NPORT-EX 2 9.30.21_Eq_Div_VI.htm PART F EQ DIV VI
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
2
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
September
30,
2021
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Common
Stocks
94.0%
Aerospace
&
Defense
3.2%
BAE
Systems
plc
...................
1,009,880
$
7,648,888
Huntington
Ingalls
Industries,
Inc.
........
9,602
1,853,762
Raytheon
Technologies
Corp.
..........
24,228
2,082,639
11,585,289
Auto
Components
0.5%
Lear
Corp.
.......................
11,898
1,861,799
Automobiles
1.9%
General
Motors
Co.
(a)
................
132,244
6,970,581
Banks
11.8%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
...............
225,060
9,553,797
Citigroup,
Inc.
.....................
175,502
12,316,730
First
Citizens
BancShares
,
Inc.,
Class
A
....
3,009
2,537,098
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
..............
30,482
4,989,599
Wells
Fargo
&
Co.
..................
287,648
13,349,744
42,746,968
Beverages
2.0%
Coca-Cola
Co.
(The)
................
60,823
3,191,383
Constellation
Brands,
Inc.,
Class
A
.......
18,574
3,913,356
7,104,739
Capital
Markets
5.4%
Apollo
Global
Management,
Inc.
.........
48,388
2,980,217
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
...........
66,226
4,823,902
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
.........
9,361
1,074,830
Morgan
Stanley
....................
68,684
6,683,640
Raymond
James
Financial,
Inc.
.........
45,172
4,168,472
19,731,061
Chemicals
1.3%
Corteva
,
Inc.
......................
36,861
1,551,111
DuPont
de
Nemours,
Inc.
.............
13,832
940,437
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
.................
14,974
2,141,432
4,632,980
Communications
Equipment
2.7%
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
.................
180,378
9,817,975
Consumer
Finance
0.8%
Capital
One
Financial
Corp.
............
17,895
2,898,453
Containers
&
Packaging
0.5%
Sealed
Air
Corp.
(b)
..................
32,914
1,803,358
Diversified
Financial
Services
0.8%
Equitable
Holdings,
Inc.
..............
92,923
2,754,238
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
1.4%
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
..........
93,649
5,057,983
Electric
Utilities
1.4%
American
Electric
Power
Co.,
Inc.
........
19,118
1,551,999
Edison
International
.................
45,886
2,545,296
Exelon
Corp.
......................
23,784
1,149,719
5,247,014
Food
Products
0.9%
Danone
SA
.......................
47,857
3,262,792
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
4.9%
Alcon,
Inc.
.......................
35,895
2,906,445
Koninklijke
Philips
NV
................
80,319
3,568,326
Medtronic
plc
.....................
51,933
6,509,801
Zimmer
Biomet
Holdings,
Inc.
..........
31,960
4,677,666
17,662,238
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
7.7%
Anthem,
Inc.
......................
23,580
$
8,790,624
Cigna
Corp.
......................
18,181
3,639,109
CVS
Health
Corp.
..................
52,895
4,488,670
Humana,
Inc.
.....................
10,693
4,161,181
McKesson
Corp.
...................
9,497
1,893,512
UnitedHealth
Group,
Inc.
..............
12,444
4,862,368
27,835,464
Household
Durables
1.0%
Newell
Brands,
Inc.
.................
66,548
1,473,373
Panasonic
Corp.
...................
164,500
2,039,043
3,512,416
Industrial
Conglomerates
2.3%
General
Electric
Co.
.................
56,201
5,790,389
Siemens
AG
(Registered)
.............
15,203
2,486,467
8,276,856
Insurance
7.1%
Allstate
Corp.
(The)
.................
18,464
2,350,652
American
International
Group,
Inc.
.......
202,374
11,108,309
Arthur
J
Gallagher
&
Co.
..............
28,005
4,162,943
Fidelity
National
Financial,
Inc.
..........
82,580
3,744,177
MetLife,
Inc.
......................
72,027
4,446,227
25,812,308
IT
Services
4.1%
Cognizant
Technology
Solutions
Corp.,
Class
A
80,200
5,951,642
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
..
43,321
5,271,299
Visa,
Inc.,
Class
A
..................
16,516
3,678,939
14,901,880
Machinery
1.1%
Komatsu
Ltd.
.....................
162,400
3,889,224
Media
3.4%
Comcast
Corp.,
Class
A
..............
131,257
7,341,204
Fox
Corp.,
Class
A
..................
127,446
5,111,859
Fox
Corp.,
Class
B
..................
1,061
39,384
12,492,447
Multiline
Retail
1.2%
Dollar
General
Corp.
................
20,126
4,269,530
Multi-Utilities
2.7%
Ameren
Corp.
.....................
24,859
2,013,579
CenterPoint
Energy,
Inc.
..............
58,169
1,430,957
NiSource,
Inc.
.....................
79,481
1,925,825
Public
Service
Enterprise
Group,
Inc.
