5.625%, 3/15/17

    350,000        374,878   

4.500%, 6/15/23

    1,000,000        1,018,104   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

   

5.875%, 6/15/19

  $ 1,000,000      $ 1,050,000   

4.750%, 3/1/23

    1,100,000        1,163,250   

Kilroy Realty LP

   

4.800%, 7/15/18

    350,000        378,579   

3.800%, 1/15/23

    450,000        456,994   

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

6.875%, 10/1/19

    439,000        519,863   

3.125%, 6/1/23

    1,000,000        978,435   

Lexington Realty Trust

   

4.250%, 6/15/23

    250,000        254,039   

Liberty Property LP

   

6.625%, 10/1/17

    500,000        559,655   

4.750%, 10/1/20

    389,000        420,614   

4.125%, 6/15/22

    1,094,000        1,135,722   

Mack-Cali Realty LP

   

2.500%, 12/15/17

    100,000        100,216   

7.750%, 8/15/19

    639,000        755,360   

3.150%, 5/15/23

    150,000        137,532   

Mid-America Apartments LP

   

4.300%, 10/15/23

    175,000        184,713   

3.750%, 6/15/24

    450,000        452,942   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

   

3.800%, 10/15/22

    250,000        256,008   

3.300%, 4/15/23

    700,000        688,926   

3.900%, 6/15/24

    500,000        509,610   

Piedmont Operating Partnership LP

   

4.450%, 3/15/24

    500,000        512,412   

Prologis LP

   

4.500%, 8/15/17

    62,000        66,061   

2.750%, 2/15/19

    214,000        216,957   

6.875%, 3/15/20

    244,000        288,043   

3.350%, 2/1/21

    1,000,000        1,012,965   

4.250%, 8/15/23

    100,000        105,718   

Realty Income Corp.

   

6.750%, 8/15/19

    750,000        881,407   

5.750%, 1/15/21

    450,000        515,700   

3.250%, 10/15/22

    344,000        339,897   

4.650%, 8/1/23

    1,000,000        1,079,618   

4.125%, 10/15/26

    225,000        230,323   

Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership LP

   

5.000%, 12/15/23

    250,000        271,135   

4.000%, 12/15/24

    200,000        200,446   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

   

4.300%, 1/15/16

    250,000        254,950   

3.250%, 5/1/19

    850,000        853,880   

Simon Property Group LP

   

2.150%, 9/15/17

    250,000        254,689   

6.125%, 5/30/18

    300,000        341,356   

2.200%, 2/1/19

    3,000,000        3,016,709   

10.350%, 4/1/19

    1,000,000        1,316,697   

5.650%, 2/1/20

    1,985,000        2,286,616   

4.375%, 3/1/21

    1,095,000        1,203,378   

3.750%, 2/1/24

    1,000,000        1,050,731   

UDR, Inc.

   

4.250%, 6/1/18

    400,000        427,665   

3.700%, 10/1/20

    1,500,000        1,553,510   

4.625%, 1/10/22

    200,000        215,864   
   

Ventas Realty LP

   

1.550%, 9/26/16

  $ 1,937,000      $ 1,943,750   

3.750%, 5/1/24

    50,000        50,352   

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp.

   

2.000%, 2/15/18

    600,000        599,704   

4.000%, 4/30/19

    1,000,000        1,060,897   

2.700%, 4/1/20

    1,050,000        1,041,703   

4.250%, 3/1/22

    662,000        696,768   

Vornado Realty LP

   

2.500%, 6/30/19

    500,000        496,129   

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

   

4.950%, 10/1/20

    1,000,000        1,083,252   

3.950%, 10/15/22

    150,000        149,939   

Weingarten Realty Investors

   

3.375%, 10/15/22

    600,000        593,491   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

4.625%, 9/15/23

    1,000,000        1,070,311   

WP Carey, Inc.

   

4.600%, 4/1/24

    300,000        313,956   
   

 

 

 
      90,907,633  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (0.0%)

  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

   

4.400%, 11/15/22

    200,000        207,636   

Tanger Properties LP

   

6.125%, 6/1/20

    500,000        576,255   
   

 

 

 
      783,891  
   

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.1%)

  

Abbey National Treasury Services plc/London

   

4.000%, 4/27/16

    1,100,000        1,139,073   

1.375%, 3/13/17

    1,000,000        998,227   

3.050%, 8/23/18

    1,000,000        1,034,096   

2.350%, 9/10/19

    670,000        670,517   

4.000%, 3/13/24

    1,000,000        1,045,315   

BPCE S.A.

   

1.700%, 4/25/16

    250,000        252,105   

1.625%, 2/10/17

    500,000        501,227   

1.613%, 7/25/17

    750,000        746,311   

2.500%, 12/10/18

    1,100,000        1,115,408   

2.500%, 7/15/19

    1,250,000        1,259,362   

4.000%, 4/15/24

    1,250,000        1,308,767   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

   

3.650%, 12/6/22

    300,000        302,624   

Santander Bank N.A.

   

8.750%, 5/30/18

    600,000        715,701   
   

 

 

 
      11,088,733  
   

 

 

 

Total Financials

      1,139,705,119  
   

 

 

 

Health Care (2.5%)

   

Biotechnology (0.3%)

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

2.300%, 6/15/16

    581,000        588,979   

2.500%, 11/15/16

    500,000        509,225   

2.125%, 5/15/17

    1,500,000        1,515,553   

5.850%, 6/1/17

    1,680,000        1,848,713   

6.150%, 6/1/18

    200,000        227,946   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

5.700%, 2/1/19

  $ 958,000      $ 1,076,512   

2.200%, 5/22/19

    750,000        746,198   

4.500%, 3/15/20

    315,000        342,851   

3.450%, 10/1/20

    1,312,000        1,366,241   

4.100%, 6/15/21

    1,000,000        1,071,267   

3.625%, 5/15/22

    1,094,000        1,129,925   

3.625%, 5/22/24

    2,750,000        2,792,008   

Biogen Idec, Inc.

   

6.875%, 3/1/18

    700,000        807,063   

Celgene Corp.

   

2.300%, 8/15/18

    486,000        489,164   

3.950%, 10/15/20

    1,031,000        1,089,009   

3.250%, 8/15/22

    850,000        855,431   

4.000%, 8/15/23

    850,000        892,674   

3.625%, 5/15/24

    2,000,000        2,032,302   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

   

2.050%, 4/1/19

    1,150,000        1,151,276   

2.350%, 2/1/20

    380,000        381,189   

4.400%, 12/1/21

    2,187,000        2,411,876   

3.700%, 4/1/24

    1,000,000        1,049,967   
   

 

 

 
      24,375,369  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.4%)

  

Abbott Laboratories

   

5.125%, 4/1/19

    676,000        756,752   

4.125%, 5/27/20

    325,000        350,568   

Baxter International, Inc.

  

0.950%, 6/1/16

    1,000,000        999,020   

5.900%, 9/1/16

    936,000        1,008,379   

5.375%, 6/1/18

    187,000        207,329   

1.850%, 6/15/18

    1,000,000        995,465   

4.250%, 3/15/20

    519,000        557,554   

2.400%, 8/15/22

    1,100,000        1,047,570   

3.200%, 6/15/23

    1,000,000        995,181   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

  

1.800%, 12/15/17

    583,000        582,805   

5.000%, 5/15/19

    200,000        221,227   

2.675%, 12/15/19

    625,000        630,755   

3.250%, 11/12/20

    1,300,000        1,319,834   

3.734%, 12/15/24

    857,000        880,027   

BioMed Realty LP

  

3.850%, 4/15/16

    500,000        515,153   

6.125%, 4/15/20

    350,000        397,516   

Boston Scientific Corp.

  

6.400%, 6/15/16

    1,100,000        1,177,802   

2.650%, 10/1/18

    500,000        499,640   

6.000%, 1/15/20

    1,100,000        1,238,186   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

  

2.875%, 1/15/16

    350,000        357,311   

1.375%, 1/15/18

    500,000        493,787   

4.400%, 1/15/21

    190,000        208,553   

CareFusion Corp.

  

6.375%, 8/1/19

    600,000        691,964   

3.300%, 3/1/23

    400,000        393,629   

3.875%, 5/15/24

    500,000        516,394   

Covidien International Finance S.A.

  

6.000%, 10/15/17

    1,422,000        1,593,213   

4.200%, 6/15/20

    700,000        752,016   

2.950%, 6/15/23

    1,000,000        979,823   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

  

2.750%, 8/15/16

    195,000        199,126   

4.125%, 8/15/21

    100,000        104,847   
   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

   

2.875%, 10/15/18

  $ 700,000      $ 708,767   

Medtronic, Inc.

  

2.625%, 3/15/16

    1,000,000        1,022,511   

1.375%, 4/1/18

    1,500,000        1,483,899   

2.500%, 3/15/20§

    1,170,000        1,170,760   

4.450%, 3/15/20

    1,794,000        1,964,443   

4.125%, 3/15/21

    500,000        535,885   

3.125%, 3/15/22

    150,000        151,763   

3.150%, 3/15/22§

    3,000,000        3,034,908   

2.750%, 4/1/23

    769,000        747,413   

3.625%, 3/15/24

    1,000,000        1,036,713   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

   

3.250%, 4/15/23

    1,150,000        1,147,992   

Stryker Corp.

  

2.000%, 9/30/16

    1,370,000        1,393,050   

4.375%, 1/15/20

    269,000        287,696   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

   

3.375%, 11/30/21

    500,000        507,830   
   

 

 

 
      35,865,056  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.7%)

  

Aetna, Inc.

   

1.500%, 11/15/17

    1,000,000        992,102   

2.200%, 3/15/19

    750,000        743,038   

3.950%, 9/1/20

    100,000        106,122   

2.750%, 11/15/22

    1,000,000        970,255   

3.500%, 11/15/24

    500,000        503,219   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

  

1.150%, 5/15/17

    500,000        495,466   

4.875%, 11/15/19

    1,150,000        1,269,041   

3.400%, 5/15/24

    600,000        600,867   

Anthem, Inc.

  

5.875%, 6/15/17

    639,000        701,495   

1.875%, 1/15/18

    500,000        498,778   

2.300%, 7/15/18

    1,000,000        1,001,933   

7.000%, 2/15/19

    1,022,000        1,200,274   

4.350%, 8/15/20

    1,200,000        1,296,895   

3.125%, 5/15/22

    500,000        498,453   

3.300%, 1/15/23

    150,000        149,732   

3.500%, 8/15/24

    1,000,000        1,006,802   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

  

1.700%, 3/15/18

    1,143,000        1,134,226   

4.625%, 12/15/20

    1,700,000        1,850,061   

3.200%, 6/15/22

    125,000        125,266   

3.200%, 3/15/23

    1,000,000        993,097   

Cigna Corp.

  

5.375%, 3/15/17

    25,000        27,010   

5.125%, 6/15/20

    1,182,000        1,315,301   

4.375%, 12/15/20

    100,000        107,688   

4.500%, 3/15/21

    406,000        443,475   

4.000%, 2/15/22

    500,000        528,036   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

  

5.950%, 3/15/17

    336,000        367,080   

5.450%, 6/15/21

    650,000        739,375   

Dignity Health

  

2.637%, 11/1/19

    425,000        427,230   

Express Scripts Holding Co.

  

3.125%, 5/15/16

    2,562,000        2,628,203   

2.650%, 2/15/17

    1,000,000        1,021,810   

1.250%, 6/2/17

    445,000        439,985   

4.750%, 11/15/21

    1,350,000        1,486,926   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

3.900%, 2/15/22

  $ 2,156,000      $ 2,256,249   

3.500%, 6/15/24

    1,000,000        996,219   

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3.500%, 9/1/23

    1,000,000        1,050,494   

Humana, Inc.

  

7.200%, 6/15/18

    1,231,000        1,435,419   

2.625%, 10/1/19

    1,000,000        1,000,755   

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

   

3.500%, 4/1/22

    350,000        360,745   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

  

2.200%, 8/23/17

    67,000        67,650   

2.500%, 11/1/18

    500,000        497,625   

4.625%, 11/15/20

    1,600,000        1,713,234   

3.750%, 8/23/22

    56,000        57,320   

4.000%, 11/1/23

    500,000        513,439   

McKesson Corp.

  

3.250%, 3/1/16

    219,000        224,672   

5.700%, 3/1/17

    500,000        543,728   

1.400%, 3/15/18

    1,100,000        1,084,749   

2.284%, 3/15/19

    1,345,000        1,337,525   

4.750%, 3/1/21

    1,100,000        1,210,908   

2.850%, 3/15/23

    1,200,000        1,155,728   

3.796%, 3/15/24

    2,200,000        2,259,235   

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

  

7.125%, 3/15/18

    762,000        879,517   

4.125%, 9/15/20

    275,000        292,132   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

   

3.875%, 9/15/21

    250,000        253,623   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

  

3.200%, 4/1/16

    1,312,000        1,343,655   

6.400%, 7/1/17

    650,000        724,059   

2.700%, 4/1/19

    500,000        503,419   

4.700%, 4/1/21

    100,000        108,028   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  

5.375%, 3/15/16

    325,000        342,874   

1.875%, 11/15/16

    1,500,000        1,521,055   

1.400%, 10/15/17

    100,000        100,020   

6.000%, 2/15/18

    1,824,000        2,058,267   

1.625%, 3/15/19

    750,000        739,523   

2.300%, 12/15/19

    500,000        501,757   

4.700%, 2/15/21

    850,000        951,029   

2.875%, 3/15/22

    500,000        501,462   

2.750%, 2/15/23

    1,000,000        986,270   

2.875%, 3/15/23

    600,000        596,787   
   

 

 

 
      55,838,412  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.1%)

  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

  

5.000%, 7/15/20

    600,000        652,316   

3.875%, 7/15/23

    1,094,000        1,095,978   

Life Technologies Corp.

  

3.500%, 1/15/16

    1,000,000        1,021,461   

6.000%, 3/1/20

    1,100,000        1,256,387   

5.000%, 1/15/21

    125,000        138,452   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

  

3.200%, 3/1/16

    1,800,000        1,841,597   

1.850%, 1/15/18

    750,000        745,432   

2.400%, 2/1/19

    1,100,000        1,101,581   

4.700%, 5/1/20

    100,000        108,993   
   

4.500%, 3/1/21

  $ 1,000,000      $ 1,085,815   

3.600%, 8/15/21

    265,000        273,345   

3.300%, 2/15/22

    875,000        879,833   

3.150%, 1/15/23

    1,000,000        977,899   

4.150%, 2/1/24

    1,000,000        1,048,172   
   

 

 

 
      12,227,261  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (1.0%)

   

AbbVie, Inc.

  

1.750%, 11/6/17

    3,694,000        3,702,309   

2.000%, 11/6/18

    219,000        217,204   

2.900%, 11/6/22

    3,519,000        3,463,438   

Actavis Funding SCS

  

1.300%, 6/15/17

    2,000,000        1,964,594   

2.450%, 6/15/19

    535,000        526,029   

3.850%, 6/15/24

    1,250,000        1,257,144   

Actavis, Inc.

  

6.125%, 8/15/19

    388,000        439,730   

3.250%, 10/1/22

    1,875,000        1,835,155   

Allergan, Inc.

  

1.350%, 3/15/18

    425,000        412,251   

3.375%, 9/15/20

    1,000,000        1,016,259   

2.800%, 3/15/23

    400,000        368,784   

AstraZeneca plc
5.900%, 9/15/17

    2,125,000        2,379,927   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

  

0.875%, 8/1/17

    600,000        594,755   

1.750%, 3/1/19

    750,000        744,268   

2.000%, 8/1/22

    656,000        616,808   

Eli Lilly & Co.

  

5.200%, 3/15/17

    1,766,000        1,919,594   

1.950%, 3/15/19

    500,000        501,666   

GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc

  

1.500%, 5/8/17

    1,375,000        1,380,470   

2.850%, 5/8/22

    3,300,000        3,293,305   

GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc.

  

0.700%, 3/18/16

    1,500,000        1,498,186   

5.650%, 5/15/18

    2,956,000        3,326,679   

2.800%, 3/18/23

    1,156,000        1,141,037   

Johnson & Johnson

  

2.150%, 5/15/16

    800,000        815,743   

5.550%, 8/15/17

    2,100,000        2,339,415   

1.125%, 11/21/17

    1,000,000        996,847   

5.150%, 7/15/18

    200,000        223,679   

3.550%, 5/15/21

    500,000        536,653   

2.450%, 12/5/21

    1,250,000        1,255,257   

3.375%, 12/5/23

    500,000        534,716   

Merck & Co., Inc.

  

0.700%, 5/18/16

    1,000,000        999,821   

1.100%, 1/31/18

    1,000,000        990,476   

1.300%, 5/18/18

    823,000        815,387   

5.000%, 6/30/19

    1,150,000        1,295,122   

3.875%, 1/15/21

    1,000,000        1,080,663   

2.400%, 9/15/22

    1,200,000        1,170,181   

2.800%, 5/18/23

    1,700,000        1,691,110   

Mylan, Inc.

  

1.800%, 6/24/16

    500,000        502,260   

1.350%, 11/29/16

    1,150,000        1,143,561   

2.600%, 6/24/18

    500,000        505,391   

2.550%, 3/28/19

    412,000        410,318   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Novartis Capital Corp.

  

4.400%, 4/24/20

  $ 100,000      $ 110,694   

2.400%, 9/21/22

    1,200,000        1,179,942   

3.400%, 5/6/24

    1,000,000        1,037,446   

Novartis Securities Investment Ltd.

   

5.125%, 2/10/19

    3,710,000        4,162,238   

Perrigo Co. plc

  

1.300%, 11/8/16

    800,000        796,613   

4.000%, 11/15/23

    1,700,000        1,740,358   

Pfizer, Inc.

  

0.900%, 1/15/17

    1,500,000        1,495,469   

1.100%, 5/15/17

    1,500,000        1,498,430   

4.650%, 3/1/18

    62,000        67,953   

1.500%, 6/15/18

    1,000,000        995,690   

6.200%, 3/15/19

    3,056,000        3,551,527   

3.000%, 6/15/23

    1,000,000        1,007,063   

3.400%, 5/15/24

    1,500,000        1,553,654   

Sanofi S.A.

  

2.625%, 3/29/16

    1,150,000        1,177,123   

1.250%, 4/10/18

    1,638,000        1,622,901   

4.000%, 3/29/21

    2,106,000        2,283,384   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. B.V.

  

2.400%, 11/10/16

    250,000        255,070   

2.950%, 12/18/22

    937,000        912,488   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV B.V.

   

3.650%, 11/10/21

    1,750,000        1,794,608   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV LLC

   

2.250%, 3/18/20

    500,000        491,250   

Wyeth LLC

  

5.500%, 2/15/16

    1,335,000        1,406,937   

5.450%, 4/1/17

    500,000        547,967   

Zoetis, Inc.

  

1.150%, 2/1/16

    1,000,000        999,586   

1.875%, 2/1/18

    600,000        594,472   

3.250%, 2/1/23

    1,185,000        1,167,513   
   

 

 

 
      82,356,568  
   

 

 

 

Total Health Care

      210,662,666  
   

 

 

 

Industrials (1.8%)

   

Aerospace & Defense (0.4%)

   

Boeing Co.

   

0.950%, 5/15/18

    500,000        489,154   

6.000%, 3/15/19

    1,046,000        1,208,042   

4.875%, 2/15/20

    886,000        993,779   

2.850%, 10/30/24

    300,000        297,423   

Embraer S.A.

   

5.150%, 6/15/22

    47,000        49,115   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

2.250%, 7/15/16

    500,000        513,657   

1.000%, 11/15/17

    250,000        247,383   

3.875%, 7/15/21

    562,000        605,940   

2.250%, 11/15/22

    1,094,000        1,049,516   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

5.400%, 3/15/16

    360,000        379,994   

5.300%, 3/1/18

    1,300,000        1,442,257   

5.000%, 2/15/19

    846,000        949,100   

4.250%, 3/1/21

    500,000        552,693   
   

L-3 Communications Corp.

   

3.950%, 11/15/16

  $ 594,000      $ 618,524   

5.200%, 10/15/19

    1,100,000        1,207,248   

4.950%, 2/15/21

    1,194,000        1,295,944   

3.950%, 5/28/24

    600,000        602,558   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

2.125%, 9/15/16

    500,000        508,864   

4.250%, 11/15/19

    1,624,000        1,766,945   

3.350%, 9/15/21

    500,000        519,213   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

1.750%, 6/1/18

    600,000        594,015   

3.500%, 3/15/21

    31,000        32,186   

3.250%, 8/1/23

    2,100,000        2,094,682   

Precision Castparts Corp.

   

1.250%, 1/15/18

    900,000        888,399   

2.500%, 1/15/23

    562,000        542,172   

Raytheon Co.

   

6.400%, 12/15/18

    208,000        242,575   

4.400%, 2/15/20

    1,069,000        1,165,639   

3.125%, 10/15/20

    1,156,000        1,191,177   

2.500%, 12/15/22

    500,000        488,589   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

   

5.250%, 7/15/19

    235,000        264,286   

3.100%, 11/15/21

    550,000        563,844   

Textron, Inc.

   

4.625%, 9/21/16

    250,000        264,178   

5.600%, 12/1/17

    100,000        109,644   

7.250%, 10/1/19

    500,000        593,170   

3.650%, 3/1/21

    125,000        127,651   

5.950%, 9/21/21

    350,000        406,939   

3.875%, 3/1/25

    285,000        286,021   

United Technologies Corp.

   

1.800%, 6/1/17

    1,217,000        1,235,182   

5.375%, 12/15/17

    1,008,000        1,120,060   

6.125%, 2/1/19

    1,825,000        2,115,887   

4.500%, 4/15/20

    1,275,000        1,409,919   

3.100%, 6/1/22

    1,844,000        1,879,276   
   

 

 

 
      32,912,840  
   

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics (0.1%)

   

FedEx Corp.

   

8.000%, 1/15/19

    682,000        829,591   

2.625%, 8/1/22

    276,000        269,290   

2.700%, 4/15/23

    450,000        437,777   

4.000%, 1/15/24

    450,000        478,017   

United Parcel Service, Inc.

   

1.125%, 10/1/17

    200,000        198,465   

5.125%, 4/1/19

    2,100,000        2,357,463   

3.125%, 1/15/21

    1,675,000        1,755,355   

2.450%, 10/1/22

    1,000,000        978,373   
   

 

 

 
      7,304,331  
   

 

 

 

Airlines (0.1%)

   

American Airlines, Inc.

   

Series 2013-2 A

   

4.950%, 1/15/23

    1,887,936        2,015,372   

Continental Airlines, Inc.

   

Series 2009-1

   

9.000%, 7/8/16

    471,700        517,101   

Series 2010-1 A

   

4.750%, 1/12/21

    1,517,664        1,622,960   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

   

Series 2009-1 A

   

7.750%, 12/17/19

  $ 252,336      $ 290,817   

Series 2010-1 A

   

6.200%, 7/2/18

    122,462        135,091   

Series 2010-2 A

   

4.950%, 5/23/19

    862,082        922,428   

Southwest Airlines Co.

   

5.750%, 12/15/16

    461,000        498,747   

5.125%, 3/1/17

    62,000        66,572   

2.750%, 11/6/19

    750,000        752,165   

United Airlines, Inc.

   

Series 2009-2A

   

9.750%, 1/15/17

    309,749        340,532   
   

 

 

 
      7,161,785  
   

 

 

 

Building Products (0.0%)

   

Owens Corning

   

4.200%, 12/1/24

    300,000        295,718   

Owens Corning, Inc.

   

4.200%, 12/15/22

    1,000,000        1,011,250   
   

 

 

 
      1,306,968  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.2%)

  

 

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

  

4.250%, 5/1/16

    400,000        417,782   

4.750%, 5/1/19

    300,000        332,958   

Cornell University

   

5.450%, 2/1/19

    400,000        448,666   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

5.750%, 9/15/17

    127,000        137,648   

4.750%, 5/15/18

    62,000        65,906   

6.250%, 3/15/19

    1,100,000        1,240,466   

4.625%, 3/15/24

    500,000        511,360   

Republic Services, Inc.

   

3.800%, 5/15/18

    500,000        528,725   

5.500%, 9/15/19

    1,214,000        1,366,536   

5.000%, 3/1/20

    600,000        661,714   

5.250%, 11/15/21

    406,000        459,486   

3.550%, 6/1/22

    1,000,000        1,027,431   

4.750%, 5/15/23

    1,000,000        1,102,890   

Trustees of Dartmouth College

   

4.750%, 6/1/19

    135,000        150,241   

Vanderbilt University

   

5.250%, 4/1/19

    273,000        308,093   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

6.100%, 3/15/18

    446,000        502,741   

7.375%, 3/11/19

    902,000        1,091,420   

4.750%, 6/30/20

    300,000        328,355   

4.600%, 3/1/21

    500,000        554,342   

2.900%, 9/15/22

    500,000        493,850   

3.500%, 5/15/24

    500,000        507,115   

Yale University
2.086%, 4/15/19

    300,000        301,239   
   

 

 

 
      12,538,964  
   

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering (0.0%)

  

 

ABB Finance USA, Inc.

   

1.625%, 5/8/17

    500,000        500,694   

2.875%, 5/8/22

    1,306,000        1,307,215   

Fluor Corp.

   

3.500%, 12/15/24

    900,000        896,425   
   

 

 

 
      2,704,334  
   

 

 

 
   

Electrical Equipment (0.1%)

   

Eaton Corp.

   

1.500%, 11/2/17

  $ 500,000      $ 497,296   

6.950%, 3/20/19

    1,000,000        1,173,321   

2.750%, 11/2/22

    1,531,000        1,503,630   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

5.125%, 12/1/16

    500,000        538,335   

4.875%, 10/15/19

    1,200,000        1,334,546   

2.625%, 2/15/23

    256,000        254,171   
   

 

 

 
      5,301,299  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.3%)

   

3M Co.

   

1.375%, 9/29/16

    500,000        507,031   

1.625%, 6/15/19

    1,000,000        987,797   

2.000%, 6/26/22

    1,000,000        968,794   

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.

   

6.000%, 12/15/19

    100,000        110,562   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

5.125%, 12/15/20

    250,000        272,255   

Cooper U.S., Inc.

   

2.375%, 1/15/16

    600,000        608,541   

3.875%, 12/15/20

    600,000        635,687   

Danaher Corp.

   

2.300%, 6/23/16

    906,000        924,602   

5.625%, 1/15/18

    546,000        608,373   

5.400%, 3/1/19

    500,000        564,324   

3.900%, 6/23/21

    662,000        715,702   

GE Capital Trust I

   

6.375%, 11/15/67 (l)

    1,200,000        1,290,000   

General Electric Co.

   

5.250%, 12/6/17

    3,291,000        3,646,243   

2.700%, 10/9/22

    3,375,000        3,379,382   

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co., Ltd.

  

 

6.875%, 8/15/18

    1,071,000        1,238,619   

2.875%, 1/15/19

    750,000        762,211   

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

   

5.750%, 3/11/18

    1,700,000        1,886,151   

3.750%, 3/15/22

    406,000        420,703   

Pentair Finance S.A.

   

1.875%, 9/15/17

    1,000,000        999,786   

2.650%, 12/1/19

    156,000        153,850   

5.000%, 5/15/21

    550,000        609,353   

3.150%, 9/15/22

    500,000        495,249   

Roper Industries, Inc.

   

2.050%, 10/1/18

    1,750,000        1,733,781   

6.250%, 9/1/19

    500,000        577,176   

3.125%, 11/15/22

    625,000        609,786   

Tyco Electronics Group S.A.

   

6.550%, 10/1/17

    1,225,000        1,378,552   

2.375%, 12/17/18

    240,000        241,858   

2.350%, 8/1/19

    250,000        249,680   

3.450%, 8/1/24

    290,000        295,368   

Tyco International Finance S.A.

   

8.500%, 1/15/19

    608,000        739,706   
   

 

 

 
      27,611,122  
   

 

 

 

Machinery (0.2%)

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

3.900%, 5/27/21

    1,000,000        1,080,308   

2.600%, 6/26/22

    844,000        834,578   

3.400%, 5/15/24

    715,000        737,028   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Crane Co.

   

2.750%, 12/15/18

  $ 350,000      $ 353,193   

4.450%, 12/15/23

    400,000        423,394   

Cummins, Inc.

   

3.650%, 10/1/23

    500,000        534,203   

Deere & Co.

   

4.375%, 10/16/19

    658,000        717,105   

2.600%, 6/8/22

    1,312,000        1,286,551   

Dover Corp.

   

5.450%, 3/15/18

    616,000        681,915   

4.300%, 3/1/21

    656,000        722,314   

Flowserve Corp.

   

4.000%, 11/15/23

    700,000        719,869   

IDEX Corp.

   

4.200%, 12/15/21

    300,000        311,485   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

0.900%, 2/25/17

    1,000,000        995,629   

6.250%, 4/1/19

    600,000        699,382   

3.375%, 9/15/21

    300,000        314,971   

3.500%, 3/1/24

    1,000,000        1,044,724   

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A.

  

 

2.625%, 5/1/20

    500,000        497,101   

Joy Global, Inc.

   

5.125%, 10/15/21

    400,000        442,117   

Kennametal, Inc.

   

2.650%, 11/1/19

    250,000        249,048   

3.875%, 2/15/22

    560,000        568,790   

Pall Corp.

   

5.000%, 6/15/20

    300,000        328,265   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

5.500%, 5/15/18

    500,000        556,774   

3.300%, 11/21/24

    600,000        611,381   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

4.250%, 1/15/18

    200,000        214,198   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

2.900%, 11/1/22

    994,000        977,694   

5.750%, 12/15/53 (l)

    600,000        646,500   

Trinity Industries, Inc.

   

4.550%, 10/1/24

    450,000        436,563   

Wabtec Corp.

   

4.375%, 8/15/23

    200,000        212,566   

Xylem, Inc.

   

3.550%, 9/20/16

    650,000        673,749   
   

 

 

 
      17,871,395  
   

 

 

 

Professional Services (0.0%)

   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

   

4.375%, 12/1/22

    500,000        517,042   

Equifax, Inc.

   

3.300%, 12/15/22

    461,000        453,533   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

5.800%, 5/1/21

    600,000        676,389   
   

 

 

 
      1,646,964  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.3%)

   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

   

5.750%, 3/15/18

    471,000        527,929   

4.700%, 10/1/19

    725,000        801,232   

3.600%, 9/1/20

    1,500,000        1,572,349   

3.050%, 3/15/22

    2,156,000        2,166,748   

3.850%, 9/1/23

    750,000        790,647   
   

3.750%, 4/1/24

  $ 250,000      $ 261,850   

3.400%, 9/1/24

    500,000        505,661   

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

5.550%, 5/15/18

    157,000        175,959   

5.550%, 3/1/19

    1,133,000        1,284,031   

2.250%, 11/15/22

    900,000        870,040   

2.950%, 11/21/24

    250,000        247,560   

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

   

6.500%, 5/15/18

    159,000        184,172   

7.250%, 5/15/19

    645,000        771,295   

Con-way, Inc.

   

7.250%, 1/15/18

    500,000        567,811   

CSX Corp.

   

7.900%, 5/1/17

    250,000        287,110   

6.250%, 3/15/18

    460,000        522,394   

7.375%, 2/1/19

    1,055,000        1,265,273   

3.700%, 10/30/20

    200,000        211,123   

4.250%, 6/1/21

    500,000        543,336   

3.700%, 11/1/23

    1,000,000        1,050,014   

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

3.850%, 3/15/24

    750,000        780,560   

Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de C.V.

   

2.350%, 5/15/20

    400,000        383,994   

3.000%, 5/15/23

    121,000        117,186   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

7.700%, 5/15/17

    1,329,000        1,518,052   

5.750%, 4/1/18

    446,000        500,010   

5.900%, 6/15/19

    1,317,000        1,511,614   

2.903%, 2/15/23

    1,150,000        1,134,489   

Ryder System, Inc.

   

3.600%, 3/1/16

    689,000        708,888   

5.850%, 11/1/16

    699,000        750,726   

3.500%, 6/1/17

    125,000        130,940   

2.500%, 3/1/18

    250,000        258,712   

2.450%, 11/15/18

    600,000        600,979   

2.350%, 2/26/19

    250,000        248,072   

2.550%, 6/1/19

    310,000        309,472   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

2.250%, 2/15/19

    1,000,000        1,012,976   

4.000%, 2/1/21

    170,000        184,946   

2.950%, 1/15/23

    500,000        503,284   

2.750%, 4/15/23

    1,000,000        991,640   

3.646%, 2/15/24

    500,000        530,632   
   

 

 

 
      26,783,706  
   

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.1%)

  

Air Lease Corp.

   

3.375%, 1/15/19

    2,750,000        2,791,250   

3.875%, 4/1/21

    125,000        125,312   

4.250%, 9/15/24

    1,000,000        1,012,500   

GATX Corp.

   

3.500%, 7/15/16

    350,000        361,481   

2.375%, 7/30/18

    388,000        389,502   

2.500%, 3/15/19

    700,000        699,894   

2.500%, 7/30/19

    500,000        496,435   

4.850%, 6/1/21

    100,000        110,681   

3.900%, 3/30/23

    151,000        157,236   

International Lease Finance Corp.

   

6.750%, 9/1/16§

    2,000,000        2,132,500   
   

 

 

 
      8,276,791  
   

 

 

 

Total Industrials

      151,420,499  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Information Technology (1.9%)

  

Communications Equipment (0.2%)

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

5.500%, 2/22/16

  $ 2,900,000      $ 3,069,071   

1.100%, 3/3/17

    2,000,000        1,999,738   

3.150%, 3/14/17

    500,000        521,894   

4.950%, 2/15/19

    2,757,000        3,081,557   

2.125%, 3/1/19

    1,650,000        1,656,741   

4.450%, 1/15/20

    1,312,000        1,438,672   

2.900%, 3/4/21

    570,000        580,413   

3.625%, 3/4/24

    1,000,000        1,045,049   

Harris Corp.

