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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:  811-2361

 

ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd., Scottsdale, AZ

 

85258

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

CT Corporation System, 101 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-992-0180

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

 

 


 

ITEM 1.                             REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1):

 



Annual Report

December 31, 2009

Classes ADV, I, S and S2

ING Variable Product Funds

Domestic Equity and Income Portfolios

n ING Balanced Portfolio

n ING Growth and Income Portfolio

Domestic Equity Growth Portfolio

n ING Small Company Portfolio

Domestic Equity Value Portfolio

n ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio

Fixed-Income Portfolios

n ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio

n ING Money Market Portfolio

Global Equity Portfolio

n ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio

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This report is submitted for general information to shareholders of the ING Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective shareholders unless accompanied or preceded by a prospectus which includes details regarding the funds' investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. This information should be read carefully.

MUTUAL FUNDS




TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Letter     1    
Market Perspective     2    
Portfolio Managers' Reports     4    
Shareholder Expense Examples     17    
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     19    
Statements of Assets and Liabilities     20    
Statements of Operations     24    
Statements of Changes in Net Assets     26    
Financial Highlights     30    
Notes to Financial Statements     34    
Portfolios of Investments     54    
Tax Information     107    
Director/Trustee and Officer Information     108    
Advisory Contract Approval Discussion     112    

 

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QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Portfolios file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Portfolios' Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Portfolios' Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330; and is available upon request from the Portfolios by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180.




PRESIDENT'S LETTER

Dear Shareholder,

It would be hard to find fault with the returns of securities markets over the past year, but we have been through a tumultuous period, and recent events raise new questions. By most measures (with the confounding exception of employment) the global recession is abating and economies are growing again, especially in the developing countries of Asia. Every silver lining has a cloud, though, and the improved but fragile outlook carries within it the same risks that got us into this crisis: disengaged monetary policies, unpredictable asset bubbles, enfeebled regulation and wilting political will.

Against the backdrop of the Davos World Economic Forum and President Obama's first State of the Union address, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, was confirmed by the Senate for a second four-year term, adding some element of certainty to the concerns of investors about the future. He and other policymakers still face economic problems, such as our growing long-term budget deficit, which will influence markets going forward.

How can this information help you with your investment plans? The outlook for corporate profits and market valuations is driven, at least in part, by reactions of government officials to economic and political events. The federal budget deficit casts overtones of uncertainty around expectations for inflation, for example, which could affect the value of all assets in U.S. markets. As a result, it could make sense to broaden one's investment horizons to include additional exposure to non-U.S. investments.

The strong returns of the stock markets last year should not obscure the fact that keeping a well-diversified asset mix is likely to serve your financial needs. Before you make any changes to your portfolio, discuss them thoroughly with your investment advisor to ensure they appropriately reflect your situation.

Thank you for your continued confidence in ING Funds. We look forward to serving your investment needs in the future.

Sincerely,

Shaun Mathews
President & Chief Executive Officer
ING Funds
January 28, 2010

The views expressed in the President's Letter reflect those of the President as of the date of the letter. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and ING Funds disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and because investment decisions for an ING Fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of investment intent on behalf of any ING Fund. Reference to specific company securities should not be construed as recommendations or investment advice. Consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this information and other information about the fund.

International investing poses special risks including currency fluctuation, economic and political risks not found in investments that are solely domestic.


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MARKET PERSPECTIVE: YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

In our semi-annual report we described how markets in risky assets, depressed by the financial crisis and recession, had abruptly recovered after early March to register gains through June 30, 2009. This was maintained in the second half of the fiscal year and global equities in the form of the MSCI World IndexSM(1) measured in local currencies, including net reinvested dividends ("MSCI" for regions discussed below), added 20.00%, for a return of 25.70% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. (The MSCI World IndexSM returned 29.99% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, measured in U.S. dollars). From the March 9, 2009 low point, the return was 60.90%. In currencies, the U.S. dollar was mixed for the year, losing 1.60% to the euro and 9.10% to the pound, but gaining 2.10% on the yen.

The rally had been credited to "green shoots", a metaphor for signs, perhaps frail and erratic, that the worst of the financial crisis and resulting recession was over. Governments intervened massively to recapitalize companies considered systemically important, or at least to make practically unlimited amounts of liquidity available to them at low cost. These were mainly banks and other financial institutions, but in the U.S. also included major auto makers. Some financial giants in the U.S. and U.K., once thought impregnable, now sit meekly under government control. Interest rates have been reduced to record low levels to encourage these institutions to lend and generally to support demand. Bank lending has continued to stagnate, however (except in China, where banks tend to follow government directions). Corporations have instead issued bonds, which have been eagerly taken up by yield hungry investors.

"Cash-for-Clunkers" programs were successfully introduced in a number of countries, under which governments subsidized the trade-in of old vehicles for newer models. In the U.S., the government offered an $8,000 tax credit to first-time home buyers and extended jobless benefits. In Europe, to reduce the number of workers being laid off, corporations were subsidized to keep them on part time. The UK reduced Value Added Tax.

Government budget deficits have soared to modern-day records: in the U.S. alone, the deficit equaled $1.42 trillion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. To keep interest rates down, the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of England have been buying Treasury bonds in a strategy known as quantitative easing.

What will happen when large-scale government intervention ends is probably the greatest concern for investors. But China's rate of gross domestic product ("GDP") growth is approaching 10% again and by the end of the year some key areas of the domestic economy were clearly looking better.

House prices are rising again. The Standard & Poor's ("S&P")/Case-Shiller National U.S. Home Price Index(2) of house prices in 20 cities was reported in December to have risen for five consecutive months, although it was still down 7.30% from a year earlier. Sales of existing homes in November rose to the highest levels since February 2007.

On the employment front, just 11,000 jobs were lost in November and by year end the number of new unemployment claims was the lowest since July 2008. Yet the unemployment rate rose to 10.00%, having peaked at 10.20% even as thousands of workers left the labor force. Wage growth continued to decelerate and the average working week still hovered near lowest recorded levels. Broad, sustainable recovery will require a much more vigorous improvement in the labor market.

The economy, after four consecutive quarterly declines, has at least started to expand again. In the third quarter of 2009, GDP in the U.S. rose by 2.20% at an annual rate.

In U.S. fixed income markets, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index(3) of investment grade bonds returned 5.93% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. But improving risk appetite, combined with concern over the large volumes of issuance and fears of longer term inflation, meant that the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index(4) component returned (3.57)% while the Barclays Capital Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index(5) returned 18.68%. High yield bonds, represented by the Barclays Capital High Yield Bond — 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index(6), did even better, gaining a remarkable 58.76%. The annual yield on the 90-day U.S. Treasury Bills started the year at 12 basis points and ended it at just 5 basis points.

U.S. equities, represented by the S&P 500® Composite Stock Price ("S&P 500®") Index(7) including dividends, returned 26.46% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, led by the technology and materials sectors, with telecoms and utilities lagging, albeit with positive returns. It was far from a smooth ride, and sentiment would periodically become fixated on the rather shaky foundation of the rally. Profits for S&P 500® companies suffered their ninth straight


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MARKET PERSPECTIVE: YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

quarter of annual decline in the third quarter. But this must surely change in the fourth quarter since in the corresponding period in 2008, S&P 500® earnings were actually negative.

In international markets, the MSCI Japan® Index(8) rose 9.10% for the fiscal year, all of it in the first half. By the second quarter, GDP was rising again but it was due to net exports and government stimulus. Domestic demand was still in the doldrums, with wages down for 18 straight months and deflation again the norm. The MSCI Europe ex UK® Index(9) surged 27.70%. As in the U.S., the region's economy returned to growth in the third quarter of 2009. Prices stopped falling in November and by year end purchasing managers' indices were in expansion mode. Against this, unemployment was still on the rise to 9.80%. The MSCI UK® Index(10) jumped 27.60%, despite the disappointment that, alone among the world's largest economies, a rebound in GDP had not been reported by year end. Still, by November house prices were rising on an annual basis for the first time since early 2008, unemployment stabilized and, as in Continental Europe, purchasing managers' indices pointed firmly to expansion.

(1)  The MSCI World IndexSM is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of over 1,400 securities listed on exchanges in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.

(2)  The S&P/Case-Shiller National U.S. Home Price Index tracks the value of single-family housing within the United States. The index is a composite of single family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions and is calculated quarterly.

(3)  The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of publicly issued investment grade U.S. Government, mortgage-backed, asset-backed and corporate debt securities.

(4)  The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index is an unmanaged index that includes public obligations of the U.S. Treasury. Treasury bills, certain special issues, such as state and local government series bonds (SLGs), as well as U.S. Treasury TIPS and STRIPS, are excluded.

(5)  The Barclays Capital Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index is the corporate component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Index. The U.S. Credit Index includes publicly-issued U.S. corporate and specified foreign debentures and secured notes that meet the specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements. The index includes both corporate and non-corporate sectors. The corporate sectors are industrial, utility and finance, which includes both U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.

(6)  The Barclays Capital High Yield Bond — 2% Issuer Constrained Composite Index is an unmanaged index that includes all fixed income securities having a maximum quality rating of Ba1, a minimum amount outstanding of $150 million, and at least one year to maturity.

(7)  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of approximately 500 large-capitalization companies whose securities are traded on major U.S. stock markets.

(8)  The MSCI Japan® Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance in Japan.

(9)  The MSCI Europe ex UK® Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance in Europe, excluding the UK.

(10)  The MSCI UK® Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance in the UK.

Parentheses denote a negative number.

All indices are unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance quoted represents past performance. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Portfolios' performance is subject to change since the period's end and may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please call (800) 992-0180 or log on to www.ingfunds.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month end.

Market Perspective reflects the views of ING's Chief Investment Risk Officer only through the end of the period, and is subject to change based on market and other conditions.


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ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Balanced Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks to maximize investment return consistent with reasonable safety of principal, by investing in a diversified portfolio of one or more of the following asset classes: stocks, bonds and cash equivalents, based on the judgment of the Portfolio's management, of which of those sectors or mix thereof offers the best investment prospects. The Portfolio is managed by Vincent Costa, Christine Hurtsellers, Michael Hyman and Paul Zemsky, Portfolio Managers, of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub-Adviser.*

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 19.23% compared to the Standard & Poor's 500® Composite Stock Price Index(1) ("S&P 500® Index"), the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index(2) and the Composite Index(3) (60% S&P 500® Index/40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), which returned 26.46%, 5.93% and 18.40%, respectively, for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: As the reporting period began, the financial world was on the brink of collapse after the failure of Lehman Brothers. Credit markets froze and the housing market cratered; global bond and stock markets suffered some of the worst performance since the crash of 1987. Bank failures escalated and central banks across the world provided unprecedented policy action in the form of massive fiscal and monetary stimulus. This gloomy picture brightened in March, however, when Citibank announced a return to profitability. A rally ensued; equity markets rewarded investors with positive performance, and the year finished on a strong note.

Throughout the period, the Portfolio was either neutral or overweight equities. Our most recent equity overweight was from August through November. We believed that the U.S. recession had reached an end, and expected a recovery in the United States and globally that would be stronger than consensus forecasts. The Portfolio ended the year in a neutral stance. We remained constructive on prospects for a U.S. and global economic recovery, and in particular on a continued recovery in earnings. Nevertheless, the recent equity rally brought stocks close to or even above fair value on some measures. Collectively, the Portfolio's asset allocation decisions added value.

The bond portion of the Portfolio represented a significant contribution to relative performance. The Portfolio's bond sleeve significantly outperformed its sub-benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The sleeve rebounded smartly on the heels of non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, an overweight to investment grade credit, and allocations to emerging market debt and high yield. Allocations to lower-rated investment grade corporate, especially financials, were also helpful. On the equity side, our larger-cap stock selection detracted from performance, more than offsetting our positive stock picks and overweight in mid-cap. The Portfolio's cash position also acted as a slight drag.

Allocations between equities and fixed income are dependent on our quantitative asset allocation model, which uses the factors mentioned and not on a qualitative evaluation of the bond versus the equity markets. The Portfolio is actively managed and may deviate from its strategic weights.

Current Strategy and Outlook: As we close the chapter on another year, we are pleased with the progress and amazed at the stark differences in the overall environment compared with a mere 12 months ago. We believe economic depression worries have abated, stock markets around the world have rallied and signs of an early upswing are plentiful.

We remain cautiously optimistic, however, particularly regarding the outlook for the developed world as we forecast past mid-year. As growth from the inventory cycle and government stimulus fades, we will continue to confront issues that will ultimately shape the direction and magnitude of the recovery. Unemployment is the key driver of a sustained recovery; additionally, credit creation must provide the fuel for growth.

Top Ten Holdings*
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, due 11/30/11     3.7 %  
U.S. Treasury Note, 4.500%, due 08/15/39     1.4 %  
Microsoft Corp.     1.3 %  
Procter & Gamble Co.     1.2 %  
AT&T, Inc.     1.2 %  
International Business Machines Corp.     1.2 %  
Pfizer, Inc.     1.1 %  
ExxonMobil Corp.     1.1 %  
Government National Mortgage Association,          
4.500%, due 01/15/40     1.1 %  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1.1 %  

 

*  Excludes short-term investments related to ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund — Class I and securities lending collateral.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

*  Effective January 13, 2009, Omar Aguilar, Ph.D. and James Kauffmann were replaced by Vincent Costa, Michael Hyman and Christine Hurtsellers as portfolio managers to the Portfolio.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   10 Year   Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 29, 2006
  Since Inception
of Class S
May 29, 2003
  Since Inception
of Class S2
February 27, 2009
 
Class ADV     20.08 %                 (3.51 )%              
Class I     19.23 %     0.74 %     1.43 %                    
Class S     18.94 %     0.48 %                 3.24 %        
Class S2                                   35.82 %  
S&P 500® Index(1)     26.46 %     0.42 %     (0.95 )%     (5.63 )%(4)     4.31 %(5)     54.56 %(6)  
Barclays Capital Aggregate
Bond Index(2)
    5.93 %     4.97 %     6.33 %     6.04 %(4)     4.42 %(5)     7.28 %(6)  
Composite Index(3)     18.40 %     2.52 %     2.25 %     (0.67 )%(4)     4.63 %(5)     33.93 %(6)  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING Balanced Portfolio against the indices indicated. An index has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of approximately 500 of the largest companies in the U.S.

(2) The Barclays Capital Aggregate U.S. Bond Index is an unmanaged index of publicly issued investment grade U.S. Government, mortgage-backed, asset-backed and corporate debt securities.

(3) The Composite Index consists of 60% of the return of (securities included in) the S&P 500® Index and 40% of the return of (securities included in) the Barclays Capital Aggregate U.S. Bond Index.

(4) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from January 1, 2007.

(5) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from June 1, 2003.

(6) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from March 1, 2009.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser and ING Investment Management Co., the former investment adviser, began serving as sub-adviser to the Portfolio.


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ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Growth and Income Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks to maximize total return through investments in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and securities convertible into common stock. It is anticipated that capital appreciation and investment income will both be major factors in achieving total return. The Portfolio is managed by Christopher F. Corapi and Michael Pytosh, Portfolio Managers of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub-Adviser.

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 30.24% compared to the Standard & Poor's 500® Composite Stock Price Index(1) ("S&P 500® Index"), which returned 26.46% for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: Outperformance was due to strong stock selection, which was favorable in eight out of 10 sectors. In particular, stock picks in consumer discretionary and telecommunications were the largest contributors to the Portfolio's results.

Liberty Media Corp. ("Liberty") was one of the Portfolio's strongest performers in consumer discretionary. Strong results from DirecTV Group, Inc. ("DirecTV"), Liberty's largest holding, was largely driven by better-than-expected subscriber growth in the United States. DirecTV has also executed very well in a tough macro environment and its sticky sports packages and high-definition offerings continue to be competitive differentiators. In telecommunications, our investment in Sprint Nextel Corp. ("Sprint") aided results. We purchased this stock last year after it had significantly underperformed the telecommunication sector as well as its peers and was trading at depressed levels. Our thesis, that Sprint's turnaround efforts — including cost cutting and improved customer service — would lead to better-than-expected results, came to fruition in the first half of this year. We sold the Portfolio's position at that time.

In contrast, the Portfolio was hurt by a handful of securities including Wells Fargo & Co. ("Wells Fargo") and ExxonMobil Corp ("ExxonMobil"). Wells Fargo's stock price declined significantly in the first nine weeks of the year due to concerns over its capital levels and larger-than-expected losses related to its acquisition of banking firm Wachovia Bank NA ("Wachovia"). Through the rest of the year, the stock was able to recover most of the losses incurred during that period, but it failed to recover as quickly as its peers did. The Portfolio still owns Wells Fargo, as it is a premier banking franchise with a consistent record of effective execution. We expect Wells Fargo's acquisition of Wachovia to lead to positive synergies and allow its banking franchise to achieve national scale. Owning ExxonMobil detracted from the Portfolio's relative results as the stock price, along with other integrated oil and gas companies, lagged the energy sector — investors preferred early cycle securities with high sensitivity to commodity prices.

Current Strategy and Outlook: The Portfolio is positioned in companies that we believe have strong or improving competitive positions, robust end markets or attractive capital allocation opportunities. We believe each stock possesses an attractive valuation and a clear catalyst to improve it. Top holdings include Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), Apple, Inc. ("Apple") and Cisco Systems, Inc ("Cisco"). Wal-Mart is in the early phase of a project to improve its shopping experience. We believe this effort, along with overseas growth opportunities, will lead to better results going forward. Within technology, we like Apple and Cisco due to their long-term growth potential and the ability to sustain earnings in the near term.

Top Ten Holdings*
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

ExxonMobil Corp.     4.4 %  
Apple, Inc.     4.0 %  
Procter & Gamble Co.     3.3 %  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     3.1 %  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     3.0 %  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2.9 %  
Pfizer, Inc.     2.6 %  
General Electric Co.     2.4 %  
Oracle Corp.     2.4 %  
PepsiCo, Inc.     2.2 %  

 

*  Excludes short-term investments related to ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund — Class I.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

*  Effective May 1, 2009, Mr. Pytosh was added as a portfolio manager to the Portfolio.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   10 Year   Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 20, 2006
  Since Inception
of Class S
June 11, 2003
  Since Inception
of Class S2
February 27, 2009
 
Class ADV     29.69 %                 (4.98 )%              
Class I     30.24 %     1.50 %     (2.18 )%                    
Class S     30.03 %     1.24 %                 3.91 %        
Class S2                                   52.46 %  
S&P 500® Index(1)     26.46 %     0.42 %     (0.95 )%     (5.63 )%(2)     4.31 %(3)     54.56 %(4)  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING Growth and Income Portfolio against the index indicated. An index has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio manager's views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of approximately 500 of the largest companies in the U.S.

(2) Since inception performance for the index is shown from January 1, 2007.

(3) Since inception performance for the index is shown from June 1, 2003.

(4) Since inception performance for the index is shown from March 1, 2009.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser and ING Investment Management Co., the former investment adviser, began serving as sub-adviser to the Portfolio.


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ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Small Company Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks growth of capital primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of companies with smaller market capitalizations. The Portfolio is managed by Joseph Basset, CFA, and Steve Salopek, Portfolio Managers of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub Adviser.

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 27.56% compared to the Russell 2000® Index(1), which returned 27.17% for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: Although the Russell 2000® Index lagged both large- and mid-caps for the year, it had one of its best recoveries on record, being down more than 31% on March 9 and subsequently rebounding more than 82%. In our opinion, lower quality, lower market capitalization stocks led the rally of 2009. The fourth quarter marked a shift as stocks, which in our view represent higher quality, higher-market capitalization companies, outperformed. We believe this shift reflected a focus on companies' fundamentals as market prices for many of these stocks already reflected expectations of a strong recovery.

Both sector allocation and stock selection benefited performance. Underweight positions in financials and healthcare helped, while an underweight position in consumer discretionary acted as a drag.

Stock selection in financials, energy, industrials and utilities benefited the Portfolio. Notable outperformance in financials was due to selection in commercial banks and capital markets. Energy benefited from selection in energy equipment and services. Selection in machinery, airfreight and logistics and airlines also helped most among industrials.

In contrast, stock selection in information technology, consumer staples, telecommunication services and consumer discretionary detracted from performance. In consumer discretionary, stock selection in household durables and specialty retail held back returns. In consumer staples, stock selection in food and staples retailing detracted from returns. Underperformance in telecommunication services was attributable to stock selection among wireless and diversified telecommunication services.

Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. ("Cooper Tire and Rubber") and Dril-Quip, Inc. ("Dril-Quip") contributed significantly to performance over the period. Cooper Tire and Rubber, which manufactures replacement tires, benefited from a significant improvement in company fundamentals, lower commodity input prices, pricing power and a favorable restructuring. The U.S. government imposed a tariff on imports of Chinese tires in the fall, which benefited U.S. tire manufacturers. A position in Dril-Quip, which manufactures offshore oil drilling and production equipment for use in deep water and harsh environments, also benefited results. Despite a weak start to the year for the oil services industry, the company benefited from an increase in drilling activity after mid-year. In particular, there was renewed interest in deep water drilling and Dril-Quip is one of the few providers of subsea equipment.

In contrast, ArvinMeritor, Inc. ("ArvinMeritor") and Spartan Stores, Inc. ("Spartan Stores") were two of the largest detractors from performance over the period. ArvinMeritor supplies a range of integrated systems for commercial trucks and light vehicles. We initiated a position earlier in the year. Unfortunately, the unfavorable economic environment hurt the stock, as bankruptcy concerns increased. We sold the stock before it rebounded later in the period. Spartan Stores operates as a grocery distributor and retailer, predominantly in Michigan and Indiana. Spartan's geographic exposure hurt it, as Michigan suffered a spike in unemployment brought on by the decline in the auto industry. Later, despite signs that the economy was stabilizing, the stock did not experience the same rebound that other retailers realized. The Portfolio continues to hold the stock, as we believe that the company will benefit as the auto industry recovers and unemployment in Michigan declines. In addition, the stock's valuation is reasonable and we believe management has led the business well against a challenging economic backdrop.

Current Strategy and Outlook: We believe that the economy will continue to recover slowly, and we remain focused on companies with strong balance sheets and good cash flow generation capabilities. The majority of stocks that have performed well since the low on March 9 have been lower quality, more cyclical companies, in our view. We believe that many of these stocks have become relatively expensive, as investors already have priced in expectations of rapid and strong earnings recovery. Now we are focusing on companies that we believe are less cyclical and more attractively valued, with a greater emphasis on earnings achievability. We continue to take advantage of market volatility to acquire what we believe are attractively valued companies.

Top Ten Holdings*
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund     1.5 %  
Cleco Corp.     1.2 %  
Bally Technologies, Inc.     1.2 %  
Solera Holdings, Inc.     1.1 %  
Healthsouth Corp.     1.1 %  
SVB Financial Group     1.1 %  
Polycom, Inc.     1.1 %  
Fossil, Inc.     1.1 %  
Stifel Financial Corp.     1.1 %  
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     1.0 %  

 

*  Excludes short-term investments related to ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund — Class I and securities lending collateral.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   10 Year   Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 16, 2008
  Since Inception
of Class S
November 1, 2001
  Since Inception
of Class S2
February 27, 2009
 
Class ADV     26.96 %                 30.65 %              
Class I     27.56 %     3.70 %     4.86 %                    
Class S     27.33 %     3.38 %                 5.71 %        
Class S2                                   58.73 %  
Russell 2000® Index(1)     27.17 %     0.51 %     3.51 %     27.17 %(2)     6.13 %     62.88 %(3)  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING Small Company Portfolio against the index indicated. An index has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio manager's views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of 3,000 U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.

(2) Since inception performance for the index is January 1, 2009.

(3) Since inception performance for the index is March 1, 2009.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser and ING Investment Management Co., the former investment adviser, began serving as sub-adviser to the Portfolio.


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ING OPPORTUNISTIC LARGE CAP PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio* (the "Portfolio") seeks growth of capital primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks. The Portfolio is managed by Vincent Costa, Portfolio Manager of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub-Adviser.**

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 15.10% compared to the Standard and Poor's 500® Composite Stock Price Index(1) ("S&P 500® Index") and the Russell 1000® Value Index(2), which returned 26.46% and 19.69%, respectively, for the same period.

Portfolio specifics: The Portfolio began 2009 with an overweight in valuation factors, which worked until the middle of January and then reversed performance for the rest of the quarter, hurting returns.

Underperformance in market recognition factors, such as price momentum and analyst estimate revisions, was the main driver of underperformance. This underperformance was most severe in March and April and again in July and August. Quality factors also detracted from performance during the first three quarters of 2009, particularly factors like return on equity and return on assets. Free cash flow to net income was an exception within the quality buckets as it performed well. Within valuation, our model was overweight in high quality, value factors such as free cash flow to price, rather than deep value factors such as book to price and cash to price, which saw the steepest recoveries. Therefore, although the Portfolio was overweight valuation, our stress on high quality meant that the Portfolio did not reap the entire benefit of the valuation bounce-back.

During the first four months of the year, the Portfolio was benchmarked to the Russell 1000 Value Index. In that period, security selection in the energy, utilities and healthcare sectors was unfavorable. Selection in the industrials and consumer staples sectors benefited returns. An underweight position in the materials sector and an overweight position in the consumer staples sector detracted from returns, which was partially offset by an overweight allocation in utilities and an underweight in financials.

For the rest of the year, the Portfolio was benchmarked to the S&P 500 Index. In this period, security selection in the consumer discretionary and financials sectors was the primary detractor from returns. Sector allocation added to returns during the period, through underweight positions in energy and consumer staples.

The top detractors during the year included overweight positions Capital One Financial Corp., Regions Financial Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. The top contributors for the period included overweight positions in Wells Fargo & Co., General Electric Co. and Gap, Inc.

Current Strategy and Outlook: The Portfolio's quantitatively driven large-cap strategy applies a proprietary ranking process to detect unrecognized value in stocks of companies that we expect to outperform the market averages, because of what we believe are their strong business fundamentals. Our analysis positions the Portfolio to capitalize on what we believe are high-quality companies with superior business momentum, strong earnings and attractive valuations.

At the end of the period, the Portfolio was overweight information technology and industrials, and underweight consumer staples and energy.

Top Ten Holdings
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

International Business Machines Corp.     3.6 %  
AT&T, Inc.     3.5 %  
Procter & Gamble Co.     3.2 %  
Pfizer, Inc.     3.2 %  
Microsoft Corp.     3.2 %  
General Electric Co.     2.7 %  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2.6 %  
EMC Corp.     2.3 %  
Oracle Corp.     2.2 %  
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.     2.1 %  

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

*  Effective May 1, 2009, the Portfolio changed its name and principal investment strategy.

**  Effective January 13, 2009, Omar Aguilar is no longer a portfolio manager to the Portfolio.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING OPPORTUNISTIC LARGECAP PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   10 Year   Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 29, 2006
  Since Inception
of Class S
July 16, 2001
 
Class ADV     14.74 %                 (9.07 )%        
Class I     15.10 %     (1.06 )%     (0.41 )%              
Class S     14.83 %     (1.30 )%                 (1.74 )%  
S&P 500® Index(1)     26.46 %     0.42 %     (0.95 )%     (5.63 )%(3)     0.95 %(4)  
Russell 1000® Value Index(2)     19.69 %     (0.25 )%     2.47 %     (8.96 )%(3)     2.25 %(4)  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio against the indices indicated. An index has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in the indices. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio manager's views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the securities of approximately 500 of the largest companies in the U.S.

(2) The Russell 1000® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values, which more closely tracks the types of securities in which the Portfolio invests than the S&P 500® Composite Stock Price Index.

(3) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from January 1, 2007.

(4) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from August 1, 2001.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser and ING Investment Management Co., the former investment adviser, began serving as sub-adviser to the Portfolio.


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ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks to maximize total return consistent with reasonable risk. The Portfolio seeks its objective through investments in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of debt securities. It is anticipated that capital appreciation and investment income will both be major factors in achieving total return. The Portfolio is managed by Christine Hurtsellers, Michael Hyman, Peter Guan and Christopher Diaz, Portfolio Managers of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub-Adviser.*

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 11.57% compared to the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index(1), which returned 5.93% for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: In what was a very strong year for returns of risk-based bonds, despite a weak first quarter, corporate bonds posted excess returns of 22.76%, with utilities leading industrials and financials. Securitized assets also performed well on a relative basis. Commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS") posted excess returns of 29.60%, while asset-backed securities ("ABS") returned 24.96%. Fixed-rate agency residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") rose 4.82%.

It is difficult to gauge the excess returns of the non-agency RMBS bonds since they are not in the major indices; however, we estimate that excess returns may have reached 40% with prime and Alt-A RMBS outperforming home equity loans. The high beta, or non-investment grade, sectors fared extraordinarily well. Global high yield (HY) posted 59.62% of excess returns and emerging market debt ("EMD") returned 37.34%.

After a challenging first quarter, the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark due to significant sector overweights to credit, CMBS, ABS, and non-agency RMBS. Within corporate bonds, its combined overweight to financials (especially insurance companies and banks) and lower-rated bonds also proved beneficial, especially in the context of security selection. In addition, the broader themes of moving from consumer non-cyclicals to cyclicals and commodity-rally themed securities proved beneficial for most of the year.

The strategy was underweight U.S. Treasuries, agency debentures and agency RMBS and overweight riskier sectors as mentioned previously. Indeed, this call was intrinsically correct and we were very happy to underweight two modestly outperforming sectors in order to increase the strategy's overweight to even stronger performing sectors. Duration positioning, which varied over the year, was largely beneficial.

An overweight to high yield was a source of outperformance versus the benchmark while currency allocations to Brazil, Australia, India, Indonesia, and the euro were also beneficial in a period of generally weakening U.S. dollar.

Current Outlook and Strategy: Our key themes for 2010 are for, in our opinion, range-bound U.S. Treasury rates and little likelihood of Federal Reserve tightening in the first half of the year, due to expected high continuing unemployment and significant slack in the domestic economy. Although concerns about inflation may resurface intermittently, we believe that it will not be a problem for the near-term, especially given the decline in owner's equivalent rent and little wage pressure resulting from poor job growth. Given the expansion of domestic and global economies of late, market participants are paying greater attention to the need for an "exit strategy" from quantitative easing and the (near) zero interest rate policy which may well precede actual increases in the fed funds rate.

The Portfolio maintains an overweight to investment grade credit and non-agency RMBS, but we are trimming non-agency RMBS exposure. Additionally, we are overweight CMBS and ABS. We are underweight agency RMBS but may look to add floating rate paper given the opportunity. Our overweight to spread sectors leaves us with an underweight to U.S. Treasuries and agency debentures. We will tactically trade duration with a bias to staying short in the opening days of 2010 as recent economic data has been surprising markets by their strength versus market consensus.

Our new EMD model target is zero pending a better entry point while the high yield target has increased to 10% as we reduce our non-agency RMBS exposures. As 2010 evolves, we may revisit some of our winning trades from 2009 including reinitiating EMD exposures especially in economies that benefit from commodities, have high savings rates, may benefit from rising internal consumption, and a rebound in exports. We re-entered a long Brazilian real trade late in December while maintaining small currency exposures to India and Indonesia.

Investment Type Allocation
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

Corporate Bonds/Notes     40.2 %  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations     29.6 %  
U.S. Treasury Obligations     18.7 %  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations     12.3 %  
Asset-Backed Securities     3.5 %  
Other Bonds     2.4 %  
Preferred Stock     0.2 %  
Other Assets and Liabilities — Net     (6.9 )%  
Net Assets     100.0 %  

 

*  Includes short-term investments related to commercial paper, ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund — Class I and securities lending collateral.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

Top Ten Holdings*
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, due 11/30/11     6.3 %  
U.S. Treasury Note, 4.500%, due 08/15/39     4.3 %  
U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, due 12/15/12     3.4 %  
Federal National Mortgage Association,          
6.000%, due 01/15/33     2.7 %  
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F,          
10.000%, due 01/01/11     2.4 %  
U.S. Treasury Note, 3.375%, due 11/15/19     2.0 %  
Federal National Mortgage Association,          
5.500%, due 01/25/39     1.6 %  
Federal National Mortgage Association,          
4.500%, due 01/25/39     1.5 %  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,          
5.000%, due 01/15/39     1.4 %  
Government National Mortgage Association,          
4.500%, due 01/15/40     1.3 %  

 

*  Excludes short-term investments related to securities lending collateral.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

*  Effective January 13, 2009, James Kauffmann was replaced by Christopher Diaz, Peter Guan, Michael Hyman and Christine Hurtsellers as portfolio co-managers to the Portfolio.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   10 Year   Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 20, 2006
  Since Inception
of Class S
May 3, 2002
  Since Inception
of Class S2
February 27, 2009
 
Class ADV     11.08 %                 2.01 %              
Class I     11.57 %     3.05 %     5.28 %                    
Class S     11.38 %     2.79 %                 4.17 %        
Class S2                                   14.59 %  
Barclays Capital Aggregate
Bond Index(1)
    5.93 %     4.97 %     6.33 %     6.04 %(2)     5.39 %(3)     7.28 %(4)  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio against the index indicated. An index has has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) The Barclays Capital Aggregate U.S. Bond Index is an unmanaged index publicly issued investment grade U.S. Government, mortgage-backed, asset-backed and corporate debt securities.

(2) Since inception performance for the the index is shown from January 1, 2007.

(3) Since inception performance for the index is shown from May 1, 2002.

(4) Since inception performance for the index is shown from March 1, 2009.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser and ING Investment Management Co., the former investment adviser, began serving as sub-adviser to the Portfolio.


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ING MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING Money Market Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks to provide high current return, consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity, through investment in high-quality money market instruments, while maintaining a stable share price of $1.00 per share. The Portfolio is managed by David S. Yealy, Portfolio Manager of ING Investment Management Co. — the Sub-Adviser.

Performance*: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's shares provided a total return of 0.33% compared to the iMoneyNet First Tier Retail Index(1), which returned 0.16% for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: For money market investors, 2009 was a year characterized by a low interest rate environment, continued government support in the U.S. and globally, with both struggling in the first half of the year followed by stabilization and modest recovery in the second half of the period.

The Portfolio's focus this past year has not been on maximizing yield and returns but on preserving capital, limiting credit risk and keeping an excess liquidity cushion due to elevated risks. The Portfolio did take on interest rate risk throughout the year, maintaining a weighted average maturity ("WAM") at the longer end of its maturity range by buying longer-term Treasury and agency securities. The Portfolio finished the year with a 73 day WAM. We avoided additional credit risk but gave up some incremental yield by not buying higher yielding debt of more marginal issuers and structured securities not covered by the government programs during the first half of the year. We started to add longer credit exposure only marginally during the third quarter as the economy and markets stabilized.

Current Strategy and Outlook: It is our expectation that the economy will recover slowly in 2010 due to continuing high unemployment and significant domestic slack. We believe the lack of a sustained and significant housing recovery will remain a drag. We expect the Federal Open Market Committee ("FOMC") will keep the federal funds rate in the 0.00–0.25% range for most if not all of 2010. An increase in short-term rates will be predicated on how soon and quickly the Federal Reserve Board (the "Fed') can remove its quantitative easing measures, and the strength and speed of the economic recovery and future inflation expectations.

Our current strategy continues to focus on maintaining an extended WAM posture with a view that the markets have built in an expectation for a strong economic rebound and the Fed raising short-term rates much earlier in 2010 than we currently expect.

We believe short-term markets are still highly dependent on central bank liquidity programs and have a long way to go before returning to what we would consider normal. The Fed and U.S. Treasury have already terminated some programs they put in place following the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, and have announced that others will expire in early 2010. Preservation of capital and liquidity remain our top objectives. We plan to maintain the Portfolio's above-average excess daily liquidity and short-term liquidity as well as reduced credit exposure until we see how the short-term markets react to the terminations of those programs and the unwinding of quantitative easing.

Investment Type Allocation
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

Commercial Paper     64.0 %  
Repurchase Agreement     13.8 %  
Corporate Bonds/Notes     7.3 %  
Certificates of Deposit     6.4 %  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations     5.5 %  
U.S. Treasury Obligations     3.6 %  
Securities Lending Collateral     2.3 %  
Other Assets and Liabilities — Net     (2.9 )%  
Net Assets     100.0 %  

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

*  Please see Note 5 for more information regarding the contractual waiver in place to reimburse certain expenses of the Portfolio to the extent necessary to assist the Portfolio in maintaining a yield of not less than zero.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING BLACKROCK GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Portfolio is managed by Thomas P. Callan, CFA, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, Erin Xie, PhD, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager and Jean M. Rosenbaum, CFA, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of BlackRock Advisors, LLC — the Sub-Adviser.

Performance: For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Portfolio's Class I shares provided a total return of 52.74% compared to the Standard & Poor's 500® Composite Stock Price Index(1) ("S&P 500® Index") and the NYSE Arca Tech 100 IndexSM(2), which returned 26.46% and 44.35%, respectively, for the same period.

Portfolio Specifics: Looking back, the first two months of 2009 saw equity markets continuing the previous year's declines on fears of economic depression and widespread bank nationalization. By March 2009, stimulus packages and central bank interventions helped stabilize the financial system and sparked a sharp upward re-rating of stocks and other risk assets from deeply oversold levels. As the year closed, investors were focusing on whether private sector demand will be sufficient to fuel growth and create jobs in the quarters to come. At the same time, there are questions around how central banks plan to unwind massive policy responses now that financial markets have normalized considerably and concerns about inflation are beginning to surface.

The Portfolio outperformed the NYSE Arca Tech 100 IndexSM for the year. Stock selection and allocation effects were both positive contributors to these results. Within information technology ("IT"), strong selection came from semiconductors and internet software & services, and, to a lesser extent, from semiconductor equipment and systems software holdings. From an individual holdings perspective, Marvel Technology Group Ltd., Micron Technology, Inc. and Atheros Communications, Inc. within the semiconductor sub-industry more than doubled during their holding periods. Additionally, exposure to Baidu and Google, Inc. helped boost returns relative to the benchmark in the Portfolio's internet software & services group. Conversely, relative performance across technology hardware & equipment was hurt by selection in the computer storage & peripherals, computer hardware and electronic components sub-industries.

Overall allocation effects were positive. Maintaining underweights in the healthcare and industrials sectors relative to the benchmark were the primary contributors as each underperformed IT returns significantly. Additionally, the Portfolio's underweight in biotechnology was a notable source of strength as it was one of the few sub-industries to generate a negative total return in the benchmark in 2009. Allocation effects were also aided by an overweight in the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry, and an underweight in aerospace & defense companies within industrials.

Current Strategy and Outlook: The IT supply chain is continuing to stabilize following the freezing of credit experienced at the end of 2008 and early 2009. With signs of economic recovery underway, a rebound in corporate IT spending may follow, as it has historically been highly correlated with economic activity. Inventory remains at below normal levels for many products in the supply chain, so continued growth is expected. In the near term, however, some parts have better availability than others, possibly causing some variability in earnings results in the coming months. We believe investors should maintain portfolios that are diversified, have carefully calibrated risk exposures, and have an emphasis on valuation in stock selection.

At year-end, the Portfolio was invested as follows: 87% in IT, 4% in healthcare, 3% in telecommunication services, with the remainder in industrials and consumer discretionary. Within IT, the Portfolio's primary overweights were in semiconductors, semiconductor equipment, internet software & services and systems software; significant underweights were in communication equipment, data processing & outsourced services and computer hardware. We remain underweight across healthcare, with the exception of a small exposure to healthcare supplies, which is not represented in the benchmark.

Top Ten Holdings
as of December 31, 2009
(as a percent of net assets)

Apple, Inc.     5.8 %  
Microsoft Corp.     3.4 %  
Google, Inc. — Class A     3.4 %  
Hewlett-Packard Co.     3.3 %  
International Business Machines Corp.     2.9 %  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     2.6 %  
Intel Corp.     2.4 %  
Oracle Corp.     2.2 %  
Texas Instruments, Inc.     2.1 %  
Qualcomm, Inc.     2.0 %  

 

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. The outlook for this Portfolio may differ from that presented for other ING Funds. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class.


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ING BLACKROCK GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS' REPORT

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2009  
    1 Year   5 Year   Since Inception
of Class I
May 1, 2000
  Since Inception
of Class S
November 1, 2001
  Since Inception
of Class ADV
December 16, 2008
  Since Inception
of Class S2
February 27, 2009
 
Class ADV     52.00 %                       47.76 %        
Class I     52.74 %     5.57 %     (6.90 )%                    
Class S(1)     52.62 %     5.33 %           (4.69 )%              
Class S2                                   64.45 %  
S&P 500® Index(2)     26.46 %     0.42 %     (1.81 )%     2.60 %     26.46 %(4)     54.56 %(5)  
NYSE Arca Tech 100 IndexSM(3)     44.35 %     2.94 %     (0.91 )%     5.24 %     44.35 %(4)     56.95 %(5  

 

Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of ING BlackRock Global Science and Technology Portfolio against the indices indicated. An index has no cash in its portfolio, imposes no sales charges and incurs no operating expenses. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Portfolio's performance is shown without the imposition of any expenses or charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Total returns would have been lower if such expenses or charges were included.

The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares.

The performance shown may include the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.

The performance update illustrates performance for a variable investment option available through a variable annuity contract. The performance shown indicates past performance and is not a projection or prediction of future results. Actual investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that shares and/or units, at redemption, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.

This report contains statements that may be "forward-looking" statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the "forward-looking" statements.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.

Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily.

(1) On December 16, 2003, all outstanding shares of Class S were fully redeemed. On July 20, 2005, Class S recommenced operations. The returns for Class S include the performance for Class I, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses of Class S, for the period December 17, 2003 to July 19, 2005.

(2) The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the securities of approximately 500 of the largest companies in the U.S.

(3) The NYSE Arca Tech 100 IndexSM is a multi-industry technology index measuring the performance of companies using technology innovation across a broad spectrum of industries. It is comprised of 100 listed and over-the-counter stocks from 14 different subsectors including computer hardware, software, semiconductors, telecommunications, data storage and processing, electronics and biotechnology.

(4) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from January 1, 2009.

(5) Since inception performance for the indices is shown from March 1, 2009.

Effective March 1, 2002, ING Investments, LLC began serving as investment adviser. Formerly, ING Investment Management Co. served as the investment adviser. Prior to January 1, 2004, the Portfolio was sub-advised by a different sub-adviser.


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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLES (UNAUDITED)

As a shareholder of a Portfolio, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Portfolio expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a 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 period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. The Portfolios' expenses are shown without the imposition of any charges which are, or may be, imposed under your annuity contract. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table shown below, "Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)," provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Portfolio's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not a 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 a Portfolio and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual 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 redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Actual Portfolio Return   Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  
ING Balanced Portfolio   Beginning
Account
Value
July 1,
2009
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31,
2009
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses Paid
During the
Period Ended
December 31,
2009*
  Beginning
Account
Value
July 1,
2009
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31,
2009
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses Paid
During the
Period Ended
December 31,
2009*
 
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,174.70       1.13 %   $ 6.19     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.51       1.13 %   $ 5.75    
Class I     1,000.00       1,167.20       0.63       3.44       1,000.00       1,022.03       0.63       3.21    
Class S     1,000.00       1,165.70       0.88       4.80       1,000.00       1,020.77       0.88       4.48    
Class S2     1,000.00       1,164.20       1.03       5.62       1,000.00       1,020.01       1.03       5.24    
ING Growth and Income Portfolio  
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,209.20       1.11 %   $ 6.18     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.61       1.11 %   $ 5.65    
Class I     1,000.00       1,211.80       0.61       3.40       1,000.00       1,022.13       0.61       3.11    
Class S     1,000.00       1,210.70       0.86       4.79       1,000.00       1,020.87       0.86       4.38    
Class S2     1,000.00       1,198.70       1.01       5.60       1,000.00       1,020.11       1.01       5.14    

 

  

*  Expenses are equal to each Portfolio's respective annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.