.....
73,414
4,470,913
9,841,274
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
6.7%
BP
plc
..........................
1,479,247
6,737,755
ConocoPhillips
....................
82,948
5,621,386
Enterprise
Products
Partners
LP
(b)
.......
290,494
6,286,290
Equinor
ASA
......................
82,872
2,107,502
Marathon
Petroleum
Corp.
............
58,691
3,627,691
24,380,624
Personal
Products
2.0%
Unilever
plc,
ADR
(b)(c)
................
134,147
7,273,450
Pharmaceuticals
5.3%
AstraZeneca
plc
...................
61,002
7,351,823
Bayer
AG
(Registered)
...............
92,154
5,001,705
Sanofi
..........................
70,306
6,767,940
19,121,468
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
3
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
September
30,
2021
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Professional
Services
0.9%
Leidos
Holdings,
Inc.
................
34,482
$
3,314,755
Road
&
Rail
0.5%
Union
Pacific
Corp.
.................
10,146
1,988,718
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
0.5%
Analog
Devices,
Inc.
.................
11,293
1,891,352
Software
2.7%
CDK
Global,
Inc.
...................
50,910
2,166,221
Microsoft
Corp.
....................
7,375
2,079,160
Open
Text
Corp.
(b)
..................
27,025
1,317,198
SS&C
Technologies
Holdings,
Inc.
.......
62,352
4,327,229
9,889,808
Specialty
Retail
2.2%
Lowe's
Cos.,
Inc.
...................
12,962
2,629,471
Ross
Stores,
Inc.
...................
50,576
5,505,198
8,134,669
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
0.5%
Samsung
Electronics
Co.
Ltd.,
GDR
(c)(d)(e)
...
1,074
1,688,873
Tobacco
1.4%
Altria
Group,
Inc.
...................
45,969
2,092,509
British
American
Tobacco
plc
...........
83,939
2,934,048
5,026,557
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
1.2%
Rogers
Communications,
Inc.,
Class
B
(b)
...
89,698
$
4,188,881
Total
Common
Stocks
94.0%
(Cost:
$280,740,625)
.............................
340,868,022
Total
Long-Term
Investments
94.0%
(Cost:
$280,740,625)
.............................
340,868,022
Short-Term
Securities
9.3%
(f)(g)
BlackRock
Liquidity
Funds,
T-Fund,
Institutional
Class,
0.01%
...................
21,577,956
21,577,956
SL
Liquidity
Series,
LLC,
Money
Market
Series,
0.13%
(h)
.......................
12,010,432
12,014,035
Total
Short-Term
Securities
9.3%
(Cost:
$33,591,991)
..............................
33,591,991
Total
Investments
103.3%
(Cost:
$314,332,616
)
.............................
374,460,013
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
(3.3)%
............
(12,115,652)
Net
Assets
100.0%
..............................
$
362,344,361
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
U.S.
dollar
denominated
security
issued
by
foreign
domiciled
entity.
(d)
Security
exempt
from
registration
pursuant
to
Rule
144A
under
the
Securities
Act
of
1933,
as
amended.
These
securities
may
be
resold
in
transactions
exempt
from
registration
to
qualified
institutional
investors.
(e)
This
security
may
be
resold
to
qualified
foreign
investors
and
foreign
institutional
buyers
under
Regulation
S
of
the
Securities
Act
of
1933.
(f)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(g)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(h)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the
period
ended
September
30,
2021
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
12/31/20
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sale
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
09/30/21
Shares
Held
at
09/30/21
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Liquidity
Funds,
T-Fund,
Institutional
Class
(a)
..
$
19,884,502
$
1,693,454
$
$
$
$
21,577,956
21,577,956
$
2,069
$
SL
Liquidity
Series,
LLC,
Money
Market
Series
(a)
..........
4,489,725
7,525,016
(706)
12,014,035
12,010,432
8,523
(b)
$
(706)
$
$
33,591,991
$
10,592
$
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
fees
and
collateral
investment
expenses,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
For
Fund
compliance
purposes,
the
Fund's
industry
classifications
refer
to
one
or
more
of
the
industry
sub-classifications
used
by
one
or
more
widely
recognized
market
indexes
or
rating
group
indexes,
and/or
as
defined
by
the
investment
adviser.
These
definitions
may
not
apply
for
purposes
of
this
report,
which
may
combine
such
industry
sub-classifications
for
reporting
ease.
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
4
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
September
30,
2021
Glossary
of
Terms
Used
in
this
Report
Portfolio
Abbreviations
ADR
American
Depositary
Receipts
GDR
Global
Depositary
Receipts
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments.