   

6.375%, 6/15/19

    265,000        307,331   

4.400%, 12/15/20

    1,000,000        1,066,988   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

3.100%, 3/15/16

    500,000        508,722   

4.600%, 3/15/21

    62,000        64,602   

4.500%, 3/15/24

    175,000        175,327   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

3.500%, 9/1/21

    1,000,000        993,959   

3.750%, 5/15/22

    94,000        94,058   

3.500%, 3/1/23

    1,000,000        973,689   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

   

4.125%, 5/15/22

    1,094,000        1,148,699   
   

 

 

 
      18,726,510  
   

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.1%)

  

Amphenol Corp.

   

2.550%, 1/30/19

    750,000        754,921   

3.125%, 9/15/21

    1,500,000        1,501,094   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

   

3.000%, 3/1/18

    150,000        153,415   

6.000%, 4/1/20

    304,000        343,107   

Avnet, Inc.

   

5.875%, 6/15/20

    1,100,000        1,228,430   

Corning, Inc.

   

1.450%, 11/15/17

    600,000        596,920   

4.250%, 8/15/20

    274,000        297,575   

3.700%, 11/15/23

    187,000        192,686   

Ingram Micro, Inc.

   

5.250%, 9/1/17

    62,000        66,996   

5.000%, 8/10/22

    600,000        635,141   

4.950%, 12/15/24

    200,000        199,680   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

   

4.700%, 9/15/22

    1,000,000        995,000   

Keysight Technologies, Inc.

   

3.300%, 10/30/19§

    600,000        595,216   

4.550%, 10/30/24§

    600,000        600,375   

Tech Data Corp.

   

3.750%, 9/21/17

    300,000        309,300   

Trimble Navigation Ltd.

   

4.750%, 12/1/24

    350,000        358,821   
   

 

 

 
      8,828,677  
   

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (0.1%)

  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

   

1.625%, 11/28/17§

    530,000        526,074   

2.500%, 11/28/19§

    1,250,000        1,227,899   

3.125%, 11/28/21§

    1,300,000        1,281,186   

3.600%, 11/28/24§

    1,000,000        990,325   

Baidu, Inc.

   

2.250%, 11/28/17

    500,000        498,769   
   

3.250%, 8/6/18

  $ 1,226,000      $ 1,251,129   

2.750%, 6/9/19

    500,000        496,915   

3.500%, 11/28/22

    500,000        492,510   

eBay, Inc.

   

1.350%, 7/15/17

    571,000        566,038   

3.250%, 10/15/20

    362,000        367,451   

2.875%, 8/1/21

    1,150,000        1,131,856   

2.600%, 7/15/22

    1,100,000        1,037,907   

Google, Inc.

   

2.125%, 5/19/16

    1,075,000        1,097,599   

3.625%, 5/19/21

    950,000        1,019,136   

3.375%, 2/25/24

    500,000        520,563   
   

 

 

 
      12,505,357  
   

 

 

 

IT Services (0.4%)

   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   

3.950%, 9/1/20

    400,000        418,244   

Computer Sciences Corp.

   

6.500%, 3/15/18

    1,210,000        1,348,065   

4.450%, 9/15/22

    200,000        204,831   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

1.450%, 6/5/17

    150,000        148,926   

2.000%, 4/15/18

    129,000        127,990   

5.000%, 3/15/22

    1,000,000        1,062,414   

3.500%, 4/15/23

    1,156,000        1,147,622   

3.875%, 6/5/24

    1,000,000        1,012,564   

Fiserv, Inc.

   

6.800%, 11/20/17

    600,000        679,647   

4.750%, 6/15/21

    94,000        102,828   

3.500%, 10/1/22

    500,000        502,244   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

0.450%, 5/6/16

    1,569,000        1,564,652   

1.950%, 7/22/16

    950,000        968,193   

1.250%, 2/6/17

    1,000,000        1,004,091   

5.700%, 9/14/17

    6,688,000        7,450,086   

1.250%, 2/8/18

    1,200,000        1,188,669   

1.625%, 5/15/20

    2,200,000        2,118,230   

1.875%, 8/1/22

    1,750,000        1,627,259   

3.375%, 8/1/23

    1,000,000        1,018,695   

3.625%, 2/12/24

    1,000,000        1,042,007   

MasterCard, Inc.

   

3.375%, 4/1/24

    1,000,000        1,027,412   

Total System Services, Inc.

   

2.375%, 6/1/18

    320,000        317,618   

3.750%, 6/1/23

    450,000        444,243   

Western Union Co.

   

5.930%, 10/1/16

    312,000        335,295   

2.875%, 12/10/17

    250,000        255,280   

5.253%, 4/1/20

    1,002,000        1,094,740   

Xerox Corp.

   

6.750%, 2/1/17

    1,224,000        1,349,755   

2.950%, 3/15/17

    406,000        416,996   

6.350%, 5/15/18

    1,115,000        1,260,281   

2.750%, 3/15/19

    500,000        500,112   

5.625%, 12/15/19

    639,000        717,490   

2.800%, 5/15/20

    750,000        740,518   

4.500%, 5/15/21

    185,000        196,925   

3.800%, 5/15/24

    750,000        737,065   
   

 

 

 
      34,130,987  
   

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.2%)

   

Altera Corp.

   

1.750%, 5/15/17

  $ 500,000      $ 501,093   

2.500%, 11/15/18

    500,000        502,100   

4.100%, 11/15/23

    600,000        622,058   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

3.000%, 4/15/16

    500,000        510,964   

2.875%, 6/1/23

    250,000        239,763   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

2.650%, 6/15/16

    1,000,000        1,021,841   

4.300%, 6/15/21

    625,000        680,676   

Broadcom Corp.

   

2.500%, 8/15/22

    1,100,000        1,054,251   

3.500%, 8/1/24

    400,000        401,498   

Intel Corp.

   

1.950%, 10/1/16

    1,600,000        1,627,988   

1.350%, 12/15/17

    2,000,000        1,993,011   

3.300%, 10/1/21

    1,257,000        1,305,904   

2.700%, 12/15/22

    1,875,000        1,844,279   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

   

2.375%, 11/1/17

    500,000        503,365   

3.375%, 11/1/19

    1,000,000        1,019,398   

4.125%, 11/1/21

    571,000        585,192   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

   

2.500%, 11/15/18

    750,000        747,130   

3.375%, 3/15/23

    400,000        391,644   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

2.375%, 5/16/16

    950,000        971,434   

1.000%, 5/1/18

    500,000        490,069   

1.650%, 8/3/19

    350,000        342,417   

2.750%, 3/12/21

    1,100,000        1,104,348   

2.250%, 5/1/23

    750,000        703,849   

Xilinx, Inc.

   

2.125%, 3/15/19

    500,000        494,266   

3.000%, 3/15/21

    500,000        498,514   
   

 

 

 
      20,157,052  
   

 

 

 

Software (0.4%)

   

Adobe Systems, Inc.

   

4.750%, 2/1/20

    837,000        918,323   

Autodesk, Inc.

   

1.950%, 12/15/17

    297,000        297,493   

CA, Inc.

   

2.875%, 8/15/18

    500,000        507,615   

5.375%, 12/1/19

    800,000        884,677   

4.500%, 8/15/23

    250,000        261,322   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

   

4.375%, 10/15/24

    175,000        176,416   

CDK Global, Inc.

   

3.300%, 10/15/19§

    400,000        397,794   

4.500%, 10/15/24§

    405,000        405,980   

Intuit, Inc.

   

5.750%, 3/15/17

    1,000,000        1,088,818   

Microsoft Corp.

   

2.500%, 2/8/16

    3,000,000        3,068,081   

1.000%, 5/1/18

    487,000        480,167   

1.625%, 12/6/18

    900,000        898,445   

4.200%, 6/1/19

    736,000        809,139   

3.000%, 10/1/20

    594,000        619,512   

4.000%, 2/8/21

    1,000,000        1,092,870   
   

2.125%, 11/15/22

  $ 500,000      $ 482,601   

2.375%, 5/1/23

    1,250,000        1,223,788   

3.625%, 12/15/23

    800,000        855,844   

Oracle Corp.

   

5.250%, 1/15/16

    3,216,000        3,370,894   

1.200%, 10/15/17

    1,000,000        993,691   

5.750%, 4/15/18

    1,362,000        1,539,650   

2.375%, 1/15/19

    1,500,000        1,525,045   

5.000%, 7/8/19

    3,500,000        3,931,593   

2.250%, 10/8/19

    750,000        754,433   

2.800%, 7/8/21

    585,000        588,210   

2.500%, 10/15/22

    1,875,000        1,826,321   

3.625%, 7/15/23

    1,000,000        1,042,784   

Symantec Corp.

   

4.200%, 9/15/20

    1,100,000        1,131,886   

3.950%, 6/15/22

    1,000,000        1,004,838   
   

 

 

 
      32,178,230  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.5%)

  

Apple, Inc.

   

0.450%, 5/3/16

    1,150,000        1,148,424   

1.000%, 5/3/18

    4,256,000        4,180,785   

2.100%, 5/6/19

    2,650,000        2,673,195   

2.850%, 5/6/21

    935,000        955,582   

2.400%, 5/3/23

    4,707,000        4,577,917   

3.450%, 5/6/24

    4,000,000        4,194,976   

EMC Corp.

   

1.875%, 6/1/18

    1,600,000        1,589,543   

2.650%, 6/1/20

    1,250,000        1,238,196   

3.375%, 6/1/23

    1,800,000        1,786,013   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

   

2.650%, 6/1/16

    2,000,000        2,038,308   

2.600%, 9/15/17

    1,000,000        1,018,063   

5.500%, 3/1/18

    3,075,000        3,384,891   

2.750%, 1/14/19

    600,000        599,483   

3.750%, 12/1/20

    250,000        258,625   

4.375%, 9/15/21

    300,000        315,562   

4.650%, 12/9/21

    3,250,000        3,462,675   

4.050%, 9/15/22

    1,000,000        1,013,144   

Lexmark International, Inc.

   

5.125%, 3/15/20

    500,000        528,159   

NetApp, Inc.

   

2.000%, 12/15/17

    562,000        561,306   

3.375%, 6/15/21

    550,000        549,106   

Seagate HDD Cayman

   

3.750%, 11/15/18§

    3,100,000        3,185,062   
   

 

 

 
      39,259,015  
   

 

 

 

Total Information Technology

      165,785,828  
   

 

 

 

Materials (1.5%)

   

Chemicals (0.7%)

   

Agrium, Inc.

  

 

6.750%, 1/15/19

    500,000        582,821   

3.150%, 10/1/22

    131,000        127,078   

3.500%, 6/1/23

    1,000,000        982,106   

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

  

 

2.000%, 8/2/16

    235,000        238,720   

4.375%, 8/21/19

    439,000        479,792   

2.750%, 2/3/23

    1,000,000        980,808   

3.350%, 7/31/24

    750,000        763,946   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Airgas, Inc.

  

 

1.650%, 2/15/18

  $ 500,000      $ 493,704   

3.650%, 7/15/24

    450,000        460,181   

Albemarle Corp.

  

 

3.000%, 12/1/19

    250,000        249,163   

4.500%, 12/15/20

    500,000        546,455   

4.150%, 12/1/24

    250,000        254,783   

Cabot Corp.

  

 

5.000%, 10/1/16

    439,000        464,858   

3.700%, 7/15/22

    500,000        508,904   

CF Industries, Inc.

  

 

7.125%, 5/1/20

    1,094,000        1,303,088   

3.450%, 6/1/23

    1,000,000        988,314   

Dow Chemical Co.

  

 

2.500%, 2/15/16

    2,410,000        2,451,926   

8.550%, 5/15/19

    2,642,000        3,282,112   

4.250%, 11/15/20

    1,984,000        2,121,281   

4.125%, 11/15/21

    100,000        105,513   

3.000%, 11/15/22

    1,000,000        974,525   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

  

 

1.950%, 1/15/16

    1,000,000        1,012,578   

5.250%, 12/15/16

    194,000        209,130   

6.000%, 7/15/18

    2,203,000        2,506,075   

5.750%, 3/15/19

    500,000        570,805   

3.625%, 1/15/21

    1,700,000        1,799,661   

2.800%, 2/15/23

    1,000,000        981,342   

Eastman Chemical Co.

  

 

2.400%, 6/1/17

    150,000        152,258   

5.500%, 11/15/19

    472,000        533,678   

2.700%, 1/15/20

    1,000,000        999,418   

3.600%, 8/15/22

    1,125,000        1,139,603   

3.800%, 3/15/25

    1,000,000        1,010,800   

Ecolab, Inc.

  

 

3.000%, 12/8/16

    1,500,000        1,549,328   

4.350%, 12/8/21

    1,356,000        1,477,062   

FMC Corp.

  

 

4.100%, 2/1/24

    1,500,000        1,567,672   

Lubrizol Corp.

  

 

8.875%, 2/1/19

    500,000        626,102   

LYB International Finance B.V.

  

 

4.000%, 7/15/23

    1,100,000        1,117,436   

LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

  

 

5.000%, 4/15/19

    2,000,000        2,176,871   

6.000%, 11/15/21

    1,800,000        2,075,086   

Methanex Corp.

  

 

3.250%, 12/15/19

    220,000        218,358   

4.250%, 12/1/24

    650,000        646,494   

Monsanto Co.

  

 

1.150%, 6/30/17

    1,000,000        990,897   

5.125%, 4/15/18

    869,000        957,930   

1.850%, 11/15/18

    400,000        398,144   

2.750%, 7/15/21

    750,000        744,146   

2.200%, 7/15/22

    250,000        236,603   

Mosaic Co.

  

 

4.250%, 11/15/23

    1,000,000        1,038,815   

NewMarket Corp.

  

 

4.100%, 12/15/22

    167,000        171,186   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

  

 

3.250%, 12/1/17

    843,000        877,335   

6.500%, 5/15/19

    860,000        1,009,320   

4.875%, 3/30/20

    194,000        215,355   

3.625%, 3/15/24

    500,000        511,532   
   

PPG Industries, Inc.

  

 

1.900%, 1/15/16

  $ 800,000      $ 807,603   

3.600%, 11/15/20

    350,000        363,508   

Praxair, Inc.

  

 

0.750%, 2/21/16

    400,000        400,327   

1.050%, 11/7/17

    656,000        650,608   

1.250%, 11/7/18

    1,400,000        1,364,730   

4.500%, 8/15/19

    800,000        879,761   

4.050%, 3/15/21

    500,000        542,032   

3.000%, 9/1/21

    600,000        610,805   

2.200%, 8/15/22

    450,000        430,947   

2.700%, 2/21/23

    500,000        493,338   

RPM International, Inc.

  

 

6.125%, 10/15/19

    700,000        795,399   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

  

 

1.350%, 12/15/17

    550,000        546,007   

Valspar Corp.

  

 

7.250%, 6/15/19

    439,000        515,682   

4.200%, 1/15/22

    200,000        215,005   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

   

3.600%, 7/15/22

    308,000        305,305   
   

 

 

 
      56,802,155  
   

 

 

 

Construction Materials (0.0%)

  

 

CRH America, Inc.

   

6.000%, 9/30/16

    3,265,000        3,514,042   

8.125%, 7/15/18

    269,000        321,716   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

6.600%, 4/15/18

    300,000        337,687   

4.250%, 7/2/24

    285,000        291,947   
   

 

 

 
      4,465,392  
   

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.0%)

  

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

5.375%, 4/15/20

    169,000        184,488   

3.350%, 4/15/23

    300,000        300,770   

Bemis Co., Inc.

   

6.800%, 8/1/19

    471,000        553,190   

Packaging Corp of America

   

3.650%, 9/15/24

    1,000,000        989,218   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

3.900%, 6/15/22

    500,000        509,138   

4.500%, 11/1/23

    200,000        210,696   

Rock-Tenn Co.

   

4.900%, 3/1/22

    1,500,000        1,615,429   
   

 

 

 
      4,362,929  
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.7%)

  

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

   

6.950%, 4/1/19

    2,023,000        2,299,863   

3.850%, 4/1/22

    2,000,000        1,927,094   

4.100%, 5/1/23

    900,000        873,367   

Barrick North America Finance LLC

   

4.400%, 5/30/21

    200,000        202,077   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

   

7.250%, 3/1/16

    598,000        642,275   

1.875%, 11/21/16

    750,000        760,330   

1.625%, 2/24/17

    1,000,000        1,007,501   

5.400%, 3/29/17

    139,000        151,183   

6.500%, 4/1/19

    2,502,000        2,940,935   

3.250%, 11/21/21

    500,000        514,222   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

2.875%, 2/24/22

  $ 1,406,000      $ 1,404,222   

3.850%, 9/30/23

    2,100,000        2,214,266   

Carpenter Technology Corp.

   

4.450%, 3/1/23

    100,000        104,418   

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A.

   

5.000%, 1/21/21

    1,800,000        1,881,000   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

2.150%, 3/1/17

    1,000,000        1,001,008   

2.375%, 3/15/18

    5,200,000        5,162,898   

3.100%, 3/15/20

    1,656,000        1,609,973   

3.550%, 3/1/22

    1,906,000        1,806,854   

3.875%, 3/15/23

    1,750,000        1,660,675   

Glencore Canada Corp.

   

5.500%, 6/15/17

    512,000        550,660   

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

2.125%, 3/15/18

    656,000        648,906   

3.625%, 6/9/21

    330,000        329,940   

3.700%, 3/15/23

    600,000        584,673   

Kinross Gold Corp.

   

5.950%, 3/15/24§

    555,000        520,927   

Newmont Mining Corp.

   

5.125%, 10/1/19

    928,000        995,216   

3.500%, 3/15/22

    1,156,000        1,084,575   

Nucor Corp.

   

5.750%, 12/1/17

    808,000        892,646   

5.850%, 6/1/18

    800,000        894,642   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

   

4.500%, 4/15/23

    500,000        489,571   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

   

6.500%, 7/15/18

    920,000        1,053,654   

9.000%, 5/1/19

    1,087,000        1,372,256   

3.500%, 11/2/20

    1,000,000        1,037,194   

4.125%, 5/20/21

    1,500,000        1,586,276   

3.750%, 9/20/21

    1,000,000        1,031,573   

Rio Tinto Finance USA plc

   

1.375%, 6/17/16

    1,500,000        1,505,818   

2.000%, 3/22/17

    500,000        505,735   

1.625%, 8/21/17

    1,100,000        1,098,826   

2.250%, 12/14/18

    1,500,000        1,499,684   

3.500%, 3/22/22

    687,000        688,323   

2.875%, 8/21/22

    1,100,000        1,054,164   

Southern Copper Corp.

   

5.375%, 4/16/20

    253,000        275,669   

3.500%, 11/8/22

    244,000        231,653   

Teck Resources Ltd.

   

3.850%, 8/15/17

    3,031,000        3,097,296   

4.500%, 1/15/21

    225,000        220,849   

3.750%, 2/1/23

    200,000        179,303   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

   

6.250%, 1/11/16

    612,000        636,113   

6.250%, 1/23/17

    2,426,000        2,570,347   

4.625%, 9/15/20

    1,700,000        1,698,980   

4.375%, 1/11/22

    1,062,000        1,012,829   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

4.550%, 4/15/26

    100,000        105,485   

Yamana Gold, Inc.

   

4.950%, 7/15/24

    250,000        243,844   
   

 

 

 
      57,861,788  
   

 

 

 
   

Paper & Forest Products (0.1%)

  

 

Domtar Corp.

   

4.400%, 4/1/22

  $ 2,000,000      $ 2,020,000   

International Paper Co.

   

7.950%, 6/15/18

    1,744,000        2,053,266   

9.375%, 5/15/19

    800,000        1,014,185   

7.500%, 8/15/21

    156,000        193,854   

4.750%, 2/15/22

    194,000        211,265   

3.650%, 6/15/24

    1,900,000        1,888,371   
   

 

 

 
      7,380,941  
   

 

 

 

Total Materials

      130,873,205  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services (1.3%)

  

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.1%)

  

 

AT&T, Inc.

   

0.900%, 2/12/16

    1,500,000        1,499,848   

2.950%, 5/15/16

    1,100,000        1,127,944   

2.400%, 8/15/16

    480,000        489,004   

1.600%, 2/15/17

    1,000,000        1,001,872   

1.700%, 6/1/17

    1,500,000        1,501,064   

1.400%, 12/1/17

    1,000,000        987,996   

5.500%, 2/1/18

    4,106,000        4,534,040   

2.375%, 11/27/18

    1,500,000        1,511,577   

5.800%, 2/15/19

    1,901,000        2,162,646   

2.300%, 3/11/19

    1,000,000        998,772   

4.450%, 5/15/21

    1,500,000        1,613,455   

3.875%, 8/15/21

    497,000        519,373   

3.000%, 2/15/22

    1,000,000        986,569   

2.625%, 12/1/22

    2,156,000        2,054,869   

3.900%, 3/11/24

    1,000,000        1,026,948   

British Telecommunications plc

   

1.625%, 6/28/16

    1,090,000        1,097,695   

5.950%, 1/15/18

    1,200,000        1,337,998   

2.350%, 2/14/19

    1,000,000        999,784   

CC Holdings GS V LLC/Crown Castle GS III Corp.

  

2.381%, 12/15/17

    500,000        503,317   

3.849%, 4/15/23

    500,000        497,416   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V.

  

 

6.750%, 8/20/18

    1,650,000        1,912,913   

6.000%, 7/8/19

    100,000        115,941   

Emirates Telecommunications Corp.

  

 

2.375%, 6/18/19 (m)

    1,000,000        1,000,000   

3.500%, 6/18/24 (m)

    1,000,000        1,022,500   

Orange S.A.

   

2.750%, 9/14/16

    600,000        613,013   

2.750%, 2/6/19

    1,000,000        1,013,946   

5.375%, 7/8/19

    1,200,000        1,349,139   

4.125%, 9/14/21

    1,000,000        1,081,015   

Qwest Corp.

   

6.500%, 6/1/17

    750,000        823,125   

6.750%, 12/1/21

    1,200,000        1,383,705   

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.

   

3.992%, 2/16/16

    2,455,000        2,524,765   

6.421%, 6/20/16

    833,000        890,416   

6.221%, 7/3/17

    473,000        522,041   

3.192%, 4/27/18

    1,000,000        1,030,673   

5.877%, 7/15/19

    570,000        647,640   

5.134%, 4/27/20

    629,000        693,000   

5.462%, 2/16/21

    2,456,000        2,739,428   

4.570%, 4/27/23

    500,000        535,416   

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Telefonos de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V.

  

 

5.500%, 11/15/19

  $ 1,100,000      $ 1,237,049   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

2.500%, 9/15/16

    2,935,000        2,997,798   

2.000%, 11/1/16

    1,000,000        1,012,670   

1.350%, 6/9/17

    2,500,000        2,485,863   

1.100%, 11/1/17

    1,000,000        983,180   

3.650%, 9/14/18

    5,450,000        5,771,274   

6.350%, 4/1/19

    2,067,000        2,386,289   

2.550%, 6/17/19

    1,000,000        1,003,656   

4.500%, 9/15/20

    2,228,000        2,404,741   

3.450%, 3/15/21

    2,600,000        2,655,062   

4.600%, 4/1/21

    1,800,000        1,954,521   

3.000%, 11/1/21

    625,000        616,524   

3.500%, 11/1/21

    1,000,000        1,017,004   

2.450%, 11/1/22

    1,406,000        1,314,724   

5.150%, 9/15/23

    9,950,000        10,969,704   

4.150%, 3/15/24

    2,000,000        2,068,716   

3.500%, 11/1/24

    1,750,000        1,707,924   
   

 

 

 
      88,937,562  
   

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.2%)

  

 

America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.

   

2.375%, 9/8/16

    1,300,000        1,322,750   

5.625%, 11/15/17

    2,280,000        2,523,732   

5.000%, 3/30/20

    2,960,000        3,267,840   

3.125%, 7/16/22

    1,200,000        1,178,160   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

   

6.800%, 8/15/18

    1,391,000        1,608,769   

3.000%, 3/15/23

    750,000        730,967   

Vodafone Group plc

   

5.625%, 2/27/17

    2,116,000        2,293,630   

1.625%, 3/20/17

    250,000        249,879   

1.250%, 9/26/17

    1,000,000        983,199   

1.500%, 2/19/18

    2,000,000        1,969,108   

5.450%, 6/10/19

    1,526,000        1,712,108   

2.500%, 9/26/22

    700,000        659,168   

2.950%, 2/19/23

    1,306,000        1,261,491   
   

 

 

 
      19,760,801  
   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunication Services

      108,698,363  
   

 

 

 

Utilities (1.8%)

   

Electric Utilities (1.1%)

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

1.650%, 12/15/17

    500,000        500,143   

2.950%, 12/15/22

    150,000        147,153   

Arizona Public Service Co.

   

8.750%, 3/1/19

    461,000        576,969   

3.350%, 6/15/24

    600,000        616,397   

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

   

5.900%, 10/1/16

    156,000        169,144   

2.800%, 8/15/22

    300,000        299,492   

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

  

 

2.250%, 8/1/22

    250,000        238,924   

Commonwealth Edison Co.

   

5.950%, 8/15/16

    500,000        538,413   

1.950%, 9/1/16

    175,000        177,224   

6.150%, 9/15/17

    940,000        1,053,909   

2.150%, 1/15/19

    1,000,000        1,003,537   

4.000%, 8/1/20

    431,000        461,989   

3.400%, 9/1/21

    250,000        259,920   
   

Connecticut Light & Power Co.

   

5.650%, 5/1/18

  $ 100,000      $ 112,159   

5.500%, 2/1/19

    500,000        566,336   

2.500%, 1/15/23

    156,000        152,595   

Dayton Power & Light Co.

   

1.875%, 9/15/16

    250,000        252,492   

Dominion Gas Holdings LLC

   

1.050%, 11/1/16

    500,000        498,142   

DTE Electric Co.

   

5.600%, 6/15/18

    250,000        281,454   

3.900%, 6/1/21

    500,000        533,131   

3.650%, 3/15/24

    245,000        257,190   

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

   

7.000%, 11/15/18

    446,000        527,906   

4.300%, 6/15/20

    250,000        271,171   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

1.625%, 8/15/17

    500,000        501,052   

2.100%, 6/15/18

    1,000,000        1,007,997   

5.050%, 9/15/19

    655,000        727,122   

3.050%, 8/15/22

    1,100,000        1,104,844   

3.750%, 4/15/24

    350,000        366,863   

Duke Energy Florida, Inc.

   

5.800%, 9/15/17

    1,000,000        1,119,025   

5.650%, 6/15/18

    346,000        391,718   

4.550%, 4/1/20

    160,000        175,557   

Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.

   

6.050%, 6/15/16

    500,000        534,669   

3.750%, 7/15/20

    1,062,000        1,125,345   

Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.

   

5.450%, 4/1/19

    500,000        562,896   

3.800%, 9/1/23

    1,000,000        1,051,211   

Duke Energy Progress, Inc.

   

5.300%, 1/15/19

    1,700,000        1,904,386   

Edison International

   

3.750%, 9/15/17

    531,000        561,141   

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

   

3.750%, 2/15/21

    1,200,000        1,272,626   

3.700%, 6/1/24

    1,000,000        1,050,032   

Entergy Corp.

   

4.700%, 1/15/17

    250,000        263,818   

5.125%, 9/15/20

    787,000        856,487   

Entergy Texas, Inc.

   

7.125%, 2/1/19

    600,000        710,292   

Florida Power & Light Co.

   

5.550%, 11/1/17

    500,000        555,973   

2.750%, 6/1/23

    250,000        247,898   

Georgia Power Co.

   

3.000%, 4/15/16

    156,000        160,305   

5.400%, 6/1/18

    1,000,000        1,113,016   

4.250%, 12/1/19

    307,000        333,123   

2.850%, 5/15/22

    750,000        755,860   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

   

4.850%, 6/1/21

    62,000        68,623   

Hydro-Quebec

   

7.500%, 4/1/16

    2,000,000        2,152,514   

2.000%, 6/30/16

    1,537,000        1,565,874   

8.400%, 1/15/22

    125,000        165,298   

Indiana Michigan Power Co.

   

7.000%, 3/15/19

    1,096,000        1,297,476   

3.200%, 3/15/23

    150,000        150,117   

Interstate Power & Light Co.

   

3.250%, 12/1/24

    600,000        605,658   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

ITC Holdings Corp.

   

3.650%, 6/15/24

  $ 325,000      $ 331,113   

Jersey Central Power & Light Co.

   

5.650%, 6/1/17

    1,500,000        1,636,507   

7.350%, 2/1/19

    100,000        118,183   

Kansas City Power & Light Co.

   

5.850%, 6/15/17

    100,000        109,696   

6.375%, 3/1/18

    600,000        699,154   

7.150%, 4/1/19

    500,000        596,777   

3.150%, 3/15/23

    250,000        250,735   

LG&E and KU Energy LLC

   

3.750%, 11/15/20

    1,275,000        1,317,819   

Metropolitan Edison Co.

   

7.700%, 1/15/19

    500,000        598,870   

MidAmerican Energy Co.

   

2.400%, 3/15/19

    850,000        861,580   

Nevada Power Co.

   

6.500%, 8/1/18

    1,200,000        1,387,623   

7.125%, 3/15/19

    500,000        597,917   

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.

  

 

6.000%, 3/1/19

    946,000        1,077,622   

2.400%, 9/15/19

    500,000        497,678   

2.700%, 9/15/19

    350,000        352,988   

4.500%, 6/1/21

    1,000,000        1,086,639   

Northeast Utilities

   

4.500%, 11/15/19

    419,000        455,472   

Northern States Power Co.

   

5.250%, 3/1/18

    500,000        551,678   

2.150%, 8/15/22

    1,000,000        957,847   

NSTAR Electric Co.

   

5.625%, 11/15/17

    750,000        830,947   

2.375%, 10/15/22

    1,250,000        1,195,983   

Ohio Power Co.

   

6.050%, 5/1/18

    200,000        225,504   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

   

5.000%, 9/30/17

    1,000,000        1,085,318   

6.800%, 9/1/18

    700,000        817,857   

7.000%, 9/1/22

    750,000        946,585   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

   

5.625%, 11/30/17

    1,000,000        1,113,848   

8.250%, 10/15/18

    755,000        919,438   

3.500%, 10/1/20

    1,344,000        1,395,335   

3.250%, 6/15/23

    250,000        251,181   

3.750%, 2/15/24

    450,000        467,748   

3.400%, 8/15/24

    500,000        505,063   

PacifiCorp

   

5.500%, 1/15/19

    300,000        338,455   

2.950%, 2/1/22

    500,000        506,041   

3.600%, 4/1/24

    600,000        621,392   

PECO Energy Co.

   

1.200%, 10/15/16

    194,000        193,819   

5.350%, 3/1/18

    100,000        110,414   

2.375%, 9/15/22

    500,000        482,998   

Portland General Electric Co.

   

6.100%, 4/15/19

    373,000        422,983   

Potomac Electric Power Co.

   

3.600%, 3/15/24

    300,000        313,586   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

   

1.900%, 6/1/18

    1,000,000        995,261   

4.200%, 6/15/22

    1,078,000        1,142,441   

3.500%, 12/1/22

    1,000,000        1,013,101   

3.400%, 6/1/23

    250,000        250,683   
   

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

   

2.500%, 9/1/22

  $ 200,000      $ 193,898   

Progress Energy, Inc.

   

5.625%, 1/15/16

    100,000        104,797   

7.050%, 3/15/19

    1,100,000        1,296,944   

4.400%, 1/15/21

    156,000        169,410   

3.150%, 4/1/22

    1,250,000        1,236,362   

Public Service Co. of Colorado

   

5.125%, 6/1/19

    35,000        39,390   

3.200%, 11/15/20

    150,000        155,764   

2.250%, 9/15/22

    500,000        478,042   

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma

   

5.150%, 12/1/19

    52,000        58,914   

4.400%, 2/1/21

    250,000        273,484   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

   

5.300%, 5/1/18

    596,000        661,600   

2.300%, 9/15/18

    1,000,000        1,014,978   

2.000%, 8/15/19

    700,000        698,665   

3.500%, 8/15/20

    100,000        105,978   

2.375%, 5/15/23

    500,000        480,663   

3.050%, 11/15/24

    200,000        200,917   

Sierra Pacific Power Co.

   

6.000%, 5/15/16

    100,000        106,522   

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

   

6.500%, 11/1/18

    500,000        587,172   

Southern California Edison Co.

   

1.125%, 5/1/17

    600,000        597,923   

5.500%, 8/15/18

    500,000        563,235   

3.875%, 6/1/21

    631,000        683,892   

3.500%, 10/1/23

    200,000        210,414   

Southern Co.

   

1.950%, 9/1/16

    310,000        314,204   

2.450%, 9/1/18

    90,000        92,039   

2.150%, 9/1/19

    1,650,000        1,639,806   

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

   

5.550%, 1/15/17

    120,000        129,942   

6.450%, 1/15/19

    344,000        397,212   

3.550%, 2/15/22

    2,000,000        2,052,732   

Southwestern Public Service Co.

   

8.750%, 12/1/18

    500,000        616,158   

Tampa Electric Co.

   

6.100%, 5/15/18

    294,000        334,746   

2.600%, 9/15/22

    200,000        196,843   

UIL Holdings Corp.

   

4.625%, 10/1/20

    500,000        536,925   

Union Electric Co.

   

3.500%, 4/15/24

    1,000,000        1,026,777   

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

  

 

5.400%, 1/15/16

    1,092,000        1,144,303   

5.400%, 4/30/18

    500,000        558,795   

5.000%, 6/30/19

    665,000        743,802   

2.750%, 3/15/23

    650,000        643,448   

3.450%, 2/15/24

    1,000,000        1,031,093   

Westar Energy, Inc.

   

5.100%, 7/15/20

    500,000        564,906   

Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

  

 

4.250%, 12/15/19

    819,000        894,533   

2.950%, 9/15/21

    725,000        740,951   

Wisconsin Power & Light Co.

  

 

5.000%, 7/15/19

    319,000        355,362   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

0.750%, 5/9/16

  $ 200,000      $ 199,537   

4.700%, 5/15/20

    756,000        824,056   
   

 

 

 
      88,543,619  
   

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (0.1%)

   

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

8.500%, 3/15/19

    844,000        1,051,818   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.

  

6.000%, 5/15/18

    346,000        389,699   

4.500%, 1/15/21

    1,342,000        1,477,331   

DCP Midstream Operating LP

  

2.700%, 4/1/19

    335,000        329,926   

3.875%, 3/15/23

    1,100,000        1,049,947   

National Fuel Gas Co.