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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLES (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

    Actual Portfolio Return   Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  
ING Small Company Portfolio   Beginning
Account
Value
July 1,
2009
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31,
2009
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses Paid
During the
Period Ended
December 31,
2009*
  Beginning
Account
Value
July 1,
2009
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31,
2009
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses Paid
During the
Period Ended
December 31,
2009*
 
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,236.20       1.36 %   $ 7.67     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.35       1.36 %   $ 6.92    
Class I     1,000.00       1,239.10       0.86       4.85       1,000.00       1,020.87       0.86       4.38    
Class S     1,000.00       1,237.50       1.11       6.26       1,000.00       1,019.61       1.11       5.65    
Class S2     1,000.00       1,237.10       1.26       7.10       1,000.00       1,018.85       1.26       6.41    
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio  
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,213.00       1.19 %   $ 6.64     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.21       1.19 %   $ 6.06    
Class I     1,000.00       1,216.70       0.69       3.86       1,000.00       1,021.73       0.69       3.52    
Class S     1,000.00       1,215.30       0.94       5.25       1,000.00       1,020.47       0.94       4.79    
ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio  
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,094.00       1.01 %   $ 5.33     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.11       1.01 %   $ 5.14    
Class I     1,000.00       1,092.50       0.51       2.69       1,000.00       1,022.63       0.51       2.60    
Class S     1,000.00       1,091.30       0.76       4.01       1,000.00       1,021.37       0.76       3.87    
Class S2     1,000.00       1,092.70       0.91       4.80       1,000.00       1,020.62       0.91       4.63    
ING Money Market Portfolio  
Class I   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,001.30       0.37 %   $ 1.87     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.34       0.37 %   $ 1.89    
ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio  
Class ADV   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,283.10       1.55 %   $ 8.92     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.39       1.55 %   $ 7.88    
Class I     1,000.00       1,284.60       1.05       6.05       1,000.00       1,019.91       1.05       5.35    
Class S     1,000.00       1,285.00       1.30       7.49       1,000.00       1,018.65       1.30       6.61    
Class S2     1,000.00       1,282.40       1.45       8.34       1,000.00       1,017.90       1.45       7.37    

 

*  Expenses are equal to each Portfolio's respective annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Shareholders, Board of Directors/Trustees
ING Balanced Portfolio, Inc., ING Variable Funds, ING Variable Portfolios, Inc., ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio, and ING Money Market Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of ING Balanced Portfolio (formerly, ING VP Balanced Portfolio), ING Growth and Income Portfolio (formerly, ING VP Growth and Income Portfolio), a series of ING Variable Funds, ING Small Company Portfolio (formerly, ING VP Small Company Portfolio), ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio (formerly, ING Opportunistic LargeCap Value Portfolio), and ING BlackRock Science and Technology Portfolio (formerly, ING BlackRock Global Science and Technology Portfolio), each a series of ING Variable Portfolios, Inc., ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio (formerly, ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio), and ING Money Market Portfolio (formerly, ING VP Money Market Portfolio) as of December 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2009, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent, and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures when replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the aforementioned portfolios as of December 31, 2009, and the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods specified in the first paragraph above, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 2010


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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

    ING
Balanced
Portfolio
  ING
Growth
and Income
Portfolio
  ING
Small
Company
Portfolio
  ING
Opportunistic
LargeCap
Portfolio
 
ASSETS:  
Investments in securities at value+*   $ 631,960,377     $ 2,480,655,585     $ 505,192,397     $ 158,198,205    
Short-term investments at value**     37,949,143       23,180,614       21,162,431       2,017,735    
Short-term investments in affiliates***     36,702,000       84,973,000       23,022,000       1,208,000    
Cash     79,864       8,610       273       29,423    
Cash collateral for futures     3,393,665       2,849,250                
Foreign currencies at value****           123,648                
Receivables:  
Investment securities sold     196,807       11,538,056             699,718    
Investment securities sold on a delayed-delivery
or when-issued basis
    1,770,821                      
Fund shares sold     46,399       106,216       14,602       49,846    
Dividends and interest     2,650,487       3,337,644       815,515       228,421    
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign
currency contracts
    49,982                      
Upfront payments made on swap agreements     229,717                      
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements     350,104                      
Prepaid expenses     14,963       59,455       12,752       3,742    
Total assets     715,394,329       2,606,832,078       550,219,970       162,435,090    
LIABILITIES:  
Payable for investment securities purchased     1,043,494       6,714,509       9,954,963          
Payable for investment securities purchased
on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis
    34,084,205                      
Payable for fund shares redeemed     1,413,338       1,922,920       1,569,331       353,250    
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned     38,274,574       23,265,017       21,503,289       2,097,919    
Payable for terminated investment contracts (Note 13)     801,949                      
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign
currency contracts
    11,323                      
Upfront payments received on swap agreements     372,769                      
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements     445,300                      
Payable to affiliates     300,777       1,307,183       351,538       93,464    
Payable for directors fees     14,389       69,052       8,901       9,620    
Other accrued expenses and liabilities     147,549       331,622       71,125       54,747    
Total liabilities     76,909,667       33,610,303       33,459,147       2,609,000    
NET ASSETS   $ 638,484,662     $ 2,573,221,775     $ 516,760,823     $ 159,826,090    
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF:  
Paid-in capital   $ 810,201,908     $ 3,050,593,170     $ 567,326,325     $ 212,625,984    
Undistributed net investment income     17,032,817             2,738,722       1,703,884    
Accumulated net realized loss on investments,
foreign currency related transactions,
futures, swaps, and written options
    (236,808,112 )     (907,326,481 )     (137,551,073 )     (68,777,478 )  
Net unrealized appreciation on investments,
foreign currency related transactions,
futures, and swaps
    48,058,049       429,955,086       84,246,849       14,273,700    
NET ASSETS   $ 638,484,662     $ 2,573,221,775     $ 516,760,823     $ 159,826,090    
Including securities loaned at value   $ 37,340,841     $ 22,432,989     $ 20,770,155     $ 2,003,359    
Cost of investments in securities   $ 584,048,674     $ 2,050,861,652     $ 420,604,690     $ 143,844,321    
** Cost of short-term investments   $ 38,274,574     $ 23,265,017     $ 21,503,289     $ 2,097,919    
*** Cost of short-term investments in affiliates   $ 36,702,000     $ 84,973,000     $ 23,022,000     $ 1,208,000    
**** Cost of foreign currencies   $     $ 119,832     $     $    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

    ING
Balanced
Portfolio
  ING
Growth
and Income
Portfolio
  ING
Small
Company
Portfolio
  ING
Opportunistic
LargeCap
Portfolio
 
Class ADV:  
Net Assets   $ 718     $ 1,301,862     $ 35,698     $ 869,601    
Shares authorized     500,000,000       unlimited       100,000,000       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 0.001     $ 1.000     $ 0.001     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     68       67,434       2,445       91,436    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 10.51     $ 19.31     $ 14.60     $ 9.51    
Class I:  
Net Assets   $ 631,106,147     $ 2,090,018,798     $ 437,930,484     $ 139,689,036    
Shares authorized     500,000,000       unlimited       100,000,000       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 0.001     $ 1.000     $ 0.001     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     60,564,004       107,609,473       29,547,799       14,550,770    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 10.42     $ 19.42     $ 14.82     $ 9.60    
Class S:  
Net Assets   $ 7,373,919     $ 481,896,563     $ 78,789,914     $ 19,267,453    
Shares authorized     500,000,000       unlimited       100,000,000       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 0.001     $ 1.000     $ 0.001     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     711,798       24,999,163       5,382,515       2,019,911    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 10.36     $ 19.28     $ 14.64     $ 9.54    
Class S2:  
Net Assets   $ 3,878     $ 4,552     $ 4,727       n/a    
Shares authorized     500,000,000       unlimited       100,000,000       n/a    
Par value   $ 0.001     $ 1.000     $ 0.001       n/a    
Shares outstanding     376       236       324       n/a    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 10.30     $ 19.26     $ 14.61       n/a    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

    ING
Intermediate
Bond
Portfolio
  ING
Money
Market
Portfolio
  ING
BlackRock Science and
Technology Opportunities
Portfolio
 
ASSETS:  
Investments in securities at value+*   $ 2,692,208,753     $     $ 322,357,500    
Short-term investments at value**     374,808,250       29,765,605       2,518,441    
Short-term investments in affiliates***     21,331,000                
Short-term investments at amortized cost     19,998,166       1,153,688,676          
Repurchase agreements           183,580,000          
Cash     3,256,109       71       10,044,907    
Cash collateral for futures     31,828,338                
Derivatives collateral at broker     1,130,000                
Foreign currencies at value****     92,352             2,217,433    
Receivables:  
Investment securities sold     70,946                
Investment securities sold on a delayed-delivery
or when-issued basis
    71,314,809                
Fund shares sold     16,223,624       1,009       204    
Dividends and interest     27,765,634       1,430,283       91,503    
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     569,308             283,232    
Upfront payments made on swap agreements     3,071,312                
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements     4,482,510                
Prepaid expenses     125,194       35,787       6,916    
Reimbursement due from manager                 232    
Total assets     3,268,276,305       1,368,501,431       337,520,368    
LIABILITIES:  
Payable for investment securities purchased     17,779,350             2,043,065    
Payable for investment securities purchased
on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis
    362,952,266                
Payable for fund shares redeemed     984,318       9,587,562       1,574,243    
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned     354,665,559       29,915,006       2,597,801    
Payable for terminated investment contracts (Note 13)     3,269,323                
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     148,460                
Upfront payments received on swap agreements     4,621,165                
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements     5,973,448                
Payable to affiliates     1,240,117       312,968       320,136    
Payable for directors fees     56,698       32,974       1,197    
Other accrued expenses and liabilities     333,397       223,972       60,796    
Total liabilities     752,024,101       40,072,482       6,597,238    
NET ASSETS   $ 2,516,252,204     $ 1,328,428,949     $ 330,923,130    
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF:  
Paid-in capital   $ 2,956,663,933     $ 1,328,823,039     $ 323,638,956    
Undistributed net investment income
(accumulated net investment loss)
    303,718             (283,187 )  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, swaps, and written options
    (455,903,608 )     (244,689 )     (52,266,792 )  
Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments,
foreign currency related transactions, futures, and swaps
    15,188,161       (149,401 )     59,834,153    
NET ASSETS   $ 2,516,252,204     $ 1,328,428,949     $ 330,923,130    
Including securities loaned at value   $ 346,615,946     $ 29,282,007     $ 2,589,108    
Cost of investments in securities   $ 2,677,999,199     $     $ 262,750,174    
** Cost of short-term investments   $ 376,647,926     $ 29,915,006     $ 2,597,801    
*** Cost of short-term investments in affiliates   $ 21,331,000     $     $    
**** Cost of foreign currencies   $ 111,526     $     $ 2,194,424    

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

    ING
Intermediate
Bond
Portfolio
  ING
Money
Market
Portfolio
  ING
BlackRock Science and
Technology Opportunities
Portfolio
 
Class ADV:  
Net Assets   $ 864       n/a     $ 54,286    
Shares authorized     unlimited       n/a       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 1.000       n/a     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     74       n/a       10,995    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 11.62       n/a     $ 4.94    
Class I:  
Net Assets   $ 1,236,593,391     $ 1,328,428,949     $ 100,725,706    
Shares authorized     unlimited       unlimited       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     106,840,902       1,325,769,407       20,104,784    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 11.57     $ 1.00     $ 5.01    
Class S:  
Net Assets   $ 1,279,654,728       n/a     $ 230,138,207    
Shares authorized     unlimited       n/a       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 1.000       n/a     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     111,070,842       n/a       46,438,330    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 11.52       n/a     $ 4.96    
Class S2:  
Net Assets   $ 3,221       n/a     $ 4,931    
Shares authorized     unlimited       n/a       100,000,000    
Par value   $ 1.000       n/a     $ 0.001    
Shares outstanding     278       n/a       997    
Net asset value and redemption price per share   $ 11.59       n/a     $ 4.95    

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

    ING
Balanced
Portfolio
  ING
Growth
and Income
Portfolio
  ING
Small
Company
Portfolio
  ING
Opportunistic
LargeCap
Portfolio
 
INVESTMENT INCOME:  
Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld*(1)    $ 8,157,905     $ 46,606,646     $ 7,452,221     $ 2,458,012    
Interest     10,609,024       314,732       85          
Securities lending income, net     310,802       106,632       135,095       37,731    
Total investment income     19,077,731       47,028,010       7,587,401       2,495,743    
EXPENSES:  
Investment management fees     2,986,501       10,671,387       3,741,264       647,192    
Distribution and service fees:  
Class ADV           4,476       26       1,596    
Class S     16,642       877,791       139,635       34,592    
Class S2     14       156       17          
Transfer agent fees     1,309       11,005       1,234       550    
Administrative service fees     328,505       1,173,823       274,351       59,324    
Shareholder reporting expense     58,834       138,117       39,531       3,900    
Registration fees     292       795       183          
Professional fees     131,868       201,041       62,354       13,487    
Custody and accounting expense     183,166       365,885       60,878       7,614    
Directors fees     46,601       195,624       40,800       2,674    
Miscellaneous expense     70,204       234,132       48,570       13,226    
Interest expense     68       2,058       451          
Total expenses     3,824,004       13,876,290       4,409,294       784,155    
Net waived and reimbursed fees     (21,846 )     (47,279 )     (9,735 )     (552 )  
Net expenses     3,802,158       13,829,011       4,399,559       783,603    
Net investment income     15,275,573       33,198,999       3,187,842       1,712,140    
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON
INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN CURRENCY RELATED
TRANSACTIONS, FUTURES, SWAPS, AND
WRITTEN OPTIONS
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Investments     (82,519,928 )     (56,404,747 )     (63,907,060 )     (12,912,058 )  
Foreign currency related transactions     716,974       28,478                
Futures     2,253,481       8,812,125                
Swaps     3,057,933                      
Written options     341,900                      
Net realized loss on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, swaps, and
written options
    (76,149,640 )     (47,564,144 )     (63,907,060 )     (12,912,058 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation
or depreciation on:
 
Investments     170,765,982       600,384,918       200,263,455       29,121,603    
Foreign currency related transactions     205,733       (11,812 )              
Futures     984,957       216,288                
Swaps     (3,722,178 )                    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures and swaps
    168,234,494       600,589,394       200,263,455       29,121,603    
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments,
foreign currency related transactions, futures,
swaps, and written options
    92,084,854       553,025,250       136,356,395       16,209,545    
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $ 107,360,427     $ 586,224,249     $ 139,544,237     $ 17,921,685    
Foreign taxes withheld   $ 108     $ 729,845     $ 8,224     $ 8,872    
(1) Dividends from affiliates   $ 53,540     $ 122,860     $ 31,792     $ 1,410    

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

    ING
Intermediate
Bond
Portfolio
  ING
Money
Market
Portfolio
  ING
BlackRock Science and
Technology Opportunities
Portfolio
 
INVESTMENT INCOME:  
Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld*(1)    $ 1,213,855     $     $ 1,999,247    
Interest     139,652,731       9,845,224       6,088    
Securities lending income, net     1,748,548             46,031    
Total investment income     142,615,134       9,845,224       2,051,366    
EXPENSES:  
Investment management fees     11,079,383       3,961,133       2,155,074    
Distribution and service fees:  
Class ADV     5             39    
Class S     2,979,273             378,283    
Class S2     11             17    
Transfer agent fees     9,108       2,770       935    
Administrative service fees     1,523,366       871,429       124,763    
Shareholder reporting expense     274,963       223,795       26,692    
Registration fees     957       2,079          
Professional fees     403,319       279,390       48,862    
Custody and accounting expense     351,338       201,500       32,907    
Directors fees     241,833       158,402       15,315    
Miscellaneous expense     217,044       149,422       28,821    
Interest expense     3,145                
Total expenses     17,083,745       5,849,920       2,811,708    
Net waived and reimbursed fees     (62,586 )     (37,937 )     (48,169 )  
Net expenses     17,021,159       5,811,983       2,763,539    
Net investment income (loss)     125,593,975       4,033,241       (712,173 )  
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS,
FOREIGN CURRENCY RELATED TRANSACTIONS, FUTURES,
SWAPS, AND WRITTEN OPTIONS
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Investments     (317,595,662 )     1,060,979       (15,365,434 )  
Foreign currency related transactions     8,088,095             (786,870 )  
Futures     5,138,827                
Swaps     33,970,543                
Written options     4,056,000                
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency related
transactions, futures, swaps, and written options
    (266,342,197 )     1,060,979       (16,152,304 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:  
Investments     462,061,860             114,643,202    
Foreign currency related transactions     2,771,456             903,399    
Futures     18,676,138                
Swaps     (39,098,761 )              
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments,
foreign currency related transactions, futures and swaps
    444,410,693             115,546,601    
Net realized and unrealized gain on foreign currency related
transactions, futures, swaps, and written options
    178,068,496       1,060,979       99,394,297    
Increase in net assets resulting from operations   $ 303,662,471     $ 5,094,220     $ 98,682,124    
Foreign taxes withheld   $     $     $ 86,149    
(1) Dividends from affiliates   $ 250,920     $     $    

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

    ING Balanced Portfolio   ING Growth and Income Portfolio  
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
 
FROM OPERATIONS:  
Net investment income   $ 15,275,573     $ 25,162,629     $ 33,198,999     $ 39,466,367    
Net realized loss on investments, foreign currency related
transactions, futures, swaps, and written options
    (76,149,640 )     (151,906,752 )     (47,564,144 )     (673,802,804 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on
investments, foreign currency related transactions,
futures, and swaps
    168,234,494       (137,938,086 )     600,589,394       (515,276,248 )  
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     107,360,427       (264,682,209 )     586,224,249       (1,149,612,685 )  
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:  
Net investment income:  
Class ADV     (24 )     (24 )     (12,868 )     (11,483 )  
Class I     (27,411,197 )     (30,852,412 )     (27,834,564 )     (33,754,627 )  
Class S     (285,533 )     (281,504 )     (5,611,654 )     (5,751,055 )  
Class S2     (164 )           (21 )        
Net realized gains:  
Class ADV           (81 )              
Class I           (79,796,689 )              
Class S           (795,569 )              
Total distributions     (27,696,918 )     (111,726,279 )     (33,459,107 )     (39,517,165 )  
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:  
Net proceeds from sale of shares     17,370,766       5,172,233       232,270,324       347,174,111    
Proceeds from shares issued in merger (Note 15)                 169,747,571       353,711,801    
Reinvestment of distributions     27,696,730       111,726,174       33,439,582       39,492,686    
      45,067,496       116,898,407       435,457,477       740,378,598    
Cost of shares redeemed     (95,745,942 )     (187,770,892 )     (328,028,775 )     (460,715,815 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital
share transactions
    (50,678,446 )     (70,872,485 )     107,428,702       279,662,783    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     28,985,063       (447,280,973 )     660,193,844       (909,467,067 )  
NET ASSETS:  
Beginning of year     609,499,599       1,056,780,572       1,913,027,931       2,822,494,998    
End of year   $ 638,484,662     $ 609,499,599     $ 2,573,221,775     $ 1,913,027,931    
Undistributed net investment income (distributions in
excess of net investment income) at end of year
  $ 17,032,817     $ 24,101,484     $     $    

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

    ING Small Company Portfolio   ING Opportunistic
LargeCap Portfolio
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
 
FROM OPERATIONS:  
Net investment income   $ 3,187,842     $ 3,896,021     $ 1,712,140     $ 2,635,604    
Net realized loss on investments     (63,907,060 )     (73,348,618 )     (12,912,058 )     (29,961,978 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on
investments
    200,263,455       (127,986,885 )     29,121,603       (25,565,739 )  
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     139,544,237       (197,439,482 )     17,921,685       (52,892,113 )  
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:  
Net investment income:                                  
Class ADV     (21 )           (13 )     (11 )  
Class I     (3,140,359 )     (5,835,407 )     (2,288,544 )     (2,288,554 )  
Class S     (330,410 )     (24,190 )     (323,400 )     (316,610 )  
Class S2     (26 )                    
Net realized gains:                                  
Class ADV                       (140 )  
Class I           (73,864,230 )           (17,966,905 )  
Class S           (384,889 )           (3,013,623 )  
Total distributions     (3,470,816 )     (80,108,716 )     (2,611,957 )     (23,585,843 )  
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:  
Net proceeds from sale of shares     163,340,263       213,494,928       2,369,288       1,563,145    
Proceeds from shares issued in merger (Note 15)                 74,756,101          
Reinvestment of distributions     3,470,762       80,108,716       2,611,944       23,585,688    
      166,811,025       293,603,644       79,737,333       25,148,833    
Cost of shares redeemed     (251,517,739 )     (157,042,784 )     (20,966,665 )     (30,249,954 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital
share transactions
    (84,706,714 )     136,560,860       58,770,668       (5,101,121 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     51,366,707       (140,987,338 )     74,080,396       (81,579,077 )  
NET ASSETS:  
Beginning of year     465,394,116       606,381,454       85,745,694       167,324,771    
End of year   $ 516,760,823     $ 465,394,116     $ 159,826,090     $ 85,745,694    
Undistributed net investment income at end of year   $ 2,738,722     $ 3,541,835     $ 1,703,884     $ 2,610,842    

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

    ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio   ING Money Market Portfolio  
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
 
FROM OPERATIONS:  
Net investment income   $ 125,593,975     $ 171,309,481     $ 4,033,241     $ 46,716,063    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, swaps, and written options
    (266,342,197 )     (95,627,508 )     1,060,979       2,471,989    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on
investments, foreign currency related transactions,
futures, and swaps
    444,410,693       (382,926,910 )           (149,401 )  
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     303,662,471       (307,244,937 )     5,094,220       49,038,651    
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:  
Net investment income:                                  
Class ADV     (54 )     (47 )              
Class I     (81,850,494 )     (118,136,444 )     (4,611,290 )     (124,653,168 )  
Class S     (75,398,390 )     (72,938,302 )              
Class S2     (213 )                    
Net realized gains:                                  
Class ADV           (23 )              
Class I           (47,870,738 )     (674,273 )        
Class S           (29,295,110 )              
Total distributions     (157,249,151 )     (268,240,664 )     (5,285,563 )     (124,653,168 )  
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:  
Net proceeds from sale of shares     368,789,890       1,096,749,148       83,164,700       384,970,723    
Proceeds from shares issued in merger (Note 15)           48,015,614                
Reinvestment of distributions     157,218,648       268,200,908       5,285,563       124,653,168    
      526,008,538       1,412,965,670       88,450,263       509,623,891    
Cost of shares redeemed     (1,113,574,605 )     (1,226,745,331 )     (558,662,896 )     (346,315,736 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital
share transactions
    (587,566,067 )     186,220,339       (470,212,633 )     163,308,155    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     (441,152,747 )     (389,265,262 )     (470,403,976 )     87,693,638    
NET ASSETS:  
Beginning of year     2,957,404,951       3,346,670,213       1,798,832,925       1,711,139,287    
End of year   $ 2,516,252,204     $ 2,957,404,951     $ 1,328,428,949     $ 1,798,832,925    
Distributions in excess of net investment income at
end of year
  $ 303,718     $ (24,551,451 )   $     $    

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

    ING BlackRock
Science and Technology
Opportunities Portfolio
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2009
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
 
FROM OPERATIONS:  
Net investment income (loss)   $ (712,173 )   $ 48,982    
Net realized loss on investments and foreign currency related transactions     (16,152,304 )     (17,342,801 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign
currency related transactions
    115,546,601       (70,362,339 )  
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     98,682,124       (87,656,158 )  
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:  
Net proceeds from sale of shares     128,558,035       52,450,776    
Proceeds from shares issued in merger (Note 15)           123,216,459    
      128,558,035       175,667,235    
Cost of shares redeemed     (41,766,442 )     (41,644,715 )  
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions     86,791,593       134,022,520    
Net increase in net assets     185,473,717       46,366,362    
NET ASSETS:  
Beginning of year     145,449,413       99,083,051    
End of year   $ 330,923,130     $ 145,449,413    
Undistributed net investment income (accumulated net investment loss) at end of year   $ (283,187 )   $ 602,097    

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.

        Income (loss)
from investment
operations
      Less distributions    
                                            Net asset value, beginning of year or period   Net investment income (loss)   Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   Total from investment operations   From net investment income   From net realized gains   From return of capital   Total distributions   Net asset value, end of year or period  
                                       
Year or period ended   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  
ING Balanced Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     9.11       0.22       1.53       1.75       0.35                   0.35       10.51    
12-31-08     14.34       0.29       (4.03 )     (3.74 )     0.34       1.15             1.49       9.11    
12-31-07     14.65       0.29       0.37       0.66       0.39       0.58             0.97       14.34    
12-29-06(4)-12-31-06     14.65       (0.00 )*            (0.00 )*                              14.65    
Class I      
12-31-09     9.18       0.24       1.43       1.67       0.43                   0.43       10.42    
12-31-08     14.45       0.40       (4.07 )     (3.67 )     0.45       1.15             1.60       9.18    
12-31-07     14.65       0.39       0.38       0.77       0.39       0.58             0.97       14.45    
12-31-06     13.64       0.34       1.00       1.34       0.33                   0.33       14.65    
12-31-05     13.40       0.29       0.27       0.56       0.32                   0.32       13.64    
Class S      
12-31-09     9.12       0.21       1.43       1.64       0.40                   0.40       10.36    
12-31-08     14.36       0.34       (4.02 )     (3.68 )     0.41       1.15             1.56       9.12    
12-31-07     14.57       0.35       0.38       0.73       0.36       0.58             0.94       14.36    
12-31-06     13.58       0.32       0.97       1.29       0.30                   0.30       14.57    
12-31-05     13.35       0.27       0.25       0.52       0.29                   0.29       13.58    
Class S2      
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     7.97       0.16       2.60       2.76       0.43                   0.43       10.30    
ING Growth and Income Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     15.04       0.18       4.29       4.47       0.20                   0.20       19.31    
12-31-08     24.61       0.23       (9.58 )     (9.35 )     0.22                   0.22       15.04    
12-31-07     23.38       0.72       0.84       1.56       0.33                   0.33       24.61    
12-20-06(4)-12-31-06     23.70       0.01       (0.06 )     (0.05 )     0.27                   0.27       23.38    
Class I      
12-31-09     15.11       0.27       4.30       4.57       0.26                   0.26       19.42    
12-31-08     24.76       0.36       (9.69 )     (9.33 )     0.32                   0.32       15.11    
12-31-07     23.38       0.33       1.40       1.73       0.35                   0.35       24.76    
12-31-06     20.71       0.25       2.69       2.94       0.27                   0.27       23.38    
12-31-05     19.35       0.23       1.35       1.58       0.22                   0.22       20.71    
Class S      
12-31-09     15.00       0.19       4.32       4.51       0.23                   0.23       19.28    
12-31-08     24.63       0.25       (9.58 )     (9.33 )     0.30                   0.30       15.00    
12-31-07     23.30       0.37       1.29       1.66       0.33                   0.33       24.63    
12-31-06     20.69       0.20       2.64       2.84       0.23                   0.23       23.30    
12-31-05     19.34       0.14       1.41       1.55       0.20                   0.20       20.69    
Class S2      
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     12.69       (0.06 )      6.72       6.66       0.09                   0.09       19.26    

 

      Ratios to average net assets   Supplemental data  
                                            Total Return(1)    Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3)    Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)    Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3)    Net investment income (loss)(2)(3)    Net assets, end of year or period   Portfolio turnover rate  
                               
Year or period ended   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   ($000's)   (%)  
ING Balanced Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     20.08       1.13       1.13       1.13       2.26       1       337    
12-31-08     (28.62 )     1.12       1.12       1.12       2.44       1       294    
12-31-07     4.78       1.10       1.10       1.10       2.05       1       257    
12-29-06(4)-12-31-06           1.10       1.10       1.10       (1.10 )      1       236    
Class I  
12-31-09     19.23       0.63       0.63       0.63       2.55       631,106       337    
12-31-08     (28.10 )     0.62       0.62       0.62       2.97       602,815       294    
12-31-07     5.57       0.60       0.60       0.60       2.68       1,046,498       257    
12-31-06     9.99       0.60       0.60       0.60       2.44       1,183,928       236    
12-31-05     4.24       0.60       0.60       0.60       2.30       1,236,327       308    
Class S  
12-31-09     18.94       0.88       0.88       0.88       2.30       7,374       337    
12-31-08     (28.28 )     0.87       0.87       0.87       2.73       6,684       294    
12-31-07     5.31       0.85       0.85       0.85       2.43       10,281       257    
12-31-06     9.62       0.85       0.85       0.85       2.29       10,683       236    
12-31-05     3.99       0.85       0.85       0.85       2.06       3,170       308    
Class S2  
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     35.82       1.13       1.03       1.03       2.06       4       337    
ING Growth and Income Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     29.69       1.11       1.11       1.11       1.10       1,302       104    
12-31-08     (37.94 )(a)     1.10       1.10       1.10       1.14       791       169    
12-31-07     6.66       1.09       1.09       1.09       2.95       1,211       146    
12-20-06(4)-12-31-06     (0.23 )     1.09       1.09       1.09       1.08       1       103    
Class I  
12-31-09     30.24       0.61       0.61       0.61       1.60       2,090,019       104    
12-31-08     (37.63 )(a)     0.60       0.60       0.60       1.64       1,622,085       169    
12-31-07     7.40       0.59       0.59       0.59       1.32       2,796,115       146    
12-31-06     14.20       0.59       0.59       0.59       1.15       3,098,120       103    
12-31-05     8.13       0.59       0.59       0.59       1.03       3,146,025       80    
Class S  
12-31-09     30.03       0.86       0.86       0.86       1.34       481,897       104    
12-31-08     (37.82 )(a)     0.85       0.85       0.85       1.44       290,152       169    
12-31-07     7.13       0.84       0.84       0.84       1.50       25,169       146    
12-31-06     13.72       0.84       0.84       0.84       0.94       4,758       103    
12-31-05     7.98       0.84       0.84       0.84       0.78       2,431       80    
Class S2  
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     52.46       1.11       1.01       1.01       (0.39 )      5       104    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.

        Income (loss)
from investment
operations
      Less distributions    
                                            Net asset value, beginning of year or period   Net investment income (loss)   Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   Total from investment operations   From net investment income   From net realized gains   From return of capital   Total distributions   Net asset value, end of year or period  
                                       
Year or period ended   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  
ING Small Company Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     11.58       0.08       3.02       3.10       0.08                   0.08       14.60    
12-16-08(4)-12-31-08     11.13       0.00 *•      0.45       0.45                               11.58    
Class I      
12-31-09     11.70       0.09       3.11       3.20       0.08                   0.08       14.82    
12-31-08     19.56       0.11       (5.52 )     (5.41 )     0.18       2.27             2.45       11.70    
12-31-07     21.70       0.24       0.99       1.23       0.04       3.33             3.37       19.56    
12-31-06     21.65       0.05       3.46       3.51       0.09       3.37             3.46       21.70    
12-31-05     19.94       0.10       1.92       2.02       0.03       0.28             0.31       21.65    
Class S      
12-31-09     11.57       0.05       3.09       3.14       0.07                   0.07       14.64    
12-31-08     19.39       0.09       (5.50 )     (5.41 )     0.14       2.27             2.41       11.57    
12-31-07     21.54       0.18       1.00       1.18             3.33             3.33       19.39    
12-31-06     21.59       (0.05 )      3.41       3.36       0.04       3.37             3.41       21.54    
12-31-05     19.90       0.06       1.92       1.98       0.01       0.28             0.29       21.59    
Class S2      
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     9.27       0.03       5.39       5.42       0.08                   0.08       14.61    
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     8.52       0.08       1.12       1.20       0.21                   0.21       9.51    
12-31-08     15.82       0.20       (5.19 )     (4.99 )     0.16       2.15             2.31       8.52    
12-31-07     15.72       0.16       0.20       0.36       0.26                   0.26       15.82    
12-29-06(4)-12-31-06     15.72       (0.00 )*            (0.00 )*                              15.72    
Class I      
12-31-09     8.65       0.14       1.09       1.23       0.28                   0.28       9.60    
12-31-08     16.05       0.29       (5.27 )     (4.98 )     0.27       2.15             2.42       8.65    
12-31-07     15.84       0.23       0.24       0.47       0.26                   0.26       16.05    
12-31-06     13.84       0.23       1.98       2.21       0.21                   0.21       15.84    
12-31-05     13.19       0.19       0.71       0.90       0.25                   0.25       13.84    
Class S      
12-31-09     8.58       0.12       1.09       1.21       0.25                   0.25       9.54    
12-31-08     15.93       0.26       (5.23 )     (4.97 )     0.23       2.15             2.38       8.58    
12-31-07     15.72       0.19       0.24       0.43       0.22                   0.22       15.93    
12-31-06     13.77       0.19       1.96       2.15       0.20                   0.20       15.72    
12-31-05     13.12       0.16       0.71       0.87       0.22                   0.22       13.77    

 

      Ratios to average net assets   Supplemental data  
                                            Total Return(1)    Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3)    Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)    Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3)    Net investment income (loss)(2)(3)    Net assets, end of year or period   Portfolio turnover rate  
                               
Year or period ended   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   ($000's)   (%)  
ING Small Company Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     26.96       1.36       1.36       1.36       0.67       36       128    
12-16-08(4)-12-31-08     4.04       1.35       1.35       1.35       0.65       3       145    
Class I  
12-31-09     27.56       0.86       0.86       0.86       0.67       437,930       128    
12-31-08     (31.05 )     0.85       0.85       0.85       0.71       420,626       145    
12-31-07     5.90       0.84       0.84       0.84       1.16       603,492       106    
12-31-06     16.79       0.85       0.85       0.85       0.26       512,446       83    
12-31-05     10.27 (a)      0.85       0.85       0.85       0.43       393,700       72    
Class S  
12-31-09     27.33       1.11       1.11       1.11       0.43       78,790       128    
12-31-08     (31.28 )     1.10       1.10       1.10       0.71       44,764       145    
12-31-07     5.68       1.09       1.09       1.09       0.90       2,890       106    
12-31-06     16.07       1.10       1.10       1.10       (0.24 )      2,162       83    
12-31-05     10.05 (a)      1.10       1.10       1.10       0.26       68,768       72    
Class S2  
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     58.73       1.36       1.26       1.26       0.27       5       128    
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     14.74       1.19       1.19       1.19       0.83       870       218    
12-31-08     (36.01 )(a)      1.21       1.21       1.21       1.68       1       132    
12-31-07     2.33       1.19       1.19       1.19       0.99       1       197    
12-29-06(4)-12-31-06           1.19       1.19       1.19       (1.19 )     1       83    
Class I  
12-31-09     15.10       0.69       0.69       0.69       1.62       139,689       218    
12-31-08     (35.61 )(a)      0.71       0.71       0.71       2.16       73,764       132    
12-31-07     3.01       0.69       0.69       0.69       1.44       143,438       197    
12-31-06     16.10       0.69       0.69       0.69       1.58       173,014       83    
12-31-05     6.95       0.70       0.70       0.70       1.47       178,828       94    
Class S  
12-31-09     14.83       0.94       0.94       0.94       1.39       19,267       218    
12-31-08     (35.80 )(a)      0.96       0.96       0.96       1.91       11,981       132    
12-31-07     2.77       0.94       0.94       0.94       1.19       23,886       197    
12-31-06     15.77       0.94       0.94       0.94       1.32       28,391       83    
12-31-05     6.76       0.95       0.95       0.95       1.18       30,125       94    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
31



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.

        Income (loss)
from investment
operations
      Less distributions    
                                            Net asset value, beginning of year or period   Net investment income (loss)   Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   Total from investment operations   From net investment income   From net realized gains   From return of capital   Total distributions   Net asset value, end of year or period  
                                       
Year or period ended   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  
ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     11.12       0.47       0.76       1.23       0.73                   0.73       11.62    
12-31-08     13.23       0.58       (1.77 )     (1.19 )     0.62       0.30             0.92       11.12    
12-31-07     12.96       0.63       0.09       0.72       0.45                   0.45       13.23    
12-20-06(4)-12-31-06     13.53       0.02       (0.06 )     (0.04 )     0.53                   0.53       12.96    
Class I      
12-31-09     11.08       0.53       0.75       1.28       0.79                   0.79       11.57    
12-31-08     13.22       0.64       (1.73 )     (1.09 )     0.75       0.30             1.05       11.08    
12-31-07     12.96       0.69       0.08       0.77       0.51                   0.51       13.22    
12-31-06     12.97       0.65       (0.12 )     0.53       0.54                   0.54       12.96    
12-31-05     13.14       0.54       (0.13 )     0.41       0.51       0.07             0.58       12.97    
Class S      
12-31-09     11.00       0.50       0.75       1.25       0.73                   0.73       11.52    
12-31-08     13.14       0.60       (1.72 )     (1.12 )     0.72       0.30             1.02       11.00    
12-31-07     12.89       0.65       0.08       0.73       0.48                   0.48       13.14    
12-31-06     12.91       0.61       (0.12 )     0.49       0.51                   0.51       12.89    
12-31-05     13.09       0.41       (0.03 )     0.38       0.49       0.07             0.56       12.91    
Class S2      
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     10.79       0.42       1.15       1.57       0.77                   0.77       11.59    
ING Money Market Portfolio(b)       
Class I      
12-31-09     1.00       0.00 *      0.00 *      0.00 *      0.00 *      0.00 *            0.00 *      1.00    
12-31-08     1.05       0.02       0.00       0.02       0.07                   0.07       1.00    
12-31-07     1.04       0.05       (0.00 )     0.05       0.04                   0.04       1.05    
12-31-06     1.02       0.05       0.00       0.05       0.03                   0.03       1.04    
12-31-05     1.00       0.03       (0.00 )     0.03       0.01                   0.01       1.02    
ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     3.25       (0.02 )     1.71       1.69                               4.94    
12-16-08(4)-12-31-08     3.29       (0.01 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )                             3.25    
Class I      
12-31-09     3.28       (0.01 )     1.74       1.73                               5.01    
12-31-08     5.45       0.00 *      (2.17 )     (2.17 )                             3.28    
12-31-07     4.58       (0.01 )     0.88       0.87                               5.45    
12-31-06     4.27       (0.01 )     0.32       0.31                               4.58    
12-31-05     3.82       (0.02 )     0.47       0.45                               4.27    
Class S      
12-31-09     3.25       (0.02 )     1.73       1.71                               4.96    
12-31-08     5.42       (0.01 )     (2.16 )     (2.17 )                             3.25    
12-31-07     4.56       (0.02 )     0.88       0.86                               5.42    
12-31-06     4.27       (0.02 )     0.31       0.29                               4.56    
07-20-05(5)-12-31-05     3.90       (0.01 )     0.38       0.37                               4.27    
01-01-03    -12-16-03(5)      2.65       (0.07 )     1.09       1.02                               3.67    
Class S2      
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     3.01       (0.02 )      1.96       1.94                               4.95    

 

      Ratios to average net assets   Supplemental data  
                                            Total Return(1)    Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3)    Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments, if any(2)(3)    Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3)    Net investment income (loss)(2)(3)    Net assets, end of year or period   Portfolio turnover rate  
                               
Year or period ended   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   (%)   ($000's)   (%)  
ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     11.08       1.01       1.01       1.01       4.08       1       692    
12-31-08     (9.16 )     1.01       1.00       1.00       4.58       1       666    
12-31-07     5.60 (a)      0.99       0.99       0.99       4.77       1       438    
12-20-06(4)-12-31-06     (0.30 )     0.99       0.99       0.99       6.82       1       390    
Class I  
12-31-09     11.57       0.51       0.51       0.51       4.62       1,236,593       692    
12-31-08     (8.41 )     0.51       0.50       0.50       5.05       1,803,886       666    
12-31-07     5.95 (a)      0.49       0.49       0.49       5.19       2,267,008       438    
12-31-06     4.06       0.49       0.49       0.49       4.97       1,909,376       390    
12-31-05     3.14       0.49       0.49       0.49       4.14       1,148,075       589    
Class S  
12-31-09     11.38       0.76       0.76       0.76       4.41       1,279,655       692    
12-31-08     (8.73 )     0.76       0.75       0.75       4.82       1,153,518       666    
12-31-07     5.70 (a)      0.74       0.74       0.74       4.92       1,079,662       438    
12-31-06     3.77       0.74       0.74       0.74       4.69       620,849       390    
12-31-05     2.94       0.74       0.74       0.74       3.94       617,269       589    
Class S2  
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     14.59       1.01       0.91       0.91       4.31       3       692    
ING Money Market Portfolio(b)   
Class I  
12-31-09     0.33       0.37       0.37       0.37       0.25       1,328,429          
12-31-08     2.67       0.35       0.35       0.35       2.66       1,798,833          
12-31-07     5.13       0.33       0.33       0.33       5.03       1,711,139          
12-31-06     4.88       0.34       0.34       0.34       4.79       1,355,850          
12-31-05     2.98       0.35       0.35       0.35       2.93       1,073,018          
ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio  
Class ADV  
12-31-09     52.00       1.57       1.55       1.55       (0.92 )     54       74    
12-16-08(4)-12-31-08     (1.22 )     1.58       1.56       1.56       (2.08 )     3       137    
Class I  
12-31-09     52.74       1.07       1.05       1.05       (0.13 )     100,726       74    
12-31-08     (39.82 )     1.08       1.06       1.06       0.09       55,899       137    
12-31-07     19.00       1.08       1.08       1.08       (0.24 )     97,943       84    
12-31-06     7.26       1.08       1.08       1.08       (0.29 )     81,599       129    
12-31-05     11.78       1.06       1.06       1.06       (0.48 )     84,523       118    
Class S  
12-31-09     52.62       1.32       1.30       1.30       (0.41 )     230,138       74    
12-31-08     (40.04 )     1.33       1.31       1.31       (0.02 )     89,548       137    
12-31-07     18.86       1.33       1.33       1.33       (0.50 )     1,140       84    
12-31-06     6.79       1.33       1.33       1.33       (0.51 )     551       129    
07-20-05(5)-12-31-05     9.49       1.31       1.31       1.31       (0.73 )     78       118    
01-01-03    -12-16-03(5)      38.49       1.35       1.35       1.36       (1.13 )           15    
Class S2  
02-27-09(4)-12-31-09     64.45       1.57       1.45       1.45       (0.56 )     5       74    

 

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(1)  Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the effect of insurance contract charges. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.

(2)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(3)  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of a Portfolio. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage commission recapture arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Portfolio during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor but prior to reductions from brokerage commission recapture arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Portfolio. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.

(4)  Commencement of operations.

(5)  Class S was fully redeemed on December 16, 2003 and recommenced operations on July 20, 2005.

*  Amount is less than $0.005 or more than $(0.005).

  Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the period.

  Impact of waiving the advisory fee for the ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund holding has less than 0.005% impact on the expense ratio and net investment income or loss ratio (Note 4).

(a)  There was no impact on total return by the affiliate payment.

(b)  NAV and per share amounts have been restated to reflect the stock split that occurred on October 7, 2008. Effective October 7, 2008, the Portfolio converted to a stable share price of $1.00 per share. In connection with this change, the Portfolio utilized a stock split and distributed additional shares to its shareholders (adjustment factor: 12.926 shares to 1 share) such that each shareholder's proportionate interest and aggregate value of investment in the Portfolio remained the same.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION

Organization. The ING Variable Product Funds are comprised of ING Balanced Portfolio, Inc., ING Variable Funds, ING Variable Portfolios, Inc., ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio, and ING Money Market Portfolio (collectively, "Registrants"), all of which are open-end investment management companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act" or "Act").

ING Balanced Portfolio, Inc. is a company incorporated under the laws of Maryland on December 14, 1988 with one series, ING Balanced Portfolio ("Balanced"). ING Variable Funds is a business trust formed under the laws of Massachusetts on January 25, 1984 with one series, ING Growth and Income Portfolio ("Growth and Income"). ING Variable Portfolios, Inc. is a company incorporated under the laws of Maryland on June 4, 1996 and has twenty separate active series. The three series that are in this report are: ING Small Company Portfolio ("Small Company"), ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio ("Opportunistic LargeCap") and ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio ("Science and Technology Opportunities"). ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio is a business trust formed under the laws of Massachusetts on January 25, 1984 with one series, ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio ("Intermediate Bond"). ING Money Market Portfolio is a business trust formed under the laws of Massachusetts on January 25, 1984 with one series, ING Money Market Portfolio ("Money Market"). Each of the portfolios is a "Portfolio" and collectively, they are the "Portfolios".

Each Portfolio offers Adviser ("ADV") Class, Class I, Class S and Service 2 Class (Class "S2") shares, except Money Market which offers only Class I and Opportunistic LargeCap which offers only ADV Class, Class I and Class S. The four classes differ principally in applicable distribution and service fees. Shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders bear the common expenses of the Portfolios and earn income and realized gains/losses from the Portfolio pro rata based on the average daily net assets of each class, without discrimination between share classes. Common expenses of the Portfolios (including custodial asset-based fees, legal and audit fees, printing and mailing expenses, transfer agency out-of-pocket expenses, and fees and expenses of the independent directors/trustees) are allocated to each Portfolio in proportion to its average net assets. Expenses directly attributable to a particular Portfolio (including advisory, administration, custodial transaction-based, registration, other professional, distribution and/or service fees, certain taxes, and offering costs) are charged directly to that Portfolio. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder service fees, if applicable.

Shares of the Portfolios may be offered to separate accounts of insurance companies as investment options under variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies. Shares may also be offered to qualified pension and retirement plans outside the variable contract and to certain investment advisers and their affiliates. Class I shares may be made available to other investment companies, including series of the companies under fund-of-funds arrangements.

Participating insurance companies and other designated organizations are authorized to receive purchase orders on each Portfolio's behalf.

ING Investments, LLC ("ING Investments'' or the "Investment Adviser"), an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser to the Portfolios. ING Investments has engaged ING Investment Management Co. ("ING IM''), a Connecticut corporation, to serve as the sub-adviser to each Portfolio, with the exception of Science and Technology Opportunities. ING Funds Distributor, LLC ("IFD" or the "Distributor") is the principal underwriter of the Portfolios. ING Investments, ING IM and IFD are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of ING Groep N.V. ("ING Groep"). ING Groep is a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services.

On October 19, 2008, ING Groep announced that it reached an agreement with the Dutch government to strengthen its capital position. ING Groep issued non- voting core Tier-1 securities for a total consideration of EUR 10 billion to the Dutch State. The transaction boosted ING Bank's core Tier-1 ratio, strengthened the insurance balance sheet and reduced ING Groep's Debt/Equity ratio.

On October 26, 2009, ING Groep announced that it will move towards a complete separation of its banking and insurance operations. A formal restructuring plan ("Restructuring Plan") was submitted to the European Commission ("EC"), which approved it on November 18, 2009. It is expected that the Restructuring Plan will be achieved over the next four years by a divestment of all insurance operations (including ING Investment Management) as well as a divestment of ING Direct US by the end of 2013. ING Groep will explore all options, including initial public offerings, sales or combinations thereof.


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NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION (continued)

On December 21, 2009, ING Groep announced that it has completed its planned repurchase of EUR 5 billion of Core Tier 1 securities issued in November 2008 to the Dutch State and its EUR 7.5 billion rights issue.

NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES`

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Portfolios in the preparation of their financial statements. Such policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for investment companies.

A.  Security Valuation. Investments in equity securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sale price. Securities reported by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing prices. Securities traded on an exchange or NASDAQ for which there has been no sale and securities traded in the over-the-counter-market are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices. All investments quoted in foreign currencies are valued daily in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at that time. Debt securities acquired with more than 60 days to maturity are valued using matrix pricing methods determined by an independent pricing service which takes into consideration such factors as yields, maturities, liquidity, ratings and traded prices in similar or identical securities. Securities for which valuations are not readily available from an independent pricing service may be valued by brokers which use prices provided by market makers or estimates of fair market value obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. U.S. government obligations are valued by using market quotations or independent pricing services that use prices provided by market-makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to instruments or securities with similar characteristics. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value. Investments in securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value.

Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available (which may include certain restricted securities, which are subject to limitations as to their sale) are valued at their fair values, as defined in the 1940 Act, and as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Portfolios' Board of Directors/Trustees ("Board"), in accordance with methods that are specifically authorized by the Board. Securities traded on exchanges, including foreign exchanges, which close earlier than the time that a Portfolio calculates its net asset value ("NAV") may also be valued at their fair values as defined by the 1940 Act, and as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board, in accordance with methods that are specifically authorized by the Board. All such fair valuations are made in accordance with valuation procedures of the Portfolios (the "Valuation Procedures") which have been approved by the Board. The valuation techniques applied in any specific instance are set forth in the Valuation Procedures and may vary from case to case. With respect to a restricted security, for example, consideration is generally given to the cost of the investment, the market value of any unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of valuation, the potential expiration of restrictions on the security, the existence of any registration rights, the costs to the Portfolios related to registration of the security, as well as factors relevant to the issuer itself. Consideration may also be given to the price and extent of any public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies' securities. The value of a foreign security traded on an exchange outside the United States is generally based on its price on the principal foreign exchange where it trades as of the time a Portfolio determines its NAV or if the foreign exchange closes prior to the time a Portfolio determines its NAV, the most recent closing price of the foreign security on its principal exchange. Trading in certain non-U.S. securities may not take place on all days on which the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open. Further, trading takes place in various foreign markets on days on which the NYSE is not open. Consequently, the calculation of a Portfolio's NAV may not take place contemporaneously with the determination of the prices of securities held by a Portfolio in foreign securities markets. Further, the value of a Portfolio's assets may be significantly affected by foreign trading on days when a shareholder cannot purchase or redeem shares of a Portfolio. In calculating a Portfolio's NAV, foreign securities denominated in foreign currency are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents. If an event occurs after the time at which the market for foreign securities held by a Portfolio closes but before the time that a Portfolio's NAV is calculated, such event may cause the closing price


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NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

on the foreign exchange to not represent a readily available reliable market value quotation for such securities at the time a Portfolio determines its NAV. In such a case, a Portfolio will use the fair value of such securities as determined under a Portfolio's valuation procedures. Events after the close of trading on a foreign market that could require a Portfolio to fair value some or all of its foreign securities include, among others, securities trading in the U.S. and other markets, corporate announcements, natural and other disasters, and political and other events. Among other elements of analysis in the determination of a security's fair value, the Board has authorized the use of one or more independent research services to assist with such determinations. An independent research service may use statistical analyses and quantitative models to help determine fair value as of the time a Portfolio calculates its NAV. There can be no assurance that such models accurately reflect the behavior of the applicable markets or the effect of the behavior of such markets on the fair value of securities, or that such markets will continue to behave in a fashion that is consistent with such models. Unlike the closing price of a security on an exchange, fair value determinations employ elements of judgment. Consequently, the fair value assigned to a security may not represent the actual value that a Portfolio could obtain if it were to sell the security at the time of the close of the NYSE. Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board, a Portfolio is not obligated to use the fair valuations suggested by any research service, and valuation recommendations provided by such research services may be overridden if other events have occurred or if other fair valuations are determined in good faith to be more accurate. Unless an event is such that it causes a Portfolio to determine that the closing prices for one or more securities do not represent readily available reliable market value quotations at the time a Portfolio determines its NAV, events that occur between the time of the close of the foreign market on which they are traded and the close of regular trading on the NYSE will not be reflected in a Portfolio's NAV.

Money Market uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities, which approximates market value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost and amortizing any discount or premium over the period until maturity, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates or the market value of the security.

Fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolios would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each investment asset or liability of the Portfolios is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as "Level 1", inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as "Level 2" and unobservable inputs, including the adviser's or sub-adviser's, judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as "Level 3". The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Securities valued at amortized cost are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable accounting rules. A table summarizing the Portfolios' investments under these levels of classification is included following the Portfolios of Investments.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, there have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies.

On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued additional guidance related to fair value measurement entitled Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly. This guidance requires enhanced disclosures about the inputs and valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs, if any, during the period. In addition, the three-level hierarchy disclosure and the level three roll-forward disclosure are to be expanded for each major category of equity and debt securities. There was no change to the financial position of the Portfolios and the results of their operations due to the adoption of this guidance and all disclosures have been made for the current period as part of the Notes to Financial Statements and Portfolio of Investments.

On March 19, 2008, the FASB issued new disclosure requirements related to derivatives entitled, "Disclosure about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity invests in derivatives, (b) how derivatives are accounted, and (c) how derivatives affect an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Enhanced


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NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

disclosures regarding credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments is also required. All changes to disclosures have been incorporated for the current period as part of the Notes to Financial Statements and Portfolio of Investments.

B.  Security Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Portfolios. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method.

C.  Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Portfolios are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1)  Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at the end of the day.

(2)  Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at the end of the day, the Portfolios do not isolate the 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 gains or losses from investments. For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, liabilities are recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for the estimated tax withholding based on the securities' current market value. Upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on a Portfolio's books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at fiscal year end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. These risks include, but are not limited to, revaluation of currencies and future adverse political and economic developments, which could cause securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and U.S. government securities.

D.  Risk Exposures and the use of Derivative Instruments. The Portfolios' investment objectives permit the Portfolios to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, a Portfolio will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. This may allow a Portfolio to pursue its objectives more quickly, and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market factors.

Market Risk Factors. In pursuit of its investment objectives, a Portfolio may seek to use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market risk factors:

Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.

Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while


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NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.

Risks of Investing in Derivatives. A Portfolio's use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where a Portfolio is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by a Portfolio, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.