These
inputs
to
valuation
techniques
are
categorized
into
a
fair
value
hierarchy
consisting
of
three
broad
levels
for
financial
reporting
purposes
as
follows:
•    
Level
1
Unadjusted
price
quotations
in
active
markets/exchanges
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
that
the
Fund
has
the
ability
to
access;
•    
Level
2
Other
observable
inputs
(including,
but
not
limited
to,
quoted
prices
for
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
active,
quoted
prices
      for
identical
or
similar
assets
or
liabilities
in
markets
that
are
not
active,
inputs
other
than
quoted
prices
that
are
observable
for
the
assets
or
liabilities
      (such
as
interest
rates,
yield
curves,
volatilities,
prepayment
speeds,
loss
severities,
credit
risks
and
default
rates)
or
other
market-corroborated
      inputs);
and
•    
Level
3
Unobservable
inputs
based
on
the
best
information
available
in
the
circumstances,
to
the
extent
observable
inputs
are
not
available
      (including
the
BlackRock
Global
Valuation
Methodologies
Committee's
(the
"Global
Valuation
Committee's")
assumptions
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments).
The
hierarchy
gives
the
highest
priority
to
unadjusted
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
(Level
1
measurements)
and
the
lowest
priority
to
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3
measurements).
Accordingly,
the
degree
of
judgment
exercised
in
determining
fair
value
is
greatest
for
instruments
categorized
in
Level
3.
The
inputs
used
to
measure
fair
value
may
fall
into
different
levels
of
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
In
such
cases,
for
disclosure
purposes,
the
fair
value
hierarchy
classification
is
determined
based
on
the
lowest
level
input
that
is
significant
to
the
fair
value
measurement
in
its
entirety.
Investments
classified
within
Level
3
have
significant
unobservable
inputs
used
by
the
Global
Valuation
Committee
in
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments.
Level
3
investments
include
equity
or
debt
issued
by
privately
held
companies
or
funds.
There
may
not
be
a
secondary
market,
and/or
there
are
a
limited
number
of
investors.
The
categorization
of
a
value
determined
for
financial
instruments
is
based
on
the
pricing
transparency
of
the
financial
instruments
and
is
not
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
risks
associated
with
investing
in
those
securities.
For
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
its
most
recent
financial
statements.
Certain
investments
of
the
Fund
were
fair
valued
using
net
asset
value
("NAV")
per
share
as
no
quoted
market
value
is
available
and
therefore
have
been
excluded
from
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund's
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets:
Investments:
Long-Term
Investments:
Common
Stocks:
Aerospace
&
Defense
....................................
$
3,936,401
$
7,648,888
$
$
11,585,289
Auto
Components
......................................
1,861,799
1,861,799
Automobiles
..........................................
6,970,581
6,970,581
Banks
...............................................
42,746,968
42,746,968
Beverages
...........................................
7,104,739
7,104,739
Capital
Markets
........................................
19,731,061
19,731,061
Chemicals
............................................
4,632,980
4,632,980
Communications
Equipment
................................
9,817,975
9,817,975
Consumer
Finance
......................................
2,898,453
2,898,453
Containers
&
Packaging
..................................
1,803,358
1,803,358
Diversified
Financial
Services
...............................
2,754,238
2,754,238
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
........................
5,057,983
5,057,983
Electric
Utilities
........................................
5,247,014
5,247,014
Food
Products
.........................................
3,262,792
3,262,792
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
...........................
11,187,467
6,474,771
17,662,238
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
............................
27,835,464
27,835,464
Household
Durables
.....................................
1,473,373
2,039,043
3,512,416
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
5
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
September
30,
2021
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Industrial
Conglomerates
..................................
$
5,790,389
$
2,486,467
$
$
8,276,856
Insurance
............................................
25,812,308
25,812,308
IT
Services
...........................................
14,901,880
14,901,880
Machinery
............................................
3,889,224
3,889,224
Media
...............................................
12,492,447
12,492,447
Multiline
Retail
.........................................
4,269,530
4,269,530
Multi-Utilities
..........................................
9,841,274
9,841,274
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
...............................
15,535,367
8,845,257
24,380,624
Personal
Products
......................................
7,273,450
7,273,450
Pharmaceuticals
.......................................
19,121,468
19,121,468
Professional
Services
....................................
3,314,755
3,314,755
Road
&
Rail
...........................................
1,988,718
1,988,718
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
....................
1,891,352
1,891,352
Software
.............................................
9,889,808
9,889,808
Specialty
Retail
........................................
8,134,669
8,134,669
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
....................
1,688,873
1,688,873
Tobacco
.............................................
2,092,509
2,934,048
5,026,557
Wireless
Telecommunication
Services
.........................
4,188,881
4,188,881
Short-Term
Securities
.......................................
21,577,956
21,577,956
$
304,055,147
$
58,390,831
$
$
362,445,978
Investments
Valued
at
NAV
(a)
......................................
12,014,035
$
$
374,460,013
$
(a)
Certain
investments
of
the
Fund
were
fair
valued
using
NAV
per
share
as
no
quoted
market
value
is
available
and
therefore
have
been
excluded
from
the
fair
value
hierarchy.