  

3.750%, 3/1/23

    1,000,000        982,784   

ONE Gas, Inc.

   

2.070%, 2/1/19

    500,000        499,093   

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. LP

  

6.200%, 11/1/17

    900,000        996,807   

Questar Corp.

   

2.750%, 2/1/16

    125,000        127,111   

Southern California Gas Co.

   

3.150%, 9/15/24

    550,000        563,184   

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC

  

 

5.900%, 4/1/17§

    846,000        909,886   

4.400%, 6/15/21

    150,000        155,777   

Southwest Gas Corp.

   

3.875%, 4/1/22

    500,000        525,456   
   

 

 

 
      9,058,819  
   

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (0.2%)

  

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

   

5.150%, 12/1/20

    600,000        663,634   

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.

  

4.250%, 4/15/24

    400,000        402,000   

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

  

6.200%, 10/1/17

    696,000        773,966   

5.200%, 10/1/19

    2,000,000        2,211,366   

PSEG Power LLC

   

5.125%, 4/15/20

    1,375,000        1,517,236   

Tennessee Valley Authority

  

 

5.500%, 7/18/17

    4,568,000        5,074,044   

6.250%, 12/15/17

    62,000        71,179   

4.500%, 4/1/18

    156,000        171,974   

3.875%, 2/15/21

    2,830,000        3,108,723   

1.875%, 8/15/22

    1,000,000        961,948   

2.875%, 9/15/24

    2,400,000        2,439,607   

TransAlta Corp.

   

1.900%, 6/3/17

    781,000        773,098   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.

  

3.700%, 11/1/24§

    200,000        204,136   
   

 

 

 
      18,372,911  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities (0.4%)

   

AGL Capital Corp.

   

3.500%, 9/15/21

    750,000        777,666   

Ameren Illinois Co.

   

9.750%, 11/15/18

    1,000,000        1,276,622   

2.700%, 9/1/22

    500,000        491,553   

Avista Corp.

   

5.125%, 4/1/22

    500,000        570,228   
   

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

  

 

5.750%, 4/1/18

  $ 994,000      $ 1,114,038   

2.400%, 2/1/20§

    750,000        744,677   

3.750%, 11/15/23

    2,000,000        2,085,625   

Black Hills Corp.

   

4.250%, 11/30/23

    600,000        638,767   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

  

 

5.950%, 2/1/17

    100,000        108,809   

6.500%, 5/1/18

    500,000        573,730   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

5.050%, 3/15/22

    1,500,000        1,677,814   

3.875%, 3/1/24

    1,000,000        1,038,765   

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

  

5.850%, 4/1/18

    385,000        436,463   

7.125%, 12/1/18

    943,000        1,126,311   

6.650%, 4/1/19

    600,000        710,214   

4.450%, 6/15/20

    500,000        547,859   

Consumers Energy Co.

  

 

6.700%, 9/15/19

    2,002,000        2,382,503   

Delmarva Power & Light Co.

  

 

3.500%, 11/15/23

    1,000,000        1,029,194   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

   

1.250%, 3/15/17

    415,000        412,842   

5.200%, 8/15/19

    316,000        354,250   

2.500%, 12/1/19

    1,812,000        1,812,199   

3.625%, 12/1/24

    1,250,000        1,266,412   

7.500%, 6/30/66 (l)

    200,000        213,000   

DTE Energy Co.

   

6.350%, 6/1/16

    156,000        167,371   

2.400%, 12/1/19

    350,000        349,981   

3.500%, 6/1/24

    1,000,000        1,015,827   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

  

 

6.110%, 12/1/66 (l)

    200,000        202,500   

National Grid plc

   

6.300%, 8/1/16

    523,000        563,605   

NiSource Finance Corp.

  

 

6.400%, 3/15/18

    1,350,000        1,535,758   

6.800%, 1/15/19

    1,000,000        1,169,644   

5.450%, 9/15/20

    100,000        112,654   

PG&E Corp.

   

2.400%, 3/1/19

    500,000        500,149   

Puget Energy, Inc.

   

6.000%, 9/1/21

    1,500,000        1,753,410   

San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

  

 

3.600%, 9/1/23

    1,650,000        1,738,075   

SCANA Corp.

   

6.250%, 4/1/20

    300,000        342,926   

Sempra Energy

   

6.500%, 6/1/16

    469,000        503,822   

2.300%, 4/1/17

    550,000        559,886   

6.150%, 6/15/18

    100,000        113,549   

9.800%, 2/15/19

    1,000,000        1,288,072   

2.875%, 10/1/22

    563,000        555,779   

3.550%, 6/15/24

    250,000        254,927   

TECO Finance, Inc.

   

4.000%, 3/15/16

    562,000        581,822   

5.150%, 3/15/20

    922,000        1,014,069   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

   

6.250%, 5/15/67 (l)

    530,000        535,300   
   

 

 

 
      36,248,667  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Water Utilities (0.0%)

   

American Water Capital Corp.

  

3.850%, 3/1/24

  $ 1,000,000      $ 1,052,900   

United Utilities plc

   

5.375%, 2/1/19

    500,000        548,300   
   

 

 

 
      1,601,200  
   

 

 

 

Total Utilities

      153,825,216  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds

      2,715,560,633  
   

 

 

 

Government Securities (61.3%)

  

 

Foreign Governments (2.8%)

  

 

Asian Development Bank

  

2.125% 11/24/21

    1,500,000        1,501,544   

Canadian Government Bond

  

0.875% 2/14/17

    3,300,000        3,303,475   

1.625% 2/27/19

    3,500,000        3,508,445   

Council of Europe Development Bank

  

 

1.750% 11/14/19

    500,000        497,307   

Development Bank of Japan

  

 

5.125% 2/1/17

    1,200,000        1,300,433   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

  

1.750% 11/26/19

    1,000,000        999,270   

Export Development Canada

  

 

1.250% 10/26/16

    200,000        201,742   

0.875% 1/30/17

    1,000,000        999,180   

1.000% 5/15/17

    1,000,000        999,788   

0.750% 12/15/17

    1,250,000        1,232,224   

1.750% 8/19/19

    3,000,000        3,005,997   

Export-Import Bank of Korea

  

4.000% 1/11/17

    800,000        838,419   

1.750% 2/27/18

    1,591,000        1,581,515   

2.875% 9/17/18

    1,500,000        1,537,012   

2.375% 8/12/19

    1,250,000        1,250,460   

5.125% 6/29/20

    500,000        562,840   

4.000% 1/29/21

    1,500,000        1,604,883   

4.375% 9/15/21

    200,000        219,089   

5.000% 4/11/22

    500,000        568,296   

4.000% 1/14/24

    500,000        538,020   

Federative Republic of Brazil

  

6.000% 1/17/17

    2,000,000        2,155,000   

8.000% 1/15/18 (b)

    1,346,334        1,467,504   

5.875% 1/15/19

    1,828,000        2,035,478   

8.875% 10/14/19

    654,000        814,230   

4.875% 1/22/21

    2,500,000        2,662,500   

2.625% 1/5/23

    3,350,000        3,065,250   

FMS Wertmanagement AoeR

  

0.625% 4/18/16

    2,100,000        2,100,823   

1.125% 10/14/16

    1,200,000        1,207,286   

1.125% 9/5/17

    3,000,000        2,992,503   

1.000% 11/21/17

    1,650,000        1,636,217   

1.625% 11/20/18

    1,500,000        1,499,668   

Inter-American Development Bank

  

0.625% 9/12/16

    1,500,000        1,498,153   

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

  

1.875% 10/7/19

    2,500,000        2,508,513   

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

  

2.500% 1/21/16

    2,500,000        2,551,245   

2.500% 5/18/16

    1,200,000        1,229,724   

2.250% 7/13/16

    500,000        511,382   

1.125% 7/19/17

    3,000,000        2,994,239   
   

1.750% 7/31/18

  $ 2,000,000      $ 2,009,342   

1.750% 11/13/18

    1,700,000        1,701,970   

1.750% 5/29/19

    2,500,000        2,489,673   

3.375% 7/31/23

    2,000,000        2,146,850   

Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities

  

5.000% 5/16/17

    1,300,000        1,415,524   

4.000% 1/13/21

    700,000        768,066   

Korea Development Bank

  

 

1.000% 1/22/16

    1,500,000        1,497,078   

3.250% 3/9/16

    850,000        870,375   

4.000% 9/9/16

    1,000,000        1,043,820   

1.500% 1/22/18

    1,000,000        986,284   

3.000% 3/17/19

    1,000,000        1,026,773   

2.500% 3/11/20

    1,000,000        992,944   

3.000% 9/14/22

    1,000,000        1,002,001   

3.750% 1/22/24

    500,000        527,869   

Korea Finance Corp.

   

3.250% 9/20/16

    650,000        669,207   

2.250% 8/7/17

    1,000,000        1,009,085   

4.625% 11/16/21

    250,000        276,315   

Province of British Columbia

  

 

2.100% 5/18/16

    1,000,000        1,020,984   

1.200% 4/25/17

    1,500,000        1,507,214   

2.650% 9/22/21

    1,000,000        1,027,806   

2.000% 10/23/22

    1,300,000        1,264,734   

Province of Manitoba

  

 

4.900% 12/6/16

    1,050,000        1,131,569   

1.125% 6/1/18

    1,000,000        990,335   

1.750% 5/30/19

    1,000,000        997,701   

2.100% 9/6/22

    1,468,000        1,430,044   

3.050% 5/14/24

    2,000,000        2,062,249   

Province of New Brunswick

  

 

2.750% 6/15/18

    1,312,000        1,359,459   

Province of Nova Scotia

  

 

5.125% 1/26/17

    1,795,000        1,947,853   

Province of Ontario

  

 

4.750% 1/19/16

    125,000        130,512   

2.300% 5/10/16

    2,000,000        2,043,011   

1.000% 7/22/16

    8,000,000        8,025,398   

4.950% 11/28/16

    550,000        590,809   

1.100% 10/25/17

    1,950,000        1,944,241   

1.200% 2/14/18

    1,000,000        989,830   

2.000% 9/27/18

    1,500,000        1,515,920   

2.000% 1/30/19

    2,100,000        2,103,779   

1.650% 9/27/19

    1,300,000        1,277,565   

4.000% 10/7/19

    500,000        544,449   

4.400% 4/14/20

    5,000,000        5,556,998   

2.450% 6/29/22

    1,700,000        1,689,978   

Province of Quebec

   

5.125% 11/14/16

    1,520,000        1,638,202   

4.625% 5/14/18

    1,616,000        1,785,391   

3.500% 7/29/20

    1,700,000        1,820,598   

2.750% 8/25/21

    2,100,000        2,132,020   

2.625% 2/13/23

    2,531,000        2,529,508   

2.875% 10/16/24

    1,000,000        1,004,605   

Republic of Chile

   

3.875% 8/5/20

    600,000        645,000   

3.250% 9/14/21

    1,000,000        1,036,000   

2.250% 10/30/22

    500,000        480,500   

Republic of Colombia

   

7.375% 1/27/17

    1,500,000        1,661,250   

7.375% 3/18/19

    2,250,000        2,643,750   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EQ/CORE BOND INDEX PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

4.375% 7/12/21

  $ 2,350,000      $ 2,485,125   

2.625% 3/15/23

    1,200,000        1,114,200   

4.000% 2/26/24

    2,000,000        2,045,000   

Republic of Italy

   

4.750% 1/25/16

    100,000        103,966   

5.250% 9/20/16

    2,937,000        3,130,743   

5.375% 6/12/17

    2,500,000        2,720,291   

Republic of Korea

   

7.125% 4/16/19

    1,796,000        2,170,340   

3.875% 9/11/23

    250,000        273,596   

Republic of Panama

   

5.200% 1/30/20

    1,143,000        1,260,157   

4.000% 9/22/24

    390,000        400,725   

Republic of Peru

   

8.375% 5/3/16

    820,000        897,080   

7.125% 3/30/19

    1,437,000        1,699,253   

Republic of Philippines

   

8.000% 1/15/16

    700,000        752,500   

6.500% 1/20/20

    312,000        374,010   

4.000% 1/15/21

    5,750,000        6,210,000   

4.200% 1/21/24

    2,400,000        2,589,000   

Republic of Poland

   

6.375% 7/15/19

    2,798,000        3,279,256   

5.125% 4/21/21

    1,500,000        1,687,635   

5.000% 3/23/22

    2,062,000        2,313,172   

3.000% 3/17/23

    1,750,000        1,738,763   

4.000% 1/22/24

    4,250,000        4,510,312   

Republic of South Africa

   

6.875% 5/27/19

    1,995,000        2,281,781   

5.500% 3/9/20

    1,750,000        1,911,875   

5.875% 5/30/22

    1,000,000        1,122,500   

4.665% 1/17/24

    1,000,000        1,033,750   

Republic of Turkey

   

7.500% 7/14/17

    11,100,000        12,418,125   

6.750% 4/3/18

    312,000        348,660   

7.500% 11/7/19

    2,200,000        2,590,500   

3.250% 3/23/23

    5,950,000        5,645,063   

5.750% 3/22/24

    2,000,000        2,235,000   

Republic of Uruguay

   

8.000% 11/18/22

    1,000,000        1,320,000   

State of Israel

   

5.500% 11/9/16

    564,000        609,825   

5.125% 3/26/19

    1,587,000        1,793,310   

4.000% 6/30/22

    1,000,000        1,085,000   

3.150% 6/30/23

    500,000        508,750   

Svensk Exportkredit AB

   

0.625% 5/31/16

    1,250,000        1,249,733   

2.125% 7/13/16

    1,000,000        1,021,489   

5.125% 3/1/17

    658,000        715,178   

1.125% 4/5/18

    2,000,000        1,977,551   

1.875% 6/17/19

    1,000,000        1,003,551   

United Mexican States

   

5.625% 1/15/17

    818,000        880,168   

5.950% 3/19/19

    3,000,000        3,385,500   

5.125% 1/15/20

    250,000        275,875   

3.500% 1/21/21

    2,000,000        2,040,000   

3.625% 3/15/22

    10,270,000        10,511,345   
   

 

 

 
      237,861,745  
   

 

 

 
   

Municipal Bonds (0.1%)

   

Arizona Salt River Project, Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010A

     

 

4.839% 1/1/41

  $ 2,000      $ 2,401   

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009P-2T

    

 

5.491% 11/1/39

    4,000        5,068   

City & County of Denver, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2010B

    

 

5.650% 8/1/30

    4,000        4,526   

City of Chicago, International Airport, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010B

    

 

6.845% 1/1/38

    2,000        2,277   

6.395% 1/1/40

    4,000        5,456   

City of New York Municipal Water Finance Authority, Water & Sewer System, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010EE

     

 

6.011% 6/15/42

    4,000        5,424   

City of New York Municipal Water Finance Authority, Water & Sewer System, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010GG

     

 

5.724% 6/15/42

    2,000        2,638   

City of New York Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Secured Bonds, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2011A

     

 

5.508% 8/1/37

    8,000        9,963   

City of New York, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2009-A1

   

 

5.206% 10/1/31

    4,000        4,627   

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2010E

    

 

4.200% 12/1/21

    155,000        170,105   

County of Clark Airport System, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009B

    

 

6.881% 7/1/42

    4,000        4,636   

County of Los Angeles Community College District, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2008-E

    

 

6.750% 8/1/49

    4,000        5,961   

County of Nashville & Davidson Convention Center Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010B

    

 

6.731% 7/1/43

    204,000        277,028   

County of San Diego Regional Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010B

    

 

6.138% 5/1/49

    4,000        5,409   

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Series 2013A

    

 

2.107% 7/1/18

    1,000,000        1,006,920   

2.995% 7/1/20

    750,000        758,850   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Georgia Municipal Electric Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010A

    

 

6.637% 4/1/57

  $ 2,000      $ 2,651   

7.055% 4/1/57

    4,000        4,885   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, State Pension Funding Bonds,
Series B, AGM

    

 

(Zero Coupon), 2/15/19

    1,000,000        888,880   

(Zero Coupon), 2/15/23

    1,000,000        715,160   

Ohio State University, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010C

   

 

4.910% 6/1/40

    4,000        4,830   

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010B

    

 

5.511% 12/1/45

    1,000        1,233   

5.561% 12/1/49

    3,000        3,740   

Regents of the University of California, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2013-AH

    

 

1.796% 7/1/19

    175,000        173,502   

San Francisco Bay Area Toll Authority, Subordinate Toll Bridge, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010-S1

    

 

6.793% 4/1/30

    4,000        5,108   

7.043% 4/1/50

    4,000        5,948   

State of California, Various Purposes, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2009

    

 

5.950% 4/1/16

    35,000        37,291   

5.750% 3/1/17

    200,000        219,662   

6.200% 3/1/19

    200,000        229,806   

6.200% 10/1/19

    400,000        468,284   

State of Illinois, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 2011

   

 

4.961% 3/1/16

    3,400,000        3,541,882   

5.365% 3/1/17

    310,000        331,871   

5.665% 3/1/18

    2,500,000        2,737,575   

5.877% 3/1/19

    60,000        66,247   

State of New York Urban Development Corp., Personal Income Tax, Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009E

    

 

5.770% 3/15/39

    2,000        2,467   
   

 

 

 
      11,712,311  
   

 

 

 

Supranational (2.8%)

   

African Development Bank

   

2.500% 3/15/16

    2,150,000        2,200,850   

0.750% 10/18/16

    2,250,000        2,248,615   

0.875% 5/15/17

    1,860,000        1,851,780   

0.875% 3/15/18

    2,000,000        1,966,091   

Asian Development Bank

   

2.500% 3/15/16

    2,750,000        2,815,373   

0.500% 6/20/16

    2,250,000        2,248,030   

5.500% 6/27/16

    3,250,000        3,483,284   

0.750% 1/11/17

    1,000,000        998,313   

1.125% 3/15/17

    1,000,000        1,004,003   

1.750% 9/11/18

    3,100,000        3,127,070   

1.875% 10/23/18

    1,900,000        1,923,760   

1.750% 3/21/19

    1,350,000        1,355,814   

1.375% 3/23/20

    650,000        634,390   
   

Corp. Andina de Fomento

   

3.750% 1/15/16

  $ 2,250,000      $ 2,306,250   

5.750% 1/12/17

    346,000        374,545   

8.125% 6/4/19

    1,229,000        1,530,105   

Council of Europe Development Bank

  

 

2.625% 2/16/16

    1,900,000        1,944,526   

1.500% 2/22/17

    1,500,000        1,516,473   

1.500% 6/19/17

    200,000        201,825   

1.000% 3/7/18

    1,500,000        1,482,362   

1.125% 5/31/18

    1,000,000        989,003   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

   

 

2.500% 3/15/16

    3,500,000        3,582,023   

1.375% 10/20/16

    250,000        252,751   

1.000% 2/16/17

    1,500,000        1,501,424   

0.750% 9/1/17

    2,250,000        2,224,984   

1.625% 4/10/18

    1,600,000        1,645,178   

1.000% 6/15/18

    2,150,000        2,116,430   

1.625% 11/15/18

    100,000        99,976   

1.750% 6/14/19

    2,000,000        2,004,724   

European Investment Bank

   

4.875% 2/16/16

    3,305,000        3,465,157   

2.250% 3/15/16

    7,000,000        7,144,983   

0.625% 4/15/16

    5,250,000        5,255,045   

2.125% 7/15/16

    1,000,000        1,022,623   

0.500% 8/15/16

    5,750,000        5,732,586   

5.125% 9/13/16

    2,125,000        2,282,156   

1.125% 12/15/16

    3,000,000        3,016,167   

4.875% 1/17/17

    3,021,000        3,263,559   

0.875% 4/18/17

    2,200,000        2,194,779   

5.125% 5/30/17

    3,401,000        3,730,760   

1.625% 6/15/17

    4,000,000        4,055,540   

1.000% 8/17/17

    7,000,000        6,979,790   

1.125% 9/15/17

    2,415,000        2,413,489   

1.000% 12/15/17

    2,824,000        2,804,325   

1.000% 3/15/18

    4,000,000        3,957,638   

1.000% 6/15/18

    5,500,000        5,420,940   

1.625% 12/18/18

    2,500,000        2,502,149   

1.875% 3/15/19

    3,000,000        3,027,147   

1.750% 6/17/19

    5,000,000        5,029,131   

2.875% 9/15/20

    2,750,000        2,886,022   

4.000% 2/16/21

    2,200,000        2,449,126   

2.500% 4/15/21

    2,000,000        2,054,775   

3.250% 1/29/24

    3,100,000        3,328,417   

2.500% 10/15/24

    3,000,000        3,058,802   

Inter-American Development Bank

  

 

5.125% 9/13/16

    2,883,000        3,096,104   

1.375% 10/18/16

    2,250,000        2,274,618   

0.875% 11/15/16

    200,000        200,311   

1.000% 7/14/17

    2,000,000        1,995,103   

0.875% 3/15/18

    500,000        492,142   

4.250% 9/10/18

    1,967,000        2,154,810   

3.875% 9/17/19

    1,000,000        1,094,492   

1.750% 10/15/19

    5,000,000        4,994,116   

3.875% 2/14/20

    3,349,000        3,677,082   

1.375% 7/15/20

    5,000,000        4,850,024   

2.125% 11/9/20

    3,100,000        3,115,068   

3.000% 2/21/24

    2,000,000        2,111,783   

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

   

 

2.125% 3/15/16

    7,065,000        7,203,677   

5.000% 4/1/16

    916,000        966,792   

0.500% 4/15/16

    3,400,000        3,399,479   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

0.500% 5/16/16

  $ 3,500,000      $ 3,496,657   

1.000% 9/15/16

    1,000,000        1,005,080   

0.625% 10/14/16

    3,500,000        3,492,732   

0.750% 12/15/16

    2,000,000        1,997,114   

0.875% 4/17/17

    4,000,000        3,991,419   

9.250% 7/15/17

    599,000        714,807   

1.125% 7/18/17

    2,500,000        2,502,681   

1.375% 4/10/18

    2,000,000        2,000,197   

1.875% 3/15/19

    3,700,000        3,734,984   

2.125% 11/1/20

    2,150,000        2,166,681   

2.250% 6/24/21

    1,000,000        1,009,859   

7.625% 1/19/23

    1,000,000        1,393,561   

2.125% 2/13/23

    1,319,000        1,306,463   

International Finance Corp.

   

2.250% 4/11/16

    500,000        510,657   

0.500% 5/16/16

    1,000,000        998,638   

0.625% 11/15/16

    2,250,000        2,244,379   

1.125% 11/23/16

    3,000,000        3,020,717   

2.125% 11/17/17

    4,250,000        4,356,748   

0.625% 12/21/17

    624,000        612,163   

0.875% 6/15/18

    2,750,000        2,696,232   

1.750% 9/4/18

    3,000,000        3,023,478   

1.750% 9/16/19

    2,500,000        2,499,766   

Nordic Investment Bank

   

2.250% 3/15/16

    500,000        509,994   

0.500% 4/14/16

    3,500,000        3,495,618   

5.000% 2/1/17

    1,817,000        1,967,556   

1.000% 3/7/17

    1,000,000        1,000,231   

0.750% 1/17/18

    824,000        810,286   

North American Development Bank

   

4.375% 2/11/20

    500,000        545,987   

2.400% 10/26/22

    1,150,000        1,113,825   
   

 

 

 
      236,549,169  
   

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies (5.2%)

  

 

Federal Farm Credit Bank

   

0.450% 7/12/16

    500,000        498,778   

5.125% 8/25/16

    485,000        520,325   

0.540% 11/7/16

    4,000,000        3,974,950   

4.875% 1/17/17

    6,232,000        6,739,820   

1.290% 6/14/19

    1,000,000        982,986   

2.500% 6/20/22

    1,000,000        987,717   

Federal Home Loan Bank

   

0.375% 2/19/16

    4,500,000        4,495,634   

1.000% 3/11/16

    5,000,000        5,032,711   

5.375% 5/18/16

    6,100,000        6,508,565   

2.125% 6/10/16

    5,000,000        5,109,590   

5.625% 6/13/16

    2,150,000        2,304,132   

0.375% 6/24/16

    5,000,000        4,983,976   

0.500% 9/28/16

    4,000,000        3,990,339   

1.125% 9/28/16

    5,000,000        5,014,497   

0.625% 11/23/16

    2,040,000        2,036,034   

1.625% 12/9/16

    5,000,000        5,080,084   

4.750% 12/16/16

    11,621,000        12,537,559   

0.625% 12/28/16

    2,500,000        2,493,392   

1.000% 3/27/17

    5,000,000        4,997,859   

4.875% 5/17/17

    3,169,000        3,458,959   

0.875% 5/24/17

    5,000,000        4,998,729   

5.250% 6/5/17

    3,135,000        3,455,494   

1.000% 6/21/17

    7,400,000        7,406,501   

1.050% 7/26/17

    250,000        249,349   

1.000% 8/9/17

    500,000        498,014   
   

0.750% 9/8/17

  $ 2,000,000      $ 1,983,530   

5.000% 11/17/17

    7,676,000        8,510,482   

1.375% 3/9/18

    2,000,000        2,003,519   

1.300% 6/5/18

    5,000,000        4,970,928   

1.150% 7/25/18

    1,000,000        986,000   

1.875% 3/8/19

    500,000        505,490   

1.650% 7/18/19

    250,000        248,549   

1.875% 3/13/20

    2,000,000        1,999,668   

4.125% 3/13/20

    4,000,000        4,442,154   

5.500% 7/15/36

    3,000        4,100   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

 

4.750% 1/19/16

    3,500,000        3,656,383   

0.500% 5/13/16

    3,899,000        3,898,160   

5.500% 7/18/16

    3,693,000        3,969,463   

0.650% 7/29/16

    1,000,000        1,000,285   

2.000% 8/25/16

    1,299,000        1,328,431   

0.700% 9/27/16

    250,000        249,856   

0.650% 9/30/16

    5,000,000        4,993,134   

0.750% 10/5/16

    2,000,000        1,992,105   

0.875% 10/14/16

    3,000,000        3,011,182   

5.125% 10/18/16

    6,053,000        6,528,872   

0.625% 11/1/16

    1,280,000        1,276,335   

0.875% 2/22/17

    3,160,000        3,167,831   

1.000% 3/8/17

    5,000,000        5,009,922   

5.000% 4/18/17

    5,577,000        6,093,021   

1.250% 5/12/17

    5,000,000        5,034,055   

1.000% 6/29/17

    3,500,000        3,504,817   

1.150% 6/30/17

    2,000,000        1,999,463   

1.000% 7/25/17

    1,000,000        999,662   

1.000% 7/28/17

    5,000,000        5,001,801   

5.500% 8/23/17

    450,000        502,333   

1.000% 9/29/17

    5,750,000        5,742,156   

5.125% 11/17/17

    7,687,000        8,553,777   

1.250% 12/5/17

    2,000,000        1,995,293   

1.000% 1/11/18

    2,000,000        1,981,773   

0.750% 1/12/18

    6,000,000        5,922,382   

0.875% 3/7/18

    3,000,000        2,965,828   

1.100% 5/7/18

    2,000,000        1,981,123   

1.125% 5/25/18

    1,000,000        990,901   

4.875% 6/13/18

    2,000,000        2,240,433   

3.750% 3/27/19

    7,220,000        7,841,908   

1.750% 5/30/19

    8,000,000        8,035,863   

2.000% 7/30/19

    600,000        608,563   

1.250% 8/1/19

    3,500,000        3,431,554   

1.250% 10/2/19

    7,500,000        7,348,662   

1.375% 5/1/20

    10,350,000        10,097,034   

2.375% 1/13/22

    20,947,000        21,221,611   

Federal National Mortgage Association

   

0.520% 2/26/16

    1,500,000        1,500,958   

5.000% 3/15/16

    4,636,000        4,885,798   

2.375% 4/11/16

    5,000,000        5,121,446   

0.375% 7/5/16

    2,000,000        1,994,465   

0.625% 8/26/16

    3,000,000        3,000,838   

5.250% 9/15/16

    5,100,000        5,491,747   

1.250% 9/28/16

    6,000,000        6,061,106   

0.625% 10/25/16

    7,000,000        6,981,933   

4.875% 12/15/16

    3,400,000        3,672,484   

1.250% 1/30/17

    2,000,000        2,017,893   

5.000% 2/13/17

    4,000,000        4,352,005   

0.750% 3/6/17

    1,000,000        995,979   

0.750% 4/20/17

    3,000,000        2,992,261   

1.125% 4/27/17

    12,000,000        12,051,648   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

5.000% 5/11/17

  $ 3,999,000      $ 4,373,986   

2.000% 5/16/17

    1,000,000        1,018,667   

(Zero Coupon), 6/1/17

    3,000,000        2,926,655   

5.375% 6/12/17

    6,412,000        7,086,125   

1.000% 8/21/17

    500,000        497,869   

0.950% 8/23/17

    2,500,000        2,486,282   

0.875% 8/28/17

    11,350,000        11,303,618   

1.000% 9/20/17

    2,000,000        1,992,765   

1.000% 9/27/17

    1,500,000        1,496,759   

0.875% 10/26/17

    4,750,000        4,721,519   

0.900% 11/7/17

    4,300,000        4,259,558   

0.875% 12/20/17

    5,000,000        4,955,933   

1.000% 12/28/17

    4,000,000        3,955,733   

1.030% 1/30/18

    1,000,000        991,201   

0.875% 2/8/18

    3,000,000        2,968,763   

1.200% 2/28/18

    1,000,000        994,507   

0.875% 5/21/18

    3,812,000        3,752,409   

1.250% 6/20/18

    1,000,000        993,629   

1.500% 8/28/18

    1,000,000        997,590   

1.625% 11/27/18

    10,000,000        10,065,456   

1.250% 12/28/18

    250,000        246,553   

1.750% 1/30/19

    700,000        705,108   

1.875% 2/19/19

    2,000,000        2,024,252   

1.750% 6/20/19

    3,000,000        3,014,984   

1.750% 9/12/19

    8,000,000        8,017,266   

1.700% 10/4/19

    200,000        199,008   

(Zero Coupon), 10/9/19

    4,000,000        3,596,276   

1.500% 10/9/19

    1,500,000        1,484,833   

1.550% 10/29/19

    3,000,000        2,973,676   

1.750% 3/6/20

    1,000,000        997,050   

2.250% 10/17/22

    2,500,000        2,430,993   

2.200% 10/25/22

    325,000        315,066   

2.500% 3/27/23

    250,000        244,843   

2.625% 9/6/24

    5,000,000        5,064,609   

Financing Corp.