The use of these strategies involves certain special risks, including a possible imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of derivative instruments and price movements of related investments. While some strategies involving derivative instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they can also reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in related investments or otherwise, due to the possible inability of a Portfolio to purchase or sell a portfolio security at a time that otherwise would be favorable or the possible need to sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time because the Portfolio is required to maintain asset coverage or offsetting positions in connection with transactions in derivative instruments. Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and a Portfolio. Associated risks are not the risks that a Portfolio is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per their investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives. Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that a Portfolio will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to a Portfolio. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the following notes.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to a Portfolio. Each Portfolio's derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. A Portfolio intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that they believe to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction. To reduce this risk, a Portfolio generally enters into master netting arrangements, established within the Portfolio's International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements. These agreements are with select counterparties and they govern transactions, including certain over-the-counter derivative and foreign exchange contracts, entered into by a Portfolio and the counterparty. The ISDA Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, and events of default or termination. The occurrence of a specified event of termination may give a counterparty the right to terminate all of its contracts and affect settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement.

A Portfolio may also enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties to further mitigate counterparty risk on swaps, OTC derivatives and forward foreign currency contracts. Subject to established minimum levels, collateral is generally determined based on the net aggregate unrealized gain or loss on contracts with a certain counterparty. Collateral pledged to a Portfolio is held in a segregated account by a third-party agent and can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. government or related agencies. At December 31, 2009, Intermediate Bond has pledged $1,130,000 in collateral to various counterparties. At December 31, 2009, Balanced and Intermediate Bond had an aggregate fair value of credit default swaps in a net liability position of $737,461 and $9,757,479, respectively, subject to the Master Agreements.

E.  Forward Foreign Currency Transactions and Futures Contracts. Certain Portfolios may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions to convert to and from different foreign currencies and to and from the U.S. dollar in connection with the planned purchases or sales of securities. When entering into a forward foreign currency contract,


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a Portfolio agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. A Portfolio either enters into these transactions on a spot basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market or uses forward foreign currency contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies. When the contract is fulfilled or closed, gains or losses are realized. Until then, the gain or loss is included in unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Risks may arise upon entering into forward contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their forward contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, certain Portfolios have entered into forward foreign currency contracts with the obligation to buy and sell specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. The Portfolios use forward foreign currency contracts to enhance potential gain, hedge against anticipated currency exchange rates, gain exposure to foreign currencies and to maintain diversity and liquidity of the portfolio.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the following Portfolios had average contract amounts on forward foreign currency contracts to buy and sell as disclosed below:

    Buy   Sell  
Balanced   $ 3,894,257     $ 3,952,669    
Intermediate Bond     53,692,260       55,273,798    
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    1,438,752       8,122,842    

 

Each Portfolio, with the exception of Money Market, may enter into futures contracts involving foreign currency, interest rates, securities and security indices. A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. A Portfolio may buy and sell futures contracts. Futures contracts traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when each Portfolio's assets are valued.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a Portfolio is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a Portfolio each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Open futures contracts are reported on a table following each Portfolio's Portfolio of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are footnoted in the Portfolio of Investments. Cash collateral held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Statements of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statements of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

Futures contracts are exposed to the market risk factor of the underlying financial instrument. During the year ended December 31, 2009, Balanced, Growth and Income, and Intermediate Bond have purchased futures contracts on various equity indexes to increase exposure to equity risk. Balanced and Intermediate Bond also purchased futures contracts on various bonds and notes to increase exposure to interest rate risk. In addition, Balanced and Intermediate Bond sold futures contracts on various bonds and notes to decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where a Portfolio is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of a Portfolio's securities. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the following Portfolios had average market values on futures contracts purchased and sold as disclosed below:

    Purchased   Sold  
Balanced   $ 23,945,046     $ 19,651,488    
Growth and Income     25,126,805          
Intermediate Bond     276,523,931       228,462,080    

 

F.  Options Contracts. Certain Portolios may write call and put options on futures, swaps ("swaptions"), securities, commodities or foreign currencies it owns or in which it may invest. Writing put options tends to increase the Portfolios exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing call options tends to decrease the Portfolios exposure to the underlying instrument. When a Portfolio writes a


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call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as written options outstanding on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Certain options may be written with premiums to be determined on a future date. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying futures, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. A Portfolio as a writer of an option has no control over whether the underlying instrument may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the instrument underlying the written option. There is the risk the Portfolios may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. The Portfolios may also purchase put and call options. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Portfolios exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Portfolios exposure to the underlying instrument. The Portfolios pay a premium which is included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an investment and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Certain options may be purchased with premiums to be determined on a future date. The premiums for these options are based upon implied volatility parameters at specified terms. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying investment transaction to determine the realized gain or loss.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, Balanced and Intermediate Bond have both purchased and written swaptions on credit default swap indices to increase or decrease exposure to credit risk.

Please refer to Note 9 for the volume of both purchased and written option activity during the year ended December 31, 2009.

G.  Distributions to Shareholders. The Portfolios record distributions to their shareholders on the ex-dividend date. Balanced, Small Company, Opportunistic LargeCap and Science and Technology Opportunities declare and pay dividends annually. Growth and Income and Intermediate Bond, declare and pay dividends semi-annually. Money Market declares dividends daily and pays dividends, if any, monthly. Each Portfolio distributes capital gains, if any, annually. The Portfolios may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for investment companies.

H.  Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Portfolios to comply with subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and related excise tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and any net realized capital gains to their shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Management has considered the sustainability of each Portfolio's tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall be made until any capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized or expired.

I.  Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

J.  Repurchase Agreements. Each Portfolio may invest in repurchase agreements only with government securities dealers recognized by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Under such agreements, the seller of the security agrees to repurchase it at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The resale price is in excess of the purchase price and reflects an agreed upon interest rate for the period of time the agreement is outstanding. The period of the repurchase agreements is usually short, from overnight to one week, while the


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underlying securities generally have longer maturities. Each Portfolio will receive as collateral securities acceptable to it whose market value is equal to at least 100% of the carrying amount of the repurchase agreements, plus accrued interest, being invested by the Portfolio. The underlying collateral is valued daily on a mark-to-market basis to assure that the value, including accrued interest is at least equal to the repurchase price. There would be potential loss to the Portfolio in the event the Portfolio is delayed or prevented from exercising its right to dispose of the collateral, and it might incur disposition costs in liquidating the collateral.

K.  Securities Lending. Each Portfolio has the option to temporarily loan up to 331/3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lender's fee. The borrower is required to fully collateralize the loans with cash or U.S. government securities. Generally, in the event of counterparty default, a Portfolio has the right to use collateral to offset losses incurred. There would be potential loss to a Portfolio in the event a Portfolio is delayed or prevented from exercising its right to dispose of the collateral. A Portfolio bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in a Portfolio.

L.  Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Each Portfolio may not invest more than 15% (10% for Money Market) of its net assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities are not readily marketable. Disposing of illiquid investments may involve time-consuming negotiation and legal expenses, and it may be difficult or impossible for the Portfolios to sell them promptly at an acceptable price. The Portfolios may also invest in restricted securities, which include those sold under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") or securities offered pursuant to Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act, and/or are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act. Certain restricted securities may be considered liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board or may be deemed to be illiquid because they may not be readily marketable. Illiquid and restricted securities are valued using market quotations when readily available. In the absence of market quotations, the securities are valued based upon their fair value, as defined by the Act, determined under procedures approved by the Board.

M.  When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions. Each Portfolio may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis. The price of the underlying securities and date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The market value of such is identified in the Portfolio of Investments. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the securities or from the inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contract. In connection with such purchases, the Portfolios are required to hold liquid assets as collateral with the Portfolios' custodian sufficient to cover the purchase price.

N.  Mortgage Dollar Roll Transactions. Each Portfolio, except Small Company, may engage in dollar roll transactions with respect to mortgage-backed securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association, Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. In a dollar roll transaction, a Portfolio sells a mortgage-backed security to a financial institution, such as a bank or broker/dealer, and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a substantially similar (i.e., same type, coupon, and maturity) security from the institution on a delayed delivery basis at an agreed upon price. The mortgage-backed securities that are repurchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories. The Portfolios account for dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales.

O.  Swap Agreements. Certain Portfolios may enter into swap agreements. A swap is an agreement between two parties pursuant to which each party agrees to make one or more payments to the other at specified future intervals based on the return of an asset (such as a stock, bond or currency) or non-asset reference (such as an interest rate or index). The swap agreement will specify the "notional" amount of the asset or non-asset reference to which the contract relates. Subsequent changes in market value, if any, are calculated based upon changes in the performance of the asset or non-asset reference multiplied by the notional value of the contract. A Portfolio may enter into credit default, interest rate, total return and currency swaps to manage its exposure to credit, currency and interest rate risk.


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All outstanding swap agreements are reported following each Portfolio's Portfolio of Investments.

Swaps are marked to market daily using quotations primarily from third party pricing services, counterparties or brokers. The value of the swap contract is recorded on each Portfolio's Statement of Assets or Liabilities. During the term of the swap, changes in the value of the swap, if any, are recorded as unrealized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments paid or received by a Portfolio when entering into the agreements are reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and as a component of the changes in unrealized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations. These upfront payments represent the amounts paid or received when initially entering into the swap agreement to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap agreement and the prevailing market conditions. The upfront payments are included as a component in the realized gains or losses on each Portfolio's Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A Portfolio also records net periodic payments paid or received on the swap contract as a realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations.

Entering into swap agreements involves the risk that the maximum potential loss of an investment exceeds the current value of the investment as reported on each Portfolio's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Other risks involve the possibility that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform, that there will be no liquid market for these investments and that unfavorable changes in the market will have a negative impact on the value of the index or securities underlying the respective swap agreement.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a bilateral agreement between counterparties in which the buyer of the protection agrees to make a stream of periodic payments to the seller of protection in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default or other credit event for a referenced entity, obligation or index. As a seller of protection on credit default swaps, a Portfolio will generally receive from the buyer a fixed payment stream based on the notional amount of the swap contract. This fixed payment stream will continue until the swap contract expires or a defined credit event occurs.

A Portfolio is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. As a seller of protection in a credit default swap, a Portfolio may execute these contracts to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market. Certain Portfolios may also enter into credit default swaps to speculate on changes in an issuer's credit quality, to take advantage of perceived spread advantages, or to offset an existing short equivalent (i.e. buying protection on an equivalent reference entity).

Certain Portfolios may sell credit default swaps which expose these Portfolios to the risk of loss from credit risk related events specified in the contract. Although contract specific, credit events are generally defined as bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default or repudiation/moratorium. If a Portfolio is a seller of protection, and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, a Portfolio will generally either (i) pay to the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations, or underlying securities comprising a referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising a referenced index. If a Portfolio is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, a Portfolio will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. Recovery values are assumed by market makers considering either industry standard recovery rates or entity specific factors and considerations until a credit event occurs. If a credit event has occurred, the recovery value is determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specified valuation method, are used to calculate the settlement value.

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credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues are disclosed in each Portfolio's Portfolio of Investment and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. For credit default swaps on asset-backed securities or credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting market values serve as the indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk. Wider credit spreads and increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

The maximum amount of future payments (undiscounted) that a Portfolio as seller of protection could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. Notional amounts of all credit default swap agreements outstanding as of December 31, 2009, for which a Portfolio is seller of protection are disclosed in each Portfolio's Portfolio of Investments. These potential amounts would be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront payments received upon entering into the agreements, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements entered into by a Portfolio for the same referenced entity or entities.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, both Balanced and Intermediate Bond have purchased credit protection through credit default swaps to decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual securities and to hedge against anticipated potential credit events.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, both Balanced and Intermediate Bond have sold credit protection through credit default swaps to gain exposure to the credit risk of individual securities that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractive in the bond market.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, Balanced and Intermediate Bond had average notional amounts of $13,912,103 and $158,795,082 on credit default swaps to buy protection and average notional amounts of $4,609,053 and $49,449,336 on credit default swaps to sell protection, respectively.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements. Certain Portfolios are subject to interest risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. Because the Portfolios hold fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk and to maintain their ability to generate income at prevailing market rates, the Portfolios may enter into interest rate swap agreements.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, Balanced and Intermediate Bond have entered into interest rate swaps in which the Portfolios paid a floating or fixed interest rate and received a floating or fixed interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Average notional amounts were $6,149,863 and $67,536,525, respectively. At December 31, 2009, there were no open interest rate swaps for either Portfolio.

P.  Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Registrants may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Registrants' maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Portfolios and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management believes the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of securities, excluding short-term and U.S. government securities, were as follows:

    Purchases   Sales  
Balanced   $ 706,963,875     $ 795,718,948    
Growth and Income     2,145,325,453       2,239,822,863    
Small Company     621,349,684       705,804,605    
Opportunistic LargeCap     231,544,091       248,130,522    
Intermediate Bond     2,244,841,654       2,377,732,870    
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    245,494,502       158,552,866    

 

U.S. government securities not included above were as follows:

    Purchases   Sales  
Balanced   $ 1,308,126,903     $ 1,297,549,123    
Intermediate Bond     19,081,956,384       19,546,155,466    

 


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NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

The Portfolios entered into investment management agreements ("Investment Management Agreements") with the Investment Adviser. The Investment Management Agreements compensate the Investment Adviser with a fee, computed daily and payable monthly, based on the average daily net assets of each Portfolio, at the following annual rates:

Balanced     0.500 %  
Growth and Income     0.500% on first $10 billion;
0.450% on next $5 billion; and
0.425% over $15 billion
   
Small Company     0.750 %  
Opportunistic LargeCap     0.600 %  
Intermediate Bond     0.400 %  
Money Market     0.250 %  
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    0.950 %  

 

The Investment Adviser entered into sub-advisory agreements with ING IM. ING IM acts as sub-adviser to all Portfolios except for Science and Technology Opportunities. Subject to such policies as the Board or the Investment Adviser may determine, ING IM manages the Portfolios' assets in accordance with the Portfolios' investment objectives, policies, and limitations.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC ("BlackRock"), serves as Sub-Adviser to Science and Technology Opportunities pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement, effective February 2, 2007, between the Investment Adviser and BlackRock.

ING Portfolios are permitted to invest end-of-day cash balances into ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund. Investment management fees paid by the Portfolios will be reduced by an amount equal to the management fees paid indirectly to ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund with respect to assets invested by the Portfolios. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Investment Adviser for Balanced, Growth and Income, Small Company, Opportunistic LargeCap and Intermediate Bond waived $21,843, $47,248, $9,732, $552, and $62,583 of such management fees, respectively. These fees are not subject to recoupment.

Pursuant to administration agreements, ING Funds Services, LLC ("IFS"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Groep, acts as administrator and provides certain administrative and shareholder services necessary for Portfolio operations and is responsible for the supervision of other service providers.

IFS is entitled to receive from each Portfolio a fee at an annual rate of 0.055% on the first $5 billion of daily net assets and 0.03% thereafter.

In placing equity security transactions, each sub-adviser is required to use its best efforts to choose a broker capable of providing brokerage services necessary to obtain the best execution for each transaction. Subject to this requirement, each sub-adviser may allocate equity security transactions through certain designated broker-dealers. Some of these broker-dealers participate in commission recapture programs that have been established for the benefit of the Portfolios. Under these programs, the participating broker-dealers will return to a Portfolio a portion of the brokerage commissions (in the form of a credit to a Portfolio) paid to the broker-dealers to pay certain expenses of a Portfolio. These commission recapture payments benefit the Portfolios and not the sub-adviser. Any amount credited to a Portfolio is recognized as brokerage commission recapture in the Statements of Operations.

NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES

ADV Class and Class S2 shares of the respective Portfolios are subject to a Shareholder Service and Distribution Plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Distributor is paid an annual shareholder service fee at the rate of 0.25% and an annual distribution fee at the rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to its ADV Class and Class S2 shares. The Distributor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fee equal to 0.10% of the average daily net assets attributable to the distribution fee paid by Class S2 of the Portfolios, so that the actual fee paid by a Portfolio is an annual rate of 0.15%. The expense waiver will continue through at least May 1, 2010.

Class S shares of the respective Portfolios have adopted either a Distribution Plan or a Shareholder Service and Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (collectively, the "12b-1 Plans"), whereby the Distributor is compensated by each Portfolio for expenses incurred for Shareholder Servicing and/or the distribution of each Portfolio's shares. Pursuant to the 12b-1 Plans, the Distributor is entitled to a payment each month to compensate for expenses incurred in the distribution and promotion of each Portfolio's shares, including expenses incurred in printing prospectuses and reports used for sales purposes, expenses incurred in preparing and printing sales literature and other such distribution related expenses, including any distribution or shareholder servicing fees paid to securities dealers who have executed a distribution agreement with the Distributor. Under the 12b-1 Plans, Class S shares of the Portfolios pay the Distributor a fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of average daily net assets.

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shareholder servicing fees and management fees, as applicable, and to reimburse certain expenses to the extent necessary to assist Money Market in maintaining a yield of not less than zero. This arrangement will continue through at least August 1, 2010. There is no guarantee that this waiver will continue after that date. Fees waived or expenses reimbursed are subject to possible recoupment by IFD or ING Investments, as applicable, within three years subject to certain restrictions. For the year ended December 31, 2009, IFD waived $37,937 of such fees for Money Market to maintain a yield of not less than zero. This expense waiver or reimbursement may be discontinued at any time.

NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED AND RELATED PARTIES

At December 31, 2009, the Portfolios had the following amounts recorded in payable to affiliates on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities (see Notes 4 and 5):

Fund   Accrued
Investment
Management
Fees
  Accrued
Administrative
Fees
  Accrued
Shareholder
Service and
Distribution
Fees
  Total  
Balanced   $ 269,333     $ 29,881     $ 1,563     $ 300,777    
Growth and Income     1,098,506       112,418       96,259       1,307,183    
Small Company     314,046       23,091       14,401       351,538    
Opportunistic LargeCap     81,534       7,480       4,450       93,464    
Intermediate Bond     853,465       117,606       269,046       1,240,117    
Money Market     249,692       63,276             312,968    
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    258,084       14,933       47,119       320,136    

 

The Registrants have adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Policy"), which allows eligible non-affiliated directors as described in the Policy to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the directors' fees payable. Amounts deferred are treated as though invested in various "notional" funds advised by ING Investments until distribution in accordance with the Policy.

At December 31, 2009, the following ING Portfolios or indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of ING Groep owned more than 5% of the following Portfolios:

ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company — Balanced (91.23%); Growth and Income (62.78%); Small Company (49.15%); Opportunistic LargeCap (88.07%); Intermediate Bond (38.67%); Money Market (98.65%); and Science and Technology Opportunities (29.44%)

ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance — Growth and Income (17.82%); Small Company (14.90%); Opportunistic LargeCap (7.02%); Intermediate Bond (49.21%); and Science and Technology Opportunities (67.70%)

ING Solution 2015 Portfolio — Small Company (5.13%)

ING Solution 2025 Portfolio — Small Company (12.93%)

ING Solution 2035 Portfolio — Small Company (5.35%)

ING Solution 2045 Portfolio — Small Company (5.57%)

Control is defined by the 1940 Act as the beneficial ownership, either directly or through one or more controlled companies, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a company. The 1940 Act defines affiliates as companies that are under common control. Therefore, because the Portfolios have a common owner that owns over 25% of the outstanding securities of the Portfolios, they may be deemed to be affiliates of each other. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact on the Portfolios.

NOTE 7 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS

ING Investments entered into written expense limitation agreements ("Expense Limitation Agreements") with each of the following Portfolios whereby the Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses (and acquired fund fees and expenses) to the levels listed below:

    Class ADV   Class I   Class S   Class S2  
Small Company     1.45 %     0.95 %     1.20 %     1.35 %  
Opportunistic LargeCap     1.30 %     0.80 %     1.05 %   n/a  
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    1.55 %     1.05 %     1.30 %     1.45 %  

 

The Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from a Portfolio management fees waived and other expenses assumed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Portfolio's expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Manager are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities for each Portfolio.

As of December 31, 2009, the amount of waived and reimbursed fees that are subject to recoupment by the Investment Adviser, and the related expiration dates are as follows:

    December 31,      
    2010   2011   2012   Total  
Science and Technology
Opportunities
  $     $ 32,093     $ 48,166     $ 80,259    

 

The Expense Limitation Agreements are contractual and shall renew automatically for one-year terms unless ING Investments provides written notice of the termination of an Expense Limitation Agreement within 90 days of the end of the then current term.


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NOTE 8 — LINE OF CREDIT

The Portfolios, in addition to certain other portfolios managed by the Investment Adviser, have entered into an unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with The Bank of New York Mellon for an aggregate amount of $100,000,000. The proceeds may be used to: (1) temporarily finance the purchase or sale of securities; or (2) finance the redemption of shares of an investor in the Portfolios to which the loan is made. Prior to December 16, 2009, the Portfolios to which the line of credit is available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount. On December 16, 2009, the Credit Agreement was revised so that the Portfolios to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount.

Generally, borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance. The following Portfolios utilized the line of credit during the year ended December 31, 2009:

    Days
Utilized
  Approximate
Average Daily
Balance
  Approximate
Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
 
Balanced     2     $ 1,125,000       1.11 %  
Growth and Income     54       1,209,352       1.15    
Small Company     8       1,773,750       1.16    
Intermediate Bond     18       5,546,111       1.15    

 

NOTE 9 — PURCHASED AND WRITTEN OPTIONS

Transactions in both purchased and written options for Balanced during the year ended December 31, 2009 were as follows:

Transactions in Purchased Options

    USD
Notional
  Premium  
Balance at 12/31/08         $    
Options Purchased     63,000,000       406,500    
Options Terminated in
Closing Sell Transactions
             
Options Expired     (63,000,000 )     (406,500 )  
Options Exercised              
Balance at 12/31/09         $    

 

Transactions in Written Options

    USD
Notional
  Premium  
Balance at 12/31/08         $    
Options Written     142,500,000       341,900    
Options Terminated in
Closing Purchase Transactions
             
Options Expired     (142,500,000 )     (341,900 )  
Options Exercised              
Balance at 12/31/09         $    

 

Transactions in both purchased and written options for Intermediate Bond during the year ended December 31, 2009 were as follows:

Transactions in Purchased Options

    USD
Notional
  Premium  
Balance at 12/31/08         $    
Options Purchased     1,392,000,000       6,479,600    
Options Terminated in
Closing Sell Transactions
    (710,000,000 )     (2,059,000 )  
Options Expired     (682,000,000 )     (4,420,600 )  
Options Exercised              
Balance at 12/31/09         $    

 

Transactions in Written Options

    USD
Notional
  Premium  
Balance at 12/31/08         $    
Options Written     1,671,000,000       4,056,000    
Options Terminated in
Closing Purchase Transactions
    (1,671,000,000 )     (4,056,000 )  
Options Expired              
Options Exercised              
Balance at 12/31/09         $    

 


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NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES

Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:

    Shares sold   Shares
issued
in merger
  Reinvestment
of
distributions
  Shares
redeemed
  Net increase
(decrease)
in shares
outstanding
  Shares sold   Proceeds
from shares
issued
in merger
  Reinvestment
of
distributions
  Shares
redeemed
  Net increase
(decrease)
 
Year or period ended   #   #   #   #   #   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  
Balanced      
Class ADV      
12-31-09                       (1 )     (1 )                       (10 )     (10 )  
12-31-08                       (1 )     (1 )                       (12 )     (12 )  
Class I      
12-31-09     2,039,704             3,180,956       (10,322,866 )     (5,102,206 )     16,955,119             27,411,197       (94,851,475 )     (50,485,159 )  
12-31-08     354,934             9,121,937       (16,235,628 )     (6,758,757 )     3,692,548             110,649,102       (185,483,682 )     (71,142,032 )  
Class S      
12-31-09     44,415             33,289       (98,804 )     (21,100 )     412,647             285,533       (894,457 )     (196,277 )  
12-31-08     125,814             89,235       (198,053 )     16,996       1,479,685             1,077,072       (2,287,198 )     269,559    
Class S2      
02-27-09(1) - 12-31-09     376                         376       3,000                         3,000    
Growth and Income      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     9,153       28,372       670       (23,354 )     14,841       152,836       501,131       13,059       (360,455 )     306,571    
12-31-08     40,306             792       (37,703 )     3,395       848,718             11,483       (780,408 )     79,793    
Class I      
12-31-09     13,792,242       755,790       1,419,123       (15,741,817 )     225,338       217,641,302       13,448,552       27,814,869       (257,306,489 )     1,598,234    
12-31-08     11,913,505             2,316,631       (19,771,802 )     (5,541,666 )     251,520,863             33,730,148       (402,121,000 )     (116,869,989 )  
Class S      
12-31-09     844,328       8,254,997       288,517       (3,727,272 )     5,660,570       14,473,186       145,680,614       5,611,654       (60,244,561 )     105,520,893    
12-31-08     4,145,988       16,787,613       397,722       (3,014,524 )     18,316,799       94,804,530       353,711,801       5,751,055       (57,814,407 )     396,452,979    
Class S2      
02-27-09(1) - 12-31-09     236       572,428             (572,428 )     236       3,000       10,117,274             (10,117,270 )     3,004    
Small Company      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     2,418                   (243 )     2,175       33,776                   (3,555 )     30,221    
12-16-08(1) - 12-31-08     270                         270       3,000                         3,000    
Class I      
12-31-09     10,067,622             272,837       (16,743,997 )     (6,403,538 )     116,218,366             3,140,352       (223,426,392 )     (104,067,674 )  
12-31-08     9,251,093             4,962,617       (9,110,644 )     5,103,066       147,087,480             79,699,637       (145,489,311 )     81,297,806    
Class S      
12-31-09     3,757,468             29,034       (2,271,330 )     1,515,172       47,085,121             330,410       (28,087,792 )     19,327,739    
12-31-08     4,478,420             25,696       (785,827 )     3,718,289       66,404,448             409,079       (11,553,473 )     55,260,054    
Class S2      
02-27-09(1) - 12-31-09     324                         324       3,000                         3,000    
Opportunistic LargeCap      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     15,195       83,854             (7,677 )     91,372       139,686       726,229             (69,860 )     796,055    
12-31-08                       (1 )     (1 )                       (11 )     (11 )  
Class I      
12-31-09     183,831       7,531,775       302,318       (1,991,572 )     6,026,352       1,532,663       65,710,159       2,288,544       (17,011,141 )     52,520,225    
12-31-08     136,501             1,629,562       (2,175,855 )     (409,792 )     1,384,980             20,255,455       (25,817,102 )     (4,176,667 )  
Class S      
12-31-09     80,750       958,827       42,891       (458,404 )     624,064       696,939       8,319,713       323,400       (3,885,664 )     5,454,388    
12-31-08     14,810             269,654       (387,908 )     (103,444 )     178,165             3,330,233       (4,432,841 )     (924,443 )  
Intermediate Bond      
Class ADV      
12-31-09                       (1 )     (1 )                       (11 )     (11 )  
12-31-08                       (1 )     (1 )                       (12 )     (12 )  
Class I      
12-31-09     16,916,551             7,105,709       (79,964,789 )     (55,942,529 )     189,668,625             81,820,258       (930,726,708 )     (659,237,825 )  
12-31-08     53,358,622       2,918,609       14,350,541       (79,274,180 )     (8,646,408 )     686,343,323       37,264,333       165,967,496       (993,285,707 )     (103,710,555 )  

 

  

(1) Commencement of operations.


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NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES (continued)

    Shares sold   Shares
issued
in merger
  Reinvestment
of
distributions
  Shares
redeemed
  Net increase
(decrease)
in shares
outstanding
  Shares sold   Proceeds
from shares
issued
in merger
  Reinvestment
of
distributions
  Shares
redeemed
  Net increase
(decrease)
 
Year or period ended   #   #   #   #   #   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)   ($)  
Intermediate Bond (continued)      
Class S      
12-31-09     15,825,364             6,557,925       (16,132,158 )     6,251,131       179,118,265             75,398,390       (182,847,886 )     71,668,769    
12-31-08     32,168,698       848,254       8,949,716       (19,339,594 )     22,627,074       410,405,825       10,751,281       102,233,412       (233,459,612 )     289,930,906    
Class S2      
02-27-09(1) - 12-31-09     278                         278       3,000                         3,000    
Money Market      
Class I      
12-31-09     83,164,700             5,386,753       (558,662,896 )     (470,111,443 )     83,164,700             5,285,563       (558,662,896 )     (470,212,633 )  
12-31-08     376,836,805             124,220,563       (342,541,056 )     158,516,312       384,970,723             124,653,168       (346,315,736 )     163,308,155    
Science and Technology Opportunities      
Class ADV      
12-31-09     10,083                         10,083       46,727                         46,727    
12-16-08(1) - 12-31-08     912                         912       3,000                         3,000    
Class I      
12-31-09     4,765,612                   (1,699,898 )     3,065,714       18,798,005                   (6,866,848 )     11,931,157    
12-31-08     3,072,997                   (3,991,670 )     (918,673 )     14,071,302                   (18,237,345 )     (4,166,043 )  
Class S      
12-31-09     28,025,709                   (9,114,688 )     18,911,021       109,710,300                   (34,899,591 )     74,810,709    
12-31-08     8,356,135       24,911,193             (5,950,375 )     27,316,953       38,376,474       123,216,459             (23,407,370 )     138,185,563    
Class S2      
02-27-09(1) - 12-31-09     998                   (1 )     997       3,003                   (3 )     3,000    

 

  

(1) Commencement of operations.

NOTE 11 — ILLIQUID SECURITIES

Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board, the following securities have been deemed to be illiquid. Each Portfolio currently limits investment in illiquid securities to 15% (10% for Money Market) of the Portfolio's net assets, at market value, at time of purchase.

    Security   Principal
Amount/
Shares
  Initial
Acquision
Date
  Cost   Value   Percent
of Net
Assets
 
Balanced   Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC, 12.630%, due 12/31/13     700,000     11/21/06   $ 683,243     $ 70       0.0 %  
    Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC, 6.301%, due 12/31/13     600,000     11/21/06     597,758       60       0.0 %  
    Hudson Mezzanine Funding, 1.004%, due 06/12/42     927,000     12/21/06     926,319       1       0.0 %  
    PEA Lima, LLC, due 03/20/14     92,655     03/20/09     11,671       9       0.0 %  
                    $ 2,218,991     $ 140       0.0 %  
Intermediate
Bond
  Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC, 6.301%, due 12/31/13     4,000,000     11/21/06   $ 3,985,331     $ 400       0.0 %  
    Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC, 12.630%, due 12/31/13     4,900,000     11/21/06     4,850,115       490       0.0 %  
    Hudson Mezzanine Funding, 1.004%, due 06/12/42     6,265,000     12/21/06     6,260,399       6       0.0 %  
    PEA Lima, LLC, due 03/20/14     617,699     03/20/09     77,804       62       0.0 %  
                    $ 15,173,649     $ 958       0.0 %  
Growth and
Income
  Mirant Corp. — Escrow, due 06/15/21     20,000,000     11/30/05   $     $       0.0 %  
    Southern Energy — Escrow, due 07/15/49     10,000,000     11/30/05                 0.0 %  
                    $     $       0.0 %  

 


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NOTE 12 — SECURITIES LENDING

Under an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon ("BNY"), the Portfolios may lend their securities to approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. Loans are collateralized by cash and U.S. government securities. The collateral is equal to at least 105% of the market value of non-U.S. securities loaned and 102% of the market value of U.S. securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Portfolios at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded and any additional collateral is delivered to the Portfolios on the next business day. The cash collateral received is invested in approved investments as defined in the Securities Lending Agreement with BNY (the "Agreement"). The Portfolios bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. Currently, the cash collateral is invested in the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Institutional Cash Reserves Fund ("BICR Fund"). BNY serves as investment manager, custodian and operational trustee of the BICR Fund. As of December 31, 2009, the BICR Fund held certain defaulted securities issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (the "Lehman Securities") in a separate sleeve designated as Series B. The Lehman Securities have market values significantly below amortized cost. On May 22, 2009, the Portfolios agreed to the terms of a capital support agreement (the "Capital Support Agreement") extended by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNYC"), an affiliated company of BNY, for the Lehman Securities held by the BICR Fund, Series B. Under the terms of the Capital Support Agreement, BNYC will support the value of the Lehman Securities up to 80% of the par value (the remaining 20% of the par value represents an unrealized loss to the Portfolios) and subject, in part, to the Portfolios' continued participation in the BNY securities lending program through September 15, 2011. At September 15, 2011, if the Portfolios have complied with the requirements under the Capital Support Agreement to continue to participate in the BNY securities lending program and if such securities have not otherwise been sold, the Portfolios will have the right to sell the defaulted securities to BNYC at a price equal to 80% of par value. The recorded value of each Portfolio's investment in the BICR Fund includes the value of the underlying securities held by the BICR Fund and the estimated value of the support to be provided by BNYC. The investment in the BICR Fund is included in the Portfolio of Investments under Securities Lending Collateral and the unrealized loss on such investment is included in Net Unrealized Depreciation on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Portfolios have the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. The Agreement contains certain guarantees by BNY in the event of counterparty default and/or a borrower's failure to return a loaned security; however, there would be a potential loss to the Portfolios in the event the Portfolios are delayed or prevented from exercising their right to dispose of the collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in a Portfolio. At December 31, 2009, the following Portfolios had securities on loan with the following market values:

    Value of
Securities
Loaned
  Cash
Collateral
Received*
 
Balanced   $ 37,340,841     $ 38,274,574    
Growth and Income     22,432,989       23,265,017    
Small Company     20,770,155       21,503,289    
Opportunistic LargeCap     2,003,359       2,097,919    
Intermediate Bond     346,615,946       354,665,559    
Money Market     29,282,007       29,915,006    
Science and Technology
Opportunities
    2,589,108       2,597,801    

 

*   Cash collateral received was invested in the BICR Fund, the fair value of which is presented in the respective Portfolio's Portfolio of Investments.

NOTE 13 — CONCENTRATION OF INVESTMENT RISKS

All mutual funds involve risk — some more than others — and there is always the chance that you could lose money or not earn as much as you hope. A Portfolio's risk profile is largely a factor of the principal securities in which it invests and investment techniques that it uses. For more information regarding the types of securities and investment techniques that may be used by each Portfolio and their corresponding risks, see the Portfolios' most recent Prospectus and/or the Statement of Additional Information.

Concentration (Science and Technology Opportunities). The Portfolio concentrates (for purposes of the 1940 Act) its assets in securities related to a particular industry, which means that at least 25% of its assets will be invested in that particular industry at all times. As a result, the Portfolio may be subject to greater market fluctuation than a portfolio which has securities representing a broader range of investment alternatives.

Foreign Securities (All Portfolios). Investments in foreign securities may entail risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities in which the Portfolios may invest are denominated in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Portfolios. Foreign


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NOTE 13 — CONCENTRATION OF INVESTMENT RISKS (continued)

investments may also subject the Portfolios to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, as well as changes vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar from movements in currency, and changes in security value and interest rate, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the Portfolios' investments.

Emerging Markets Investments (Intermediate Bond and Science and Technology Opportunities). Because of less developed markets and economies and, in some countries, less mature governments and governmental institutions, the risks of investing in foreign securities can be intensified in the case of investments in issuers domiciled or doing substantial business in emerging market countries.

Terminated Investment Contracts. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (LBHI) and certain of its affiliates sought protection under the insolvency laws of their jurisdictions of organization, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. During that period, Balanced and Intermediate Bond had outstanding securities trades with counterparties affiliated with LBHI. As a result of these events, LBHI's affiliates were unable to fulfill their commitments and, in certain cases, Balanced and Intermediate Bond terminated their trades and related agreements with the relevant entities and, where appropriate, are in the process of pursuing claims for damages. Management has determined that the financial impact to the Portfolios relating to these events is immaterial.

NOTE 14 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of short-term capital gains, foreign currency transactions, wash sale deferrals and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards. Distributions in excess of net investment income and/or net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported as return of capital.

The following permanent tax differences have been reclassified as of December 31, 2009:

    Paid-in
Capital
  Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
  Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains/
(Losses)
 
Balanced   $ (574,085 )   $ 5,352,678     $ (4,778,593 )  
Growth and
Income
    (2,023,005,399 )     260,108       2,022,745,291    
Small Company           (520,139 )     520,139    
Opportunistic
LargeCap
    (92,083,578 )     (7,141 )     92,090,719    
Intermediate Bond     (2,942 )     56,510,345       (56,507,403 )  
Money Market     (2,052,169 )     578,049       1,474,120    
Science and
Technology
Opportunities
    (613,759 )     (173,111 )     786,870    

 

Dividends paid by the Portfolios from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.

The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:

    Year Ended December 31, 2009   Year Ended December 31, 2008  
    Ordinary
Income
  Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
Balanced   $ 27,696,918     $ 60,981,872     $ 50,744,407    
Growth and Income     33,459,107       39,517,165          
Small Company     3,470,816       5,865,236       74,243,480    
Opportunistic LargeCap     2,611,957       2,609,792       20,976,051    
Intermediate Bond     157,249,151       268,240,664          
Money Market     5,285,563       124,653,168          

 


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NOTE 14 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)

The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the expiration dates of the capital loss carryforwards which may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2009 were:

    Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Post-October
Capital Loss
Deferred
  Post-October
Currency Loss
Deferred
  Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
  Expiration
Dates
 
Balanced   $ 16,992,065     $ 27,304,107     $     $     $ (134,357,470 )     2016    
                                      (81,655,948 )     2017    
                                    $ (216,013,418 )*        
Growth and Income           366,978,591                 $ (63,082,574 )     2010    
                                      (97,583,750 )     2015    
                                      (462,266,588 )     2016    
                                      (221,417,074 )     2017    
                                    $ (844,349,986 )*        
Small Company     2,738,722       59,355,417                 $ (52,676,115 )     2016    
                                      (59,983,526 )     2017    
                                    $ (112,659,641 )        
Opportunistic LargeCap     1,703,884       13,902,809                 $ (2,003,615 )     2010    
                                      (19,421,277 )     2015    
                                      (32,645,987 )     2016    
                                      (14,335,708 )     2017    
                                    $ (68,406,587 )*        
Intermediate Bond           7,551,882       (3,054,815 )     (617,912 )   $ (444,290,884 )     2017    
Money Market           (149,401 )               $ (169 )     2011    
                                      (244,520 )     2012    
                                    $ (244,689 )        
Science and Technology Opportunities           52,304,828                 $ (10,711,037 )     2010    
                                      (3,997,473 )     2011    
                                      (4,991,402 )     2015    
                                      (13,211,790 )     2016    
                                      (12,108,952 )     2017    
                                    $ (45,020,654 )*        

 

*  Utilization of these capital losses is subject to annual limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Portfolios' major tax jurisdictions are federal, Arizona, and Massachusetts. The earliest tax year that remains subject to examination by these jurisdictions is 2005.

As of December 31, 2009, no provisions for income tax are required in the Portfolios' financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Portfolios' federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue.

NOTE 15 — REORGANIZATIONS

On August 8, 2009, Growth and Income ("Acquiring Portfolio") acquired all of the net assets of ING Growth and Income Portfolio II ("Acquired Portfolio"), an open-end investment company in a tax-free reorganization in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Portfolio, pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Acquired Fund's shareholders on July 21, 2009. The primary purposes of the transaction were to reduce overlap of identical investment objectives and principal investment strategies and to reduce net expenses ratios of the Acquired Portfolio. For financial reporting purposes,


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NOTE 15 — REORGANIZATIONS (continued)

assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Portfolio were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Acquired Portfolio was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Acquiring Portfolio's realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

Assuming the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2009, the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Acquiring Portfolio, the Acquiring Portfolio's pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009, are as follows:

Net investment income   $ 34,035,439    
Net realized and unrealized gain on
investments
  $ 575,873,533    
Net increase in net assets resulting from
operations
  $ 609,908,972    

 

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired Fund that have been included in the Acquiring Portfolio's statement of operations since December 31, 2009. Net assets and unrealized appreciation as of the reorganization date were as follows:

Acquiring
Portfolio
  Acquired
Portfolio
  Total Net Assets of
Acquired Portfolio (000s)
  Total Net Assets of
Acquiring Portfolio (000s)
  Acquired
Capital Loss
Carryforwards (000s)
  Acquired Portfolio
Unrealized
Appreciation (000s)
  Conversion
Ratio
 
Growth
and Income
  ING Growth
and Income
Portfolio II
  $ 169,748     $ 2,241,100     $ 333,629     $ 21,847       0.2163    

 

The net assets of Growth and Income after the acquisition were $2,410,847,894.

On August 8, 2009, Opportunistic LargeCap ("Acquiring Portfolio") acquired all of the net assets of ING Opportunistic Large Cap Growth Portfolio ("Acquired Portfolio"), an open-end investment company in a tax-free reorganization in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Portfolio, pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Acquired Fund's shareholders on July 21, 2009. The primary purposes of the transaction were to reduce overlap of investment objectives and to lower the overall net expense ratios of Acquired Portfolio. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Portfolio were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Acquired Portfolio was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Acquiring Portfolio's realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

Assuming the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2009, the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Acquiring Portfolio, the Acquiring Portfolio's pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009, are as follows:

Net investment income   $ 2,060,103    
Net realized and unrealized gain on
investments
  $ 27,278,433    
Net increase in net assets resulting from
operations
  $ 29,338,536    

 

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired portfolio that have been included in the Acquiring Portfolio's statement of operations since December 31, 2009. Net assets and unrealized appreciation as of the reorganization date were as follows:

Acquiring
Portfolio
  Acquired
Portfolio
  Total Net Assets of
Acquired Portfolio (000s)
  Total Net Assets of
Acquiring Portfolio (000s)
  Acquired
Capital Loss
Carryforwards (000s)
  Acquired Portfolio
Unrealized
Appreciation (000s)
  Conversion
Ratio
 
Opportunistic
LargeCap
  ING
Opportunistic
LargeCap
Growth
Portfolio
  $ 74,756     $ 82,033     $ 116,858     $ 3,461       0.9336    

 

The net assets of Opportunistic LargeCap after the acquisition were $156,788,892.

On September 8, 2008, Growth and Income, as listed below ("Acquiring Portfolio"), acquired the assets and certain liabilities of ING Capital Guardian U.S. Equities Portfolio, also listed below ("Acquired Portfolio"), in a tax-free reorganization in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Portfolio, pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by


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NOTE 15 — REORGANIZATIONS (continued)

the Acquired Portfolio's shareholders. The number and value of shares issued by the Acquiring Portfolio are presented in Note 9 — Capital Shares. Net assets and unrealized depreciation as of the reorganization date were as follows:

Acquiring
Portfolio
  Acquired
Portfolio
  Total
Net Assets of
Acquired
Portfolio (000's)
  Total
Net Assets of
Acquiring
Portfolio (000's)
  Acquired
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
(000's)
  Acquired Portfolio
Unrealized
Appreciation (000's)
  Conversion
Ratio
 
Growth and   ING Capital Guardian                            
   
Income   U.S. Equities Portfolio   $ 353,712     $ 2,384,341     $ (48,933 )   $ 6,331       0.35    

 

The net assets of Growth and Income after the acquisition were $2,738,052,537.

NOTE 16 — LITIGATION

On December 12, 2003, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc. (now known as ING Investment Management Co.)("IIM") received a copy of a complaint (the "Complaint") filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in the matter of Enron Corp. v. Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co., et al. Among other defendants named in the Complaint are defendants ING VP Balanced Portfolio Inc. and ING VP Bond Portfolio (the "Subject Portfolios"). As of August 6, 2004, the ING VP Bond Portfolio changed its name to the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio. As of May 1, 2009, the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING VP Balanced Portfolio changed their names to ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio and ING Balanced Portfolio, respectively. The Complaint alleges that Enron Corp. ("Enron") transferred to the defendants, including the Subject Portfolios, over $1 billion in the aggregate for the purpose of prepaying certain commercial paper issued by Enron (the "Notes") and held by the defendants prior to the filing by Enron for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code").

The Complaint seeks to recover from the defendants including the Subject Portfolios, these transfers under the alternative but interrelated bankruptcy theories of preferential transfer and fraudulent conveyance. Although the Complaint does not specify the amount of each transfer in dispute, it appears that the sale of ING VP Balanced Portfolio, Inc. of $23,181,757 of the Notes on or about October 29, 2001, and the sale by ING VP Bond Portfolio of $24,963,125 of the Notes on or about October 29, 2001 are in dispute. The Complaint seeks to require the Subject Portfolios to repay to Enron the full amount of these transfers, in which event the Subject Portfolios would be granted unsecured claims against the Enron bankruptcy estate in the amounts of the repayments. If Enron proves up the elements of preferential transfer and/or fraudulent conveyance, these are strict liability theories of recovery.

On April 29, 2008, IIM and the Subject Portfolios joined a plenary motion for summary judgment filed by Goldman Sachs. In addition, a separate brief was filed on behalf of IIM asserting the defenses unique to the investment advisor defendants; that they were merely conduits. The SEC intervened in the action and argued in favor of the defendants on the grounds that a decision against ING Funds would have a negative impact on the financial markets.

On June 29, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court ruled on the motion for summary judgment and held that the pre-payments made were not protected from avoidance by section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code and denied the summary judgment to the Subject Portfolios; however, the court did grant the summary judgment to dismiss IIM. As a result, the Subject Portfolios are bearing the full cost of the continuing litigation.

The Subject Portfolios filed an interlocutory appeal of the Bankruptcy Court's denial of summary judgment with the United States District Court of Southern New York ("District Court"). On November 19, 2009, the District Court ruled in favor of the Subject Portfolios and the one other remaining defendant, agreeing with the Subject Portfolios' reliance on section 546(e) and reversing the Bankruptcy Court. The judge directed the Bankruptcy Court to enter summary judgment in favor of the Subject Portfolios and the remaining defendant, essentially dismissing the preference claim against them. Enron appealed the District Court's ruling to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Subject Portfolios believe that the facts and the weight of legal authority support their position.

NOTE 17 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Portfolios have evaluated events occurring after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date (subsequent events) through February 25, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued, to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. No such subsequent events were identified.


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ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Shares           Value  
COMMON STOCK: 57.5%      
        Advertising: 0.3%  
  12,927       Harte-Hanks, Inc.   $ 139,353    
  5,964     @   inVentiv Health, Inc.     96,438    
  41,339       Omnicom Group     1,618,422    
      1,854,213    
        Aerospace/Defense: 1.8%  
  2,369     @   AAR Corp.     54,440    
  4,300       Cubic Corp.     160,390    
  788       Curtiss-Wright Corp.     24,680    
  4,007     @   Esterline Technologies Corp.     163,365    
  21,800     @   Gencorp, Inc.     152,600    
  1,591       Kaman Corp.     36,736    
  5,200       L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc.
    452,140    
  21,001       Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,582,425    
  1,538     @   Moog, Inc.     44,956    
  1,960       National Presto Industries, Inc.     214,091    
  13,850     @   Orbital Sciences Corp.     211,351    
  66,450       Raytheon Co.     3,423,504    
  1,800     @   Teledyne Technologies, Inc.     69,048    
  2,102       Triumph Group, Inc.     101,422    
  68,956       United Technologies Corp.     4,786,236    
      11,477,384    
        Agriculture: 1.3%  
  11,350     @   Alliance One
International, Inc.
    55,388    
  108,000       Altria Group, Inc.     2,120,040    
  42,550       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     1,332,241    
  47,760       Philip Morris International, Inc.     2,301,554    
  42,916       Reynolds American, Inc.     2,273,261    
  4,642       Universal Corp.     211,722    
      8,294,206    
        Airlines: 0.1%  
  1,900     @   Alaska Air Group, Inc.     65,664    
  3,100     @   Allegiant Travel Co.     146,227    
  12,557       Skywest, Inc.     212,464    
      424,355    
        Apparel: 0.3%  
  8,379     @   Carter's, Inc.     219,949    
  6,956     @   CROCS, Inc.     39,997    
  2,569     @   Deckers Outdoor Corp.     261,319    
  2,370     @   Hanesbrands, Inc.     57,141    
  16,542     @   Iconix Brand Group, Inc.     209,256    
  93       Oxford Industries, Inc.     1,923    
  14,837     @   Timberland Co.     266,027    
  7,099     @   True Religion Apparel, Inc.     131,261    
  238     @   Volcom, Inc.     3,984    
  9,399     @   Warnaco Group, Inc.     396,544    
  8,027       Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     218,495    
      1,805,896    
        Auto Manufacturers: 0.2%  
  119,400     @   Ford Motor Co.     1,194,000    
  7,900       Oshkosh Truck Corp.     292,537    
      1,486,537    
        Auto Parts & Equipment: 0.1%  
  7,095     @   ATC Technology Corp.     169,216    
  11,030       Spartan Motors, Inc.     62,099    

 

Shares           Value  
  5,810     @   Standard Motor Products, Inc.   $ 49,501    
  9,330       Superior Industries
International
    142,749    
      423,565    
        Banks: 4.4%  
  14,481       Bancorpsouth, Inc.     339,724    
  5,597       Bank Mutual Corp.     38,731    
  209,603       Bank of America Corp.     3,156,621    
  5,337       Bank of Hawaii Corp.     251,159    
  5,177       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.     151,531    
  30,000       Capital One Financial Corp.     1,150,200    
  74,300       Citigroup, Inc.     245,933    
  4,700       City Holding Co.     151,951    
  9,451       Community Bank System, Inc.     182,499    
  8,618       Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.     430,900    
  5,859       First Financial Bancorp.     85,307    
  4,350       First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     235,901    
  16,142       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     2,725,415    
  158       Hancock Holding Co.     6,919    
  2,407       Home Bancshares, Inc.     57,936    
  3,714       Independent Bank Corp.     77,585    
  14,100       International Bancshares Corp.     266,913    
  162,457       JPMorgan Chase & Co.     6,769,583    
  2,069       Nara Bancorp., Inc.     23,462    
  48,800       Northern Trust Corp.     2,557,120    
  20,000       PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
    1,055,800    
  7,400       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     299,478    
  7,437     @   Signature Bank     237,240    
  4,374       Simmons First National Corp.     121,597    
  24,036       State Street Corp.     1,046,527    
  4,943       Sterling Bancorp.     35,293    
  130     @   SVB Financial Group     5,420    
  1,957     L   Tompkins Financial Corp.     79,259    
  20,926       Trustco Bank Corp.     131,834    
  11,627       Trustmark Corp.     262,073    
  2,438       UMB Financial Corp.     95,935    
  3,374     L   United Bankshares, Inc.     67,379    
  24,678       US Bancorp.     555,502    
  178,433       Wells Fargo & Co.     4,815,907    
  6,351       Westamerica Bancorp.     351,655    
  9,006       Wilshire Bancorp., Inc.     73,759    
  6,345       Wintrust Financial Corp.     195,363    
      28,335,411    
        Beverages: 0.7%  
  2,239     @   Boston Beer Co., Inc.     104,337    
  17,181       Coca-Cola Co.     979,317    
  2,200     @,L   Green Mountain Coffee
Roasters, Inc.
    179,234    
  2,298     @   Hansen Natural Corp.     88,243    
  66,200       Molson Coors Brewing Co.     2,989,592    
  1,100     @   Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.     36,663    
  4,100       Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.     153,750    
  3,330       PepsiAmericas, Inc.     97,436    
  2,310       PepsiCo, Inc.     140,448    
      4,769,020    
        Biotechnology: 1.0%  
  61,645     @   Amgen, Inc.     3,487,258    
  4,400     @,S   Arqule, Inc.     16,236    
  28,055     @   Biogen Idec, Inc.     1,500,943    
  2,834     @   Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.     273,368    

 

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ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Biotechnology (continued)  
  7,951     @   Cambrex Corp.   $ 44,367    
  1,050     @   Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc.
    35,375    
  10,500     @   Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     199,185    
  82     @   Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.     1,114    
  9,373     @   Martek Biosciences Corp.     177,525    
  4,643     @   Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    112,268    
  6,400     @   Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     274,240    
      6,121,879    
        Building Materials: 0.1%  
  3,712       AAON, Inc.     72,347    
  10,498     L   Apogee Enterprises, Inc.     146,972    
  14,000       Comfort Systems USA, Inc.     172,760    
  4,900     @   Drew Industries, Inc.     101,185    
  2,491       Gibraltar Industries, Inc.     39,183    
  984     @   Louisiana-Pacific Corp.     6,868    
  37,145     @   NCI Building Systems, Inc.     67,232    
  5,369       Quanex Building
Products Corp.
    91,112    
  4,800       Universal Forest Products, Inc.     176,688    
      874,347    
        Chemicals: 0.6%  
  1,586       Arch Chemicals, Inc.     48,976    
  7,037       Ashland, Inc.     278,806    
  5,965       Balchem Corp.     199,887    
  4,270       Cabot Corp.     112,002    
  9,440       HB Fuller Co.     214,760    
  6,383       Lubrizol Corp.     465,640    
  5,491       Minerals Technologies, Inc.     299,095    
  2,260       NewMarket Corp.     259,380    
  15,200       Olin Corp.     266,304    
  3,172     @   OM Group, Inc.     99,569    
  20,540     @   PolyOne Corp.     153,434    
  4,644       Quaker Chemical Corp.     95,852    
  12,110       RPM International, Inc.     246,196    
  7,780       Schulman A, Inc.     157,000    
  3,779       Sensient Technologies Corp.     99,388    
  2,683       Stepan Co.     173,885    
  4,600       Terra Industries, Inc.     148,074    
  15,288       Valspar Corp.     414,916    
      3,733,164    
        Coal: 0.5%  
  7,663       Arch Coal, Inc.     170,502    
  827     @   Patriot Coal Corp.     12,785    
  68,600       Peabody Energy Corp.     3,101,406    
      3,284,693    
        Commercial Services: 1.1%  
  9,900       Aaron Rents, Inc.     274,527    
  2,211       ABM Industries, Inc.     45,679    
  1,229     @,L   Alliance Data Systems Corp.     79,381    
  507     @   AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.     4,593    
  800     @   Capella Education Co.     60,240    
  9,974     @   Career Education Corp.     232,494    
  1,567     @   Consolidated Graphics, Inc.     54,876    
  16,100     @   Convergys Corp.     173,075    
  25,540     @,L   Corinthian Colleges, Inc.     351,686    
  3,189     @   Corrections Corp. of America     78,290    

 

Shares           Value  
  5,700       Deluxe Corp.   $ 84,303    
  5,250     @   Forrester Research, Inc.     136,238    
  5,745     @   FTI Consulting, Inc.     270,934    
  5,650     @   Geo Group, Inc.     123,622    
  8,700       Global Payments, Inc.     468,582    
  45,500       H&R Block, Inc.     1,029,210    
  6,488     @   Hewitt Associates, Inc.     274,183    
  1,745       Hillenbrand, Inc.     32,876    
  43     @   HMS Holdings Corp.     2,094    
  1,916     @   ITT Educational Services, Inc.     183,859    
  3,200     @   Kelly Services, Inc.     38,176    
  6,533     @   Kendle International, Inc.     119,619    
  6,250       Lender Processing
Services, Inc.
    254,125    
  4,120       Manpower, Inc.     224,870    
  2,000       Monro Muffler, Inc.     66,880    
  18,200       Moody's Corp.     487,760    
  6,000     @   MPS Group, Inc.     82,440    
  8,290     @   Navigant Consulting, Inc.     123,189    
  16,550     @   On Assignment, Inc.     118,333    
  1,865       Pharmaceutical Product
Development, Inc.
    43,716    
  3,450     @,L   Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.     141,726    
  19,100     @   Rent-A-Center, Inc.     338,452    
  52,200       Service Corp. International     427,518    
  158     @   Spherion Corp.     888    
  8,729     @   TeleTech Holdings, Inc.     174,842    
  4,600     @   Ticketmaster     56,212    
  4,300       Watson Wyatt
Worldwide, Inc.
    204,336    
  6,621     @   Wright Express Corp.     210,945    
      7,074,769    
        Computers: 4.4%  
  8,794       Agilysys, Inc.     80,025    
  25,322     @,S   Apple, Inc.     5,339,397    
  5,440     @   CACI International, Inc.     265,744    
  23,450     @   Ciber, Inc.     80,903    
  1,600     @   Compellent Technologies, Inc.     36,288    
  15,398     @   Computer Sciences Corp.     885,847    
  113,100     @   Dell, Inc.     1,624,116    
  8,900       Diebold, Inc.     253,205    
  8,749     @   DST Systems, Inc.     381,019    
  154,420     @   EMC Corp.     2,697,717    
  119,245       Hewlett-Packard Co.     6,142,310    
  12,735     @   Insight Enterprises, Inc.     145,434    
  57,351       International Business
Machines Corp.
    7,507,246    
  16,262       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     375,977    
  6,244     @   Manhattan Associates, Inc.     150,043    
  14,984     @   Micros Systems, Inc.     464,954    
  20,631     @   NCR Corp.     229,623    
  3,200     @   Netscout Systems, Inc.     46,848    
  72     @,L   Palm, Inc.     723    
  2,037     @   Radiant Systems, Inc.     21,185    
  5,270     @   Radisys Corp.     50,329    
  23,000     @   Sun Microsystems, Inc.     215,510    
  3,034     @   SYKES Enterprises, Inc.     77,276    
  6,730     @,L   Synaptics, Inc.     206,275    
  11,829     @   Synopsys, Inc.     263,550    
  19,300     @   Western Digital Corp.     852,095    
      28,393,639    

 

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ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Cosmetics/Personal Care: 1.3%  
  1,850     @   Chattem, Inc.   $ 172,605    
  129,335       Procter & Gamble Co.     7,841,581    
      8,014,186    
        Distribution/Wholesale: 0.3%  
  16,748     @   Brightpoint, Inc.     123,098    
  5,948     @   Fossil, Inc.     199,615    
  25,437     @   Ingram Micro, Inc.     443,876    
  2,883     @   LKQ Corp.     56,478    
  6,535     @   Scansource, Inc.     174,485    
  9,784     @   Tech Data Corp.     456,521    
  1,996     @   United Stationers, Inc.     113,473    
  1,482       Watsco, Inc.     72,588    
      1,640,134    
        Diversified Financial Services: 1.0%  
  1,700     @   Affiliated Managers
Group, Inc.
    114,495    
  27,600       American Express Co.     1,118,352    
  6,124       CME Group, Inc.     2,057,358    
  47,600       Discover Financial Services     700,196    
  8,440       Eaton Vance Corp.     256,660    
  2,275       Financial Federal Corp.     62,563    
  371     L   Greenhill & Co., Inc.     29,769    
  245     @   Jefferies Group, Inc.     5,814    
  41,550     @   Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.     823,521    
  15,719     @   National Financial
Partners Corp.
    127,167    
  24,400       NYSE Euronext     617,320    
  16,562       Raymond James Financial, Inc.     393,679    
  2,157     @   Stifel Financial Corp.     127,781    
  3,330       SWS Group, Inc.     40,293    
  5,547     @,L   World Acceptance, Corp.     198,749    
      6,673,717    
        Electric: 1.3%  
  581       Central Vermont Public
Service Corp.
    12,085    
  326       CH Energy Group, Inc.     13,862    
  58,400       Constellation Energy
Group, Inc.
    2,053,928    
  17,065       DPL, Inc.     470,994    
  70,097       DTE Energy Co.     3,055,528    
  20,200       Exelon Corp.     987,174    
  49       Great Plains Energy, Inc.     950    
  337     L   Hawaiian Electric Industries     7,043    
  6,842       Idacorp, Inc.     218,602    
  47       MDU Resources Group, Inc.     1,109    
  15,500       NSTAR     570,400    
  10,423       NV Energy, Inc.     129,037    
  3,175       UIL Holdings Corp.     89,154    
  6,965       Unisource Energy Corp.     224,203    
  6,700       Xcel Energy, Inc.     142,174    
      7,976,243    
            Electrical Components &
Equipment: 0.7%
         
  1,109       Ametek, Inc.     42,408    
  82,900       Emerson Electric Co.     3,531,540    
  3,263       Encore Wire Corp.     68,751    
  2,122     @   Energizer Holdings, Inc.     130,036    
  10,008       Hubbell, Inc.     473,378    
      4,246,113    

 

Shares           Value  
        Electronics: 1.1%  
  2,625       American Science &
Engineering, Inc.
  $ 199,080    
  15,000     @   Arrow Electronics, Inc.     444,150    
  15,786     @   Avnet, Inc.     476,106    
  1,603       Bel Fuse, Inc.     34,448    
  13,560     @   Benchmark Electronics, Inc.     256,420    
  3,147       Brady Corp.     94,441    
  10,495     @   Checkpoint Systems, Inc.     160,049    
  11,686       CTS Corp.     112,419    
  7,955     L   Daktronics, Inc.     73,266    
  648     @   Dionex Corp.     47,868    
  517     @   Electro Scientific
Industries, Inc.
    5,594    
  12,781     @   Newport Corp.     117,457    
  5,878       Park Electrochemical Corp.     162,468    
  5,802     @   Plexus Corp.     165,357    
  10,548       Technitrol, Inc.     46,200    
  69,800     @   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     3,328,762    
  10,501     @   Thomas & Betts Corp.     375,831    
  9,179     @   TTM Technologies, Inc.     105,834    
  2,008     @   Varian, Inc.     103,492    
  23,300     @   Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     194,555    
  6,150       Watts Water
Technologies, Inc.
    190,158    
  11,400       Woodward Governor Co.     293,778    
      6,987,733    
        Engineering & Construction: 0.6%  
  6,300     @   Aecom Technology Corp.     173,250    
  4,000     @   Dycom Industries, Inc.     32,120    
  12,310     @   EMCOR Group, Inc.     331,139    
  2,880     @   Exponent, Inc.     80,179    
  53,600     @   Jacobs Engineering
Group, Inc.
    2,015,896    
  18,073       KBR, Inc.     343,387    
  14,846     @   Shaw Group, Inc.     426,823    
  2,700     @   Stanley, Inc.     74,007    
  12,038     @   URS Corp.     535,932    
      4,012,733    
        Entertainment: 0.0%  
  2,284       International Speedway Corp.     64,980    
  8,300     @   Scientific Games Corp.     120,765    
      185,745    
        Environmental Control: 0.1%  
  2,011     @   Calgon Carbon Corp.     27,953    
  5,645     @   Darling International, Inc.     47,305    
  8,980     @   Tetra Tech, Inc.     243,987    
  529     @   Waste Connections, Inc.     17,637    
      336,882    
        Food: 0.7%  
  171       Calavo Growers, Inc.     2,907    
  5,031     S   Diamond Foods, Inc.     178,802    
  4,200       J&J Snack Foods Corp.     167,832    
  75,724       Kraft Foods, Inc.     2,058,178    
  6,345       Lancaster Colony Corp.     315,347    
  4,990     L   Nash Finch Co.     185,079    
  8,605     @   Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.     513,805    
  121       Ruddick Corp.     3,113    
  3,849       Sanderson Farms, Inc.     162,274    
  61,700       Sara Lee Corp.     751,506    

 

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56



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Food (continued)  
  302     @   Smithfield Foods, Inc.   $ 4,587    
  1,066     @   United Natural Foods, Inc.     28,505    
      4,371,935    
        Forest Products & Paper: 0.8%  
  4,475     @   Buckeye Technologies, Inc.     43,676    
  2,100     @   Clearwater Paper Corp.     115,437    
  91,816       International Paper Co.     2,458,832    
  75,800       MeadWestvaco Corp.     2,170,154    
  2,169       Neenah Paper, Inc.     30,258    
  2,200       Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc.
    154,770    
      4,973,127    
        Gas: 0.8%  
  9,617       AGL Resources, Inc.     350,732    
  13,846       Atmos Energy Corp.     407,072    
  4,905       Laclede Group, Inc.     165,642    
  7,221       New Jersey Resources Corp.     270,065    
  117,604       NiSource, Inc.     1,808,750    
  950       Northwest Natural Gas Co.     42,788    
  3,665       Piedmont Natural Gas Co.     98,039    
  8,420       Sempra Energy     471,352    
  22,088       Southern Union Co.     501,398    
  5,967       Southwest Gas Corp.     170,239    
  18,623       UGI Corp.     450,490    
  8,221       WGL Holdings, Inc.     275,732    
      5,012,299    
        Hand/Machine Tools: 0.1%  
  4,584       Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.     245,061    
  2,200       Regal-Beloit Corp.     114,268    
      359,329    
        Healthcare-Products: 0.9%  
  7,000     @   Align Technology, Inc.     124,740    
  13,750     @   American Medical Systems
Holdings, Inc.
    265,238    
  380       Beckman Coulter, Inc.     24,867    
  4,900     @   Cantel Medical Corp.     98,882    
  6,000     @   CareFusion Corp.     150,060    
  952       Cooper Cos., Inc.     36,290    
  6,170     @   Cyberonics     126,115    
  800     @   Gen-Probe, Inc.     34,320    
  500     @   Haemonetics Corp.     27,575    
  4,200     @   Hanger Orthopedic
Group, Inc.
    58,086    
  8,126     @   Henry Schein, Inc.     427,428    
  1,764       Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.     42,318    
  14,798     @   Hologic, Inc.     214,571    
  7,259     @   Hospira, Inc.     370,209    
  7,107       Invacare Corp.     177,249    
  36,190       Johnson & Johnson     2,330,998    
  5,390     @   Kensey Nash Corp.     137,445    
  9,540     @   Kinetic Concepts, Inc.     359,181    
  11,044     @   PSS World Medical, Inc.     249,263    
  1,058     @   Resmed, Inc.     55,302    
  11,745       Steris Corp.     328,508    
  13,050     @   Symmetry Medical, Inc.     105,183    
  890       West Pharmaceutical
Services, Inc.
    34,888    
      5,778,716    

 

Shares           Value  
        Healthcare-Services: 1.1%  
  709     @   Air Methods Corp.   $ 23,837    
  1,578     @   Almost Family, Inc.     62,378    
  5,630     @,L   Amedisys, Inc.     273,393    
  3,608     @   AMERIGROUP Corp.     97,272    
  8,741     @   Amsurg Corp.     192,477    
  8,581     @   Centene Corp.     181,660    
  12,946     @   Community Health
Systems, Inc.
    460,878    
  1,000     @   Genoptix, Inc.     35,530    
  6,515     @   Gentiva Health Services, Inc.     175,970    
  13,200     @   Health Net, Inc.     307,428    
  11,515     @   Healthspring, Inc.     202,779    
  3,744     @   Humana, Inc.     164,324    
  10,600     @   Kindred Healthcare, Inc.     195,676    
  5,421     @   LHC Group, Inc.     182,200    
  11,200     @   Lincare Holdings, Inc.     415,744    
  6,600     @   Magellan Health Services, Inc.     268,818    
  6,780     @,S   Mednax, Inc.     407,546    
  5,518     @   Molina Healthcare, Inc.     126,197    
  10,969     @   Odyssey HealthCare, Inc.     170,897    
  6,200     @   RehabCare Group, Inc.     188,666    
  62,803       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1,914,235    
  8,900       Universal Health Services, Inc.     271,450    
  3,093     @   WellCare Health Plans, Inc.     113,699    
  7,500     @   WellPoint, Inc.     437,175    
      6,870,229    
        Home Builders: 0.2%  
  17,200       KB Home     235,296    
  8,570     @   M/I Homes, Inc.     89,042    
  9,450       MDC Holdings, Inc.     293,328    
  4,881     @   Meritage Homes Corp.     94,350    
  510     @   NVR, Inc.     362,462    
  7,558       Ryland Group, Inc.     148,893    
  17,955     @   Standard-Pacific Corp.     67,152    
  5,302       Thor Industries, Inc.     166,483    
      1,457,006    
        Home Furnishings: 0.0%  
  15,080     @   La-Z-Boy, Inc.     143,712    
  3,600     @   Universal Electronics, Inc.     83,592    
      227,304    
        Household Products/Wares: 0.3%  
  6,800       American Greetings Corp.     148,172    
  8,947     @   Central Garden & Pet Co.     88,933    
  1,230       Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     74,354    
  7,786     @   Helen of Troy Ltd.     190,446    
  21,634       Kimberly-Clark Corp.     1,378,302    
  3,500       Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.     137,585    
  1,567       Tupperware Corp.     72,975    
      2,090,767    
        Insurance: 1.8%  
  38,846       Aflac, Inc.     1,796,628    
  15,533       American Financial
Group, Inc.
    387,548    
  4,865       American Physicians
Capital, Inc.
    147,507    
  4,852     @   Amerisafe, Inc.     87,190    
  15,200       Assurant, Inc.     448,096    
  25,773       Chubb Corp.     1,267,516    
  8,851       Delphi Financial Group     197,997    

 

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57



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Insurance (continued)  
  7,029       Everest Re Group Ltd.   $ 602,245    
  62       Fidelity National Title
Group, Inc.
    835    
  7,569       Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.     336,291    
  12,205       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.     341,374    
  3,733       Infinity Property &
Casualty Corp.
    151,709    
  5,650     @   ProAssurance Corp.     303,462    
  18,339       Protective Life Corp.     303,510    
  11,128       Reinsurance Group of
America, Inc.
    530,249    
  4,735       Safety Insurance Group, Inc.     171,549    
  142       Selective Insurance Group     2,336    
  10,205       Stancorp Financial Group, Inc.     408,404    
  4,510     L   Tower Group, Inc.     105,579    
  56,452       Travelers Cos., Inc.     2,814,697    
  8,547       Unitrin, Inc.     188,461    
  60,529       UnumProvident Corp.     1,181,526    
  86     S   WR Berkley Corp.     2,119    
      11,776,828    
        Internet: 1.0%  
  6,800     @   AOL, Inc.     158,304    
  3,677     @   Blue Coat Systems, Inc.     104,942    
  1,490     @   Blue Nile, Inc.     94,362    
  3,170     @   Cybersource Corp.     63,749    
  2,864     @   DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.     53,815    
  6,554     @   Digital River, Inc.     176,892    
  45,767     @   eBay, Inc.     1,077,355    
  14,368     @   eResearch Technology, Inc.     86,352    
  1,568     @   F5 Networks, Inc.     83,073    
  6,289     @   Google, Inc. - Class A     3,899,054    
  6,867     @   Infospace, Inc.     58,850    
  8,508     @   j2 Global
Communications, Inc.
    173,138    
  1,046       Nutri/System, Inc.     32,604    
  11,176     @   Perficient, Inc.     94,214    
  1,000     @   Priceline.com, Inc.     218,500    
  6,560     @   Stamps.com, Inc.     59,040    
  17,951       United Online, Inc.     129,068    
  5,316     @   Websense, Inc.     92,817    
      6,656,129    
        Investment Companies: 0.0%  
  16,605       Apollo Investment Corp.     158,246    
      158,246    
        Iron/Steel: 0.1%  
  6,179       Nucor Corp.     288,250    
  8,300       Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.     358,726    
  9,799       Steel Dynamics, Inc.     173,638    
      820,614    
        Leisure Time: 0.0%  
  6,500       Callaway Golf Co.     49,010    
  1,027       Polaris Industries, Inc.     44,808    
      93,818    
            Machinery-Construction &
Mining: 0.1%
         
  4,639       Bucyrus International, Inc.     261,500    
  5,832       Joy Global, Inc.     300,873    
      562,373    

 

Shares           Value  
        Machinery-Diversified: 0.1%  
  5,848       Briggs & Stratton Corp.   $ 109,416    
  2,350       Gardner Denver, Inc.     99,993    
  5,177     @   Gerber Scientific, Inc.     26,144    
  2,283       Graco, Inc.     65,225    
  300       IDEX Corp.     9,345    
  2,309     @   Intermec, Inc.     29,694    
  1,745       Lindsay Manufacturing Co.     69,538    
  6,886       Wabtec Corp.     281,224    
      690,579    
        Media: 1.4%  
  243,132       Comcast Corp. - Class A     4,099,206    
  58,250     @   DIRECTV     1,942,638    
  7,889       John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     330,391    
  5,700       Scholastic Corp.     170,031    
  79,400     @   Viacom - Class B     2,360,562    
      8,902,828    
        Metal Fabricate/Hardware: 0.2%  
  2,800       Commercial Metals Co.     43,820    
  1,100       Lawson Products     19,415    
  8,246       Mueller Industries, Inc.     204,831    
  16,621       Timken Co.     394,084    
  4,120       Valmont Industries, Inc.     323,214    
  49       Worthington Industries     640    
      986,004    
        Mining: 0.0%  
  667       Amcol International Corp.     18,956    
  5,852     @   Century Aluminum Co.     94,744    
      113,700    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 3.3%  
  10,200       3M Co.     843,234    
  1,034       Acuity Brands, Inc.     36,852    
  4,800       AO Smith Corp.     208,272    
  4,253     @   AZZ, Inc.     139,073    
  2,639       Brink's Co.     64,233    
  12,350       Carlisle Cos., Inc.     423,111    
  5,460     @   Ceradyne, Inc.     104,887    
  2,083       Clarcor, Inc.     67,573    
  11,731       Crane Co.     359,203    
  4,617       Donaldson Co., Inc.     196,407    
  60,270       Dover Corp.     2,507,835    
  36,200       Eaton Corp.     2,303,044    
  1,806       ESCO Technologies, Inc.     64,745    
  413,862       General Electric Co.     6,261,732    
  11,465     @   Griffon Corp.     140,102    
  10,133       Harsco Corp.     326,587    
  63,800       Honeywell International, Inc.     2,500,960    
  44,723       ITT Corp.     2,224,522    
  4,680       John Bean Technologies Corp.     79,607    
  40,400       Leggett & Platt, Inc.     824,160    
  6,027       Myers Industries, Inc.     54,846    
  15,147       Pentair, Inc.     489,248    
  8,149       SPX Corp.     445,750    
  1,200       Standex International Corp.     24,108    
  6,247     L   Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.     60,596    
  9,806       Tredegar Corp.     155,131    
      20,905,818    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
58



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Office/Business Equipment: 0.5%  
  50,800       Pitney Bowes, Inc.   $ 1,156,208    
  211,500       Xerox Corp.     1,789,290    
      2,945,498    
        Oil & Gas: 2.7%  
  8,988       Apache Corp.     927,292    
  3,500     @   Atwood Oceanics, Inc.     125,475    
  1,549     @   Bill Barrett Corp.     48,189    
  49,976       Chevron Corp.     3,847,652    
  25,100       ConocoPhillips     1,281,857    
  100,532       ExxonMobil Corp.     6,855,277    
  149       Frontier Oil Corp.     1,794    
  8,386       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.     334,434    
  9,400     @   Nabors Industries Ltd.     205,766    
  6,758     @   Newfield Exploration Co.     325,938    
  27,129       Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     416,430    
  2,752     @   Petroleum Development Corp.     50,114    
  5,978     @   Pride International, Inc.     190,758    
  16,983     @   Quicksilver Resources, Inc.     254,915    
  42,900     @   Rowan Cos., Inc.     971,256    
  3,172       St. Mary Land &
Exploration Co.
    108,609    
  9,788     @   Stone Energy Corp.     176,673    
  2,900     @   Unit Corp.     123,250    
  20,900       XTO Energy, Inc.     972,477    
      17,218,156    
        Oil & Gas Services: 0.8%  
  1,304     @   Dril-Quip, Inc.     73,650    
  4,086     @   Exterran Holdings, Inc.     87,645    
  4,349       Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.     91,459    
  12,547     @   Helix Energy Solutions
Group, Inc.
    147,427    
  2,363     @   Hornbeck Offshore
Services, Inc.
    55,011    
  11,158     @   Matrix Service Co.     118,833    
  79,319       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     3,497,175    
  8,149     @   Oceaneering
International, Inc.
    476,879    
  8,326     @   Oil States International, Inc.     327,129    
  891     @   SEACOR Holdings, Inc.     67,939    
  17,900     @   Tetra Technologies, Inc.     198,332    
      5,141,479    
        Packaging & Containers: 0.7%  
  7,900       Ball Corp.     408,430    
  44,624       Bemis Co.     1,323,102    
  6,200     @   Owens-Illinois, Inc.     203,794    
  12,716       Packaging Corp. of America     292,595    
  32,000     @   Pactiv Corp.     772,480    
  6,230       Rock-Tenn Co.     314,054    
  11,400       Sealed Air Corp.     249,204    
  12,010       Sonoco Products Co.     351,293    
  13,348       Temple-Inland, Inc.     281,776    
      4,196,728    
        Pharmaceuticals: 3.7%  
  60,596       Abbott Laboratories     3,271,578    
  55,138       AmerisourceBergen Corp.     1,437,448    
  86,400       Cardinal Health, Inc.     2,785,536    
  1,450     @   Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.     52,882    
  6,700       Eli Lilly & Co.     239,257    

 

Shares           Value  
  11,650     @   Endo Pharmaceuticals
Holdings, Inc.
  $ 238,942    
  31,729       McKesson Corp.     1,983,063    
  12,919       Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.     349,459    
  118,084       Merck & Co., Inc.     4,314,789    
  12,300     @   Mylan Laboratories     226,689    
  16,961       Omnicare, Inc.     410,117    
  8,246     @   Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc.     223,137    
  11,599       Perrigo Co.     462,104    
  392,087       Pfizer, Inc.     7,132,063    
  11,258     @   PharMerica Corp.     178,777    
  11,888     @   Valeant Pharmaceuticals
International
    377,920    
      23,683,761    
        Pipelines: 0.5%  
  7,007       Oneok, Inc.     312,302    
  146,600       Williams Cos., Inc.     3,090,328    
      3,402,630    
        Real Estate: 0.1%  
  11,500     @   CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.     156,055    
  8,658     @   Forestar Real Estate
Group, Inc.
    190,303    
  1,194       Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     72,118    
      418,476    
        Retail: 3.8%  
  14,500     @   99 Cents Only Stores     189,515    
  12,918       Advance Auto Parts, Inc.     522,921    
  12,751     @   Aeropostale, Inc.     434,172    
  26,300     @,L   Autonation, Inc.     503,645    
  462     L   Barnes & Noble, Inc.     8,810    
  6,374       Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.     109,505    
  2,000     @   BJ's Restaurants, Inc.     37,640    
  74     @   BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.     2,421    
  4,273       Bob Evans Farms, Inc.     123,703    
  7,113       Brinker International, Inc.     106,126    
  4,560     L   Buckle, Inc.     133,517    
  12,517     @,L   Cabela's, Inc.     178,492    
  6,400     @   California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.     86,080    
  1,357     @   Carmax, Inc.     32,907    
  8,374       Casey's General Stores, Inc.     267,298    
  2,400       Cash America
International, Inc.
    83,904    
  8,600       Cato Corp.     172,516    
  2,463     @   CEC Entertainment, Inc.     78,619    
  18,274     @   Cheesecake Factory     394,536    
  15,300     @   Chico's FAS, Inc.     214,965    
  5,600     @   Childrens Place Retail
Stores, Inc.
    184,856    
  2,050     @   Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.     180,728    
  7,273     @   Collective Brands, Inc.     165,606    
  4,789       Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store
    181,934    
  2,951     @   DineEquity, Inc.     71,680    
  11,565     @   Dollar Tree, Inc.     558,590    
  7,121     @,L   Dress Barn, Inc.     164,495    
  4,900     @   Ezcorp, Inc.     84,329    
  5,350       Finish Line     67,143    
  5,753     @   First Cash Financial
Services, Inc.
    127,659    
  14,107       Fred's, Inc.     143,891    
  17,200     @   GameStop Corp.     377,368    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Retail (continued)  
  88,498       Gap, Inc.   $ 1,854,033    
  6,605     @   Group 1 Automotive, Inc.     187,252    
  5,682     @   Gymboree Corp.     247,110    
  123,164       Home Depot, Inc.     3,563,135    
  6,500     @   HOT Topic, Inc.     41,340    
  4,500     @   HSN, Inc.     90,855    
  5,917     @   Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.     214,432    
  3,968     @   JoS. A Bank Clothiers, Inc.     167,410    
  13,300     @   Kohl's Corp.     717,269    
  72,900       Limited Brands, Inc.     1,402,596    
  10,067     @   Lithia Motors, Inc.     82,751    
  6,900     @   MarineMax, Inc.     63,411    
  2,427       Men's Wearhouse, Inc.     51,113    
  377       MSC Industrial Direct Co.     17,719    
  2,608     @   OfficeMax, Inc.     33,096    
  4,452     @   Papa John's International, Inc.     103,999    
  17,160     S   Petsmart, Inc.     458,000    
  3,463     @,L   PF Chang's China Bistro, Inc.     131,282    
  9,329     S   Phillips-Van Heusen     379,504    
  10,158       Regis Corp.     158,160    
  9,700       Ross Stores, Inc.     414,287    
  11,608     @   Ruby Tuesday, Inc.     83,578    
  8,067       Sonic Automotive, Inc.     83,816    
  10,392       Stage Stores, Inc.     128,445    
  56,895       Staples, Inc.     1,399,048    
  181     @   Steak N Shake Co/The     58,666    
  4,844     @   Stein Mart, Inc.     51,637    
  75,704       Target Corp.     3,661,802    
  8,441     @   Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     94,792    
  30,600       TJX Cos., Inc.     1,118,430    
  6,100     @   Tractor Supply Co.     323,056    
  1,953     @   Urban Outfitters, Inc.     68,335    
  9,233       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     493,504    
  5,043       Williams-Sonoma, Inc.     104,794    
  9,720       World Fuel Services Corp.     260,399    
      24,298,627    
        Savings & Loans: 0.4%  
  8,200       Brookline Bancorp., Inc.     81,262    
  12,544       Dime Community Bancshares     147,016    
  109,431       Hudson City Bancorp., Inc.     1,502,488    
  49,250     L   New York Community
Bancorp., Inc.
    714,618    
  29,800       NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.     357,898    
      2,803,282    
        Semiconductors: 1.7%  
  18,300     @   Broadcom Corp.     575,535    
  5,460     @   Cabot Microelectronics Corp.     179,962    
  2,222     @   Cree, Inc.     125,254    
  10,297     @   Cypress Semiconductor Corp.     108,736    
  338     @   Diodes, Inc.     6,912    
  4,801     @   DSP Group, Inc.     27,030    
  33,100     @   Integrated Device
Technology, Inc.
    214,157    
  61,830       Intel Corp.     1,261,332    
  31,176     @   Kopin Corp.     130,316    
  800     @   Lam Research Corp.     31,368    
  3,692       Micrel, Inc.     30,274    
  59,300     @   Micron Technology, Inc.     626,208    
  7,021     @   Microsemi Corp.     124,623    
  19,317     @   Semtech Corp.     328,582    
  8,004     @,L   Sigma Designs, Inc.     85,643    

 

Shares           Value  
  26,400     @   Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   $ 374,616    
  135,800       Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,538,948    
  3,735     @   Varian Semiconductor
Equipment Associates, Inc.
    134,012    
  3,035     @   Veeco Instruments, Inc.     100,276    
  106,600       Xilinx, Inc.     2,671,396    
      10,675,180    
        Software: 3.1%  
  1,477     @   ACI Worldwide, Inc.     25,331    
  5,651     @   Acxiom Corp.     75,836    
  3,900     @   Adobe Systems, Inc.     143,442    
  949     @,S   Advent Software, Inc.     38,653    
  131     @   Ansys, Inc.     5,693    
  20,450       Broadridge Financial
Solutions ADR
    461,352    
  98,066       CA, Inc.     2,202,562    
  970     @   Cerner Corp.     79,967    
  855     @   Commvault Systems, Inc.     20,255    
  53,700     @   Compuware Corp.     388,251    
  2,103     @   Concur Technologies, Inc.     89,903    
  7,447     @   CSG Systems International     142,163    
  805     @   Digi International, Inc.     7,342    
  183     @   Epicor Software Corp.     1,394    
  12,750       Fair Isaac Corp.     271,703    
  39,796       Fidelity National Information
Services, Inc.
    932,818    
  24,800       IMS Health, Inc.     522,288    
  275,732       Microsoft Corp.     8,407,069    
  2,679     @   MSCI, Inc. - Class A     85,192    
  185,394       Oracle Corp.     4,549,569    
  14,900     @   Quest Software, Inc.     274,160    
  7,561     @   Smith Micro Software, Inc.     69,108    
  11,411     @   Sybase, Inc.     495,237    
  6,200     @   SYNNEX Corp.     190,092    
      19,479,380    
        Telecommunications: 3.1%  
  43,250     @   3Com Corp.     324,375    
  4,077     @   Anixter International, Inc.     192,027    
  4,200       Applied Signal
Technology, Inc.
    81,018    
  21,227     @   Arris Group, Inc.     242,625    
  271,157       AT&T, Inc.     7,600,503    
  4,660       Black Box Corp.     132,064    
  6,400     @,L   Ciena Corp.     69,376    
  27,013     @   Cincinnati Bell, Inc.     93,195    
  202,661     @   Cisco Systems, Inc.     4,851,704    
  8,113     @   CommScope, Inc.     215,238    
  1,123     @   Comtech Telecommunications     39,361    
  6,600     @   EMS Technologies, Inc.     95,700    
  299     @   General Communication, Inc.     1,908    
  1,086     @   Harmonic, Inc.     6,874    
  8,587       Harris Corp.     408,312    
  8,605     @   Netgear, Inc.     186,642    
  558     @   NeuStar, Inc.     12,856    
  6,900     @   Neutral Tandem, Inc.     156,975    
  10,691     @,L   Novatel Wireless, Inc.     85,207    
  4,316       Plantronics, Inc.     112,130    
  4,400     @   Polycom, Inc.     109,868    
  42,566       Qualcomm, Inc.     1,969,103    
  91,400       Qwest Communications
International, Inc.
    384,794    
  20,900     @   RF Micro Devices, Inc.     99,693    
  38,700     @   Sprint Nextel Corp.     141,642    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Telecommunications (continued)  
  5,499     @   Symmetricom, Inc.   $ 28,595    
  4,400     @   Tekelec     67,232    
  9,600     @   TW Telecom, Inc.     164,544    
  11,198     @   USA Mobility, Inc.     123,290    
  48,625       Verizon Communications, Inc.     1,610,946    
      19,607,797    
        Textiles: 0.0%  
  4,403       G&K Services, Inc.     110,647    
  4,181       Unifirst Corp.     201,148    
      311,795    
        Transportation: 0.2%  
  4,453     @   Bristow Group, Inc.     171,218    
  7,322       Landstar System, Inc.     283,874    
  7,913       Overseas Shipholding Group     347,776    
  10,600       Ryder System, Inc.     436,402    
  6,774       Tidewater, Inc.     324,813    
      1,564,083    
Total Common Stock
(Cost $322,205,722)
    366,981,085    
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS: 1.4%      
        Apartments: 0.2%  
  3,603       BRE Properties, Inc.     119,187    
  3,625       Camden Property Trust     153,591    
  1,400       Essex Property Trust, Inc.     117,110    
  3,849       Home Properties, Inc.     183,636    
  5,395       Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
    260,471    
  14,400       UDR, Inc.     236,736    
      1,070,731    
        Diversified: 0.1%  
  10,576       Cousins Properties, Inc.     80,695    
  11,602       Duke Realty Corp.     141,196    
  909       Entertainment
Properties Trust
    32,060    
  6,114       Liberty Property Trust     195,709    
      449,660    
        Forest Products & Paper: 0.1%  
  3,926       Potlatch Corp.     125,161    
  6,826       Rayonier, Inc.     287,784    
      412,945    
        Health Care: 0.2%  
  11,900       HCP, Inc.     363,426    
  11,252       Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.     241,468    
  5,706       LTC Properties, Inc.     152,636    
  7,300       Nationwide Health
Properties, Inc.
    256,814    
  8,200       Senior Housing
Properties Trust
    179,334    
      1,193,678    
        Hotels: 0.0%  
  5,100       Hospitality Properties Trust     120,921    
      120,921    

 

Shares           Value  
        Office Property: 0.1%  
  3,933       Alexandria Real Estate
Equities, Inc.
  $ 252,853    
  3,213       BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.     50,701    
  3,800       Corporate Office Properties
Trust SBI MD
    139,194    
  4,682       Franklin Street
Properties Corp.
    68,404    
  3,158       Highwoods Properties, Inc.     105,319    
  685       Kilroy Realty Corp.     21,009    
  3,431       Mack-Cali Realty Corp.     118,610    
  4,623       Parkway Properties, Inc.     96,251    
  3,700       SL Green Realty Corp.     185,888    
      1,038,229    
        Regional Malls: 0.3%  
  5,253       Macerich Co.     188,845    
  3,873       Pennsylvania Real Estate
Investment Trust
    32,766    
  24,873       Simon Property Group, Inc.     1,984,865    
      2,206,476    
        Shopping Centers: 0.2%  
  10,310       Acadia Realty Trust     173,930    
  8,250       Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.     56,100    
  3,935     L   Equity One, Inc.     63,629    
  3,800       Federal Realty
Investment Trust
    257,336    
  3,800     L   Regency Centers Corp.     133,228    
  978       Tanger Factory Outlet
Centers, Inc.
    38,132    
  8,646       Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.     132,024    
  10,288       Weingarten Realty Investors     203,600    
      1,057,979    
        Single Tenant: 0.0%  
  2,467       National Retail Properties, Inc.     52,350    
  8,650     L   Realty Income Corp.     224,122    
      276,472    
        Storage: 0.1%  
  19,092       Extra Space Storage, Inc.     220,513    
  4,650       Public Storage, Inc.     378,743    
  2,800       Sovran Self Storage, Inc.     100,044    
      699,300    
        Warehouse/Industrial: 0.1%  
  10,318       AMB Property Corp.     263,625    
  2,754       EastGroup Properties, Inc.     105,423    
  28,300       Prologis     387,427    
      756,475    
Total Real Estate
Investment Trusts
(Cost $7,258,613)
    9,282,866    
PREFERRED STOCK: 0.1%      
        Diversified Financial Services: 0.1%  
  857     #,P   Zurich RegCaPS Funding Trust     594,544    
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $814,150)
    594,544    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
CORPORATE BONDS/NOTES: 14.9%      
        Advertising: 0.0%  
$ 250,000       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.,
10.000%, due 07/15/17
  $ 278,750    
      278,750    
        Agriculture: 0.2%  
  699,000     S   Altria Group, Inc., 9.700%,
due 11/10/18
    865,431    
  215,000       Philip Morris International,
Inc., 6.875%, due 03/17/14
    243,845    
      1,109,276    
        Apparel: 0.1%  
  320,000       Hanesbrands, Inc., 8.000%,
due 12/15/16
    327,600    
      327,600    
        Banks: 3.0%  
  541,000       American Express Bank FSB,
5.500%, due 04/16/13
    577,100    
  400,000       Bank of America Corp.,
5.420%, due 03/15/17
    395,422    
  482,000       Bank of America Corp.,
8.000%, due 12/29/49
    464,715    
  140,000       Bank of Ireland, 0.500%,
due 12/29/49
    47,600    
  1,238,000     #   Barclays Bank PLC, 6.050%,
due 12/04/17
    1,261,882    
  632,000     #   Barclays Bank PLC, 7.375%,
due 06/29/49
    571,960    
  171,000       Capital One Financial Corp.,
7.375%, due 05/23/14
    193,795    
  769,000       Citigroup, Inc., 5.000%,
due 09/15/14
    742,097    
  723,000       Citigroup, Inc., 6.010%,
due 01/15/15
    739,048    
  876,000       Citigroup, Inc., 8.500%,
due 05/22/19
    1,013,247    
  1,133,000     ^^   Deutsche Bank AG,
London-Republic of
Indonesia Government
Bond Credit Linked Notes,
13.150%, due 01/25/12
    1,156,566    
  591,000       Discover Bank/Greenwood DE,
8.700%, due 11/18/19
    634,229    
  241,000     #   Dresdner Funding Trust I,
8.151%, due 06/30/31
    174,299    
  1,046,000       Fifth Third Bancorp., 8.250%,
due 03/01/38
    997,147    
  864,000       First Tennessee Bank NA,
5.650%, due 04/01/16
    750,333    
  318,000     L   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.250%, due 04/01/13
    337,070    
  372,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.450%, due 11/01/12
    400,229    
  427,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.500%, due 11/15/14
    456,245    
  592,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
6.250%, due 09/01/17
    635,839    
  602,000     #   HSBC Capital Funding L.P.,
9.547%, due 12/29/49
    626,080    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 387,000       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
4.650%, due 06/01/14
  $ 408,086    
  344,000       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA,
5.875%, due 06/13/16
    361,445    
  815,000       Morgan Stanley, 4.750%,
due 04/01/14
    820,464    
  641,000       Morgan Stanley, 7.300%,
due 05/13/19
    721,041    
  1,015,000       National City Preferred
Capital Trust I, 12.000%,
due 12/29/49
    1,172,123    
  960,000     #   Rabobank, 11.000%,
due 12/29/49
    1,173,734    
  296,000       USB Capital XIII Trust,
6.625%, due 12/15/39
    301,823    
  622,000       Wachovia Bank NA, 6.000%,
due 11/15/17
    652,094    
  796,000       Wachovia Bank NA, 6.600%,
due 01/15/38
    842,915    
  101,000       Wachovia Corp., 5.250%,
due 08/01/14
    104,667    
  686,000       Wells Fargo Capital XIII,
7.700%, due 12/29/49
    668,850    
      19,402,145    
        Beverages: 0.3%  
  596,000     #   Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc., 5.375%,
due 11/15/14
    631,693    
  547,000     #   Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc., 7.750%,
due 01/15/19
    641,496    
  396,000       Dr Pepper Snapple Group,
Inc., 6.820%, due 05/01/18
    444,956    
      1,718,145    
        Chemicals: 0.3%  
  287,000     #   Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
LLC, 7.000%, due 06/15/14
    316,009    
  267,000     #   Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
LLC, 8.250%, due 06/15/19
    314,778    
  432,000       Dow Chemical Co., 7.600%,
due 05/15/14
    492,032    
  505,000     #   Nova Chemicals Corp.,
8.375%, due 11/01/16
    515,100    
  85,000     #   Nova Chemicals Corp.,
8.625%, due 11/01/19
    86,913    
      1,724,832    
        Coal: 0.1%  
  610,000     #   Arch Coal, Inc., 8.750%,
due 08/01/16
    648,125    
      648,125    
        Commercial Services: 0.2%  
  527,000       RR Donnelley & Sons Co.,
8.600%, due 08/15/16
    574,425    
  60,000       Service Corp. International,
7.000%, due 06/15/17
    58,500    
  495,000     &,#   ServiceMaster Co, 10.750%,
due 07/15/15
    517,275    
      1,150,200    

 

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62



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Computers: 0.1%  
$ 475,000       Seagate Technology, Inc.,
6.800%, due 10/01/16
  $ 461,938    
      461,938    
        Diversified Financial Services: 1.4%  
  830,000     #   Aiful Corp., 4.450%,
due 02/16/10
    797,492    
  232,000       American Express Credit
Corp., 5.125%, due 08/25/14
    244,718    
  341,000     S   American Express Credit
Corp., 7.300%, due 08/20/13
    383,552    
  1,009,000     #   Cantor Fitzgerald L.P.,
7.875%, due 10/15/19
    989,116    
  211,000       Capital One Bank USA NA,
6.500%, due 06/13/13
    227,007    
  684,000       Capital One Bank USA NA,
8.800%, due 07/15/19
    809,613    
  418,000       Capital One Capital V,
10.250%, due 08/15/39
    487,185    
  241,000     #   Corestates Capital Trust I,
8.000%, due 12/15/26
    236,264    
  634,000       Credit Suisse,
5.860%, due 12/31/49
    554,750    
  295,000       FIA Card Services NA, 6.625%,
due 06/15/12
    317,348    
  428,000       Fund American Cos., Inc.,
5.875%, due 05/15/13
    427,410    
  375,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
3.750%, due 11/14/14
    374,757    
  730,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
5.875%, due 01/14/38
    678,117    
  91,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
6.000%, due 08/07/19
    94,632    
  633,000     S   General Electric Capital Corp.,
6.875%, due 01/10/39
    655,776    
  237,000     #   Iberdrola Finance Ireland Ltd.,
3.800%, due 09/11/14
    238,325    
  324,000     #   Iberdrola Finance Ireland Ltd.,
5.000%, due 09/11/19
    323,043    
  400,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,
6.050%, due 05/16/16
    404,127    
  355,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,
6.875%, due 04/25/18
    383,100    
  203,000     S   National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corp.,
10.375%, due 11/01/18
    269,409    
  52,125     #   Power Receivable Finance,
LLC, 6.290%, due 01/01/12
    53,165    
  530,000     #,±   Twin Reefs Pass-through
Trust, 2.231%, due 12/10/49
    53    
      8,948,959    
        Electric: 1.5%  
  715,000       AES Corp., 8.000%,
due 10/15/17
    737,344    
  367,000     #   Allegheny Energy Supply Co.
LLC, 5.750%, due 10/15/19
    357,134    
  172,000     #   Allegheny Energy Supply Co.
LLC, 6.750%, due 10/15/39
    164,231    
  284,000       Ameren Corp., 8.875%,
due 05/15/14
    319,287    
  91,000       Ameren Energy Generating
Co., 6.300%, due 04/01/20
    89,524    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 1,298,000       Commonwealth Edison Co.,
6.950%, due 07/15/18
  $ 1,413,823    
  391,000       DTE Energy Co., 7.050%,
due 06/01/11
    414,401    
  114,000       Duke Energy Corp., 3.950%,
due 09/15/14
    115,615    
  436,000       Duke Energy Corp., 6.300%,
due 02/01/14
    479,867    
  242,000       Entergy Texas, Inc., 7.125%,
due 02/01/19
    268,691    
  170,000       FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.,
4.800%, due 02/15/15
    173,713    
  222,000       Indiana Michigan Power,
7.000%, due 03/15/19
    247,992    
  153,000       Jersey Central Power and
Light, 7.350%, due 02/01/19
    173,953    
  305,676     #   Juniper Generation, LLC,
6.790%, due 12/31/14
    285,991    
  451,000       Metropolitan Edison, 7.700%,
due 01/15/19
    518,479    
  47,000       Nevada Power Co., 7.125%,
due 03/15/19
    52,563    
  189,000       Nisource Finance Corp.,
6.125%, due 03/01/22
    193,296    
  1,214,000       NorthWestern Corp., 5.875%,
due 11/01/14
    1,260,580    
  419,000       Oncor Electric Delivery Co.,
6.800%, due 09/01/18
    466,188    
  568,000       Oncor Electric Delivery Co.,
7.500%, due 09/01/38
    673,591    
  243,000       Progress Energy, Inc.,
6.050%, due 03/15/14
    266,274    
  191,000       Progress Energy, Inc.,
7.050%, due 03/15/19
    214,049    
  473,000       Sierra Pacific Power Co.,
6.250%, due 04/15/12
    498,418    
  460,000       Southwestern Electric Power,
5.550%, due 01/15/17
    464,838    
      9,849,842    
        Electronics: 0.1%  
  335,000       Jabil Circuit, Inc., 7.750%,
due 07/15/16
    353,425    
      353,425    
        Energy-Alternate Sources: 0.0%  
  600,000     I,X,±   Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC,
6.301%, due 12/31/13
    60    
  700,000     I,X,±   Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC,
12.630%, due 12/31/13
    70    
  92,655     I,X,±   PEA Lima, LLC, due 03/20/14     9    
      139    
        Entertainment: 0.3%  
  605,000       AMC Entertainment, Inc.,
8.750%, due 06/01/19
    620,125    
  600,000     #   Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
8.625%, due 08/01/17
    615,000    
  345,000     #   Warner Music Group,
9.500%, due 06/15/16
    371,306    
  120,000     L   WMG Holdings Corp.,
9.500%, due 12/15/14
    122,100    
      1,728,531    