   

10.700% 10/6/17

    1,200,000        1,514,737   

9.800% 4/6/18

    250,000        318,417   
   

 

 

 
      444,293,642  
   

 

 

 

U.S. Treasuries (50.4%)

   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   

9.250% 2/15/16

    9,068,000        9,963,554   

7.250% 5/15/16

    2,719,000        2,968,304   

7.500% 11/15/16

    18,212,000        20,513,221   

8.750% 5/15/17

    11,386,000        13,495,523   

8.875% 8/15/17

    2,903,000        3,495,592   

9.125% 5/15/18

    3,533,000        4,451,758   

9.000% 11/15/18

    1,386,000        1,784,679   

8.875% 2/15/19

    7,432,000        9,643,600   

8.125% 8/15/19

    14,212,000        18,364,985   

8.500% 2/15/20

    187,000        249,968   

8.750% 8/15/20

    1,880,000        2,582,520   

7.125% 2/15/23

    4,312,000        5,960,837   

6.250% 8/15/23

    2,000,000        2,662,461   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   

0.375% 1/15/16

    23,000,000        23,018,644   

0.375% 1/31/16

    5,700,000        5,704,064   

2.000% 1/31/16

    5,000,000        5,089,013   

0.375% 2/15/16

    28,250,000        28,256,207   

4.500% 2/15/16

    7,000,000        7,322,246   

0.250% 2/29/16

    61,000,000        60,913,624   

2.125% 2/29/16

    30,000,000        30,609,228   

2.625% 2/29/16

    14,157,000        14,523,022   
   

0.375% 3/15/16

  $ 27,500,000      $ 27,498,254   

0.375% 3/31/16

    1,800,000        1,799,552   

2.250% 3/31/16

    3,000,000        3,069,433   

2.375% 3/31/16

    10,520,000        10,776,785   

0.250% 4/15/16

    20,000,000        19,964,550   

0.375% 4/30/16

    25,000,000        24,988,283   

2.000% 4/30/16

    8,000,000        8,164,023   

2.625% 4/30/16

    8,932,000        9,189,318   

0.250% 5/15/16

    32,500,000        32,418,275   

5.125% 5/15/16

    22,314,000        23,736,953   

0.375% 5/31/16

    25,000,000        24,978,637   

1.750% 5/31/16

    14,820,000        15,085,646   

0.500% 6/15/16

    31,000,000        31,016,802   

0.500% 6/30/16

    75,000,000        75,011,355   

1.500% 6/30/16

    10,624,000        10,781,129   

3.250% 6/30/16

    12,000,000        12,486,914   

0.625% 7/15/16

    92,000,000        92,167,560   

0.500% 7/31/16

    25,000,000        25,004,883   

1.500% 7/31/16

    30,000,000        30,453,075   

3.250% 7/31/16

    10,554,000        11,004,039   

0.625% 8/15/16

    52,000,000        52,062,462   

4.875% 8/15/16

    14,597,000        15,615,227   

0.500% 8/31/16

    30,000,000        29,977,440   

1.000% 8/31/16

    2,809,000        2,829,080   

3.000% 8/31/16

    17,972,000        18,696,146   

0.875% 9/15/16

    30,000,000        30,148,827   

1.000% 9/30/16

    28,000,000        28,199,884   

3.000% 9/30/16

    28,118,000        29,289,812   

0.625% 10/15/16

    2,000,000        2,000,332   

0.375% 10/31/16

    40,000,000        39,824,804   

1.000% 10/31/16

    35,000,000        35,247,460   

3.125% 10/31/16

    23,864,000        24,940,443   

0.625% 11/15/16

    2,000,000        1,999,688   

4.625% 11/15/16

    15,000,000        16,111,743   

0.500% 11/30/16

    25,000,000        24,936,400   

2.750% 11/30/16

    49,079,000        51,009,567   

0.625% 12/15/16

    16,000,000        15,989,219   

0.875% 12/31/16

    17,434,000        17,495,122   

3.250% 12/31/16

    22,350,000        23,469,464   

0.750% 1/15/17

    20,250,000        20,264,436   

0.875% 1/31/17

    10,000,000        10,028,613   

3.125% 1/31/17

    6,011,000        6,309,026   

0.625% 2/15/17

    850,000        847,634   

4.625% 2/15/17

    9,617,000        10,401,293   

0.875% 2/28/17

    38,500,000        38,587,980   

3.000% 2/28/17

    21,764,000        22,803,529   

0.750% 3/15/17

    1,000,000        999,590   

1.000% 3/31/17

    28,000,000        28,116,757   

3.250% 3/31/17

    15,153,000        15,981,236   

0.875% 4/30/17

    27,497,000        27,524,926   

3.125% 4/30/17

    19,464,000        20,498,404   

4.500% 5/15/17

    20,957,000        22,746,531   

0.625% 5/31/17

    1,686,000        1,676,072   

2.750% 5/31/17

    19,837,000        20,733,733   

0.750% 6/30/17

    30,000,000        29,878,125   

2.500% 6/30/17

    37,303,000        38,757,235   

0.500% 7/31/17

    15,000,000        14,826,563   

2.375% 7/31/17

    13,000,000        13,468,711   

0.875% 8/15/17

    30,000,000        29,919,141   

4.750% 8/15/17

    25,224,000        27,690,731   

0.625% 8/31/17

    45,809,000        45,354,043   

1.875% 8/31/17

    21,197,000        21,679,522   

0.625% 9/30/17

    30,000,000        29,664,843   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2014

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value
(Note 1)
 
   

1.875% 9/30/17

  $ 48,759,000      $ 49,873,694   

0.750% 10/31/17

    29,373,000        29,124,878   

1.875% 10/31/17

    3,811,000        3,898,757   

0.875% 11/15/17

    15,000,000        14,922,070   

4.250% 11/15/17

    13,921,000        15,169,948   

0.625% 11/30/17

    28,000,000        27,628,127   

2.250% 11/30/17

    36,150,000        37,364,412   

0.750% 12/31/17

    42,707,000        42,240,725   

2.750% 12/31/17

    3,571,000        3,741,913   

0.875% 1/31/18

    27,000,000        26,773,243   

2.625% 1/31/18

    2,500,000        2,609,375   

3.500% 2/15/18

    30,639,000        32,818,138   

0.750% 2/28/18

    29,997,000        29,577,510   

2.750% 2/28/18

    31,561,000        33,066,002   

0.750% 3/31/18

    15,000,000        14,765,772   

2.875% 3/31/18

    20,000,000        21,031,446   

0.625% 4/30/18

    49,682,000        48,668,954   

2.625% 4/30/18

    9,561,000        9,993,393   

3.875% 5/15/18

    7,225,000        7,851,896   

1.000% 5/31/18

    30,000,000        29,700,000   

2.375% 5/31/18

    17,700,000        18,342,489   

1.375% 6/30/18

    50,624,000        50,723,866   

2.375% 6/30/18

    10,000,000        10,361,426   

1.375% 7/31/18

    60,550,000        60,602,037   

2.250% 7/31/18

    32,000,000        33,024,688   

4.000% 8/15/18

    10,460,000        11,466,672   

1.500% 8/31/18

    18,249,000        18,333,117   

1.375% 9/30/18

    95,500,000        95,380,625   

1.250% 10/31/18

    2,000,000        1,986,914   

1.750% 10/31/18

    20,000,000        20,253,516   

3.750% 11/15/18

    26,904,000        29,307,757   

1.250% 11/30/18

    40,000,000        39,700,392   

1.375% 12/31/18

    17,650,000        17,575,194   

1.500% 12/31/18

    26,600,000        26,637,405   

1.250% 1/31/19

    25,000,000        24,758,545   

1.500% 1/31/19

    21,250,000        21,257,055   

2.750% 2/15/19

    29,907,000        31,461,054   

1.375% 2/28/19

    15,812,000        15,720,124   

1.500% 2/28/19

    45,500,000        45,515,998   

1.500% 3/31/19

    5,050,000        5,048,520   

1.250% 4/30/19

    2,000,000        1,976,582   

1.625% 4/30/19

    43,000,000        43,141,092   

3.125% 5/15/19

    37,954,000        40,459,556   

1.500% 5/31/19

    25,000,000        24,939,698   

1.000% 6/30/19

    4,600,000        4,487,965   

1.625% 6/30/19

    5,000,000        5,012,597   

0.875% 7/31/19

    1,500,000        1,453,374   

1.625% 7/31/19

    40,000,000        40,057,812   

3.625% 8/15/19

    38,086,000        41,538,286   

1.625% 8/31/19

    30,000,000        30,025,488   

1.000% 9/30/19

    5,000,000        4,862,109   

1.750% 9/30/19

    50,000,000        50,283,690   

1.250% 10/31/19

    1,000,000        983,691   

1.500% 10/31/19

    35,000,000        34,773,732   

3.375% 11/15/19

    36,223,000        39,245,357   

1.500% 11/30/19

    45,000,000        44,707,324   

1.125% 12/31/19

    2,000,000        1,950,254   

1.625% 12/31/19

    35,000,000        34,949,414   

1.375% 1/31/20

    10,000,000        9,860,059   
   

3.625% 2/15/20

  $ 42,855,000      $ 46,986,488   

1.250% 2/29/20

    2,500,000        2,446,948   

1.125% 3/31/20

    7,500,000        7,284,302   

3.500% 5/15/20

    41,024,000        44,740,196   

1.375% 5/31/20

    16,061,000        15,755,150   

2.625% 8/15/20

    50,687,000        52,919,899   

2.125% 8/31/20

    36,000,000        36,616,288   

2.000% 9/30/20

    1,100,000        1,110,667   

2.625% 11/15/20

    44,196,000        46,117,059   

2.000% 11/30/20

    1,000,000        1,008,418   

2.375% 12/31/20

    16,000,000        16,469,219   

2.125% 1/31/21

    41,000,000        41,588,174   

3.625% 2/15/21

    52,140,000        57,406,953   

2.000% 2/28/21

    1,000,000        1,006,582   

2.250% 3/31/21

    1,100,000        1,122,666   

3.125% 5/15/21

    51,569,000        55,322,862   

2.250% 7/31/21

    15,000,000        15,290,625   

2.125% 8/15/21

    50,062,000        50,639,866   

2.000% 8/31/21

    15,000,000        15,040,137   

2.125% 9/30/21

    25,000,000        25,272,217   

2.000% 10/31/21

    25,000,000        25,056,640   

2.000% 11/15/21

    37,978,000        38,101,132   

2.000% 2/15/22

    42,662,000        42,745,323   

1.750% 5/15/22

    17,936,000        17,627,375   

1.625% 8/15/22

    38,928,800        37,832,028   

1.625% 11/15/22

    35,304,700        34,226,943   

2.000% 2/15/23

    93,030,900        92,593,004   

1.750% 5/15/23

    70,514,600        68,607,124   

2.500% 8/15/23

    6,750,000        6,962,520   

2.750% 11/15/23

    30,000,000        31,562,694   

2.750% 2/15/24

    22,000,000        23,135,880   

2.500% 5/15/24

    50,000,000        51,468,260   

2.375% 8/15/24

    45,000,000        45,803,758   

2.250% 11/15/24

    35,000,000        35,237,205   
   

 

 

 
      4,317,860,639   
   

 

 

 

Total Government Securities

      5,248,277,506  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Debt Securities (93.0%)
(Cost $7,811,038,862)

      7,963,838,139  
   

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 

PREFERRED STOCKS:

  

 

Financials (0.0%)

   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.0%)

  

 

Fannie Mae
8.250% (l)*

    22,000        85,140   

Freddie Mac
8.375% (l)*

    17,000        67,150   
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (0.0%)
(Cost $18,166)

      152,290  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

     Number of
Shares
   

Value

(Note 1)

 
   

INVESTMENT COMPANIES:

  

 

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)(6.2%)

  

 

iShares® Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

    2,420,000      $ 204,369,000   

iShares® Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

    1,673,449        204,679,547   

iShares® Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

    1,125,971        119,341,666  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies (6.2%)
(Cost $525,051,822)

      528,390,213  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments (99.2%)
(Cost $8,336,108,850

      8,492,380,642   

Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.8%)

      70,723,215   
   

 

 

 

Net Assets (100%)

    $ 8,563,103,857  
   

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing.
(b) Illiquid security.
§ Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $22,463,696 or 0.3% of net assets. Securities denoted with “§” but without “b” have been determined to be liquid under the guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. To the extent any securities might provide a right to demand registration, such rights have not been relied upon when determining liquidity.
(e) Step Bond — Coupon rate increases in increments to maturity. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2014. Maturity date disclosed is the ultimate maturity date.
(h) Defaulted security. A security is classified as defaulted if the issuer files for bankruptcy or fails to make a scheduled interest or principal payment within the grace period set forth in the security’s governing documents.
(l) Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2014.
(m) Regulation S is an exemption for securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. Resale restrictions may apply for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933. At December 31, 2014, the market value of these securities amounted to $2,022,500 or 0.0% of net assets.

Glossary:

  AGM — Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014:

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

         
Investment Type   Level 1
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical
Securities
    Level 2
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(including quoted prices
for similar securities,
interest rates,
prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)
    Level 3
Significant Unobservable
Inputs (including the
Portfolio’s own
assumptions in
determining the fair
value of investments)
    Total  

Assets:

       

Corporate Bonds

       

Consumer Discretionary

  $         —      $     174,776,921      $     —      $     174,776,921   

Consumer Staples

           194,151,444               194,151,444   

Energy

           285,661,372               285,661,372   

Financials

           1,139,705,119               1,139,705,119   

Health Care

           210,662,666               210,662,666   

Industrials

           151,420,499               151,420,499   

Information Technology

           165,785,828               165,785,828   

Materials

           130,873,205               130,873,205   

Telecommunication Services

           108,698,363               108,698,363   

Utilities

           153,825,216               153,825,216   

Government Securities

       

Foreign Governments

           237,861,745               237,861,745   

Municipal Bonds

           11,712,311               11,712,311   

Supranational

           236,549,169               236,549,169   

U.S. Government Agencies

           444,293,642               444,293,642   

U.S. Treasuries

           4,317,860,639               4,317,860,639   

Investment Companies

       

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

    528,390,213                      528,390,213   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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December 31, 2014

 

         
Investment Type   Level 1
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical
Securities
    Level 2
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(including quoted prices
for similar securities,
interest rates,
prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)
    Level 3
Significant Unobservable
Inputs (including the
Portfolio’s own
assumptions in
determining the fair
value of investments)
    Total  

Preferred Stocks

       

Financials

  $ 152,290      $      $      $ 152,290   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 528,542,503      $ 7,963,838,139      $      $ 8,492,380,642   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

  $      $      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     528,542,503      $     7,963,838,139      $         —      $     8,492,380,642   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

The Portfolio held no derivative contracts during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Investment security transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Cost of Purchases:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $ 870,598,898   

Long-term U.S. government debt securities

    1,321,907,924   
 

 

 

 
  $ 2,192,506,822   
 

 

 

 

Net Proceeds of Sales and Redemptions:

 

Long-term investments other than U.S. government debt securities

  $ 715,999,007   

Long-term U.S. government debt securities

    1,224,619,694   
 

 

 

 
  $     1,940,618,701   
 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 177,962,127   

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

    (22,482,280
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 155,479,847   
 

 

 

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

  $     8,336,900,795   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value (Cost $8,336,108,850)

  $ 8,492,380,642   

Cash

    122,643,840   

Foreign cash (Cost $491)

    443   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

    53,388,457   

Receivable for securities sold

    14,781,327   

Receivable from Separate Accounts for Trust shares sold

    1,700,880   

Other assets

    18,676   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    8,684,914,265   
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

    115,813,867   

Investment management fees payable

    2,494,576   

Payable to Separate Accounts for Trust shares redeemed

    1,551,679   

Administrative fees payable

    732,372   

Distribution fees payable – Class IB

    479,936   

Distribution fees payable – Class IA

    18,829   

Trustees’ fees payable

    10,288   

Other liabilities

    87,086   

Accrued expenses

    621,775   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    121,810,408   
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 8,563,103,857   
 

 

 

 

Net assets were comprised of:

 

Paid in capital

  $ 8,664,512,082   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

      

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

    (257,679,969

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    156,271,744   
 

 

 

 

Net assets

  $ 8,563,103,857   
 

 

 

 

Class IA

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $88,462,042 / 8,869,994 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.01 par value)

  $ 9.97   
 

 

 

 

Class IB

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $2,251,635,466 / 225,390,925 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.01 par value)

  $ 9.99   
 

 

 

 

Class K

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share, $6,223,006,349 / 624,047,723 shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized: $0.01 par value)

  $ 9.97   
 

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

  $ 167,969,988   

Dividends

    4,937,906   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    172,907,894   
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment management fees

    28,819,978   

Administrative fees

    8,470,966   

Distribution fees – Class IB

    5,855,185   

Printing and mailing expenses

    618,178   

Distribution fees – Class IA

    228,926   

Professional fees

    211,402   

Trustees’ fees

    209,128   

Custodian fees

    191,500   

Miscellaneous

    300,024   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    44,905,287   
 

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

    128,002,607   
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    20,494,408   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

    63,833,178   

Foreign currency translations

    (60
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    63,833,118   
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    84,327,526   
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 212,330,133   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 128,002,607      $ 108,590,118   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    20,494,408        9,474,329   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    63,833,118        (215,376,266
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    212,330,133        (97,311,819
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS:

   

Dividends from net investment income

   

Class IA

    (1,167,788     (1,122,014

Class IB

    (29,756,465     (28,718,028

Class K

    (97,450,526     (78,441,416
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DIVIDENDS:

    (128,374,779     (108,281,458
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARES TRANSACTIONS:

   

Class IA

   

Capital shares sold [ 413,983 and 794,917 shares, respectively ]

    4,150,065        7,983,843   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends [ 117,237 and 113,238 shares, respectively ]

    1,167,788        1,122,014   

Capital shares repurchased [ (1,268,629) and (2,757,604) shares, respectively ]

    (12,707,307     (27,799,295
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class IA transactions

    (7,389,454     (18,693,438
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IB

   

Capital shares sold [ 14,419,790 and 21,295,153 shares, respectively ]

    144,718,352        214,592,737   

Capital shares sold in-kind (Note 9)[ 0 and 105,095,962 shares, respectively ]

           1,052,097,769   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends [ 2,982,331 and 2,893,496 shares, respectively ]

    29,756,465        28,718,028   

Capital shares repurchased [ (35,085,491) and (32,340,854) shares, respectively ]

    (352,382,745     (325,094,852
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class IB transactions

    (177,907,928     970,313,682   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

   

Capital shares sold [ 90,503,819 and 113,105,379 shares, respectively ]

    908,100,698        1,140,097,260   

Capital shares sold in-kind (Note 9)[ 31,273,561 and 1 shares, respectively ]

    311,985,709        7   

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends [ 9,785,357 and 7,917,889 shares, respectively ]

    97,450,526        78,441,416   

Capital shares repurchased [ (58,621,279) and (58,597,385) shares, respectively ]

    (588,725,443     (589,501,131
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Class K transactions

    728,811,490        629,037,552   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

    543,514,108        1,580,657,796   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    627,469,462        1,375,064,519   

NET ASSETS:

   

Beginning of year

    7,935,634,395        6,560,569,876   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year (a)

  $ 8,563,103,857      $ 7,935,634,395   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Includes accumulated undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss) of

  $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
Class IA    2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 9.87       $ 10.15       $ 9.98       $ 9.71       $ 9.39   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.14         0.13         0.15         0.21         0.28   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, securities sold short, futures and foreign currency transactions

     0.09         (0.29      0.17         0.28         0.28   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.23         (0.16      0.32         0.49         0.56   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.13      (0.12      (0.15      (0.22      (0.24
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 9.97       $ 9.87       $ 10.15       $ 9.98       $ 9.71   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     2.36      (1.59 )%       3.20      5.01      6.03
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

              

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $ 88,462       $ 94,808       $ 116,262       $ 127,549       $ 5,775,848   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (f)

     0.71      0.72      0.72      0.47      0.47

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

     1.35      1.31      1.48      2.11      2.85

Portfolio turnover rate^

     24      33      32      79      83
     Year Ended December 31,  
Class IB    2014      2013      2012      2011      2010  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 9.88       $ 10.17       $ 10.00       $ 9.72       $ 9.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.14         0.13         0.15         0.17         0.26   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, securities sold short, futures and foreign currency transactions

     0.10         (0.30      0.17         0.30         0.28   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.24         (0.17      0.32         0.47         0.54   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.13      (0.12      (0.15      (0.19      (0.22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 9.99       $ 9.88       $ 10.17       $ 10.00       $ 9.72   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     2.46      (1.69 )%       3.20      4.85      5.76
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

              

Net assets, end of year (000’s)

   $     2,251,635       $     2,402,741       $     1,485,443       $     1,355,385       $     1,308,869   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (f)

     0.71      0.72      0.72      0.72      0.72

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

     1.35      1.30      1.47      1.73      2.64

Portfolio turnover rate^

     24      33      32      79      83

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Year Ended December 31,      August 26, 2011* to
December 31, 2011
 
Class K    2014      2013      2012     

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.87       $ 10.15       $ 9.98       $ 10.12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment income (loss) (e)

     0.16         0.16         0.18         0.06   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     0.10         (0.30      0.17         0.02   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.26         (0.14      0.35         0.08   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions:

           

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.16      (0.14      (0.18      (0.22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 9.97       $ 9.87       $ 10.15       $ 9.98   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return (b)

     2.62      (1.34 )%       3.46      0.75
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

   $     6,223,006       $     5,438,085       $     4,958,865       $     5,256,236   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (a)(f)

     0.46      0.47      0.47      0.47

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

     1.60      1.56      1.72      1.74

Portfolio turnover rate^

     24      33      32      79
* Commencement of Operations.
^ Portfolio turnover rate excludes derivatives, if any.
(a) Ratios for periods less than one year are annualized.
(b) Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Expenses do not include the expenses of the underlying funds (“indirect expenses”).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Note  1 Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on October 31, 1996, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company with seventy-nine diversified portfolios and three non-diversified portfolios (each a “Portfolio”). These financial statements present two of the diversified Portfolios. The investment manager to each Portfolio is AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”).

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trust’s officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust. However, based on experience, the Trust and management expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Each of the investment sub-advisers (each a Sub-Adviser) independently chooses and maintains a portfolio of securities for its Portfolios.

The Trust issues three classes of shares, Class IA, Class IB and Class K. The Class IA and Class IB shares are subject to distribution fees imposed under a distribution plan (“Distribution Plan”) adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Trust’s multiple class distribution system, all three classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, other than the payment of distribution fees under the applicable Distribution Plan. The Trust’s shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts issued by AXA Equitable, AXA Life and Annuity Company, other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies and to the AXA Equitable 401(k) Plan. Shares also may be sold to other tax-qualified retirement plans, to other series of the Trust and to series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, a separate registered investment company managed by FMG LLC.

The investment objectives of each Portfolio are as follows:

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio (sub-advised by AllianceBernstein L.P. (an affiliate of FMG LLC) — Seeks to achieve a total return before expenses that approximates the total return performance of the Russell 3000® Index, including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the Russell 3000® Index.

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (sub-advised by SSgA Funds Management, Inc.) — Seeks to achieve a total return before expenses that approximates the total return performance of the Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index, including reinvestment of dividends, at a risk level consistent with that of the Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the Trust:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Portfolios are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 - Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. GAAP.

Valuation:

Equity securities (including securities issued by Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)) listed on national securities exchanges are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the date of valuation or, if there is no sale or official closing price, at the latest available bid price. Securities

 

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listed on the NASDAQ stock market will be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Generally, the NOCP will be the last sale price unless the reported trade for the security is outside the range of the bid/ask price. In such cases, the NOCP will be normalized to the nearer of the bid or ask price. Other unlisted stocks are valued at their last sale price or official closing price, or if there is no such price, at a bid price estimated by a broker.

Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are valued at prices obtained from a bond pricing service where available, or at a bid price obtained from one or more of the major dealers in such securities. The pricing service may utilize data such as issuer type, coupon, cash flows, collateral performance, mortgage prepayment projection tables and Adjustable Rate Mortgage evaluations that incorporate index data, periodic and life caps, the next coupon reset date and the convertibility of the bond in making evaluations. If a quoted price is unavailable, an equivalent yield or yield spread quotes will be obtained from a broker and converted to a price.

Corporate and Municipal bonds and notes may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect the fair value of such securities. The pricing service may utilize many factors in making evaluations, trading in similar groups of securities and any developments related to specific securities. However, when such prices are not available, such bonds and notes are valued at a bid price estimated by a broker.

U.S. Treasury securities and other obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, are valued at prices obtained from a bond pricing service where available. The pricing service may utilize data received from active market makers and broker-dealers, yield curves and the spread over comparable U.S. Treasury issues in making evaluations.

Foreign securities, including foreign government securities, not traded directly in the U.S., or traded in American Depositary Receipts (“ADR”) or similar form, are valued at representative quoted prices from the primary exchange in the currency of the country of origin. Foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollar equivalent at current exchange rates.

Futures contracts are valued at their last settlement price or, if there is no sale, at the latest available bid price.

If market quotations are not readily available for a security or other financial instruments, such securities and instruments shall be referred to the Trust’s Valuation Committee (“Committee”), who will value the assets in good faith pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (“Pricing Procedures”) of the Trust (the “Board”).

The Board is responsible for ensuring that appropriate valuation methods are used to price securities for the Trust’s Portfolios. The Board has delegated the responsibility of calculating the net asset values (“NAVs”) of the Trust’s Portfolios and classes pursuant to these Pricing Procedures to the Trust’s administrator, FMG LLC (in its capacity as administrator, the “Administrator”). The Administrator has entered into a sub-administration agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Sub-Administrator”) to assist in performing certain of the duties described herein. The Committee, established by the Board, determines the value of the Trust’s securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which valuation cannot otherwise be provided in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. The Committee is comprised of senior employees from FMG LLC.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such securities, the fair value may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of a Portfolio’s assets or liabilities carried at fair value. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

 

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Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices of similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

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

A summary of inputs used to value each Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2014, is included in the Portfolios of Investments. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level. The Portfolios’ policy is to recognize transfers into and transfers out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. Transfers between levels are included after the Summary of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 inputs, following the Portfolio of Investments for each Portfolio. Transfers between levels may be due to a decline or an increase in market activity (e.g., frequency of trades), which may result in a lack of, or increase in, available market inputs to determine price.

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 are included in the Level 3 reconciliation following the Portfolio of Investments for each Portfolio.

The inputs or methodology used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input, both individually and in aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Committee meets and reviews reports based on the valuation technique used to value each particular Level 3 security. In connection with this review, the Committee obtains, when available, updates from its pricing vendors and Sub- Advisers for each fair valued security. For example, with respect to model driven prices, the Committee receives a report regarding a review and recalculation of pricing models and related discounts. For securities valued based on broker quotes, the Committee evaluates variances between existing broker quotes and any alternative broker quotes provided by an Sub-Adviser or other pricing source.

To substantiate unobservable inputs used in fair valuation, the Secretary of the Committee performs an independent verification and additional research for all fair value notifications received from its pricing agent. Among other factors, particular areas of focus include: description of security, historical pricing, intra-day price movement, last trade information, corporate actions, related securities, any available company news and announcements, any available trade data and actions taken by other clients of the pricing vendor. The Committee also notes the materiality of holdings and price changes on Portfolio NAVs.

The Committee reviews and considers changes in value for all fair valued securities that have occurred since the last review.

Pursuant to procedures approved by the Board, events or circumstances affecting the values of portfolio securities that occur between the closing of their principal markets and the time the net asset value is determined may be reflected in the Trust’s calculation of net asset values for each applicable Portfolio when the Manager deems that the particular event or circumstance would materially affect such Portfolio’s net asset value. At December 31, 2014, none of the Portfolios applied these procedures.

Security Transactions and Investment Income:

Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date net of brokerage fees, commissions, and transfer fees. Dividend income (net of withholding taxes) and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date, except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Interest income (including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on long-term securities using the effective yield method) and interest expense are accrued daily. The Trust records paydown gains and losses realized on prepayments received on mortgage-backed securities as an adjustment to interest income.

 

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The Portfolios record distributions received in excess of income from underlying investments as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Such amounts are based on estimates if actual amounts are not available and actual amounts of income, realized gain and return of capital may differ from the estimated amounts. The Portfolios adjust the estimated amounts of components of distributions (and consequently its net investment income) as necessary once the issuers provide information about the actual composition of the distributions.

Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are computed on the basis of the specific identified cost of the investments sold. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities, if any, is presented net of deferred taxes on unrealized gains in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Capital Gains Taxes:

Certain Portfolios may be subject to capital gains and repatriation taxes imposed by certain countries in which they invest. These Portfolios have recorded a deferred tax liability with respect to unrealized appreciation on foreign securities for potential capital gains and repatriation taxes at December 31, 2014. The accrual for capital gains and repatriation taxes is included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for the Portfolios. The amounts related to capital gain taxes for securities that have been sold are included in the net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statements of Operations for the Portfolios.

Allocation of Expenses and Income:

Expenses attributable to a single Portfolio or class are charged to that Portfolio or class. Expenses of the Trust not attributable to a single Portfolio or class are charged to each Portfolio or class in proportion to the average net assets of each Portfolio or other appropriate allocation methods.

All income earned and expenses incurred by each Portfolio are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Portfolio represented by the daily net assets of such class, except for distribution fees which are charged on a class specific basis.

Foreign Currency Valuation:

The books and records of the Trust are kept in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates at the following dates:

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the valuation date.

(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the date of such transactions.

The Portfolios do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net currency gains or losses realized and unrealized as a result of differences between interest or dividends, withholding taxes, security payables/receivables, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cash recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amount actually received or paid are presented under foreign currency transactions and foreign currency translations in the realized and unrealized gains and losses section, respectively, of the Statements of Operations. Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains (losses) from forward foreign currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on a Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of amounts actually received or paid.

 

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Taxes:

The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”) and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders of each Portfolio. Therefore, no Federal, state and local income tax provisions are required.

The Portfolios are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. However, the Portfolios’ conclusions may be subject to future review based on changes in, or the interpretation of, the accounting standards or tax laws and regulations. The Portfolios recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Portfolios did not incur any interest or penalties. Each of the tax years in the four year period ended December 31, 2014 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service, state and local taxing authorities.

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually for all Portfolios. Dividends from net realized short-term and long-term capital gains are declared and distributed at least annually to the shareholders of the Portfolios to which such gains are attributable. All dividends are reinvested in additional full and fractional shares of the related Portfolios. All distributions are calculated on a tax basis and, as such, the amounts may differ from financial statement investment income and realized gains. Those differences which are significant to the Portfolios are primarily due to Capital Loss Carryovers (EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio) and Wash Sale Loss Deferrals (EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio). In addition, short-term capital gains and foreign currency gains are treated as capital gains for U.S. GAAP purposes but are considered ordinary income for tax purposes. Capital and net specified losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Portfolio’s next taxable year. The tax composition of distributed and undistributed income and gains for the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2014     Year Ended December 31, 2013  

Portfolios:

  Distributed
Ordinary
Income
    Distributed
Long Term
Gains
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Long Term
Gains
    Distributed
Ordinary
Income
    Distributed
Long Term
Gains
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Accumulated
Undistributed
Long Term
Gains
 

EQ/Common Stock Index

  $ 69,508,039      $      $      $      $ 67,518,170      $      $      $   

EQ/Core Bond Index

    128,374,779                             108,281,458                        

Permanent book and tax differences relating to shareholder distributions resulted in reclassifications to undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) and paid-in-capital at December 31, 2014 as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
    Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Paid In
Capital
 

EQ/Common Stock Index

  $ 454,827      $ 2,603,162      $ (3,057,989

EQ/Core Bond Index

    372,172        (29,786     (342,386

 

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Net Capital losses and net specified gains/losses incurred after October 31, and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Portfolios’ next taxable year. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Portfolios deferred to January 1, 2015 post-October losses of:

 

Portfolios:

  Specified
Loss
    Short-
Term
Capital
Loss (gain)
    Long-
Term
Capital
Loss (gain)
 

EQ/Common Stock Index

  $      $      $   

EQ/Core Bond Index

                    

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “RIC Mod Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Portfolios after December 31, 2010, may get carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long term losses. Prior to the RIC Mod Act, net capital losses incurred by the Portfolios were carried forward for up to eight years and treated as 100% short-term. The RIC Mod Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses, therefore some net capital loss carryforwards that would have been utilized under prior law may expire unused. Pre-enactment and post-enactment net capital losses that will be carried forward, if any, are presented in the table below.

The following Portfolios have capital loss carryforward amounts from prior to the RIC Mod Act available for use and utilized during 2014 as follows:

 

    Expiring              

Portfolios:

  2015     2016     2017     2018     Total     Utilized  

EQ/Common Stock Index

  $      $      $ 1,418,665,046      $      $ 1,418,665,046      $ 270,523,389   

EQ/Core Bond Index

           55,362,012        201,163,515               256,525,527        8,950,838   

Short Sales Against the Box:

Certain Portfolios may enter into a “short sale” of securities in circumstances in which, at the time the short position is open, the Portfolio owns at least an equal amount of the securities sold short or owns preferred stocks or debt securities, convertible or exchangeable without payment of further consideration, into at least an equal number of securities sold short. This kind of short sale, which is referred to as one “against the box,” may be entered into by the Portfolio to, for example, lock in a sale price for a security the Portfolio does not wish to sell immediately. The Portfolio will designate the segregation, either on its records or with the Trust’s custodian, of the securities sold short or convertible or exchangeable preferred stocks or debt securities sold in connection with short sales against the box. Liabilities for securities sold short are reported at market value in the financial statements. Such liabilities are subject to off-balance sheet risk to the extent of any future increases in market value of the securities sold short. The ultimate liability for securities sold short could exceed the liabilities recorded in the Portfolio’s financial statements. The Portfolio bears the risk of potential inability of the brokers to meet their obligation to perform.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments:

Following is a description of how and why the Portfolios use derivative instruments, the type of derivatives utilized by the Portfolios during the reporting period, as well as the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. Derivatives accounted for as hedging instruments must be disclosed separately from those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Even though the Portfolios may use derivatives in an attempt to achieve an economic hedge, the Portfolio’s derivatives are not accounted for as hedging instruments because the Portfolios account for their derivatives at fair value and record any changes in fair value in current period earnings. All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments. The volume of derivative activity, based on month-end notional amounts during the period is also noted in each respective Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Futures Contracts:

The futures contracts used by the Portfolios are agreements to buy or sell a financial instrument for a set price in the future. Certain Portfolios buy or sell futures contracts for the purpose of protecting their portfolio securities against future changes in interest rates and indices which might adversely affect the value of the Portfolios’ securities or the price of securities that they intend to purchase at a later date. Initial margin deposits are made upon entering into futures contracts and can be in cash, certain money market instruments, treasury securities or other liquid, high grade debt securities. During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the market price of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by “marking-to-market” at the end of each trading day. Variation margin payments on futures contracts are received or made, depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from or cost of the closing transactions and the Portfolio’s basis in the contract. Should interest rates or indices move unexpectedly, the Portfolio may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may incur a loss. The use of futures contracts transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying hedged assets. Use of long futures contracts subjects the Portfolios to risk of loss in excess of the amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the Portfolios to unlimited risk of loss. The Portfolios enter into futures contracts only on exchanges or boards of trade. The exchange or board of trade acts as the counterparty to each futures transaction; therefore, a Portfolio’s credit risk is limited to failure of the exchange or board of trade.

The Portfolios may be exposed to foreign currency risks associated with portfolio investments.

Certain Portfolios purchase foreign currency on a spot (or cash) basis. In addition, certain Portfolios enter into contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies at a future date (“forward contracts”). A forward foreign currency exchange contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. Daily fluctuations in the value of such contracts are recognized as unrealized appreciation or depreciation by “marking to market.” The gain or loss arising from the difference between the original contracts and the closing of such contracts is included in realized gains or losses from foreign currency transactions in the Statements of Operations. The Portfolios may engage in these forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in the level of future exchange rates in connection with the purchase and sale of Portfolio securities (“transaction hedging”) and to protect the value of specific portfolio positions (“position hedging”). The Portfolios also buy forward foreign currency exchange contracts to gain exposure to currencies. The Portfolios are subject to off-balance sheet risk to the extent of the value of the contracts for purchase of foreign currency and in an unlimited amount for sales of foreign currency.

Market and Credit Risk:

Futures contracts, involve elements of both market and credit risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Portfolio bears the market risk, which arises from any changes in security values. The credit risk for futures contracts is limited to failure of the exchange or board of trade which acts as the counterparty to the Portfolio’s futures transactions.

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities:

The Portfolios adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11: Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (“netting”) on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities that are subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements. ASU 2011-11 was amended by ASU No. 2013-01, clarifying which investments and transactions are subject to the netting disclosure. The scope of the disclosure requirements is limited to derivative instruments, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions. This information enables users of the Portfolios’ financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on the Portfolios’ financial position.

 

 

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For U.S. GAAP purposes, the Portfolios do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Recent Accounting Standard:

In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860): Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU impacts the accounting for certain repurchase agreements and expands disclosure requirements related to repurchase agreements, securities lending, repurchase-to-maturity and similar transactions. This ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014.

In July 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) passed certain Money Market reforms. This regulation mandates that institutional and prime money market funds move to a floating NAV, provides the ability for a fund’s board of directors to impose certain liquidity fees and redemption gates, and enhances Money Market reporting requirements. Management is currently evaluating the impact of applying this regulation.

 

Note  2 Management of the Trust

The Trust has entered into three separate investment management agreements (the “Management Agreements”) with FMG LLC. The Management Agreements state that the Manager will, among other things: (i) have overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of each Portfolio’s assets; (ii) select and contract with the Sub-Advisers to manage the investment operations and composition of each and every Portfolio; (iii) monitor the Sub-Advisers’ investment programs and results; (iv) oversee compliance by the Trust with various federal and state statutes; and (v) carry out the directives of the Board. For the year ended December 31, 2014, for its services under the Management Agreements, the Manager was entitled to receive an annual fee as a percentage of average daily net assets, for each of the following Portfolios, calculated daily and payable monthly as follows:

 

    (as a percentage of average daily net assets)  

Portfolios:

  First
$4 Billion
    Next
$4 Billion
    Next
$2 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/Common Stock Index

    0.350     0.340     0.330     0.320

EQ/Core Bond Index

    0.350     0.340     0.330     0.320

On behalf of the Trust, the Manager has entered into an investment advisory agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreements”) with each of the Sub-Advisers for the Trust’s Portfolios. Each of the Sub-Advisory Agreements obligates the Sub-Advisers for the respective Portfolios to: (i) continuously furnish investment programs for the Portfolios; (ii) place all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for the Portfolios with brokers or dealers selected by the Manager or the respective Sub-Advisers; and (iii) perform certain limited related administrative functions in connection therewith. The Manager pays the expenses of providing investment sub-advisory services to the Portfolios, including the fees of the Sub-Advisers of each Portfolio.

 

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Note  3 Administrative Fees

FMG LLC serves as Administrator to the Trust. As Administrator, FMG LLC provides the Trust with necessary administrative, fund accounting, and compliance services. FMG LLC may carry out its responsibilities either directly or through sub-contracting with third party providers. For these services, the Trust pays FMG LLC an annual fee payable monthly as follows:

For all Portfolios:

All Portfolios each pay the greater of $30,000 per Portfolio, or its proportionate share of an asset based fee:

Total aggregated average daily net asset charge for all Portfolios*

0.12% on the first $3 billion

0.11% on the next $3 billion

0.105% on the next $4 billion

0.10% on the next $20 billion

0.0975% on the next $10 billion

0.095% on assets thereafter

 

* With the exception of the All Asset Portfolios, AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies Portfolio, AXA Strategy Portfolios, Tactical Portfolios and the Multiadviser Portfolios, including Portfolios of the Trust not presented in these financial statements.

Prior to September 1, 2014, the Administrative fee was the following:

For all Portfolios:

All Portfolios each pay an annual fixed charge of $30,000, if the Portfolio’s average net assets are less than $5 billion, plus:

Total Trust average daily net asset charge for all Portfolios*

0.12% on the first $3 billion

0.11% on the next $3 billion

0.105% on the next $4 billion

0.10% on the next $20 billion

0.0975% in excess of $30 billion

 

* With the exception of the All Asset Portfolios, AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies Portfolio, AXA Strategy Portfolios, Tactical Portfolios and the Multiadviser Portfolios, including Portfolios of the Trust not presented in these financial statements.

Pursuant to a sub-administration arrangement with FMG LLC, the Sub-Administrator provides the Trust with administrative services, including monitoring of portfolio compliance and portfolio accounting services.

 

Note  4 Custody Fees

The Trust has entered into a Custody Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (in this capacity, the “Custodian”). The Custody Agreement provides for an annual fee based on the amount of assets under custody plus transaction charges. The Custodian serves as custodian of the Trust’s portfolio securities and other assets. Under the terms of the Custody Agreement between the Trust and the Custodian, the Custodian maintains and deposits in each Portfolio’s account, cash, securities and other assets of the Portfolios. The Custodian is also required, upon the order of the Trust, to deliver securities held by the Custodian, and to make payments for securities purchased by the Trust. The Custodian has also entered into sub-custodian agreements with a number of foreign

 

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banks and clearing agencies, pursuant to which portfolio securities purchased outside the United States are maintained in the custody of these entities.

 

Note  5 Distribution Plans

The Trust has entered into distribution agreements with AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors” or the “Distributor”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable and an affiliate of FMG LLC, pursuant to which the Distributor serves as the principal underwriter of the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of the Trust. The Trust has adopted in the manner prescribed under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act a plan of distribution pertaining to each of Class IA and Class IB shares of the Trust (“Distribution Plans”). The Distribution Plans provide that the Distributor will be entitled to receive a maximum distribution fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Trust’s Class IA and Class IB shares for which it provides service.

 

Note  6 Expense Limitation

FMG LLC has contractually agreed to limit the expenses of certain Portfolios (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, capitalized expenses, fees and expenses of other investment companies in which a Portfolio invests and extraordinary expenses) through April 30, 2015 (unless the Board consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) (“Expense Limitation Agreement”), pursuant to which FMG LLC has agreed to waive or limit its fees and to assume other expenses so that the total annual operating expenses do not exceed the following annual rates:

 

Portfolio:

  Maximum Annual Operating
Expense Limit
 
    Class K     Class IA+     Class IB+  

EQ/Core Bond Index

    0.47     0.72     0.72

 

+ Includes amounts payable pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

FMG LLC first waives its management fees, then waives its administration fees, and then reimburses the Portfolio’s expenses out of its own resources. Each Portfolio may at a later date reimburse to FMG LLC the management fees waived or other expenses assumed and paid for by FMG LLC pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement within the prior three fiscal years, provided such Portfolio has reached a sufficient asset size to permit such reimbursement to be made without causing the total annual expense ratio of each Portfolio to exceed the percentage limits mentioned above for the respective period. Consequently, no reimbursement by a Portfolio will be made unless: (i) the Portfolio’s total annual expense ratio is less than the respective percentages stated above for the respective period; and (ii) the payment of such reimbursement has been approved by the Board. Any reimbursement, called recoupment fees on the Statement of Operations, will be based on the earliest fees waived or assumed by FMG LLC. During the year ended December 31, 2014, FMG LLC received total recoupments of $1,608,273 from Portfolios of the Trust not included in these financial statements.

At December 31, 2014, under the Expense Limitation Agreement, none of the Portfolios presented in these financial statements had amounts recoverable.

 

Note  7 Percentage of Ownership by Affiliates

Shares of the Portfolios may be held as underlying investments by the AXA Strategy Portfolios, Portfolios of the Trust not presented in these financial statements, and the AXA Allocation Portfolios, the Charter Allocation Portfolios and the Target Allocation Portfolios of the AXA Premier VIP Trust, a separate registered investment company managed by FMG LLC. The following tables represent the percentage of ownership that each of the AXA Strategy Portfolios, AXA Allocation Portfolios, Charter Allocation Portfolios and Target Allocation Portfolios has in each respective Portfolio’s net assets as of December 31, 2014.

 

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Portfolio:

  AXA Ultra
Conservative
Strategy
    AXA
Conservative
Strategy
    AXA
Conservative
Growth
Strategy
    AXA
Balanced
Strategy
    AXA
Moderate
Growth
Strategy
    AXA
Growth
Strategy
    AXA
Aggressive
Strategy
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

        2.69     3.58     6.68     11.33     4.56     1.40

 

Portfolio:

  AXA
Conservative
Allocation
    AXA
Conservative-
Plus
Allocation
    AXA
Moderate
Allocation
    AXA
Moderate-
Plus
Allocation
    AXA
Aggressive
Allocation
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    4.68     3.68     18.01     12.14     1.22

 

Portfolio:

  CharterSM
Fixed
Income
    CharterSM
Conservative
    CharterSM
Moderate
    CharterSM
Moderate
Growth
    CharterSM
Growth
    CharterSM
Aggressive
Growth
    CharterSM
Equity
    CharterSM
Inter-
national
Conservative
    CharterSM
Inter-
national
Moderate
    CharterSM
Inter-
national
Growth
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    %#                                     

 

Portfolios:

  CharterSM
Income
Strategies
    CharterSM
Interest
Rate
Strategies
    CharterSM
Multi-
Sector
Bond
    CharterSM
Real
Assets
    CharterSM
Small
Cap
Growth
    CharterSM
Small
Cap
Value
    CharterSM
Alternative
100
Conservative
Plus
    CharterSM
Alternative
100
Moderate
    CharterSM
Alternative
100
Growth
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    %#          1.85                        

 

# Percentage of ownership is less than 0.005%.

 

Portfolio:

  Target
2015
Allocation
    Target
2025
Allocation
    Target
2035
Allocation
    Target
2045
Allocation
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    0.20     0.20     0.08     0.03

 

Note  8 Substitution, Reorganization and In-Kind Transactions

The following transactions occurred during 2013.

At a meeting held on March 5-6, 2013, the Board approved a redemption in-kind from the Portfolios listed below and a subscription in-kind to EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (“CBI”). On July 29, 2013, shareholders of the Portfolios listed below redeemed shares through an in-kind redemption of securities and currency and contributed the securities and currency to CBI. Valuation of these securities at the time of the redemption and subscription in-kind was in accordance with the Portfolios’ valuation policy. For U.S. GAAP purposes, the transaction was treated as a sale on the date of the redemption in-kind and the resulting gains based on values of the securities are listed in the table below.

 

Portfolios:

  Value of securities
and currency
transferred
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)
 

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio (b)

  $ 436,410,664      $ 8,530,145   

CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio (formerly Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio) (a)

    615,687,112        13,632,691   
 

 

 

   

Total

  $ 1,052,097,776     
 

 

 

   

(a) A Portfolio of AXA Premier VIP Trust.

(b) A Portfolio of the Trust not presented in these financial statements

The realized gain is recorded in Net Realized Gain on Investments on the redeeming Portfolios’ Statement of Operations. For tax purposes, the gain is not recognized by the redeeming Portfolios.

 

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Additionally, the value of securities redeemed in-kind and contributed in-kind is excluded from the respective Portfolios’ portfolio turnover calculation and excluded from cost of purchases and net proceeds of sales and redemptions.

At a meeting held on April 10, 2014, shareholders approved the conversion of CharterSM Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio (“CMSB”), known at the time as Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio, a portfolio of the AXA Premier VIP Trust, into a fund-of-funds structure. The conversion was effected on April 21, 2014.

Simultaneous with the conversion, there was a redemption in-kind by certain of the AXA Allocation Portfolios, Charter Allocation Portfolios and Target Allocation Portfolios (“Allocation Portfolios”) from Class K of CMSB. The redeeming Portfolios then contributed in-kind the securities and currency received from CMSB to EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio and EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio and received Class K shares of those Portfolios. Valuation of the securities and currency transferred was as of April 17, 2014 and was in accordance with the Portfolios’ valuation policy.

For U.S. GAAP and tax purposes, the transaction was treated as a sale on the conversion date. The resulting gain/loss based on the values of the securities and currency transferred are listed in the table below. The realized gain/loss is recorded in Net Realized Gain on Investments on the redeeming Portfolios’ Statements of Operations.

 

Portfolios:

  Value of CMSB
Class K Shares
redeemed
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)
 

AXA Conservative Allocation (a)

  $ 25,198,613      $ 2,856,825   

AXA Conservative-Plus Allocation (a)

    15,600,690        (7,021,295

AXA Moderate Allocation (a)

    96,245,638        (34,377,656

AXA Moderate-Plus Allocation (a)

    55,612,304        710,626   

AXA Aggressive Allocation (a)

    5,243,368        78,459   

CharterSM Fixed Income (a)

    192,563        (5,371

CharterSM Income Strategies (a)

    378,596        (9,201

Target 2015 Allocation (a)

    10,246,723        (256,012

Target 2025 Allocation (a)

    9,305,296        (344,756

Target 2035 Allocation (a)

    4,058,985        (68,789

Target 2045 Allocation (a)

    955,638        (21,452

 

(a) A portfolio of the AXA Premier VIP Trust.

The value of the securities and currency contributed in–kind by the Allocation Portfolios to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio and the corresponding Class K shares issued by those Portfolios was as follows:

 

Portfolio:

  Class K Shares
Issued  to Allocation
Portfolios
    Value of securities and
currency transferred by
Allocation  Funds
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    14,728,410      $ 146,930,927   

The value of shares redeemed in-kind and securities and currency contributed in-kind is excluded from the respective Portfolios’ portfolio turnover calculation and excluded from cost of purchases and net proceeds of sales and redemptions.

At the date of the conversion, CMSB transferred securities and currency to the AXA Allocation Funds in relation to the redemption in-kind. CMSB then transferred its remaining securities and currency into EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, in exchange for Class K shares of those portfolios. Valuation of these securities transferred was as of April 17, 2014 and in accordance with the Portfolios’ valuation policy.

 

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The redemption in-kind by the Allocation Portfolios from CMSB was treated as a sale for U.S. GAAP purposes. CMSB recognized a gain of $4,056,345 based on the value of the securities and currency transferred of $223,038,414 on the date of the conversion. The realized gain is recorded in Net Realized Gain on Investments on CMSB’s Statement of Operations. For tax purposes, the gain is not recognized by the Portfolio.

The contribution in-kind to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio was treated as a sale for U.S. GAAP purposes and accomplished through a taxable transfer. CMSB recognized a gain of $4,556,918 based on the value of the securities and currency transferred of $250,562,433 on the date of the conversion. The realized gain is recognized in Net Realized Gain on Investments on CMSB’s Statement of Operations. The value of the securities and currency contributed in-kind by CMSB to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio and the corresponding Class K shares issued by this Portfolio was as follows:

 

Portfolio:

  Class K Shares
Issued to CMSB
    Value of securities and
currency transferred
by CMSB
 

EQ/Core Bond Index

    16,545,151      $ 165,054,782   

The value of securities and currency transferred by CMSB to Allocation Portfolios and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio is excluded from the respective Portfolios’ portfolio turnover calculation and excluded from cost of purchases and net proceeds of sales and redemptions.

 

Note  9 Subsequent Events

The Manager evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2014, the date of these financial statements, through the date these financial statements were issued and available. The subsequent events include the following:

 

Note  10 Pending Legal Proceedings

In July 2011, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, entitled Mary Ann Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sivolella Litigation”). The lawsuit was filed derivatively on behalf of eight Portfolios of the Trust: EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio; EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio; EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio; AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio; AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio; EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio; and EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio (the “Sivolella Portfolios”). Note, in June 2014, the EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio was reorganized into the AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio. Of the Portfolios involved in the lawsuits, only EQ/Common Stock Index is presented in these financial statements. The lawsuit seeks recovery under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, for alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC and AXA Equitable (the “Defendants”) for investment management services. The Plaintiff seeks recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contracts and restitution of all fees paid, interest, costs, and fees. In October 2011, FMG LLC and AXA Equitable filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In November 2011, the Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint seeking the same relief, but adding new claims under: (1) Section 26(f) of the 1940 Act alleging that the variable annuity contracts sold by the Defendants charged excessive management fees, and seeking restitution and rescission of those contracts under Section 47(b) of the 1940 Act; and (2) a claim for unjust enrichment. The Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint in December 2011. In May 2012, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the Section 26(f) claim seeking restitution and rescission under Section 47(b). In September 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied the motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint as it related to the Section 36(b) claim and granted the motion to dismiss as it related to the unjust enrichment claim.

In January 2013, a second lawsuit against FMG LLC was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by a group of plaintiffs asserting substantially similar claims under Section 36(b) and seeking substantially similar damages as in the Sivolella Litigation. The lawsuit,

 

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December 31, 2014

 

entitled Glenn D. Sanford, et al. v. AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“Sanford Litigation”), was filed derivatively on behalf of the EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio, the EQ/ T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio, the EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio, and the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, in addition to four of the Sivolella Portfolios. In light of the similarities of the allegations in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations, the parties and Court agreed to consolidate the two lawsuits.

In April 2013, the Plaintiffs in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations amended the complaints to add additional claims under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act for recovery of alleged excessive fees paid to FMG LLC in its capacity as the Administrator of the Trust. The Plaintiffs seek recovery of the alleged overpayments, or alternatively, rescission of the contract and restitution of the excessive fees paid, interest, costs, and fees. In January 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgement as well as various motions to strike certain of the Plaintiffs’ experts in the Sivolella and Sanford Litigations. Also in January 2015, two Plaintiffs in the Sanford Litigation filed a motion for partial summary judgement relating to the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio as well as motions in limine to bar admission of certain documents and preclude the testimony of one of Defendants’ experts.

No liability for litigation relating to these matters have been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios because any potential damages would be the responsibility of the Defendants.

On November 1, 2010, the Trust and AXA Premier VIP Trust, and several of their respective portfolios, were named as defendants and putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in a lawsuit brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Committee”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware regarding Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The lawsuit relates to amounts paid to the Trust and AXA Premier VIP Trust, and several of their respective portfolios, as holders of publicly-traded shares of Tribune Company, which were components of certain broad-based securities market indices, for which there were public tender offers during 2007. The suit seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

On July 1, 2011, retiree participants in certain Tribune-defined compensation plans (the “Retirees”) initiated a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain Tribune Company shareholders who sold their shares as part of the 2007 public tender offers (the “Retiree Suit”). This Retiree Suit also seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in connection with the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

On August 24, 2011, the trustees of certain trusts that hold notes issued by Tribune Company (the “Noteholders”) initiated a separate lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain Tribune Company shareholders who sold their shares as part of the 2007 public tender offers (the “Noteholder Suit”). This Noteholder Suit also seeks return of the share price received by Tribune Company shareholders in connection with the tender offers plus interest and attorneys’ fees and expenses.

The Committee’s suit, the Retiree Suit, and the Noteholder Suit have each been consolidated with a number of related lawsuits filed by the Noteholders and Retirees around the United States into a single multi-district litigation proceeding now pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (In re: Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation).

With respect to the Trust, the EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio and the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio are named as defendants in the Noteholder Suit and the Retiree Suit. The EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio, the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio, the AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio, the EQ/Small Company Index II Portfolio, the EQ/Common Stock Index II Portfolio, AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility

 

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Portfolio, and EQ Advisors Trust are all putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in the Committee’s suit. The EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisition Portfolio, the AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio, and EQ Advisors Trust are also named separately in the Committee’s suit, in the event it is not certified as a class action. The amounts paid to the above seven portfolios in connection with the public tender offers were approximately: (i) the EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio — $1,740,800; (ii) the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio — $1,122,000; (iii) the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio — $2,992,000; (iv) the Multimanager Large Cap Core Equity Portfolio (now called AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio) — $1,832,600; (v) the EQ/Small Company Index II Portfolio — $61,200; (vi) the EQ/Common Stock Index II Portfolio — $18,360 and (vii) the Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio (now called AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio) - $3,359,200.

The lawsuits do not allege any misconduct by the Trust or its Portfolios. Motions to dismiss the suits filed by the Noteholders and the Retirees based on certain limited defenses are currently pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The portfolios cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits. If the lawsuits were to be decided or settled in a manner adverse to the portfolios, the payment of such judgments or settlements could have an adverse effect on each portfolio’s net asset value. However, no liability for litigation relating to this matter has been accrued in the financial statements of the Portfolios, as the Manager believes a loss is not probable.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of EQ Advisors Trust

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the portfolios of EQ Advisors Trust listed in the Table of Contents to the Annual Report in which these financial statements appear (collectively referred to as the “Trust”) at December 31, 2014, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2014 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agents and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

February 19, 2015

 

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APPROVALS OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)

At a meeting held on July 14-16, 2014, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not parties to any Agreement (as defined below) or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such parties or the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and unanimously approved the renewal of the Investment Management Agreements (the “Management Agreements”) with AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or the “Manager”) and the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement(s) (each, an “Advisory Agreement” and together with the Management Agreements, the “Agreements”) with each investment sub-adviser (an “Adviser”) as shown in the table below with respect to the Portfolio(s) listed.

 

Portfolios

  

Agreement(s) Renewed by the Trust’s Board

with respect to the Portfolio(s)

All Asset Aggressive-Alt 25 Portfolio

All Asset Growth-Alt 20 Portfolio

All Asset Moderate Growth-Alt 15 Portfolio

(collectively, the “All Asset Allocation Portfolios”)

 

AXA Aggressive Strategy Portfolio

AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio

AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio

AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio

(collectively, the “Strategic Allocation Portfolios”)

 

AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Franklin Templeton Allocation Portfolio)

EQ/International ETF Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

ATM International Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly ATM International Portfolio)

ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly ATM Large Cap Portfolio)

ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly ATM Mid Cap Portfolio)

ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly ATM Small Cap Portfolio)

AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio)

AXA 500 Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio)

AXA 2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio)

AXA International Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio)

(collectively, the “AXA Tactical Manager Portfolios”)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein L.P. (“AllianceBernstein”)

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”)

 

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Portfolios

  

Agreement(s) Renewed by the Trust’s Board

with respect to the Portfolio(s)

AXA/Franklin Ba lanced Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Franklin Core Balanced Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin Advisers”)

AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/AXA Franklin Small Cap Value Core Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Franklin Advisory Services, LLC

AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (“Morgan Stanley”)

Advisory Agreement with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OppenheimerFunds”)

AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with EARNEST Partners, LLC (“EARNEST”)

Advisory Agreement with Massachusetts Financial Services Company (dba MFS Investment Management) (“MFS Investment Management”)

Advisory Agreement with WHV Investment Management and Hirayama Investments, LLC

AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/International Value PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Northern Cross, LLC

AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Capital Guardian Trust Company (“Capital Guardian”)

Advisory Agreement with Institutional Capital LLC

Advisory Agreement with Thornburg Investment Management, Inc.

AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Marsico Capital Management, LLC (“Marsico”)

Advisory Agreement with T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe”)

Advisory Agreement with Wells Capital Management Inc. (“Wells Capital”)

AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with MFS Investment Management

AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (“Diamond Hill”)

Advisory Agreement with Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington”)

 

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Portfolios

  

Agreement(s) Renewed by the Trust’s Board

with respect to the Portfolio(s)

AXA/Mutual Large Cap Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Mutual Large Cap Equity Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC

AXA/Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio (formerly EQ/Templeton Global Equity Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Templeton Investment Counsel LLC

AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio (formerly EQ/Montag & Caldwell Growth Portfolio)

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies Portfolio

EQ/AllianceBernstein Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Boston Advisors LLC

EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Calvert Investment Management, Inc.

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Capital Guardian

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA”)

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with EARNEST

EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with GAMCO Asset Management, Inc.

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Wells Capital and First International Advisors

EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AXA Investment Managers Inc.

Advisory Agreement with Post Advisory Group, LLC

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc.

 

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Portfolios

  

Agreement(s) Renewed by the Trust’s Board

with respect to the Portfolio(s)

EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with MFS Investment Management

EQ/Money Market Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with The Dreyfus Corporation

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Morgan Stanley

EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with OppenheimerFunds

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Pacific Investment Management Company (“PIMCO”)

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with PIMCO

EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with PIMCO

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with T. Rowe

EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Wells Capital

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with ClearBridge Investments, LLC

Advisory Agreement with Marsico

Advisory Agreement with Scotia Institutional Asset Management US, Ltd.

Advisory Agreement with T. Rowe

Advisory Agreement with Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P.

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Advisory Agreement with PIMCO

Advisory Agreement with SsgA

 

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Portfolios

  

Agreement(s) Renewed by the Trust’s Board

with respect to the Portfolio(s)

Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with AllianceBernstein

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Franklin Advisers

Advisory Agreement with Wellington

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with BlackRock

Advisory Agreement with Diamond Hill

Advisory Agreement with Knightsbridge Asset Management, LLC

Advisory Agreement with Lord, Abbett & Co. Inc.

Multimanager Technology Portfolio

  

Management Agreement with FMG LLC

Advisory Agreement with Allianz Global Investors U.S.

Advisory Agreement with SSgA

Advisory Agreement with Wellington

In reaching its decision to renew the Agreement(s) with respect to each Portfolio, the Board considered the overall fairness of the Agreement and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. The Board further considered all factors it deemed relevant with respect to each Portfolio, including: (1) the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and, where applicable, their respective affiliates; (2) the investment performance of the Portfolio (and, where applicable, each allocated portion of the Portfolio advised by a different Adviser) on both an absolute and a relative basis; (3) the level of the Portfolio’s management fee and, where applicable, advisory fee and the Portfolio’s expense ratios relative to those of peer funds; (4) the costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the Manager and its affiliates from their relationships with the Portfolio; (5) the anticipated effect of growth and size on the Portfolio’s performance and expenses, including any potential economies of scale; and (6) the “fall out” benefits to be realized by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and their respective affiliates (i.e., any direct or indirect benefits to be derived by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and their respective affiliates from their relationships with the Trust). In considering each Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or information as all-important or controlling and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to each factor.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board took into account information provided throughout the year at regular and special Board meetings, as well as information provided specifically in connection with the annual renewal process. Information provided and discussed throughout the year included investment performance reports and related financial information for each Portfolio, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, brokerage allocation and execution; pricing and valuation; and legal, compliance, shareholder and other services provided by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and their respective affiliates; as well as presentations made to the Board by certain Advisers throughout the year. Information provided and discussed specifically in connection with the annual renewal process included a report prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an independent organization, regarding each Portfolio, as well as additional material prepared by management regarding each Portfolio. Each Portfolio’s Lipper report compared that Portfolio’s expenses with those of other mutual funds (or peers) deemed by Lipper to be comparable to the Portfolio. The additional material prepared by management generally included Portfolio-by-Portfolio information showing each Portfolio’s management fees and, where applicable, advisory fees; expense ratios; expense limitation arrangements; investment performance (including performance information prepared by Lipper); and profitability information, including information regarding the profitability of the Manager’s operations on an overall Trust basis, as well as on a Portfolio-by-Portfolio basis. In addition, for each Portfolio, the Manager and the relevant Adviser(s) provided separate materials describing the Portfolio’s investment performance (including the Portfolio’s performance versus benchmark and peers for various time periods) and the services provided and the fees charged with respect to the Portfolio, and discussing whether the Portfolio had performed as expected over time and other matters. The Manager also provided supplemental comparative fee data for certain Portfolios.

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representatives attended portions of the executive sessions to review and discuss matters relating to the Agreements and to provide additional information requested by the Independent Trustees. At the meeting and during the portions of the executive sessions attended by management, the Independent Trustees and management engaged in extensive discussions regarding the Agreements. As noted below, as a result of these extensive discussions, the Manager agreed to implement revisions to the administrative fee rate schedules for all of the Portfolios and to limit the total expense ratios for certain of the Portfolios. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel during the meeting and during their deliberations regarding the Agreements, and also received materials discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees reviewed information and met during the year to discuss information relevant to their annual consideration of the Agreements.

Although the Board approved the renewal of the Agreements for all of the Portfolios at the same Board meeting, the Board considered each Portfolio separately. In approving the renewal of the relevant Agreement(s) with respect to each Portfolio, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the management fee and, where applicable, advisory fee were fair and reasonable and that the renewal of each Agreement was in the best interests of the applicable Portfolio and its investors. Although the Board gave attention to all information provided, the following discusses some of the primary factors that the Board deemed relevant to its decision to renew the Agreements.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board evaluated the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to each Portfolio and its investors by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and, where applicable, their respective affiliates. In addition to the investment performance and expense information discussed below, the Board considered the Manager’s and each relevant Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to each Portfolio and the Manager’s and each relevant Adviser’s experience in serving as an investment adviser for the Portfolio(s) and for portfolios similar to the Portfolio(s) each advises.

With respect to the Manager, the Board considered that the Manager is responsible for, among other things, developing investment strategies for the Portfolios (and the portions thereof); researching, conducting “due diligence” on, selecting and monitoring the Advisers; overseeing the selection of investments for the Portfolios (or the portions thereof) that the Advisers sub-advise; making investment decisions for the Portfolios (or the portions thereof) that it manages directly; monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Portfolios (or the portions thereof); monitoring the investment operations and composition of the Portfolios (or the portions thereof) and, in connection therewith, monitoring compliance with the Portfolios’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as well as the Portfolios’ compliance with applicable law; monitoring brokerage selection, commission and other trading costs, quality of execution, and other brokerage matters; coordinating and managing the flow of information and communications relating to the Portfolios among the Advisers and other applicable parties; and implementing Board directives as they relate to the Portfolios. The Board also considered information regarding the Manager’s process for selecting and monitoring the Advisers and its process for making investment decisions for the Portfolios (or portions thereof) that it manages directly, as well as information regarding the backgrounds of the personnel who perform those functions with respect to the Portfolios. The Board also considered that the Manager’s responsibilities include daily monitoring of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory and compliance risks as they relate to the Portfolios, and considered information regarding the Manager’s ongoing risk management activities.

With respect to the Advisers, the Board considered that each Adviser is responsible for making investment decisions for the Portfolio(s) (or the portion(s) thereof) that it sub-advises, subject to the oversight of the Manager; placing with brokers or dealers all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for the Portfolio(s) (or the portion(s) thereof) that it sub-advises; and performing certain related administrative functions. The Board also reviewed information regarding each Adviser’s process for selecting investments for the Portfolio(s) (or the portion(s) thereof) that it sub-advises, as well as information regarding the background of each of the Adviser’s portfolio managers who provide services to the Portfolios.

The Board also considered, among other factors, periodic reports provided to the Board regarding the services provided by the Manager, the Advisers and, where applicable, their affiliates. In addition, the Board considered the allocation of Portfolio brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Manager or an Adviser, the use of brokerage commission recapture arrangements to pay Portfolio expenses, and the use of “soft” commission dollars to pay for research services. In this regard, the Board also considered the Manager’s and each Adviser’s trading experience, including its policies, processes and procedures aimed at achieving “best execution” on behalf of

 

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a Portfolio, including a report by an independent portfolio trading analytical firm. The Board also considered the Portfolios’ Chief Compliance Officer’s evaluation of the Manager’s and each Adviser’s compliance programs, policies, and procedures. In addition, the Board considered whether there were any pending lawsuits, enforcement proceedings or regulatory investigations involving the Manager and the Advisers and reviewed information regarding the Manager’s and each Adviser’s financial condition and history of operations and conflicts of interest in managing the Portfolios.

The Board also considered the benefits to investors from participation in an FMG LLC-sponsored mutual fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a wide range of portfolios, advisers and investment styles. In addition, the Board considered the nature, quality and extent of the administrative, investor servicing and distribution services that the Manager and its affiliates provide to the Portfolios and their shareholders. The Board also noted that, throughout the past year, the Manager and its affiliates had continued or undertaken initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust’s operations and investors’ experience with the FMG LLC-sponsored mutual funds.

The Board also considered strategic and other actions taken by the Manager in response to recent events within the mutual fund industry, including actions taken in response to financial regulatory reform and other regulatory initiatives, as well as other developments within the mutual fund industry. The Board also considered strategic and other actions taken by the Manager and the Advisers in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of the Manager and the Advisers in this context.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the nature, quality and extent of the overall services provided by the Manager, the relevant Adviser(s) and, where applicable, their respective affiliates were appropriate for the Portfolio in light of its investment objectives and, thus, supported a decision to approve the renewal of the Agreement(s).

Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions with the Manager and the relevant Adviser(s) about Portfolio investment performance that occur at Board meetings throughout the year. In this regard, the Board noted that, as part of regularly scheduled Portfolio reviews and other reports to the Board on Portfolio performance, the Board periodically considered information regarding each Portfolio’s short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, as applicable, on both an absolute basis and relative to an appropriate broad-based securities market index (“benchmark”), a peer group of other mutual funds deemed by Lipper to be comparable to the Portfolio (“Lipper peer group”), and/or a custom volatility managed index (“VMI”) developed by the Manager and approved by the Board (which, in the case of certain Portfolios, may be a blended index comprising both broad-based and volatility-managed indexes). The performance information generally included, among other information, annual total returns, average annual total returns, cumulative returns and rolling period total returns. In evaluating the Portfolios’ performance, the Board generally considered long-term performance to be more important than short-term performance.

In addition, the Board received and reviewed information regarding each Portfolio’s performance relative to a benchmark, a Lipper peer group, and/or a VMI for the most recent one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods, as applicable, ended May 31, 2014, as discussed below. The Board noted that this information was provided specifically in connection with the annual renewal process. With respect to the Lipper quartile information, the first quartile comprised the best performers of the peer group and the fourth quartile comprised the worst performers of the peer group. The Board took into account that the Lipper quartile information reflected the investment performance of Class IB shares of each Portfolio, except the ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility, ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility, ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility, and EQ/International ETF Portfolios, for which the Lipper quartile information reflected the investment performance of Class IA shares, and the ATM International Managed Volatility and EQ/AllianceBernstein Short-Term Bond Portfolios, for which the Lipper quartile information reflected the investment performance of Class K shares. (Except as indicated otherwise, a Portfolio’s performance relative to its benchmark, its Lipper peer group, and/or its VMI, as applicable, is shown for the same class.) The Board also considered that variations in performance among a Portfolio’s operating classes reflect variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board factored into its evaluation of each Portfolio’s performance the limitations inherent in Lipper’s methodology for developing and constructing peer groups and determining which mutual funds should be included in which peer groups. While recognizing these inherent limitations, the Board believed the independent analysis conducted by Lipper remained a useful measure of comparative performance.

 

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Fund-of-Funds Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the following Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio operates as a fund-of-funds and invests in a combination of other investment companies (“underlying portfolios”) and recognized, therefore, that each Portfolio’s performance is based, in part, on the total returns of the underlying portfolios in which it invests.

The Board further considered that the underlying portfolios in which each of the Strategic Allocation Portfolios and the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio invests may employ a tactical volatility management strategy that is intended to reduce the volatility associated with investing in equity securities and to produce more favorable risk-adjusted returns over extended market cycles. The Board also noted that, for each of the Strategic Allocation Portfolios and the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, the Manager had developed and implemented a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the Portfolio’s performance, and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a Portfolio’s performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark fails to take into account the impact of an integral part of the investment strategies of the underlying portfolios, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to the tactical volatility management strategies that the underlying portfolios may employ, the Board noted that the Manager generally considers a Portfolio’s performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more indicative than its performance relative to its benchmark. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ a tactical volatility management strategy like that employed by the underlying portfolios in which a Portfolio invests.

The Board evaluated the performance of each Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

All Asset Aggressive-Alt 25 and All Asset Moderate Growth-Alt 15 Portfolios. The Board noted that each Portfolio had commenced operations on August 29, 2012, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the All Asset Aggressive-Alt 25 Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and that the All Asset Moderate Growth-Alt 15 Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that each Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014.

All Asset Growth-Alt 20 Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the one- and five-year periods ended on that date.

AXA Aggressive Strategy and AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolios. The Board noted that the AXA Aggressive Strategy and AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolios had commenced operations on April 12, 2012 and September 28, 2011, respectively, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that each Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile, and that each Portfolio had underperformed its VMI, for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. With respect to the AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio, the Board also considered that the Portfolio is held in connection with insurance company asset transfer programs and may have a small asset base and varying cash flow patterns.