 

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63



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Food: 0.4%  
$ 155,000     #   Dole Food Co., Inc., 8.000%,
due 10/01/16
  $ 158,100    
  396,000       HJ Heinz Co., 5.350%,
due 07/15/13
    426,037    
  631,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.125%,
due 02/01/18
    664,580    
  131,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.125%,
due 08/23/18
    138,352    
  138,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.500%,
due 08/11/17
    149,964    
  205,000       Safeway, Inc., 6.250%,
due 03/15/14
    225,353    
  525,000     #   Smithfield Foods, Inc.,
10.000%, due 07/15/14
    572,250    
  155,000       Tyson Foods, Inc., 7.850%,
due 04/01/16
    159,650    
      2,494,286    
        Forest Products & Paper: 0.0%  
  252,000       Domtar Corp., 10.750%,
due 06/01/17
    297,360    
      297,360    
        Gas: 0.1%  
  596,000       Sempra Energy, 6.500%,
due 06/01/16
    647,218    
      647,218    
        Healthcare-Products: 0.3%  
  480,000     &,S   Biomet, Inc., 10.375%,
due 10/15/17
    523,200    
  467,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
4.500%, due 01/15/15
    468,475    
  249,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
6.000%, due 01/15/20
    254,900    
  287,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
7.375%, due 01/15/40
    309,315    
  232,000       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.,
5.750%, due 11/30/39
    228,232    
      1,784,122    
        Healthcare-Services: 0.2%  
  255,000       HCA, Inc., 9.250%,
due 11/15/16
    274,444    
  480,000     &   HCA, Inc., 9.625%,
due 11/15/16
    520,800    
  252,000       US Oncology, Inc., 9.125%,
due 08/15/17
    265,860    
      1,061,104    
        Holding Companies-Diversified: 0.0%  
  130,000     #   Reynolds Group DL Escrow,
Inc./Reynolds Group Escrow
LLC, 7.750%, due 10/15/16
    133,575    
      133,575    
        Home Builders: 0.0%  
  213,000       Toll Brothers Finance Corp.,
6.750%, due 11/01/19
    208,980    
      208,980    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Insurance: 1.1%  
$ 1,355,000       Aegon NV, 3.570%,
due 12/31/49
  $ 687,256    
  785,000       American International
Group, Inc., 5.850%,
due 01/16/18
    645,092    
  734,000       Genworth Financial, Inc.,
6.515%, due 05/22/18
    672,728    
  331,000       Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., 5.250%,
due 10/15/11
    341,744    
  416,000       Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., 6.000%,
due 01/15/19
    405,786    
  353,000       Lincoln National Corp.,
8.750%, due 07/01/19
    404,007    
  506,000     #   Pacific Life Insurance Co.,
9.250%, due 06/15/39
    585,925    
  266,000       Principal Financial Group,
Inc., 7.875%, due 05/15/14
    293,855    
  837,000       Protective Life Corp., 8.450%,
due 10/15/39
    809,588    
  186,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
4.750%, due 09/17/15
    188,841    
  194,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
5.700%, due 12/14/36
    175,855    
  387,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
6.000%, due 12/01/17
    399,896    
  302,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
6.625%, due 12/01/37
    310,562    
  251,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
7.375%, due 06/15/19
    281,900    
  647,000     #   Teachers Insurance & Annuity
Association of America,
6.850%, due 12/16/39
    670,993    
      6,874,028    
        Investment Companies: 0.0%  
  218,000     #   Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd,
5.500%, due 11/16/11
    228,910    
      228,910    
        Iron/Steel: 0.2%  
  237,000       ArcelorMittal, 7.000%,
due 10/15/39
    250,344    
  611,000       ArcelorMittal, 9.850%,
due 06/01/19
    791,565    
  65,000       Steel Dynamics, Inc., 7.750%,
due 04/15/16
    67,356    
      1,109,265    
        Lodging: 0.2%  
  797,000     #   Hyatt Hotels Corp., 6.875%,
due 08/15/19
    797,474    
  355,000     #   Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn
Las Vegas Capital Corp.,
7.875%, due 11/01/17
    361,213    
      1,158,687    
        Machinery-Diversified: 0.0%  
  305,000     #   Case New Holland, Inc.,
7.750%, due 09/01/13
    313,388    
      313,388    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
64



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Media: 1.5%  
$ 470,000     #   Cablevision Systems Corp.,
8.625%, due 09/15/17
  $ 491,738    
  730,000     #   Clear Channel Worldwide
Holdings, Inc., 9.250%,
due 12/15/17
    750,800    
  145,000       Comcast Corp., 5.900%,
due 03/15/16
    156,356    
  714,000       Comcast Corp., 6.300%,
due 11/15/17
    782,493    
  826,000     #   COX Communications, Inc.,
6.250%, due 06/01/18
    880,625    
  276,000     #   COX Communications, Inc.,
6.950%, due 06/01/38
    293,283    
  160,000       Discovery Communications,
LLC, 5.625%, due 08/15/19
    165,511    
  255,000       DISH DBS Corp., 7.125%,
due 02/01/16
    261,694    
  485,000     #   Mediacom LLC/Mediacom
Capital Corp., 9.125%,
due 08/15/19
    497,125    
  467,000     #   News America, Inc., 5.650%,
due 08/15/20
    487,237    
  395,000       News America, Inc., 6.650%,
due 11/15/37
    418,600    
  726,000       News America, Inc., 6.900%,
due 03/01/19
    819,446    
  219,000     L   Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
3.500%, due 02/01/15
    216,609    
  339,000       Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
5.000%, due 02/01/20
    329,379    
  1,336,000       Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
6.200%, due 07/01/13
    1,468,696    
  1,013,000       Time Warner, Inc., 5.500%,
due 11/15/11
    1,075,957    
  75,000       Time Warner, Inc., 7.700%,
due 05/01/32
    88,328    
  276,000       Viacom, Inc., 4.250%,
due 09/15/15
    278,515    
  140,000       Viacom, Inc., 5.625%,
due 09/15/19
    146,448    
      9,608,840    
        Mining: 0.1%  
  292,000       Newmont Mining Corp.,
5.125%, due 10/01/19
    292,692    
  274,000       Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.,
8.950%, due 05/01/14
    328,636    
      621,328    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 0.2%  
  435,000       General Electric Co., 5.250%,
due 12/06/17
    445,227    
  615,000       Tyco International Finance,
8.500%, due 01/15/19
    743,983    
      1,189,210    
        Office/Business Equipment: 0.0%  
  192,000       Xerox Corp., 4.250%,
due 02/15/15
    190,878    
  90,000       Xerox Corp., 5.625%,
due 12/15/19
    90,044    
      280,922    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Oil & Gas: 0.3%  
$ 221,000       Hess Corp., 8.125%,
due 02/15/19
  $ 266,962    
  388,000       Marathon Oil Corp., 6.500%,
due 02/15/14
    429,582    
  191,000       Marathon Oil Corp., 7.500%,
due 02/15/19
    220,810    
  365,000       Pioneer Natural Resources
Co., 7.500%, due 01/15/20
    366,991    
  470,000       Plains Exploration &
Production Co., 8.625%,
due 10/15/19
    485,275    
      1,769,620    
        Oil & Gas Services: 0.0%  
  231,000       Weatherford International
Ltd., 9.625%, due 03/01/19
    288,451    
      288,451    
        Packaging & Containers: 0.0%  
  150,000     #   Solo Cup Co., 10.500%,
due 11/01/13
    160,500    
      160,500    
        Pharmaceuticals: 0.1%  
  244,000       Express Scripts, Inc., 6.250%,
due 06/15/14
    266,495    
  61,000       Express Scripts, Inc., 7.250%,
due 06/15/19
    69,428    
  216,000       Novartis Securities Investment
Ltd., 5.125%, due 02/10/19
    227,327    
      563,250    
        Pipelines: 0.5%  
  417,000       Enbridge Energy Partners,
9.875%, due 03/01/19
    528,868    
  360,000       Energy Transfer Partners,
9.700%, due 03/15/19
    445,350    
  345,000       Northwest Pipeline Corp.,
7.000%, due 06/15/16
    388,976    
  279,000       Plains All American Pipeline
L.P., 4.250%, due 09/01/12
    288,104    
  545,000       Plains All American Pipeline
LP, 5.750%, due 01/15/20
    546,436    
  147,000       Trans-Canada Pipelines,
7.125%, due 01/15/19
    172,169    
  163,000       Trans-Canada Pipelines,
7.625%, due 01/15/39
    201,413    
  460,000       Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corp., 6.400%,
due 04/15/16
    502,448    
      3,073,764    
        Real Estate: 0.2%  
  194,000       AvalonBay Communities, Inc.,
5.700%, due 03/15/17
    197,090    
  115,000     #   Felcor Lodging L.P., 10.000%,
due 10/01/14
    116,581    
  246,000       ProLogis, 7.375%,
due 10/30/19
    243,073    
  436,000       Simon Property Group, Inc.,
6.750%, due 05/15/14
    465,075    
      1,021,819    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
65



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Retail: 0.4%  
$ 840,000       CVS Caremark Corp., 6.125%,
due 09/15/39
  $ 835,349    
  214,000       CVS Caremark Corp., 6.600%,
due 03/15/19
    234,586    
  505,000     #   Limited Brands, 8.500%,
due 06/15/19
    551,713    
  200,000     #   QVC, Inc., 7.500%,
due 10/01/19
    205,000    
  600,000     #   Toys R Us Property Co. I LLC,
10.750%, due 07/15/17
    660,000    
      2,486,648    
        Telecommunications: 1.2%  
  963,000       AT&T, Inc., 6.550%,
due 02/15/39
    1,018,062    
  136,000       British Telecommunications
PLC, 5.150%, due 01/15/13
    141,918    
  227,000       British Telecommunications
PLC, 5.950%, due 01/15/18
    231,078    
  1,000,000       Cellco Partnership/Verizon
Wireless Capital, LLC,
5.550%, due 02/01/14
    1,086,270    
  397,000       CenturyTel, Inc., 7.600%,
due 09/15/39
    408,075    
  187,000       Cisco Systems, Inc., 4.450%,
due 01/15/20
    183,811    
  507,000       Cisco Systems, Inc., 5.500%,
due 01/15/40
    486,533    
  240,000     L   Cricket Communications, Inc.,
9.375%, due 11/01/14
    242,400    
  252,000       Cricket Communications, Inc.,
10.000%, due 07/15/15
    256,725    
  525,000       Crown Castle International
Corp., 7.125%, due 11/01/19
    522,375    
  594,000       Embarq Corp., 7.995%,
due 06/01/36
    640,794    
  180,000       Frontier Communications
Corp., 8.125%, due 10/01/18
    183,150    
  477,000     #   Intelsat Subsidiary Holding
Co. Ltd., 8.875%,
due 01/15/15
    493,695    
  240,000       MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.,
9.250%, due 11/01/14
    244,200    
  240,000       Nextel Communications, Inc.,
5.950%, due 03/15/14
    225,300    
  252,000       Qwest Communications
International, Inc., 7.500%,
due 02/15/14
    254,205    
  255,000       Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.000%,
due 12/01/16
    233,963    
  154,000       Telefonica Emisones SAU,
5.877%, due 07/15/19
    165,365    
  261,000       Telefonica Emisones SAU,
6.421%, due 06/20/16
    290,079    
  447,000     S   Verizon Communications,
Inc., 8.950%, due 03/01/39
    606,713    
      7,914,711    
        Transportation: 0.3%  
  453,000       CSX Corp., 6.250%,
due 04/01/15
    499,518    
  517,000       CSX Corp., 7.450%,
due 04/01/38
    613,141    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 206,000       Union Pacific Corp., 5.125%,
due 02/15/14
  $ 218,932    
  572,000       Union Pacific Corp., 5.700%,
due 08/15/18
    600,188    
      1,931,779    
Total Corporate Bonds/Notes
(Cost $90,670,366)
    94,923,672    
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS: 11.3%      
            Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation##: 3.3%
         
  821,397     S,^   4.883%, due 03/15/33     849,428    
  259,760     S   4.966%, due 04/01/35     274,039    
  2,092,000     W   5.000%, due 01/15/39     2,145,281    
  6,137,567     S   5.000%, due 08/15/16-
09/15/31
    6,455,651    
  667,865       5.000%, due 02/15/32-
04/15/32
    696,097    
  1,534,000     W   5.500%, due 01/15/39     1,607,104    
  2,769,000     S   5.500%, due 12/15/20-
05/15/36
    2,895,944    
  1,406,031       5.500%, due 09/15/32-
02/15/34
    1,471,041    
  4,199,958     S   6.000%, due 01/15/29-
07/15/32
    4,502,582    
  298,000       6.000%, due 10/15/32     317,730    
  216,142       6.500%, due 11/01/28-
12/01/31
    233,974    
      21,448,871    
            Federal National Mortgage
Association##: 6.0%
         
  4,819,000     W   4.500%, due 01/25/24-
01/25/39
    4,855,516    
  4,613,000     W   5.000%, due 01/13/40     4,734,091    
  5,888,589     S   5.000%, due 07/01/37     6,068,314    
  527,198       5.000%, due 02/25/29-
07/01/36
    543,706    
  1,876,000     S   5.500%, due 05/25/30     1,972,541    
  2,143,000     W   6.000%, due 01/15/33-
01/15/39
    2,270,533    
  6,871,521     S   6.000%, due 08/01/16-
12/25/49
    7,345,632    
  2,045,136       6.000%, due 06/01/16-
07/01/37
    2,183,879    
  5,835,000     W   6.500%, due 01/15/32     6,249,833    
  947,357     S   7.000%, due 06/01/29-
04/01/32
    1,050,751    
  123,677       7.000%, due 01/01/30-
07/01/32
    136,986    
  548,590     S   7.500%, due 11/01/29-
01/25/48
    618,884    
  103,886       7.500%, due 10/01/30-
11/01/30
    117,259    
      38,147,925    
            Government National Mortgage
Association: 2.0%
         
  15,166     S   4.125%, due 12/20/29     15,514    
  56,426       4.375%, due 04/20/28     58,036    
  6,778,000     W   4.500%, due 01/15/40     6,784,358    
  736,151     S   4.500%, due 04/15/39     738,177    
  1,790,000       4.500%, due 01/20/40     1,788,885    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
            Government National Mortgage
Association (continued)
         
$ 692,000     W   5.000%, due 01/15/39   $ 711,679    
  795,194     S   5.500%, due 09/15/38-
03/20/39
    834,687    
  87,119       6.500%, due 10/15/31     94,207    
  432,606     S   7.000%, due 10/15/24-
11/15/24
    479,348    
  455,643       7.000%, due 09/15/24-
10/15/24
    504,806    
  781,888     S   7.500%, due 12/15/23     878,778    
      12,888,475    
Total U.S. Government
Agency Obligations
(Cost $71,335,603)
    72,485,271    
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS: 7.0%      
        U.S. Treasury Notes: 7.0%  
  23,720,000     L   0.750%, due 11/30/11     23,572,699    
  2,422,000     L   1.000%, due 10/31/11     2,420,578    
  2,496,000     L   1.125%, due 12/15/12     2,456,795    
  4,076,000     L   2.125%, due 11/30/14     3,980,797    
  192,000     L   2.625%, due 06/30/14     193,455    
  160,000       2.625%, due 12/31/14     159,588    
  3,386,000     L   3.375%, due 11/15/19     3,257,986    
  9,045,000       4.500%, due 08/15/39     8,842,908    
Total U.S. Treasury
Obligations
(Cost $45,724,048)
    44,884,806    
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES: 1.4%      
            Automobile Asset-Backed
Securities: 0.9%
         
  563,000     #,S   Bank of America Auto Trust,
2.130%, due 09/15/13
    568,612    
  406,000     #,S   Bank of America Auto Trust,
2.670%, due 07/15/13
    412,913    
  537,000     S   CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
1.740%, due 04/15/14
    535,214    
  362,000       CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
2.820%, due 12/15/14
    359,148    
  429,000     S   CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
5.810%, due 12/16/13
    459,239    
  321,000       Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
Trust, 2.620%, due 03/15/14
    326,256    
  879,000     S   Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
Trust, 3.190%, due 11/15/13
    898,206    
  366,000     S   Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
Trust, 5.520%, due 11/15/13
    384,434    
  241,000       Honda Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 2.310%,
due 05/15/13
    244,213    
  376,000       Honda Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 4.880%,
due 09/18/14
    396,108    
  216,000       Hyundai Auto Receivables
Trust, 2.030%, due 08/15/13
    217,509    
  285,000       Mercedes-Benz Auto
Receivables Trust, 1.670%,
due 01/15/14
    285,109    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 208,000       Mercedes-Benz Auto
Receivables Trust, 2.430%,
due 03/15/16
  $ 207,309    
  241,000       Nissan Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 2.940%,
due 07/15/11
    243,207    
  113,000       Nissan Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 4.460%,
due 04/16/12
    115,856    
  351,000       USAA Auto Owner Trust,
5.070%, due 06/15/13
    366,750    
      6,020,083    
            Home Equity Asset-Backed
Securities: 0.1%
         
  428,000     #   Irwin Home Equity, 5.960%,
due 08/25/37
    145,777    
  153,045       Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors Trust, 0.591%,
due 07/25/34
    108,054    
  80       Renaissance Home Equity
Loan Trust, 4.456%,
due 05/25/35
    79    
  86,491       Residential Funding
Mortgage Securities II, Inc.,
5.890%, due 06/25/37
    82,407    
      336,317    
        Other Asset-Backed Securities: 0.4%  
  101,077       Amortizing Residential
Collateral Trust, 0.481%,
due 05/25/32
    52,560    
  62,023       Chase Funding Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, 0.831%,
due 07/25/33
    52,117    
  408     S   Chase Funding Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, 4.045%,
due 05/25/33
    400    
  104,000       Countrywide Asset-Backed
Certificates, 5.689%,
due 10/25/46
    61,572    
  658,600     S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
4.831%, due 08/25/35
    639,415    
  700,748     S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
5.501%, due 12/25/36
    498,780    
  459,000     #   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
5.746%, due 12/25/37
    402,700    
  241,000     #   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
6.020%, due 12/25/37
    152,846    
  436,346       Equity One, Inc., 5.050%,
due 09/25/33
    372,443    
  927,000     #,I,X   Hudson Mezzanine Funding,
1.004%, due 06/12/42
    1    
  98       Popular Mortgage
Pass-through Trust,
4.000%, due 12/25/34
    97    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Other Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  
$ 17,932     S   Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., 0.851%,
due 06/25/33
  $ 12,385    
  304,257       Structured Asset Securities
Corp., 4.910%, due 06/25/33
    222,274    
      2,467,590    
Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $10,644,078)
    8,823,990    
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS: 4.6%      
  1,225,966     S   American Home Mortgage
Investment Trust, 0.611%,
due 11/25/45
    340,991    
  283,896       Banc of America Commercial
Mortgage, Inc., 4.161%,
due 12/10/42
    283,683    
  300,000       Banc of America Commercial
Mortgage, Inc., 6.186%,
due 06/11/35
    314,364    
  1,389,387     S   Banc of America Funding
Corp., 5.259%, due 09/20/35
    1,006,159    
  1,216,901     S   Banc of America Funding
Corp., 5.500%, due 03/25/36
    1,047,820    
  791,935     S   Banc of America Mortgage
Securities, Inc., 5.140%,
due 09/25/35
    652,806    
  179,713       Bear Stearns Alternative-A
Trust, 0.551%, due 07/25/34
    120,249    
  787,142     S   Chase Mortgage Finance
Corp., 5.500%, due 11/25/35
    732,170    
  1,100,000     S   Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.700%,
due 12/10/49
    983,864    
  29,377,300     #,^   Citigroup/Deutsche Bank
Commercial Mortgage Trust,
0.087%, due 12/11/49
    247,051    
  730,000     S   Commercial Mortgage
Pass-through Certificates,
5.816%, due 12/10/49
    663,709    
  291,997       Countrywide Home Loan
Mortgage Pass-through
Trust, 0.551%, due 04/25/35
    58,459    
  324,301       Credit Suisse First Boston
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
3.727%, due 03/15/35
    326,754    
  1,412,542     S   First Union National Bank
Commercial Mortgage,
6.663%, due 01/12/43
    1,464,403    
  113,464       GE Capital Commercial
Mortgage Corp., 5.560%,
due 06/10/38
    115,877    
  992,678     S   GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan
Trust, 4.978%, due 06/25/34
    927,480    
  1,238,429     S   GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan
Trust, 5.260%, due 03/18/35
    1,034,241    
  139,292       GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan
Trust, 5.426%, due 11/19/35
    116,122    
  800,000     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.444%, due 03/10/39
    708,637    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 1,110,000     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.736%, due 12/10/49
  $ 987,922    
  940,000     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.918%, due 07/10/38
    859,189    
  1,297,658     S   GSAA Trust, 5.242%,
due 06/25/34
    1,208,873    
  643,335     #   GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust,
0.631%, due 04/25/36
    505,288    
  361,392       GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
5.500%, due 07/25/35
    318,402    
  260,476     S   Homebanc Mortgage Trust,
1.091%, due 08/25/29
    157,488    
  986,747     S   JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
5.290%, due 07/25/35
    948,433    
  186,961       JPMorgan Alternative Loan
Trust, 5.502%, due 01/25/36
    130,600    
  69,183,251     S,^   JPMorgan Chase Commercial
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
0.157%, due 02/15/51
    466,738    
  178,542       JPMorgan Chase Commercial
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
4.262%, due 08/12/40
    178,867    
  1,180,000     S   JPMorgan Chase Commercial
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
5.399%, due 05/15/45
    1,098,543    
  45,305       JPMorgan Chase Commercial
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
5.833%, due 04/15/45
    45,861    
  59,927       JPMorgan Commercial
Mortgage Finance Corp.,
7.371%, due 08/15/32
    59,907    
  1,074,550     S   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
4.777%, due 07/25/35
    953,453    
  1,096,808     S   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
5.290%, due 07/25/35
    997,846    
  500,000       LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.156%,
due 02/15/31
    484,865    
  1,030,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.372%,
due 09/15/39
    983,762    
  920,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.882%,
due 06/15/38
    872,839    
  560,638     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 7.370%,
due 08/15/26
    569,110    
  529,578       Luminent Mortgage Trust,
0.431%, due 10/25/46
    285,472    
  1,209,450     #,S   LVII Resecuritization Trust,
5.777%, due 11/27/37
    1,221,544    
  21,283     S   MASTR Alternative Loans
Trust, 6.500%, due 05/25/33
    18,551    
  158,625       MASTR Alternative Loans
Trust, 8.500%, due 05/25/33
    151,824    
  91,929       MLCC Mortgage Investors,
Inc., 0.551%, due 01/25/29
    76,283    
  329,949       Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Capital I, 7.200%,
due 10/15/33
    336,527    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)      
$ 293,955       Prime Mortgage Trust,
0.731%, due 02/25/35
  $ 205,948    
  72,324       Prudential Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 3.669%,
due 02/11/36
    72,931    
  105,444       Sequoia Mortgage Trust,
0.503%, due 01/20/35
    82,552    
  169,679       Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments, Inc., 0.473%,
due 04/19/35
    85,434    
  1,130,000       Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.308%,
due 11/15/48
    1,062,494    
  46,210       Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 0.670%,
due 06/25/44
    29,957    
  1,310,261     S   Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 6.000%,
due 06/25/34
    1,278,557    
  924,864     S   Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust, 3.363%,
due 10/25/35
    782,568    
  473,452     S   Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust, 4.863%,
due 08/25/34
    463,248    
Total Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $30,556,233)
    29,126,715    
OTHER BONDS: 0.8%      
        Foreign Government Bonds: 0.8%  
BRL 8,112,000       Brazil Notas do Tesouro
Nacional Series F, 10.000%,
due 01/01/11
    4,857,428    
Total Other Bonds
(Cost $4,839,861)
    4,857,428    
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost $584,048,674)
    631,960,377    
Shares           Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 11.7%      
        Affiliated Mutual Fund: 5.8%  
  36,702,000     S   ING Institutional Prime
Money Market
Fund - Class I
  $ 36,702,000    
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $36,702,000)
    36,702,000    

 

Principal
Amount
      Value  
    Securities Lending Collateralcc: 5.9%  
$ 36,647,418     Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(1)
  $ 36,647,418    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 1,627,156     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(1)(2)
  $ 1,301,725    
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $38,274,574)
    37,949,143    
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $74,976,574)
    74,651,143    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $659,025,248)*
    110.7 %   $ 706,611,520    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (10.7 )     (68,126,858 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 638,484,662    

 

@  Non-income producing security

&  Payment-in-kind

ADR  American Depositary Receipt

MASTR  Mortgage Asset Securitization Transaction, Inc.

#  Securities with purchases pursuant to Rule 144A or section 4(2), under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, these securities have been determined to be liquid under the guidelines established by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

P  Preferred Stock may be called prior to convertible date.

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

(2)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

##  On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency placed the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship and the U.S. Treasury guaranteed the debt issued by those organizations.

W  Settlement is on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis.

S  All or a portion of this security is segregated to cover collateral requirements for applicable futures, options, swaps, foreign forward currency contracts and/or when-issued or delayed-delivery securities.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

±  Defaulted security

X  Fair value determined by ING Funds Valuation Committee appointed by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

^  Interest only securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. Principal amount shown represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the interest only security.

^^  Structured Product

BRL  Brazilian Real

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $679,295,381.

  Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 40,702,872    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (13,386,733 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 27,316,139    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock*   $ 366,981,085     $     $     $ 366,981,085    
Real Estate Investment Trusts     9,282,866                   9,282,866    
Preferred Stock           594,544             594,544    
Corporate Bonds/Notes           93,651,958       1,271,714       94,923,672    
U.S. Government Agency Obligations           72,485,271             72,485,271    
U.S. Treasury Obligations           44,884,806             44,884,806    
Asset-Backed Securities           8,771,429       52,561       8,823,990    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations           27,905,171       1,221,544       29,126,715    
Other Bonds                 4,857,428       4,857,428    
Short-Term Investments     73,349,418             1,301,725       74,651,143    
Total Investments, at value   $ 449,613,369     $ 248,293,179     $ 8,704,972     $ 706,611,520    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Forward foreign currency contracts           49,982             49,982    
Futures     608,095                   608,095    
Swaps, at value           499,213             499,213    
Total Assets   $ 450,221,464     $ 248,842,374     $ 8,704,972     $ 707,768,810    
Liabilities Table  
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Forward foreign currency contracts   $     $ (11,323 )   $     $ (11,323 )  
Futures     (84,242 )                 (84,242 )  
Swaps, at value           (737,461 )           (737,461 )  
Total Liabilities   $ (84,242 )   $ (748,784 )   $     $ (833,026 )  

 

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/08
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/09
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Corporate
Bonds/
Notes
  $ 4,724,127     $     $     $     $ (2,557,286 )   $ (13,146 )   $ (1,874,199 )   $ 1,666,022     $ 115,009     $ (788,813 )   $ 1,271,714    
Asset-Backed
Securities
    572,222                         (523,239 )     (2,144 )     (110,813 )     63,975       52,560             52,561    
Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
          1,301,978                   (92,529 )                 12,095                   1,221,544    
Other Bonds           4,839,861                                     17,567                   4,857,428    
Short-Term
Investments
                                                    1,301,725             1,301,725    
Total
Investments,
at value
  $ 5,296,349     $ 6,141,839     $     $     $ (3,173,054 )   $ (15,290 )   $ (1,985,012 )   $ 1,759,659     $ 1,469,294     $ (788,813 )   $ 8,704,972    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Swaps,
at value
    142,098                         (135,761 )           135,761       (142,098 )                    
Total Assets   $ 5,438,447     $ 6,141,839     $     $     $ (3,308,815 )   $ (15,290 )   $ (1,849,251 )   $ 1,617,561     $ 1,469,294     $ (788,813 )   $ 8,704,972    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $174,760.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

+   Other Financial Instruments are derivatives not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments and may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, swaps, and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts and futures are reported at their unrealized gain/loss at measurement date which represents the amount due to/from the Portfolio. Swaps and written options are reported at their market value at measurement date.

*  For further breakdown of Common Stock by Industry type, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
70



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

At December 31, 2009 the following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding for the ING Balanced Portfolio:

Currency   Buy/Sell   Settlement
Date
  In
Exchange
For
  Value   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Brazilian Real
BRL 2,190,309
  BUY   01/08/10   USD
1,222,953
    1,255,845     $ 32,892    
Indian Rupee
INR 54,813,074
  BUY   01/08/10     1,188,488       1,177,165       (11,323 )  
    $ 21,569    
Brazilian Real
BRL 8,366,414
  SELL   01/08/10     4,814,094       4,797,004     $ 17,090    
    $ 17,090    

 

ING Balanced Portfolio Open Futures Contracts on December 31, 2009:

Contract
Description
  Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts  
Russell 2000
Mini Index
    18     03/19/10   $ 1,123,020     $ 36,670    
S&P 500     29     03/18/10     8,052,575       20,829    
S&P Mid
400 E-Mini
    22     03/19/10     1,594,780       43,198    
U.S. Treasury
10-Year Note
    25     03/22/10     2,886,328       (84,242 )  
                $ 13,656,703     $ 16,455    
Short Contracts  
U.S. Treasury
5-Year Note
    20     03/31/10   $ 2,287,656     $ 34,481    
U.S. Treasury
2-Year Note
    76     03/31/10     16,436,187       95,748    
U.S. Treasury
Long Bond
    70     03/22/10     8,076,250       377,169    
                $ 26,800,093     $ 507,398    

 

ING Balanced Portfolio Credit Default Swap Agreements Outstanding on December 31, 2009:

Credit Default Swaps on Corporate and Sovereign Issues — Buy Protection(1)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan Stanley
Capital
Services Inc.
  Domtar Inc.
7.875%, 10/15/11
  Buy     (2.650 )%   09/20/11   USD 543,500     $ (13,675 )   $     $ (13,675 )  
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 140,000       49,201       35,207       13,994    
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 284,000       99,809       68,546       31,263    
JPMorgan
Chase Bank,
N.A. New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 959,000       337,031       125,964       211,067    
                                $ 472,366     $ 229,717     $ 242,649    

 

Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection(2)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan Stanley
Capital
Services Inc.
  CDX.NA.HY.13 Index   Sell     5.000 %     12/20/14     USD 4,720,320     $ (33,444 )   $ (114,052 )   $ 80,608    
                                    $ (33,444 )   $ (114,052 )   $ 80,608    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
71



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Credit Default Swaps on Corporate and Sovereign Issues — Sell Protection(2)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Implied
Credit
Spread at
12/31/09(5) 
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
UBS AG   Domtar Inc.
7.875%, 10/15/11
  Sell     2.600 %   09/20/11     1.18 %   USD 542,000     $ 13,172     $     $ 13,172    
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 139,000       (83,878 )     (38,894 )     (44,984 )  
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 284,000       (171,379 )     (86,691 )     (84,688 )  
Goldman Sachs
International
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 241,000       (145,431 )     (66,582 )     (78,849 )  
JPMorgan
Chase Bank,
N.A. New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 480,000       (289,654 )     (66,550 )     (223,104 )  
                                        $ (677,170 )   $ (258,717 )   $ (418,453 )  

 

(1)  If a Portfolio is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, a Portfolio will either 1.) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or 2.) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

(2)  If the Portfolio is a seller of protection, and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Portfolio will generally either 1.) Pay to the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations, or underlying securities comprising a referenced index or 2.) Pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising a referenced index.

(3)  The maximum amount of future payments (undiscounted) that a Portfolio as seller of protection could be required to make or receive as a buyer of credit protection under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement.

(4)  The market values for credit default swap agreements serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. Increasing market values, in absolute terms, when compared to the notional amount of the agreement, represent a deterioration of the referenced obligation's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring.

(5)  Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues are disclosed in the table above and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. For credit default swaps on asset-backed securities or credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting market values serve as the indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk. Wider credit spreads and increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2009 was as follows:

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Fair Value  
Asset Derivatives  
Equity contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized appreciation*   $ 100,697    
Interest rate contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized appreciation*     507,398    
Foreign exchange contracts   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     49,982    
Credit contracts   Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements, net of upfront payments     499,213    
Total Asset Derivatives       $ 1,157,290    
Liability Derivatives  
Interest rate contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized depreciation*   $ 84,242    
Foreign exchange contracts   Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     11,323    
Credit contracts   Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements, net of upfront payments     737,461    
Total Liability Derivatives       $ 833,026    

 

*  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
72



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING BALANCED PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Portfolio's Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:

  Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Investments*   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
  Futures   Swaps   Written
options
  Total  
Equity contracts   $     $     $ 1,985,731     $     $     $ 1,985,731    
Foreign exchange
contracts
          8,560                         8,560    
Interest rate
contracts
                267,750       150,393             418,143    
Credit contracts     (563,100 )                 2,907,540       341,900       2,686,340    
Total   $ (563,100 )   $ 8,560     $ 2,253,481     $ 3,057,933     $ 341,900     $ 5,098,774    

 

  Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Investments*   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
  Futures   Swaps   Written
options
  Total  
Equity contracts   $     $     $ (63,569 )   $     $     $ (63,569 )  
Foreign exchange
contracts
          202,051                         202,051    
Interest rate
contracts
                1,048,526       (164,419)             884,107    
Credit contracts                       (3,557,759 )           (3,557,759 )  
Total   $     $ 202,051     $ 984,957     $ (3,722,178 )   $     $ (2,535,170 )  

 

*  Amounts recognized for purchased options are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
73




  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Shares           Value  
COMMON STOCK: 95.2%      
        Aerospace/Defense: 0.8%  
  416,730     @   TransDigm Group, Inc.   $ 19,790,508    
      19,790,508    
        Agriculture: 1.8%  
  2,407,824       Altria Group, Inc.     47,265,585    
      47,265,585    
        Auto Parts & Equipment: 0.6%  
  576,459       WABCO Holdings, Inc.     14,866,878    
      14,866,878    
        Banks: 8.8%  
  2,314,800       Bank of America Corp.     34,860,888    
  245,700       Comerica, Inc.     7,265,349    
  327,900       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     55,362,636    
  1,775,960       JPMorgan Chase & Co.     74,004,253    
  2,059,000       Wells Fargo & Co.     55,572,410    
      227,065,536    
        Beverages: 2.2%  
  943,982       PepsiCo, Inc.     57,394,106    
      57,394,106    
        Biotechnology: 1.9%  
  851,600     @   Amgen, Inc.     48,175,012    
      48,175,012    
        Commercial Services: 0.9%  
  1,129,800     @   Quanta Services, Inc.     23,545,032    
      23,545,032    
        Computers: 7.4%  
  489,007     @   Apple, Inc.     103,112,016    
  738,300     @   Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp.
    33,444,990    
  1,050,100       Hewlett-Packard Co.     54,090,651    
      190,647,657    
        Cosmetics/Personal Care: 3.3%  
  1,381,792       Procter & Gamble Co.     83,778,049    
      83,778,049    
        Distribution/Wholesale: 0.7%  
  357,214       Watsco, Inc.     17,496,342    
      17,496,342    
            Diversified Financial
Services: 0.6%
         
  1,102,173     @   Blackstone Group LP     14,460,510    
      14,460,510    
        Electric: 3.4%  
  536,459       Entergy Corp.     43,903,805    
  2,180,300       Great Plains Energy, Inc.     42,276,017    
      86,179,822    
        Electronics: 3.7%  
  847,900       Amphenol Corp.     39,156,022    
  847,191       PerkinElmer, Inc.     17,443,663    
  811,151     @   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     38,683,791    
      95,283,476    

 

Shares           Value  
        Engineering & Construction: 1.9%  
  396,800       Fluor Corp.   $ 17,871,872    
  1,306,053     @   McDermott International, Inc.     31,358,333    
      49,230,205    
        Entertainment: 1.8%  
  1,250,800       International Game
Technology
    23,477,516    
  1,536,753       Regal Entertainment Group     22,190,713    
      45,668,229    
        Food: 1.1%  
  398,823       General Mills, Inc.     28,240,657    
      28,240,657    
        Healthcare-Products: 1.9%  
  629,377       Covidien PLC     30,140,865    
  297,760       Johnson & Johnson     19,178,722    
      49,319,587    
        Healthcare-Services: 1.0%  
  799,400       Aetna, Inc.     25,340,980    
      25,340,980    
        Insurance: 2.8%  
  500,485       Reinsurance Group of
America, Inc.
    23,848,110    
  837,100       Willis Group Holdings Ltd.     22,082,698    
  1,423,900       XL Capital Ltd.     26,100,087    
      72,030,895    
        Iron/Steel: 0.8%  
  362,200       United States Steel Corp.     19,964,464    
      19,964,464    
        Lodging: 0.9%  
  1,509,270     @,L   Las Vegas Sands Corp.     22,548,494    
      22,548,494    
            Machinery-Construction &
Mining: 0.0%
         
  84     @   Terex Corp.     1,664    
      1,664    
        Machinery-Diversified: 0.8%  
  603,937     @   AGCO Corp.     19,531,323    
      19,531,323    
        Media: 2.4%  
  1,980,706       CBS Corp. - Class B     27,828,919    
  662,371     @   DIRECTV     22,090,073    
  266,801     @   Liberty Media Corp. - Starz     12,312,866    
      62,231,858    
        Mining: 1.1%  
  366,834       BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR     28,092,148    
      28,092,148    
            Miscellaneous
Manufacturing: 3.4%
         
  4,160,285       General Electric Co.     62,945,112    
  714,503       Ingersoll-Rand PLC     25,536,337    
      88,481,449    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
74



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Oil & Gas: 9.8%  
  380,035       Apache Corp.   $ 39,208,211    
  1,676,615       ExxonMobil Corp.     114,328,377    
  1,078,108       Nexen, Inc.     25,799,124    
  598,941       Royal Dutch Shell PLC
ADR - Class A
    36,002,344    
  448,600     @   Transocean Ltd.     37,144,080    
      252,482,136    
        Oil & Gas Services: 2.1%  
  666,915       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     29,404,282    
  396,800       Schlumberger Ltd.     25,827,712    
      55,231,994    
        Packaging & Containers: 2.3%  
  1,307,500       Packaging Corp. of America     30,085,575    
  510,255       Silgan Holdings, Inc.     29,533,559    
      59,619,134    
        Pharmaceuticals: 5.5%  
  808,750       Abbott Laboratories     43,664,413    
  3,615,117       Pfizer, Inc.     65,758,978    
  571,962       Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd. ADR
    32,132,825    
      141,556,216    
        Retail: 5.6%  
  413,800       Home Depot, Inc.     11,971,234    
  1,455,632       Macy's, Inc.     24,396,392    
  1,264,700       Staples, Inc.     31,098,973    
  1,431,900       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     76,535,055    
      144,001,654    
        Semiconductors: 3.9%  
  395,100       Applied Materials, Inc.     5,507,694    
  1,702,600       Intel Corp.     34,733,040    
  891,375       Linear Technology Corp.     27,222,593    
  2,950,720       Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR
    33,756,237    
      101,219,564    
        Software: 3.9%  
  354,035     @   Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions, Inc.
    7,162,128    
  1,055,361       Microsoft Corp.     32,177,957    
  2,518,551       Oracle Corp.     61,805,242    
      101,145,327    
        Telecommunications: 4.8%  
  3,357,440     @   Cisco Systems, Inc.     80,377,110    
  903,917       Qualcomm, Inc.     41,815,200    
      122,192,310    
        Transportation: 1.3%  
  539,280       Union Pacific Corp.     34,459,992    
      34,459,992    
Total Common Stock
(Cost $2,018,101,041)
    2,448,538,793    

 

Shares           Value  
PREFERRED STOCK: 1.2%      
        Banks: 1.2%  
  2,152,600     @   Bank of America Corp.   $ 32,116,792    
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $32,760,611)
    32,116,792    
Principal
Amount
          Value  
CORPORATE BONDS/NOTES: 0.0%      
        Electric: 0.0%  
$ 20,000,000     ±,I,L,X   Mirant Corp. - Escrow,
due 06/15/21
  $    
  10,000,000     I,X,±   Southern Energy - Escrow,
due 07/15/49
       
Total Corporate Bonds/Notes
(Cost $—)
       
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost $2,050,861,652)
    2,480,655,585    
Shares           Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 4.2%      
        Affiliated Mutual Fund: 3.3%  
  84,973,000     S   ING Institutional Prime
Money Market
Fund - Class I
  $ 84,973,000    
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $84,973,000)
    84,973,000    

 

Principal
Amount
      Value  
        Securities Lending Collateralcc: 0.9%  
$ 22,843,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(1)
  $ 22,843,000    
  422,017     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(1)(2)
    337,614    
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $23,265,017)
    23,180,614    
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $108,238,017)
    108,153,614    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $2,159,099,669)*
    100.6 %   $ 2,588,809,199    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (0.6 )     (15,587,424 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 2,573,221,775    

 

@  Non-income producing security

ADR  American Depositary Receipt

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
75



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

(2)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

S  All or a portion of this security is segregated to cover collateral requirements for applicable futures, options, swaps, foreign forward currency contracts and/or when-issued or delayed-delivery securities.

±  Defaulted security

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

X  Fair Value determined by ING Funds Valuation Committee appointed by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $2,221,835,430.

Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 389,933,343    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (22,959,574 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 366,973,769    

 

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock*   $ 2,448,538,793     $     $     $ 2,448,538,793    
Preferred Stock           32,116,792             32,116,792    
Short-Term Investments     107,816,000             337,614       108,153,614    
Total Investments, at value   $ 2,556,354,793     $ 32,116,792     $ 337,614     $ 2,588,809,199    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Futures     240,734                   240,734    
Total Assets   $ 2,556,595,527     $ 32,116,792     $ 337,614     $ 2,589,049,933    

 

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobervable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/2008
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock   $     $     $     $     $ (265 )   $     $ 265     $     $     $     $    
Short-Term
Investments
                                                    337,614             337,614    
Total Investments,
at value
  $     $     $     $     $ (265 )   $     $ 265     $     $ 337,614     $     $ 337,614    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $0.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

+  Other Financial Instruments are derivatives not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments and may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, swaps, and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts and futures are reported at their unrealized gain/loss at measurement date which represents the amount due to/from the Portfolio. Swaps and written options are reported at their market value at measurement date.