AXA Balanced Strategy and AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolios. The Board considered that the AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and that the AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that each Portfolio had underperformed its VMI for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its VMI for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the one- and five-year periods.

 

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AXA Growth Strategy and AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolios. The Board considered that the AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and the third quartile for the one-year period ended on that date, and that the AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that each Portfolio had underperformed its VMI for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and the first quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its VMI for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the five-year period, and the Portfolio had outperformed its VMI for the one-year period ended on that date.

EQ/International ETF Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-year period ended on that date.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each fund-of-funds Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and/or VMI, as applicable, and efforts to improve the Portfolio’s performance. Where applicable, the Board also considered steps that the Manager had taken to address a Portfolio’s performance, including any applicable changes to the investment strategies of a Portfolio or to the underlying portfolios in which a Portfolio invests, and the performance results of the Portfolio since the date of such changes. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager regarding the performance of each fund-of-funds Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s continued management of the Portfolio.

AXA Tactical Manager Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the AXA Tactical Manager Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio follows an investment strategy under which the Portfolio is normally divided into two portions, one of which seeks to achieve the total return performance of a particular index and the other of which seeks to tactically manage equity exposure in the Portfolio based on the level of volatility in the market. The Board further considered that each Portfolio’s tactical volatility management strategy is intended to reduce the volatility associated with investing in equity securities and to produce more favorable risk-adjusted returns over extended market cycles. The Board also noted that, for each Portfolio, the Manager had developed and implemented in May 2012 a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the Portfolio’s performance, and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a Portfolio’s performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark fails to take into account the impact of an integral part of the Portfolio’s investment strategy, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to a Portfolio’s tactical volatility management strategy, the Board noted that the Manager generally considers a Portfolio’s performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more indicative than its performance relative to its benchmark. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ a tactical volatility management strategy like that employed by the Portfolios. The Board further noted that each Portfolio had a relatively short operating history on which to evaluate performance.

The Board evaluated the performance of each AXA Tactical Manager Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

 

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ATM International Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third and fourth quartiles, respectively, for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio (Class K) had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility and ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolios. The Board considered that each Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (Class K) had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its VMI for the one- and three-year periods ended on that date, and that the ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio (Class K) had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA 400 Managed Volatility and AXA 2000 Managed Volatility Portfolios. The Board considered that each Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile, and that each Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI, for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA 500 Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile, and that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI, for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA International Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI-proxy for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board noted the Manager’s explanation of the impact of fair value pricing of the Portfolio’s securities on performance versus the VMI-proxy and the benchmark.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each AXA Tactical Manager Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and/or VMI, and efforts to improve the Portfolio’s performance. Where applicable, the Board also considered steps that the Manager and the Advisers had taken to address a Portfolio’s performance, including any applicable changes to the investment strategies of a Portfolio, and the performance results of the Portfolio since the date of such changes. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreements and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Advisers regarding the performance of each AXA Tactical Manager Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and each Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Passive Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the passive Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio (other than the EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio) seeks to achieve a total return (before fees and expenses) that approximates the total return performance of its benchmark, and that the EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio employs a passive management strategy designed to track, as closely as possible, the performance (before fees and expenses) of a benchmark consisting of a universe of securities that meet certain sustainable and socially responsible investment criteria. The Board noted that each Portfolio’s performance was expected to vary from (and generally was expected to be lower than) that of its benchmark due to fees, management of cash flows, transaction costs, and valuation, which affect the Portfolio, but not the benchmark. The Board also noted that certain of the Portfolios had implemented a passive management strategy relatively recently and, therefore, in each of these cases the Board focused on the performance results of the Portfolio since the date of implementation. The Board also

 

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considered that the passive management strategy for the Portfolios identified below had been implemented, in part, to enhance the performance of the Portfolios. Among other information, the Board considered that, with limited exceptions, the Lipper peer group for each Portfolio included both actively and passively managed funds. The Board also considered the following performance results relative to Lipper peer group, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio. In evaluating the performance of this Portfolio, the Board took into account that the Portfolio is a specialty portfolio that offers a unique investment strategy and enhances the range of investment options available to investors and that the Lipper peer group in which the Portfolio was placed for comparison purposes includes a wider range of fund types. The Board also noted that the Portfolio had been converted from an actively managed portfolio to a passively managed portfolio in August 2011. Within this context, the Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the first quartile for the three-year period ended on that date.

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had implemented a passive management strategy in December 2008. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the first quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Core Bond Index and EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolios. The Board noted that each Portfolio had implemented a passive management strategy in January 2009. The Board considered that each Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had implemented a passive management strategy in February 2011 and that the Portfolio had a relatively short operating history with the passive strategy on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, and was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date.

EQ/Large Cap Growth Index, EQ/Large Cap Value Index, and EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolios. The Board noted that each of these Portfolios had implemented a passive management strategy in December 2008. The Board considered that the EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014; that the EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period, but was in the second quartile for the three- and five-year periods, ended May 31, 2014; and that the EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one- and three-year periods, and the third quartile for the five-year period, ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each passive Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time, and the extent to which each Portfolio had achieved its objective, as described above. In this connection, the Board also considered information on the correlation and tracking error between each Portfolio and its respective benchmark over various periods, as well as the Manager’s and the relevant Adviser’s views and explanations of this information.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Adviser regarding the performance of each passive Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and the Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

PLUS Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the PLUS Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio follows an investment strategy under which the Portfolio’s assets normally are allocated among multiple investment advisers, each of which manages its portion of the Portfolio using a different but complementary investment strategy. The Board noted that each Portfolio uses a combination of active and passive investment strategies and has the ability to invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The Board also noted that certain of these Portfolios had added the PLUS investment strategy relatively recently and considered this fact in its review of these Portfolios’ performance.

 

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The Board further considered that the PLUS investment strategy had been implemented, in part, to enhance the performance of the Portfolios, reduce volatility, and/or produce more favorable risk-adjusted returns over extended market cycles.

The Board also considered that, in connection with its PLUS investment strategy, each equity Portfolio (other than the EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio, the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio and the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio) may employ various volatility management techniques, including the use of futures and options to manage equity exposure. The Board also noted that, for each equity Portfolio (other than the EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio, the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio and the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio), the Manager had developed and implemented in May 2012 a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the Portfolio’s performance, and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a Portfolio’s performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark fails to take into account the impact of an integral part of the Portfolio’s investment strategy, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to a Portfolio’s tactical volatility management component, the Board noted that the Manager generally considers an equity Portfolio’s performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more indicative than its performance relative to its benchmark.

In addition, where applicable, the Board considered the performance of the allocated portions of each Portfolio managed by different Advisers and whether the performance of the portions allocated to each of the Advisers met the Board’s expectations as to the compatibility of the Advisers’ different investment strategies and styles and the contributions of each to the overall Portfolio strategy and performance. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ an investment strategy similar to the Portfolio’s that includes active, passive and ETF components, as well as (in the case of certain equity Portfolios) a tactical volatility management component.

The Board evaluated the performance of each PLUS Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in May 2007. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the fourth quartile for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI-proxy for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and had underperformed its benchmark for the ten-year period ended on that date. The Board noted the Manager’s explanation of the impact of fair value pricing of the Portfolio’s securities on performance versus the VMI-proxy and the benchmark.

AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in February 2011 and that the Portfolio had a relatively short operating history with the enhanced strategy on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI-proxy for the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and had underperformed its benchmark for the ten-year period ended on that date. The Board noted the Manager’s explanation of the impact of fair value pricing of the Portfolio’s securities on performance versus the VMI-proxy and the benchmark.

AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in May 2007. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile, and that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI, for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in May 2007. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the ten-year period and only slightly below that of its VMI for the one-year period.

 

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AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in December 2008. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second and third quartiles, respectively, for the one- and five-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-year period.

AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in May 2007. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the three- and five-year periods, and the Portfolio had outperformed its VMI for the one-year period ended on that date.

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS, EQ/Natural Resources PLUS and EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolios. The Board noted that each Portfolio had commenced operations on February 8, 2013, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014; that the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014; and that the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio and the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio each had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and that the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended on that date.

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in May 2009. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the fourth quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had added the PLUS strategy in December 2008. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-year period, and the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the five-year period ended on that date.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each PLUS Portfolio and each allocated portion thereof in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed the reasons for a Portfolio’s or an allocated portion’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and/or VMI, as applicable, and efforts to improve that Portfolio’s or allocated portion’s performance. Where applicable, the Board also considered steps that the Manager and the Advisers had taken to address a Portfolio’s or an allocated portion’s performance, including any applicable changes or additions to the Advisers or portfolio managers advising a Portfolio and any applicable changes to the investment strategies of a Portfolio, and the performance results of the Portfolio or allocated portion since the date of such changes. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreements and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Advisers regarding the performance of each PLUS Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and each Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

 

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PACTIVE Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio, the Board considered that the Portfolio follows an investment strategy under which the Portfolio’s assets normally are allocated between two portions, one of which is actively managed and the other of which is invested in ETFs that are passively managed.

With respect to the performance of the equity PACTIVE Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio follows an investment strategy under which the Portfolio’s assets normally are allocated among multiple investment advisers, each of which manages its portion of the Portfolio using a different but complementary investment strategy. The Board noted that each of these Portfolios uses a combination of active and passive investment strategies. The Board also noted that the Portfolios had added the PACTIVE investment strategy in May 2009 and considered this fact in its review of the Portfolios’ performance. The Board further considered that the PACTIVE investment strategy had been implemented, in part, to enhance the performance of these Portfolios, reduce volatility, and/or produce more favorable risk-adjusted returns over extended market cycles. The Board also considered that, in connection with its PACTIVE investment strategy, each of these Portfolios may employ various volatility management techniques, including the use of futures and options to manage equity exposure. The Board also noted that, for each Portfolio, the Manager had developed and implemented in May 2012 a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the Portfolio’s performance, and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a Portfolio’s performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark fails to take into account the impact of an integral part of the Portfolio’s investment strategy, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to a Portfolio’s tactical volatility management component, the Board noted that the Manager generally considers a Portfolio’s performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more indicative than its performance relative to its benchmark.

In addition, where applicable, the Board considered the performance of the allocated portions of each Portfolio managed by different Advisers and whether the performance of the portions allocated to each of the Advisers met the Board’s expectations as to the compatibility of the Advisers’ different investment strategies and styles and the contributions of each to the overall Portfolio strategy and performance. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ an investment strategy similar to the Portfolio’s that includes active and passive components, as well as (in the case of each equity Portfolio) a tactical volatility management component.

The Board evaluated the performance of each PACTIVE Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

AXA/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the first quartile for the one- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and the second quartile for the three-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio (Class IA) had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014, it had outperformed its VMI for the one-year period, , and its performance was only slightly below that of its VMI for the three-year period, ended on that date.

AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-year period and only slightly below that of its VMI for the three- and five-year periods, and the Portfolio had outperformed its VMI for the one-year period ended on that date.

AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the first quartile for the ten-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI-proxy for the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the ten-year period ended on that date. The Board noted the Manager’s explanation of the impact of fair value pricing of the Portfolio’s securities on performance versus the VMI-proxy and the benchmark.

 

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AXA/Mutual Large Cap Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the fourth quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

AXA/Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark and its VMI for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the three-year period and only slightly below that of its VMI-proxy for the five-year period, and the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark and its VMI-proxy for the one-year period ended on that date. The Board noted the Manager’s explanation of the impact of fair value pricing of the Portfolio’s securities on performance versus the VMI-proxy and the benchmark.

EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had commenced operations on February 8, 2013, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the first quartile, and that the Portfolio’s performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark, for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each PACTIVE Portfolio and each allocated portion thereof in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed the reasons for a Portfolio’s or an allocated portion’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and/or VMI, as applicable, and efforts to improve the Portfolio’s or allocated portion’s performance. Where applicable, the Board also considered steps that the Manager and the Advisers had taken to address a Portfolio’s or an allocated portion’s performance, including any applicable changes or additions to the Advisers or portfolio managers advising a Portfolio and any applicable changes to the investment strategies of a Portfolio, and the performance results of the Portfolio or allocated portion since the date of such changes. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreements and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Advisers regarding the performance of each PACTIVE Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and each Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Multimanager Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the Multimanager Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio follows an investment strategy under which the Portfolio’s assets normally are allocated among multiple investment advisers, each of which manages its portion of the Portfolio using a different but complimentary investment strategy, whereby one portion of a Portfolio generally seeks to achieve the total return performance of a particular index, one portion of the Multimanager Technology Portfolio has the ability to invest in ETFs, and the other portions of a Portfolio are actively managed by an Adviser.

The Board noted that prior to June 2014 each Portfolio was organized as a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “VIP Trust”), an affiliated investment company of the Trust managed by the Manager, and that, therefore, the performance information that had been provided to the Board, including the most recent performance information for the periods ended May 31, 2014, for each Portfolio was that of its predecessor series. The Board also noted that each Portfolio’s investment objective, strategies and, except as discussed below, policies are substantially identical to those of its predecessor series.

The Board noted that the Manager, in its management of each of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios’ predecessor series, had employed various volatility management techniques, including the use of futures and options to manage equity exposure, but that in April 2014 the Manager had discontinued the use of these techniques in its management of the predecessor series, and the Manager was not employing these techniques in its management of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios. In this regard, the Board also noted that, for each of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager

 

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Mid Cap Value Portfolios’ predecessor series, the Manager had developed and implemented in May 2012 a custom VMI as, among other things, an additional analytical tool to be used in evaluating the predecessor series’ performance. Although the Manager was not employing volatility management techniques in its management of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios, the Board considered these Portfolios’ predecessor series’ performance relative to a VMI and considered the Manager’s explanation that a comparison of a predecessor series’ performance solely to that of a non-volatility managed benchmark failed to take into account the impact of an integral part of the predecessor series’ investment strategy, particularly during periods of high volatility. Based on the Manager’s explanation of the comparability of the custom VMI to a predecessor series’ tactical volatility management component, the Board noted that the Manager generally considered a predecessor series’ performance (especially its short-term performance) relative to its VMI to be more indicative than its performance relative to its benchmark. Furthermore, the Board noted that the performance information that had been provided to the Board, including the most recent performance information for the periods ended May 31, 2014, for each of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios may have been different if the Portfolio had historically been managed using its current investment strategies and policies.

In addition, the Board considered the performance of the allocated portions of each Portfolio and whether the performance of the portions allocated to each of the Advisers met the Board’s expectations as to the compatibility of the Advisers’ different investment strategies and styles and the contributions of each to the overall Portfolio strategy and performance. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ an investment strategy similar to the Portfolio’s that includes active and index (and, in the case of the Multimanager Technology Portfolio, ETF) components, as well as (in the case of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios’ predecessor series) a tactical volatility management component.

The Board evaluated the performance of each Multimanager Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information that had been provided to the Board:

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the ten-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the third quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended on that date.

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the fourth quartile for the one, five- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio (Class IA) had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the three-and five-year periods ended on that date.

Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the third quartile for the one- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the five-year period ended on that date.

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

Multimanager Technology Portfolio: The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the ten-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the first quartile for the one-year period, and the second quartile for the three- and five-year periods, ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio (Class IA) had underperformed its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the five-year period, and it had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended on that date.

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deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreements and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Advisers regarding the performance of each Multimanager Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and each Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Actively-Managed, Single Adviser Portfolios

With respect to the performance of the following Portfolios, the Board considered that each Portfolio is actively managed and advised by a single Adviser. The Board evaluated the performance of each Portfolio in this context and also considered the following performance results, which supplemented the performance information provided to the Board throughout the year:

AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and the third quartile for the three- and ten-year periods ended on the date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board noted that the investment advisory agreement between the Manager and Montag & Caldwell, LLC (“Montag”) with respect to the Portfolio would expire on August 31, 2014. The Manager and the Board determined not to renew the investment advisory agreement with Montag. Instead, the Board considered and unanimously approved the Manager’s proposal to add Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) as the Adviser to the Portfolio, effective September 1, 2014. In connection with the appointment of Loomis Sayles as the Adviser to the Portfolio, the Board approved a change in the Portfolio’s name to the “AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio.”

EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had a relatively short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/AllianceBernstein Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had commenced operations on May 20, 2013, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the one-, three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, and the first quartile for the five-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended on that date.

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the ten-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the first quartile for the one-year period, and the second quartile for the three- and five-year periods, ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended on that date.

EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the three-year period ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the three-year period, and the first quartile for the five-year period, ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the five-year period ended on that date.

 

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EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio. In evaluating the performance of this Portfolio, the Board took into account that the Portfolio is a specialty portfolio that offers a unique investment strategy and enhances the range of investment options available to investors and that the Lipper peer group in which the Portfolio was placed for comparison purposes includes a wider range of fund types. Within this context, the Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the first quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the second quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014, and the first quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the three-year period, and it had outperformed its benchmark for the five-year period ended on that date.

EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-year period, and the fourth quartile for the ten-year period, ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period, and the third quartile for the three-year period, ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the five- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the ten-year period, and it had outperformed its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods ended on that date.

EQ/Money Market Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered the very low interest rate environment and that the Manager had been voluntarily waiving a portion of its management and administrative fees and reimbursing other expenses of the Portfolio to seek to ensure that the Portfolio’s yield did not decline below zero.

EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one- and five-year periods ended on the date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014.

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio. The Board noted that the Portfolio had commenced operations on February 8, 2013, and, therefore, had only a short operating history on which to evaluate performance. The Board considered, however, that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended on May 31, 2014.

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio had modified its investment strategy and changed its benchmark in May 2009 and, therefore, focused on the Portfolio’s performance since that time. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had outperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended on May 31, 2014.

 

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EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the fourth quartile for the ten-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the first quartile for the three- and five-year periods, and the second quartile for the one-year period, ended on that date. The Board also considered that, although the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the five-year period, and it had outperformed its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods ended on that date.

EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the three-year period ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the one-, five- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but its performance was only slightly below that of its benchmark for the one-year period.

EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio. The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance relative to its Lipper peer group was in the third quartile for the one- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but was in the second quartile for the three- and ten-year periods ended on that date. The Board also considered that the Portfolio had underperformed its benchmark for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2014, but had outperformed its benchmark for the ten-year period ended on that date.

The Board and the Manager discussed the performance of each actively-managed, single Adviser Portfolio in detail, including whether each Portfolio had performed as expected over time. The Board and the Manager also discussed, where applicable, the reasons for a Portfolio’s underperformance for certain periods relative to its Lipper peer group and/or benchmark and efforts to improve the Portfolio’s performance. Where applicable, the Board also considered steps that the Manager and the Adviser had taken to address a Portfolio’s performance, including any applicable changes to the Adviser or portfolio managers advising a Portfolio and any applicable changes to the investment strategies of a Portfolio, and the performance results of the Portfolio since the date of such changes. In this regard, the Board noted that performance is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of a Portfolio’s Agreements and that, after considering all relevant factors, it can reach a decision to renew an Agreement notwithstanding a Portfolio’s underperformance.

Based on its review and the explanations provided by the Manager and the relevant Adviser regarding the performance of each actively-managed, single Adviser Portfolio, the Board determined, with respect to each Portfolio, that the Portfolio and its investors would benefit from the Manager’s and the Adviser’s continued management of the Portfolio.

Expenses. The Board considered each Portfolio’s investment management fee and, where applicable, investment advisory fee(s), in light of the nature, quality and extent of the overall services provided by the Manager and, where applicable, the relevant Adviser(s). The Board also reviewed a comparative analysis of the contractual and net management fees and expense ratios of each Portfolio compared with those of peer funds selected by Lipper as constituting the Portfolio’s appropriate Lipper expense group. Lipper provides information on each Portfolio’s contractual investment management fee in comparison with the contractual investment management fee that would have been charged by other funds within the Portfolio’s Lipper expense group assuming the funds were similar in size to the Portfolio, as well as the Portfolio’s actual management fee and expense ratios in comparison with those of other funds within its expense group. The Lipper investment management fee analysis includes within such fee the separate administrative fees paid to FMG LLC. The Board noted that management had separately provided comparative fee information net of administrative fees. The Board also noted that the funds in each Portfolio’s Lipper peer group may or may not employ multiple and complex strategies like those employed by a number of the Portfolios, particularly the PLUS, PACTIVE and Multimanager Portfolios and the Portfolios employing a tactical volatility management strategy. The Lipper expense data was based upon historical information taken from each Portfolio’s annual report for the period ended December 31, 2013, and the Lipper expense ratios were shown for Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares, as applicable, of the relevant Portfolio. Where contractual investment management fee comparisons were shown for Class IA and/or Class IB shares of a Portfolio as well as for Class K shares of that Portfolio, the contractual investment management fee information described below reflects the comparisons for only Class IA and/or Class IB shares of that Portfolio. The Board noted that the Lipper data for those Portfolios employing a passive strategy (except the EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio) comprised funds employing active strategies, and that management had separately provided comparative fee information obtained from Lipper that focused more narrowly on passive funds. While recognizing the limitations inherent in Lipper’s methodology and that current expense ratios (prior to any applicable expense limitation arrangement) may increase if assets decline, the Board believed that the independent analysis conducted by Lipper remained a useful measure

 

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of comparative expenses. The Board also considered that all fees and expenses of each Portfolio are explicitly disclosed in Portfolio offering documents. In addition, with respect to each sub-advised Portfolio, the Board further considered the relative levels of the advisory fee(s) paid to the relevant Adviser(s) and the management fee retained by the Manager in light of, among other factors, the services provided to the Portfolio by the Manager and the relevant Adviser(s), and the information prepared by management regarding the level of profits realized by the Manager in connection with its operation of the Portfolio.

Fund-of-Funds Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the EQ/International ETF Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA shares of the Portfolio was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group and the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class K shares of the Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA and Class IB shares of the Portfolio were above the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each of the All Asset Aggressive-Alt 25 and All Asset Growth-Alt 20 Portfolios was at the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group and the contractual management fee for the All Asset Moderate Growth-Alt 15 Portfolio was above the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA (as applicable), Class IB and Class K shares of each of these Portfolios were above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each of the Strategic Allocation Portfolios was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IB shares of each of these Portfolios (except the AXA Balanced Strategy, AXA Conservative Growth Strategy, AXA Growth Strategy and AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolios) was below the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IB shares of each of the AXA Balanced Strategy, AXA Conservative Growth Strategy and AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolios was within five basis points of the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA shares of each of the AXA Balanced Strategy and AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio was above (but, for the AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio, within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that the management and administrative fee rate schedules for the EQ/International ETF Portfolio and the administrative fee rate schedule for each of the other Portfolios include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in the EQ/International ETF Portfolio’s management or administrative fee or in another Portfolio’s administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in its prospectus. The Board also noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for the EQ/International ETF Portfolio, the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, each of the All Asset Allocation Portfolios, and each of the Strategic Allocation Portfolios (except the AXA Aggressive Strategy and AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolios) was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedules that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels.

 

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Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each fund-of-funds Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee is fair and reasonable.

AXA Tactical Manager Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA (as applicable) and Class IB (as applicable) shares of each Portfolio and the Class K shares of each Portfolio (except the ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility and AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolios) were at or below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratio (excluding fees and expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class K shares of each of the ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility and AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolios was within five basis points of the median total expense ratio for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in its prospectus. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to each Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios advised by the Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each AXA Tactical Manager Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee and the Advisers’ advisory fees are fair and reasonable.

Passive Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each of the EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible, EQ/Common Stock Index, EQ/Core Bond Index, EQ/Intermediate Government Bond, EQ/International Equity Index, EQ/Large Cap Growth Index, EQ/Large Cap Value Index, EQ/Mid Cap Index and EQ/Small Company Index Portfolios was at or below the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares (as applicable) of each of these Portfolios were below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio was above the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of the Portfolio were above (but, for Class K, within five basis points of) the medians for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to the Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios advised by the Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each passive Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee and the Adviser’s advisory fee are fair and reasonable.

PLUS Portfolios

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Cap Growth Managed Volatility, AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility, EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS, EQ/Natural Resources PLUS, EQ/Quality Bond PLUS and EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolios was below the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA (as applicable) and Class IB shares of each of these Portfolios (except the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio) and the Class K shares (as applicable) of each of these Portfolios (except the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio) were at or below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IB shares of the EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolio and the Class K shares of the EQ/Natural Resources PLUS Portfolio were within five basis points of the median total expense ratios for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios (excluding fees and expenses of other investment companies in which the Portfolio invests) for the Class IA and Class IB shares of the Portfolio were below, and for the Class K shares of the Portfolio were above, the medians for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio was above (but within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of the Portfolio were above (but within five basis points of) the medians for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in its prospectus. The Board also noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each of the EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS, EQ/Global Bond PLUS, EQ/Natural Resources PLUS and EQ/Real Estate PLUS Portfolios was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to each Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios advised by the Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each PLUS Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee and the Advisers’ advisory fees are fair and reasonable.

PACTIVE Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA and Class IB shares of each Portfolio (except the AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility, AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility and EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolios) were at or below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratios for the Class IA and Class IB shares of the AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility and AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolios were within five basis points of the median total expense ratios for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratio for the Class K shares of each Portfolio was above (but, for the AXA/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio, within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

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Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that, for each Portfolio (except the AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio), the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each of these Portfolios’ total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in its prospectus. The Board also noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for the EQ/High Yield Bond Portfolio was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to each Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios advised by each Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each PACTIVE Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee and the Advisers’ advisory fees are fair and reasonable.

Multimanager Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was above (but, for the Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio, within five basis points of) the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of each Portfolio were above (but, for the Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio, within five basis points of) the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that, although the contractual management fee for each Portfolio was above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group and the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of each Portfolio were above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group, the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s effective management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in the prospectus. The Board noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each of the Multimanager Mid Cap Growth and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolios was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager (i) had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels, and (ii) had agreed to implement, effective September 1, 2014, for each of the Multimanager Mid Cap Growth, Multimanager Mid Cap Value and Multimanager Technology Portfolios, voluntary expense limitations that would limit the Portfolio’s total expense ratios to levels lower than the contractual levels noted above.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to each Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios and accounts advised by the Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each Multimanager Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee is fair and reasonable.

Actively-Managed, Single Adviser Portfolios

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for the EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio was below the median for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and Class K shares of the Portfolio were below the medians for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group.

The Board considered that the contractual management fee for each of the EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity, EQ/Capital Guardian Research, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value, EQ/Invesco Comstock, EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities, EQ/Money Market, EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth and EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolios was above, but within five basis points of, the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA and Class IB shares of each of these Portfolios (except the EQ/Invesco Comstock, EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities, EQ/Money Market, and EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolios) and the Class K shares (as applicable) of each of these Portfolios (except

 

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the EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio) were at or below the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratios for the Class IA and Class IB shares of each of the EQ/Invesco Comstock, EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities and EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolios and the Class K shares of the EQ/Wells Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio were within five basis points of the median total expense ratios for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board also considered that the contractual management fee for each of the AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth, EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies, EQ/AllianceBernstein Short Duration Government Bond, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions, EQ/MFS International Growth, EQ/Oppenheimer Global, EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return, EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond, EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock and EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolios was above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratios for the Class IA (as applicable) and Class IB (as applicable) shares of each of these Portfolios (except the EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio) were above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratio for the Class IB shares of the EQ/AllianceBernstein Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio was within five basis points of the median total expense ratio for the Portfolio’s Lipper peer group. The Board also considered that the total expense ratio for the Class K shares (as applicable) of each of these Portfolios (except the EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio) was above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group. The Board noted, however, that the total expense ratio for the Class K shares of each of the EQ/AllianceBernstein Short Duration Government Bond, EQ/Boston Advisers Equity Income and EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolios was within five basis points of the median total expense ratio for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group.

The Board further considered that, although the management fee for each Portfolio (except the EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio) was above the median for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group and the total expense ratios for the Class IA, Class IB and/or Class K shares (as applicable) of certain Portfolios were above the medians for the Portfolio’s respective Lipper peer group, the management and administrative fee rate schedules for each Portfolio include breakpoints so that the fee rates are reduced as the assets of the Portfolio increase above certain levels. The Board noted that any such reduction in a Portfolio’s management or administrative fee would result in corresponding reductions in the Portfolio’s total expense ratios. In addition, the Board noted that, for each Portfolio (except the EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value and EQ/Money Market Portfolios), the Manager had contractually agreed to make payments or waive all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that each of these Portfolio’s total expense ratios do not exceed certain levels as set forth in its prospectus. The Board noted that, as a result of these expense limitation arrangements, the actual management fee for each of the EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth Strategies, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income, EQ/Capital Guardian Research, EQ/Invesco Comstock, EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities, EQ/Oppenheimer Global, EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return, EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock and EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolios was lower than the Portfolio’s contractual management fee. The Board also considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to revisions of the Portfolios’ administrative fee rate schedule that are expected to lower the Portfolios’ administrative fees at current or higher asset levels. The Board also considered that the Manager had been voluntarily waiving a portion of its management and administrative fees and reimbursing other expenses of the EQ/Money Market Portfolio to seek to ensure that the Portfolio’s yield did not decline below zero.

The Board also considered the advisory fee paid to the Adviser with respect to each Portfolio in light of fees paid by similar portfolios advised by the Adviser.

Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to each actively-managed, single Adviser Portfolio, that the Manager’s management fee and the Adviser’s advisory fee are fair and reasonable.

Profitability and Costs. The Board also considered the level of profits realized by the Manager and its affiliates in connection with the operation of each Portfolio. In this respect, the Board reviewed profitability information setting forth the overall profitability of the Trust to the Manager and its affiliates, as well as the Manager’s and its affiliates’ profits in providing management and other services to each of the individual Portfolios during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2013, which was the most recent fiscal year for the Manager.

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may each be reasonable while producing different results. In this respect, the Board noted that, while being continuously refined and reflecting changes in the Manager’s and its affiliates’ cost accounting and other appropriate adjustments, the cost allocation methodology was consistent with that followed in profitability report presentations for the Portfolios made in prior years. In reviewing and discussing such analysis, the Manager discussed with the Board its belief that costs incurred in establishing the infrastructure necessary for the type of mutual fund operations conducted by the Manager and its affiliates may not be fully reflected in the expenses allocated to each Portfolio in determining its profitability, as well as the fact that the level of profits, to a certain extent, reflected operational cost savings and efficiencies initiated by management. The Board also took into account management’s ongoing costs and expenditures in providing and improving services for the Portfolios, as well as the need to meet additional regulatory and compliance requirements resulting from recently adopted rules and other regulations. In addition, the Board considered information prepared by management or from third party sources comparing the profitability of the Manager on an overall basis to the profitability of other publicly held asset managers (including asset managers similar to the Manager).

The Board also noted that the Manager generally is aware of the fees charged by the Advisers to other clients, and that the Manager believes that the fees agreed upon with the Advisers are reasonable in light of the quality of the investment advisory services provided. The Manager advised the Board that it does not regard Adviser profitability as meaningful to its evaluation of the Advisory Agreements. The Board acknowledged the Manager’s view of Adviser profitability, noting the Board’s findings as to the reasonableness of the aggregate advisory fees and that the fees paid to the Advisers are the product of negotiations with the Manager and reflect levels of profitability acceptable to the Manager and the Advisers based on the particular circumstances in each case for each of them. The Board further noted that each Adviser’s fee is paid by the Manager and not the Portfolio. The Board also noted that, with respect to AllianceBernstein, which is an affiliate of the Manager, profitability is addressed separately.

Based on its consideration of the factors above, the Board determined that the level of profits realized by the Manager from providing services to each Portfolio was not excessive in view of the nature, quality and extent of services provided.

Economies of Scale. The Board also considered whether economies of scale or efficiencies are realized by the Manager as the Portfolios grow larger and the extent to which this is reflected in the level of management and administrative fees charged. While recognizing that any precise determination is inherently subject to assumptions and subjective assessments, the Board considered that any economies of scale or efficiencies may be shared with portfolios and their shareholders in a variety of ways, including: (i) breakpoints in the management fee or other fees so that a portfolio’s effective fee rate declines as the portfolio grows in size, (ii) subsidizing a portfolio’s expenses by making payments or waiving all or a portion of the management fee or other fees so that the portfolio’s total expense ratio does not exceed certain levels, (iii) setting the management fee or other fees so that a portfolio is priced to scale, which assumes that the portfolio has sufficient assets from inception to operate at a competitive fee rate without any fee waiver or expense reimbursement from the manager, and (iv) reinvestment in, and enhancements to, the services that the manager and its affiliates provide to the portfolios and their shareholders. The Board noted that the management and/or administrative fee schedules for certain Portfolios include breakpoints that reduce the fee rate as Portfolio assets increase. In this connection, the Board considered that, after extensive discussions and negotiations with the Manager, the Manager had agreed, effective September 1, 2014, to implement revisions to the administrative fee rate schedules for all of the Portfolios, as noted above. The Board also noted that, although the management and/or administrative fees for some Portfolios do not include breakpoints, the Manager was subsidizing certain Portfolios’ expenses by making payments or waiving all or a portion of its management, administrative and other fees so that the Portfolios’ total expense ratios do not exceed certain contractual levels (or, in the case of certain Portfolios, lower voluntary levels) as set forth in their prospectuses. In addition, the Board considered that the Manager shares economies of scale with the Portfolios in other ways, which may include setting the management or other fees for a Portfolio so that they are priced to scale. The Board considered that the effect of this pricing strategy is that the Manager could lose money in the early stages of a Portfolio’s operation (and bear the risk that the Portfolio will never become profitable), while shareholders of the Portfolio receive the benefit of economies of scale that the Manager expects the Portfolio will achieve as it grows. The Board further considered that the Manager shares economies of scale with the Portfolios through reinvestment in, and enhancements to, the services that the Manager and its affiliates provide to the Portfolios and their shareholders, such as hiring additional personnel and providing additional resources in areas relating to management and administration of the Portfolios. In addition, the Board noted that the advisory fee schedules for certain Advisers include breakpoints that would reduce the advisory fee rate as applicable Portfolio assets under the

 

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Adviser’s management increase. The Board also noted that the advisory fee schedules for certain Advisers aggregate the assets managed by the Adviser in a Portfolio and in one or more other Portfolios for which the Manager serves as investment manager and the Adviser serves as investment sub-adviser. Based on its consideration of the factors above, the Board concluded that there was a reasonable sharing of any economies of scale or efficiencies under the management, administrative and advisory fee schedules at the present time.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Board also considered the extent to which the Manager and its affiliates derive ancillary benefits from Portfolio operations, including the following. The Board noted that the Manager also serves as the administrator for the Portfolios and receives compensation for acting in this capacity. In addition, the Board recognized that AllianceBernstein, an affiliate of the Manager, serves as an Adviser to certain Portfolios and receives advisory fees that are paid by the Manager out of the fees that it earns from those Portfolios. The Board also recognized that AXA Distributors, LLC, also an affiliate of the Manager, serves as the underwriter for the Trust and receives from the Portfolios payments pursuant to Rule 12b-1 plans with respect to their Class IA and Class IB shares to compensate it for providing shareholder services and selling activities, which could lead to growth in the Trust’s assets and corresponding benefits from such growth, including economies of scale. Further, the Board considered that Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, a registered broker-dealer, is an affiliate of the Manager and may, from time to time, receive brokerage commissions from the Portfolios in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities; provided, however, that those transactions, among other things, must be consistent with seeking best execution. The Board also recognized that the All Asset Allocation Portfolios, the Strategic Allocation Portfolios and the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio invest in other (underlying) portfolios managed by the Manager and advised by Advisers that may be affiliated with the Manager and that these underlying portfolios pay management and administrative fees to the Manager, who may in certain cases pay advisory fees to an affiliated Adviser, and pay distribution fees to the Manager’s distribution affiliate. The Board also noted that the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies, as depositors of the insurance company separate accounts investing in the Portfolios, receive certain significant tax benefits associated with such investments as well as other potential benefits. The Board also considered that the Portfolios are offered as investment options through variable insurance contracts offered and sold by the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and that the performance of each Portfolio may impact, positively or negatively, each insurance company’s ability to hedge the risks associated with guarantees that each insurance company may provide as the issuer of such contracts. The Board also noted that the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and AXA Distributors, LLC receive compensation, which may include sales charges, separate account fees and charges, and other variable contract fees and charges, from the sale and administration of these variable insurance contracts. The Board also considered that certain Portfolios are subject to certain investment controls that are designed to reduce volatility for investors and that may benefit both investors and the Manager and its affiliates (including by making it easier for the insurance companies to hedge their risks under the guarantees). Based on its review, the Board determined that any “fall-out” benefits that may accrue to the Manager are fair and reasonable.

The Board also noted that each Adviser may derive ancillary benefits from Portfolio operations. For example, each Adviser, through its position as an Adviser to its Portfolio(s), may engage in soft dollar transactions. The Board received information regarding each Adviser’s procedures for executing portfolio transactions for the Portfolio(s) (or the portion(s) thereof) that it sub-advises and information regarding each Adviser’s policies and procedures for selecting brokers and dealers and obtaining research from those brokers and dealers. In addition, the Board considered that each Adviser may be affiliated with registered broker-dealers who may, from time to time, receive brokerage commissions from the Portfolios in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities; provided, however, that those transactions, among other things, must be consistent with seeking best execution. In addition, the Board recognized that AllianceBernstein, an affiliate of the Manager, serves as the Adviser to certain of the Portfolios. The Board also recognized that affiliates of the Advisers may sell, and earn sales commissions and/or other compensation with respect to, insurance products issued by the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and that the proceeds of those sales may be invested in the Portfolios. Based on its review, the Board determined that any “fall-out” benefits that may accrue to each Adviser are fair and reasonable.

 

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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

DISCLOSURE REGARDING ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL

APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)

At a meeting held on July 14-16, 2014, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not parties to any Agreement (as defined below) or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such parties or the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and unanimously approved an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“AXA FMG” or the “Manager”), which serves as the Trust’s investment manager, and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles” or the “Adviser”) with respect to the EQ/Montag & Caldwell Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), effective September 1, 2014.

The Board noted that the current investment advisory agreement between the Manager and Montag & Caldwell, LLC (“Montag”) with respect to the Portfolio will expire on August 31, 2014. In considering the factors listed below, including comparative total return information, the Manager and the Board determined not to renew the investment advisory agreement with Montag. In connection with the appointment of Loomis Sayles as the Adviser to the Portfolio, the Board approved a change in the Portfolio’s name to the “AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio” and modifications to the Portfolio’s principal investment strategies and risks to reflect Loomis Sayles’s investment process.

In reaching its decision to approve the Agreement between the Manager and Loomis Sayles, the Board considered the overall fairness of the Agreement and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. The Board further considered all factors it deemed relevant with respect to the consideration of the Agreement, including: (1) the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio by the proposed Adviser; (2) comparative performance information; (3) the level of the proposed advisory fee; (4) economies of scale that may be realized by the proposed Adviser and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of the Portfolio; and (5) the “fall out” benefits to be realized by the proposed Adviser and its affiliates (i.e., any direct or indirect benefits to be derived by the proposed Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Trust). In considering the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or information as all-important or controlling and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to each factor.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board took into account information prepared by the Manager and the proposed Adviser, including memoranda and other materials addressing the factors set out above, and provided to the Trustees prior to the meeting. The information provided to the Trustees described, among other things, the services to be provided by the proposed Adviser, as well as the proposed Adviser’s investment personnel, proposed advisory fee, performance information, and other matters. The Board also took into account information provided to the Trustees at prior Board meetings. During the relevant meeting, the Trustees met with senior representatives of the Manager to discuss the Agreement and the information provided. The Independent Trustees met in executive session during the meeting to review the information provided. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel during the meeting and during their deliberations regarding the Agreement, and also received materials discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Agreement. In approving the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the proposed advisory fee was fair and reasonable and that the approval of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. Although the Board gave attention to all information provided, the following discusses some of the primary factors that the Board deemed relevant to its decision to approve the Agreement.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board evaluated the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio and its investors by the proposed Adviser. In addition to the investment performance information discussed below, the Board considered the proposed Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to the Portfolio pursuant to the Agreement and the proposed Adviser’s experience in serving as an investment adviser or sub-adviser for funds and/or accounts similar to the Portfolio. The Board considered that the proposed Adviser would be responsible for making investment decisions for the Portfolio, subject to the oversight of the Manager; placing with brokers or dealers all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for the Portfolio; and performing related trading functions. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed Adviser’s process for selecting investments for the Portfolio, as well as information regarding the background of the proposed Adviser’s portfolio manager who would provide services to the Portfolio. In addition, the Board considered the proposed

 

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Adviser’s trading experience, including its policies, processes and procedures aimed at achieving ‘best execution’ on behalf of the Portfolio. The Board also considered the Portfolio’s Chief Compliance Officer’s evaluation of the proposed Adviser’s compliance program, policies, and procedures, and certification that they were consistent with applicable legal standards. The Board also considered whether there were any pending lawsuits, enforcement proceedings or regulatory investigations involving the proposed Adviser and reviewed information regarding the proposed Adviser’s financial condition and history of operations and conflicts of interest in managing the Portfolio. The Board’s conclusion regarding the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided by the proposed Adviser was also based, in part, on the Board’s experience and familiarity with the proposed Adviser’s portfolio manager having formerly served as a portfolio manager for a sub-adviser to another Trust portfolio. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided by the proposed Adviser were appropriate for the Portfolio in light of its investment objectives and, thus, supported a decision to approve the Agreement.

Investment Performance. The Board received and reviewed the proposed Adviser’s performance data in managing other funds and/or accounts, as compared to an appropriate benchmark and the Portfolio. The Board generally considered long-term performance to be more important than short-term performance. The Board also considered the proposed Adviser’s expertise, resources, proposed investment strategy, and personnel for advising the Portfolio. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the performance data and related information supported a decision to approve the Agreement.

Expenses. The Board considered the proposed advisory fee for the proposed Adviser in light of the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided by the proposed Adviser. In addition, the Board considered the relative levels of the advisory fee to be paid to the proposed Adviser and the management fee to be retained by the Manager in light of, among other factors, the services provided to the Portfolio by the Manager and the proposed Adviser. The Board also considered the proposed advisory fee in light of the fees that the proposed Adviser charges under other advisory agreements with other clients. The Board noted that the advisory fee to be paid to the proposed Adviser is higher than the fee paid to Montag. The Board further noted that the Manager, and not the Portfolio, would pay the proposed Adviser and that the proposed advisory fee was negotiated between the proposed Adviser and the Manager. Moreover, the Board noted that the Manager generally is aware of the fees charged by sub-advisers to other clients and that the Manager believes that the fees agreed upon with the proposed Adviser are reasonable in light of the quality of the investment advisory services to be provided. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the proposed advisory fee for the proposed Adviser is fair and reasonable.

Profitability and Costs. The Board also considered the estimated impact of the proposed advisory fee on the profitability of the Manager, noting that the fee payable to the proposed Adviser is higher than the fee payable to Montag. The Manager advised the Board that it does not regard Adviser profitability as meaningful to its evaluation of the Agreement. The Board acknowledged the Manager’s view of Adviser profitability, noting the Board’s findings as to the reasonableness of the advisory fee and that the fee paid to the proposed Adviser is the product of negotiations with the Manager and reflects levels of profitability acceptable to the Manager and the proposed Adviser based on the particular circumstances in each case for each of them. The Board further noted that the proposed Adviser’s fee is paid by the Manager and not the Portfolio.

Economies of Scale. The Board also considered whether economies of scale would be realized as the Portfolio grows larger and the extent to which this is reflected in the proposed advisory fee schedule with respect to the Portfolio. While recognizing that any precise determination is inherently subject to assumptions and subjective assessments, the Board noted that the proposed flat advisory fee rate is competitive with the advisory fee rate charged by the proposed Adviser to comparable clients. The Board considered these factors, and the relationship they bear to the fee structure charged to the Portfolio by the Manager, and concluded that there would be a reasonable sharing of benefits from any economies of scale with the Portfolio.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Board also noted that the proposed Adviser may derive ancillary benefits from Portfolio operations. For example, the proposed Adviser, through its position as an Adviser to the Portfolio, may engage in soft dollar transactions. The Board considered information regarding the proposed Adviser’s procedures for executing portfolio transactions for the Portfolio. In addition, the Board considered that the proposed Adviser may be affiliated with registered broker-dealers who may, from time to time, receive brokerage commissions from the Portfolio in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities; provided, however, that those transactions, among other things, must be consistent with seeking best execution. The Board also recognized that affiliates of the proposed Adviser may sell, and earn sales commissions and/or other compensation with respect to, insurance products issued by the Manager’s affiliated insurance companies and that the proceeds of those sales may be invested in the Portfolio. Based on its review, the Board determined that any “fall-out” benefits that may accrue to the proposed Adviser are fair and reasonable.

 

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EQ ADVISORS TRUST

DISCLOSURE REGARDING ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL

At a meeting held on December 2-3, 2014, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not parties to any Agreement (as defined below) or “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such parties or the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and unanimously approved an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“AXA FMG” or the “Manager”), which serves as the Trust’s investment manager, and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine” or the “Adviser”) with respect to the Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), effective January 20, 2015.

The Board noted that the Manager proposed to appoint DoubleLine as an additional Adviser to the active allocated portion of the Portfolio. The Board recognized that BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC are the other Advisers to the Portfolio’s active allocated portion, and SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the Adviser to the Portfolio’s index allocated portion. The Board also noted that AXA FMG will generally allocate the Portfolio’s assets among the four abovementioned Advisers, and each will manage its portion of the Portfolio using different yet complementary investment strategies. The Board took into account that the Manager’s proposal was based on certain factors, including but not limited to, the Manager’s desire to reduce Adviser concentration in the Portfolio’s active allocated portion. In connection with the appointment of DoubleLine as the Adviser to the Portfolio, the Board approved certain modifications to the Portfolio’s principal investment strategies to reflect DoubleLine’s investment process.

In reaching its decision to approve the Agreement between the Manager and DoubleLine, the Board considered the overall fairness of the Agreement and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. The Board further considered all factors it deemed relevant with respect to the consideration of the Agreement, including: (1) the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio by the proposed Adviser; (2) comparative performance information; (3) the level of the proposed advisory fee; (4) economies of scale that may be realized by the proposed Adviser and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of the Portfolio; and (5) the “fall out” benefits to be realized by the proposed Adviser and its affiliates (i.e., any direct or indirect benefits to be derived by the proposed Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Trust). In considering the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or information as all-important or controlling and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to each factor.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board took into account information prepared by the Manager and the proposed Adviser, including memoranda and other materials addressing the factors set out above, and provided to the Trustees prior to the meeting. The information provided to the Trustees described, among other things, the services to be provided by the proposed Adviser, as well as the proposed Adviser’s investment personnel, proposed advisory fee, performance information, and other matters. The Board also took into account information provided to the Trustees at prior Board meetings. During the relevant meeting, the Trustees met with senior representatives of the Manager to discuss the Agreement and the information provided. The Independent Trustees met in executive session during the meeting to review the information provided. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel during the meeting and during their deliberations regarding the Agreement, and also received materials discussing the legal standards applicable to their consideration of the Agreement. In approving the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the proposed advisory fee was fair and reasonable and that the approval of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Portfolio and its investors. Although the Board gave attention to all information provided, the following discusses some primary factors that the Board deemed relevant to its decision to approve the Agreement.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board evaluated the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided to the Portfolio and its investors by the proposed Adviser. In addition to the investment performance information discussed below, the Board considered the proposed Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to the Portfolio pursuant to the Agreement and the proposed Adviser’s experience in serving as an investment adviser or sub-adviser for funds and/or accounts similar to the Portfolio. The Board considered that, subject to the oversight of the Manager, the proposed Adviser would be responsible for making investment decisions for the Portfolio; placing with brokers or dealers all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for its portion of the Portfolio; and performing related trading functions. The Board also reviewed information regarding the proposed Adviser’s process for selecting investments for the Portfolio, as well as information regarding the background of the proposed Adviser’s portfolio managers who would provide services to the Portfolio. In addition, the Board considered the

 

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proposed Adviser’s trading experience, including its policies, processes and procedures aimed at achieving ‘best execution’ on behalf of the Portfolio. The Board also considered the Portfolio’s Chief Compliance Officer’s evaluation of the proposed Adviser’s compliance program, policies, and procedures, and certification that they were consistent with applicable legal standards. The Board also considered whether there were any pending lawsuits, enforcement proceedings or regulatory investigations involving the proposed Adviser and reviewed information regarding the proposed Adviser’s financial condition and history of operations and conflicts of interest in managing the Portfolio. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided by the proposed Adviser were appropriate for the Portfolio in light of its investment objectives and, thus, supported a decision to approve the Agreement.

Investment Performance. The Board received and reviewed the proposed Adviser’s performance data in managing other funds and/or accounts with a similar investment mandate as its active allocated portion of the Portfolio, as compared to an appropriate benchmark. The Board generally considered long-term performance to be more important than short-term performance. The Board also considered the Adviser’s expertise, resources, proposed investment strategy, and personnel for advising the Portfolio. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the performance data and related information supported a decision to approve the Agreement.

Expenses. The Board considered the proposed advisory fee for the proposed Adviser in light of the nature, quality and extent of the overall services to be provided by the proposed Adviser. In addition, the Board considered the relative levels of the advisory fee to be paid to the proposed Adviser and the management fee to be retained by the Manager in light of, among other factors, the services provided to the Portfolio by the Manager and the proposed Adviser. The Board also considered the proposed advisory fee in light of the fees that the proposed Adviser charges under other advisory agreements with other clients. The Board further noted that the Manager, and not the Portfolio, would pay the proposed Adviser and that the proposed advisory fee was negotiated between the proposed Adviser and the Manager. Moreover, the Board noted that the Manager generally is aware of the fees charged by sub-advisers to other clients and that the Manager believes that the fees agreed upon with the proposed Adviser are reasonable in light of the quality of the investment advisory services to be provided. Based on its review, the Board determined, with respect to the Portfolio, that the proposed advisory fee for the proposed Adviser is fair and reasonable.

Profitability and Costs. The Board also considered the estimated impact of the proposed advisory fee on the profitability of the Manager. The Board noted that the investment management fee schedule paid by the Portfolio to the Manager would not change as a result of the Advisory Agreement. The Manager advised the Board that it does not regard Adviser profitability as meaningful to its evaluation of the Agreement. The Board acknowledged the Manager’s view of Adviser profitability, noting the Board’s findings as to the reasonableness of the advisory fee and that the fee paid to the proposed Adviser is the product of negotiations with the Manager and reflects levels of profitability acceptable to the Manager and the proposed Adviser based on the particular circumstances in each case for each of them. The Board further noted that the proposed Adviser’s fee is paid by the Manager and not the Portfolio.

Economies of Scale. The Board also considered whether economies of scale would be realized as the Portfolio grows larger and the extent to which this is reflected in the proposed advisory fee schedule with respect to the Portfolio. While recognizing that any precise determination is inherently subject to assumptions and subjective assessments, the Board noted that the proposed advisory fee schedule includes breakpoints that would reduce the advisory fee rate as applicable Portfolio assets under the Adviser’s management increase. The Board again noted that the advisory fees are paid by the Manager out of its assets and not from the Portfolio’s assets. The Board considered these factors, and the relationship they bear to the fee structure charged to the Portfolio by the Manager, and concluded that there would be a reasonable sharing of benefits from any economies of scale with the Portfolio.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Board also noted that the proposed Adviser may derive ancillary benefits from Portfolio operations. For example, the Board noted that the proposed Adviser may benefit from greater exposure in the marketplace with respect to the proposed Adviser’s investment process and expanding its level of assets under management. In addition, the proposed Adviser may derive benefits from its association with the Manager and other Advisers to the Portfolio. The Board noted that the proposed Adviser does not utilize any soft-dollar arrangements with respect to its fixed income line of business. The Board noted that the proposed Advisor does not maintain any soft-dollar arrangements. Based on its review, the Board determined that any “fall-out” benefits that may accrue to the proposed Adviser are fair and reasonable.

 

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Federal Income Tax Information (Unaudited)

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the percentage of dividends paid that qualify for the 70% dividends received deductions for corporate shareholders, foreign taxes which are expected to be passed through to shareholders for foreign tax credits, gross income derived from sources within foreign countries, and long-term capital gain dividends for the purpose of the dividend paid deduction on its Federal income tax return were as follows:

 

Portfolios:

  70% Dividend
Received
Deduction
    Foreign
Taxes
    Foreign
Source Income
    Long Term
Capital Gain
 

EQ/Common Stock Index

    100.00   $      $      $   

EQ/Core Bond Index

    0.00                        

 

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MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST (UNAUDITED)

The Trust’s Board is responsible for the overall management of the Trust and the Portfolios, including general supervision and review of the Portfolios’ investment activities and their conformity with federal and state law as well as the stated policies of the Portfolios. The Board elects the officers of the Trust who are responsible for administering the Trust’s day-to-day operations. The Trustees of the Trust are identified in the table below along with information as to their principal business occupations held during the last five years and certain other information are shown below.

The Trustees

 

Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen

by Trustee†

 

Other Directorships
Held by Trustee

During Past 5 Years

Interested Trustees

Steven M. Joenk*

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York
(1958)

  Trustee, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   Trustee and Chairman from September 2004 to present, Chief Executive Officer, President from December 2002 to present   From May 2011 to present, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, FMG LLC; from September 1999 to present, Managing Director, AXA Equitable; from September 2004 to April 2011, President, AXA Equitable’s Funds Management Group (“FMG”) unit; from July 2004 to October 1, 2013, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company; from July 2004 to present, Senior Vice President MONY Life Insurance Company of America and Director, MONY Capital Management, Inc., Director and President, 1740 Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman of the Board and President, MONY Asset Management, Inc. and Enterprise Capital Management (from July 2004 to January 2011); from January 2005 to January 2011, Director, MONY Financial Resources of Americas Limited; and from November 2005 to present, Director MONY International Holdings, LLC.   113   None

 

* Affiliated with the Manager and/or the Distributor.
** Each Trustee serves until his or her resignation or retirement.
The registered investment companies in the fund complex include AXA Premier VIP Trust, 1290 Funds and the Trust. Mr. Joenk serves as Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer for each of the registered investment companies in the fund complex, as well as Chairman for each such company.

 

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Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen

by Trustee†

  Other Directorships
Held  by Trustee
Independent Trustees

Jettie M. Edwards

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1946)

  Trustee   From March 1997 to present   Retired. From 1986 to 2001, Partner and Consultant, Syrus Associates (business and marketing consulting firm).   85   From 1997 to 2010, Director, Old Mutual Funds II (12 portfolios); from 2008 to 2009, Director, Old Mutual Funds III (13 portfolios).

Donald E. Foley

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1951)

  Trustee  

From January 1,

2014 to present

 

Retired. From 2010 to

2011, Chairman of the

Board and Chief

Executive Officer,

Wilmington Trust

Corporation; from 1996

to 2010, Senior Vice

President, Treasurer and

Director of Tax ITT

Corporation; from 1989 to

1996, Assistant

Treasurer, International

Paper Company.

  85  

From 2011 to 2012, Director,

and from 2012 to

present Advisory

Committee Member,

M&T Corporation;

from 2007 to 2011,

Director and member

of the Audit

Committee and

Compensation

Committee, from 2008 to 2010,

Wilmington Trust

Corporation;

Advisory Board

member Northern

Trust Company and

Goldman Sachs

Management Groups.

Christopher P.A. Komisarjevsky

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1945)

  Trustee   From March 1997 to present   From 2006 to 2008, Senior Counselor for APCO Worldwide® (global communications consulting) and a member of its International Advisory Council, from 1998 to 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller Worldwide (public relations), from 1996 to 1998, President and Chief Executive Officer of Burson-Marsteller U.S.A.   85   None

 

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Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen

by Trustee†

  Other Directorships
Held  by Trustee
Independent Trustees

H. Thomas McMeekin

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1953)

  Trustee  

From January 1,

2014 to present

 

Retired. From 2000 to

present, Managing

Partner and Founder of

Griffin Investments,

LLC a private equity

firm; from 2009 to 2012

Chief Investment Officer, Sun America Financial Group and United Guaranty Corporation and Senior Managing Director of AIG Asset Management; from 2001 to 2008, Managing Director, Institutional Client Relations of Prudential Investment Management, Inc.

  85  

From 2012 to present,

Director, Achaean

Financial Group;

from 2011 to 2012,

Director US Life

Insurance Company

in the City of New York

Harvey Rosenthal

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1942)

  Trustee   From March 1997 to present   Retired. From 1994 to 1996, President and Chief Operating Officer of Melville Corporation. From 1984 to 1994 President and Chief Executive Officer of the CVS Division of Melville Corporation.   85   From 1997 to 2012, Director, LoJack Corporation.

Gary S. Schpero

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1953)

  Lead Independent Trustee   Trustee from May 2000 to present; from October
2011 to present, Lead Independent Trustee
  Retired. Prior to January 1, 2000, Partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (law firm) and Managing Partner of the Investment Management and Investment Company Practice Group.   85   From May 2012 to present, Trustee, Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund and Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund; from October 2012 to present, Trustee, Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund.

Kenneth L. Walker

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1952)

  Trustee   From January 2012   From May 2002 to present, Partner, The Capital Management Corporation (investment advisory firm).   85   None.

 

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Name, Address and
Year of Birth
  Position(s) Held
With Fund
  Term of Office**
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen

by Trustee†

  Other Directorships
Held  by Trustee
Independent Trustees

Caroline L. Williams

c/o EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10104

(1946)

  Trustee   From January 2012   From July 2010 to December 2012, Executive Vice President, May 2005 to December 2007, Consultant and from May 2001 to May 2005, Chief Financial and Investment Officer, Nathan Cummings Foundation (non-profit organization); from 1988 to 1992, Managing Director, from 1982 to 1988, Senior Vice President, from 1978 to 1982, Vice President and from 1971 to 1976, Associate, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation (investment bank).   85   From 1997 to 2009, Director, Hearst-Argyle Television.

 

** Each Trustee serves until his or her resignation or retirement.
The registered investment companies in the fund complex include AXA Premier VIP Trust, 1290 Funds and the Trust. Mr. Joenk serves as Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer for each of the registered investment companies in the fund complex, as well as Chairman for each such company.

Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Portfolios’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by calling 1-877-222-2144.

 

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The Trust’s Officers

No officer of the Trust receives any compensation paid by the Trust. Each officer of the Trust is an employee of AXA Equitable, AXA Advisors, LLC (“AXA Advisors”) or AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors”). The Trust’s principal officers are:

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth   Position(s) Held
With Fund*
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served**
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

Steven M. Joenk

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1958)

  Trustee, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   From September 2004 to present, Trustee and Chairman and from December 2002 to present, Chief Executive Officer and President.   From May 2011 to present, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, FMG LLC; from September 1999 to present, Managing Director, AXA Equitable; from September 2004 to April 2011, President, AXA Equitable’s FMG; from July 2004 to October 1, 2013, Senior Vice President, MONY Life Insurance Company; from July 2004 to present, Senior Vice President MONY Life Insurance Company of America and Director, MONY Capital Management, Inc., Director and President, 1740 Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman of the Board and President, MONY Asset Management, Inc. and Enterprise Capital Management (from July 2004 to January 2011); from January 2005 to January 2011, Director, MONY Financial Resources of Americas Limited; and from November 2005 to present, Director MONY International Holdings, LLC.

Patricia Louie, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1955)

  Vice President and Secretary  

From

July 1999

to Present

  From June 2012 to present, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel of FMG LLC; from February 2011 to present Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from May 2003 to February 2011, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

Brian Walsh

525 Washington Boulevard,

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1968)

  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer  

From

June 2007

to present

  From May 2011 to present, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2003 to present, Lead Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

Kenneth Kozlowski

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

(1961)

  Vice President  

From
June 2010

to present

  From June 2012 to present, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from September 2011 to present, Managing Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from February 2001 to September 2011, Vice President AXA Financial and AXA Equitable; from July 2004 to January 2011, Director, Enterprise Capital Management, Inc.

Alwi Chan

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1974)

  Vice President  

From

June 2007

to present

  From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2007 to present, Lead Director of AXA Financial and AXA Equitable.

James Kelly

525 Washington Boulevard,

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1968)

  Controller  

From

June 2007

to present

  From May 2011 to present, Vice President of FMG LLC; from September 2008 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable.

Mary E. Cantwell

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1961)

  Vice President  

From

July 1999

to Present

  From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President of FMG LLC; from February 2001 to present, Lead Director of AXA Equitable; from July 2004 to January 2011, a Director of Enterprise Capital Management, Inc.

Roselle Ibanga

525 Washington Boulevard,

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1978)

  Assistant Controller   From
March 2009
to present
  From February 2009 to present, Director of AXA Equitable.

Lisa Perrelli

525 Washington Boulevard,

Jersey City, New Jersey 07310

(1974)

  Assistant Controller   From
March 2009
to present
  From November 2012 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable; from September 2008 to November 2012, Assistant Vice President of AXA Equitable.

 

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Name, Address and Year of Birth   Position(s) Held
With Fund*
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served**
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

William MacGregor

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1975)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From
September 2006
to present
  From June 2012 to present, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2011 to June 2012, Vice President and Associate Corporate Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2008 to present, Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable.

Anthony Geron, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1971)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From July,
2014 to present
  From June 2014 to present, Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2014 to present, Senior Director and Counsel of AXA Equitable; from October 2007 to May 2014 Associate of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Michael Weiner, Esq.

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1982)

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   From July,
2014 to present
  From June 2014 to present, Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of FMG LLC; from May 2014 to present, Senior Director and Counsel of AXA Equitable; from October 2007 to April 2014 Associate of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.

Joseph J. Paolo

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1970)

  Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer   Chief Compliance Officer from May 2007, Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer from November 2005 to Present   From May 2011 to present, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of FMG LLC; from June 2007 to present, Lead Director of AXA Equitable and Chief Compliance Officer of AXA Equitable’s FMG.

Richard Guinnessey

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1963)

  Vice President   From
March 2011
to present
  From June 2012 to present, Vice President FMG LLC, from September 2010 to present, Senior Director of AXA Equitable

Jennifer Mastronardi

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1985)

  Assistant Vice President   From
March 2012
to present
  From February 2009 to present, Director of AXA Equitable; from June 2007 to February 2009, Operations Associate in Managed Futures Department, Morgan Stanley.

Paraskevou Charalambous

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1962)

  Assistant Secretary   From
November 2005
to present
  From March 2000 to present, Lead Manager/Senior Legal Assistant for AXA Equitable.

Helen Espaillat

1290 Avenue of the Americas,

New York, New York 10104

(1963)

  Assistant Secretary   From
March 2009
to present
  From July 2004 to present, Lead Manager/Senior Legal Assistant for AXA Equitable.

 

* The officers in the table above (except Ms. Charalambous and Ms. Espaillat) hold similar positions with two other registered investment companies in the fund complex. The registered investment companies in the fund complex include AXA Premier VIP Trust, 1290 Funds and the Trust.
** Each officer is elected on an annual basis.

CONTROL PERSON AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES (Unaudited)

Shares of the Trust are offered to separate accounts of insurance companies in connection with the Contracts and may be offered to tax-qualified retirement plans and other qualified investors. AXA Equitable may be deemed to be a control person with respect to the Trust by virtue of its record ownership of more than 95% of the Trust’s shares as of March 31, 2011. Shareholders owning more than 25% of the outstanding shares of a portfolio may take actions without the approval of other investors in the portfolio.

 

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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (UNAUDITED)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Portfolios use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling a toll-free number at 1-877-222-2144 and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) on the Trust’s website at www.axa-equitablefunds.com and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The Portfolios file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Portfolios’ Forms N-Q are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and obtain copies at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 15. Indemnification

Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”) and By-Laws.

Article VII, Section 2 of the Declaration of Trust of EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”) states, in relevant part, that a “Trustee, when acting in such capacity, shall not be personally liable to any Person, other than the Trust or a Shareholder to the extent provided in this Article VII, for any act, omission or obligation of the Trust, of such Trustee or of any other Trustee. The Trustees shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrongdoing of any officer, agent, employee, Manager, or Principal Underwriter of the Trust. The Trust shall indemnify each Person who is serving or has served at the Trust’s request as a director, officer, trustee, employee, or agent of another organization in which the Trust has any interest as a shareholder, creditor, or otherwise to the extent and in the manner provided in the By-Laws.” Article VII, Section 4 of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust further states, in relevant part, that the “Trustees shall be entitled and empowered to the fullest extent permitted by law to purchase with Trust assets insurance for liability and for all expenses reasonably incurred or paid or expected to be paid by a Trustee, officer, employee, or agent of the Trust in connection with any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in which he or she may become involved by virtue of his or her capacity or former capacity as a Trustee of the Trust.”

Article VI, Section 2 of the Trust’s By-Laws states, in relevant part, that “[s]ubject to the exceptions and limitations contained in Section 3 of this Article VI, every [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against all liabilities and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any proceeding in which he or she becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been an agent.” Article VI, Section 3 of the Trust’s By-Laws further states, in relevant part, that “[n]o indemnification shall be provided hereunder to [a Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust]: (a) who shall have been adjudicated, by the court or other body before which the proceeding was brought, to be liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office (collectively, “disabling conduct”); or (b) with respect to any proceeding disposed of (whether by settlement, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise) without an adjudication by the court or other body before which the proceeding was brought that such [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] was liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of disabling conduct, unless there has been a determination that such [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] did not engage in disabling conduct: (i) by the court or other body before which the proceeding was brought; (ii) by at least a majority of those Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor are parties to the proceeding based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry); or (iii) by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry); provided, however, that indemnification shall be provided hereunder to [a Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] with respect to any proceeding in the event of (1) a final decision on the merits by the court or other body before which the proceeding was brought that the [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] was not liable by reason of disabling conduct, or (2) the dismissal of the proceeding by the court or other body before which it was brought for insufficiency of evidence of any disabling conduct with which such [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] has been charged.” Article VI, Section 4 of the Trust’s By-Laws also states that the “rights of indemnification herein provided (i) may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust on behalf of any [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust], (ii) shall be severable, (iii) shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any [Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust] may now or hereafter be entitled and (iv) shall inure to the benefit of [such party’s] heirs, executors and administrators.”

 

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Registrant’s Investment Management Agreement states:

Limitations on Liability. Manager will exercise its best judgment in rendering its services to the Trust, and the Trust agrees, as an inducement to Manager’s undertaking to do so, that the Manager will not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, but will be liable only for willful misconduct, bad faith, gross negligence, reckless disregard of its duties or its failure to exercise due care in rendering its services to the Trust as specified in this Agreement. Any person, even though an officer, director, employee or agent of Manager, who may be or become an officer, Trustee, employee or agent of the Trust, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Trust or when acting on any business of the Trust, to be rendering such services to or to be acting solely for the Trust and not as an officer, director, employee or agent, or one under the control or direction of Manager, even though paid by it.

The Registrant’s Investment Advisory Agreements generally state:

Except as may otherwise be provided by the Investment Company Act or any other federal securities law, neither the Adviser nor any of its officers, members or employees (its “Affiliates”) shall be liable for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including legal and other expenses) incurred or suffered by the Manager or the Trust as a result of any error of judgment or mistake of law by the Adviser or its Affiliates with respect to the services provided to the Portfolio, except that nothing in this Agreement shall operate or purport to operate in any way to exculpate, waive or limit the liability of the Adviser or its Affiliates for, and the Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, the Manager, all affiliated persons thereof (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act) and all controlling persons (as described in Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”)) (collectively, “Manager Indemnitees”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses) to which any of the Manager Indemnitees may become subject under the 1933 Act, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, or under any other statute, at common law or otherwise arising out of or based on (i) any willful misconduct, bad faith, reckless disregard or gross negligence of the Adviser in the performance of any of its duties or obligations hereunder or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus and SAI, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Portfolio or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Adviser which was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Manager or the Trust by the Adviser Indemnitees (as defined below) for use therein.

Except as may otherwise be provided by the Investment Company Act or any other federal securities law, the Manager and the Trust shall not be liable for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses) incurred or suffered by the Adviser as a result of any error of judgment or mistake of law by the Manager with respect to the Portfolio, except that nothing in this Agreement shall operate or purport to operate in any way to exculpate, waive or limit the liability of the Manager for, and the Manager shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser, all affiliated persons thereof (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act) and all controlling persons (as described in Section 15 of the 1933 Act) (collectively, “Adviser Indemnitees”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses) to which any of the Adviser Indemnities may become subject under the 1933 Act, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, or under any other statute, at common law or otherwise arising out of or based on (i) any willful misconduct, bad faith, reckless disregard or gross negligence of the Manager in the

 

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performance of any of its duties or obligations hereunder or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus and SAI, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature, or other materials pertaining to the Portfolio or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Manager which was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Manager or the Trust by the Adviser Indemnitees for use therein.