*  For further breakdown of Common Stock by Industry type, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
76



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING GROWTH AND INCOME PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

ING Growth and Income Portfolio Open Futures Contracts on December 31, 2009:

Contract
Description
  Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts  
S&P 500     145     03/18/10   $ 40,262,875     $ 240,734    
            $ 40,262,875     $ 240,734    

 

A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2009 was as follows:

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Fair Value  
Asset Derivatives  
Equity contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized appreciation*   $ 240,734    
Total Asset Derivatives       $ 240,734    

 

*  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Portfolio's Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:

  Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under FASB ASC 815
  Futures  
Equity contracts   $ 8,812,125    
Total   $ 8,812,125    

 

  Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under FASB ASC 815
  Futures  
Equity contracts   $ 216,288    
Total   $ 216,288    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
77



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Shares           Value  
COMMON STOCK: 90.5%      
        Aerospace/Defense: 2.1%  
  159,126     @   Moog, Inc.   $ 4,651,253    
  163,700     @   Orbital Sciences Corp.     2,498,062    
  96,300     @   Teledyne Technologies, Inc.     3,694,068    
      10,843,383    
        Airlines: 0.7%  
  73,800     @,L   Allegiant Travel Co.     3,481,146    
      3,481,146    
        Apparel: 1.6%  
  170,800     @,L   True Religion Apparel, Inc.     3,158,092    
  195,201       Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     5,313,371    
      8,471,463    
        Auto Parts & Equipment: 0.8%  
  192,600       Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.     3,861,630    
      3,861,630    
        Banks: 5.5%  
  261,609       Bank Mutual Corp.     1,810,334    
  243,854       FirstMerit Corp.     4,911,220    
  79,200       IBERIABANK Corp.     4,261,752    
  185,800       MB Financial Corp.     3,663,976    
  328,648       Old National Bancorp.     4,085,095    
  104,018       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     4,209,608    
  136,600     @   SVB Financial Group     5,694,854    
      28,636,839    
        Biotechnology: 1.9%  
  61,991     @   Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.     1,563,413    
  27,300     @,L   AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     1,038,219    
  49,889     @   Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     946,394    
  48,700     @   Dendreon Corp.     1,279,836    
  78,726     @   Human Genome Sciences, Inc.     2,409,016    
  111,400     @   InterMune, Inc.     1,452,656    
  148,285     @,L   Medicines Co.     1,236,697    
      9,926,231    
        Chemicals: 2.8%  
  96,200       Albemarle Corp.     3,498,794    
  172,600       HB Fuller Co.     3,926,650    
  56,600     L   Minerals Technologies, Inc.     3,083,002    
  195,200       RPM International, Inc.     3,968,416    
      14,476,862    
        Commercial Services: 3.5%  
  117,737     L   Arbitron, Inc.     2,757,401    
  56,600     @   Capella Education Co.     4,261,980    
  116,600       Equifax, Inc.     3,601,774    
  69,200     @   FTI Consulting, Inc.     3,263,472    
  151,648     @   TrueBlue, Inc.     2,245,907    
  39,178       Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.     1,861,739    
      17,992,273    
        Computers: 2.5%  
  105,600     @   CACI International, Inc.     5,158,560    
  455,169     @   Mentor Graphics Corp.     4,019,142    
  121,300     @   Micros Systems, Inc.     3,763,939    
      12,941,641    

 

Shares           Value  
        Cosmetics/Personal Care: 0.9%  
  48,200     @,L   Chattem, Inc.   $ 4,497,060    
      4,497,060    
        Distribution/Wholesale: 3.1%  
  163,900     @   Fossil, Inc.     5,500,484    
  80,500       Owens & Minor, Inc.     3,455,865    
  115,300       Pool Corp.     2,199,924    
  101,800       Watsco, Inc.     4,986,164    
      16,142,437    
        Diversified Financial Services: 3.0%  
  178,081       Duff & Phelps Corp.     3,251,759    
  119,500     @,L   KBW, Inc.     3,269,520    
  92,447     @   Stifel Financial Corp.     5,476,560    
  300,600       SWS Group, Inc.     3,637,260    
      15,635,099    
        Electric: 3.8%  
  113,620       Black Hills Corp.     3,025,701    
  225,800       Cleco Corp.     6,171,114    
  147,400     @   El Paso Electric Co.     2,989,272    
  78,818       Idacorp, Inc.     2,518,235    
  236,868       Portland General Electric Co.     4,834,476    
      19,538,798    
            Electrical Components &
Equipment: 0.7%
         
  241,222     @,L   Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     3,637,628    
      3,637,628    
        Electronics: 2.7%  
  102,000       Brady Corp.     3,061,020    
  131,800     @,L   FEI Co.     3,078,848    
  87,654     @   Flir Systems, Inc.     2,868,039    
  152,700       Watts Water Technologies, Inc.     4,721,484    
      13,729,391    
        Entertainment: 1.2%  
  146,200     @   Bally Technologies, Inc.     6,036,598    
      6,036,598    
        Environmental Control: 1.4%  
  51,739     @   Clean Harbors, Inc.     3,084,162    
  124,893     @   Waste Connections, Inc.     4,163,933    
      7,248,095    
        Food: 2.2%  
  131,200     @   American Italian Pasta Co.     4,564,448    
  151,469       Flowers Foods, Inc.     3,598,903    
  209,700       Spartan Stores, Inc.     2,996,613    
      11,159,964    
        Gas: 0.5%  
  75,300       WGL Holdings, Inc.     2,525,562    
      2,525,562    
        Hand/Machine Tools: 0.9%  
  85,500       Regal-Beloit Corp.     4,440,870    
      4,440,870    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
78



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Healthcare-Products: 3.5%  
  68,800     @   Gen-Probe, Inc.   $ 2,951,520    
  81,575     @   Greatbatch, Inc.     1,568,687    
  88,900     @   Haemonetics Corp.     4,902,835    
  69,600     @,L   Luminex Corp.     1,039,128    
  167,591       Meridian Bioscience, Inc.     3,611,586    
  106,624     @   Micrus Endovascular Corp.     1,600,426    
  79,652       Steris Corp.     2,227,866    
      17,902,048    
        Healthcare-Services: 3.1%  
  143,300     @   AMERIGROUP Corp.     3,863,368    
  310,421     @   Healthsouth Corp.     5,826,599    
  155,500     @   Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.     3,287,270    
  99,400       Universal Health Services, Inc.     3,031,700    
      16,008,937    
        Home Builders: 0.4%  
  107,300       Ryland Group, Inc.     2,113,810    
      2,113,810    
        Housewares: 0.5%  
  66,100       Toro Co.     2,763,641    
      2,763,641    
        Insurance: 3.5%  
  182,000       Delphi Financial Group     4,071,340    
  71,700     @   Navigators Group, Inc.     3,377,787    
  136,600       Platinum Underwriters
Holdings Ltd.
    5,230,414    
  95,918     @,L   ProAssurance Corp.     5,151,756    
      17,831,297    
        Internet: 2.0%  
  141,863     @   Blue Coat Systems, Inc.     4,048,770    
  163,400     @   j2 Global Communications, Inc.     3,325,190    
  304,100     @   Valueclick, Inc.     3,077,492    
      10,451,452    
        Investment Companies: 0.9%  
  489,813       Apollo Investment Corp.     4,667,918    
      4,667,918    
        Leisure Time: 0.4%  
  275,100     L   Callaway Golf Co.     2,074,254    
      2,074,254    
        Machinery-Diversified: 2.6%  
  97,200     @   AGCO Corp.     3,143,448    
  92,827       Gardner Denver, Inc.     3,949,789    
  261,900     @   Intermec, Inc.     3,368,034    
  51,268     L   Nordson Corp.     3,136,576    
      13,597,847    
        Metal Fabricate/Hardware: 0.6%  
  204,211       Commercial Metals Co.     3,195,902    
      3,195,902    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 1.4%  
  205,300       Actuant Corp.     3,804,209    
  213,990     L   Barnes Group, Inc.     3,616,431    
      7,420,640    

 

Shares           Value  
        Oil & Gas: 3.1%  
  82,000     @   Bill Barrett Corp.   $ 2,551,020    
  141,528     @,L   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.     3,749,077    
  215,500       Frontier Oil Corp.     2,594,620    
  360,800     @   McMoRan Exploration Co.     2,893,616    
  100,500     @   Unit Corp.     4,271,250    
      16,059,583    
        Oil & Gas Services: 1.6%  
  35,765     L   Core Laboratories NV     4,224,562    
  74,800     @   Dril-Quip, Inc.     4,224,704    
      8,449,266    
        Packaging & Containers: 1.0%  
  89,400       Silgan Holdings, Inc.     5,174,472    
      5,174,472    
        Pharmaceuticals: 1.0%  
  134,752     @   Nektar Therapeutics     1,255,889    
  113,100     @   Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     3,318,354    
  60,100     @   Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     817,961    
      5,392,204    
        Retail: 5.3%  
  119,100       Casey's General Stores, Inc.     3,801,672    
  192,400     @,L   Dress Barn, Inc.     4,444,440    
  229,637     @   Jack in the Box, Inc.     4,516,960    
  132,619     @,L   Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.     4,806,113    
  222,500     @   OfficeMax, Inc.     2,823,525    
  189,912     @   Papa John's International, Inc.     4,436,344    
  678,400     @   Wet Seal, Inc.     2,340,480    
      27,169,534    
        Savings & Loans: 2.5%  
  349,300       Flushing Financial Corp.     3,933,118    
  82,668       NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.     992,843    
  250,080       Northwest Bancshares, Inc.     2,830,906    
  272,629       Provident Financial Services, Inc.     2,903,499    
  290,196       Westfield Financial, Inc.     2,394,117    
      13,054,483    
        Semiconductors: 4.1%  
  31,100     @   Emulex Corp.     338,990    
  183,100     @   Formfactor, Inc.     3,984,256    
  144,925     @   MKS Instruments, Inc.     2,523,144    
  213,400     @   ON Semiconductor Corp.     1,880,054    
  74,200       Power Integrations, Inc.     2,697,912    
  260,500     @   QLogic Corp.     4,915,635    
  363,137       Verigy Ltd.     4,673,573    
      21,013,564    
        Software: 4.6%  
  86,692     @   Ansys, Inc.     3,767,634    
  172,800     @,L   Informatica Corp.     4,468,608    
  126,300     @   Progress Software Corp.     3,689,223    
  256,700     @   Quest Software, Inc.     4,723,280    
  163,700       Solera Holdings, Inc.     5,894,837    
  246,250     @   THQ, Inc.     1,241,100    
      23,784,682    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
79



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Telecommunications: 4.0%  
  228,360       Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc.
  $ 1,822,313    
  76,400     @   Anixter International, Inc.     3,598,440    
  146,500       NTELOS Holdings Corp.     2,610,630    
  226,437     @,L   Polycom, Inc.     5,654,132    
  117,800     @   SBA Communications Corp.     4,024,048    
  533,500     @   Tellabs, Inc.     3,030,280    
      20,739,843    
        Transportation: 2.6%  
  105,211     @   Atlas Air Worldwide
Holdings, Inc.
    3,919,110    
  260,000       Heartland Express, Inc.     3,970,200    
  99,681     @   HUB Group, Inc.     2,674,441    
  77,900     @,L   Kirby Corp.     2,713,257    
      13,277,008    
Total Common Stock
(Cost $386,269,178)
    467,365,355    
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS: 5.8%      
        Apartments: 0.8%  
  89,900       Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
    4,340,372    
      4,340,372    
        Diversified: 0.8%  
  111,800       Entertainment Properties Trust     3,943,186    
      3,943,186    
        Hotels: 0.5%  
  315,628       DiamondRock Hospitality Co.     2,673,369    
      2,673,369    
        Mortgage: 1.4%  
  565,600       MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.     4,157,160    
  225,469       Redwood Trust, Inc.     3,260,282    
      7,417,442    
        Office Property: 0.8%  
  119,100       Highwoods Properties, Inc.     3,971,985    
      3,971,985    
        Single Tenant: 0.8%  
  183,572       National Retail Properties, Inc.     3,895,398    
      3,895,398    
        Storage: 0.7%  
  511,299       U-Store-It Trust     3,742,709    
      3,742,709    
Total Real Estate
Investment Trusts
(Cost $26,663,656)
    29,984,461    

 

Shares           Value  
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.5%  
        Exchange-Traded Funds: 1.5%  
  125,965     L   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund   $ 7,842,581    
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(Cost $7,671,856)
    7,842,581    
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost $420,604,690)
    505,192,397    
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 8.5%  

 

        Affiliated Mutual Fund: 4.4%  
      23,022,000     ING Institutional Prime Money
Market Fund - Class I
    23,022,000    
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $23,022,000)
    23,022,000    
Principal
Amount
      Value  
        Securities Lending Collateralcc: 4.1%  
$ 19,799,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(1)
  $ 19,799,000    
  1,704,289     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(1)(2)
    1,363,431    
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $21,503,289)
    21,162,431    
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $44,525,289)
    44,184,431    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $465,129,979)*
    106.3 %   $ 549,376,828    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (6.3 )     (32,616,005 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 516,760,823    

 

@  Non-income producing security

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

(2)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $490,021,411.

Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 66,794,004    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (7,438,587 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 59,355,417    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
80



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING SMALL COMPANY PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock*   $ 467,365,355     $     $     $ 467,365,355    
Real Estate Investment Trusts     29,984,461                   29,984,461    
Exchange-Traded Funds     7,842,581                   7,842,581    
Short-Term Investments     42,821,000             1,363,431       44,184,431    
Total Investments, at value   $ 548,013,397     $     $ 1,363,431     $ 549,376,828    

 

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/2008
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Short-Term
Investments
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 1,363,431     $     $ 1,363,431    
Total Investments,
at value
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 1,363,431     $     $ 1,363,431    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $0.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

*  For further breakdown of Common Stock by Industry type, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
81



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING OPPORTUNISTIC LARGECAP PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Shares           Value  
COMMON STOCK: 98.2%      
        Aerospace/Defense: 2.9%  
  15,100       Lockheed Martin Corp.   $ 1,137,785    
  33,900       Raytheon Co.     1,746,528    
  26,300       United Technologies Corp.     1,825,483    
      4,709,796    
        Agriculture: 3.5%  
  84,700       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     2,651,957    
  54,600       Reynolds American, Inc.     2,892,162    
      5,544,119    
        Banks: 7.3%  
  68,800       Capital One Financial Corp.     2,637,792    
  98,600       JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4,108,662    
  29,500       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.     1,557,305    
  38,300       State Street Corp.     1,667,582    
  65,300       Wells Fargo & Co.     1,762,447    
      11,733,788    
        Beverages: 1.3%  
  46,600       Molson Coors Brewing Co.     2,104,456    
      2,104,456    
        Biotechnology: 2.0%  
  57,300     @   Amgen, Inc.     3,241,461    
      3,241,461    
        Computers: 8.7%  
  45,500     @   Computer Sciences Corp.     2,617,615    
  129,900     @   Dell, Inc.     1,865,364    
  213,600     @   EMC Corp.     3,731,592    
  43,700       International Business
Machines Corp.
    5,720,330    
      13,934,901    
        Cosmetics/Personal Care: 3.2%  
  85,300       Procter & Gamble Co.     5,171,739    
      5,171,739    
        Diversified Financial Services: 1.8%  
  12,300       Blackrock, Inc.     2,856,060    
      2,856,060    
        Electric: 3.2%  
  64,700       DTE Energy Co.     2,820,273    
  96,900     @   NRG Energy, Inc.     2,287,809    
      5,108,082    
        Electronics: 2.2%  
  27,200     L   Garmin Ltd.     835,040    
  54,700     @   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     2,608,643    
      3,443,683    
        Food: 1.0%  
  134,800       Sara Lee Corp.     1,641,864    
      1,641,864    
        Forest Products & Paper: 0.8%  
  50,100       International Paper Co.     1,341,678    
      1,341,678    

 

Shares           Value  
        Healthcare-Services: 1.4%  
  72,900       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   $ 2,221,992    
      2,221,992    
        Household Products/Wares: 1.6%  
  38,900       Kimberly-Clark Corp.     2,478,319    
      2,478,319    
        Insurance: 4.3%  
  54,600       Chubb Corp.     2,685,228    
  48,700       Travelers Cos., Inc.     2,428,182    
  89,200       UnumProvident Corp.     1,741,184    
      6,854,594    
        Media: 2.1%  
  198,300       Comcast Corp. - Class A     3,343,338    
      3,343,338    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 5.2%  
  58,800       Cooper Industries PLC     2,507,232    
  286,100       General Electric Co.     4,328,693    
  30,200       ITT Corp.     1,502,148    
      8,338,073    
        Office/Business Equipment: 1.0%  
  72,700       Pitney Bowes, Inc.     1,654,652    
      1,654,652    
        Oil & Gas: 4.9%  
  56,900       Ensco International PLC ADR     2,272,586    
  36,700       ExxonMobil Corp.     2,502,573    
  75,700       Noble Corp.     3,080,990    
      7,856,149    
        Oil & Gas Services: 2.1%  
  74,200       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     3,271,478    
      3,271,478    
        Packaging & Containers: 2.3%  
  55,600     @   Crown Holdings, Inc.     1,422,248    
  91,000     @   Pactiv Corp.     2,196,740    
      3,618,988    
        Pharmaceuticals: 10.5%  
  95,200       AmerisourceBergen Corp.     2,481,864    
  78,200       Cardinal Health, Inc.     2,521,168    
  35,800       McKesson Corp.     2,237,500    
  132,000     @   Mylan Laboratories     2,432,760    
  282,800       Pfizer, Inc.     5,144,132    
  50,300     @   Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.     1,992,383    
      16,809,807    
        Pipelines: 2.0%  
  148,100       Williams Cos., Inc.     3,121,948    
      3,121,948    
        Retail: 6.0%  
  124,400       Gap, Inc.     2,606,180    
  87,200       Home Depot, Inc.     2,522,696    
  33,300       Ross Stores, Inc.     1,422,243    
  63,200       Target Corp.     3,056,984    
      9,608,103    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
82



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING OPPORTUNISTIC LARGECAP PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Savings & Loans: 1.3%  
  152,500       Hudson City Bancorp., Inc.   $ 2,093,825    
      2,093,825    
        Semiconductors: 4.1%  
  163,900     @   Marvell Technology Group Ltd.     3,400,925    
  117,900       Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,072,474    
      6,473,399    
        Software: 6.5%  
  83,300       CA, Inc.     1,870,918    
  167,500       Microsoft Corp.     5,107,075    
  141,000       Oracle Corp.     3,460,140    
      10,438,133    
        Telecommunications: 5.0%  
  84,400     @   Amdocs Ltd.     2,407,932    
  198,400       AT&T, Inc.     5,561,152    
      7,969,084    
    Total Common Stock
(Cost $142,733,465)
    156,983,509    
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 0.8%      
        Exchange-Traded Funds: 0.8%  
  10,900     L   SPDR Trust Series 1     1,214,696    
    Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(Cost $1,110,856)
    1,214,696    
    Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost $143,844,321)
    158,198,205    
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 2.0%      

 

    Affiliated Mutual Fund: 0.7%  
  1,208,000     ING Institutional Prime Money
Market Fund - Class I
    1,208,000    
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $1,208,000)
    1,208,000    

 

Principal
Amount
      Value  
        Securities Lending Collateralcc: 1.3%  
$ 1,697,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A (1)
  $ 1,697,000    
  400,919     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B (1)(2)
    320,735    
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $2,097,919)
    2,017,735    
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $3,305,919)
    3,225,735    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $147,150,240)*
    101.0 %   $ 161,423,940    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (1.0 )     (1,597,850 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 159,826,090    

 

@  Non-income producing security

ADR  American Depositary Receipt

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

(2)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $147,521,131.

Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 15,757,622    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (1,854,813 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 13,902,809    

 

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock*   $ 156,983,509     $     $     $ 156,983,509    
Exchange-Traded Funds     1,214,696                   1,214,696    
Short-Term Investments     2,905,000             320,735       3,225,735    
Total Investments, at value   $ 161,103,205     $     $ 320,735     $ 161,423,940    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
83



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING OPPORTUNISTIC LARGECAP PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobervable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/2008
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Short-Term
Investments
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 320,735     $     $ 320,735    
Total Investments,
at value
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 320,735     $     $ 320,735    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $0.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

*  For further breakdown of Common Stock by Industry type, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
84




  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS  
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Principal
Amount
          Value  
CORPORATE BONDS/NOTES: 40.2%      
        Advertising: 0.1%  
$ 3,280,000       Interpublic Group of Cos.,
Inc., 10.000%,
due 07/15/17
  $ 3,657,200    
      3,657,200    
        Agriculture: 0.5%  
  6,994,000     S   Altria Group, Inc., 9.700%,
due 11/10/18
    8,659,257    
  620,000       Philip Morris
International, Inc.,
5.650%, due 05/16/18
    653,066    
  2,098,000       Philip Morris
International, Inc.,
6.875%, due 03/17/14
    2,379,476    
      11,691,799    
        Apparel: 0.1%  
  3,360,000       Hanesbrands, Inc., 8.000%,
due 12/15/16
    3,439,800    
      3,439,800    
        Banks: 8.1%  
  3,714,000       American Express Bank FSB,
5.500%, due 04/16/13
    3,961,832    
  4,100,000       Bank of America Corp.,
5.420%, due 03/15/17
    4,053,071    
  6,229,000       Bank of America Corp.,
8.000%, due 12/29/49
    6,005,616    
  3,090,000       Bank of Ireland, 0.500%,
due 12/29/49
    1,050,600    
  12,377,000     #   Barclays Bank PLC, 6.050%,
due 12/04/17
    12,615,756    
  6,952,000     #   Barclays Bank PLC, 7.375%,
due 06/29/49
    6,291,560    
  2,140,000       Capital One Financial Corp.,
7.375%, due 05/23/14
    2,425,273    
  8,011,000       Citigroup, Inc., 5.000%,
due 09/15/14
    7,730,743    
  4,753,000       Citigroup, Inc., 6.010%,
due 01/15/15
    4,858,498    
  11,605,000       Citigroup, Inc., 8.500%,
due 05/22/19
    13,423,213    
  14,907,000     ^^   Deutsche Bank AG,
London-Republic of
Indonesia Government
Bond Credit Linked Notes,
13.150%, due 01/25/12
    15,217,066    
  6,112,000       Discover Bank/Greenwood
DE, 8.700%, due 11/18/19
    6,559,062    
  3,280,000     #   Dresdner Funding Trust I,
8.151%, due 06/30/31
    2,372,208    
  11,366,000       Fifth Third Bancorp.,
8.250%, due 03/01/38
    10,835,151    
  9,273,000       First Tennessee Bank NA,
5.650%, due 04/01/16
    8,053,053    
  3,650,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.250%, due 04/01/13
    3,868,887    
  4,974,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.450%, due 11/01/12
    5,351,452    
  1,702,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
5.500%, due 11/15/14
    1,818,570    
  8,271,000       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
6.250%, due 09/01/17
    8,883,484    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 7,919,000     #   HSBC Capital Funding L.P./
Jersey Channel Islands,
9.547%, due 12/29/49
  $ 8,235,760    
  3,796,000       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
4.650%, due 06/01/14
    4,002,833    
  3,734,000       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA,
5.875%, due 06/13/16
    3,923,362    
  8,333,000       Morgan Stanley, 4.750%,
due 04/01/14
    8,388,864    
  7,619,000       Morgan Stanley, 7.300%,
due 05/13/19
    8,570,377    
  10,406,000       National City Preferred
Capital Trust I, 12.000%,
due 12/29/49
    12,016,859    
  9,695,000     #   Rabobank, 11.000%,
due 12/29/49
    11,853,495    
  3,084,000       USB Capital XIII Trust,
6.625%, due 12/15/39
    3,144,665    
  4,439,000       Wachovia Bank NA, 6.000%,
due 11/15/17
    4,653,768    
  5,798,000       Wachovia Bank NA, 6.600%,
due 01/15/38
    6,139,728    
  1,586,000       Wachovia Corp., 5.250%,
due 08/01/14
    1,643,584    
  7,105,000       Wells Fargo Capital XIII,
7.700%, due 12/29/49
    6,927,375    
      204,875,765    
        Beverages: 0.8%  
  4,714,000     #   Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc., 5.375%,
due 11/15/14
    4,996,312    
  7,979,000     #   Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc., 7.750%,
due 01/15/19
    9,357,396    
  2,540,000       Dr Pepper Snapple Group,
Inc., 6.820%, due 05/01/18
    2,854,013    
  1,606,000       Dr Pepper Snapple Group,
Inc., 7.450%, due 05/01/38
    1,892,726    
      19,100,447    
        Chemicals: 0.7%  
  2,116,000     #   Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
LLC, 7.000%, due 06/15/14
    2,329,881    
  3,316,000     #   Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
LLC, 8.250%, due 06/15/19
    3,909,378    
  4,795,000       Dow Chemical Co., 7.600%,
due 05/15/14
    5,461,323    
  5,310,000     #   Nova Chemicals Corp.,
8.375%, due 11/01/16
    5,416,200    
  975,000     #   Nova Chemicals Corp.,
8.625%, due 11/01/19
    996,938    
      18,113,720    
        Coal: 0.2%  
  3,630,000     #   Arch Coal, Inc., 8.750%,
due 08/01/16
    3,856,875    
      3,856,875    
        Commercial Services: 0.6%  
  6,819,000       RR Donnelley & Sons Co.,
8.600%, due 08/15/16
    7,432,642    
  630,000       Service Corp. International,
7.000%, due 06/15/17
    614,250    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
85



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Commercial Services (continued)  
$ 6,555,000     &,#   ServiceMaster Co, 10.750%,
due 07/15/15
  $ 6,849,975    
      14,896,867    
        Computers: 0.2%  
  6,235,000       Seagate Technology, Inc.,
6.800%, due 10/01/16
    6,063,538    
      6,063,538    
        Diversified Financial Services: 4.3%  
  9,176,000     #   Aiful Corp., 4.450%,
due 02/16/10
    8,816,607    
  3,018,000       American Express Credit
Corp., 5.125%,
due 08/25/14
    3,183,444    
  4,859,000     S   American Express Credit
Corp., 7.300%,
due 08/20/13
    5,465,330    
  11,084,000     #   Cantor Fitzgerald L.P.,
7.875%, due 10/15/19
    10,865,568    
  3,840,000       Capital One Bank USA NA,
6.500%, due 06/13/13
    4,131,310    
  5,127,000       Capital One Bank USA NA,
8.800%, due 07/15/19
    6,068,548    
  5,412,000       Capital One Capital V,
10.250%, due 08/15/39
    6,307,767    
  3,403,000     #   Corestates Capital Trust I,
8.000%, due 12/15/26
    3,336,121    
  8,190,000       Credit Suisse/Guernsey,
5.860%, due 12/31/49
    7,166,250    
  3,668,000       FIA Card Services NA,
6.625%, due 06/15/12
    3,945,877    
  6,198,000       Fund American Cos., Inc.,
5.875%, due 05/15/13
    6,189,453    
  4,154,000       General Electric Capital
Corp., 3.750%,
due 11/14/14
    4,151,312    
  3,166,000       General Electric Capital
Corp., 5.875%,
due 01/14/38
    2,940,983    
  1,157,000       General Electric Capital
Corp., 6.000%,
due 08/07/19
    1,203,177    
  7,130,000     S   General Electric Capital
Corp., 6.875%,
due 01/10/39
    7,386,545    
  3,124,000     #   Iberdrola Finance Ireland
Ltd., 3.800%, due 09/11/14
    3,141,463    
  4,259,000     #   Iberdrola Finance Ireland
Ltd., 5.000%, due 09/11/19
    4,246,415    
  10,226,000     S   International Lease
Finance Corp., 6.625%,
due 11/15/13
    8,238,383    
  4,167,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,
6.050%, due 05/16/16
    4,209,991    
  2,908,000       Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,
6.875%, due 04/25/18
    3,138,180    
  2,001,000     S   National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corp.,
10.375%, due 11/01/18
    2,655,601    
  522,654     #   Power Receivable Finance,
LLC, 6.290%, due 01/01/12
    533,089    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 4,098,000     #,±   Twin Reefs Pass-through
Trust, 2.231%,
due 12/10/49
  $ 410    
      107,321,824    
        Electric: 3.7%  
  7,450,000       AES Corp., 8.000%,
due 10/15/17
    7,682,813    
  3,604,000     #   Allegheny Energy Supply Co.
LLC, 5.750%, due 10/15/19
    3,507,114    
  2,277,000     #   Allegheny Energy Supply Co.
LLC, 6.750%, due 10/15/39
    2,174,157    
  2,816,000       Ameren Corp., 8.875%,
due 05/15/14
    3,165,885    
  940,000       Ameren Energy Generating
Co., 6.300%, due 04/01/20
    924,749    
  1,410,000       Commonwealth Edison Co.,
6.150%, due 03/15/12
    1,521,860    
  10,274,000       Commonwealth Edison Co.,
6.950%, due 07/15/18
    11,190,770    
  3,056,000       DTE Energy Co., 7.050%,
due 06/01/11
    3,238,899    
  658,000       DTE Energy Co., 7.625%,
due 05/15/14
    735,249    
  2,103,000       Duke Energy Corp., 3.950%,
due 09/15/14
    2,132,793    
  3,648,000       Duke Energy Corp., 6.300%,
due 02/01/14
    4,015,033    
  2,834,000       Entergy Texas, Inc., 7.125%,
due 02/01/19
    3,146,573    
  2,201,000       FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.,
4.800%, due 02/15/15
    2,249,074    
  3,197,000       Indiana Michigan Power,
7.000%, due 03/15/19
    3,571,314    
  2,236,000       Jersey Central Power and
Light, 7.350%,
due 02/01/19
    2,542,209    
  803,006     #   Juniper Generation, LLC,
6.790%, due 12/31/14
    751,293    
  3,504,000       Metropolitan Edison,
7.700%, due 01/15/19
    4,028,272    
  2,398,000       Nevada Power Co., 7.125%,
due 03/15/19
    2,681,822    
  1,959,000       Nisource Finance Corp.,
6.125%, due 03/01/22
    2,003,526    
  9,278,000       NorthWestern Corp.,
5.875%, due 11/01/14
    9,633,988    
  4,673,000       Oncor Electric Delivery Co.,
6.800%, due 09/01/18
    5,199,278    
  3,856,000       Oncor Electric Delivery Co.,
7.500%, due 09/01/38
    4,572,827    
  2,117,000       Progress Energy, Inc.,
6.050%, due 03/15/14
    2,319,762    
  2,607,000       Progress Energy, Inc.,
7.050%, due 03/15/19
    2,921,595    
  3,553,000       Sierra Pacific Power Co.,
6.250%, due 04/15/12
    3,743,928    
  4,562,000       Southwestern Electric Power,
5.550%, due 01/15/17
    4,609,983    
      94,264,766    
        Electronics: 0.2%  
  4,360,000       Jabil Circuit, Inc., 7.750%,
due 07/15/16
    4,599,800    
      4,599,800    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Energy-Alternate Sources: 0.0%  
$ 4,000,000     I,X,±   Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC,
6.301%, due 12/31/13
  $ 400    
  4,900,000     I,X,±   Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC,
12.630%, due 12/31/13
    490    
  617,699     I,X,±   PEA Lima, LLC, due 03/20/14     62    
      952    
        Entertainment: 0.7%  
  6,350,000       AMC Entertainment, Inc.,
8.750%, due 06/01/19
    6,508,750    
  6,265,000     #   Pinnacle Entertainment,
Inc., 8.625%, due 08/01/17
    6,421,625    
  3,810,000     #   Warner Music Group,
9.500%, due 06/15/16
    4,100,513    
  1,565,000     L   WMG Holdings Corp.,
9.500%, due 12/15/14
    1,592,388    
      18,623,276    
        Food: 1.0%  
  1,615,000     #   Dole Food Co., Inc.,
8.000%, due 10/01/16
    1,647,300    
  4,105,000       HJ Heinz Co., 5.350%,
due 07/15/13
    4,416,372    
  5,116,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.125%,
due 02/01/18
    5,388,258    
  3,278,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.125%,
due 08/23/18
    3,461,961    
  1,994,000       Kraft Foods, Inc., 6.500%,
due 08/11/17
    2,166,866    
  5,345,000     #   Smithfield Foods, Inc.,
10.000%, due 07/15/14
    5,826,050    
  1,615,000       Tyson Foods, Inc., 7.850%,
due 04/01/16
    1,663,450    
      24,570,257    
        Forest Products & Paper: 0.1%  
  2,508,000       Domtar Corp., 10.750%,
due 06/01/17
    2,959,440    
      2,959,440    
        Gas: 0.3%  
  6,588,000       Sempra Energy, 6.500%,
due 06/01/16
    7,154,146    
      7,154,146    
        Healthcare-Products: 0.7%  
  4,715,000     &,S   Biomet, Inc., 10.375%,
due 10/15/17
    5,139,350    
  4,863,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
4.500%, due 01/15/15
    4,878,357    
  2,590,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
6.000%, due 01/15/20
    2,651,365    
  2,979,000       Boston Scientific Corp.,
7.375%, due 01/15/40
    3,210,620    
  2,403,000       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.,
5.750%, due 11/30/39
    2,363,975    
      18,243,667    
        Healthcare-Services: 0.4%  
  2,475,000       HCA, Inc., 9.250%,
due 11/15/16
    2,663,719    
  4,720,000     &   HCA, Inc., 9.625%,
due 11/15/16
    5,121,200    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 2,508,000       US Oncology, Inc., 9.125%,
due 08/15/17
  $ 2,645,940    
      10,430,859    
        Holding Companies-Diversified: 0.1%  
  2,410,000     #   Reynolds Group DL Escrow,
Inc./Reynolds Group
Escrow LLC, 7.750%,
due 10/15/16
    2,476,275    
      2,476,275    
        Home Builders: 0.1%  
  2,306,000       Toll Brothers Finance Corp.,
6.750%, due 11/01/19
    2,262,477    
      2,262,477    
        Insurance: 2.8%  
  10,157,000       Aegon NV, 3.570%,
due 12/31/49
    5,151,630    
  6,987,000       American International
Group, Inc., 5.850%,
due 01/16/18
    5,741,728    
  8,151,000       Genworth Financial, Inc.,
6.515%, due 05/22/18
    7,470,579    
  2,824,000       Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., 5.250%,
due 10/15/11
    2,915,667    
  4,366,000       Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., 6.000%,
due 01/15/19
    4,258,797    
  3,601,000       Lincoln National Corp.,
8.750%, due 07/01/19
    4,121,330    
  5,274,000     #   Pacific Life Insurance Co.,
9.250%, due 06/15/39
    6,107,049    
  2,673,000       Principal Financial Group,
Inc., 7.875%, due 05/15/14
    2,952,914    
  9,190,000       Protective Life Corp.,
8.450%, due 10/15/39
    8,889,028    
  2,449,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
4.750%, due 09/17/15
    2,486,401    
  2,288,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
5.700%, due 12/14/36
    2,074,001    
  4,220,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
6.000%, due 12/01/17
    4,360,623    
  1,395,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
6.625%, due 12/01/37
    1,434,551    
  3,798,000       Prudential Financial, Inc.,
7.375%, due 06/15/19
    4,265,568    
  6,744,000     #   Teachers Insurance &
Annuity Association of
America, 6.850%,
due 12/16/39
    6,994,088    
      69,223,954    
        Investment Companies: 0.1%  
  2,657,000     #   Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd,
5.500%, due 11/16/11
    2,789,970    
      2,789,970    
        Iron/Steel: 0.4%  
  1,500,000       ArcelorMittal, 7.000%,
due 10/15/39
    1,584,455    
  5,878,000       ArcelorMittal, 9.850%,
due 06/01/19
    7,615,090    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Iron/Steel (continued)  
$ 685,000       Steel Dynamics, Inc.,
7.750%, due 04/15/16
  $ 709,831    
      9,909,376    
        Lodging: 0.5%  
  8,757,000     #   Hyatt Hotels Corp.,
6.875%, due 08/15/19
    8,762,210    
  3,890,000     #   Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn
Las Vegas Capital Corp.,
7.875%, due 11/01/17
    3,958,075    
      12,720,285    
        Machinery-Diversified: 0.1%  
  3,240,000     #   Case New Holland, Inc.,
7.750%, due 09/01/13
    3,329,100    
      3,329,100    
        Media: 4.0%  
  4,730,000     #   Cablevision Systems Corp.,
8.625%, due 09/15/17
    4,948,763    
  7,625,000     #   Clear Channel Worldwide
Holdings, Inc., 9.250%,
due 12/15/17
    7,842,325    
  761,000       Comcast Corp., 5.700%,
due 05/15/18
    801,332    
  2,093,000       Comcast Corp., 5.900%,
due 03/15/16
    2,256,924    
  2,810,000       Comcast Corp., 6.300%,
due 11/15/17
    3,079,558    
  3,373,000       Comcast Corp., 6.500%,
due 01/15/17
    3,739,443    
  3,935,000     #   COX Communications, Inc.,
6.250%, due 06/01/18
    4,195,229    
  3,855,000     #   COX Communications, Inc.,
6.950%, due 06/01/38
    4,096,404    
  573,000     #   Cox Communications, Inc.,
8.375%, due 03/01/39
    715,717    
  3,376,000     #   Cox Enterprises, Inc.,
7.375%, due 07/15/27
    3,567,595    
  1,674,000       Discovery Communications,
LLC, 5.625%, due 08/15/19
    1,731,654    
  2,475,000       DISH DBS Corp., 7.125%,
due 02/01/16
    2,539,969    
  4,755,000     #   Mediacom LLC / Mediacom
Capital Corp., 9.125%,
due 08/15/19
    4,873,875    
  3,740,000     #   News America, Inc., 5.650%,
due 08/15/20
    3,902,065    
  1,927,000     S   News America, Inc., 6.150%,
due 03/01/37
    1,923,437    
  4,379,000       News America, Inc., 6.650%,
due 11/15/37
    4,640,632    
  4,844,000       News America, Inc., 6.900%,
due 03/01/19
    5,467,486    
  2,281,000       Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
3.500%, due 02/01/15
    2,256,096    
  941,000       Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
5.000%, due 02/01/20
    914,294    
  6,568,000       Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
6.750%, due 07/01/18
    7,227,145    
  6,737,000     S   Time Warner Cable, Inc.,
8.750%, due 02/14/19
    8,224,348    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 1,865,000       Time Warner
Entertainment Co. LP,
8.375%, due 07/15/33
  $ 2,235,790    
  4,923,000       Time Warner, Inc., 5.500%,
due 11/15/11
    5,228,960    
  7,139,000       Time Warner, Inc., 7.700%,
due 05/01/32
    8,407,672    
  2,657,000       Viacom, Inc., 4.250%,
due 09/15/15
    2,681,216    
  1,809,000       Viacom, Inc., 5.625%,
due 09/15/19
    1,892,315    
      99,390,244    
        Mining: 0.3%  
  3,844,000       Newmont Mining Corp.,
5.125%, due 10/01/19
    3,853,106    
  2,796,000       Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.,
8.950%, due 05/01/14
    3,353,528    
      7,206,634    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 0.7%  
  8,169,000       General Electric Co.,
5.250%, due 12/06/17
    8,361,061    
  6,763,000       Tyco International Finance,
8.500%, due 01/15/19
    8,181,397    
      16,542,458    
        Office/Business Equipment: 0.1%  
  1,996,000       Xerox Corp., 4.250%,
due 02/15/15
    1,984,339    
  933,000       Xerox Corp., 5.625%,
due 12/15/19
    933,455    
      2,917,794    
        Oil & Gas: 0.8%  
  2,566,000       Hess Corp., 8.125%,
due 02/15/19
    3,099,661    
  3,783,000       Marathon Oil Corp.,
6.500%, due 02/15/14
    4,188,420    
  2,793,000       Marathon Oil Corp.,
7.500%, due 02/15/19
    3,228,906    
  4,060,000       Pioneer Natural Resources
Co., 7.500%, due 01/15/20
    4,082,143    
  6,235,000       Plains Exploration &
Production Co., 8.625%,
due 10/15/19
    6,437,638    
      21,036,768    
        Oil & Gas Services: 0.2%  
  3,301,000       Weatherford International
Ltd., 9.625%, due 03/01/19
    4,121,979    
      4,121,979    
        Packaging & Containers: 0.1%  
  1,963,000     #   Solo Cup Co., 10.500%,
due 11/01/13
    2,100,410    
      2,100,410    
        Pharmaceuticals: 0.1%  
  2,316,000       Express Scripts, Inc., 6.250%,
due 06/15/14
    2,529,519    
  763,000       Express Scripts, Inc., 7.250%,
due 06/15/19
    868,423    
      3,397,942    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
        Pipelines: 1.3%  
$ 4,483,000       Enbridge Energy Partners,
9.875%, due 03/01/19
  $ 5,685,650    
  3,770,000       Energy Transfer Partners,
9.700%, due 03/15/19
    4,663,803    
  1,893,000       Northwest Pipeline Corp.,
7.000%, due 06/15/16
    2,134,297    
  3,597,000       Plains All American Pipeline
L.P., 4.250%, due 09/01/12
    3,714,370    
  5,126,000       Plains All American Pipeline
LP, 5.750%, due 01/15/20
    5,139,507    
  2,106,000       Trans-Canada Pipelines,
7.125%, due 01/15/19
    2,466,587    
  2,337,000       Trans-Canada Pipelines,
7.625%, due 01/15/39
    2,887,749    
  2,894,000       Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corp., 6.400%,
due 04/15/16
    3,161,055    
  1,848,000       Williams Cos., Inc., 8.750%,
due 01/15/20
    2,208,447    
      32,061,465    
        Real Estate: 0.4%  
  2,092,000       AvalonBay Communities,
Inc., 5.700%, due 03/15/17
    2,125,326    
  1,560,000     #   Felcor Lodging L.P., 10.000%,
due 10/01/14
    1,581,450    
  2,748,000       ProLogis, 7.375%,
due 10/30/19
    2,715,304    
  4,524,000       Simon Property Group, Inc.,
6.750%, due 05/15/14
    4,825,687    
      11,247,767    
        Retail: 1.1%  
  7,971,000       CVS Caremark Corp.,
6.125%, due 09/15/39
    7,926,865    
  2,890,000       CVS Caremark Corp.,
6.600%, due 03/15/19
    3,168,006    
  5,540,000     #   Limited Brands, 8.500%,
due 06/15/19
    6,052,450    
  2,660,000     #   QVC, Inc., 7.500%,
due 10/01/19
    2,726,500    
  6,275,000     #   Toys R Us Property Co. I LLC,
10.750%, due 07/15/17
    6,902,500    
      26,776,321    
        Telecommunications: 3.5%  
  5,490,000       AT&T, Inc., 6.550%,
due 02/15/39
    5,803,907    
  4,623,000       AT&T, Inc., 6.700%,
due 11/15/13
    5,220,370    
  1,938,000       British Telecommunications
PLC, 5.150%, due 01/15/13
    2,022,332    
  4,066,000       British Telecommunications
PLC, 5.950%, due 01/15/18
    4,139,038    
  12,280,000       Cellco Partnership/Verizon
Wireless Capital, LLC,
5.550%, due 02/01/14
    13,339,396    
  5,224,000       CenturyTel, Inc., 7.600%,
due 09/15/39
    5,369,729    
  2,081,000       Cisco Systems, Inc., 4.450%,
due 01/15/20
    2,045,509    
  5,622,000       Cisco Systems, Inc., 5.500%,
due 01/15/40
    5,395,051    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 2,370,000       Cricket
Communications, Inc.,
9.375%, due 11/01/14
  $ 2,393,700    
  2,516,000       Cricket
Communications, Inc.,
10.000%, due 07/15/15
    2,563,175    
  5,840,000       Crown Castle
International Corp.,
7.125%, due 11/01/19
    5,810,800    
  4,125,000       Embarq Corp., 7.995%,
due 06/01/36
    4,449,955    
  2,375,000       Frontier
Communications Corp.,
8.125%, due 10/01/18
    2,416,563    
  4,723,000     #   Intelsat Subsidiary
Holding Co. Ltd.,
8.875%, due 01/15/15
    4,888,305    
  2,370,000     L   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.,
9.250%, due 11/01/14
    2,411,475    
  2,360,000       Nextel Communications, Inc.,
5.950%, due 03/15/14
    2,215,450    
  2,508,000       Qwest Communications
International, Inc.,
7.500%, due 02/15/14
    2,529,945    
  2,475,000       Sprint Nextel Corp.,
6.000%, due 12/01/16
    2,270,813    
  1,782,000       Telefonica Emisones SAU,
5.855%, due 02/04/13
    1,926,752    
  2,007,000       Telefonica Emisones SAU,
5.877%, due 07/15/19
    2,155,109    
  2,441,000       Telefonica Emisones SAU,
6.421%, due 06/20/16
    2,712,957    
  4,726,000     S   Verizon
Communications, Inc.,
8.950%, due 03/01/39
    6,414,595    
      88,494,926    
        Transportation: 0.8%  
  2,815,000       CSX Corp., 6.250%,
due 04/01/15
    3,104,070    
  7,491,000       CSX Corp., 7.450%,
due 04/01/38
    8,884,026    
  3,856,000       Union Pacific Corp.,
5.125%, due 02/15/14
    4,098,068    
  4,222,000       Union Pacific Corp.,
5.700%, due 08/15/18
    4,430,060    
      20,516,224    
Total Corporate Bonds/Notes
(Cost $951,744,200)
    1,012,387,367    
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS: 29.6%      
            Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation##: 9.2%
         
  5,065,139     S   3.333%, due 03/15/38     4,085,928    
  4,106,986     S   4.883%, due 03/15/33     4,247,139    
  965,416     S   4.966%, due 04/01/35     1,018,485    
  35,511,000     W   5.000%, due 01/15/39     36,415,430    
  10,948,663     S,^   5.000%, due 05/15/17-
01/15/29
    713,832    
  45,104,446     S   5.000%, due 12/15/17-
02/15/35
    47,155,666    
  7,586,265       5.000%, due 08/15/16     8,054,870    
  55,665       5.074%, due 11/01/35     58,487    

 

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  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
            Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation## (continued)
         
$ 86,212,876     S   5.500%, due 08/15/20-
02/15/34
  $ 90,772,836    
  74,255     S   5.699%, due 03/01/36     78,659    
  4,100,087     S,^   6.000%, due 04/15/33     553,114    
  26,550,030     S   6.000%, due 01/15/29-
02/01/36
    28,396,964    
  53,220,816     S,^   6.167%, due 10/15/37     6,185,621    
  10,367,312     S,^   6.517%, due 05/15/35     1,389,469    
  1,076,450     S   7.000%, due 09/01/26-
11/01/31
    1,185,869    
  411,939     S   7.500%, due 11/01/28     464,140    
      230,776,509    
            Federal National Mortgage
Association##: 15.4%
         
  7,906,285     S,^   4.000%, due 11/01/18     1,013,215    
  41,297,000     W   4.500%, due 01/25/24-
01/25/39
    41,366,806    
  1,086,357     S   4.941%, due 04/01/35     1,129,519    
  13,464,000     W   5.000%, due 01/13/40     13,817,430    
  65,250,463     S   5.000%, due 02/25/29-
05/01/39
    67,355,045    
  1,277,139     S   5.009%, due 07/01/35     1,350,726    
  754,518     S   5.245%, due 08/01/35     796,474    
  37,934,000     W   5.500%, due 01/25/39     39,712,156    
  23,581,292     S   5.500%, due 11/01/16-
01/01/39
    24,759,742    
  114,939       5.500%, due 12/01/16-
10/01/18
    122,299    
  65,677,000     W   6.000%, due 01/15/33-
01/15/39
    69,567,394    
  6,151,535     S,^   6.000%, due 08/25/33     1,147,646    
  51,502,861     S   6.000%, due 08/01/16-
12/25/49
    54,782,109    
  10,124,695       6.000%, due 06/01/16-
10/01/38
    10,770,126    
  23,601,015     S,^   6.219%, due 04/25/37     2,851,043    
  13,213,762     S,^   6.359%, due 06/25/36     1,616,823    
  6,307,155     S,^   6.369%, due 08/25/25     296,060    
  10,980,252     S,^   6.469%, due 08/25/26     1,530,569    
  16,363,000     W   6.500%, due 01/15/32     17,526,311    
  6,384,496     S   6.500%, due 01/01/23-
01/01/39
    6,850,580    
  38,039       6.500%, due 02/01/28     41,231    
  26,223,930     S,^   6.509%, due 01/25/37     3,324,271    
  54,658,701     S,^   6.519%, due 10/25/35     6,924,782    
  10,337,127     S   7.000%, due 11/01/25-
04/01/38
    11,365,671    
  265,695       7.000%, due 08/01/25-
06/01/31
    295,158    
  1,230,908     S   7.500%, due 09/01/31-
01/25/48
    1,388,569    
  163,030       7.500%, due 11/01/29-
11/01/30
    184,014    
  143,543     S   10.000%, due 02/25/19     165,707    
  5,859,143     S   14.922%, due 03/25/38     6,528,732    
  537,064     S   27.675%, due 02/25/34     683,661    
      389,263,869    
            Government National
Mortgage Association: 5.0%
         
  42,621     S   4.125%, due 12/20/29     43,599    
  60,212       4.375%, due 04/20/28     61,930    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 33,400,000     W   4.500%, due 01/15/40   $ 33,431,329    
  7,478,254     S   4.500%, due 04/15/39     7,498,835    
  9,406,000       4.500%, due 01/20/40     9,400,140    
  7,048,000     W   5.000%, due 01/15/39     7,248,431    
  106,107,065     S,^   5.000%, due 04/20/38-
06/16/39
    13,270,418    
  9,072,000     W   5.500%, due 01/15/39     9,504,335    
  13,525,194     S   5.500%, due 03/20/39-
09/20/39
    14,195,444    
  7,736,929       5.500%, due 09/15/38     8,116,873    
  93,884,612     S,^   5.967%, due 06/20/38-
04/20/39
    9,668,289    
  49,889,481     S,^   6.067%, due 05/20/39     5,051,405    
  30,005,994     S,^   6.167%, due 04/20/38     3,192,929    
  9,682,720     S,^   6.268%, due 05/16/38     1,135,875    
  1,687,501     S   6.500%, due 01/15/29-
01/15/32
    1,824,355    
  316,902     S   7.000%, due 04/15/26-
05/15/32
    351,735    
  219,137       7.000%, due 04/15/26-
02/15/28
    243,639    
  548,169     S   7.500%, due 06/15/22-
04/15/32
    617,393    
  354,225       7.500%, due 04/15/22-
06/15/32
    399,094    
      125,256,048    
Total U.S. Government
Agency Obligations
(Cost $723,790,876)
    745,296,426    
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS: 18.7%      
        U.S. Treasury Notes: 18.7%  
  158,570,000     L   0.750%, due 11/30/11     157,585,280    
  28,208,000     L   1.000%, due 10/31/11     28,191,442    
  85,901,000     L   1.125%, due 12/15/12     84,551,753    
  31,778,000     L   2.125%, due 11/30/14     31,035,761    
  10,260,000       2.625%, due 12/31/14     10,233,560    
  51,790,000     L   3.375%, due 11/15/19     49,831,975    
  110,242,000       4.500%, due 08/15/39     107,778,863    
Total U.S. Treasury
Obligations
(Cost $479,252,667)
    469,208,634    
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES: 3.5%      
            Automobile Asset-Backed
Securities: 2.4%
         
  7,285,000     #,S   Bank of America Auto Trust,
2.130%, due 09/15/13
    7,357,618    
  5,385,000     #,S   Bank of America Auto Trust,
2.670%, due 07/15/13
    5,476,691    
  4,680,000     S   CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
5.810%, due 12/16/13
    5,009,879    
  4,258,000     S   Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle Trust,
2.620%, due 03/15/14
    4,327,719    
  11,355,000     S   Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle Trust,
3.190%, due 11/15/13
    11,603,106    
  4,736,000     S   Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle Trust,
5.520%, due 11/15/13
    4,974,537    
  3,194,000     S   Honda Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 2.310%,
due 05/15/13
    3,236,585    

 

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AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
            Automobile Asset-Backed
Securities (continued)
         
$ 4,887,000     S   Honda Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 4.880%,
due 09/18/14
  $ 5,148,345    
  2,792,000     S   Hyundai Auto
Receivables Trust, 2.030%,
due 08/15/13
    2,811,500    
  3,246,000     S   Nissan Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 2.940%,
due 07/15/11
    3,275,731    
  2,017,500     S   Nissan Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 4.280%,
due 06/16/14
    2,100,123    
  1,473,000     S   Nissan Auto Receivables
Owner Trust, 4.460%,
due 04/16/12
    1,510,227    
  4,541,000     S   USAA Auto Owner Trust,
5.070%, due 06/15/13
    4,744,758    
      61,576,819    
            Home Equity Asset-Backed
Securities: 0.3%
         
  3,328,000     #,S   Irwin Home Equity, 5.960%,
due 08/25/37
    1,133,516    
  350,262     S   Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors Trust, 0.591%,
due 07/25/34
    247,294    
  2,294,307     S   Morgan Stanley Capital, Inc.,
1.431%, due 06/25/33
    1,706,323    
  94,060     S   Renaissance Home Equity
Loan Trust, 4.456%,
due 05/25/35
    93,102    
  685,660     S   Residential Funding
Mortgage Securities II, Inc.,
5.890%, due 06/25/37
    653,286    
  3,813,348     S   Specialty Underwriting &
Residential Finance,
0.431%, due 12/25/36
    2,937,874    
  268,936       Wells Fargo
Home Equity Trust,
3.970%, due 05/25/34
    266,788    
  500,000       Wells Fargo
Home Equity Trust,
4.430%, due 05/25/34
    491,186    
      7,529,369    
            Other Asset-Backed
Securities: 0.8%
         
  245,961     S   Amortizing Residential
Collateral Trust, 0.481%,
due 05/25/32
    127,900    
  2,651,456     S   Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities, Inc., 0.611%,
due 06/25/36
    1,408,217    
  992,384     S   Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities, Inc., 0.631%,
due 07/25/36
    242,479    
  553,553     S   CenterPoint Energy
Transition Bond Co., LLC,
4.192%, due 02/01/20
    580,191    
  359,020     S   Chase Funding Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, 0.831%,
due 07/25/33
    301,681    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 7,990     S   Chase Funding Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, 4.045%,
due 05/25/33
  $ 7,846    
  85,000       Countrywide Asset-Backed
Certificates, 5.689%,
due 10/25/46
    50,323    
  4,449,388     S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
4.831%, due 08/25/35
    4,319,774    
  1,965,459     S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
5.501%, due 12/25/36
    1,398,978    
  3,360,000     #,S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
5.746%, due 12/25/37
    2,947,869    
  2,876,000     #,S   Credit-Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization, LLC,
6.020%, due 12/25/37
    1,824,009    
  2,102,392     S   Equity One, Inc., 5.050%,
due 09/25/33
    1,794,498    
  2,094,712     S   First Horizon
Asset Back Trust, 0.361%,
due 09/25/29
    950,196    
  6,265,000     #,I,X   Hudson Mezzanine Funding,
1.004%, due 06/12/42
    6    
  1,776,618     S   Lehman XS Trust, 0.511%,
due 08/25/35
    1,233,755    
  718,714     S   Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors Trust, 0.411%,
due 09/25/36
    237,667    
  1,511       Popular Mortgage
Pass-through Trust,
4.000%, due 12/25/34
    1,498    
  41,053       Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., 0.851%,
due 06/25/33
    28,354    
  2,062,787     S   Structured Asset
Securities Corp., 4.910%,
due 06/25/33
    1,506,960    
      18,962,201    
Total Asset-Backed
Securities
(Cost $103,429,595)
    88,068,389    
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS: 12.3%      
  687,370     S   American Home
Mortgage Assets, 1.334%,
due 02/25/47
    94,129    
  4,049,862     S   American Home
Mortgage Assets, 1.544%,
due 09/25/46
    802,452    
  13,558,414     S   American Home Mortgage
Investment Trust, 0.611%,
due 11/25/45
    3,771,151    
  1,658,649     S   Banc of America
Commercial Mortgage,
Inc., 4.772%, due 07/11/43
    1,687,871    
  9,891,466     S   Banc of America
Funding Corp., 5.259%,
due 09/20/35
    7,163,153    
  4,300,365     S   Banc of America
Funding Corp., 5.500%,
due 03/25/36
    3,702,853    

 

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ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)      
$ 4,557,450     S   Banc of America Mortgage
Securities, Inc., 5.140%,
due 09/25/35
  $ 3,756,790    
  1,040,575     S   Bear Stearns
Alternative-A Trust,
0.551%, due 07/25/34
    696,267    
  239,038     S   Bear Stearns Commercial
Mortgage Securities,
5.415%, due 04/12/38
    242,031    
  8,699,527     S   Chase Mortgage
Finance Corp.,
5.403%, due 12/25/35
    7,276,812    
  4,183,885     S   Chase Mortgage
Finance Corp.,
5.500%, due 11/25/35
    3,891,694    
  5,915,000     S   Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.700%,
due 12/10/49
    5,290,506    
  5,089,110     #,S   Citigroup Mortgage Loan
Trust, Inc., 5.426%,
due 11/19/35
    4,648,256    
  189,698,634     #,S,^   Citigroup/Deutsche
Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust,
0.087%, due 12/11/49
    1,595,290    
  11,020,000     S   Commercial Mortgage
Pass-through Certificates,
5.816%, due 12/10/49
    10,019,273    
  3,229,039     S   Countrywide Home
Loan Mortgage
Pass-through Trust,
0.551%, due 04/25/35
    646,462    
  9,417,690     S   Countrywide Home
Loan Mortgage
Pass-through Trust,
5.000%, due 04/25/35
    7,885,563    
  11,232,442     S   Countrywide Home
Loan Mortgage
Pass-through Trust,
5.500%, due 10/25/35
    9,419,020    
  899,789     S   Credit Suisse First Boston
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
3.727%, due 03/15/35
    906,594    
  560,889     S   Credit Suisse First Boston
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
3.819%, due 05/15/36
    554,203    
  1,011,251     S   Credit Suisse First Boston
Mortgage Securities Corp.,
5.000%, due 08/25/20
    956,642    
  3,201,762     S   First Union National Bank
Commercial Mortgage,
6.663%, due 01/12/43
    3,319,313    
  310,933     S   GE Capital Commercial
Mortgage Corp., 4.371%,
due 01/10/38
    313,873    
  459,414     S   GE Capital Commercial
Mortgage Corp., 5.560%,
due 06/10/38
    469,185    
  2,820,000     S   GE Capital Commercial
Mortgage Corp., 6.531%,
due 05/15/33
    2,929,311    
  2,156,826     S   GMAC Commercial Mortgage
Securities, Inc., 5.785%,
due 11/15/39
    2,194,651    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 2,752,885     S   GMAC Mortgage
Corp. Loan Trust, 4.596%,
due 10/19/33
  $ 2,658,531    
  12,844,657     S   GMAC Mortgage
Corp. Loan Trust, 4.978%,
due 06/25/34
    12,001,033    
  5,858,192     S   GMAC Mortgage
Corp. Loan Trust, 5.260%,
due 03/18/35
    4,892,316    
  3,958,383     S   GMAC Mortgage
Corp. Loan Trust, 5.426%,
due 11/19/35
    3,299,946    
  102,008       GMAC Mortgage
Corp. Loan Trust, 5.500%,
due 09/25/34
    100,719    
  9,650,000     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.444%, due 03/10/39
    8,547,929    
  10,133,061     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.736%, due 12/10/49
    9,018,627    
  3,675,000     S   Greenwich Capital
Commercial Funding Corp.,
5.918%, due 07/10/38
    3,359,064    
  5,077,981     S   GSAA Trust, 5.242%,
due 06/25/34
    4,730,548    
  2,494,465     S   GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
5.500%, due 07/25/35
    2,197,731    
  584,482     S   Homebanc Mortgage Trust,
1.091%, due 08/25/29
    353,387    
  15,000,000     S   JPMorgan
Alternative Loan Trust,
0.401%, due 08/25/36
    6,526,506    
  853,213     S   JPMorgan
Alternative Loan Trust,
5.502%, due 01/25/36
    596,004    
  749,353,565     S,^   JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp., 0.157%,
due 02/15/51
    5,055,439    
  234,437     S   JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp., 4.200%,
due 07/12/35
    238,286    
  3,010,898     S   JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp., 4.275%,
due 01/12/37
    3,062,770    
  10,320,000     S   JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp., 5.399%,
due 05/15/45
    9,607,598    
  213,941     S   JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp., 5.833%,
due 04/15/45
    216,566    
  767,704     S   JPMorgan Commercial
Mortgage Finance Corp.,
7.371%, due 08/15/32
    767,452    
  11,197,086     S   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
4.777%, due 07/25/35
    9,935,221    
  7,716,639     S   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
5.290%, due 07/25/35
    7,020,387    

 

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ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)      
$ 10,957,592     S   JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
5.399%, due 11/25/35
  $ 9,548,177    
  310,929     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 4.310%,
due 02/15/30
    311,310    
  10,405,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.156%,
due 02/15/31
    10,090,030    
  5,110,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.197%,
due 11/15/30
    5,030,619    
  5,000,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.372%,
due 09/15/39
    4,775,542    
  5,000,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.882%,
due 06/15/38
    4,743,692    
  1,600,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 6.149%,
due 04/15/41
    1,484,809    
  5,000,000     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 6.365%,
due 12/15/28
    5,223,157    
  2,803,187     S   LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 7.370%,
due 08/15/26
    2,845,551    
  4,123,250     S   Lehman Mortgage Trust,
5.000%, due 12/25/35
    3,123,078    
  3,243,895     S   Lehman Mortgage Trust,
6.414%, due 04/25/36
    2,828,609    
  2,685,716     S   Luminent Mortgage Trust,
0.431%, due 10/25/46
    1,447,752    
  9,127,411     #,S   LVII Resecuritization Trust,
5.777%, due 11/27/37
    9,218,685    
  62,695     S   MASTR Alternative
Loans Trust, 6.500%,
due 05/25/33
    54,648    
  403,261     S   MASTR Alternative
Loans Trust, 8.500%,
due 05/25/33
    385,970    
  1,064,726     S   MASTR Asset
Securitization Trust,
5.500%, due 06/25/33
    1,072,495    
  3,319,593     #,S   MASTR Reperforming
Loan Trust, 0.591%,
due 07/25/35
    2,668,404    
  821,838     S   MLCC Mortgage
Investors, Inc., 0.461%,
due 04/25/29
    673,686    
  375,434     S   MLCC Mortgage
Investors, Inc., 0.551%,
due 01/25/29
    311,538    
  1,430,000     S   Morgan Stanley Capital I,
5.685%, due 07/12/44
    1,451,571    
  1,548,634     S   Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Capital I,
4.180%, due 03/12/35
    1,570,230    
  4,527,219     S   Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Capital I,
6.390%, due 10/15/35
    4,740,352    
  659,897     S   Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Capital I, 7.200%,
due 10/15/33
    673,055    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 1,673,617     S   Nomura Asset
Securities Corp., 6.690%,
due 03/15/30
  $ 1,778,595    
  1,391,116     S   Prime Mortgage Trust,
0.731%, due 02/25/35
    974,630    
  1,577,359     S   Prudential Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 3.669%,
due 02/11/36
    1,590,581    
  7,898,601     S   RAAC Series, 5.250%,
due 09/25/34
    7,542,728    
  722,650     S   Residential Funding
Mortgage Securities I,
0.681%, due 05/25/33
    706,539    
  558,790     S   Sequoia Mortgage Trust,
0.503%, due 01/20/35
    437,474    
  1,057,350     S   Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments, Inc., 0.473%,
due 04/19/35
    532,378    
  892,369     S   Structured Asset
Securities Corp., 5.500%,
due 07/25/33
    772,742    
  1,454,070     S   Thornburg Mortgage
Securities Trust, 0.581%,
due 12/25/33
    1,160,115    
  1,588,544     S   Thornburg Mortgage
Securities Trust, 0.601%,
due 09/25/44
    1,376,660    
  6,970,000     S   TIAA Seasoned Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 6.072%,
due 08/15/39
    7,235,788    
  5,000,000     S   Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.308%,
due 11/15/48
    4,701,300    
  2,534,362     S   Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust, 5.506%,
due 03/15/45
    2,574,530    
  6,740,702       Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 0.521%,
due 09/25/46
    724,857    
  737,714     S   Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 0.670%,
due 06/25/44
    478,240    
  4,374,755     S   Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 1.354%,
due 07/25/47
    2,235,524    
  1,274,792       Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 1.384%,
due 11/25/46
    287,627    
  8,541,362     S   Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 1.534%,
due 06/25/46
    4,524,600    
  2,972,846     S   Washington Mutual
Mortgage Pass-through
Certificates, 6.000%,
due 06/25/34
    2,900,915    
  2,733,107       Wells Fargo
Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust, 4.863%,
due 08/25/34
    2,674,207    

 

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ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)      
$ 4,220,827     S   Wells Fargo
Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust, 5.000%,
due 12/25/33
  $ 3,704,868    
  9,926,563     #,S   Wells Fargo
Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust, 5.322%,
due 06/26/35
    8,437,578    
Total Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $347,592,669)
    310,044,841    
OTHER BONDS: 2.6%      
        Foreign Government Bonds: 2.4%  
BRL 108,166,000       Brazil Notas do
Tesouro Nacional Series F,
10.000%, due 01/01/11
    61,613,552    
Total Other Bonds
(Cost $64,535,042)
    61,613,552    
Shares           Value  
PREFERRED STOCK: 0.2%      
        Diversified Financial Services: 0.2%  
  8,057     #,P   Zurich RegCaPS
Funding Trust
  $ 5,589,544    
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $7,654,150)
    5,589,544    
Total Long-Term
Investments
(Cost $2,677,999,199)
    2,692,208,753    
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 16.6%      

 

    Affiliated Mutual Fund: 0.9%  
  21,331,000     ING Institutional Prime Money
Market Fund - Class I
    21,331,000    
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $21,331,000)
    21,331,000    
Principal
Amount
      Value  
    Commercial Paper: 1.7%  
$ 2,000,000     CBA Del Finance, Inc., 0.250%,
due 06/23/10
  $ 1,997,580    
  10,000,000     Concord Minutemen
Capital Co., LLC, 0.440%,
due 03/01/10
    9,993,312    
  10,000,000     Crown Point Capital Co., 0.440%,
due 03/01/10
    9,993,312    
  20,000,000     Volkswagen America, 0.300%,
due 01/11/10
    19,998,166    
Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $41,980,533)
    41,982,370    

 

Principal
Amount
      Value  
        Securities Lending Collateralcc: 14.0%  
$ 345,458,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(1)
  $ 345,458,000    
  9,207,559     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(1)(2)
    7,366,046    
Total Securities
Lending Collateral
(Cost $354,665,559)
    352,824,046    
Total Short-Term
Investments
(Cost $417,977,092)
    416,137,416    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $3,095,976,291)*
    123.5 %   $ 3,108,346,169    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (23.5 )     (592,093,965 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 2,516,252,204    

 

&  Payment-in-kind

MASTR  Mortgage Asset Securitization Transaction, Inc.

#  Securities with purchases pursuant to Rule 144A or section 4(2), under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, these securities have been determined to be liquid under the guidelines established by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

P  Preferred Stock may be called prior to convertible date.

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

(2)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

##  On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency placed the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship and the U.S. Treasury guaranteed the debt issued by those organizations.

W  Settlement is on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis.

S  All or a portion of this security is segregated to cover collateral requirements for applicable futures, options, swaps, foreign forward currency contracts and/or when-issued or delayed-delivery securities.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

±  Defaulted security

X  Fair value determined by ING Funds Valuation Committee appointed by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

^  Interest only securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. Principal amount shown represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the interest only security.

^^  Structured Product

BRL  Brazilian Real

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $3,100,691,052.

Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 105,968,322    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (98,313,205 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 7,655,117    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
94



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Preferred Stock   $     $ 5,589,544     $     $ 5,589,544    
Corporate Bonds/Notes           995,408,508       16,978,859       1,012,387,367    
U.S. Government Agency Obligations           745,296,426             745,296,426    
U.S. Treasury Obligations           469,208,634             469,208,634    
Asset-Backed Securities           87,940,483       127,906       88,068,389    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations           287,740,322       22,304,519       310,044,841    
Other Bonds                 61,613,552       61,613,552    
Short-Term Investments     366,789,000       41,982,370       7,366,046       416,137,416    
Total Investments, at value   $ 366,789,000     $ 2,633,166,287     $ 108,390,882     $ 3,108,346,169    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Forward foreign currency contracts           569,308             569,308    
Futures     4,089,135                   4,089,135    
Swaps, net of upfront payments           6,716,688             6,716,688    
Total Assets   $ 370,878,135     $ 2,640,452,283     $ 108,390,882     $ 3,119,721,300    
Liabilities Table  
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Forward foreign currency contracts   $     $ (148,460 )   $     $ (148,460 )  
Futures     (245,987 )                 (245,987 )  
Swaps, net of upfront payments           (9,757,479 )           (9,757,479 )  
Total Liabilities   $ (245,987 )   $ (9,905,939 )   $     $ (10,151,926 )  

 

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobervable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/08
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance
at
12/31/09
 
Asset Table  
Investments,
at value
 
Preferred Stock   $ 2,238,800     $     $     $     $ (2,805,884 )   $     $ (13,401,298 )   $ 13,968,382     $     $     $    
Corporate
Bonds/Notes
    31,972,922       14,907,000                   (17,022,718 )     (946,202 )     (9,294,475 )     8,648,967       1,760,841       (13,047,476 )     16,978,859    
Asset-Backed
Securities
    8,989,267                         (8,210,460 )     (43,689 )     (1,847,877 )     1,112,765       127,900             127,906    
Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    321,571       19,776,060                   (3,237,852 )     25,861       (93,266 )     863,888       4,648,257             22,304,519    
Other Bonds           64,535,042                                     (2,921,490 )                 61,613,552    
Short-Term
Investments
                                                    7,366,046             7,366,046    
Total Investments,
at value
  $ 43,522,560     $ 99,218,102     $     $     $ (31,276,914 )   $ (964,030 )   $ (24,636,916 )   $ 21,672,512     $ 13,903,045     $ (13,047,476 )   $ 108,390,882    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Swaps, net of
upfront
payments
    1,701,544                         (1,625,672 )           1,625,672       (1,701,544 )                    
Total Assets   $ 45,224,104     $ 99,218,102     $     $     $ (32,902,586 )   $ (964,030 )   $ (23,011,244 )   $ 19,970,968     $ 13,903,045     $ (13,047,476 )   $ 108,390,882    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $(2,904,673).

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

+  Other Financial Instruments are derivatives not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments and may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, swaps, and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts and futures are reported at their unrealized gain/loss at measurement date which represents the amount due to/from the Portfolio. Swaps and written options are reported at their market value at measurement date.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
95



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

At December 31, 2009 the following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding for the ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio:

Currency   Buy/Sell   Settlement
Date
  In
Exchange
For
  Value   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Brazilian Real
BRL 22,696,449
  BUY   01/08/10   USD
12,672,501
    13,013,336     $ 340,835    
Indian Rupee
INR 718,681,828
  BUY   01/08/10     15,582,867       15,434,407       (148,460 )  
    $ 192,375    
Brazilian Real
BRL 111,849,310
  SELL   01/08/10     64,358,887       64,130,414     $ 228,473    
    $ 228,473    

 

ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio Open Futures Contracts on December 31, 2009:

Contract
Description
  Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts  
U.S. Treasury
10-Year Note
    73     03/22/10   $ 8,428,078     $ (245,987 )  
                $ 8,428,078     $ (245,987 )  
Short Contracts  
U.S. Treasury
2-Year Note
    2,012     03/31/10   $ 435,126,427     $ 2,537,355    
U.S. Treasury
Long Bond
    288     03/22/10     33,228,000       1,551,780    
                $ 468,354,427     $ 4,089,135    

 

ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio Credit Default Swap Agreements Outstanding on December 31, 2009:

Credit Default Swaps on Corporate and Sovereign Issues — Buy Protection(1)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan Stanley
Capital
Services Inc.
  Domtar Inc.
7.875%, 10/15/11
  Buy     (2.650 )%   09/20/11   USD 2,758,500     $ (69,405 )   $     $ (69,405 )  
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 1,710,000       600,961       430,033       170,928    
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 3,460,000       1,215,980       835,103       380,877    
JPMorgan
Chase Bank,
N.A. New York
  MBIA Inc.
6.625%, 10/01/28
  Buy     (5.000 )%   09/20/13   USD 13,751,000       4,832,642       1,806,176       3,026,466    
                                $ 6,580,178     $ 3,071,312     $ 3,508,866    

 

Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection(2)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan Stanley
Capital
Services Inc.
  CDX.NA.HY.13 Index   Sell     5.000 %     12/20/14     USD 49,021,830     $ (347,326 )   $ (1,184,460 )   $ 837,134    
                                    $ (347,326 )   $ (1,184,460 )   $ 837,134    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
96



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Credit Default Swaps on Corporate and Sovereign Issues — Sell Protection(2)

Counterparty   Reference
Entity/Obligation
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  (Pay)/
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Termination
Date
  Implied
Credit
Spread at
12/31/09(5) 
  Notional
Amount(3) 
  Market
Value(4) 
  Upfront
Premium
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
UBS AG   Domtar Inc.
7.875%, 10/15/11
  Sell     2.600 %   09/20/11     1.18 %   USD 2,761,000     $ 67,105     $     $ 67,105    
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 1,710,000       (1,031,893 )     (478,488 )     (553,405 )  
Citibank N.A.,
New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 3,460,000       (2,087,925 )     (1,056,159 )     (1,031,766 )  
Goldman Sachs
International
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 3,435,000       (2,072,839 )     (949,006 )     (1,123,833 )  
JPMorgan
Chase Bank,
N.A. New York
  MBIA Global Funding
LLC, FRN, 10/06/10
  Sell     5.000 %   09/20/13     36.94 %   USD 6,874,000       (4,148,091 )     (953,052 )     (3,195,039 )  
                                        $ (9,273,643 )   $ (3,436,705 )   $ (5,836,938 )  

 

(1)  If a Portfolio is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, a Portfolio will either 1.) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or 2.) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

(2)  If the Portfolio is a seller of protection, and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Portfolio will generally either 1.) Pay to the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations, or underlying securities comprising a referenced index or 2.) Pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising a referenced index.

(3)  The maximum amount of future payments (undiscounted) that a Portfolio as seller of protection could be required to make or receive as a buyer of credit protection under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement.

(4)  The market values for credit default swap agreements serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. Increasing market values, in absolute terms, when compared to the notional amount of the agreement, represent a deterioration of the referenced obligation's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring.

(5)  Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues are disclosed in the table above and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. For credit default swaps on asset-backed securities or credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting market values serve as the indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk. Wider credit spreads and increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2009 was as follows:

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Fair Value  
Asset Derivatives  
Interest rate contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized appreciation*   $ 4,089,135    
Foreign exchange contracts   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     569,308    
Credit contracts   Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements, net of upfront payments     6,716,688    
Total Asset Derivatives       $ 11,375,131    
Liability Derivatives  
Interest rate contracts   Net Assets — Unrealized depreciation*   $ 245,987    
Foreign exchange contracts   Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     148,460    
Credit contracts   Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements, net of upfront payments     9,757,479    
Total Liability Derivatives       $ 10,151,926    

 

*  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the table following the Portfolio of Investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
97



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Portfolio's Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:

  Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Investments*   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
  Futures   Swaps   Written
options
  Total  
Foreign exchange
 
contracts   $     $ (2,613,308 )   $     $     $     $ (2,613,308 )  
Interest rate
contracts
                5,138,827       1,649,278             6,788,105    
Credit contracts     (6,479,600 )                 32,321,265       4,056,000       29,897,665    
Total   $ (6,479,600 )   $ (2,613,308 )   $ 5,138,827     $ 33,970,543     $ 4,056,000     $ 34,072,462    

 

  Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Investments*   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
  Futures   Swaps   Written
options
  Total  
Foreign exchange
 
contracts   $     $ 2,717,418     $     $     $     $ 2,717,418    
Interest rate
contracts
                18,676,138       (1,803,696)             16,872,442    
Credit contracts                       (37,295,065 )           (37,295,065 )  
Total   $     $ 2,717,418     $ 18,676,138     $ (39,098,761 )   $     $ (17,705,205 )  

 

*  Amounts recognized for purchased options are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
98



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
(1)  AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Principal
Amount
          Value  
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT: 6.4%      
$ 14,000,000       BNP Paribas, 0.160%,
due 01/29/10
  $ 14,000,000    
  1,500,000       BNP Paribas, 0.220%,
due 02/08/10
    1,501,233    
  22,000,000       BNP Paribas, 0.270%,
due 06/02/10
    22,000,000    
  10,500,000       Natixis, 0.220%,
due 01/14/10
    10,500,000    
  16,000,000       Rabobank USA Financial
Corp., 0.270%, due 06/02/10
    16,000,000    
  3,000,000       Societe Generale, 0.300%,
due 05/17/10
    2,999,999    
  6,000,000       Svenska Handelsbanken AB,
0.240%, due 02/26/10
    6,000,047    
  7,000,000       Toronoto Dominion Bank,
0.230%, due 05/19/10
    7,002,677    
  4,400,000       Toronoto Dominion Bank,
0.300%, due 05/17/10
    4,400,497    
Total Certificates of Deposit
(Cost $84,404,453 )
    84,404,453    
COMMERCIAL PAPER: 64.0%      
  7,500,000       ANZ National Bank Ltd.,
0.390%, due 03/04/10
    7,494,833    
  12,500,000       ANZ National Bank Ltd.,
0.390%, due 03/22/10
    12,489,167    
  6,000,000       ANZ National Bank Ltd.,
0.700%, due 09/17/10
    5,969,783    
  9,000,000       ASB Finance Ltd., 0.340%,
due 05/06/10
    8,989,375    
  2,000,000       ASB Finance Ltd., 0.430%,
due 01/22/10
    1,999,475    
  10,000,000       ASB Finance Ltd., 0.490%,
due 02/26/10
    9,992,222    
  526,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.180%,
due 01/11/10
    525,971    
  17,000,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.180%,
due 02/12/10
    16,996,430    
  10,000,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.210%,
due 01/13/10
    9,999,233    
  15,000,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.230%,
due 01/22/10
    14,997,900    
  6,000,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.240%,
due 01/06/10
    5,999,758    
  2,000,000       Barton Capital, LLC, 0.260%,
due 01/14/10
    1,999,798    
  3,250,000       BNP Paribas, 0.180%,
due 02/18/10
    3,249,220    
  2,500,000       BNP Paribas, 0.220%,
due 04/13/10
    2,498,442    
  800,000       Cafco, LLC, 0.160%,
due 01/07/10
    799,975    
  1,000,000       Cafco, LLC, 0.210%,
due 03/19/10
    999,551    
  25,500,000       Cafco, LLC, 0.290%,
due 02/18/10
    25,489,800    
  26,250,000       Cafco, LLC, 0.320%,
due 06/14/10
    26,211,867    
  750,000       CBA Del Finance, Inc., 0.300%,
due 06/10/10
    749,000    
  10,750,000       Ciesco, LLC, 0.250%,
due 03/11/10
    10,744,849    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 16,250,000       Ciesco, LLC, 0.250%,
due 03/16/10
  $ 16,241,526    
  24,000,000       Ciesco, LLC, 0.330%,
due 01/13/10
    23,997,120    
  9,000,000       Concord Minutemen
Capital Co., LLC, 0.440%,
due 03/01/10
    8,993,363    
  12,500,000       Concord Minutemen
Capital Co., LLC, 0.800%,
due 06/23/10
    12,451,944    
  4,250,000       Concord Minutemen
Capital Co., LLC, 0.900%,
due 05/03/10
    4,237,038    
  23,000,000       Concord Minutemen
Capital Co., LLC, 0.980%,
due 02/18/10
    22,969,333    
  4,000,000       Crown Point Capital Co.,
0.440%, due 03/01/10
    3,997,050    
  12,500,000       Crown Point Capital Co.,
0.800%, due 06/24/10
    12,451,667    
  4,250,000       Crown Point Capital Co.,
0.900%, due 05/03/10
    4,237,038    
  5,500,000       Crown Point Capital Co.,
0.950%, due 03/19/10
    5,488,707    
  23,000,000       Crown Point Capital Co.,
0.980%, due 02/17/10
    22,969,972    
  2,000,000       Danske Corp., 0.190%,
due 02/22/10
    1,999,451    
  1,000,000       Danske Corp., 0.190%,
due 03/01/10
    999,680    
  17,500,000       Danske Corp., 0.200%,
due 03/23/10
    17,492,125    
  10,500,000       Dexia Del, LLC, 0.280%,
due 01/29/10
    10,497,591    
  10,500,000       Dexia Del, LLC, 0.290%,
due 01/21/10
    10,498,250    
  11,200,000       Edison Asset Securities, LLC,
0.210%, due 02/23/10
    11,196,537    
  11,000,000       Edison Asset Securities, LLC,
0.260%, due 03/01/10
    10,995,313    
  8,250,000       Edison Asset Securities, LLC,
0.290%, due 06/01/10
    8,239,965    
  11,500,000       Edison Asset Securities, LLC,
0.320%, due 04/21/10
    11,488,756    
  12,000,000       Edison Asset Securities, LLC,
0.350%, due 03/09/10
    11,991,960    
  6,750,000       Jupiter, 0.150%, due 01/11/10     6,749,700    
  5,000,000       Jupiter, 0.150%, due 01/21/10     4,999,556    
  32,250,000       Jupiter, 0.160%, due 01/12/10     32,248,334    
  2,500,000       Jupiter, 0.160%, due 01/14/10     2,499,847    
  3,250,000       Jupiter, 0.170%, due 02/09/10     3,249,401    
  10,000,000       Natexis Banques Populaires
US Finance Co, LLC,
0.900%, due 05/21/10
    9,965,000    
  7,000,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.170%, due 02/03/10
    6,998,845    
  1,800,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.180%, due 01/13/10
    1,799,886    
  3,250,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.190%, due 03/22/10
    3,248,628    
  7,500,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.310%, due 01/20/10
    7,498,641    
  19,000,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.340%, due 02/25/10
    18,989,840    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
99



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
(1)  AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)      
$ 10,000,000       Old Line Funding, LLC,
0.490%, due 02/18/10
  $ 9,993,333    
  6,200,000       Park Avenue Receivables
Corp., 0.140%, due 01/08/10
    6,199,807    
  10,250,000       Park Avenue Receivables
Corp., 0.150%, due 01/12/10
    10,249,499    
  4,000,000       Park Avenue Receivables
Corp., 0.150%, due 01/21/10
    3,999,644    
  1,750,000       Park Avenue Receivables
Corp., 0.160%, due 01/15/10
    1,749,884    
  24,800,000       Park Avenue Receivables
Corp., 0.160%, due 02/01/10
    24,796,370    
  18,500,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.080%, due 01/22/10
    18,499,137    
  9,000,000       Societe Generale, 0.230%,
due 03/23/10
    8,995,241    
  9,000,000       Societe Generale, 0.570%,
due 05/21/10
    8,980,050    
  8,000,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.170%, due 02/03/10
    7,998,680    
  3,750,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.180%, due 02/08/10
    3,749,248    
  13,250,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.200%, due 03/15/10
    13,244,626    
  8,000,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.310%, due 02/02/10
    7,997,724    
  9,000,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.340%, due 02/12/10
    8,996,325    
  5,000,000       Thunder Bay Funding, LLC,
0.620%, due 01/20/10
    4,998,285    
  16,750,000       Toyota Motor Credit Corp.,
0.080%, due 01/08/10
    16,749,707    
  12,000,000       Tulip Funding Corp., 0.160%,
due 01/07/10
    11,999,620    
  4,000,000       Tulip Funding Corp., 0.170%,
due 01/13/10
    3,999,760    
  5,000,000       Tulip Funding Corp., 0.180%,
due 01/15/10
    4,999,631    
  3,750,000       Tulip Funding Corp., 0.180%,
due 01/19/10
    3,749,653    
  19,157,000       Tulip Funding Corp., 0.200%,
due 02/04/10
    19,153,200    
  2,700,000       Variable Funding Capital Corp.,
0.150%, due 01/29/10
    2,699,664    
  11,000,000       Variable Funding Capital Corp.,
0.160%, due 01/21/10
    10,998,961    
  13,750,000       Variable Funding Capital Corp.,
0.170%, due 02/09/10
    13,747,468    
  21,750,000       Variable Funding Capital Corp.,
0.170%, due 02/11/10
    21,745,789    
  1,500,000       Westpac Banking Corp.,
0.240%, due 02/16/10
    1,499,521    
  750,000       Windmill Funding Corp.,
0.180%, due 01/20/10
    749,925    
  23,750,000       Windmill Funding Corp.,
0.190%, due 02/08/10
    23,745,237    
  21,000,000       Windmill Funding Corp.,
0.210%, due 02/25/10
    20,993,297    
  5,000,000       Windmill Funding Corp.,
0.220%, due 01/05/10
    4,999,844    
  19,500,000       Yorkstown Capital, LLC,
0.180%, due 02/17/10
    19,495,418    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
$ 3,500,000       Yorkstown Capital, LLC,
0.190%, due 02/08/10
  $ 3,499,261    
  4,000,000       Yorkstown Capital, LLC,
0.200%, due 04/12/10
    3,997,756    
  21,500,000       Yorkstown Capital, LLC,
0.250%, due 02/11/10
    21,493,634    
Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $850,643,912)
    850,643,912    
CORPORATE BONDS/NOTES: 7.3%      
  700,000     #   American Honda Finance
Corp., 0.680%,
due 02/05/10
    700,252    
  3,250,000       Commonwealth Bank of
Australia, 0.300%,
due 01/05/10
    3,250,002    
  19,000,000     #,C   Commonwealth Bank of
Australia, 0.640%,
due 01/05/11
    19,000,000    
  5,390,000       Credit Suisse First Boston
USA, Inc., 0.470%,
due 08/15/10
    5,393,278    
  5,500,000       Credit Suisse First Boston
USA, Inc., 0.520%,
due 01/15/10
    5,500,596    
  1,750,000       Credit Suisse First Boston
USA, Inc., 1.130%,
due 08/15/10
    1,790,412    
  3,000,000       Danske Corp., 0.770%,
due 02/18/10
    3,002,082    
  17,000,000       General Electric Capital Corp.,
0.650%, due 06/09/10
    17,050,288    
  4,500,000     #   Rabobank, 0.270%,
due 12/16/10
    4,500,000    
  2,000,000     #   Rabobank, 0.670%,
due 05/19/10
    2,003,392    
  2,750,000       Royal Bank of Canada,
0.280%, due 06/08/10
    2,751,061    
  14,000,000     #   Svenska Handelsbanken AB,
0.310%, due 01/07/11
    14,000,000    
18,500,000CWestpac Banking Corp.,
0.280%, due 01/28/11
    18,500,000    
Total Corporate Bonds/Notes
(Cost $97,441,363)
    97,441,363    
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS: 5.5%      
  2,500,000       Federal Home Loan Banks,
0.470%, due 12/30/10
    2,499,627    
  4,990,000       Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation,
0.180%, due 07/12/10
    4,992,258    
  8,500,000       Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation,
0.360%, due 12/15/10
    8,596,508    
  35,220,000       Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation,
0.560%, due 07/12/10
    35,876,917    
  4,750,000       Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation,
0.580%, due 07/16/10
    4,818,300    
  5,500,000       Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation,
0.690%, due 01/05/10
    5,499,474    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
100



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
(1)  AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Principal
Amount
          Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)      
$ 3,300,000       Federal National Mortgage
Association, 0.360%,
due 12/15/10
  $ 3,438,146    
  750,000       Federal National Mortgage
Association, 0.410%,
due 09/16/10
    755,793    
  1,750,000       Federal National Mortgage
Association, 0.440%,
due 06/15/10
    1,803,072    
  5,000,000       Federal National Mortgage
Association, 0.500%,
due 05/20/10
    5,035,878    
Total U.S. Government
Agency Obligations
(Cost $73,315,973)
    73,315,973    
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS: 3.6%      
  20,000,000     L   United States Treasury Note,
0.400%, due 12/31/10
    20,094,370    
  26,750,000     L   United States Treasury Note,
0.500%, due 01/15/11
    27,788,605    
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
( Cost $47,882,975 )
    47,882,975    
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS: 13.8%      

 

  183,580,000     Goldman Sachs Repurchase
Agreement dated 12/31/09,
0.010%, due 01/04/10,
$183,580,204 to be received
upon repurchase
(Collateralized by $187,699,000
various U.S. Government Agency
Obligations, 2.000%-4.200%,
Market Value plus accrued
interest $187,251,693,
due 03/22/13-12/10/15)
    183,580,000    
Total Repurchase Agreement
( Cost $183,580,000 )
    183,580,000    

 

Principal
Amount
          Value  
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERALcc: 2.3%  
  29,168,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(2)
  $ 29,168,000    
  747,006     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(2)(3)
    597,605    
Total Securities Lending Collateral
( Cost $29,915,006 )
    29,765,605    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $1,367,183,682)*
    102.9 %   $ 1,367,034,281    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    (2.9 )     (38,605,332 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 1,328,428,949    

 

#  Securities with purchases pursuant to Rule 144A or section 4(2), under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, these securities have been determined to be liquid under the guidelines established by the Funds' Board of Directors/Trustees.

C  Bond may be called prior to maturity date.

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

(1)  All securities with a maturity date of greater than 13 months have either a variable rate, a demand feature, prerefunded, optional or mandatory put resulting in a maturity of one year or less. Rate shown reflects current rate.

(2)  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

(3)  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is the same as for financial statement purposes.

Net unrealized depreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (149,401 )  
Net Unrealized Depreciation   $ (149,401 )  

 

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Certificate of Deposit   $     $ 84,404,453     $     $ 84,404,453    
Commercial Paper           850,643,912             850,643,912    
Corporate Bonds           97,441,363             97,441,363    
U.S. Treasury Obligations           73,315,973             73,315,973    
U.S. Government Agency Obligations           47,882,975             47,882,975    
Repurchase Agreements           183,580,000             183,580,000    
Securities Lending     29,168,000             597,605       29,765,605    
Total Investments, at value   $ 29,168,000     $ 1,337,268,676     $ 597,605     $ 1,367,034,281    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
101



  PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
ING MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
(1)  AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobervable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/08
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/09
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Securities
Lending
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 597,605     $     $ 597,605    
Total Investments,
at value
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 597,605     $     $ 597,605    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $0.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

Money market securities are valued using the amortized cost method, in accordance with rules under the 1940 Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the market value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
102



ING BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND   PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS  
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

Shares           Value  
COMMON STOCK: 97.4%      
        Biotechnology: 0.5%  
  22,600     @   Millipore Corp.   $ 1,635,110    
      1,635,110    
      Building Materials: 0.5%  
  184,100       Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.     1,751,173    
      1,751,173    
      Commercial Services: 1.9%  
  54,000       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     2,312,280    
  132,400     @   Convergys Corp.     1,423,300    
  52,200     @   SuccessFactors, Inc.     865,476    
  91,500       Western Union Co.     1,724,775    
      6,325,831    
        Computers: 21.0%  
  46,000       Accenture PLC     1,909,000    
  90,400     @   Apple, Inc.     19,061,744    
  52,500     @   Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp.
    2,378,250    
  23,200     @   Compellent Technologies, Inc.     526,176    
  47,200     @   Computer Sciences Corp.     2,715,416    
  318,600     @   EMC Corp.     5,565,942    
  27,400     @   Fortinet, Inc.     481,418    
  106,800       Fujitsu Ltd.     692,962    
  211,700       Hewlett-Packard Co.     10,904,667    
  73,700       International Business
Machines Corp.
    9,647,330    
  38,900     @   Manhattan Associates, Inc.     934,767    
  105,000     @   NetApp, Inc.     3,610,950    
  69,800     @   Riverbed Technolgoy, Inc.     1,603,306    
  50,900     @   Sandisk Corp.     1,475,591    
  131,100       Seagate Technology, Inc.     2,384,709    
  53,100     @   Synopsys, Inc.     1,183,068    
  68,300     @   Teradata Corp.     2,146,669    
  55,400     @   Western Digital Corp.     2,445,910    
      69,667,875    
            Electrical Components &
Equipment: 0.4%
         
  384,400       Hitachi Ltd.     1,181,694    
      1,181,694    
        Electronics: 4.2%  
  69,300     @   Agilent Technologies, Inc.     2,153,151    
  52,900       Amphenol Corp.     2,442,922    
  45,200     @   Arrow Electronics, Inc.     1,338,372    
  174,070     L   AU Optronics Corp. ADR     2,087,099    
  23,900       Nidec Corp.     2,208,908    
  32,600     @   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     1,554,694    
  91,500     @   TTM Technologies, Inc.     1,054,995    
  108,000     @   Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     901,800    
      13,741,941    
        Hand/Machine Tools: 0.4%  
  22,600       Disco Corp.     1,415,605    
      1,415,605    

 

Shares           Value  
        Healthcare-Products: 2.0%  
  9,600       Alcon, Inc.   $ 1,577,760    
  33,300       Covidien PLC     1,594,737    
  77,000       Medtronic, Inc.     3,386,460    
      6,558,957    
        Home Furnishings: 0.4%  
  90,900       Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co. Ltd.
    1,308,633    
      1,308,633    
        Internet: 12.3%  
  19,900     @   Amazon.com, Inc.     2,676,948    
  83,700     @   AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.     2,550,339    
  4,700     @   Baidu.com ADR     1,932,781    
  66,700     @   Blue Coat Systems, Inc.     1,903,618    
  193,900     @   eBay, Inc.     4,564,406    
  47,900     @   F5 Networks, Inc.     2,537,742    
  17,910     @   Google, Inc. - Class A     11,103,842    
  40,600     @   McAfee, Inc.     1,647,142    
  31,400     @,L   Netease.com ADR     1,180,954    
  23,300     @   Perfect World Co. Ltd. ADR     918,952    
  11,100     @   Priceline.com, Inc.     2,425,350    
  148,100     @   Symantec Corp.     2,649,509    
  266,400     @   Yahoo!, Inc.     4,470,192    
      40,561,775    
        Machinery-Diversified: 0.3%  
  72,600     @   Hollysys Automation
Technologies Ltd.
    871,926    
      871,926    
        Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 0.5%  
  157,500       Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.     1,623,073    
      1,623,073    
        Pharmaceuticals: 1.0%  
  31,000       Novartis AG     1,692,887    
  95,000       Pfizer, Inc.     1,728,050    
      3,420,937    
        Semiconductors: 21.9%  
  701,100       Advanced Semiconductor
Engineering, Inc.
    629,304    
  110,200       Altera Corp.     2,493,826    
  347,000       Applied Materials, Inc.     4,837,180    
  720,400       ARM Holdings PLC     2,057,057    
  218,500       ASM Pacific Technology     2,065,843    
  47,900       ASML Holding NV     1,632,911    
  46,500     @   Avago Technologies Ltd.     850,485    
  177,500     @   Broadcom Corp.     5,582,375    
  60,500     @   Cavium Networks, Inc.     1,441,715    
  397,100       Intel Corp.     8,100,840    
  105,800       KLA-Tencor Corp.     3,825,728    
  119,200     @   Lam Research Corp.     4,673,832    
  232,300     @   Marvell Technology Group Ltd.     4,820,225    
  292,800     @   Micron Technology, Inc.     3,091,968    
  36,000     @   Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.     1,665,360    
  103,600     @   Novellus Systems, Inc.     2,418,024    
  122,200     @   Nvidia Corp.     2,282,696    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
103



ING BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND   PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS  
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Shares           Value  
        Semiconductors (continued)  
  173,100     @   PMC - Sierra, Inc.   $ 1,499,046    
  82,600     @   QLogic Corp.     1,558,662    
  30     @   Rovi Corp.     956    
  3,600       Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.     2,468,628    
  191,200       Siliconware Precision
Industries Co. ADR
    1,340,312    
  173,700       Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR
    1,987,128    
  173,600     @   Teradyne, Inc.     1,862,728    
  269,200       Texas Instruments, Inc.     7,015,352    
  92,200       Xilinx, Inc.     2,310,532    
      72,512,713    
        Software: 17.7%  
  120,000     @   Adobe Systems, Inc.     4,413,600    
  39,100     @   ArcSight, Inc.     1,000,178    
  142,300     @   Ariba, Inc.     1,781,596    
  55,200     @   Autodesk, Inc.     1,402,632    
  71,900     @   BMC Software, Inc.     2,883,190    
  63,900       CA, Inc.     1,435,194    
  114,000     @   Check Point Software
Technologies
    3,862,320    
  74,100     @   Citrix Systems, Inc.     3,083,301    
  71,700     @   Commvault Systems, Inc.     1,698,573    
  58,900     @   Electronic Arts, Inc.     1,045,475    
  64,300     @   Intuit, Inc.     1,974,653    
  25,400     @   Longtop Financial
Technologies Ltd. ADR
    940,308    
  374,300       Microsoft Corp.     11,412,406    
  59,700     @   Open Text Corp.     2,426,805    
  300,400       Oracle Corp.     7,371,816    
  67,200     @   Progress Software Corp.     1,962,912    
  80,500     @   Red Hat, Inc.     2,487,450    
  8,500       Software AG     926,314    
  82,700     @   Sybase, Inc.     3,589,180    
  34,900     @   Taleo Corp.     820,848    
  51,600     @   VMware, Inc.     2,186,808    
      58,705,559    
        Telecommunications: 12.4%  
  59,400     @   American Tower Corp.     2,566,674    
  32,900     @   Anaren, Inc.     495,145    
  90,800       AT&T, Inc.     2,545,124    
  47,800     @   Atheros Communications, Inc.     1,636,672    
  357,100     @   Cisco Systems, Inc.     8,548,974    
  138,000       Corning, Inc.     2,664,780    
  178,400     @   JDS Uniphase Corp.     1,471,800    
  116,000     @   Juniper Networks, Inc.     3,093,720    
  303,200     @   Motorola, Inc.     2,352,832    
  99,200       Nokia OYJ ADR     1,274,720    
  74,900     @   Polycom, Inc.     1,870,253    
  142,680       Qualcomm, Inc.     6,600,377    
  162,400     @   Tellabs, Inc.     922,432    
  72,800       Verizon Communications, Inc.     2,411,864    
  140,900       Vimpel-Communications
OAO ADR
    2,619,331    
      41,074,698    
Total Common Stock
(Cost $262,750,174)
    322,357,500    

 

Principal
Amount
      Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 0.8%  
        Securities Lending Collateralcc: 0.8%  
$ 2,201,000       Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series A(1)
  $ 2,201,000    
  396,801     I   Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Institutional Cash Reserves,
Series B(1)(2)
    317,441    
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $2,597,801)
    2,518,441    

 

Total Investments in
Securities
(Cost $265,347,975)*
    98.2 %   $ 324,875,941    
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net
    1.8       6,047,189    
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 330,923,130    

 

@  Non-income producing security

ADR  American Depositary Receipt

cc  Securities purchased with cash collateral for securities loaned.

1  Collateral received from brokers for securites lending was invested in these short-term investments.

2  On September 12, 2008, BNY established a separate sleeve of the Institutional Cash Reserves Fund (Series B) to hold certain Lehman Brothers defaulted debt obligations. The Portfolio's position in Series B is being fair valued daily. Please see the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for additional details on securities lending.

I  Illiquid security

L  Loaned security, a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2009.

*  Cost for federal income tax purposes is $272,594,113.

Net unrealized appreciation consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation   $ 55,040,956    
Gross Unrealized Depreciation     (2,759,128 )  
Net Unrealized Appreciation   $ 52,281,828    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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ING BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND   PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS  
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

Fair Value Measurements^

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in valuing the Portfolio's assets and liabilities:

    Quoted Prices
in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant Other
Observable
Inputs#
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Fair Value
at
12/31/2009
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Common Stock  
Biotechnology   $ 1,635,110     $     $     $ 1,635,110    
Building Materials           1,751,173             1,751,173    
Commercial Services     6,325,831                   6,325,831    
Computers     68,974,913       692,962             69,667,875    
Electrical Components & Equipment           1,181,694             1,181,694    
Electronics     11,533,033       2,208,908             13,741,941    
Hand/Machine Tools           1,415,605             1,415,605    
Healthcare-Products     6,558,957                   6,558,957    
Home Furnishings           1,308,633             1,308,633    
Internet     39,642,823       918,952             40,561,775    
Machinery-Diversified     871,926                   871,926    
Miscellaneous Manufacturing           1,623,073             1,623,073    
Pharmaceuticals     1,728,050       1,692,887             3,420,937    
Semiconductors     65,291,881       7,220,832             72,512,713    
Software     57,779,245       926,314             58,705,559    
Telecommunications     41,074,698                   41,074,698    
Total Common Stock     301,416,467       20,941,033             322,357,500    
Short-Term Investments     2,201,000             317,441       2,518,441    
Total Investments, at value   $ 303,617,467     $ 20,941,033     $ 317,441     $ 324,875,941    
Other Financial Instruments+:  
Forward foreign currency contracts           283,232             283,232    
Total Assets   $ 303,617,467     $ 21,224,265     $ 317,441     $ 325,159,173    

 

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobervable inputs (Level 3) for the Portfolio's assets and liabilities during the period ended December 31, 2009:

    Beginning
Balance
12/31/08
  Purchases   Issuances   Settlements   Sales   Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
  Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Total
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Transfers
Into
Level 3
  Transfers
Out of
Level 3
  Ending
Balance at
12/31/09
 
Asset Table  
Investments, at value  
Short-Term
Investments
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 317,441     $     $ 317,441    
Total Investments,
at value
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 317,441     $     $ 317,441    

 

As of December 31, 2009, total change in unrealized gain (loss) on Level 3 securities still held at year end and included in the change in net assets was $0.

^  See Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

Transfers into Level 3 represents either the beginning balance (for transfer in), or the ending value (for transfers out) of any security or derivative instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred fom the beginning to the end of the period.

#  The earlier close of the foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. To account for this, the Portfolio may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. Accordingly, a significant portion of the Portfolio's investments are catagorized as Level 2 investments.

+  Other Financial Instruments are derivatives not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments and may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, swaps, and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts and futures are reported at their unrealized gain/loss at measurement date which represents the amount due to/from the Portfolio. Swaps and written options are reported at their market value at measurement date.

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
105



ING BLACKROCK SCIENCE AND   PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS  
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO  
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 (CONTINUED)

At December 31, 2009 the following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding for the ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio:

Currency   Buy/Sell   Settlement
Date
  In
Exchange
For
  Value   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Swiss Franc
CHF 1,472,000
  SELL   01/27/10     USD
1,459,177
      1,423,213     $ 35,964    
Swiss Franc
CHF 32,000
  SELL   01/27/10     31,496       30,939       557    
EU Euro
EUR 127,000
  SELL   01/27/10     190,809       182,056       8,753    
EU Euro
EUR 460,000
  SELL   01/27/10     686,902       659,415       27,487    
British Pound
GBP 765,000
  SELL   01/27/10     1,253,967       1,235,426       18,541    
British Pound
GBP 101,000
  SELL   01/27/10     166,570       163,109       3,461    
Hong Kong
Sar Dollar
HKD 410,000
  SELL   01/27/10     52,935       52,891       44    
Japanese Yen
JPY 635,256,000
  SELL   01/27/10     6,961,526       6,821,798       139,728    
Japanese Yen
JPY 102,139,500
  SELL   01/27/10     1,145,538       1,096,841       48,697    
    $ 283,232    

 

A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.

The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2009 was as follows:

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
under FASB ASC 815
  Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Fair Value  
Asset Derivatives  
Foreign exchange contracts   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $ 283,232    
Total Asset Derivatives       $ 283,232    

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Portfolio's Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:

  Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under FASB ASC 815
  Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
 
Foreign exchange contracts   $ (836,657 )  
Total   $ (836,657 )  

 

  Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under FASB ASC 815
  Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
 
Foreign exchange contracts   $ 885,076    
Total   $ 885,076    

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
106




TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

Dividends paid during the year ended December 31, 2009 were as follows:

Fund Name   Type   Per Share Amount  
ING Balanced Portfolio  
Class ADV   NII   $ 0.3525    
Class I   NII   $ 0.4346    
Class S   NII   $ 0.4036    
Class S2   NII   $ 0.4346    
ING Growth and Income Portfolio  
Class ADV   NII   $ 0.1966    
Class I   NII   $ 0.2618    
Class S   NII   $ 0.2269    
Class S2   NII   $ 0.0883    
ING Small Company Portfolio  
Class ADV   NII   $ 0.0792    
Class I   NII   $ 0.0813    
Class S   NII   $ 0.0712    
Class S2   NII   $ 0.0813    
Fund Name   Type   Per Share Amount  
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio  
Class ADV   NII   $ 0.2103    
Class I   NII   $ 0.2811    
Class S   NII   $ 0.2472    
ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio  
Class ADV   NII   $ 0.7316    
Class I   NII   $ 0.7858    
Class S   NII   $ 0.7281    
Class S2   NII   $ 0.7676    
ING Money Market Portfolio  
Class I   NII   $ 0.0028    
Class I   STCG   $ 0.0005    

 

NII — Net investment income
STCG — Short-term capital gain

Of the ordinary distributions made during the year ended December 31, 2009, the following percentages qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders:

ING Balanced Portfolio     36.76 %  
ING Growth and Income Portfolio     100.00 %  
ING Small Company Portfolio     100.00 %  
ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio     100.00 %  
ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio     0.04 %  

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the following are percentages of ordinary income dividends paid by the Portfolios that are designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals:

ING Growth and Income Portfolio     100.00 %  

 

Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.

Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Portfolios. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.


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DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The business and affairs of the Registrants are managed under the direction of the Board. A Director/Trustee who is not an interested person of the Registrants, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent director/trustee ("Non-Interested Director/Trustee"). The Directors/Trustees of the Registrants are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about directors/trustees of the Registrants and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.

Name, Address
and Age
  Position(s)
Held With the
Registrants
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(1) 
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Complex
Overseen by
Director/Trustee(2) 
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Director/Trustee
 
Independent Directors/Trustees:  
Albert E. DePrince, Jr.
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 68
  Director/Trustee   June 1998 - Present   Professor of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University (August 1991 - Present).     42     Academy of Economics and Finance (February 2002 - Present).  
Sidney Koch
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 74
  Director/Trustee   April 1994 - Present   Retired. Self-Employed Consultant (June 2000 - Present).     42     None.  
Corine T. Norgaard
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 72
  Director/Trustee   June 1991 - Present   President, Retirement Options, LLC, a training provider for retirement coaches (August 2009 - Present). Formerly, President, Thompson Enterprises (September 2004 - September 2005).     42     MassMutual Corporate Investors and MassMutual Participation Investors (April 1997 - Present); Mass Mutual Premier Funds (December 2004 - Present); and MML Series Investment Funds II (December 2005 - Present).  
Joseph E. Obermeyer
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 52
  Director/Trustee   January 2003 - Present   President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 - Present).     42     None.  
Russell Jones
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 65
  Director/Trustee   December 2007 - Present   Retired. Formerly, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer, Kaman Corporation, an aerospace and industrial distribution manufacturer (April 1973 - March 2008)     42     None.  
Martin Gavin
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Age: 59
  Director/Trustee   January 2009 - Present   President, Connecticut Children's Medical Center (May 2006 - Present). Formerly, Interim President, Connecticut Children's Medical Center (January 2006 - May 2006).     42     None.  

 


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DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)(CONTINUED)

Name, Address
and Age
  Position(s)
Held With the
Registrants
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(1) 
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Complex
Overseen by
Director/Trustee(2) 
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Director/Trustee
 
Directors/Trustees who are "Interested Persons:"  
Shaun Mathews(3)(4)
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 54
  Director/Trustee   December 2007 - Present   President and Chief Executive Officer, ING Investments, LLC(5) (November 2006 - Present). Formerly, President, ING Mutual Funds and Investment Products (November 2004 - November 2006)     178     ING Services Holding Company, Inc. (May 2000 - Present); Southland Life Insurance Company (June 2002 - Present); and ING Capital Corporation, LLC, ING Funds Distributor, LLC(6), ING Funds Services, LLC(7), ING Investments, LLC(5) and ING Pilgrim Funding, Inc. (December 2006 - Present).  

 

(1)  Directors/Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

(2)  For the purposes of this table (except for Mr. Mathews), "Fund Complex" means the following investment companies: ING Series Fund, Inc.; ING Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; ING Variable Funds; ING Variable Portfolios, Inc.; ING Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio; and ING Money Market Portfolio.

(3)  For Mr. Mathews, the Fund Complex also includes the following investment companies: ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund, ING Equity Trust; ING Funds Trust; ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; ING Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; ING Infrastructure, Industrials, and Materials Fund; ING International High Dividend Equity Income Fund; ING Investors Trust; ING Mayflower Trust; ING Mutual Funds; ING Partners, Inc.; ING Prime Rate Trust; ING Risk Managed Natural Resources Fund; ING Senior Income Fund; ING Separate Portfolios Trust; ING Variable Insurance Trust; and ING Variable Products Trust.

(4)  "Interested person," as defined in the 1940 Act, by virtue of this Director's/Trustee's affiliation with any of the Funds, ING or any of ING's affiliates.

(5)  ING Investments, LLC was previously named ING Pilgrim Investments, LLC. ING Pilgrim Investments, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Pilgrim Investments, Inc., which was previously known as Pilgrim Investments, Inc. and before that was known as Pilgrim America Investments, Inc.

(6)  ING Funds Distributor, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Funds Distributor, Inc., which was previously known as ING Pilgrim Securities, Inc., and before that was known as Pilgrim Securities, Inc., and before that was known as Pilgrim America Securities, Inc.

(7)  ING Funds Services, LLC was previously named ING Pilgrim Group, LLC. ING Pilgrim Group, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Pilgrim Group, Inc., which was previously known as Pilgrim Group, Inc. and before that was known as Pilgrim America Group, Inc.


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DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)(CONTINUED)

Name, Address
and Age
  Position(s)
Held With Companies
  Term of Office and
Length of Time Served(1) 
  Principal Occupation(s) During the
Past Five Years
 
Officers:  
Shaun P. Mathews(5)
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 54
  President and Chief Executive Officer   December 2006 - Present   President and Chief Executive Officer, ING Investments, LLC (November 2006 - Present). Formerly, President, ING Mutual Funds and Investment Products (November 2004 - November 2006)  
Michael J. Roland
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 51
  Executive Vice President   April 2002 - Present   Head of Mutual Fund Platform (February 2007 - Present) and Executive Vice President, ING Investments, LLC(2) and ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (December 2001 - Present). Formerly, Executive Vice President, Head of Product Management (January 2005 - January 2007); Chief Compliance Officer, ING Investments, LLC(2) and Directed Services LLC(6) (October 2004 - December 2005); and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, ING Investments, LLC(2) (December 2001 - March 2005).  
Stanley D. Vyner
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
Age: 59
  Executive Vice President   March 2002 - Present   Executive Vice President, ING Investments, LLC(2) (July 2000 - Present) and Chief Investment Risk Officer, ING Investments, LLC(2) (January 2003 - Present).  
Joseph M. O'Donnell
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 55
  Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer   March 2006 - Present November 2004 - Present   Chief Compliance Officer of the ING Funds (November 2004 - Present); Executive Vice President of the ING Funds (March 2006 - Present); Chief Compliance Officer of ING Investments, LLC(2) (March 2006 - July 2008 and October 2009 - Present); and Investment Advisor Chief Compliance Officer, Directed Services LLC(6) (March 2006 - July 2008 and October 2009 - Present). Formerly, Investment Advisor Chief Compliance Officer, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (March 2006 - December 2006).  
Todd Modic
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 42
  Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary   March 2005 - Present   Senior Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (March 2005 - Present). Formerly, Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (September 2002 - March 2005).  
Kimberly A. Anderson
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 45
  Senior Vice President   December 2003 - Present   Senior Vice President, ING Investments, LLC(2) (October 2003 - Present).  
Robert Terris
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 39
  Senior Vice President   June 2006 - Present   Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (May 2006 - Present). Formerly, Vice President of Administration, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (October 2001 - March 2006).  
Robyn L. Ichilov
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 42
  Vice President and Treasurer   March 2002 - Present   Vice President and Treasurer, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (November 1995 - Present) and ING Investments, LLC(2) (August 1997 - Present).  
Lauren D. Bensinger
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 55
  Vice President   March 2003 - Present   Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, ING Funds Distributor, LLC(4) (August 1995 - Present); Vice President, ING Investments, LLC(2) and ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (February 1996 - Present); and Director of Compliance, ING Investments, LLC(2) (October 2004 - Present).  

 


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DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)(CONTINUED)

Name, Address
and Age
  Position(s)
Held With Companies
  Term of Office and
Length of Time Served(1) 
  Principal Occupation(s) During the
Past Five Years
 
William Evans
10 State House Square
Hartford, Ct 06103
Age: 37
  Vice President   September 2007 - Present   Vice President, Head of Manager, Research and Selection Group (April 2007 - Present). Formerly, Vice President, U.S. Mutual Funds and Investment Products (May 2005 - April 2007) and Senior Fund Analyst, U.S. Mutual Funds and Investment Products (May 2002 - May 2005).  
Maria M. Anderson
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 51
  Vice President   September 2004 - Present   Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (September 2004 - Present).  
Denise Lewis
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 46
  Vice President   April 2007 - Present   Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC (December 2006 - Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, UMB Investment Services Group, LLC (November 2003 - December 2006).  
Kimberly K. Springer
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 52
  Vice President   March 2006 - Present   Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (March 2006 - Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, ING Funds Services, LLC(3) (August 2004 - March 2006).  
Craig Wheeler
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 40
  Assistant Vice President   June 2008 - Present   Assistant Vice President - Director of Tax, ING Funds Services (March 2008 - Present). Formerly, Tax Manager, ING Funds Services (March 2005 - March 2008); and Tax Senior , ING Funds Services (January 2004 - March 2005).  
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 46
  Assistant Secretary   September 2003 - Present   Chief Counsel, ING Americas, U.S. Legal Services (September 2003 - Present).  
Theresa K. Kelety
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 46
  Secretary   September 2003 - Present   Senior Counsel, ING Americas, U.S. Legal Services (April 2008 - Present). Formerly, Counsel, ING Americas, U.S. Legal Services (April 2003 - April 2008).  
Kathleen Nichols
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Age: 34
  Assistant Secretary   June 2008 - Present   Counsel, ING Americas, U.S. Legal Services (February 2008 - Present). Formerly, Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP (September 2005 - February 2008)  

 

(1)  The officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

(2)  ING Investments, LLC was previously named ING Pilgrim Investments, LLC. ING Pilgrim Investments, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Pilgrim Investments, Inc., which was previously known as Pilgrim Investments, Inc. and before that was known as Pilgrim America Investments, Inc.

(3)  ING Funds Services, LLC was previously named ING Pilgrim Group, LLC. ING Pilgrim Group, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Pilgrim Group, Inc., which was previously known as Pilgrim Group, Inc. and before that was known as Pilgrim America Group, Inc.

(4)  ING Funds Distributor, LLC is the successor in interest to ING Funds Distributor, Inc., which was previously known as ING Pilgrim Securities, Inc., and before that was known as Pilgrim Securities, Inc., and before that was known as Pilgrim America Securities, Inc.

(5)  Mr. Mathews commenced services as CEO and President of the ING Funds on November 11, 2006.

(6)  Directed Services LLC is the successor in interest to Directed Services, Inc.


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BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement for a mutual fund will terminate automatically after the initial term of the agreement (which term may not exceed two years), unless continuation of the agreement is approved annually by the Board of Trustees or Directors, as the case may be (the "Board") of the fund, including a majority of the Trustees/Directors who have no direct or indirect interest in the agreement and who are not "interested persons" of the fund (the "Independent Trustees"). Consistent with this requirement of the 1940 Act, the Board of ING Balanced Portfolio, Inc., ING Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc., ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio, ING Money Market Portfolio, ING Variable Funds, ING Variable Portfolios, Inc. and ING Series Fund, Inc., with respect to each portfolio series thereof (each, a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") has established a process for considering on an annual basis approval of the continuation of the Investment Management Agreement for each Fund (the "Advisory Agreement") with ING Investments, LLC (the "Adviser") and the sub-advisory agreement for each Fund (collectively, the "Sub-Advisory Agreements") with each sub-adviser of the Funds (the "Sub-Advisers"). Set forth below is a description of the process followed by the Board in considering approval of the continuation of each Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreement (collectively, the "Agreements"), together with an explanation of many of the factors considered and related conclusions reached by the Board in voting to approve the continuation of each Agreement for an additional one-year period commencing January 1, 2010, followed by specific considerations with respect to each Fund covered by this report (each, a "Portfolio").

Overview of the Review Process

At a meeting of the Board held on December 16, 2009, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of each of the existing Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Funds. Prior to voting such approvals, the Board received the affirmative recommendation of the Contracts Committee of the Board, which is a Committee of the Board comprised of all of the Independent Trustees and exclusively of the Independent Trustees. The Contracts Committee recommended approval of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements after completing an extensive review of information requested by the Committee from the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, including the following: (1) comparative performance data for each Fund for various time periods; (2) comparative data regarding management fees, including data regarding the fees charged by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers for managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing the Funds; (3) comparative data regarding the total expenses of each Fund; (4) copies of each form of Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement; (5) copies of the codes of ethics of the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, together with information relating to the manner in which each code is administered; (6) financial statements of the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser; (7) profitability analyses for the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser with respect to each Fund, and all Funds as a group; (8) descriptions of the qualifications of the investment personnel responsible for managing each Fund, the structure of their compensation and their responsibilities with respect to managing other accounts or mutual funds; (9) descriptions of the services provided to the Funds, including the investment strategies and techniques used by each Sub-Adviser in managing the Funds; (10) data relating to portfolio turnover and brokerage practices, including practices with respect to the acquisition of research through "soft dollar" benefits received in connection with the Funds' brokerage; (11) data comparing the performance of certain Funds against "static portfolios" of the Funds over various time periods; (12) descriptions of the policies and procedures of the various service providers of the Funds for protecting the privacy of shareholder information; (13) information relating to projected sales and redemptions of Fund shares and business plans relating to the Adviser's mutual fund platform; (14) descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser; (15) descriptions of various compliance programs of the Adviser and Sub-Advisers, including the Adviser's programs for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the Funds' policies with respect to market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure; (16) independent reports analyzing the quality of the trade execution services performed by Sub-Advisers for the Funds; and (17) other information relevant to an evaluation of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser in response to a series of detailed questions posed by Goodwin Procter LLP,


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legal counsel for the Independent Trustees ("Independent Counsel") on behalf of the Independent Trustees.

The Contracts Committee began the formal review process in July 2009 when it met separately with Independent Counsel, to review the information to be requested from management and the methodology to be used in determining the selected peer groups for comparing performance and expenses (the "Peer Group Methodology"). Prior to the July meeting, the Contracts Committee engaged an independent consultant (the "Independent Consultant") to evaluate, and make recommendations with respect to, the Peer Group Methodolgy. The Independent Consultant's findings were reported to the Contracts Committee at the July meeting and incorporated into the Peer Group Methodology approved by the Board. The Contracts Committee then held meetings on October 14-15, 2009 and December 14-15, 2009, during which the Independent Trustees, meeting separately with Independent Counsel, reviewed and evaluated the information described above. As part of the review process, the Contracts Committee also met with representatives from the Adviser and/or the Sub-Advisers to discuss the information provided to the Committee. The Contracts Committee also considered information that had been provided by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers throughout the year at other meetings of the Contracts Committee, the Audit Committee, the Compliance Committee and the full Board.

The Independent Trustees were assisted by Independent Counsel, throughout the contract review process. The Independent Trustees relied upon the advice of Independent Counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached by the Independent Trustees were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all of the information provided and were not the result of any one factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors in reaching his or her conclusions with respect to each Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreement.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Funds for the year commencing January 1, 2010, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers. The Board considered the investment management and related services provided by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers, including the quantity and quality of the resources available to provide such services. Among other things, the Board considered the qualifications of the individuals responsible for performing various investment related services.

The Board also considered the quality of the compliance programs of the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, including the manner in which the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser monitor for compliance with the investment policies and restrictions of a Fund and with the Codes of Ethics of the Funds, the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers with respect to personal trading by employees with access to portfolio information. The Board also considered the actions taken by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers to establish and maintain effective disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

The Board considered the actions taken by the Adviser and its affiliated companies to administer the Funds' policies and procedures for voting proxies, valuing the Funds' assets, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings and preventing late-trading and frequent trading of Fund shares.

The Board also took into account the efforts of the Adviser and its affiliated companies to reduce the expenses of the Funds. With respect to those Funds that are sub-advised by an affiliate of the Adviser, the Board specifically noted that, in recent years, the Adviser and its affiliated companies have significantly reduced the Funds' brokerage costs and portfolio turnover rates, as well as the quantity of research acquired through the use of soft dollars from the Funds' brokerage. The Board also noted the efforts of the Adviser to optimize the number of Funds in the ING complex of mutual funds and to standardize the asset management characteristics and policies across the ING mutual fund platform. The Board considered information provided by management with respect to initiatives underway within ING Groep to establish an integrated global asset management firm (the "Global Transition") that is expected to provide the benefits of centralized and collaborative operations to ING's asset management business and may result in operational efficiencies that will benefit the Funds and shareholders of the Funds. The Board also considered the actions that have been taken by management to retain key investment management personnel during the Global Transition. The Board also considered the benefits that shareholders of the Funds realize because the Funds are part of a larger ING family of mutual funds, including, in most cases,


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the ability of shareholders to exchange or transfer investments within the same class of shares among a wide variety of mutual funds without incurring additional sales charges. In that regard, the Board considered the potential impacts of any divestiture of its insurance business, which includes the investment management businesses, by ING Groep or significant change in structure of the investment management business, if any, on the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers.

The Board also considered the Adviser's responsiveness and recommendations for Board action and other steps taken in response to the extraordinary dislocations experienced in the capital markets over recent periods, including sustained periods of high volatility, credit disruption and government intervention. In particular, the Board considered the Adviser's efforts and expertise with respect to each of the following matters as they relate to the Funds: (i) negotiating and maintaining the availability of bank loan facilities and other sources of credit used to satisfy liquidity needs; (ii) establishing the fair value of securities and other instruments held in investment portfolios during periods of market volatility and issuer-specific disruptions; (iii) negotiating credit support from the Funds' securities lending agent with respect to certain defaulted securities held indirectly by the Funds as collateral for securities on loan; and (iv) the ongoing monitoring of investment management processes and risk controls.

The Board's approval of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements was informed by certain information provided by the Advisor and the applicable Sub-Advisers with respect to certain actions to be taken to correct underperformance and lack of scale with respect to certain Funds as indicated in the Portfolio-by-Portfolio analysis below.

The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of advisory and related services provided by the Adviser and each of the Sub-Advisers, taken as a whole, are consistent with the terms of the respective Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements and justify the fees paid by the Funds for such services.

Fund Performance

The Board reviewed each Fund's investment performance over various time periods on an absolute basis and relative to the performance of (i) one or more appropriate benchmark indexes (such as the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index), (ii) a group of similarly managed mutual funds identified by Lipper, Inc. and/or Morningstar, Inc., and (iii) similarly managed mutual funds within a specified peer group based upon the Peer Group Methodology approved by the Contracts Committee (each, a "Selected Peer Group"). The Board reviewed comparative performance data for the most recent calendar quarter, year-to-date, one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods, where applicable, ending June 30, 2009 and the most recent calendar quarter, year-to-date, one-, three-, and five-year periods ending September 30, 2009. In considering the performance of the Funds, the Board noted the extraordinary period of high volatility during the prior two years and the response of the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser to such volatility. Summaries of selected portions of the performance information reviewed by the Board, together with the Board's conclusions regarding the performance of each Portfolio, are set forth below under "Portfolio-by-Portfolio Analysis."

Management Fees, Sub-Advisory Fees and Expenses

Consideration was given to the contractual investment advisory fee rates, inclusive of administrative fee rates, payable by the Funds to the Adviser and its affiliated companies (referred to collectively as "management fees") and the contractual sub-advisory fee rates payable by the Adviser to each Sub-Adviser for sub-advisory services. As part of its review, the Board considered each Fund's management fee and total expense ratio, as compared to its Selected Peer Group, both before and after giving effect to any undertaking by the Adviser to waive fees and/or limit the total expenses of a Fund. In addition, the Trustees received information regarding the fees charged by each Sub-Adviser to similarly-managed institutional accounts and other mutual funds, if any, and the comparability (or lack thereof) of the services provided by the Sub-Adviser in managing such accounts and other mutual funds to the services provided in managing the Funds. With respect to the Funds sub-advised by an affiliate of the Adviser, the Board evaluated the reasonableness of the total fees received by the Adviser and its affiliate in the aggregate under the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements. With respect to those Funds sub-advised by a Sub-Adviser that is not affiliated with the Adviser, the Board considered the reasonableness of the fees payable to the Sub-Adviser by the Adviser in light of the ability of the Adviser to negotiate such fees on an arm's-length basis. Summaries of selected portions of the fee and expense information reviewed with respect to each Covered Fund are set forth below under "Portfolio-by-Portfolio Analysis." After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser, the Board concluded with respect to each Fund that the


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management fee charged to the Fund for advisory, sub-advisory and related services is fair and reasonable and that the total expense ratio of the Fund is reasonable.

Profitability

The Board considered information relating to revenues, expenses, and profits realized by the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser attributable to performing advisory, sub-advisory and administrative services for the Funds. With respect to Funds sub-advised by an unaffiliated Sub-Adviser, the Board did not consider the profitability of the Sub-Adviser to be a material factor because the Board believes that the Adviser negotiates sub-advisory fees with the unaffiliated Sub-Adviser on an arm's-length basis. The Board reviewed profitability data for the Adviser and its affiliated companies, including the distributor of the Funds, relating to (i) each Fund separately, (ii) all Funds as a group, (iii) all "retail" Funds as a group, and (iv) all variable insurance product Funds as a group, in each case for the one-year periods ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009. With respect to the Adviser and its affiliates, such information was prepared in accordance with a methodology approved by the Contracts Committee. The Board considered the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliated companies attributable to managing and operating each Fund both with and without the profitability of the distributor of the Funds and both before and after giving effect to any expenses incurred by the Adviser or any affiliated company in making revenue sharing or other payments to third parties, including affiliated insurance companies, for distribution and administrative services. With respect to Funds sub-advised by an affiliate of the Adviser, the Board considered the total profits derived by the Adviser and its affiliate in the aggregate attributable to managing and operating each Fund. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits that the Adviser and Sub-Advisers, and any affiliated companies thereof, derive from their relationships with the Funds, including the receipt by certain affiliates of the Adviser, of fees relating to the offering of bundled financial products, such as annuity contracts, and the receipt by Sub-Advisers of "soft dollar" benefits from the Funds' brokerage. The Board concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliated companies, individually and taken as a whole, with respect to providing advisory, sub-advisory and administrative services for each Fund are reasonable.

Economies of Scale

In considering the reasonableness of the management fee of each Fund, the Board considered the extent to which economies of scale can be expected to be realized by a Fund's Adviser and its affiliated companies, on the one hand, and by the Fund, on the other hand, as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board noted that the advisory fee schedule for certain Funds includes breakpoints such that, as the assets of the Fund increase, the Fund's management fee will decrease as a percentage of the Fund's total assets. The Board recognized the inherent difficulties in measuring precisely the impact of any economies of scale being realized by the Adviser and its affiliated companies with respect to their management of any one or more Funds. In an effort to determine the extent to which economies of scale, if any, will be realized by the Adviser and its affiliated companies as the assets of the Funds grow, the Board considered the profitability data described above relating to the Adviser and its affiliated companies in light of changes in the assets of the Funds over various time periods. The Board noted that the total assets under management of many of the Funds have decreased during the past several years and concluded that the economies of scale realized by the Adviser and its affiliated companies from managing the Funds have not increased with respect to such Funds. The Board also reviewed information regarding the expense ratio of each Fund in light of changes in the assets of the Funds over various time periods, noting that, as the assets of a Fund increase, the fixed expenses of the Fund, as a percentage of the total assets of the Fund, can be expected to decrease. The Board considered such expense information in light of projections provided by the Adviser with respect to the future growth of assets of the Funds. The Board also considered the extent to which economies of scale are expected to be realized as a result of the Global Transition. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the economies of scale being realized by the Adviser and its affiliated companies do not mandate the implementation of breakpoints or additional breakpoints, as the case may be, with respect to any Fund at this time.

Portfolio-by-Portfolio Analysis

In deciding to approve the continuation of each Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreement for an additional one-year period beginning January 1, 2010, the Board took into account the specific data and factors identified below relating to the performance, fees and expenses of each Fund and actions being


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taken by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser, as the case may be, with respect to these matters. Except as otherwise indicated, the performance data described below for each Covered Fund is for periods ended September 30, 2009 and the management fees and expense data described below are as of June 30, 2009.

ING Balanced Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Balanced Portfolio, the Board noted that the Portfolio underperformed its Morningstar category median for all periods presented. The Board received performance information relating to a benchmark index of fixed income securities (the "FISB") and equity securities (the "ESB") from which the Board could calculate a composite benchmark index (the "Composite Benchmark") comprised of 60% ESB and 40% FISB. The Board noted that the Portfolio outperformed the Composite Benchmark for the most recent calendar quarter and year-to-date periods but underperformed for the one-year, three year and five-year periods. The Board considered the fact that the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the third quintile for the most recent calendar quarter, in the fourth quintile for the three-year and five-year periods and in the fifth quintile for the year-to-date and one-year periods. The Board noted that the Sub-Adviser took efforts to refine the quantitative-based model for selecting stocks for the equity component of the Portfolio based on dynamic factor weightings during 2009 and that management has represented to the Board that an enhanced quantitative model under the direction of the Deputy CIO of IIM Europe will be implemented in the first part of 2010. Additionally, the Board noted that the Sub-Adviser replaced the portfolio manager for each of the fixed income and equity components of the Portfolio during the first part of 2009. Lastly, management has represented to the Board that a full proposal relating to actions, which may include a reorganization or strategy change, to be taken to address the long-term viability of the Portfolio will be presented to the Board during the first part of 2010. The Board concluded that appropriate actions are being taken to improve performance and that additional time is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio of ING Balanced Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is equal to the median and below the average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio outperformed its Morningstar category median for the most recent calendar quarter, three-year and five-year periods but underperformed for the year-to-date and one-year periods; (2) the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark index for all periods presented; and (3) the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the second quintile for the most recent calendar quarter and five-year period, in the third quintile for the three-year period, in the fifth quintile for the year-to-date period and in the fourth quintile for the one-year period. The Board concluded that the performance of the Portfolio has been satisfactory.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING BlackRock Science and Technology Opportunities Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is above the median and average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is above the median and average expense ratios of the portfolios in its Selected Peer Group. Additionally, the Board noted that in April 2008, ING Blackrock Technology Portfolio merged with and into the Portfolio, and, in connection with the merger, the Adviser agreed to implement a lower expense cap for the Portfolio, which resulted in a management fee waiver of .03 of 1% (three basis points) of the Portfolio's average net assets.

ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio underperformed its Morningstar category median for all periods presented; (2) the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark index for the one-year and three-year periods but underperformed for the most recent calendar quarter, year-to-date and five-year periods; and (3) the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the fourth quintile for the most recent calendar quarter, one-year, three-year and five-year periods and in the fifth quintile for the year-to-date period. The Board further noted that in November 2007 the Portfolio transitioned to a quantitative, opportunistic large-cap growth strategy and that the model used in implementing the strategy has been refined throughout 2008 and 2009. The Board also considered that prior to May 2009, the Portfolio was managed with a "value" orientation


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and that in connection with the merger of ING Opportunistic Large-Cap Growth Portfolio with and into the Portfolio, the orientation of the Portfolio was shifted to a "core" investment focus. Lastly, the Board noted that management has represented to the Board that a full proposal relating to actions to be taken to address the long-term viability of the Portfolio, which may include a shift in the manner in which the Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund's portfolio from a quantitative methodology to a fundamental methodology, will be presented to the Board in the first part of 2010. The Board concluded that appropriate actions are being taken to improve performance and that additional time is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING Opportunistic LargeCap Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is above the median and below the average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

ING Growth and Income Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Growth and Income Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio outperformed its Morningstar category median for the year-to-date, one-year, three-year and five-year periods, but underperformed for the most recent calendar quarter; (2) the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark index for the year-to-date, one-year, three year and five-year periods but underperformed for the most recent calendar quarter; and (3) the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the second quintile for the year-to-date, one-year, three-year and five-year periods and in the third quintile for the most recent calendar quarter. The Board concluded that the performance of the Portfolio is satisfactory.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING Growth and Income Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is below the median and average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

ING Small Company Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Small Company Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio outperformed its Morningstar category median for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods but underperformed for the most recent calendar quarter and year-to-date periods; (2) the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark index for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods but underperformed for the most recent calendar quarter and year-to-date periods; and (3) the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the first quintile for the three-year and five-year periods, in the third quintile for the most recent calendar quarter and one-year period and in the fourth quintile for the year-to-date period. The Board concluded that the performance of the Portfolio is satisfactory over the long-term.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING Small Company Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is below the median and average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group, and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio outperformed its Morningstar category median for the most recent calendar quarter but underperformed for the year-to-date, one-year, three-year and five-year periods; (2) the Portfolio outperformed its benchmark index for the most recent calendar quarter and year-to-date periods but underperformed for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods; and (3) the Portfolio is ranked in its Morningstar category in the second quintile for the most recent calendar quarter, in the fourth quintile for the year-to-date and five-year periods and in the fifth quintile for the one-year and three-year periods. The Board noted that in July 2008 the Sub-Adviser implemented a realignment of its fixed income portfolio management and research team in an effort to maximize fixed income research capabilities to better position the Portfolio for investment opportunities. Additionally, the Board noted that the Sub-Adviser replaced the portfolio manager to the Portfolio in January 2009 and that under the direction of the new portfolio manager the Sub-Adviser has significantly reduced the amount of risk in the Portfolio, while also achieving recent improvements in performance. The Board concluded that appropriate actions are being taken to improve the performance of the Portfolio and that additional time is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these actions.


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In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is below the median and average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group, and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

ING Money Market Portfolio

In evaluating the investment performance of ING Money Market Portfolio, the Board noted that: (1) the Portfolio outperformed its Morningstar category median and its benchmark index for all periods presented; and (2) although the Portfolio is not ranked by Morningstar, the Portfolio is ranked in its Lipper category in the first quintile for the three-year and five-year periods and in the second quintile for the most recent calendar quarter, year-to-date and one-year periods. In assessing the performance of the Portfolio, the Board noted that in response to the extreme volatility throughout 2009 the Sub-Adviser voluntarily chose to reduce the level of risk in the Portfolio by investing primarily in highly liquid instruments of short duration of high quality issuers that have received direct central government support or guarantees and securities that are the subject of liquidity programs of the Federal Reserve or the U.S. Treasury. The Board also noted that throughout 2009 the Adviser and its affiliates have been waiving, and/or reimbursing fees in order for the Portfolio to maintain a net yield equal to, or greater than zero. The Board concluded that the performance of the Portfolio is satisfactory.

In assessing the reasonableness of the management fee and expense ratio for ING Money Market Portfolio, the Board noted that the management fee for the Portfolio is below the median and average management fees of the funds in its Selected Peer Group, and that the expense ratio for the Portfolio is below the median and average expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group. The Board also noted that during 2009 the Adviser and its affiliates provided credit support with respect to certain impaired securities held by the Portfolio, which minimized deviations between the Portfolio's market-based and amortized cost-based net asset value per share during tumultuous market conditions.


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Investment Adviser

ING Investments, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

Administrator

ING Funds Services, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

Distributor

ING Funds Distributor, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

Transfer Agent

PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809

Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

KPMG LLP
99 High Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon
One Wall Street
New York, New York 10286

Legal Counsel

Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, Registrant had adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  There were no amendments to the Code during the period covered by the report.  The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code during the period covered by this report.  The code of ethics is filed herewith pursuant to Item 10(a)(1), Exhibit 99.CODE ETH.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Board of Trustees has determined that Corine Norgaard and Joseph Obermeyer are each audit committee financial experts, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  Ms. Norgaard and Mr. Obermeyer are both “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)                                  Audit Fees:  The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements, for services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $39,723 for year ended December 31, 2009 and $53,665 for year ended December 31, 2008.

 

(b)                                 Audit-Related Fees:  The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by KPMG that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $2,150 for year ended December 31, 2009 and $2,150 for year ended December 31, 2008.

 

(c)                                  Tax Fees:  The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by KPMG for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $5,000 in the year ended December 31, 2009 and $11,413 in the year ended December 31, 2008.  Such services included review of excise distribution calculations (if applicable), preparation of the Funds’ federal, state and excise tax returns, tax services related to mergers and routine consulting.

 

(d)                                 All Other Fees:  The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by KPMG, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

None

 

(e) (1)               Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

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AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
PRE-APPROVAL POLICY

 

I.              Statement of Principles

 

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”), the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors or Trustees (the “Committee”) of the ING Funds (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”) set out under Paragraph I on Exhibit A to this Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (“Policy”) is responsible for the oversight of the work of the Funds’ independent auditors.  As part of its responsibilities, the Committee must pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the auditors in order to assure that the provision of these services does not impair the auditors’ independence from the Funds.  The Committee has adopted, and the Board has ratified, this Policy, which sets out the procedures and conditions under which the services of the independent auditors may be pre-approved.

 

Under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules promulgated in accordance with the Act, the Funds’ may establish two different approaches to pre-approving audit and non-audit services.  The Committee may approve services without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approval”) or it may pre-approve specific services (“specific pre-approval”).  The Committee believes that the combination of these approaches contemplated in this Policy results in an effective and efficient method for pre-approving audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Funds’ independent auditors.  Under this Policy, services that are not of a type that may receive general pre-approval require specific pre-approval by the Committee.  Any proposed services that exceed pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require the Committee’s specific pre-approval.

 

For both types of approval, the Committee considers whether the subject services are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence and that such services are compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.  The Committee also considers whether a particular audit firm is in the best position to provide effective and efficient services to the Funds.  Reasons that the auditors are in the best position include the auditors’ familiarity with the Funds’ business, personnel, culture, accounting systems, risk profile, and other factors, and whether the services will enhance the Funds’ ability to manage and control risk or improve audit quality.  Such factors will be considered as a whole, with no one factor being determinative.

 

The appendices attached to this Policy describe the audit, audit-related, tax-related, and other services that have the Committee’s general pre-approval.  For any service that has been approved through general pre-approval, the general pre-approval will remain in place for a period 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Committee determines that a different period is appropriate.  The Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services that may be provided by the independent auditors without specific pre-approval.  The Committee will revise the list of services subject to general pre-approval as appropriate.  This Policy does not serve as a delegation to Fund management of the Committee’s duty to pre-approve services performed by the Funds’ independent auditors.

 

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II.            Audit Services

 

The annual audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the Committee’s specific pre-approval.  Audit services are those services that are normally provided by auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements or those that generally only independent auditors can reasonably provide.  They include the Funds’ annual financial statement audit and procedures that the independent auditors must perform in order to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements (e.g., information systems and procedural reviews and testing).  The Committee will monitor the audit services engagement and approve any changes in terms, conditions or fees deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate.

 

The Committee may grant general pre-approval to other audit services, such as statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or issued in connection with securities offerings.

 

The Committee has pre-approved the audit services listed on Appendix A.  The Committee must specifically approve all audit services not listed on Appendix A.

 

III.           Audit-related Services

 

Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or the review of the Funds’ financial statements or are traditionally performed by the independent auditors.  The Committee believes that the provision of audit-related services will not impair the independent auditors’ independence, and therefore may grant pre-approval to audit-related services.  Audit-related services include accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “audit services;” assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures relating to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR.

 

The Committee has pre-approved the audit-related services listed on Appendix B.  The Committee must specifically approve all audit-related services not listed on Appendix B.

 

IV.           Tax Services

 

The Committee believes the independent auditors can provide tax services to the Funds, including tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice, without compromising the auditors’ independence.  Therefore, the Committee may grant general pre-approval with respect to tax services historically provided by the Funds’ independent auditors that do not, in the Committee’s view, impair auditor independence and that are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

 

The Committee will not grant pre-approval if the independent auditors initially recommends a transaction the sole business purpose of which is tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may

 

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not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.  The Committee may consult outside counsel to determine that tax planning and reporting positions are consistent with this Policy.

 

The Committee has pre-approved the tax-related services listed on Appendix C.  The Committee must specifically approve all tax-related services not listed on Appendix C.

 

V.            Other Services

 

The Committee believes it may grant approval of non-audit services that are permissible services for independent auditors to a Fund.  The Committee has determined to grant general pre-approval to other services that it believes are routine and recurring, do not impair auditor independence, and are consistent with SEC rules on auditor independence.

 

The Committee has pre-approved the non-audit services listed on Appendix D.  The Committee must specifically approve all non-audit services not listed on Appendix D.

 

A list of the SEC’s prohibited non-audit services is attached to this Policy as Appendix E.  The SEC’s rules and relevant guidance should be consulted to determine the precise definitions of these impermissible services and the applicability of exceptions to certain of the SEC’s prohibitions.

 

VI.           Pre-approval of Fee levels and Budgeted Amounts

 

The Committee will annually establish pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for audit, audit-related, tax and non-audit services to be provided to the Funds by the independent auditors.  Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts require the Committee’s specific pre-approval.  The Committee considers fees for audit and non-audit services when deciding whether to pre-approve services.  The Committee may determine, for a pre-approval period of 12 months, the appropriate ratio between the total amount of fees for the Fund’s audit, audit-related, and tax services (including fees for services provided to Fund affiliates that are subject to pre-approval), and the total amount of fees for certain permissible non-audit services for the Fund classified as other services (including any such services provided to Fund affiliates that are subject to pre-approval).

 

VII.         Procedures

 

Requests or applications for services to be provided by the independent auditors will be submitted to management.  If management determines that the services do not fall within those services generally pre-approved by the Committee and set out in the appendices to these procedures, management will submit the services to the Committee or its delagee.  Any such submission will include a detailed description of the services to be rendered.

 

Notwithstanding this paragraph, the Committee will, on quarterly basis, receive from the independent auditors a list of services provided to date by the auditors during Pre-Approval Period.

 

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VIII.        Delegation

 

The Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of the Committee’s members.  Any member or members to whom such pre-approval authority is delegated must report any pre-approval decisions, including any pre-approved services, to the Committee at its next scheduled meeting.  The Committee will identify any member to whom pre-approval authority is delegated in writing.  The member will retain such authority for a period of 12 months from the date of pre-approval unless the Committee determines that a different period is appropriate.  The period of delegated authority may be terminated by the Committee or at the option of the member.

 

IX.           Additional Requirements

 

The Committee will take any measures the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to oversee the work of the independent auditors and to assure the auditors’ independence from the Funds.  This may include reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditors delineating all relationships between the auditors and the Funds, consistent with Independence Standards Board No. 1, and discussing with the auditors their methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

 

Effective April 23, 2008, the KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) audit team for the ING Funds accepted the global responsibility for monitoring the auditor independence for KPMG relative to the ING Funds.  Using a proprietary system called Sentinel, the audit team is able to identify and manage potential conflicts of interest across the member firms of the KPMG International Network and prevent the provision of prohibited services to the ING entities that would impair KPMG independence with the respect to the ING Funds.  In addition to receiving pre-approval from the ING Funds Audit Committee for services provided to the ING Funds and for services for ING entities in the Investment Company Complex, the audit team has developed a process for periodic notification via email to the ING Funds’ Audit Committee Chairpersons regarding requests to provide services to ING Groep NV and its affiliates from KPMG offices worldwide.   Additionally, KPMG provides a quarterly summary of the fees for services that have commenced for ING Groep NV and Affiliates at each Audit Committee Meeting.

 

Date last approved: December 10, 2008

 

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Appendix A
Pre-Approved Audit Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009

 

Service

 

 

 

The Fund(s)

 

Fee Range

Statutory audits or financial audits (including tax services associated with audit services)

 

Ö

 

As presented to Audit Committee(1)

Services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters.

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $9,750 per filing

Consultations by Fund management with respect to accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential effect of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, or other regulatory or standard setting bodies.

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $8,000 during the Pre-Approval Period

 


(1)          For new Funds launched during the Pre-Approval Period, the fee ranges pre-approved will be the same as those for existing Funds, pro-rated in accordance with inception dates as provided in KPMG’s Proposal or any Engagement Letter covering the period at issue.  Fees in the Engagement Letter will be controlling.

 

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Appendix B
Pre-Approved Audit-Related Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009

 

Service

 

 

 

The
Fund(s)

 

Fund Affiliates

 

Fee Range

Services related to Fund mergers (Excluding tax services — See Appendix C for tax services associated with fund mergers)

 

Ö

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $10,000 per merger

Consultations by Fund management with respect to accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential effect of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, or other regulatory or standard setting bodies. [Note: Under SEC rules some consultations may be “audit” services and others may be “audit-related” services.]

 

Ö

 

 

 

Not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence during the Pre-Approval Period

Review of the Funds’ semi-annual financial statements

 

Ö

 

 

 

Not to exceed $2,200 per set of financial statements per fund

Reports to regulatory or government agencies related to the annual engagement

 

Ö

 

 

 

Up to $5,000 per occurrence during the Pre-Approval Period

Regulatory compliance assistance

 

Ö

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $5,000 per quarter

Training courses

 

 

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $2,000 per course

 

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Appendix C
Pre-Approved Tax Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009

 

Service

 

 

 

The Fund(s)

 

Fund
Affiliates

 

Fee Range

Preparation of federal and state income tax returns and federal excise tax returns for the Funds including assistance and review with excise tax distributions.

 

Ö

 

 

 

As presented to Audit Committee(2)

Review of IRC Sections 851(b) and 817(h) diversification testing on a real-time basis

 

Ö

 

 

 

As presented to Audit Committee(2)

Assistance and advice regarding year-end reporting for 1099’s

 

Ö

 

 

 

As presented to Audit Committee(2)

Tax assistance and advice regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments

 

Ö

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $5,000 in aggregate for the Funds or for the Funds’ investment adviser during the Pre-Approval Period

Tax training courses

 

 

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $2,000 per course during the Pre-Approval Period

 


(2)          For new Funds launched during the Pre-Approval Period, the fee ranges pre-approved will be the same as those for existing Funds, as provided in KPMG’s Proposal or any Engagement Letter covering the period at issue.  Fees in the Engagement Letter will be controlling.

 

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Service

 

 

 

The Fund(s)

 

Fund
Affiliates

 

Fee Range

Tax services associated with Fund mergers

 

Ö

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $4,000 per fund per merger during the Pre-Approval Period

Other tax-related assistance and consultation, including, without limitation, assistance in evaluating derivative financial instruments and international tax issues, qualification and distribution issues, and similar routine tax consultations

 

Ö

 

 

 

Not to exceed $50,000 during the Pre-Approval Period

 

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Appendix D
Pre-Approved Other Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009

 

Service

 

 

 

The Fund(s)

 

Fund Affiliates

 

Fee Range

Agreed-upon procedures for Class B share 12b-1 programs

 

 

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $60,000 during the Pre-Approval Period

Security counts performed pursuant to Rule 17f-2 of the 1940 Act (i.e., counts for Funds holding securities with affiliated sub-custodians)

 

(Cost to be split 50% the funds and 50% ING Investments, LLC)

 

Ö

 

Ö

 

Not to exceed $5,000 per Fund during the Pre-Approval Period

 

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Appendix E

 

Prohibited Non-Audit Services
Dated:    2009

 

·                  Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Funds

 

·                  Financial information systems design and implementation

 

·                  Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports

 

·                  Actuarial services

 

·                  Internal audit outsourcing services

 

·                  Management functions

 

·                  Human resources

 

·                  Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services

 

·                  Legal services

 

·                  Expert services unrelated to the audit

 

·                  Any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

ING VP BALANCED PORTFOLIO, INC.

ING STRATEGIC ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS, INC.

ING VP INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO

ING VP MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO

ING VARIABLE FUNDS

ING VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

ING SERIES FUND, INC.

 

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(e) (2)     Percentage of services referred to in 4(b) — (4)(d) that were approved by the audit committee 

 

100% of the services were approved by the audit committee.

 

(f)            Percentage of hours expended attributable to work performed by other than full time employees of KPMG if greater than 50%.

 

Not applicable.

 

(g)           Non-Audit Fees:  The non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant were $2,106,219 for year ended December 31, 2009 and $1,826,535 for year ended December 31, 2008.

 

(h)           Principal Accountants Independence:  The Registrant’s Audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining KPMG’s independence.

 

Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.  Schedule of Investments

 

Schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

Item 7.  Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.  Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Nominating Committee operates pursuant to a Charter approved by the Board.  The primary purpose of the Nominating Committee is to consider, evaluate and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the nomination and selection of Independent Trustees. In evaluating candidates, the Nominating Committee may consider a variety of factors, but specific qualifications of candidates for Board membership will be based on the needs of the Board at the time of nomination.

 

The Nominating Committee is willing to consider nominations received from shareholders and shall assess shareholder nominees in the same manner as it reviews nominees it identifies.  A shareholder nominee for director should be submitted in writing to the Fund’s Secretary. Any such shareholder nomination should include sufficient background information concerning the candidate and should be received in a timely manner.  At a minimum, the following information as to each individual proposed for nomination as director should be included:  the individual’s written consent to be named in the proxy statement as a nominee (if nominated) and to serve as a director (if elected), and all information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in a solicitation of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case under applicable federal securities laws, rules and regulations.

 

The Secretary shall submit all nominations received in a timely manner to the Nominating Committee.  To be timely, any such submission must be delivered to the Fund’s Secretary not earlier than the 90th day prior to such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting is first made, by either disclosure in a press release or in a document publicly filed by the Fund with the SEC.

 

In evaluating a candidate for the position of Independent Trustee, including any candidate recommended by shareholders of the Fund, the Nominating Committee shall consider the following:  (i) the candidate’s knowledge in matters relating to the mutual fund industry; (ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer of other public companies; (iii) the candidate’s educational background, reputation for high ethical standards and professional integrity; (iv) any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the extent to which such expertise would complement the Board’s existing mix of skills, core competencies and qualifications; (v) the candidate’s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the Board, including the candidate’s ability and commitment to attend meetings regularly and work collaboratively with other members of the Board; (vi) the candidate’s ability to qualify as an Independent Trustee for purposes of the 1940 Act; and (vii) such other factors as the Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies.  Prior to making a final recommendation to the Board, the Committee shall conduct personal interviews with those candidates it concludes are the most qualified candidates.

 

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Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)           Based on our evaluation conducted within 90 days of the filing date, hereof, the design and operation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to the certifying officers by others within the appropriate entities, particularly during the period in which Forms N-CSR are being prepared, and the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures allow timely preparation and review of the information for the registrant’s Form N-CSR and the officer certifications of such Form N-CSR.

 

(b)           There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)

 

Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as

 

 

EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2) is attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.

 

 

 

(b)

 

The officer certifications required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT

 

 

 

(3)

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant): ING Intermediate Bond Portfolio

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Shaun P. Mathews

 

Shaun P. Mathews

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: March 4, 2010

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Shaun P. Mathews

 

Shaun P. Mathews

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: March 4, 2010

 

 

 

By

/s/ Todd Modic

 

Todd Modic

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: March 4, 2010

 

 

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