Section 14 of each of the Registrant’s Distribution Agreements states:

The Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless [the Distributor] from any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) to which [the Distributor] may be subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or result from negligent, improper, fraudulent or unauthorized acts or omissions by the Trust or its officers, trustees, agents or representatives, other than acts or omissions caused directly or indirectly by [the Distributor].

[The Distributor] will indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, its officers, trustees, agents and representatives against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, to which the Trust, its officers, trustees, agents and representatives may become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Trust Prospectus and/or SAI or any supplements thereto; (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state any material fact required to be stated in the Trust Prospectus and/or SAI or any supplements thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) other misconduct or negligence of [the Distributor] in its capacity as a principal underwriter of the Trust’s Class [IA, IB and/or K] shares and will reimburse the Trust, its officers, Trustees, agents and representatives for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that [the Distributor] shall not be liable in any such instance to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Trust Prospectus and/or SAI or any supplement in good faith reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by the Preparing Parties specifically for use in the preparation of the Trust Prospectus and/or SAI.

Section 6 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Mutual Fund Service Agreement states:

(a) FMG LLC shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss or expense suffered by the Trust, in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except for a loss or expense caused by or resulting from or attributable to willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on FMG LLC’s part (or on the part of any third party to whom FMG LLC has delegated any of its duties and obligations pursuant to Section 4(c) hereunder) in the performance of its (or such third party’s) duties or from reckless disregard by FMG LLC (or by such third party) of its obligations and duties under this Agreement (in the case of FMG LLC) or under an agreement with FMG LLC (in the case of such third party) or, subject to Section 10 below, FMG LLC’s (or such third party) refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement (in the case of FMG LLC) or an agreement with FMG LLC (in the case of such third party) or its breach of any representation or warranty under this Agreement (in the case of FMG LLC) or under an agreement with FMG LLC (in the case of such third party). In no event shall FMG LLC (or such third party) be liable for any indirect, incidental special or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if FMG LLC (or such third party) has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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(b) Except to the extent that FMG LLC may be held liable pursuant to Section 6(a) above, FMG LLC shall not be responsible for, and the Trust shall indemnify and hold FMG LLC harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, payments, expenses and liabilities including, but not limited to, those arising out of or attributable to:

(i) any and all actions of FMG LLC or its officers or agents required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement;

(ii) the reliance on or use by FMG LLC or its officers or agents of information, records, or documents which are received by FMG LLC or its officers or agents and furnished to it or them by or on behalf of the Trust, and which have been prepared or maintained by the Trust or any third party on behalf of the Trust;

(iii) the Trust’s refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement or the Trust’s lack of good faith, or its actions, or lack thereof, involving gross negligence or willful misfeasance;

(iv) the breach of any representation or warranty of the Trust hereunder;

(v) the reliance on or the carrying out by FMG LLC or its officers or agents of any proper instructions reasonably believed to be duly authorized, or requests of the Trust;

(vi) any delays, inaccuracies, errors in or omissions from information or data provided to FMG LLC by data services, including data services providing information in connection with any third party computer system licensed to FMG LLC, and by any corporate action services, pricing services or securities brokers and dealers;

(vii) the offer or sale of shares by the Trust in violation of any requirement under the Federal securities laws or regulations or the securities laws or regulations of any state, or in violation of any stop order or other determination or ruling by any Federal agency or any state agency with respect to the offer or sale of such shares in such state (1) resulting from activities, actions, or omissions by the Trust or its other service providers and agents, or (2) existing or arising out of activities, actions or omissions by or on behalf of the Trust prior to the effective date of this Agreement;

(viii) any failure of the Trust’s Registration Statement to comply with the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act (including the rules and regulations thereunder) and any other applicable laws, or any untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in a Trust’s prospectus;

(ix) except as provided for in Schedule B.III., the actions taken by the Trust, its Manager, its investment advisers, and its distributor in compliance with applicable securities, tax, commodities and other laws, rules and regulations, or the failure to so comply, and

(x) all actions, inactions, omissions, or errors caused by third parties to whom FMG LLC or the Trust has assigned any rights and/or delegated any duties under this Agreement at the specific request of or as required by the Trust, its Portfolio, investment advisers, or Trust distributors.

The Trust shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits) even if the Trust has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action, except when the Trust is required to indemnify FMG LLC pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Section 12(a)(iv) of the Registrant’s Global Custody Agreement states:

(A) Customer shall indemnify and hold Bank and its directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively the “Indemnitees”) harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties, and expenses, including out-of-pocket and incidental expenses and legal fees (“Losses”) that may be incurred by, or asserted against, the Indemnitees or any of them for following any instructions or other directions upon which Bank is authorized to rely pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. (B) In addition to and not in limitation of the preceding subparagraph, Customer shall also indemnify and hold the Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any and all Losses that may be incurred by, or asserted against, the Indemnitees or any of them in connection with or arising out of Bank’s performance under this Agreement, provided the Indemnitees have not acted with negligence or engaged in willful misconduct. (C) In performing its obligations hereunder, Bank may rely on the genuineness of any document which it reasonably believes in good faith to have been validly executed.

Article VIII of the Registrant’s Participation Agreements generally state:

8.1(a). AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (for the purposes of this Article, “Equitable”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, each member of the Board, the Distributors, and the directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any such person within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.1) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of Equitable), investigation of claims or litigation (including legal and other expenses), to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of the Trust’s shares or the Equitable Contracts or interests in the Accounts and:

(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged untrue statements of any material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information for the Equitable Contracts or contained in the Equitable Contracts or sales literature for the Equitable Contracts (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Equitable by or on behalf of the Trust for use in the registration statement, prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information for the Equitable Contracts or in the Equitable Contracts or sales literature (or any amendment or supplement) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Equitable Contracts or Trust shares; or

(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than statements or representations contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, or sales literature of the Trust not supplied by Equitable or persons under its control) or wrongful conduct of Equitable or persons under its control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the Equitable Contracts or Trust shares; or

(iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information, or sales literature of the Trust or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading if such a statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Trust by or on behalf of Equitable; or

 

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(iv) arise as a result of any failure by Equitable to provide the services and furnish the materials required to be provided or furnished by it under the terms of this Agreement; or

(v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by Equitable in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by Equitable;

as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.1(b) and 8.1(c) hereof…

8.2(a). Each of the Distributors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Equitable, and the Trust and each of their directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls Equitable within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.2) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Distributors), investigation of claims or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of the Trust’s shares or the Equitable Contracts or interests in the Accounts and:

(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, or sales literature of the Trust (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Distributors or Trust by or on behalf of Equitable for use in the Registration Statement, prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information for the Trust, or in sales literature (or any amendment or supplement) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Equitable Contracts or Trust shares; or

(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than statements or representations contained in the registration statement, prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, or sales literature for the Equitable Contracts not supplied by the Distributors or persons under their control) or wrongful conduct of the Distributors or persons under their control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the Equitable Contracts or Trust shares; or

(iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement, prospectus, or Statement of Additional Information or sales literature covering the Equitable Contracts, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement or statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to Equitable by or on behalf of the Distributors or the Trust; or

(iv) arise as a result of any failure by the Distributors or the Trust to provide the services and furnish the materials required to be provided or furnished by the Distributors or the Trust under the terms of this Agreement (including a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise, to comply with the diversification or other qualification requirements specified in Article VI of this Agreement); or

 

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(v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Distributors in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Distributors;

as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2(b) and 8.2(c) hereof…

8.3(a) The Trust agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Equitable and each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls Equitable within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 8.3) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Trust), investigation of claims or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements result from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Board or any member thereof, are related to the operations of the Trust and:

(i) arise as a result of any failure by the Trust to provide the services and furnish the materials required to be provided or furnished by it under the terms of this Agreement (including a failure to comply with the diversification and other qualification requirements specified in … this Agreement); or

(ii) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Trust in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Trust;

as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.3(b) and 8.3(c) hereof…

 

Item 16. Exhibits

 

(1) (a) Agreement and Declaration of Trust.1
(1) (b)(i) Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust.2
(1) (b)(ii) Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust.4
(1) (b)(iii) Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. 6
(1) (c) Certificate of Trust.1
(1) (d) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust.2

(2)

By-Laws of the Trust.1

(3)

None.
(4) (a) Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination between EQ Advisors Trust, on behalf of its separate series, EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, and AXA Premier VIP Trust, on behalf of its separate series, CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio. (filed herein as Appendix A to the combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus)

 

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(5)

Provisions of instruments defining the rights of holders of the securities being registered are contained in the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (Exhibits 1(b) and (2)).

(6)

Investment Advisory Contracts

(6) (a)

Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” or “AXA FMG”).25

(6) (a)(i)

Amendment No. 1 effective as of August 1, 2011 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.25

(6) (a)(ii)

Amendment No. 2 effective as of September 1, 2011 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.25

(6) (a)(iii)

Amendment No. 3 effective as of October 1, 2011 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC. 27

(6) (a)(iv)

Amendment No. 4 effective as of February 8, 2013 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.31

(6) (a)(v)

Amendment No. 5 effective as of September 1, 2012 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.31

(6) (a)(vi)

Amendment No. 6 effective as of May 1, 2013 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.34

(6) (a)(vii)

Amendment No. 7 effective as of September 1, 2013 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.34

(6) (a)(viii)

Amendment No. 8 effective as of October 21, 2013 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.34

(6) (a)(ix)

Amendment No. 9 effective as of April 4, 2014 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.37

(6) (a)(x)

Amendment No. 10 effective as of June 1, 2014 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.37

(6) (a)(xi)

Amendment No. 11 effective as of July 16, 2014 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.38

(6) (a)(xii)

Amendment No. 12 effective as of January 20, 2015 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.38

(6) (a)(xiii)

Amendment No. 13 effective as of April 30, 2015 to the Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.39

(6) (b)(i)

Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein L.P. (“AllianceBernstein”) effective as of May 1, 2011.25

(6) (b)(ii)

Amendment No. 1 effective as of September 1, 2011 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.27

 

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(6) (b)(iii)

Amendment No. 2 effective as of August 1, 2012 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.31

(6) (b)(iv)

Amendment No. 3 effective as of September 1, 2012, to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.31

(6) (b)(v)

Amendment No. 4 effective as of June 1, 2014, to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.37

(6) (b)(vi)

Amendment No. 5 effective as of July 16, 2014 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.38

(6) (b)(vii)

Amendment No. 6 effective as of April 30, 2015, to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and AllianceBernstein effective as of May 1, 2011.39

(6) (c)(i)

Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM”) dated as of May 1, 2011.25

(6) (c)(ii)

Amendment No. 1 effective as of July 10, 2012 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and SSgA FM dated as of May 1, 2011.31

(6) (c)(iii)

Amendment No. 2 effective as of June 1, 2014 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between FMG LLC and SSgA FM dated as of May 1, 2011.37

(7)

Underwriting or Distribution Contracts

(7) (a)(i)

Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors, LLC (“AXA Distributors”) dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.6

(7) (a)(ii)

Amendment No. 1, dated May 2, 2003, to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors, dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.7

(7) (a)(iii)

Amendment No. 2, dated July 8, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors, dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.8

(7) (a)(iv)

Amendment No. 3, dated October 1, 2004 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors, dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.8

(7) (a)(v)

Amendment No. 4, dated May 1, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares. 9

(7) (a)(vi)

Amendment No. 5, dated September 30, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.10

(7) (a)(vii)

Amendment No. 6, dated August 1, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.12

 

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(7) (a)(viii)

Amendment No. 7, dated May 1, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.14

(7) (a)(ix)

Amendment No. 8, dated July 11, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.15

(7) (a)(x)

Amendment No. 9, dated January 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.16

(7) (a)(xi)

Amendment No. 10, dated May 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.18

(7) (a)(xii)

Amendment No. 11, dated January 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.19

(7) (a)(xiii)

Amendment No. 12, dated May 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.20

(7) (a)(xiv)

Amendment No. 13, dated September 29, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.21

(7) (a)(xv)

Amendment No. 14, dated as of August 16, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.23

(7) (a)(xvi)

Amendment No. 15, dated as of December 15, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.23

(7) (a)(xvii)

Amendment No. 16, dated as of June 7, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.26

(7) (a)(xviii)

Amendment No. 17, dated as of April 12, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.29

(7) (a)(xix)

Amendment No. 18, dated as of August 29, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.31

(7) (a)(xx)

Amendment No. 19, dated as of May 1, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.34

 

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(7) (a)(xxi)

Amendment No. 20, dated as of October 21, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.34

(7) (a)(xxii)

Amendment No. 21, dated as of April 4, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to Class IB shares.37

(7) (a)(xxiii)

Amendment No. 22, dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to the Class IB shares.37

(7) (a)(xxiv)

Amendment No. 23, dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to the Class IB shares.38

(7) (a)(xxv)

Amendment No. 24, dated as of April 30, 2015 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the Trust and AXA Distributors dated as of July 15, 2002 with respect to the Class IB shares.39

(8)

Form of Deferred Compensation Plan.3

(9)

Custodian Agreements

(9) (a)(i)

Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated as of February 1, 2002.5

(9) (a)(ii)

Amendment No. 1, dated May 2, 2003, to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.7

(9) (a)(iii)

Amendment No. 2, dated July 8, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.8

(9) (a)(iv)

Amendment No. 3, dated September 13, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.8

(9) (a)(v)

Amendment No. 4 dated May 1, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.9

(9) (a)(vi)

Amendment No. 5 dated September 30, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002. 10

(9) (a)(vii)

Amendment No. 6 dated August 1, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.13

(9) (a)(viii)

Amendment No. 7 dated May 1, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.14

(9) (a)(ix)

Amendment No. 8 dated April 1, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JP Morgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.15

 

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(9) (a)(x)

Amendment No. 9 dated January 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.16

(9) (a)(xi)

Amendment No. 10 dated May 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.18

(9) (a)(xii)

Amendment No. 11 dated July 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.18

(9) (a)(xiii)

Amendment No. 12 dated January 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.19

(9) (a)(xiv)

Amendment No. 13 dated May 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.20

(9) (a)(xv)

Amendment No. 14 dated as of September 29, 2009, to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.21

(9) (a)(xvi)

Amendment No. 15 dated as of October 1, 2009, to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.21

(9) (a)(xvii)

Amendment No. 16 dated as of August 16, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.23

(9) (a)(xviii)

Amendment No. 17 dated as of December 15, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.23

(9) (a)(xix)

Amendment No. 18 dated as of December 7, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.24

(9) (a)(xx)

Amendment No. 19 dated as of May 1, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.25

(9) (a)(xxi)

Amendment No. 20 dated as of July 20, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.25

(9) (a)(xxii)

Amendment No. 21 dated as of April 30, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.29

(9) (a)(xxiii)

Amendment No. 22 dated as of June 1, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.34

 

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(9) (a)(xxiv)

Amendment No. 23 dated as of October 21, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.34

(9) (a)(xxv)

Amendment No. 24 dated as of April 4, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.37

(9) (a)(xxvi)

Amendment No. 25 dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.37

(9) (a)(xxvii)

Amendment No. 26 dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.38

(9) (a)(xxviii)

Amendment No. 27 dated as of April 30, 2015 to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement between the Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated February 1, 2002.40

(10)

Distribution Plan and Multiple Class Plan

(10) (a)

Amended and Restated Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for the Trust’s Class IB shares adopted as of July 14, 2010.22

(10) (d)

Revised Amended and Restated Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the 1940 Act.25

(11)

Opinion and Consent of Counsel regarding the legality of the securities being registered. (filed herewith)

(12)

Not Applicable.

(13)

Other Material Contracts

(13) (a)

Amended and Restated Mutual Fund Service Agreement dated April 1, 2015 between the Trust and FMG LLC.39

(13) (b)

Sub-Administration Agreement between FMG LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank dated April 1, 2015.40

(13) (c)

Expense Limitation Agreement dated as of May 1, 2011 between the Trust and FMG LLC.25

(13) (c)(i)

Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 7, 2011 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.26

(13) (c)(ii)

Amendment No. 2 dated as of August 19, 2011 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011. 25

(13) (c)(iii)

Amendment No. 3 dated as of January 1, 2012 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.27

(13) (c)(iv)

Amendment No. 4 dated as of April 12, 2012 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.29

 

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(13) (c)(v)

Amendment No. 5 dated as of May 1, 2013 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.32

(13) (c)(vi)

Amendment No. 6 dated as of May 1, 2013 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.32

(13) (c)(vii)

Amendment No 7 dated as of April 11, 2014 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.37

(13) (c)(viii)

Amendment No. 8 dated as of May 1, 2014 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.37

(13) (c)(ix)

Amendment No. 9 dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.37

(13) (c)(x)

Amendment No. 10 dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.38

(13) (c)(xi)

Amendment No. 11 dated as of September 1, 2014 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.38

(13) (c)(xii)

Amendment No. 12 dated as of April 30, 2015 to the Expense Limitation Agreement between the Trust and FMG LLC dated May 1, 2011.39

(13) (d)

Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”), AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated as of July 15, 2002.6

(13) (d)(i)

Amendment No. 1, dated May 2, 2003, to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.7

(13) (d)(ii)

Amendment No. 2, dated July 9, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.8

(13) (d)(iii)

Amendment No. 3, dated October 1, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.8

(13) (d)(iv)

Amendment No. 4 dated May 1, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.9

(13) (d)(v)

Amendment No. 5 dated September 30, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.11

(13) (d)(vi)

Amendment No. 6 dated August 1, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.13

 

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(13) (d)(vii)

Amendment No. 7 dated May 1, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.14

(13) (d)(viii)

Amendment No. 8 dated January 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.16

(13) (d)(ix)

Amendment No. 9 dated May 1, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.18

(13) (d)(x)

Amendment No. 10 dated January 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.19

(13) (d)(xi)

Amendment No. 11 dated May 1, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.20

(13) (d)(xii)

Amendment No. 12 dated September 29, 2009 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.21

(13) (d)(xiii)

Amendment No. 13 dated August 16, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.23

(13) (d)(xiv)

Amendment No. 14 dated as of December 15, 2010 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.23

(13) (d)(xv)

Amendment No. 15 dated June 7, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, AXA Distributors and AXA Advisors dated July 15, 2002.26

(13) (d)(xvi)

Amendment No. 16 dated as of April 30, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable and AXA Distributors dated July 15, 2002.31

(13) (e)

Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.33

(13) (e)(i)

Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 4, 2013 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.34

(13) (e)(ii)

Amendment No. 2 dated as of October 21, 2013 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.34

(13) (e)(iii)

Amendment No. 3 dated as of April 4, 2014 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.37

 

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(13) (e)(iv)

Amendment No. 4 dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.37

(13) (e)(v)

Amendment No. 5 dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.38

(13) (e)(vi)

Amendment No. 6 dated as of April 30, 2015 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, AXA Equitable, FMG LLC and AXA Distributors dated May 23, 2012.39

(13) (f)

Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY Life Insurance Company (“MONY Life”), and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.35

(13) (f)(i)

Amendment No. 1 dated June 4, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY Life, and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.35

(13) (f)(ii)

Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY Life Insurance Company (“MONY”) and AXA Distributors effective as of October 1, 2013.35

(13) (f)(iii)

Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 4, 2014 to the Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY and AXA Distributors effective as of October 1, 2013.37

(13) (f)(iv)

Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY and AXA Distributors effective as of October 1, 2013.37

(13) (f)(v)

Amendment No. 3 dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY and AXA distributors effective as of October 1, 2013.38

(13) (g)

Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MONY Life Insurance Company of America (“MLOA”) and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.35

(13) (g)(i)

Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 4, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.35

(13) (g)(ii)

Amendment No. 2 dated as of October 21, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.35

(13) (g)(iii)

Amendment No. 3 dated as of November 1, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.36

(13) (g)(iv)

Amendment No. 4 dated as of April 4, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.37

(13) (g)(v)

Amendment No. 5 dated as of June 1, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.37

 

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(13) (g)(vi)

Amendment No. 6 dated as of July 16, 2014 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.38

(13) (g)(vii)

Amendment No. 7 dated as of April 30, 2015 to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement among the Trust, MLOA and AXA Distributors dated as of May 23, 2012.39

(14)

Consent of Independent Public Accountants. (filed herewith)

(15)

Not Applicable.

(16)

Powers of Attorney. (filed herewith)

(17)

Forms of Voting Instruction and Proxy Cards. (filed herewith)

 

1. Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on December 3, 1996 (File No. 333-17217).
2. Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 23, 1997 (File No. 333-17217).
3. Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 7, 1997 (File No. 333-17217).
4 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 23, 2001. (File No. 333-17217).
5. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 3, 2002. (File No. 333-17217).
6. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 7, 2003. (File No. 333-17217).
7. Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 10, 2004 (File No. 333-17217).
8. Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on October 15, 2004 (File No. 333-17217).
9. Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 7, 2005 (File No. 333-17217).
10. Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on August 24, 2005 (File No. 333-17217).
11. Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 5, 2006 (File No. 333-17217).
12 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on August 23, 2006 (File No. 333-17217).
13 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 2, 2007 (File No. 333-17217).
14 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 27, 2007 (File No. 333-17217).
15 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on October 4, 2007 (File No. 333-17217).
16 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 56 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on December 27, 2007 (File No. 333-17217).
17 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 1, 2008 (File No. 333-17217).

 

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18 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 13, 2009 (File No. 333-17217).
19 Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on March 16, 2009 (File No. 333-17217).
20 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 15, 2009 (File No. 333-17217).
21 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 70 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 21, 2010 (File No. 333-17217).
22 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 75 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on October 5, 2010 (File No. 333-17217).
23 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 3, 2011 (File No. 333-17217).
24 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 28, 2011 (File No. 333-17217).
25 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on August 16, 2011 (File No. 333-17217).
26 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 84 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on August 17, 2011 (File No. 333-17217).
27 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 87 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 13, 2012 (File No. 333-17217).
28 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 89 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 6, 2012 (File No. 333-17217).
29 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 91 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 25, 2012 (File No. 333-17217).
30 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on April 25, 2012 (File No. 333-17217).
31 Incorporated by reference to and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 96 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on February 7, 2013 (File No. 333-17217).
32 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on April 30, 2013 (File No. 333-17217).
33 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on July 22, 2013 (File No. 333-17217).
34 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 101 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on October 1, 2013 (File No. 333-17217).
35 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 103 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on January 10, 2014. (File No. 333-17217).
36 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on April 11, 2014. (File No. 333-17217).
37 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 108 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on April 30, 2014. (File No. 333-17217).
38 Incorporated by reference and or/previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 112 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on February 5, 2015. (File No. 333-17217).
39 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 113 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on April 17, 2015. (File 333-17217).
40 Incorporated by reference and/or previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 114 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement filed on April 24, 2015. (File 333-17217).

 

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Item 17. Undertakings

(1) The undersigned registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) under the 1933 Act (17 CFR 230.145(c)), the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for reoffering by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.

(2) The undersigned registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York and state of New York on the 30th day of June 2015.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST

 

By:  

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

  Steven M. Joenk
 

Trustee, Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

Steven M. Joenk

   President   June 30, 2015

/s/Donald E. Foley*

Donald E. Foley

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Christopher P.A. Komisarjevsky*

Christopher P.A. Komisarjevsky

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ H. Thomas McMeekin*

H. Thomas McMeekin

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Harvey Rosenthal*

Harvey Rosenthal

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Gary S. Schpero*

Gary S. Schpero

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Kenneth Walker*

Kenneth Walker

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Caroline L. Williams*

Caroline L. Williams

   Trustee   June 30, 2015

/s/ Brian Walsh*

Brian Walsh

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   June 30, 2015

 

*   By:  

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

    Steven M. Joenk
    Attorney-in-Fact


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

(11) Opinion and Consent of Counsel regarding the legality of the securities being registered.
(14) Consent of Independent Public Accountants.
(16) Powers of Attorney.
(17) Forms of Voting Instructions and Proxy Cards.
EX-99.(11) 2 d925823dex9911.htm OPINION AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL Opinion and Consent of Counsel

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K&L GATES LLP

1601 K STREET, N.W.

WASHINGTON, DC 20006-1600

T 202.778.9000    F 202.778.9100    klgates.com

June 30, 2015

EQ Advisors Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10104

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on or about June 30, 2015, registering the Class IB shares of beneficial interest in each series of the Trust listed as an “Acquiring Portfolio” in Schedule A to this opinion letter (the “Shares”) to be issued pursuant to an agreement and plan of reorganization and termination (the “Reorganization Plan”) to be entered into by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquiring Portfolios, and AXA Premier VIP Trust, on behalf of each of its series listed as an “Acquired Portfolio” in Schedule A. The Reorganization Plan provides for (1) the transfer of the assets of each Acquired Portfolio to the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Portfolio of the liabilities of the Acquired Portfolio and the issuance to the Acquired Portfolio of Shares of the Acquiring Portfolio, (2) the distribution of the Shares pro rata to the shareholders of each Acquired Portfolio in complete liquidation of the Acquired Portfolio, and (3) the termination of the Acquired Portfolios.

This opinion letter is being delivered at your request in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 29 of Schedule A of the Securities Act and Item 16(11) of Form N-14 promulgated thereunder.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:

 

  (i) the combined proxy statement and prospectus, including the form of the Reorganization Plan attached as Appendix A thereto, and statement of additional information filed as part of the Registration Statement;

 

  (ii) the Trust’s certificate of trust, governing instrument, and bylaws in effect on the date of this opinion letter; and

 

  (iii) the resolutions adopted by the trustees of the Trust relating to the Registration Statement, the establishment and designation of the Acquiring Portfolios and the Shares of each class, and the authorization of the issuance and delivery of the Shares pursuant to the Reorganization Plan.

We also have examined and relied upon certificates of public officials and, as to certain matters of fact that are material to our opinions, we have relied on a certificate of an officer of the Trust. We have not independently established any of the facts on which we have so relied.


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For purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed the accuracy and completeness of each document submitted to us, the genuineness of all signatures on original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified, conformed, or photostatic copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof. We have further assumed the legal capacity of natural persons, that persons identified to us as officers of the Trust are actually serving in such capacity, and that the representations of officers of the Trust are correct as to matters of fact. We have not independently verified any of these assumptions.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter are based on the facts in existence and the laws in effect on the date hereof and are limited to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that are applicable to equity securities issued by registered open-end investment companies. We are not opining on, and we assume no responsibility for, the applicability to or effect on any of the matters covered herein of any other laws.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that (1) the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued and delivered to the Acquired Portfolios in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Reorganization Plan, will be validly issued, and (2) the shareholders of each Acquired Portfolio receiving the Shares in exchange for their shares in the Acquired Portfolios and in complete liquidation of the Acquired Portfolios as provided by the Reorganization Plan will have no obligation to make any further payments for the receipt of the Shares or contributions to the Trust solely by reason of their ownership of the Shares.

This opinion is rendered solely in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission in connection with the Registration Statement. In giving our consent we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in Section 11 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission, nor do we admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ K&L Gates LLP

Attachment:      Schedule A

 


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Schedule A to

Opinion of K&L Gates LLP

dated June 30, 2015

 

Acquired Portfolios

  

Acquiring Portfolios

CharterSM Equity Portfolio

   EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio

   EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio
EX-99.(14) 3 d925823dex9914.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Consent of Independent Public Accountants

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”) of our reports dated February 19, 2015, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, CharterSM Equity Portfolio (each a portfolio of AXA Premier VIP Trust), EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio (each a portfolio of EQ Advisors Trust), which appear in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” and “Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination” in such Registration Statement and under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2015, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

June 30, 2015

EX-99.(16) 4 d925823dex9916.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY. Powers of Attorney.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ H. Thomas McMeekin

H. Thomas McMeekin

   Trustee   June 16, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Donald E. Foley

Donald E. Foley

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Christopher P.A. Komisarjevsky

Christopher P.A. Komisarjevsky

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Caroline L. Williams

Caroline L. Williams

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Kenneth L. Walker

Kenneth L. Walker

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Gary S. Schpero

Gary S. Schpero

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Harvey Rosenthal

Harvey Rosenthal

   Trustee   June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned Trustee of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust, that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said Trustee’s name on his or her behalf, and said Trustee hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said Trustee might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said Trustee ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

Steven M. Joenk

  

Trustee, Chairman, President

and Chief Executive Officer

  June 4, 2015


POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned individual whose signature appears below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Steven M. Joenk, Patricia Louie, Esq. and Mark C. Amorosi, Esq. and each of them acting individually, to be his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in the undersigned capacity as shown below, a Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus), any and all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents or instruments relating to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio and CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, (collectively, the “Acquired VIP Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively, (collectively, the “Acquiring Trust Portfolios”), each a series of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Trust to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any rules, regulations, orders or other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, the Acquiring Trust Portfolios and/or classes thereof, and the proxy solicitation by the Trust of shareholders of the Acquired VIP Portfolios; and without limitation of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign said individual’s name on his or her behalf, and said individual hereby grants to said attorney or attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this Power of Attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as said individual might or could do personally in his or her capacity as aforesaid and said individual ratifies, confirms and approves all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys might do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorney or attorneys.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian Walsh

Brian Walsh

   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   June 4, 2015
EX-99.(17) 5 d925823dex9917.htm FORMS OF VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND PROXY CARDS Forms of Voting Instructions and Proxy Cards

SUBMIT VOTING INSTRUCTIONS VIA THE INTERNET:                                 

 

SUBMIT VOTING INSTRUCTIONS VIA THE TELEPHONE:                                 

999 999 999 999

 

     
 

AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST’S (THE “TRUST”) BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT CONTRACTHOLDERS INSTRUCT AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY TO VOTE “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:

 

 
   PROPOSALS         For Against Abstain
   
 

1.     To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust.

¨ ¨ ¨
   
 

2.     To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust.

¨ ¨ ¨
   
 

To Transact such other business that may properly come before the Meeting.

 

 
 

IF YOU SIGN AND RETURN THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD WITHOUT DIRECTING US HOW TO VOTE, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE PROPOSALS.

 

 
 

NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name appears on the records of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and date. If joint owners, each holder should sign this Voting Instruction Card. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give your full title. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by the President or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person.

 

 
           
                          
  Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX) Date Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX) Date  
 

    

             


Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting.

The Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus is available at www.proxydocs.com/AXACP.

 

 

VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD

 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

 

The person signing on the reverse side of this card, the owner of one or more variable life insurance policies and/or variable annuity contracts or certificates (the “Contracts”) whose account value is invested in the portfolios being acquired in the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination (the “Acquired Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”), hereby instructs AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, the owner of the shares of the Trust attributable to the Contracts and, therefore, a shareholder of the Trust, (i) to vote as indicated on the reverse side on each of the specific proposals that will be considered at the Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Meeting”), as described in the Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus dated [            ], 2015 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), (ii) to vote, in adjournment or postponement thereof, as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and (iii) to vote, in its discretion, on such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting.

 

This Voting Instruction Card is solicited by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company as a shareholder of the Trust. Receipt of the Notice of Meeting, Contractholder Voting Instructions and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the Voting Instruction Card is acknowledged by the person signing on the reverse side of this card.

 

PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE

 


VOTE VIA THE INTERNET:                                 

 

VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE:                                 

999 999 999 999

 

     
 

AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST’S (THE “TRUST”) BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:

 

 
   PROPOSALS         For Against Abstain
   
 

1.     To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Equity Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust.

¨ ¨ ¨
   
 

2.     To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, with respect to the reorganization of the CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio, a series of the Trust, into the EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust.

¨ ¨ ¨
   
 

To Transact such other business that may properly come before the Meeting.

 

 
 

IF YOU SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD WITHOUT DIRECTING US HOW TO VOTE, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY CARD WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE PROPOSALS.

 

 
 

NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name appears on the records of the Trust and date. If joint owners, each holder should sign this Proxy Card. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give your full title. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by the President or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person.

 

 
           
           
  Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX) Date Signature (PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX) Date  
 

    

             


Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting.

The Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus is available at www.proxydocs.com/AXACP.

 

 

AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

PROXY CARD

 

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

 

This proxy is being solicited for the Board of Trustees of AXA Premier VIP Trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of the portfolios being acquired in the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination (the “Acquired Portfolios”), each a series of the Trust. The person signing on the reverse side of this card hereby appoints as proxies Brian Walsh and James Kelly, and each of them (with power of substitution) (i) to vote as indicated on the reverse side on the proposals that will be considered at the Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Meeting”), as described in the Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus dated [            ], 2015 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), (ii) to vote, in adjournment or postponement thereof, as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and (iii) to vote, in his/her discretion, on such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting, with all the power that the person signing on the reverse side of this card would have if personally present. The shares represented by this proxy will be voted as instructed on the reverse side of this proxy card. Unless indicated to the contrary, this proxy shall be deemed to grant authority to vote “FOR” the proposals.

 

Receipt of the Notice of Meeting and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus accompanying this Proxy Card is acknowledged by the person signing on the reverse side of this card.

 

PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE

 

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LOGO K&L GATES LLP
1601 K STREET, N.W.
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June 30, 2015

 

VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Mark C. Amorosi
100 F Street, NE D 202.778.9351
Washington, DC 20549 F 202.778.9100
mark.amorosi@klgates.com

 

  Re: EQ Advisors Trust (File No. 811-07953) – Registration Statement on

Form N-14

Dear Sir or Madam:

On behalf of EQ Advisors Trust (the “Trust”), transmitted herewith for filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Regulation C thereunder is a registration statement for the Trust on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement includes a Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders of CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio and CharterSM Equity Portfolio (the “Acquired Portfolios”), each a series of AXA Premier VIP Trust, a Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus, a Statement of Additional Information and forms of voting instruction and proxy cards relating to the special meeting of shareholders of the Acquired Portfolios (the “Meeting”). The Meeting is being held to request shareholder approval of the reorganization of CharterSM Fixed Income Portfolio into EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, a series of the Trust; and the reorganization of CharterSM Equity Portfolio into EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio, which is also a series of the Trust.

This transmission contains a conformed signature page. The manually signed original of this document is maintained at the offices of the Trust.

If you have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 778-9351.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Mark C. Amorosi
Mark C. Amorosi

Enclosures

 

cc: Patricia Louie, Esq.

William MacGregor, Esq.

Michael Weiner, Esq.

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC