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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-4815
 
 
Ultra Series Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
550 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
 
Pamela M. Krill
Madison/MEMBERS/Mosaic Legal and Compliance Department
550 Science Drive
Madison, WI 53711
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 608-274-0300
 
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
 
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2012
 
 
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Ultra Series Fund  |  December 31, 2012

Table of Contents

    Page
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance    
    2012 in Review   2
    Outlook   3
    Conservative Allocation Fund   4
    Moderate Allocation Fund   6
    Aggressive Allocation Fund   8
    Money Market Fund   10
    Bond Fund   12
    High Income Fund   14
    Diversified Income Fund   16
    Large Cap Value Fund   18
    Large Cap Growth Fund   20
    Mid Cap Fund   22
    Small Cap Fund   24
    International Stock Fund   26
    Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund   28
    Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund   30
    Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund   32
    Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund   34
    Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance   36
     
Portfolios of Investments    
    Conservative Allocation Fund   38
    Moderate Allocation Fund   39
    Aggressive Allocation Fund   40
    Money Market Fund   41
    Bond Fund   43
    High Income Fund   46
    Diversified Income Fund   49
    Large Cap Value Fund   52
    Large Cap Growth Fund   53
    Mid Cap Fund   55
    Small Cap Fund   56
    International Stock Fund   58
    Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund   60
    Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund   61
    Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund   62
    Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund   63
     
Financial Statements    
    Statements of Assets and Liabilities   64
    Statements of Operations   67
    Statements of Changes in Net Assets   70
    Financial Highlights   76
Notes to Financial Statements   92
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   108
Other Information   109
Trustees and Officers   114

Nondeposit investment products are not federally insured, involve investment risk, may lose value and are not obligations of or guaranteed by any financial institution. For more complete information about Ultra Series Fund, including charges and expenses, request a prospectus from your financial advisor or from CMFG Life Insurance Company, 2000 Heritage Way, Waverly, IA 50677. Consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of any fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the investment company. For more current Ultra Series Fund performance information, please call 1-800-670-3600. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted within. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser. Portfolio holdings may have changed since the date of this report.

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

2012 IN REVIEW

The old adage that markets climb “a wall of worry” was demonstrated by domestic and international stock and bond markets in 2012. Despite signs of sluggish economic growth in the U.S., a recession in Europe, and slowing growth in the emerging markets, investors were well rewarded for holding stocks. The domestic stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, was up 16.0%, while the broad international market, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index advanced 17.9%. The Russell Emerging Markets Index advanced 19.2%, and even investors in Europe found enough good news in the midst of a still-uncertain sovereign debt crisis to push stock valuations up strongly. The Morningstar Europe Stock Category showed mutual funds specializing in this region up 20.9% for the year. We believe the largest reason for these positive returns was the continued, unprecedented stimulus from the Federal Reserve and central banks around the world.

Stocks were not uniformly positive for the year, with a wide disparity of returns among U.S. Sectors. The Utilities Sector trailed with a loss of -2.9%, while the Financials Sector led the market with a 26.3% return, followed by the Consumer Discretionary Sector, with a 21.9% return. In general, more economically sensitive and lower-quality stocks rallied, while the more defensive sectors such as Utilities and Consumer Staples lagged the broader market. Lower demand and increased energy production, particularly in domestic natural gas, dampened commodity returns, with the S&P Energy Sector up just 2.3% for the year. In general, small and mid-cap stocks advanced in the same range as large stocks, while value stocks had a slight advantage over similarly sized stocks classified as “growth.”

Bond investors enjoyed positive returns, with the most conservative short-term government issuances producing minor advances, while riskier long-term and lower-quality bonds flourished. The bond markets were led by high-yield bonds, which tend to move in tandem with the stock markets. The Barclays High-Yield Bond Index was up 15.8%, the broader Barclay’s Corporate Bond Index advanced 9.8%, while the thin-yielding U.S. Treasuries showed a more modest 2.0% gain, as measured by Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index.

While investment returns were heartening to investors, the journey was uneven. Headlines seemed to provide an endless stream of uncertainties from around the world. The most potent of these influences was the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. Worries over the possible default of debt by the most economically troubled countries in southern Europe took the steam out of the year’s first quarter rally, as the S&P 500 dipped -9.6% between April 2 and June 1 when perceived progress on resolving Greece’s debt crisis fueled a rally. The S&P 500 advanced 15.4% between June 1 and September 14, as confidence rose for a positive resolution in Europe, fueled by European Central bank President Mario Draghi’s July statement that he would do “whatever it takes” to hold the Eurozone together. As the year progressed the nation’s attention turned away from Europe to the presidential election and only late in the period did investors begin to focus on the so-called “fiscal cliff.” The January 2013 deadline for automatic shifts to higher taxes and lower spending was partially fended off with a late-December, last-minute compromise which came too late to make up for the stock market’s December losses in response to nervousness regarding the pending fiscal cliff.

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OUTLOOK

While optimism prevailed in 2012, we believe that the market may be overlooking the wide variety of risks that remain unresolved. These include worldwide credit issues, the upcoming battle over the domestic debt ceiling, and the possibility that the Federal Reserve may begin to shift its long-standing policy of near-zero rates. A sign that the “risk on” trade prevailed in 2012 was the rally in the stocks of speculative and highly leveraged companies, matched in the bond market by the preference for long-term and low-quality issuance. This risk concern shouldn’t suggest that we recommend shifting sensible asset allocation strategies. Instead, we believe investors should consider rebalancing portfolios and examining the underlying risks of their holdings.

In stocks, we remain convinced that fundamentals continue to count, and investors may benefit from owning solid companies with the ability to potentially produce strong results in all kinds of environments.

In bonds, we anticipate the 10-year Treasury yield will fluctuate in a much wider range than experienced in 2012 and volatility will increase. We believe the high corporate bond valuations have largely run their course and anticipate increased volatility in 2013 as demand for corporate bonds transitions to more normal levels, especially if investors begin to rebalance their portfolios to a more normal stock allocation. We estimate investment-grade bond returns in 2013 may equal the yield to maturity, and at worst believe a moderate increase in rates could challenge returns in 2013. As a result, we encourage investors to look beyond the broad classification such as “bond” to see what sort of interest-rate and credit risks they may be holding. Our outlook suggests that risk-averse investors with an interest in capital preservation should focus on higher-quality, and lower to intermediate maturity issues to mitigate the potential damages of rising rates or lower valuations on corporate bonds.

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CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND

INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Conservative Allocation Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “underlying funds”). The fund will be diversified among a number of asset classes and its allocation among underlying funds will be based on an asset allocation model developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser.

The team may use multiple analytical approaches to determine the appropriate asset allocation, including, but not limited to:

Asset allocation optimization analysis – considers the degree to which returns in different asset classes do or do not move together, and the fund’s aim to achieve a favorable overall risk profile for any targeted portfolio return.
Scenario analysis – historical and expected return data is analyzed to model how individual asset classes and combinations of asset classes would affect the fund under different economic and market conditions.
Fundamental analysis – draws upon Madison’s investment teams to judge each asset class against current and forecasted market condi-tions. Economic, industry and security analysis is used to develop return and risk expectations that may influence asset class selection.

In addition, Madison employs a risk management sleeve within the fund for the purpose of risk reduction when and if conditions exist that require reduction of equity exposure.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   Since
6/30/06
Inception
  Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Conservative Allocation, Class I   8.98 %   6.80 %   3.15 %   4.15 %      
Ultra Series Conservative Allocation, Class II   8.71     6.53             9.38 %  
Conservative Allocation Fund Custom Index   8.75     7.98     4.91     6.02     11.46    
Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Corp, Govt & Mortg Index   4.43     6.24     6.03     6.54     6.46    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Conservative Allocation Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds   60 %
Foreign Bond Funds   6 %
Stock Funds   26 %
Foreign Stock Funds   6 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets   2 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Conservative Allocation Fund returned 8.98% (Class I Shares), while the custom blended Conservative Allocation benchmark returned 8.75%. While the fund beat its blended benchmark, it finished behind the Morningstar Conservative Allocation Category average return of 9.40%. We believe outperformance against the benchmark was a result of strong manager performance within the fixed income holdings and an overweight position to corporate bonds. In general, our allocation and manager selection leaned toward lower-risk, which we believe made a difference when compared to the Morningstar peer group in a year in which riskier assets showed a large gap over more conservative securities.


FUND CHANGES

After beginning the year with a modest underweight to equities, the fund ended the year roughly neutral relative to its benchmark. Our confidence to increase equities was underpinned by improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. In the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. This came on the heels of decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. However, the fund still remains underweight in comparison to its benchmark in foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still very much present. Late in the year, we began to materially reduce the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to profit from these investments and dampen the risk level of the fixed income holdings. Finally, throughout the year we opportunistically increased exchange traded fund (“ETF”) holdings to better align the underlying cost structure and upside participation level of the fund.

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MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND

INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Moderate Allocation Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “underlying funds”). The fund will be diversified among a number of asset classes and its allocation among underlying funds will be based on an asset allocation model developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser.

The team may use multiple analytical approaches to determine the appropriate asset allocation, including, but not limited to:

Asset allocation optimization analysis – considers the degree to which returns in different asset classes do or do not move together, and the fund’s aim to achieve a favorable overall risk profile for any targeted portfolio return.
Scenario analysis – historical and expected return data is analyzed to model how individual asset classes and combinations of asset classes would affect the fund under different economic and market conditions.
Fundamental analysis – draws upon Madison’s investment teams to judge each asset class against current and forecasted market conditions. Economic, industry and security analysis is used to develop return and risk expectations that may influence asset class selection.

In addition, Madison employs a risk management sleeve within the fund for the purpose of risk reduction when and if conditions exist that require reduction of equity exposure.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   Since
6/30/06
Inception
  Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Moderate Allocation, Class I   10.54 %   7.52 %   0.90 %   3.01 %      
Ultra Series Moderate Allocation, Class II   10.26     7.26             10.99 %  
Moderate Allocation Fund Custom Index   11.94     8.55     3.55     5.28     14.75    
S&P 500 Index   16.00     10.87     1.66     4.01     16.77    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Moderate Allocation Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds   37 %
Foreign Bond Funds   3 %
Stock Funds   47 %
Foreign Stock Funds   11 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets   2 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Moderate Allocation Fund returned 10.54% (Class I Shares), while the custom blended Moderate Allocation benchmark returned 11.94%. The fund also trailed the Morningstar Moderate Allocation Category average return of 11.72%. In a year of strong equity returns, the fund was hurt by an underweight position to equities at the start of the period, even as it ended the year roughly neutral relative to its benchmark. We also underweighted foreign equities in a year in which the broad international indices were stronger than the domestic indices. Our confidence to increase equities was underpinned by improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures.


FUND CHANGES

In the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. This came on the heels of decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. However, the fund still remains underweight in comparison to our benchmark in foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still very much present. Late in the year, we began to materially reduce the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to profit from these investments and dampen the risk level of the fixed income holdings. Finally, throughout the year we opportunistically increased exchange traded fund (“ETF”) holdings to better align the underlying cost structure and upside participation level of the fund.

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AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND

INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Aggressive Allocation Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “underlying funds”). The fund will be diversified among a number of asset classes and its allocation among underlying funds will be based on an asset allocation model developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser.

The team may use multiple analytical approaches to determine the appropriate asset allocation, including, but not limited to:

Asset allocation optimization analysis – considers the degree to which returns in different asset classes do or do not move together, and the fund’s aim to achieve a favorable overall risk profile for any targeted portfolio return.
Scenario analysis – historical and expected return data is analyzed to model how individual asset classes and combinations of asset classes would affect the fund under different economic and market conditions.
Fundamental analysis – draws upon Madison’s investment teams to judge each asset class against current and forecasted market conditions. Economic, industry and security analysis is used to develop return and risk expectations that may influence asset class selection.

In addition, Madison employs a risk management sleeve within the fund for the purpose of risk reduction when and if conditions exist that require reduction of equity exposure.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   Since
6/30/06
Inception
  Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Aggressive Allocation, Class I   11.34 %   7.53 %   -1.29 %   1.97 %      
Ultra Series Aggressive Allocation, Class II   11.06     7.27             12.56 %  
Aggressive Allocation Fund Custom Index   15.18     8.56     1.71     4.21     17.77    
S&P 500 Index   16.00     10.87     1.66     4.01     16.77    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Aggressive Allocation Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds   13 %
Foreign Bond Funds   1 %
Stock Funds   67 %
Foreign Stock Funds   18 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets   1 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Aggressive Allocation Fund returned 11.34% (Class I Shares), while the custom blended Aggressive Allocation benchmark return of 15.18%. The fund’s performance also trailed the Morningstar Aggressive Allocation Category average return of 13.42%. Underperformance was largely a result of our underweighting to equities during the first months of the year versus the benchmark during a very strong, double-digit quarter. Additionally, weak relative returns in the fund’s core U.S. equities provided a drag on performance. In general, these results reflect the fund’s overall risk posture. We believe that even an aggressive allocation fund should be constructed to have lower volatility than a pure equity portfolio. This philosophy does have the potential to constrain performance when worldwide equities are not only up strongly, but favor lower-quality, speculative companies as was the case in 2012.


FUND CHANGES

After beginning the year with a modest underweight to equities, the fund ended the year roughly neutral relative to its benchmark. Our confidence to increase equities was underpinned by improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. In the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. This came on the heels of decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. By the end of the year, the fund’s overall international equity allocation moved to roughly neutral relative to the benchmark, although the fund still remains underweight European equities. Finally, late in the year we began to materially reduce the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to profit from these investments and dampen the risk level of the fixed income holdings. Finally, throughout the year we opportunistically increased exchange traded fund (“ETF”) holdings to better align the underlying cost structure and upside participation level of the fund.

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MONEY MARKET FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Money Market Fund invests exclusively in U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities maturing in thirteen months or less from the date of purchase. These securities will be obligations of the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, but may also include securities issued by U.S. and foreign financial institutions, corporations, municipalities, foreign governments, and multi-national organizations, such as the World Bank. The fund may invest in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, including those representing pools of mortgage, commercial, or consumer loans originated by credit unions or other financial institutions.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Federal Farm Credit Bank   5 %
Fannie Mae   17 %
Federal Home Loan Bank   23 %
Freddie Mac   22 %
U.S. Treasury Notes   8 %
Commercial Paper   19 %
Cash and Other Net Assets   6 %

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BOND FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

Under normal circumstances, the Ultra Series Bond Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds. To keep current income relatively stable and to limit share price volatility, the fund emphasizes investment grade securities and maintains an intermediate (typically 3-6 year) average portfolio duration (a measure of a security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates). The fund also strives to minimize risk in the portfolio by making strategic decisions relating to credit risk and yield curve outlook. The fund may invest in corporate debt securities, U.S. Government debt securities, foreign government debt securities, non-rated debt securities, and asset-backed, mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Bond, Class I   3.21 %   5.28 %   5.03 %   4.31 %      
Ultra Series Bond, Class II   2.96     5.02             5.63 %  
Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Corp, Govt & Mortg Index   4.43     6.24     6.03     5.26     6.46    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Bond Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Asset Backed   1 %
Corporate Notes and Bonds   28 %
Mortgage Backed   16 %
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations   51 %
Cash and Other Net Assets   4 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Ultra Series Bond Fund returned 3.21% (Class I shares), while the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corp. Government & Mortgage Index returned 4.43%. The most important factor for the underperformance was a significant underweighting to banks and to financials in general. The banking sector earned an excess return over Treasuries of more than 13% which was almost as high a return as the high yield market in 2012. Sector allocation relative to this sector helps explain performance in 2012. Fund performance was also modestly hurt by an underweighting to the mortgage sector and by its relatively shorter duration in a declining rate environment. The performance was positively impacted by an overweighting of corporate bonds in general and BBB rated securities in particular. It also benefitted from individual security selection in that a number of investments such as Transocean Inc. and Westvaco Corp. were perceived as improving. Sector allocation and duration remained stable throughout the period.

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HIGH INCOME FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series High Income Fund invests primarily in lower-rated, higher-yielding income bearing securities, such as “junk” bonds. Because the performance of these securities has historically been strongly influenced by economic conditions, the fund may emphasize security selection in business sectors that favor the economic outlook. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds rated lower than investment grade (BBB/Baa) and their unrated equivalents or other high-yielding securities.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series High Income, Class I   11.23 %   9.28 %   8.36 %   8.23 %      
Ultra Series High Income, Class II   10.95     9.01             12.12 %  
Bank of America Merrill Lynch US High Yield Master II, Constrained   15.55     11.54     10.14     10.38     18.54    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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High Income Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Consumer Discretionary   35 %
Consumer Staples   6 %
Energy   14 %
Financials   3 %
Health Care   9 %
Industrials   7 %
Information Technology   3 %
Materials   9 %
Telecommunication Services   6 %
Utilities   2 %
Cash and Other Net Assets   6 %
       
Consumer Discretionary includes securities in the following industries: auto components; automobiles; hotels, restaurants & leisure; household durables; media; specialty retail; and textiles, apparel & luxury goods.


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

The Ultra Series High Income Fund was more conservative and less volatile than the overall high yield market during 2012. The fund produced a return of 11.23% (Class I shares), underperforming the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index (HUCO), which returned 15.55%. Being underweight the Financials Sector was a key detractor, as was negative selection within the Telecommunication Services Sector. However, being underweight the Energy Sector contributed strongly to performance, as did positive selection within the Utilities Sector.

The high-yield bond market rallied strong through most of 2012, capping off a banner year in which overwhelmingly positive technical forces and strong fundamentals herded yield-hungry investors to the high yield bond market’s relative value in a low-interest rate environment. We believe high yield was a direct beneficiary of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest round of quantitative easing and near-zero interest rate policies, which drove investors to purchase riskier assets and issuers to capitalize on the favorable market conditions. While 15% returns for 2013 are unlikely, we believe the market is well positioned to continue on a strong path. Demand for high yield remained solid through the fourth quarter and showed little sign of slowing. With anemic economic growth, an entrenched low-interest rate environment, modest defaults and strong corporate balance sheets, high yield seems well positioned heading into 2013.


FUND CHANGES

The fund was selectively active as we increased exposure in more stable credits with higher earnings predictability and reduced holdings of volatile components. For the year, there were 130 purchases aggregating $45.3 million and 183 sales totaling $50.8 million. In terms of new issues, the fund participated in 48 new deals. We increased sector allocations in Oil & Gas, Media-Cable, and Automotive while reducing holdings in Utilities, Telecommunication Services and Media-Diversified & Services. The portfolio also shifted towards higher ratings categories, with a roughly 1% increase in B rated bonds and 1% decrease in CCC rated exposure. As such, the portfolio’s ratings weightings were 33% in BB rated bonds, 48% in B rated bonds and 13% in CCC rated bonds. Also, as of year-end, the fund had fully exited all convertible bond positions.

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DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND

INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Diversified Income Fund seeks income by investing in a broadly diversified array of securities including bonds, common stocks, real estate securities, foreign market bonds and stocks and money market instruments. Bonds, stock and cash components will vary, reflecting the portfolio managers’ judgments of the relative availability of attractively yielding and priced stocks and bonds. Generally, however, bonds will constitute up to 80% of the fund’s assets, stocks will constitute up to 60% of the fund’s assets, real estate securities will constitute up to 25% of the fund’s assets, foreign stocks and bonds will constitute up to 25% of the fund’s assets and money market instruments may constitute up to 25% of the fund’s assets. The fund intends to limit the investment in lower credit quality bonds to less than 50% of the fund’s assets. The balance between the two strategies of the fund (fixed income and equity investing) is determined after reviewing the risks associated with each type of investment, with the goal of meaningful risk reduction as market conditions demand. The fund typically sells a stock when the fundamental expectations for producing competitive yields at an acceptable level of price risk no longer apply, the price exceeds the intrinsic value or other stocks appear more attractive.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Diversified Income, Class I   8.16 %   9.33 %   4.66 %   6.41 %      
Ultra Series Diversified Income, Class II   7.89     9.06             11.36 %  
Custom Blended Index (50% Fixed, 50% Equity)   10.24     8.90     4.31     6.49     11.85    
S&P 500 Index   16.00     10.87     1.66     7.10     16.77    
Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Corp, Govt & Mortg Index   4.43     6.24     6.03     5.26     6.46    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Diversified Income Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Common Stocks   55 %
Corporate Notes and Bonds   16 %
Mortgage Backed   7 %
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations   18 %
Cash and Other Net Assets   4 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

During the twelve-month period, the Diversified Income Fund gained 8.16% (Class I Shares), while the Custom Blended Index returned 10.24%. The S&P 500 Index of large-cap stocks returned 16.00%, and the broad bond market returned 4.43% as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government & Mortgage Index. The portfolio was conservatively positioned during the period, with approximately 55% of the fund invested in mature dividend-paying stocks and 45% in bonds. The fund’s stock portfolio did not keep up with the market as measured by the S&P 500 Index. Compared to the S&P 500 Index, sector allocation was positive due mainly to the fund’s underweight position in Technology, while stock selection was detractive with the largest impact from underperforming stocks in Technology, Health Care and Industrial Sectors. Intel and Broadridge Financial Solutions hurt results in Technology, while Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Medtronic negatively impact performance in Health Care. Within Industrials, Norfolk Southern and UPS lagged. On the positive side, Ensco, Diageo and Time Warner contributed positively to returns.

The bond portion of the fund contributed positively to overall fund performance, but did not pace the overall market as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government & Mortgage Index. The market heavily favored lower quality and longer bonds, the areas of the market subject to the greatest potential volatility. During the annual period, Barclays measured the top-rated intermediate-term corporate bonds (AAA) advancing 3.19% while the lowest-rated segment (CA-D) rose 27.61%. The fund is managed with an emphasis on risk control and the goal of moderating losses in a down market. As a result, the fund held shorter bonds and higher quality issuance, areas which had modest returns in a year in which more speculative issues with higher yields were preferred.


FUND CHANGES

Stock sector allocation was generally stable through this period, even as we made a number of portfolio changes. We sold Broadridge and Norfolk Southern due to worries about sub-par earnings growth related to a lack of pricing power. The other stocks mentioned above appear to us to have solid prospects and we continue to hold them. We will look to add on weakness or fundamental improvement. We have maintained a conservative posture on the bond side, believing that the long bull market in bonds has squeezed the bulk of the value out of this sector. Our strategy is to emphasize capital preservation, giving us the ability to add yield should the opportunity arise.

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LARGE CAP VALUE FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Large Cap Value Fund will, under normal market conditions, invest primarily in large cap stocks. The fund follows a “value” approach, meaning the portfolio managers seek to invest in stocks at prices below their perceived intrinsic value as estimated based on fundamental analysis of the issuing company and its prospects. By investing in value stocks, the fund attempts to limit the downside risk over time but may also produce smaller gains than other stock funds if their intrinsic values are not realized by the market or if growth-oriented investments are favored by investors. The fund will diversify its holdings among various industries and among companies within those industries. The fund typically sells a stock when the fundamental expectations for buying it no longer apply, the price exceeds its intrinsic value or other stocks appear more attractively priced relative to their intrinsic values.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Large Cap Value, Class I   11.82 %   9.15 %   -0.56 %   5.83 %      
Ultra Series Large Cap Value, Class II   11.55     8.88             14.19 %  
Russell 1000 Value Index   17.51     10.86     0.59     7.38     16.81    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

The Ultra Large Cap Value Fund returned 11.82% (Class I Shares) for the annual period. During the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, large-cap value stocks demonstrated somewhat better performance than the robust returns of the overall market. With the S&P 500 up 16.00%, the S&P 500 Value Index rose 17.76% and the Russell 1000® Value Index rose 17.51%. While we were pleased to deliver double-digit returns to shareholders, the fund’s return of 11.82% was disappointing in light of the strength in the value indices. However, the underperformance in 2012 was very much in line with the outperformance in 2011. This is an often-observed market pattern of market

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Large Cap Value Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

    Fund   Russell 1000®
Value Index
 
Consumer Discretionary   9 %   8 %  
Consumer Staples   10 %   7 %  
Energy   14 %   16 %  
Financials   26 %   28 %  
Health Care   17 %   12 %  
Industrials   12 %   9 %  
Information Technology   4 %   6 %  
Materials   3 %   4 %  
Telecommunication Services   1 %   3 %  
Utilities   %   7 %  
Cash and Other Net Assets   4 %   %  
 
Financials includes securities in the following industries: capital markets; commercial banks; insurance; and real estate management & development.

fluctuation, as the stocks that outperform during one period revert back to the mean over the subsequent one.

The most important component of the fund’s underperformance was the relative returns across the quality spectrum. As measured by Merrill Lynch Quantitative Strategy, A+ and A-rated stocks each returned 10.4% while B-rated stocks were up 18.9% and the lowest-rated segment of C&D stocks returned 25.3%. We have a preference for stocks whose strong fundamentals put them in the higher quality categories.

Stock selection and sector allocation were also a relative drag on performance. The fund’s stocks underperformed their S&P Sectors in Industrial, Financials and Energy. While we have great confidence in insurance holding Markel, it was punished for an acquisition which we believe will turn out to be profitable. While Markel contributed to the financial underperformance, the greater impact came from not owning what we believe to be the riskier, credit-sensitive banks. Other lagging stocks included Norfolk Southern and UPS in Industrials and Canadian Natural Resources and Occidental in Energy.

We continue to find value in stocks that have above-average dividend yields and that are likely to provide dividend growth. These stocks make up 75% of the Large Cap Value portfolio. We have a favorable outlook for this group of blue chip, dividend-paying stocks. The average yield of stock held in the portfolio at year-end was 2.5%, higher than the yield on the S&P 500 of 2.1% and the 10-year Treasury bond yield of 1.8%. High dividend stocks have historically been more resilient in times of stress and sharply dropping markets, which makes the Large-Cap Value portfolio particularly attractive to investors who want the growth potential of stocks, but have concerns regarding downside volatility.


FUND CHANGES

Over the course of the year the fund did not undergo any major strategic or sector shifts. Weighting in the top-performing Financials Sector was up 2.6%, Health Care was up 2.8% and Consumer Discretionary was up 2.9%. The weighting in Technology fell -3.5%, Utilities decreased -2.8% as we stepped out of the sector entirely, and Telecommunication Services fell -1.2%. Among the new issues in the portfolio were Health Care stock Becton Dickinson, and Consumer Discretionary holding Viacom. We sold Broadridge Financial Solutions, IBM and Paychex out of Information Technology, added Accenture and Automatic Data Processing, and trimmed positions in Intel and Microsoft. In exiting the Utilities Sector we sold Exelon and First Energy.

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LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Large Cap Growth Fund invests primarily in common stocks of larger companies and will, under normal market conditions, maintain at least 80% of its assets in large cap stocks. The fund follows a “growth” approach, meaning the portfolio managers seek stocks that have low market prices relative to their perceived growth capabilities as estimated based on fundamental analysis of the issuing companies and their prospects. The fund typically seeks higher earnings growth capabilities in the stocks it purchases, and may include some companies undergoing more significant changes in their operations or experiencing significant changes in their markets. The fund will diversify its holdings among various industries and among companies within those industries. The fund has an active trading strategy which will lead to more portfolio turnover than a more passively-managed fund. The fund typically sells a stock when the fundamental expectations for buying it no longer apply, the price exceeds its perceived value or other stocks appear more attractively priced relative to their prospects.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
 
    1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   Since
5/1/09
Inception
 
   
Ultra Series Large Cap Growth, Class I   11.20 %   7.21 %   1.32 %   6.43 %      
Ultra Series Large Cap Growth, Class II   10.93     6.94             12.56 %  
Russell 1000® Growth Index   15.26     11.35     3.12     7.52     17.40    

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 the Large Cap Growth Fund returned 11.20% (Class I Shares), while the Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 15.26%. We were disappointed by this relative return, which was handicapped by the outperformance of lower-quality stocks over higher-quality companies and underperformance in individual stock selection.

From a sector attribution perspective, the fund’s two largest detractors were Health Care and Information Technology. Health Care as a sector produced above-benchmark results for the period, with particular strength in the biotech

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Large Cap Growth Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

    Fund   Russell 1000®
Growth Index
 
Consumer Discretionary   17 %   17 %  
Consumer Staples   8 %   12 %  
Energy   5 %   4 %  
Financials   5 %   5 %  
Health Care   10 %   12 %  
Industrials   12 %   13 %  
Information Technology   33 %   31 %  
Materials   4 %   4 %  
Telecommunication Services   2 %   2 %  
Utilities   %   %  
Cash and Other Net Assets   4 %   %  
 
Information Technology includes securities in the following industries: communications equipment; computers and peripherals; electrical equipment; internet software & services; IT services; semiconductors & semiconductor equipment; and software.

area. The fund’s biotech holdings produced positive returns, but did not include the sector leaders. For instance, the portfolio’s largest biotech holding was Celgene, one of the five largest domestic biotech firms. It returned 16.08% in 2012, while the average return of the other top four largest biotechs, none of which were held by the fund, was 46.92%. We believe this leaves Celgene with unrealized upside potential in upcoming quarters.

The technology holdings in the Russell 1000® Growth benchmark advanced 17.52%, ahead of the overall return of the boarder Russell 1000® Index’s 16.42%. The portfolio had some strong stocks in this area, including Apple. However, the fund had two disappointing holdings, Sandisk and MICROS Systems. Sandisk is a flash memory company whose products appear in tablets and smart phones. Excess industry-wide capacity restrained expected pricing advances. Micros, a provider of hotel and restaurant reservation systems, is one of our higher conviction holdings. The stock dropped over the course of the year as the hospitality industry continued to struggle in the slow-growth economic climate, depressing sales of new product.

The fund had strong relative performance in Consumer Staples and Energy, producing returns above the Index sectors of 0.75% and 0.60% respectively. In Consumer Staples Hershey was additive as it gained almost 20% for the year. The fund’s holding in Petrobras, a Brazilian based international oil company, was also additive to performance.

Finally, the fund began the year with exposure to several smaller companies which appeared poised for strong returns. This strategy did not work as planned. For instance, Acme Packet, a technology company whose products are essential to the build-out of higher speed digital networks, received reduced orders from some major telecom companies and the stock price declined.


FUND CHANGES

With a recognition near mid-year that global growth was likely to remain tepid for some time, we reduced the fund’s exposure to economically sensitive, smaller companies. We deployed the proceeds into larger, higher-quality issues while sector diversification increased within the portfolio. Entering 2013, we believe the operating environment for companies should continue to be challenging, but absent another major unforeseen economic shock, can continue to produce selective opportunities for growth. Consequently, the fund remains focused on companies which have intrinsic reasons for driving success. For example, Google in the internet space, continues its innovation in global search and to maintain global leadership with its Android operating system for smart phones and tablets. Given expectations for the continued strength in mobile computing, the fund invested in a number of companies which continue to gain share from older ways of doing business, such as Nuance, the leading voice recognition company whose products are used in Apple’s Siri offering as well as in health care transcription services.

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MID CAP FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Mid Cap Fund generally invests in common stocks of midsize companies and will, under normal market conditions, maintain at least 80% of its assets in mid cap securities. However, the fund will not automatically sell a stock because its market capitalization has changed and such positions may be increased through additional purchases. The fund seeks attractive long-term returns through bottom-up security selection based on fundamental analysis in a diversified portfolio of high-quality growth companies with attractive valuations. These will typically be industry leading companies in niches with strong growth prospects. The fund’s portfolio managers believe in selecting stocks for the fund that show steady, sustainable growth and reasonable valuations. As a result, stocks of issuers that are believed to have a blend of both value and growth potential will be selected for investment. Stocks are generally sold when target prices are reached, company fundamentals deteriorate or more attractive stocks are identified.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
                                    Since  
                                    5/1/09  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years     Inception  
   
Ultra Series Mid Cap, Class I     16.24 %     13.41 %     2.67 %     8.53 %      
Ultra Series Mid Cap, Class II     15.95       13.13                   17.84 %
Russell Midcap Index     17.28       13.15       3.57       10.65       19.73  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Mid Cap Fund gained 16.24% (Class I Shares), while the Russell Midcap® Index returned 17.28%. While the fund trailed the benchmark slightly, we were content with performance for the year, considering the market environment which favored riskier stocks over fundamentally solid ones. The strongest returns came from the market’s best returning sectors: Financials and Consumer Discretionary. The fund’s financials holdings, which emphasized insurance firms over credit-sensitive banks, did not keep up with the 24.1% return of the Russell Midcap® Index’s Financials Sector, but did contribute to the fund’s positive results second only to Consumer

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Mid Cap Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE
OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

                 
            Russell
            Midcap®
    Fund   Index
Consumer Discretionary     21 %     17 %
Consumer Staples     3 %     6 %
Energy     7 %     7 %
Financials     23 %     20 %
Health Care     8 %     10 %
Industrials     20 %     13 %
Information Technology     4 %     13 %
Materials     7 %     7 %
Telecommunication                
Services           2 %
Utilities           5 %
Cash and Other Net Assets     7 %      

Discretionary. The fund’s Consumer Discretionary holdings were mixed, but overall additive to performance. While the Energy Sector was relatively weak, with the Index sector up 7.2%, the fund’s Energy holdings saw relative strength. The fund lost ground to the Index in the Health Care and Technology Sectors. Among individual holdings, the largest contributions to return came from Brookfield Asset Management, Copart Inc. and M&T Bank. On the other hand, stocks which trailed the market’s return included technology holdings Micros Systems, Broadridge Financial Solutions and FLIR Systems, the latter two of which were sold during the course of the year.


FUND CHANGES

We made relatively few changes to the portfolio over the year, but did find some attractive opportunities. Examining two of these illustrates our bottom-up stock selection process. Expeditors International is a stock we purchased early in the fall and a good example of the sort of company we like to hold when valuations are attractive. We had an opportunity to purchase the company at 15 times forward earnings, excluding the cash on the balance sheet. We think of Expeditors as a travel agent for freight movement across the globe. In addition to shipping goods it provides other services such as distribution management, cargo insurance, and customs clearance. The business model is “asset light” since there is very little need for capital expenditures. The company has what we believe to be a solid balance sheet, with over six dollars a share in net cash, and a highly capable management team. Recent valuation has been compressed due to concerns over global growth and weak air travel and ocean travel volumes. We believe these are temporary issues and conditions will improve once the global macro-economy and global trade improve.

Another addition of the portfolio early in the fourth quarter was Crown Holding, a manufacturer of aluminum cans which are used for beverages, food products and other consumer products. The industry in which it participates is a global oligopoly, so there are just a few players. Management is shareholder friendly and has a track record of wise allocation of capital. Crown Holding has invested to build capacity in developing markets, particularly China and Brazil. These markets may generate higher returns on invested capital than developed markets, and future growth should be stronger. We believe this investment will pay off, going forward. We purchased the stock at what we calculate to be about 8.5 times future normalized free cash flow, which we believe was an attractive multiple.

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SMALL CAP FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Small Cap Fund invests primarily in a diversified mix of common stocks of small cap U.S. companies that are believed to be undervalued by various measures and offer sound prospects for capital appreciation. The portfolio managers employ a value-oriented investment approach in selecting stocks, using proprietary fundamental research to identify securities of companies they believe have attractive valuations. The portfolio managers focus on companies with a record of above average rates of profitability that sell at a discount relative to the overall small cap market. Through fundamental research, the portfolio managers seek to identify those companies that possess one or more of the following characteristics: sustainable competitive advantages within a market niche; strong profitability and free cash flows; strong market share positions and trends; quality of and share ownership by management; and financial structures that are more conservative than the relevant industry average.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
                            Since     Since  
                            5/1/07     5/1/09  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years     Inception  
   
Class I Shares     15.39 %     13.87 %     7.66 %     4.84 %      
Class II Shares     15.10       13.59                   19.60 %
Russell 2000® Index     16.35       12.26       3.56       2.17       17.91  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Small Cap Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE
OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

                 
            Russell
            Midcap®
    Fund   Index
Consumer Discretionary     14 %     12 %
Consumer Staples     2 %     3 %
Energy     4 %     6 %
Financials     19 %     37 %
Health Care     11 %     4 %
Industrials     27 %     13 %
Information Technology     8 %     12 %
Materials     8 %     6 %
Telecommunication                
Services           1 %
Utilities     4 %     6 %
Cash and Other Net Assets     3 %      


Industrials includes securities in the following industries: aerospace & defense; air freight & logistics; commercial services & supplies; construction & engineering; electrical equipment; industrial conglomerates; machinery; marine; road & rail; and trading companies & distributors.


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

The Ultra Series Small Cap Fund returned 15.39% (Class I Shares) for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, underperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Index, which returned 16.35% for the same period.

Sector allocation, a residual of the bottom-up stock selection process, was a significant contributor to relative results primarily due to underweight exposure to the Energy and Information Technology sectors and an overweight exposure to the Industrials sector. Cash held during the period had a negative impact on relative results. Weak selection in the Financials, Materials, and Industrials sectors was partially offset by strong stock selection within Health Care, Energy, and Information Technology.

The fund’s largest contributors to relative and absolute performance during the period included retailer Stage Stores, contract research organization ICON, and Maximus, an outsourcing provider for government health and human services. Diversified industrial manufacturer Carlisle Companies was also among top contributors to absolute performance. The fund’s largest detractors from relative returns during the period included office supplier ACCO Brands, office product wholesaler United Stationers, and packaging company Aptargroup. PSS World Medical, a distributor of medical products and equipment to physi-cian offices and assisted living facilities, and Websense were also among the largest detractors from absolute returns during the period.


FUND CHANGES

The fund’s investment approach emphasizes individual stock selection; sector weights are a residual of our bottom-up investment process. The manager does, however, carefully consider diversification across economic sectors to limit risk. Based on bottom-up stock decisions, exposure to the Materials and Industrials Sectors increased during the period and exposure to the Financials and Consumer Discretionary Sectors fell. We initiated positions in Materials companies Innospec and Sensient Technologies. In Industrials, we initiated positions in Atlas Air Worldwide and Cubic. Within Financials, we eliminated positions in Delphi Financial Group, Alleghany, and Education Realty Trust. As of the end of the period, the fund was most overweight in the Industrials and Materials Sectors relative to the Russell 2000® Index, and most underweight in Information Technology. Based on our two- to three-year time horizon, we continue to find opportunities created by the inefficiencies frequently found among small-cap companies.

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INTERNATIONAL STOCK FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series International Stock Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, primarily in foreign equity securities. Typically, a majority of the fund’s assets are invested in relatively large capitalization stocks of companies located or operating in developed countries. The fund may also invest up to 30% of its assets in securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries. The portfolio managers typically maintain this segment of the fund’s portfolio in such stocks which it believes have a low market price relative to their perceived value based on fundamental analysis of the issuing company and its prospects. The fund may also invest in foreign debt and other income bearing securities at times when it believes that income bearing securities have greater capital appreciation potential than equity securities.



PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121
                                    Since  
                                    5/1/09  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years     Inception  
   
Ultra Series International Stock, Class I     21.31 %     6.24 %     -1.20 %     9.35 %      
Ultra Series International Stock, Class II     21.01       5.98                   13.18 %
MSCI EAFE Index (net)     17.32       3.56       -3.69       8.21       11.81  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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International Stock Fund (concluded)

SECTOR ALLOCATION AS A PERCENTAGE
OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Africa             1 %
Europe (excluding United Kingdom)             42 %
Japan             15 %
Latin America             3 %
Pacific Basin             8 %
United Kingdom             23 %
Other Countries             6 %
Cash and Other Net Assets             2 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

The Ultra Series International Stock fund’s 21.31% return for the year bested the MSCI EAFE Index (net), which was up 17.32%.This strong performance was primarily driven by stock selection. Within the Materials Sector, James Hardie performed well on strong demand from a recovering U.S. housing industry. In the Information Technology Sector, Samsung continued to outperform on strong smart phone sales.

The fund was negatively impacted by the Financials Sector, as Credit Suisse Group underperformed following a report which called for a strengthening of its capital base. Stock selection in Japan also detracted from relative returns, as SoftBank declined following the announced acquisition of 70% of Sprint Nextel.


FUND CHANGES

During the period attractive stock-specific opportunities led to changes in the portfolio’s exposures. Additions included Bayer (Germany), Genomma Lab Internacional (Mexico) and Getinge (Sweden), increasing exposure to the Health Care Sector. Purchasing Red Electrica (Spain) and RWE (Germany) increased exposure to the Utilities Sector. The fund sold positions in AXA (France), Banco do Brasil (Brazil), QBE Insurance (Australia), and Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland), reducing exposure to the Financials Sector. Selling a position in Amadeus IT Holding (Spain) and trimming other existing positions lowered holdings in Information Technology stocks. From a regional perspective, exposure to emerging markets increased by purchasing the aforementioned Genomma Lab Internacional in addition to Mediclinic International (South Africa) and Bank Mandiri (Indonesia). Purchasing Bayer, Getinge, and RWE led to increased continental Europe exposure. Lastly, the sale of British Sky Broadcasting, GlaxoSmithKline, and International Power reduced UK exposure.

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MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2020 FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Target Retirement 2020 Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “underlying funds”) according to an asset allocation strategy developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser, for investors planning to retire in or within a few years of 2020. Over time, the fund’s asset allocation will become more conservative until it reaches approximately 15-30% in stock funds and 70-85% in bond funds. The asset allocation strategy is designed to reduce the volatility of investment returns in the later years while still providing the potential for higher total returns over the target period.

On a periodic basis, Madison will evaluate and sometimes revise the fund’s asset allocations, including revising the asset class weightings and adding and/or removing underlying funds. Madison will also monitor the underlying funds on an ongoing basis and may increase or decrease the fund’s investment in one or several underlying funds. The underlying fund selections are made based on several considerations, including the fund’s style or asset class exposures, portfolio characteristics, risk profile, and investment process.


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
                            Since  
                            10/1/07  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     Inception  
   
Ultra Series Target Retirement 2020, Class I     9.98 %     6.98 %     0.42 %     0.02 %
Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index     9.23       7.80       3.32       3.08  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A
PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds             52 %
Foreign Bond Funds             3 %
Stock Funds             34 %
Foreign Stock Funds             8 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets             3 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Ultra Series Target Retirement 2020 Fund returned 9.98%, ahead the benchmark Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index return of 9.23%. The fund’s performance trailed the Morningstar Target Date 2016-2020 peer average return of 11.68%. Outperformance against the benchmark was a result of strong manager performance within the fixed income holdings, an overweight position to corporate bonds, and a slight overweight position to equities relative to the benchmark. With the S&P 500 up 16.00%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index up 15.81%, and broad international indices outpacing the domestic indices, portfolios willing to take a more aggressive stance generally would have outpaced the fund’s performance. We believe that our conservative approach was the reason for underperformance compared to the Morningstar peer group, as we began the period leery of international equities given the underlying and unresolved sovereign debt crisis in Europe.


FUND CHANGES

We began the year with a sizable underweight position to international equities based on concerns over the ongoing European debt crisis. By the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. Our decision to increase equities exposure was a result of improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. Most notably, the decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. The increase proved timely as international equities rallied hard through the rest of the year. We remain underweight to foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still present.

Around the same time, with interest rates near record lows in the late summer/early fall, we significantly reduced the fund’s exchange traded fund (“ETF”) bond holdings in favor of actively managed funds. We believe the current ultra-low interest rate environment should favor active bond funds moving forward. Finally, late in the year, we began to trim the level of both investment grade and high yield credit investments in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to take advantage of potential profits while dampening the risk level of our fixed income holdings.

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MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2030 FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Target Retirement 2030 Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “"underlying funds”) according to an asset allocation strategy developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser, for investors planning to retire in or within a few years of 2030. Over time, the fund’s asset allocation will become more conservative until it reaches approximately 15-30% in stock funds and 70-85% in bond funds. The asset allocation strategy is designed to reduce the volatility of investment returns in the later years while still providing the potential for higher total returns over the target period.

On a periodic basis, Madison will evaluate and sometimes revise the fund’s asset allocations, including revising the asset class weightings and adding and/or removing underlying funds. Madison will also monitor the underlying funds on an ongoing basis and may increase or decrease the fund’s investment in one or several underlying funds. The underlying fund selections are made based on several considerations, including the fund’s style or asset class exposures, portfolio characteristics, risk profile, and investment process.



PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
                            Since  
                            10/1/07  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     Inception  
   
Ultra Series Target Retirement 2030, Class I     11.05 %     7.17 %     -0.13 %     -0.61 %
Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index     12.56       8.76       2.52       2.07  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A
PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds             36 %
Foreign Bond Funds             3 %
Stock Funds             48 %
Foreign Stock Funds             12 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets             1 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Ultra Series Target Retirement 2030 Fund returned 11.05%, while the Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index returned 12.56%. The fund’s performance also trailed the Morningstar Target Date 2026-2030 peer average return of 13.59%. With the S&P 500 Index up 16.00% for the year, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index up 15.81%, and broad international indices outpacing the domestic indices, portfolios willing to take a more aggressive stance would have likely outpaced the fund’s performance. We believe the reason for underperformance compared to the Morningstar peer group was primarily due to the fund’s relatively light equity exposure associated with our conservative approach towards the fund’s target asset allocation position.


FUND CHANGES

We began the year with a sizable underweight to international equities based on concerns over the ongoing European debt crisis. By the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. Our decision to increase equities exposure was a result of improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. Most notably, the decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. The increase proved timely as international equities rallied hard through the rest of the year. We remain underweighted to foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still present.

With interest rates near record lows in the late summer/early fall, we significantly reduced the fund’s exchange traded fund (“ETF”) bond holdings in favor of actively managed funds. We believe the current ultra-low interest rate environment should favor active bond funds moving forward. Finally, late in the year, we began to materially trim the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to take advantage of potential profits while dampening the risk level of our fixed income holdings.

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MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2040 FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Ultra Series Target Retirement 2040 Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “"underlying funds”) according to an asset allocation strategy developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser, for investors planning to retire in or within a few years of 2040. Over time, the fund’s asset allocation will become more conservative until it reaches approximately 15-30% in stock funds and 70-85% in bond funds. The asset allocation strategy is designed to reduce the volatility of investment returns in the later years while still providing the potential for higher total returns over the target period.

On a periodic basis, Madison will evaluate and sometimes revise the fund’s asset allocations, including revising the asset class weightings and adding and/or removing underlying funds. Madison will also monitor the underlying funds on an ongoing basis and may increase or decrease the fund’s investment in one or several underlying funds. The underlying fund selections are made based on several considerations, including the fund’s style or asset class exposures, portfolio characteristics, risk profile, and investment process.



PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
                            Since  
                            10/1/07  
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     Inception  
   
Ultra Series Target Retirement 2040, Class I     11.42 %     7.17 %     -1.11 %     -1.60 %
Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index     14.88       9.23       2.09       1.54  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A
PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds             26 %
Foreign Bond Funds             2 %
Stock Funds             56 %
Foreign Stock Funds             15 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets             1 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund returned 11.42%, while the Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index returned 14.88%. The fund’s performance also trailed the Morningstar Target Date 2036-2040 peer average return of 14.64%. With the S&P 500 Index up 16.00%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index up 15.81%, and broad international indices outpacing the domestic indices, portfolios willing to take a more aggressive stance would have likely outpaced the fund’s performance. We believe the reason for underperformance compared to the Morningstar peer group was primarily due to the fund’s relatively low equity exposure associated with our conservative approach towards the target asset allocation position.


FUND CHANGES

We began the year with a sizable underweight to international equities based on concerns over the ongoing European debt crisis. By the middle of the year, we began to increase foreign equity exposure. Our decision to increase equities exposure was a result of improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. Most notably, the decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. The increase proved timely as international equities rallied hard through the rest of the year. We remain underweighted to foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still very much present.

Around the same time, with interest rates near record lows in the late summer/early fall, we significantly reduced the fund’s exchange traded fund (“ETF”) bond holdings in favor of actively managed funds. We believe the current ultra-low interest rate environment should favor active bond funds moving forward. And finally, late in the year, we began to materially trim the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to take advantage of potential profits while dampening the risk level of our fixed income holdings.

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MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2050 FUND


INVESTMENT STRATEGY HIGHLIGHTS

The Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund invests primarily in shares of registered investment companies (the “"underlying funds”) according to an asset allocation strategy developed by Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), the fund’s investment adviser, for investors planning to retire in or within a few years of 2050. Over time, the fund’s asset allocation will become more conservative until it reaches approximately 15-30% in stock funds and 70-85% in bond funds. The asset allocation strategy is designed to reduce the volatility of investment returns in the later years while still providing the potential for higher total returns over the target period.

On a periodic basis, Madison will evaluate and sometimes revise the fund’s asset allocations, including revising the asset class weightings and adding and/or removing underlying funds. Madison will also monitor the underlying funds on an ongoing basis and may increase or decrease the fund’s investment in one or several underlying funds. The underlying fund selections are made based on several considerations, including the fund’s style or asset class exposures, portfolio characteristics, risk profile, and investment process.



PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Cumulative Performance of $10,000 Investment Since Inception1,2

Average Annual Total Return through December 31, 20121,2
              Since
              1/3/11
    1 Year       Inception
   
Ultra Series Target Retirement 2050, Class I     12.12 %     5.36 %
Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index     15.35       4.78  

See accompanying Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.

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Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund (concluded)

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION AS A
PERCENTAGE OF NET ASSETS
AS OF 12/31/12

Bond Funds             15 %
Foreign Bond Funds             2 %
Stock Funds             63 %
Foreign Stock Funds             18 %
Money Market Funds and Other Net Assets             2 %


PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

The Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund returned 12.12%, while the Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index returned 15.35% and the Morningstar Target 2046-2050 Category returned 15.07%. With the S&P 500 up 16.00%, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index up 15.81%, and broad international indices outpacing the domestic indices, portfolios willing to take a more aggressive stance would have likely outpaced the fund’s performance. We believe the reason for the fund’s underperformance compared to the Morningstar peer group was primarily due to the fund’s relatively light equity exposure associated with our conservative approach towards the fund’s target asset allocation position.


FUND CHANGES

We began the year with a sizable underweight to international equities based on concerns over the ongoing European debt crisis. By the middle of the year we began to increase foreign equity exposure. Our decision to increase equities exposure was a result of improved economic data and massive global central bank liquidity measures. Most notably, the decisive action by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank, which we believed removed much of the near-term tail risk from the European markets. The increase proved timely as international equities rallied hard through the rest of the year. We remain underweighted to foreign equities as we believe risks from Europe are still present.

Around the same time, with interest rates near record lows in the late summer/early fall, we significantly reduced the fund’s exchange traded fund (“ETF”) bond holdings in favor of actively managed funds. We believe the current ultra-low interest rate environment should favor active bond funds moving forward. Finally, late in the year, we began to materially trim the level of both investment grade and high yield credit in the fund. We believe that the credit markets have become fully valued and wanted to take advantage of potential profits while dampening the risk level of our fixed income holdings.

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Notes to Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

1
Fund returns are calculated after fund level expenses have been subtracted, but do not include any separate account fees, charges or expenses imposed by the variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts that invest in the fund, as described in the Prospectus. If these fees, charges, or expenses were included, fund returns would have been lower. Fund returns also assume that dividends and capital gains are reinvested in additional shares of the fund. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than when purchased. Further information relating to the fund’s performance is contained in the Prospectus and elsewhere in this report. The fund’s past performance is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For Ultra Series Fund performance data current to the most recent month-end, please call 1-800-670-3600 or visit www.ultraseriesfund.com. Indices are unmanaged and investors cannot invest in them directly. Index returns do not reflect fees or expenses.
   
2
The management fee for the Conservative, Moderate, and Aggressive Allocation Funds was reduced from June 30, 2006-April 30, 2008. Effective October 1, 2009, Madison contractually agreed to waive a portion of the management fee of the Target Retirement Date 2020, 2030 and 2040 Funds from 0.40% to 0.20%. Effective February 17, 2011, the fee was permanently reduced to 0.20%. On September 1, 2011, shareholders of the Target Retirement Date Funds approved a new fee arrangement which includes an investment advisory fee of 0.25% annualized and a services agreement fee of 0.05% annualized. If the management fees had not been reduced, returns would have been lower.

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BENCHMARK DESCRIPTIONS

Allocation Fund Indexes

The Conservative Allocation Fund Custom Index consists of 65% Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government and Mortgage Index, 30% Russell 3000® Index and 5% MSCI EAFE Index. See market indexes descriptions below.

The Moderate Allocation Fund Custom Index consists of 40% Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government and Mortgage Index, 45% Russell 3000® Index and 15% MSCI EAFE Index. See market indexes descriptions below.

The Aggressive Allocation Fund Custom Index consists of 15% Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government and Mortgage Index, 55% Russell 3000® Index and 30% MSCI EAFE Index. See market indexes descriptions below.

Hybrid Fund Indexes

The Custom Blended Index consists of 50% S&P 500 Index and 50% Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government & Mortgage Index. See market indexes' descriptions below.

Market Indexes

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate, Government & Mortgage Index is a broad-based measure of the total rate of return performance of the U.S. investment-grade bond markets. The index is a capitalization-weighted aggregation of outstanding U.S. treasury, agency and supranational mortgage pass-through, and investment-grade corporate bonds meeting specified selection criteria.

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Benchmark Descriptions - Market Indexes (concluded)

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index tracks the performance of below investment grade U.S. dollar denominated corporate bonds publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, but limits any individual issuer to a maximum weighting of 2%.

The Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index is a benchmark for multi-asset class portfolios with risk profiles that become more conservative as the year 2020 approaches. The index is a composite of other indexes that represent stocks, bonds and cash.

The Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index is a benchmark for multi-asset class portfolios with risk profiles that become more conservative as the year 2030 approaches. The index is a composite of other indexes that represent stocks, bonds and cash.

The Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index is a benchmark for multi-asset class portfolios with risk profiles that become more conservative as the year 2040 approaches. The index is a composite of other indexes that represent stocks, bonds and cash.

The Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index is a benchmark for multi-asset class portfolios with risk profiles that become more conservative as the year 2050 approaches. The index is a composite of other indexes that represent stocks, bonds and cash.

The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia & Far East) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The MSCI EAFE Index (net) is calculated on a total return basis with dividends reinvested after the deduction of withholding taxes.

The Russell 1000® Index is a large-cap market index which measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index (see definition below).

The Russell 1000® Growth Index is a large-cap market index which measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell 1000® Value Index is a large-cap market index which measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

The Russell 2000® Index is a small-cap market index which measures the performance of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000® Index (see definition below.)

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

The Russell Midcap® Index is a mid-cap market index which measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.

The S&P 500 Index is a large-cap market index which measures the performance of a representative sample of 500 leading companies in leading industries in the U.S.

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Conservative Allocation Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 99.9%          
Bond Funds - 60.3%          
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   719,654   $ 8,153,676
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   1,700,520     15,525,747
Madison Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (A)   1,277,935     14,913,498
Madison Mosaic Institutional Bond Fund (A)   1,641,621     18,402,574
MEMBERS Bond Fund Class Y (A)   1,904,243     20,127,845
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y (A)   1,737,052     12,350,442
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   2,055,086     22,379,889
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   846,139     9,409,067
PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class   1,991,300     22,382,215
         
          143,644,953
Foreign Bond Funds - 6.5%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   1,017,849     9,486,351
Templeton Global Bond Fund Advisor Class   449,078     5,990,696
         
          15,477,047
Foreign Stock Funds - 5.9%          
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y (A)   592,560     6,695,928
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   163,158     7,464,479
         
          14,160,407
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Money Market Funds - 1.6%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   3,739,633   $ 3,739,633
Stock Funds - 25.6%          
iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund   52,696     5,959,918
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   109,518     7,083,624
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund (A)   980,883     13,124,209
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y (A)   958,772     9,271,324
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y (A)   407,511     7,098,844
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y (A)   1,076,398     14,843,529
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   59,607     3,550,789
         
          60,932,237
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9% (Cost $222,364,188**)         237,954,277
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.1%         262,330
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 238,216,607
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $224,385,052.
(A) Affiliated Company (see Note 10).
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Moderate Allocation Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 99.3%          
Bond Funds - 36.7%          
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   1,048,861   $ 11,883,593
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   2,382,356     21,750,911
Madison Mosaic Institutional Bond Fund (A)   1,393,750     15,623,934
MEMBERS Bond Fund Class Y (A)   2,405,616     25,427,362
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y (A)   2,455,877     17,461,282
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   3,540,055     38,551,204
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   1,224,971     13,621,675
         
          144,319,961
Foreign Bond Funds - 3.1%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   1,305,762     12,169,702
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 11.5%          
Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund Institutional Shares   316,920     5,894,713
           
           
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y (A)   708,463     8,005,628
NorthRoad International Fund Class Y (A)   1,378,003     14,317,452
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   323,701     14,809,321
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   55,233     2,036,993
         
          45,064,107
Money Market Funds - 1.1%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   4,421,329     4,421,329
         
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Stock Funds - 46.9%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   48,734   $ 4,956,248
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   213,507     13,809,633
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   50,688     1,938,816
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund (A)   2,220,189     29,706,124
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y (A)   1,319,334     12,757,964
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y (A)   1,513,868     26,371,588
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y (A)   2,356,806     32,500,352
MEMBERS Mid Cap Fund Class Y (A) *   2,263,279     17,812,004
MEMBERS Small Cap Fund Class Y (A)   619,710     7,244,407
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   2,647,531     28,434,482
Vanguard Health Care ETF   54,251     3,888,169
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   70,910     4,900,590
         
          184,320,377
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.3% (Cost $351,324,878**)         390,295,476
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.7%         2,762,997
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 393,058,473
         

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $355,477,443.
(A) Affiliated Company (see Note 10).
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Aggressive Allocation Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 99.8%          
Bond Funds - 12.7%          
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y (A)   429,563   $ 3,054,190
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   1,146,245     12,482,602
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   260,402     2,895,675
         
          18,432,467
Foreign Bond Funds - 0.5%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   79,680     742,616
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 18.3%          
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF   20,701     1,092,185
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF   27,102     1,257,262
Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund Institutional Shares   230,835     4,293,530
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y (A)   321,305     3,630,741
NorthRoad International Fund Class Y (A)   492,632     5,118,451
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   192,953     8,827,600
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   60,439     2,228,990
         
          26,448,759
Money Market Funds - 1.6%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   2,375,855     2,375,855
         
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Stock Funds - 66.7%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   21,468   $ 2,183,296
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   122,897     7,948,978
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   36,809     1,407,944
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund (A)   1,236,305     16,541,758
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y (A)   333,863     3,228,452
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y (A)   618,663     10,777,117
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y (A)   1,180,844     16,283,838
MEMBERS Mid Cap Fund Class Y (A) *   1,544,805     12,157,615
MEMBERS Small Cap Fund Class Y (A)   255,585     2,987,791
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   1,470,319     15,791,229
Vanguard Health Care ETF   39,782     2,851,176
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   61,691     4,263,465
         
          96,422,659
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8% (Cost $127,681,907**)         144,422,356
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.2%         253,063
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 144,675,419
         

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $129,719,193.
(A) Affiliated Company (see Note 10).
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Money Market Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 74.9%          
Fannie Mae - 16.9%          
0.132%, 1/30/13 (A) $ 428,000   $ 427,955
3.625%, 2/12/13   500,000     501,970
0.135%, 2/13/13 (A)   550,000     549,911
4.750%, 2/21/13   1,647,000     1,657,467
1.750%, 2/22/13   750,000     751,684
4.250%, 2/25/13   400,000     402,438
0.750%, 2/26/13   1,297,000     1,298,231
0.122%, 3/6/13 (A)   1,600,000     1,599,659
4.375%, 3/15/13   1,287,000     1,298,125
         
          8,487,440
Federal Farm Credit Bank - 4.8%          
0.140%, 1/28/13 (A)   100,000     99,999
2.150%, 2/4/13   735,000     736,371
3.400%, 2/7/13   1,110,000     1,113,568
1.750%, 2/21/13   300,000     300,667
4.500%, 2/25/13   144,000     144,934
         
          2,395,539
Federal Home Loan Bank - 22.9%          
0.122%, 1/2/13 (A)   100,000     100,000
0.101%, 1/4/13 (A)   200,000     199,998
0.210%, 1/4/13   1,000,000     1,000,007
0.112%, 1/9/13 (A)   575,000     574,986
0.180%, 1/9/13   200,000     200,001
1.500%, 1/16/13   1,105,000     1,105,604
0.170%, 1/17/13   200,000     200,001
0.129%, 1/23/13 (A)   1,100,000     1,099,913
0.020%, 1/30/13 (A)   1,400,000     1,399,977
0.119%, 2/1/13 (A)   958,000     957,909
0.136%, 2/5/13 (A)   400,000     399,949
0.150%, 2/6/13   600,000     600,020
0.170%, 2/11/13   500,000     500,017
0.180%, 2/15/13   125,000     125,007
0.079%, 2/20/13 (A)   1,043,000     1,042,914
0.125%, 3/5/13 (A)   400,000     399,986
5.000%, 3/8/13   750,000     756,663
0.130%, 3/14/13 (A)   700,000     699,820
0.300%, 3/19/13   160,000     160,061
         
          11,522,833
Freddie Mac - 22.3%          
0.122%, 1/3/13 (A)   500,000     499,997
0.101%, 1/7/13 (A)   210,000     209,996
1.375%, 1/9/13   1,375,000     1,375,366
  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
0.152%, 1/14/13 (A) $ 305,000   $ 304,983
0.132%, 1/22/13 (A)   250,000     249,981
0.167%, 1/28/13 (A)   2,550,000     2,549,675
0.142%, 2/19/13 (A)   400,000     399,924
0.128%, 2/25/13 (A)   1,500,000     1,499,725
0.041%, 2/27/13 (A)   1,250,000     1,249,921
0.032%, 3/5/13 (A)   500,000     499,972
0.091%, 3/18/13 (A)   2,000,000     1,999,620
1.720%, 4/11/13   400,000     401,732
         
          11,240,892
U.S. Treasury Notes - 8.0%          
1.375%, 1/15/13   3,000,000     3,001,428
0.625%, 1/31/13   550,000     550,221
2.750%, 2/28/13   500,000     502,105
         
          4,053,754
         

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $37,700,458)

        37,700,458
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 19.8%          
Consumer Discretionary - 0.2%          
McDonald’s Corp., 4.3%, 3/1/13   100,000     100,654
         
Consumer Staples - 6.1%          
Coca-Cola Co. (A), 0.162%, 3/4/13   1,000,000     999,725
PepsiCo Inc., 4.65%, 2/15/13   720,000     723,767
Proctor & Gamble Co. (A), 0.162%, 2/12/13   1,350,000     1,349,748
         
          3,073,240
Financials - 9.9%          
Bank One Corp., 5.25%, 1/30/13   500,000     501,879
John Deere Bank S.A. (A), 0.172%, 1/17/13   1,000,000     999,925
John Deere Bank S.A. (A), 0.172%, 1/23/13   500,000     499,948
John Deere Bank S.A. (A), 0.162%, 1/24/13   500,000     499,949
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.75%, 1/2/13   300,000     300,041
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.375%, 1/31/13   150,000     150,493
Wells Fargo & Co. (A), 0.142%, 2/25/13   1,000,000     999,786
Wells Fargo & Co. (A), 0.142%, 3/7/13   1,000,000     999,747
         
          4,951,768
Industrials - 2.2%          
Emerson Electric Co. (A), 0.152%, 1/17/13   1,000,000     999,934
General Electric Capital Corp. (A), 0.203%, 1/4/13   100,000     99,998
         
          1,099,932
Information Technology - 1.4%          
Oracle Corp., 4.95%, 4/15/13   700,000     709,098
         

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $9,934,692)

        9,934,692

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Money Market Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.9%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   2,476,374   $ 2,476,374
         

Total Investment Companies (Cost $2,476,374)

        2,476,374
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.6% (Cost $50,111,524**)         50,111,524
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.4%         212,153
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 50,323,677
           

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $50,111,524.
(A) Rate noted represents annualized yield at time of purchase.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Bond Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 0.9%          
ABSC Long Beach Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2000-LB1, Class AF5 (A), 8.55%, 9/21/30 $ 652,045   $ 660,454
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2003-5, Class AI5 (B), 5.5%, 11/25/33   2,799,669     2,815,790
         

Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $3,472,353)

        3,476,244
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS - 27.5%          
Consumer Discretionary - 2.6%          
American Association of Retired Persons (C) (D), 7.5%, 5/1/31   2,500,000     3,466,302
DR Horton Inc., 5.25%, 2/15/15   1,140,000     1,199,850
ERAC USA Finance LLC (C) (D), 6.7%, 6/1/34   4,400,000     5,327,472
         
          9,993,624
Consumer Staples - 1.1%          
PepsiCo Inc., 4.65%, 2/15/13   1,165,000     1,171,372
WM Wrigley Jr. Co. (C) (D), 3.05%, 6/28/13   3,170,000     3,207,625
         
          4,378,997
Energy - 2.8%          
Hess Corp., 7.875%, 10/1/29   2,460,000     3,420,369
Transocean Inc., 6%, 3/15/18   1,400,000     1,623,705
Transocean Inc., 7.5%, 4/15/31   2,310,000     2,870,794
Valero Energy Corp., 7.5%, 4/15/32   2,275,000     2,918,832
         
          10,833,700
Financials - 2.6%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.375%, 3/24/17   1,080,000     1,130,022
HCP Inc., 6.7%, 1/30/18   2,725,000     3,286,590
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (E) *, 5.75%, 1/3/17   3,135,000     314
Simon Property Group L.P., 5.875%, 3/1/17   1,060,000     1,255,035
Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp., 7%, 2/15/26   1,250,000     1,589,066
UBS AG (F), 5.75%, 4/25/18   750,000     890,357
US Bank NA, 6.3%, 2/4/14   2,000,000     2,120,934
         
          10,272,318
Health Care - 4.5%          
Eli Lilly & Co., 6.57%, 1/1/16   2,600,000     2,991,521
Genentech Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/35   1,740,000     2,097,672
Merck & Co. Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/36   3,960,000     5,236,209
Quest Diagnostics Inc., 5.45%, 11/1/15   3,500,000     3,886,330
Wyeth LLC, 6.5%, 2/1/34   2,370,000     3,239,873
         
          17,451,605
Industrials - 4.9%          
Boeing Co./The, 8.625%, 11/15/31   760,000     1,179,939
Boeing Co./The, 6.875%, 10/15/43   1,380,000     1,945,629
         
  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 8.125%, 4/15/20 $ 2,925,000   $ 3,881,882
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co., 5%, 1/15/13   195,000     195,305
General Electric Capital Corp., 3.35%, 10/17/16   3,200,000     3,434,835
Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.65%, 5/1/16   1,450,000     1,755,969
Norfolk Southern Corp., 5.59%, 5/17/25   1,268,000     1,557,176
Norfolk Southern Corp., 7.05%, 5/1/37   1,400,000     1,989,585
Waste Management Inc., 7.125%, 12/15/17   2,465,000     2,997,026
         
          18,937,346
Information Technology - 0.7%          
Cisco Systems Inc., 5.5%, 2/22/16   2,400,000     2,743,332
         
Materials - 1.7%          
Westvaco Corp., 8.2%, 1/15/30   2,250,000     2,968,724
Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 3/15/32   3,000,000     3,780,225
         
          6,748,949
Telecommunication Services - 2.0%          
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., 9.455%, 11/15/22   3,080,000     4,656,526
Rogers Communications Inc. (F), 6.25%, 6/15/13   3,000,000     3,077,292
         
          7,733,818
Utilities - 4.6%          
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (C) (D), 6.05%, 10/1/36   3,445,000     4,176,528
Interstate Power & Light Co., 6.25%, 7/15/39   2,925,000     3,836,942
Sierra Pacific Power Co., Series M, 6%, 5/15/16   3,250,000     3,761,300
Southwestern Electric Power Co., Series E, 5.55%, 1/15/17   2,165,000     2,442,014
Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 6.5%, 6/1/28   3,000,000     3,787,149
         
          18,003,933
         

Total Corporate Notes and Bonds (Cost $94,785,082)

        107,097,622
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 16.2%          
Fannie Mae - 13.7%          
4%, 4/1/15 Pool # 255719   379,601     406,596
5.5%, 4/1/16 Pool # 745444   682,655     733,677
6%, 5/1/16 Pool # 582558   36,660     38,962
5.5%, 9/1/17 Pool # 657335   96,624     104,035
5.5%, 2/1/18 Pool # 673194   340,731     367,012
5%, 5/1/20 Pool # 813965   1,246,066     1,360,769
4.5%, 9/1/20 Pool # 835465   933,122     1,005,312
6%, 5/1/21 Pool # 253847   137,543     151,142
7%, 12/1/29 Pool # 762813   106,896     124,576
7%, 11/1/31 Pool # 607515   75,522     90,233
6.5%, 3/1/32 Pool # 631377   194,524     220,741
7%, 4/1/32 Pool # 641518   4,876     5,819
7%, 5/1/32 Pool # 644591   98,120     117,233

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Bond Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)          
           
Fannie Mae (continued)          
6.5%, 6/1/32 Pool # 545691 $ 1,126,604   $ 1,283,331
5.5%, 4/1/33 Pool # 690206   1,439,349     1,581,886
5%, 10/1/33 Pool # 254903   2,010,627     2,190,574
5.5%, 11/1/33 Pool # 555880   1,666,965     1,832,043
5%, 5/1/34 Pool # 782214   59,025     64,160
5%, 6/1/34 Pool # 778891   494,158     537,149
5.5%, 6/1/34 Pool # 780384   1,818,203     1,989,168
7%, 7/1/34 Pool # 792636   42,248     48,412
5.5%, 8/1/34 Pool # 793647   259,938     292,584
5.5%, 3/1/35 Pool # 810075   958,372     1,048,887
5.5%, 3/1/35 Pool # 815976   1,294,109     1,416,333
5.5%, 7/1/35 Pool # 825283   1,312,833     1,437,262
5%, 8/1/35 Pool # 829670   1,537,205     1,669,018
5.5%, 8/1/35 Pool # 826872   793,858     868,091
5%, 9/1/35 Pool # 820347   1,631,520     1,847,897
5%, 9/1/35 Pool # 835699   1,577,080     1,786,237
5%, 10/1/35 Pool # 797669   2,196,046     2,473,567
5.5%, 10/1/35 Pool # 836912   128,499     140,455
5%, 11/1/35 Pool # 844809   964,192     1,046,870
5%, 12/1/35 Pool # 850561   1,058,250     1,148,992
5.5%, 2/1/36 Pool # 851330   245,879     269,084
5.5%, 10/1/36 Pool # 896340   336,406     366,808
5.5%, 10/1/36 Pool # 901723   1,855,026     2,017,859
6.5%, 10/1/36 Pool # 894118   1,377,630     1,558,398
6%, 11/1/36 Pool # 902510   2,108,180     2,364,715
5.5%, 2/1/37 Pool # 905140   1,632,698     1,837,751
5.5%, 5/1/37 Pool # 899323   957,162     1,044,471
5.5%, 5/1/37 Pool # 928292   973,696     1,095,984
6%, 10/1/37 Pool # 947563   2,010,020     2,254,611
5.5%, 7/1/38 Pool # 986973   1,299,679     1,435,168
5%, 8/1/38 Pool # 988934   2,691,675     2,951,922
6.5%, 8/1/38 Pool # 987711   2,369,386     2,817,900
3.5%, 6/1/42 Pool # AO4136   3,795,828     4,058,431
         
          53,502,125
Freddie Mac - 2.4%          
5%, 5/1/18 Pool # E96322   693,180     745,779
8%, 6/1/30 Pool # C01005   53,693     66,426
7%, 3/1/31 Pool # C48129   218,655     257,732
5%, 7/1/33 Pool # A11325   1,226,603     1,368,197
6%, 10/1/34 Pool # A28439   275,683     303,285
6%, 10/1/34 Pool # A28598   187,975     206,796
5.5%, 11/1/34 Pool # A28282   2,464,371     2,763,094
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32314   351,693     393,830
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32315   556,231     612,444
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32316   768,925     865,856
  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32509 $ 198,149   $ 218,174
5%, 1/1/37 Pool # A56371   1,547,515     1,666,671
         
          9,468,284
Ginnie Mae - 0.1%          
8%, 10/20/15 Pool # 2995   24,876     26,555
6.5%, 2/20/29 Pool # 2714   127,063     146,164
6.5%, 4/20/31 Pool # 3068   99,235     114,091
         
          286,810
         

Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $57,109,291)

        63,257,219
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 51.2%          
Fannie Mae - 1.1%          
4.625%, 10/15/14   3,905,000     4,207,161
         
Federal Farm Credit Bank - 1.2%          
5.875%, 10/3/16   4,000,000     4,772,500
         
Freddie Mac - 2.4%          
4.875%, 11/15/13   2,500,000     2,603,268
4.500%, 1/15/14   5,500,000     5,744,326
1.000%, 9/29/17   1,000,000     1,010,507
         
          9,358,101
U.S. Treasury Bonds - 4.3%          
6.625%, 2/15/27   7,350,000     11,306,365
4.500%, 5/15/38   4,000,000     5,287,500
         
          16,593,865
U.S. Treasury Notes - 42.2%          
3.625%, 5/15/13   4,000,000     4,051,564
3.125%, 8/31/13   2,710,000     2,762,718
4.000%, 2/15/14   9,500,000     9,902,639
4.250%, 8/15/14   11,200,000     11,925,379
2.375%, 9/30/14   3,600,000     3,733,592
2.625%, 12/31/14   26,000,000     27,226,888
2.500%, 3/31/15   1,750,000     1,836,954
4.250%, 8/15/15   8,900,000     9,805,993
3.250%, 12/31/16   8,000,000     8,860,000
3.125%, 1/31/17   4,000,000     4,415,936
2.375%, 7/31/17   5,250,000     5,661,385
0.750%, 10/31/17   13,000,000     13,042,653
4.250%, 11/15/17   9,100,000     10,655,536
2.750%, 2/15/19   16,750,000     18,546,705
3.375%, 11/15/19   15,000,000     17,246,490
2.625%, 11/15/20   6,500,000     7,133,750
2.000%, 11/15/21   7,500,000     7,784,183
         
          164,592,365
         

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $184,704,850)

        199,523,992

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Bond Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 3.4%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   13,441,891   $ 13,441,891
         

Total Investment Companies (Cost $13,441,891)

        13,441,891
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.2% (Cost $353,513,467**)         386,796,968
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.8%         2,993,956
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 389,790,924
         

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $353,550,521.
(A) Stepped rate security. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2012.
(B) Floating rate or variable rate note. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2012.
(C) Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration under section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program or other “qualified institutional investors.”
(D) Illiquid security (See Note 2).
(E) In default. Issuer is bankrupt.
(F) Notes and bonds, issued by foreign entities, denominated in U.S. dollars. The aggregate of these securities is 1.02% of total net assets.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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High Income Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS - 94.0%          
Consumer Discretionary - 34.9%          
Auto Components - 3.9%          
Allison Transmission Inc. (A), 7.125%, 5/15/19 $ 300,000   $ 320,250
American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., 7.875%, 3/1/17   750,000     776,250
Dana Holding Corp., 6.5%, 2/15/19   350,000     373,625
Dana Holding Corp., 6.75%, 2/15/21   250,000     268,750
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 7%, 5/15/22   500,000     536,250
Tenneco Inc., 6.875%, 12/15/20   325,000     353,844
         
          2,628,969
Automobiles - 0.4%          
Cooper Standard Automotive Inc., 8.5%, 5/1/18   250,000     268,750
         
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 6.2%          
Ameristar Casinos Inc., 7.5%, 4/15/21   800,000     867,000
Boyd Acquisition Sub LLC / Boyd Acquisition Finance Corp. (A), 8.375%, 2/15/18   200,000     208,000
Boyd Gaming Corp., 7.125%, 2/1/16   150,000     147,000
Boyd Gaming Corp., 9.125%, 12/1/18   500,000     510,000
Felcor Lodging L.P., 6.75%, 6/1/19   950,000     1,009,375
MGM Resorts International, 7.5%, 6/1/16   250,000     268,125
MGM Resorts International, 7.625%, 1/15/17   500,000     535,000
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/20   300,000     324,000
Scientific Games International Inc. (A), 6.25%, 9/1/20   300,000     309,750
         
          4,178,250
Household Durables - 1.6%          
Griffon Corp., 7.125%, 4/1/18   500,000     530,000
Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc., 9.5%, 6/15/18   500,000     567,500
         
          1,097,500
Media - 16.6%          
Allbritton Communications Co., 8%, 5/15/18   950,000     1,030,750
AMC Networks Inc., 4.75%, 12/15/22   700,000     703,500
Cablevision Systems Corp., 7.75%, 4/15/18   250,000     278,125
Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.875%, 9/15/22   200,000     200,250
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 6.5%, 4/30/21   750,000     809,062
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC / Cequel Capital Corp. (A), 8.625%, 11/15/17   142,000     151,940
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC / Cequel Capital Corp. (A), 6.375%, 9/15/20   400,000     416,500
CSC Holdings LLC (A), 6.75%, 11/15/21   400,000     443,500
Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., 7.75%, 5/1/19   900,000     884,250
DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/22   100,000     107,500
DISH DBS Corp. (A), 5%, 3/15/23   300,000     300,000
  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 6.5%, 6/15/19 $ 500,000   $ 551,250
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (A) (B), 7.25%, 10/15/20   325,000     352,625
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (B), 7.5%, 4/1/21   250,000     275,625
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A., PIK (B), 11.5%, 2/4/17   375,000     398,438
Lamar Media Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/22   500,000     542,500
Mediacom Broadband LLC / Mediacom Broadband Corp. (A), 6.375%, 4/1/23   800,000     814,000
Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC (A) (B), 6%, 5/15/17   500,000     525,000
UPCB Finance V Ltd. (A) (B), 6.875%, 1/15/22   350,000     378,875
Videotron Ltee (B), 5%, 7/15/22   750,000     786,562
Virgin Media Finance PLC (B), 4.875%, 2/15/22   600,000     613,500
XM Satellite Radio Inc. (A), 7.625%, 11/1/18   500,000     557,500
         
          11,121,252
Specialty Retail - 4.2%          
Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (A), 8.125%, 3/15/19   600,000     610,500
Michaels Stores Inc., 7.75%, 11/1/18   500,000     548,750
Penske Automotive Group Inc. (A), 5.75%, 10/1/22   500,000     515,000
Sally Holdings LLC / Sally Capital Inc., 5.75%, 6/1/22   1,000,000     1,085,000
Yankee Candle Co. Inc., Series B, 8.5%, 2/15/15   23,000     23,115
         
          2,782,365
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.0%          
Hanesbrands Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/20   250,000     275,000
Levi Strauss & Co., 7.625%, 5/15/20   500,000     545,000
PVH Corp., 4.5%, 12/15/22   500,000     505,000
         
          1,325,000
Consumer Staples - 5.9%          
Central Garden and Pet Co., 8.25%, 3/1/18   500,000     528,750
Dole Food Co. Inc. (A), 8%, 10/1/16   200,000     208,000
Ingles Markets Inc., 8.875%, 5/15/17   750,000     799,688
Mead Products LLC / ACCO Brands Corp. (A), 6.75%, 4/30/20   250,000     262,500
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC / Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 9.25%, 4/1/15   378,000     383,670
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC / Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 8.25%, 9/1/17   500,000     532,500
Stater Brothers Holdings, 7.75%, 4/15/15   500,000     510,000
Tops Markets LLC, 10.125%, 10/15/15   500,000     527,500
US Foodservice (A), 8.5%, 6/30/19   200,000     204,000
         
          3,956,608

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS (continued)          
           
Energy - 14.2%          
Access Midstream Partners L.P. / ACMP Finance Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/23 $ 500,000   $ 507,500
AmeriGas Finance LLC / AmeriGas Finance Corp., 7%, 5/20/22   250,000     278,125
AmeriGas Partners L.P. / AmeriGas Finance Corp., 6.25%, 8/20/19   500,000     535,000
Chaparral Energy Inc., 8.25%, 9/1/21   500,000     542,500
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.775%, 3/15/19   750,000     750,937
Cie Generale de Geophysique – Veritas (B), 6.5%, 6/1/21   300,000     321,000
Continental Resources Inc., 8.25%, 10/1/19   250,000     280,000
Copano Energy LLC / Copano Energy Finance Corp., 7.125%, 4/1/21   550,000     590,562
Exterran Holdings Inc., 7.25%, 12/1/18   500,000     530,000
Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (A), 9.5%, 1/15/16   87,000     89,175
Key Energy Services Inc., 6.75%, 3/1/21   500,000     500,000
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. / MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 6.75%, 11/1/20   500,000     545,000
Oasis Petroleum Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/23   500,000     536,250
PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (A) (B), 8.625%, 2/1/20   700,000     710,500
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.5%, 11/15/20   500,000     553,750
Precision Drilling Corp. (B), 6.5%, 12/15/21   850,000     905,250
QEP Resources Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/23   500,000     535,000
Regency Energy Partners L.P. / Regency Energy Finance Corp., 6.875%, 12/1/18   500,000     545,000
Unit Corp., 6.625%, 5/15/21   250,000     256,563
         
          9,512,112
Financials - 3.4%          
Ally Financial Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/17   700,000     748,834
CIT Group Inc., 5%, 5/15/17   50,000     53,000
MPT Operating Partnership L.P. / MPT Finance Corp., 6.875%, 5/1/21   500,000     542,500
Nuveen Investments Inc. (A), 9.125%, 10/15/17   400,000     393,000
Toys R Us Property Co. I LLC, 10.75%, 7/15/17   500,000     538,750
         
          2,276,084
Health Care - 8.8%          
Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., 9.25%, 11/1/18   500,000     552,500
Biomet Inc. (A), 6.5%, 8/1/20   250,000     265,625
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., 6.375%, 11/1/18   500,000     536,250
Endo Health Solutions Inc., 7%, 12/15/20   500,000     533,125
  Par Value     Value (Note 2)
       
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II Inc. (A), 5.625%, 7/31/19 $ 200,000   $ 214,750
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II Inc. (A), 5.875%, 1/31/22   200,000     217,000
HCA Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/22   250,000     271,875
HCA Inc., 5.875%, 5/1/23   800,000     828,000
Multiplan Inc. (A), 9.875%, 9/1/18   250,000     278,750
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.25%, 11/1/18   250,000     274,375
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8%, 8/1/20   850,000     915,344
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (A), 6.875%, 12/1/18   500,000     538,750
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC / Vanguard Holding Co. II Inc. (A), 7.75%, 2/1/19   500,000     517,500
         
          5,943,844
Industrials - 6.8%          
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (A), 5.25%, 12/1/17   50,000     50,750
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (A), 6.375%, 4/1/20   400,000     426,000
Ashtead Capital Inc. (A), 6.5%, 7/15/22   500,000     542,500
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance Inc., 8.25%, 1/15/19   500,000     552,500
Belden Inc. (A), 5.5%, 9/1/22   500,000     513,750
Moog Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/18   500,000     525,625
RBS Global Inc. / Rexnord LLC, 8.5%, 5/1/18   300,000     325,125
Tomkins LLC / Tomkins Inc., 9%, 10/1/18   325,000     364,000
TransDigm Inc. (A), 5.5%, 10/15/20   200,000     208,000
United Rentals North America Inc., 8.25%, 2/1/21   175,000     197,312
United Rentals North America Inc. (A), 7.625%, 4/15/22   500,000     558,750
West Corp., 8.625%, 10/1/18   100,000     104,750
West Corp., 7.875%, 1/15/19   200,000     207,000
         
          4,576,062
Information Technology - 3.3%          
Level 3 Financing Inc., 8.125%, 7/1/19   400,000     436,000
SunGard Data Systems Inc., 7.375%, 11/15/18   800,000     857,000
Syniverse Holdings Inc., 9.125%, 1/15/19   850,000     907,375
         
          2,200,375
Materials - 8.8%          
ArcelorMittal (B), 5.75%, 8/5/20   500,000     501,005
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc. (A) (B), 9.125%, 10/15/20   300,000     325,500
Boise Cascade LLC / Boise Cascade Finance Corp. (A), 6.375%, 11/1/20   600,000     618,000
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd. (A) (B), 7%, 11/1/15   200,000     210,000

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS (continued)          
           
Materials (continued)          
Graphic Packaging International Inc., 9.5%, 6/15/17 $ 350,000   $ 378,000
Huntsman International LLC, 5.5%, 6/30/16   250,000     250,313
Huntsman International LLC (A), 4.875%, 11/15/20   250,000     252,812
JMC Steel Group (A), 8.25%, 3/15/18   1,000,000     1,045,000
Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. / Penn Virginia Resource Finance Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/18   700,000     742,000
Polymer Group Inc., 7.75%, 2/1/19   500,000     536,250
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, 8.5%, 5/15/18   250,000     256,250
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, 9%, 4/15/19   250,000     260,000
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, 8.25%, 2/15/21   500,000     507,500
         
          5,882,630
Telecommunication Services - 5.6%          
CenturyLink Inc., 5.8%, 3/15/22   500,000     528,563
CommScope Inc. (A), 8.25%, 1/15/19   500,000     547,500
Crown Castle International Corp., 7.125%, 11/1/19   150,000     165,750
Crown Castle International Corp. (A), 5.25%, 1/15/23   600,000     642,000
SBA Telecommunications Inc. (A), 5.75%, 7/15/20   300,000     318,750
Sprint Nextel Corp., 7%, 8/15/20   325,000     355,063
Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/22   200,000     205,500
tw telecom holdings, Inc., 8%, 3/1/18   500,000     547,500
Windstream Corp., 7%, 3/15/19   475,000     485,688
         
          3,796,314
Utilities - 2.3%          
GenOn Energy Inc., 7.875%, 6/15/17   300,000     331,500
Mirant Americas Generation LLC, 8.5%, 10/1/21   300,000     342,000
NRG Energy Inc., 8.25%, 9/1/20   475,000     532,000
Suburban Propane Partners L.P. / Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 7.375%, 8/1/21   309,000     336,038
         
          1,541,538
         

Total Corporate Notes and Bonds (Cost $59,983,869)

        63,087,653
  Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.7%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   3,135,148   $ 3,135,148
         

Total Investment Companies (Cost $3,135,148)

        3,135,148
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.7% (Cost $63,119,017**)         66,222,801
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 1.3%         876,800
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 67,099,601
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $63,119,017.
(A) Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration under section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program or other “qualified institutional investors.”
(B) Notes and bonds, issued by foreign entities, denominated in U.S. dollars. The aggregate of these securities is 9.39% of total net assets.
PIK Payment in Kind Security. Pays interest in additional bonds rather than in cash.
PLC Public Limited Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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  Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
COMMON STOCKS - 54.8%          
Consumer Discretionary - 5.4%          
McDonald’s Corp.   52,500   $ 4,631,025
Omnicom Group Inc.   71,500     3,572,140
Target Corp.   69,000     4,082,730
Time Warner Inc.   130,000     6,217,900
Viacom Inc., Class B   55,500     2,927,070
         
          21,430,865
Consumer Staples - 7.7%          
Coca-Cola Co./The   93,000     3,371,250
Diageo PLC, ADR   27,000     3,147,660
Nestle S.A., ADR   59,000     3,845,030
PepsiCo Inc.   107,300     7,342,539
Philip Morris International Inc.   31,000     2,592,840
Procter & Gamble Co./The   74,000     5,023,860
Sysco Corp.   82,000     2,596,120
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   35,000     2,388,050
         
          30,307,349
Energy - 6.3%          
Chevron Corp.   91,500     9,894,810
ConocoPhillips   145,000     8,408,550
Exxon Mobil Corp.   38,000     3,288,900
Occidental Petroleum Corp.   43,000     3,294,230
         
          24,886,490
Financials - 10.5%          
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.   100,500     3,481,320
Bank of New York Mellon Corp./The   109,100     2,803,870
BlackRock Inc.   26,700     5,519,157
M&T Bank Corp.   36,000     3,544,920
Northern Trust Corp.   58,500     2,934,360
PartnerRe Ltd.   50,500     4,064,745
Travelers Cos. Inc./The   126,000     9,049,320
US Bancorp   134,000     4,279,960
Wells Fargo & Co.   167,000     5,708,060
         
          41,385,712
Health Care - 10.1%          
Becton, Dickinson and Co.   34,000     2,658,460
Johnson & Johnson   145,000     10,164,500
Medtronic Inc.   95,800     3,929,716
Merck & Co. Inc.   206,000     8,433,640
Novartis AG, ADR   63,000     3,987,900
Pfizer Inc.   430,019     10,784,876
         
          39,959,092
Industrials - 7.3%          
3M Co.   78,500     7,288,725
Boeing Co./The   60,000     4,521,600
  Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
Emerson Electric Co.   69,000   $ 3,654,240
United Parcel Service Inc., Class B   64,000     4,718,720
United Technologies Corp.   74,000     6,068,740
Waste Management Inc.   72,000     2,429,280
         
          28,681,305
Information Technology - 5.3%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   42,600     2,832,900
Automatic Data Processing Inc.   60,500     3,449,105
Intel Corp.   113,000     2,331,190
Linear Technology Corp.   90,000     3,087,000
Microchip Technology Inc.   75,000     2,444,250
Microsoft Corp.   247,000     6,602,310
         
          20,746,755
Materials - 0.9%          
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.   41,000     3,444,820
         
Telecommunication Service - 1.3%          
AT&T Inc.   155,515     5,242,411
         

Total Common Stocks (Cost $174,701,827)

        216,084,799
  Par Value      
         
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 0.2%          
ABSC Long Beach Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2000-LB1, Class AF5 (A), 8.55%, 9/21/30 $ 599,648     607,382
         

Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost $618,567)

        607,382
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS - 16.0%          
Consumer Discretionary - 1.9%          
American Association of Retired Persons (B) (C), 7.5%, 5/1/31   2,000,000     2,773,042
DR Horton Inc., 5.25%, 2/15/15   515,000     542,037
ERAC USA Finance LLC (B) (C), 6.7%, 6/1/34   1,850,000     2,239,960
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (D), 7.25%, 6/15/16   1,600,000     1,808,000
         
          7,363,039
Consumer Staples - 1.2%          
Kraft Foods Inc., 6.5%, 11/1/31   2,025,000     2,609,992
PepsiCo Inc., 4.65%, 2/15/13   620,000     623,392
WM Wrigley Jr. Co. (B) (C), 3.05%, 6/28/13   1,310,000     1,325,548
         
          4,558,932
Energy - 1.4%          
ConocoPhillips, 6.65%, 7/15/18   1,500,000     1,902,687
Hess Corp., 7.875%, 10/1/29   1,150,000     1,598,953
Transocean Inc. (D), 6%, 3/15/18   750,000     869,842
Transocean Inc. (D), 7.5%, 4/15/31   1,030,000     1,280,051
         
          5,651,533

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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    Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
CORPORATE NOTES AND BONDS (continued)          
           
Financials - 1.6%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.375%, 3/24/17 $ 450,000   $ 470,843
HCP Inc., 6.7%, 1/30/18   1,450,000     1,748,828
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (E) *, 5.75%, 1/3/17   1,735,000     173
Simon Property Group L.P., 5.875%, 3/1/17   530,000     627,517
Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp., 7%, 2/15/26   1,000,000     1,271,253
US Bank NA, 6.3%, 2/4/14   2,000,000     2,120,934
         
          6,239,548
Health Care - 3.3%          
AbbVie Inc. (B) (C), 2%, 11/6/18   1,200,000     1,215,510
Amgen Inc., 5.85%, 6/1/17   3,950,000     4,677,728
Eli Lilly & Co., 6.57%, 1/1/16   1,200,000     1,380,702
Genentech Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/35   740,000     892,114
Merck & Co. Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/36   1,320,000     1,745,403
Quest Diagnostics Inc., 5.45%, 11/1/15   1,500,000     1,665,570
Wyeth LLC, 6.5%, 2/1/34   1,100,000     1,503,738
         
          13,080,765
Industrials - 2.1%          
Boeing Co./The, 8.625%, 11/15/31   350,000     543,393
Boeing Co./The, 6.875%, 10/15/43   620,000     874,123
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 8.125%, 4/15/20   1,365,000     1,811,545
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co., 5%, 1/15/13   103,000     103,161
Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.65%, 5/1/16   780,000     944,590
Norfolk Southern Corp., 5.59%, 5/17/25   957,000     1,175,250
Norfolk Southern Corp., 7.05%, 5/1/37   1,050,000     1,492,189
Waste Management Inc., 7.125%, 12/15/17   1,150,000     1,398,207
         
          8,342,458
Information Technology - 0.7%          
Cisco Systems Inc., 5.5%, 2/22/16   960,000     1,097,333
International Business Machines Corp., 1.875%, 8/1/22   1,600,000     1,539,689
         
          2,637,022
Materials - 0.3%          
Westvaco Corp., 8.2%, 1/15/30   1,025,000     1,352,419
         
Telecommunication Services - 1.0%          
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., 9.455%, 11/15/22   1,780,000     2,691,109
Rogers Communications Inc. (D), 6.25%, 6/15/13   1,315,000     1,348,880
         
          4,039,989
Utilities - 2.5%          
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (B) (C), 6.05%, 10/1/36   1,555,000     1,885,196
  Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
Interstate Power & Light Co., 6.25%, 7/15/39 $ 1,365,000   $ 1,790,573
Nevada Power Co., Series R, 6.75%, 7/1/37   1,600,000     2,219,242
Sierra Pacific Power Co., Series M, 6%, 5/15/16   474,000     548,571
Southwestern Electric Power Co., Series E, 5.55%, 1/15/17   835,000     941,839
Westar Energy Inc., 6%, 7/1/14   2,400,000     2,570,081
         
          9,955,502
         

Total Corporate Notes and Bonds (Cost $55,906,823)

        63,221,207
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 6.9%          
Fannie Mae - 6.0%          
4%, 4/1/15 Pool # 255719   178,216     190,890
5.5%, 4/1/16 Pool # 745444   263,817     283,535
6%, 5/1/16 Pool # 582558   67,211     71,430
5%, 12/1/17 Pool # 672243   604,719     657,173
4.5%, 9/1/20 Pool # 835465   573,640     618,020
6%, 5/1/21 Pool # 253847   117,014     128,583
7%, 12/1/29 Pool # 762813   50,060     58,340
7%, 11/1/31 Pool # 607515   75,522     90,233
7%, 4/1/32 Pool # 641518   2,611     3,117
7%, 5/1/32 Pool # 644591   53,943     64,451
5.5%, 10/1/33 Pool # 254904   558,585     613,901
5.5%, 11/1/33 Pool # 555880   1,666,965     1,832,043
5%, 5/1/34 Pool # 780890   2,093,567     2,275,704
7%, 7/1/34 Pool # 792636   20,221     23,172
5.5%, 8/1/34 Pool # 793647   251,127     282,666
5.5%, 3/1/35 Pool # 815976   1,255,573     1,374,157
5.5%, 7/1/35 Pool # 825283   545,799     597,529
5.5%, 8/1/35 Pool # 826872   348,358     380,932
5%, 9/1/35 Pool # 820347   666,810     755,245
5%, 9/1/35 Pool # 835699   660,147     747,697
5%, 10/1/35 Pool # 797669   687,918     774,852
5.5%, 10/1/35 Pool # 836912   280,799     306,926
5%, 12/1/35 Pool # 850561   442,694     480,654
5.5%, 12/1/35 Pool # 844583   1,365,921     1,492,792
5.5%, 2/1/36 Pool # 851330   110,434     120,856
5.5%, 9/1/36 Pool # 831820   1,437,280     1,647,435
6%, 9/1/36 Pool # 831741   634,439     693,909
5.5%, 10/1/36 Pool # 896340   151,359     165,038
5.5%, 10/1/36 Pool # 901723   695,635     756,697
5.5%, 12/1/36 Pool # 902853   1,268,169     1,402,870
5.5%, 12/1/36 Pool # 903059   1,050,415     1,188,575
5.5%, 12/1/36 Pool # 907512   690,238     753,200
5.5%, 12/1/36 Pool # 907635   910,503     1,034,813
3.5%, 6/1/42 Pool # AO4136   1,423,436     1,521,912
         
          23,389,347

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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    Par Value   Value (Note 2)
       
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)          
Freddie Mac - 0.9%          
8%, 6/1/30 Pool # C01005 $ 42,955   $ 53,141
6.5%, 1/1/32 Pool # C62333   140,476     162,956
5%, 7/1/33 Pool # A11325   1,226,603     1,368,197
6%, 10/1/34 Pool # A28439   127,853     140,654
6%, 10/1/34 Pool # A28598   87,177     95,905
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32314   190,183     212,969
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32315   248,382     273,484
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32316   264,317     297,637
5%, 4/1/35 Pool # A32509   131,600     144,900
5%, 1/1/37 Pool # A56371   773,757     833,335
         
          3,583,178
Ginnie Mae - 0.0%          
6.5%, 4/20/31 Pool # 3068   81,723     93,957
         
Total Mortgage Backed Securities (Cost $24,529,551)         27,066,482
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 18.2%          
U.S. Treasury Bond - 1.3%          
6.625%, 2/15/27   3,270,000     5,030,179
         
U.S. Treasury Notes - 16.9%          
1.375%, 1/15/13   4,000,000     4,001,720
3.625%, 5/15/13   1,980,000     2,005,524
3.125%, 8/31/13   1,175,000     1,197,857
4.000%, 2/15/14   4,810,000     5,013,862
4.250%, 8/15/14   4,965,000     5,286,563
2.375%, 9/30/14   1,400,000     1,451,953
0.500%, 10/15/14   5,000,000     5,022,655
2.500%, 3/31/15   795,000     834,502
4.500%, 2/15/16   3,550,000     4,001,237
3.250%, 12/31/16   2,500,000     2,768,750
3.125%, 1/31/17   2,000,000     2,207,968
0.500%, 7/31/17   4,000,000     3,975,936
2.375%, 7/31/17   2,000,000     2,156,718
4.250%, 11/15/17   12,100,000     14,168,350
2.750%, 2/15/19   1,300,000     1,439,446
3.375%, 11/15/19   1,000,000     1,149,766
2.625%, 11/15/20   7,400,000     8,121,500
1.750%, 5/15/22   1,750,000     1,765,176
         
          66,569,483
         

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $67,276,218)

        71,599,662
  Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 3.6%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   14,006,365   $ 14,006,365
         

Total Investment Companies (Cost $14,006,365)

        14,006,365
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.7% (Cost $337,039,351**)         392,585,897
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.3%         1,344,592
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 393,930,489
         

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $337,889,040.
(A) Stepped rate security. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2012.
(B) Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration under section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program or other “qualified institutional investors.”
(C) Illiquid security (See Note 2).
(D) Notes and bonds, issued by foreign entities, denominated in U.S. dollars. The aggregate of these securities is 1.35% of total net assets.
(E) In default. Issuer is bankrupt.
ADR American Depositary Receipt.
PLC Public Limited Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Large Cap Value Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)  
         
COMMON STOCKS - 96.2%            
Consumer Discretionary - 8.5%            
McDonald’s Corp.   58,000   $ 5,116,180  
Omnicom Group Inc.   174,000     8,693,040  
Target Corp.   160,000     9,467,200  
Time Warner Inc.   236,500     11,311,795  
Viacom Inc., Class B   151,000     7,963,740  
           
          42,551,955  
Consumer Staples - 10.1%            
Diageo PLC, ADR   42,500     4,954,650  
Nestle S.A., ADR   94,000     6,125,980  
PepsiCo Inc.   151,000     10,332,930  
Philip Morris International Inc.   67,000     5,603,880  
Procter & Gamble Co./The   177,000     12,016,530  
Sysco Corp.   184,000     5,825,440  
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   82,000     5,594,860  
           
          50,454,270  
Energy - 13.5%            
Apache Corp.   123,500     9,694,750  
Chevron Corp.   143,046     15,468,994  
ConocoPhillips   198,000     11,482,020  
Exxon Mobil Corp.   59,000     5,106,450  
National Oilwell Varco Inc.   37,000     2,528,950  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.   158,500     12,142,685  
Schlumberger Ltd.   161,000     11,155,690  
           
          67,579,539  
Financials - 26.2%            
Capital Markets - 4.7%            
Bank of New York Mellon Corp./The   480,000     12,336,000  
BlackRock Inc.   31,000     6,408,010  
Franklin Resources Inc.   40,000     5,028,000  
           
          23,772,010  
Commercial Banks - 6.7%            
M&T Bank Corp.   55,000     5,415,850  
US Bancorp   405,000     12,935,700  
Wells Fargo & Co.   450,000     15,381,000  
           
          33,732,550  
Insurance - 13.0%            
American International Group Inc. *   157,000     5,542,100  
Arch Capital Group Ltd. *   202,500     8,914,050  
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B *   162,000     14,531,400  
Markel Corp. *   32,576     14,119,090  
Travelers Cos. Inc./The   217,500     15,620,850  
WR Berkley Corp.   165,032     6,228,308  
           
          64,955,798  
Real Estate Management & Development - 1.8%            
             
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Class A   240,000     8,796,000  
           
  Shares   Value (Note 2)  
         
Health Care - 16.7%            
Johnson & Johnson   309,000   $ 21,660,900  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings *   70,000     6,063,400  
Medtronic Inc.   233,000     9,557,660  
Merck & Co. Inc.   461,500     18,893,810  
Novartis AG, ADR   119,000     7,532,700  
Pfizer Inc.   796,000     19,963,680  
           
          83,672,150  
Industrials - 12.4%            
3M Co.   179,000     16,620,150  
Boeing Co./The   123,500     9,306,960  
Danaher Corp.   94,000     5,254,600  
Emerson Electric Co.   160,000     8,473,600  
General Dynamics Corp.   78,000     5,403,060  
United Parcel Service Inc., Class B   122,000     8,995,060  
United Technologies Corp.   100,000     8,201,000  
           
          62,254,430  
Information Technology - 3.9%            
Intel Corp.   245,000     5,054,350  
International Business Machines Corp.   35,500     6,800,025  
Microsoft Corp.   282,000     7,537,860  
           
          19,392,235  
Materials - 3.4%            
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.   86,000     7,225,720  
Mosaic Co./The   46,000     2,604,980  
Newmont Mining Corp.   149,000     6,919,560  
           
          16,750,260  
Telecommunication Service - 1.4%            
AT&T Inc.   212,987     7,179,792  
           

Total Common Stocks (Cost $399,218,418)

        481,090,989  
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.0%            
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   20,226,182     20,226,182  
           

Total Investment Companies (Cost $20,226,182)

        20,226,182  
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.2% (Cost $419,444,600**)         501,317,171  
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - (0.2%)         (848,044 )
           
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 500,469,127  
           

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $419,832,130.
ADR American Depositary Receipt.
PLC Public Limited Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Large Cap Growth Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
COMMON STOCKS - 95.4%          
Consumer Discretionary - 16.7%          
Amazon.com Inc. *   22,097   $ 5,549,441
CarMax Inc. *   57,568     2,161,103
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. *   5,165     1,536,381
Comcast Corp., Class A   134,817     5,039,459
Discovery Communications Inc., Class C *   64,335     3,763,597
Home Depot Inc./The   77,125     4,770,181
J.C. Penney Company Inc.   90,852     1,790,693
Lululemon Athletica Inc. *   24,685     1,881,738
Nielsen Holdings N.V. *   76,523     2,340,839
NIKE Inc.   56,918     2,936,969
Omnicom Group Inc.   79,720     3,982,811
Panera Bread Co., Class A *   28,003     4,447,716
priceline.com Inc. *   6,943     4,312,992
Starbucks Corp.   56,378     3,022,988
Tractor Supply Co.   18,405     1,626,266
Walt Disney Co./The   67,630     3,367,298
Yum! Brands Inc.   78,870     5,236,968
         
          57,767,440
Consumer Staples - 7.7%          
Coca-Cola Co./The   236,890     8,587,262
Costco Wholesale Corp.   57,304     5,659,916
Diageo PLC, ADR   29,717     3,464,408
Hershey Co./The   31,875     2,302,013
PepsiCo Inc.   99,563     6,813,096
         
          26,826,695
Energy - 4.8%          
Exxon Mobil Corp.   80,810     6,994,105
Schlumberger Ltd.   138,765     9,615,027
         
          16,609,132
Financials - 4.8%          
Aon PLC   15,505     862,078
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Class A   97,582     3,576,380
IntercontinentalExchange Inc. *   55,442     6,864,274
T Rowe Price Group Inc.   84,254     5,487,463
         
          16,790,195
Health Care - 10.5%          
Allergan Inc.   38,628     3,543,347
Becton, Dickinson and Co.   31,965     2,499,343
Biogen Idec Inc. *   26,105     3,828,820
Celgene Corp. *   67,595     5,321,078
Cerner Corp. *   74,564     5,789,149
Eli Lilly & Co.   36,430     1,796,728
Johnson & Johnson   82,125     5,756,963
UnitedHealth Group Inc.   147,345     7,991,993
         
          36,527,421
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Industrials - 11.9%          
3M Co.   50,963   $ 4,731,915
Boeing Co./The   77,597     5,847,710
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.   43,470     2,748,173
Copart Inc. *   72,802     2,147,659
Danaher Corp.   82,145     4,591,905
Emerson Electric Co.   87,988     4,659,844
Expeditors International of Washington Inc.   49,867     1,972,240
IHS Inc., Class A *   25,953     2,491,488
Roper Industries Inc.   37,893     4,224,312
United Parcel Service Inc., Class B   74,075     5,461,550
W.W. Grainger Inc.   11,825     2,393,025
         
          41,269,821
Information Technology - 33.1%          
Communications Equipment - 2.8%          
QUALCOMM Inc.   154,710     9,595,114
         
Computers & Peripherals - 8.6%          
Apple Inc.   50,848     27,103,509
EMC Corp. *   109,275     2,764,658
         
          29,868,167
Electrical Equipment - 0.6%          
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. *   63,077     2,048,741
         
Internet Software & Services - 5.9%          
Baidu Inc., ADR *   14,180     1,422,112
eBay Inc. *   79,935     4,078,284
Google Inc., Class A *   21,348     15,143,631
         
          20,644,027
IT Services - 3.9%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   114,662     7,625,023
Visa Inc., Class A   38,321     5,808,697
         
          13,433,720
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.3%          
ASML Holding N.V.   48,040     3,094,256
Intel Corp.   234,915     4,846,297
         
          7,940,553
Software - 9.0%          
MICROS Systems Inc. *   112,038     4,754,893
Microsoft Corp.   434,685     11,619,130
Nuance Communications Inc. *   228,411     5,098,133
Oracle Corp.   227,391     7,576,668
SAP AG, ADR   26,550     2,134,089
         
          31,182,913

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Large Cap Growth Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Materials - 4.1%          
Ecolab Inc.   42,352   $ 3,045,109
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.   58,145     3,868,968
Monsanto Co.   77,130     7,300,355
         
          14,214,432
Telecommunication Service - 1.8%          
Verizon Communications Inc.   142,720     6,175,494
         

Total Common Stocks (Cost $259,589,772)

        330,893,865
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.3%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   15,071,048     15,071,048
         

Total Investment Companies (Cost $15,071,048)

        15,071,048
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.7% (Cost $274,660,820**)         345,964,913
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.3%         1,160,940
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 347,125,853
         

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $276,357,865.
ADR American Depositary Receipt.
PLC Public Limited Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Mid Cap Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)  
         
COMMON STOCKS - 93.3%            
Consumer Discretionary - 21.0%            
Advance Auto Parts Inc.   91,899   $ 6,648,893  
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. *   186,786     10,443,205  
CarMax Inc. *   298,482     11,205,014  
Discovery Communications Inc., Class C *   126,266     7,386,561  
Liberty Global Inc., Series C *   164,597     9,670,074  
Omnicom Group Inc.   227,693     11,375,542  
Tiffany & Co.   158,225     9,072,622  
TJX Cos. Inc.   285,782     12,131,446  
           
          77,933,357  
Consumer Staples - 3.1%            
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B   53,198     3,364,773  
McCormick & Co. Inc.   128,511     8,164,304  
           
          11,529,077  
Energy - 7.3%            
Ensco PLC, Class A   125,332     7,429,681  
EOG Resources Inc.   45,949     5,550,180  
Noble Corp.   172,962     6,022,537  
World Fuel Services Corp.   192,203     7,912,997  
           
          26,915,395  
Financials - 23.1%            
Arch Capital Group Ltd. *   223,394     9,833,804  
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Class A   408,688     14,978,415  
Brown & Brown Inc.   283,468     7,217,095  
Glacier Bancorp Inc.   369,276     5,432,050  
Leucadia National Corp.   363,038     8,636,674  
M&T Bank Corp.   99,109     9,759,263  
Markel Corp. *   39,038     16,919,850  
WR Berkley Corp.   337,337     12,731,099  
           
          85,508,250  
Health Care - 8.1%            
DENTSPLY International Inc.   215,177     8,523,161  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings *   136,204     11,797,990  
Techne Corp.   140,314     9,589,059  
           
          29,910,210  
Industrials - 19.6%            
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.   206,960     13,084,011  
Copart Inc. *   504,136     14,872,012  
Expeditors International of Washington Inc.   240,205     9,500,108  
IDEX Corp.   175,615     8,171,366  
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. *   182,189     7,755,786  
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc.   412,237     8,611,631  
Wabtec Corp.   121,973     10,677,516  
           
          72,672,430  
  Shares     Value (Note 2)  
         
Information Technology - 4.1%            
Amphenol Corp., Class A   107,591   $ 66,961,138  
MICROS Systems Inc. *   195,752     8,307,715  
           
          15,268,853  
Materials - 7.0%            
Crown Holdings Inc. *   241,779     8,899,885  
Ecolab Inc.   125,183     9,000,658  
Valspar Corp.   125,518     7,832,323  
           
          25,732,866  
           

Total Common Stocks (Cost $263,047,742)

        345,470,438  
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 7.0%            
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   26,049,776     26,049,776  
           

Total Investment Companies (Cost $26,049,776)

        26,049,776  
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.3% (Cost $289,097,518**)         371,520,214  
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - (0.3%)         (1,059,207 )
           
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 370,461,007  
           

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $289,340,679.
PLC Public Limited Company.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Small Cap Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares     Value (Note 2)
       
COMMON STOCKS - 97.0%          
Consumer Discretionary - 13.8%          
Arbitron Inc.   7,040   $ 328,627
Ascena Retail Group Inc. *   10,720     198,213
Cato Corp./The, Class A   9,840     269,911
CEC Entertainment Inc.   6,020     199,804
Choice Hotels International Inc.   2,020     67,912
Fred’s Inc., Class A   11,800     157,058
Helen of Troy Ltd. *   7,110     237,403
Matthews International Corp., Class A   6,240     200,304
Stage Stores Inc.   7,910     196,010
         
          1,855,242
Consumer Staples - 1.9%          
Casey’s General Stores Inc.   3,080     163,548
Post Holdings Inc. *   2,800     95,900
         
          259,448
Energy - 3.9%          
Bristow Group Inc.   2,400     128,784
Halcon Resources Corp. *   7,341     50,800
Penn Virginia Corp.   5,070     22,358
Scorpio Tankers Inc. *   18,200     129,402
SEACOR Holdings Inc.   2,290     191,902
         
          523,246
Financials - 19.6%          
AMERISAFE Inc. *   5,370     146,332
Ares Capital Corp.   3,763     65,853
Assured Guaranty Ltd.   7,700     109,571
Campus Crest Communities Inc., REIT   11,400     139,764
DiamondRock Hospitality Co., REIT   12,529     112,761
First Busey Corp.   21,607     100,473
First Midwest Bancorp Inc.   16,230     203,200
First Niagara Financial Group Inc.   15,507     122,971
Flushing Financial Corp.   7,981     122,429
Hancock Holding Co.   3,500     111,090
International Bancshares Corp.   11,150     201,257
Mack-Cali Realty Corp., REIT   3,600     93,996
MB Financial Inc.   6,330     125,017
Northwest Bancshares Inc.   17,180     208,565
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.   3,660     168,360
Primerica Inc.   7,000     210,070
Summit Hotel Properties Inc., REIT   11,200     106,400
Webster Financial Corp.   11,080     227,694
Westamerica Bancorporation   1,170     49,830
         
          2,625,633
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Health Care - 10.8%          
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. *   5,400   $ 50,868
Amsurg Corp. *   7,190     215,772
Charles River Laboratories International Inc. *   8,300     311,001
Corvel Corp. *   2,730     122,386
Haemonetics Corp. *   1,400     57,176
ICON PLC, ADR *   11,830     328,401
ICU Medical Inc. *   3,670     223,613
STERIS Corp.   4,000     138,920
         
          1,448,137
Industrials - 27.3%          
Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%          
Cubic Corp.   2,400     115,128
         
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.7%          
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. *   2,900     128,499
UTi Worldwide Inc.   7,800     104,520
         
          233,019
Commercial Services & Supplies - 6.2%          
ACCO Brands Corp. *   25,840     189,665
G&K Services Inc., Class A   5,900     201,485
McGrath RentCorp   1,000     29,020
Standard Parking Corp. *   5,490     120,725
United Stationers Inc.   9,220     285,728
         
          826,623
Construction & Engineering - 0.3%          
Sterling Construction Co. Inc. *   3,390     33,697
         
Electrical Equipment - 4.1%          
Acuity Brands Inc.   1,810     122,591
Belden Inc.   9,430     424,256
         
          546,847
Industrial Conglomerates - 3.8%          
Carlisle Cos. Inc.   8,750     514,150
         
Machinery - 5.7%          
Albany International Corp., Class A   10,250     232,470
ESCO Technologies Inc.   5,790     216,604
Mueller Industries Inc.   6,300     315,189
         
          764,263
Marine - 1.8%          
Kirby Corp. *   3,930     243,228
         
Road & Rail - 1.1%          
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Class A *   2,000     152,160
         
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.7%          
GATX Corp.   5,370     232,521
         

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Small Cap Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)  
         
COMMON STOCKS (continued)            
Information Technology - 7.9%            
Coherent Inc.   2,470   $ 125,031  
Diebold Inc.   5,370     164,376  
Forrester Research Inc.   4,000     107,200  
MAXIMUS Inc.   3,480     220,006  
MTS Systems Corp.   3,730     189,969  
Websense Inc. *   6,500     97,760  
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A *   4,000     157,120  
           
          1,061,462  
Materials - 7.6%            
Aptargroup Inc.   3,720     177,518  
Deltic Timber Corp.   2,480     175,138  
Greif Inc., Class A   2,700     120,150  
Innospec Inc.   4,600     158,654  
Koppers Holdings Inc.   3,100     118,265  
Sensient Technologies Corp.   2,800     99,568  
Zep Inc.   11,740     169,526  
           
          1,018,819  
    Shares     Value (Note 2)  
         
Utilities - 4.2%            
Atmos Energy Corp.   4,250   $ 149,260  
New Jersey Resources Corp.   1,470     58,241  
UNS Energy Corp.   3,140     133,199  
Westar Energy Inc.   4,190     119,918  
WGL Holdings Inc.   2,560     100,326  
           
          560,944  
           

Total Common Stocks (Cost $9,726,642)

        13,014,567  
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 3.7%            
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   496,276     496,276  
           

Total Investment Companies (Cost $496,276)

        496,276  
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.7% (Cost $10,222,918**)         13,510,843  
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - (0.7%)         (88,445 )
           
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 13,422,398  
           

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $10,324,427.
ADR American Depository Receipt.
PLC Public Limited Company.
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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International Stock Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
COMMON STOCKS - 98.4%          
Australia - 2.5%          
James Hardie Industries PLC (A)   156,266   $ 1,511,750
Orica Ltd. (A)   32,178     846,170
         
          2,357,920
Belgium - 3.5%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. (A)   37,741     3,298,134
         
Brazil - 1.6%          
Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes S.A. (A)   41,900     715,818
Cielo S.A. (A)   28,035     784,978
         
          1,500,796
Canada - 2.8%          
MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd.   2,600     146,271
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.   27,200     1,106,923
Rogers Communications Inc.   30,700     1,393,799
         
          2,646,993
Finland - 1.3%          
Sampo (A)   37,795     1,222,154
         
France - 9.8%          
BNP Paribas S.A. (A)   31,917     1,799,070
Cie Generale de Geophysique - Veritas (A) *   32,979     993,941
Rexel S.A. (A)   52,783     1,078,551
Sanofi S.A. (A)   32,571     3,088,878
Technip S.A. (A)   10,646     1,225,666
Valeo S.A. (A)   21,801     1,105,450
         
          9,291,556
Germany - 9.8%          
Bayer AG (A)   22,801     2,165,241
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (A)   14,718     1,419,433
Merck KGaA (A)   15,289     2,017,199
RWE AG (A)   29,001     1,197,240
SAP AG (A)   21,745     1,741,916
ThyssenKrupp AG (A)   35,281     828,972
         
          9,370,001
Indonesia - 0.8%          
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT, ADR   93,300     782,227
         
Ireland - 0.8%          
Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR   21,900     750,732
         
Italy - 2.9%          
Atlantia SpA (A)   67,122     1,217,393
Eni SpA (A)   64,298     1,586,202
         
          2,803,595
Japan - 15.3%          
Asics Corp. (A)   87,090     1,326,803
Canon Inc. (A)   27,900     1,094,298
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Daikin Industries Ltd. (A)   33,300   $ 1,144,203
Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. (A)   16,310     1,534,807
Don Quijote Co. Ltd. (A)   38,000     1,392,114
FANUC Corp. (A)   4,400     818,241
Komatsu Ltd. (A)   47,500     1,215,500
LIXIL Group Corp. (A)   66,000     1,469,749
Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. (A)   37,200     1,046,992
Softbank Corp. (A)   21,200     775,745
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (A)   53,700     1,950,868
Yahoo! Japan Corp. (A)   2,521     815,970
         
          14,585,290
Mexico - 0.9%          
Genomma Lab Internacional S.A.B. de C.V. *   416,700     856,204
         
Netherlands - 2.0%          
ING Groep N.V. (A) *   196,350     1,877,635
         
New Zealand - 0.7%          
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd. (A)   352,716     667,033
         
Philippines - 0.6%          
BDO Unibank Inc. (A) *   301,150     535,027
         
Russia - 1.5%          
Sberbank of Russia (A)   459,600     1,419,872
         
South Africa - 1.1%          
Mediclinic International Ltd. (A)   158,599     1,026,517
         
South Korea - 2.5%          
Hyundai Mobis (A)   4,232     1,147,831
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., GDR (A)   1,779     1,264,343
         
          2,412,174
Spain - 2.4%          
Mediaset Espana Comunicacion S.A. (A)   177,783     1,224,209
Red Electrica Corp. S.A. (A)   22,173     1,095,514
         
          2,319,723
Sweden - 5.4%          
Assa Abloy AB (A)   40,239     1,515,218
Getinge AB (A)   30,603     1,036,711
Sandvik AB (A)   87,345     1,403,855
Swedbank AB (A)   59,766     1,176,099
         
          5,131,883
Switzerland - 4.6%          
Novartis AG (A)   52,425     3,319,106
Swatch Group AG/The (A)   1,965     1,011,257
         
          4,330,363
Thailand - 1.0%          
Krung Thai Bank PCL   1,524,000     996,404
         

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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International Stock Fund Portfolio of Investments

    Shares   Value (Note 2)  
         
COMMON STOCKS (continued)            
Turkey - 1.6%            
KOC Holding AS (A)   114,302   $ 594,655  
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (A) *   149,050     964,351  
           
          1,559,006  
United Kingdom - 23.0%            
BG Group PLC (A)   47,335     793,726  
BHP Billiton PLC (A)   77,044     2,707,288  
British American Tobacco PLC (A)   37,033     1,876,463  
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (A) *   268,768     939,895  
Informa PLC (A)   265,979     1,967,701  
Petrofac Ltd. (A)   31,391     850,471  
Prudential PLC (A)   133,057     1,856,582  
Reed Elsevier PLC (A)   105,680     1,109,629  
Rexam PLC (A)   295,403     2,075,835  
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (A)   72,881     2,575,216  
Signet Jewelers Ltd. (A)   11,682     616,058  
Standard Chartered PLC (A)   64,810     1,642,847  
Unilever PLC (A)   75,610     2,869,991  
           
          21,881,702  
           

Total Common Stocks (Cost $75,337,507)

        93,622,941  
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.7%            
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   1,655,652     1,655,652  
           

Total Investment Companies (Cost $1,655,652)

        1,655,652  
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.1% (Cost $76,993,159**)         95,278,593  
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - (0.1%)         (96,488 )
           
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 95,182,105  
           

* Non-income producing.
** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $77,447,915.
(A) Due to events that occurred between the close of the exchange on which this security is traded and that of the New York Stock Exchange, fair value was determined for this security using methods determined in good faith by or at the discretion of the Board of Trustees (see Note 2).
ADR American Depositary Receipt.
GDR Global Depositary Receipt.
PLC Public Limited Company.

OTHER INFORMATION:   % of Net
Sector Concentration   Assets
     
Consumer Discretionary   14 %
Consumer Staples   10 %
Energy   8 %
Financials   19 %
Health Care   14 %
Industrials   12 %
Information Technology   6 %
Materials   9 %
Money Market Funds   2 %
Telecommunication Services   4 %
Utilities   2 %
Net Other Assets and Liabilities    
     
    100 %

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 97.9%          
Bond Funds - 52.0%          
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund   369,017   $ 4,018,593
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   216,058     2,447,935
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   575,643     5,255,616
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund ETF   5,751     696,906
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund ETF   713     86,565
Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class I   63,929     666,136
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   404,091     4,400,547
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   180,033     2,001,963
PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class   196,584     2,209,609
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF   91,350     7,676,141
         
          29,460,011
Foreign Bond Funds - 2.8%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   167,032     1,556,737
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 8.6%          
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF   5,024     285,464
IVA Worldwide Fund Class I   83,219     1,323,184
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF   5,386     284,165
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   49,577     2,268,148
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   19,392     715,177
         
          4,876,138
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Money Market Funds - 0.8%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   447,082   $ 447,082
         
Stock Funds - 33.7%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   19,762     2,009,795
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   41,765     2,701,360
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   10,408     398,106
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   360,026     3,866,676
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   30,702     4,375,649
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   61,150     3,642,706
Vanguard Health Care ETF   12,887     923,611
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   16,570     1,145,153
         
          19,063,056
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.9% (Cost $52,904,034**)         55,403,024
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 2.1%         1,204,266
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 56,607,290
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $53,405,823.
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.0%          
Bond Funds - 35.6%          
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund   339,027   $ 3,691,999
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   217,762     2,467,239
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   609,190     5,561,909
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund ETF   6,862     831,537
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund ETF   840     101,984
Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class I   46,448     483,993
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   396,481     4,317,676
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   148,966     1,656,507
PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class   160,021     1,798,641
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF   39,541     3,322,630
         
          24,234,115
Foreign Bond Funds - 2.7%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   197,875     1,844,199
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 11.8%          
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF   5,952     338,193
IVA Worldwide Fund Class I   126,932     2,018,213
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF   6,492     342,518
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   93,601     4,282,246
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   27,688     1,021,133
         
          8,002,303
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Money Market Funds - 1.4%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   938,288   $ 938,288
         
Stock Funds - 48.5%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   34,606     3,519,430
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   81,641     5,280,540
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   21,335     816,064
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   651,338     6,995,374
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   56,307     8,024,874
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   82,516     4,915,478
Vanguard Health Care ETF   20,439     1,464,863
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   28,210     1,949,593
         
          32,966,216
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0% (Cost $64,617,960**)         67,985,121
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.0%         24,346
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 68,009,467
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $65,295,958.
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 99.8%          
Bond Funds - 25.4%          
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund   181,074   $ 1,971,892
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   134,557     1,524,527
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   376,239     3,435,065
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund ETF   4,957     600,689
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund ETF   605     73,453
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   219,530     2,390,684
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   70,097     779,481
PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class   61,532     691,618
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF   12,404     1,042,308
         
          12,509,717
Foreign Bond Funds - 1.9%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   104,262     971,725
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 15.3%          
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF   5,156     292,964
IVA Worldwide Fund Class I   122,882     1,953,817
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF   5,597     295,298
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF   5,314     246,516
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF   83,149     3,804,067
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   25,300     933,064
         
          7,525,726
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Money Market Funds - 1.4%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   666,826   $ 666,826
         
Stock Funds - 55.8%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   31,868     3,240,976
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   70,011     4,528,312
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   19,525     746,831
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   540,235     5,802,124
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   46,672     6,651,693
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   62,557     3,726,521
Vanguard Health Care ETF   17,087     1,224,625
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   22,776     1,574,049
         
          27,495,131
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8% (Cost $46,606,039**)         49,169,125
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.2%         99,505
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 49,268,630
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $47,149,568.
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund Portfolio of Investments

  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 99.8%          
Bond Funds - 15.3%          
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund   12,244   $ 133,336
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund Class I   12,736     144,293
Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund Advisor Class   39,757     362,978
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund ETF   728     88,219
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I   17,891     194,831
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund Institutional Class   4,065     45,205
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF   1,491     125,289
         
          1,094,151
Foreign Bond Funds - 1.5%          
TCW Emerging Markets Income Fund Class I   11,336     105,652
         
Foreign Stock Funds - 18.4%          
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ETF   744     42,274
IVA Worldwide Fund Class I   22,288     354,383
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF   1,348     71,121
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF   770     35,720
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-U.S. ETF   12,075     552,431
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ETF   7,176     264,651
         
          1,320,580
  Shares   Value (Note 2)
       
Money Market Funds - 1.8%          
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund   131,941   $ 131,941
         
Stock Funds - 62.8%          
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF   5,096     518,263
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF   768     60,065
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund ETF   10,359     670,020
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund ETF   3,700     141,525
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index Fund   102,037     1,095,881
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust   6,723     958,162
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF   10,840     645,739
Vanguard Health Care ETF   2,338     167,565
Vanguard Information Technology ETF   3,453     238,637
         
          4,495,857
         
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.8% (Cost $6,831,788**)         7,148,181
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 0.2%         11,901
         
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%       $ 7,160,082
         

** Aggregate cost for Federal tax purposes was $6,904,344.
ETF Exchange Traded Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012

      Conservative     Moderate     Aggressive     Money
      Allocation     Allocation     Allocation     Market
      Fund     Fund     Fund     Fund
                         
Assets:                        
Investments in securities, at cost                        

Unaffiliated issuers

    $118,362,775     $177,195,734     $68,291,152     $50,111,524

Affiliated issuers1

    104,001,413     174,129,144     59,390,755    
Net unrealized appreciation                        

Unaffiliated issuers

    2,763,309     5,871,645     2,351,251    

Affiliated issuers1

    12,826,780     33,098,953     14,389,198    
       

Total investments at value

    237,954,277     390,295,476     144,422,356     50,111,524
Foreign currency (cost of $185,201)(Note 2)                
Receivables:                        

Investments sold

    120,911     4,870,131     976,622    

Fund shares sold

    135,945     463,231     290,729     82,196

Dividends and interest

    2,648,259     4,844,792     1,920,871     193,595

Due from Adviser

                13,379
Other assets                
       

Total assets

    240,859,392     400,473,630     147,610,578     50,400,694
       
Liabilities:                        
Payables:                        

Investments purchased

    2,495,564     7,152,657     2,887,690    

Fund shares repurchased

    65,340     134,349     2,456     55,151

Auditor fees

    12,471     21,081     7,991     2,841

Management fees

    60,336     99,753     36,610     18,722

Distribution fees – Class II

    9,058     7,315     412     303
Accrued expenses and other payables     16     2        
       

Total liabilities

    2,642,785     7,415,157     2,935,159     77,017
       
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock     $238,216,607     $393,058,473     $144,675,419     $50,323,677
       
Net assets consist of:                        

Paid-in capital

    $227,033,525     $398,191,534     $143,020,596     $50,323,677

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

               

Accumulated net realized loss on investments sold and foreign currency related

                       

transactions

    (4,407,007 )   (44,103,659 )   (15,085,626 )  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments (including appreciation of foreign

                       

currency related transactions)

    15,590,089     38,970,598     16,740,449    
       
Net Assets     $238,216,607     $393,058,473     $144,675,419     $50,323,677
       
Class I Shares:                        

Net Assets

    $195,525,680     $358,485,606     $142,754,683     $48,647,940

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

    18,705,307     35,475,778     14,634,543     48,647,940

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share

    $10.45     $10.11     $9.75     $1.00
       
Class II Shares:                        

Net Assets

    $42,690,927     $34,572,867     $1,920,736     $1,675,737

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

    4,092,439     3,429,909     197,521     1,675,737

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share

    $10.43     $10.08     $9.72     $1.00
       

1 See Note 10 for information on affiliated issuers.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012

    High   Diversified   Large Cap   Large Cap            
Bond   Income   Income   Value   Growth   Mid Cap   Small Cap   International
Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund   Stock Fund
                             
$353,513,467   $63,119,017   $337,039,351   $419,444,600   $274,660,820   $289,097,518   $10,222,918   $76,993,159
             
33,283,501   3,103,784   55,546,546   81,872,571   71,304,093   82,422,696   3,287,925   18,285,434
             
 
386,796,968   66,222,801   392,585,897   501,317,171   345,964,913   371,520,214   13,510,843   95,278,593
              185,567
      4,137,872   2,024,186   1,757,905    
611,992   13,836   86,739   114,253   97,313   123,156   191   35,551
3,047,855   1,051,342   1,749,928   515,769   147,851   119,606   6,424   58,226
             
        4,285       133,211
 
390,456,815   67,287,979   394,422,564   506,085,065   348,238,548   373,520,881   13,517,458   95,691,148
 
      3,398,326     2,063,735   77,673   239,999
450,252   139,143   227,471   1,933,656   845,518   690,065   4,098   154,160
22,894   5,146   21,994   25,231   19,257   18,910   685   5,409
182,280   42,669   235,203   257,479   241,733   284,209   12,297   96,027
10,465   1,420   7,407   1,246   6,187   2,955   307   3,823
              9,625
 
665,891   188,378   492,075   5,615,938   1,112,695   3,059,874   95,060   509,043
 
$389,790,924   $67,099,601   $393,930,489   $500,469,127   $347,125,853   $370,461,007   $13,422,398   $95,182,105
 
$368,713,364   $72,302,752   $363,916,417   $491,526,158   $289,028,728   $349,634,957   $11,152,204   $111,826,657
215,795   206,043   215,755   210,348   51,752   22,758     14,030
(12,421,736 ) (8,512,978 ) (25,748,229 ) (73,139,950 ) (13,258,720 ) (61,619,404 ) (1,017,731 ) (34,944,499)
33,283,501   3,103,784   55,546,546   81,872,571   71,304,093   82,422,696   3,287,925   18,285,917
 
$389,790,924   $67,099,601   $393,930,489   $500,469,127   $347,125,853   $370,461,007   $13,422,398   $95,182,105
 
$340,335,203   $60,362,209   $359,022,419   $494,587,388   $318,024,367   $356,534,317   $11,936,476   $76,919,053
32,251,636   6,444,757   19,626,542   18,235,984   13,200,004   20,861,534   968,498   7,135,995
$10.55   $9.37   $18.29   $27.12   $24.09   $17.09   $12.32   $10.78
 
$49,455,721   $6,737,392   $34,908,070   $5,881,739   $29,101,486   $13,926,690   $1,485,922   $18,263,052
4,691,955   718,806   1,911,452   217,446   1,211,637   817,023   120,953   1,697,354
$10.54   $9.37   $18.26   $27.05   $24.02   $17.05   $12.29   $10.76
 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012

    Madison   Madison   Madison   Madison
    Target   Target   Target   Target
    Retirement   Retirement   Retirement   Retirement
    2020 Fund   2030 Fund   2040 Fund   2050 Fund
                 
Assets:                
Investments in securities, at cost                

Unaffiliated issuers

  $52,904,034   $64,617,960   $46,606,039   $6,831,788
Net unrealized appreciation                

Unaffiliated issuers

  2,498,990   3,367,161   2,563,086   316,393
     

Total investments at value

  55,403,024   67,985,121   49,169,125   7,148,181
Cash   38,953   18,839   5,763   672
Receivables:                

Investments sold

  2,154,968   701,789   611,902   103,401

Fund shares sold

  128,369   194,823   206,868   69,241

Dividends and interest

  170,958   192,513   118,249   12,653
     

Total assets

  57,896,272   69,093,085   50,111,907   7,334,148
     
Liabilities:                
Payables:                

Investments purchased

  1,274,537   1,034,496   822,729   167,143

Fund shares repurchased

  195   32,134   8,283   5,197

Management fees

  11,873   14,155   10,220   1,438

Service agreement fees

  2,377   2,833   2,045   288
     

Total liabilities

  1,288,982   1,083,618   843,277   174,066
     
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock   $56,607,290   $68,009,467   $49,268,630   $7,160,082
     
Net assets consist of:                

Paid-in capital

  $54,484,227   $65,239,542   $47,180,500   $6,908,840

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

       

Accumulated net realized loss on investments sold and foreign currency related

               

transactions

  (375,927 ) (597,236 ) (474,956 ) (65,151)

Net unrealized appreciation of investments (including appreciation of foreign

               

currency related transactions)

  2,498,990   3,367,161   2,563,086   316,393
     
Net Assets   $56,607,290   $68,009,467   $49,268,630   $7,160,082
     
Class I Shares:                

Net Assets

  $56,607,290   $68,009,467   $49,268,630   $7,160,082

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

  6,810,862   8,462,795   6,476,739   670,081

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share

  $8.31   $8.04   $7.61   $10.69
     

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations for the Period Ended December 31, 2012

    Conservative   Moderate   Aggressive   Money
    Allocation   Allocation   Allocation   Market
    Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund
                 
Investment Income:                

Interest

  $503   $719   $395   $59,193

Dividends

               

Unaffiliated issuers

  4,303,920   5,895,764   1,755,094  

Affiliated issuers1

  2,944,763   4,454,779   1,231,850  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

       
     

Total investment income

  7,249,186   10,351,262   2,987,339   59,193
     
Expenses:                

Management fees

  703,713   1,181,297   424,625   246,548

Audit fees

  21,471   36,081   12,991   4,841

Trustees’ fees

  11,516   19,458   6,913   2,941

Distribution fees – Class II

  107,863   89,493   4,762   2,248

Other expenses

    269   215   12
     

Total expenses before reimbursement/waiver

  844,563   1,326,598   449,506   256,590

Less reimbursement/waiver2

        (197,397)
     

Total expenses net of reimbursement/waiver

  844,563   1,326,598   449,506   59,193
     
Net Investment Income   6,404,623   9,024,664   2,537,833  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments                

Net realized gain (loss) on investments (including net realized gain (loss) on foreign

               

currency related transactions)3

               

Unaffiliated issuers

  (651,093 ) 2,753,203   602,131  

Affiliated issuers1

  3,265,237   3,497,666   2,891,351  

Capital gain distributions received from underlying funds

               

Unaffiliated issuers

  1,513,238   1,490,305   362,318  

Affiliated issuers1

  1,827,008   3,216,468   1,324,017  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (including net

               

unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency related transactions)4

               

Unaffiliated issuers

  6,387,515   8,358,573   3,363,010  

Affiliated issuers1

  1,232,500   10,811,706   3,985,407  
     
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments   13,574,405   30,127,921   12,528,234  
     
Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations   $19,979,028   $39,152,585   $15,066,067   $–
     

1 See Note 10 for information on affiliated issuers.
2 Waiver includes management fees of $195,149, and distribution fees of $2,248, for the Money Market Fund.
3 Includes foreign capital gains taxes paid of $16,623 for the International Stock Fund.
4 Net of change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes of $9,625 for the International Stock Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations for the Period Ended December 31, 2012

          High     Diversified     Large Cap  
    Bond     Income     Income     Value  
    Fund     Fund     Fund     Fund  
                       
Investment Income:                        

Interest

  $15,310,482     $6,145,623     $6,638,082     $ 5,807  

Dividends

                       

Unaffiliated issuers

      17,438     7,115,032     13,745,217  

Affiliated issuers1

               

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

          (33,689 )   (94,811 )
     

Total investment income

  15,310,482     6,163,061     13,719,425     13,656,213  
     
Expenses:                        

Management fees

  2,278,703     654,589     2,822,232     3,079,980  

Audit fees

  37,894     8,146     36,994     47,433  

Trustees’ fees

  20,960     4,544     19,947     25,119  

Distribution fees – Class II

  123,329     16,179     82,765     14,717  

Service agreement fees4

               

Other expenses

  6     42     3      
     

Total expenses before reimbursement/waiver

  2,460,892     683,500     2,961,941     3,167,249  

Less reimbursement/waiver

               
     

Total expenses net of reimbursement/waiver

  2,460,892     683,500     2,961,941     3,167,249  
     
Net Investment Income   12,849,590     5,479,561     10,757,484     10,488,964  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments                        

Net realized gain (loss) on investments (including net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency related transactions)2

                       

Unaffiliated issuers

  255,801     3,222,281     6,819,611     22,534,576  

Affiliated issuers1

               

Capital gain distributions received from underlying funds

                       

Unaffiliated issuers

               

Affiliated issuers1

               

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (including net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency related transactions)3

                       

Unaffiliated issuers

  (41,918 )   860,384     14,057,412     24,248,240  

Affiliated issuers1

               
     
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments   213,883     4,082,665     20,877,023     46,782,816  
     
Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations   $13,063,473     $9,562,226     $31,634,507     $57,271,780  
     

1 See Note 10 for information on affiliated issuers.
2 Includes foreign capital gains taxes paid of $16,623 for the International Stock Fund.
3 Net of change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes of $9,625 for the International Stock Fund.
4 See Note 3 for information on service agreement fees.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations for the Period Ended December 31, 2012

                      Madison     Madison     Madison     Madison  
Large Cap                     Target     Target     Target     Target  
Growth     Mid Cap     Small Cap   International     Retirement     Retirement     Retirement     Retirement  
Fund     Fund     Fund   Stock Fund     2020 Fund     2030 Fund     2040 Fund     2050 Fund  
                                         
$3,592     $6,358     $101   $6,274     $151     $188     $143     $25  
5,860,990     4,603,125     305,845   2,950,833     1,580,007     1,790,411     1,237,285     141,743  
                           
(28,963 )   (71,212 )     (246,069 )                
 
5,835,619     4,538,271     305,946   2,711,038     1,580,158     1,790,599     1,237,428     141,768  
 
2,973,834     3,354,279     143,011   1,103,516     120,883     142,264     104,554     11,023  
34,257     33,910     1,185   8,409                  
18,537     18,589     646   4,520                  
73,275     34,711     3,615   42,259                  
              24,176     28,453     20,911     2,205  
2,103         67   232     539     553     482     15  
 
3,102,006     3,441,489     148,524   1,158,936                  
                           
 
3,102,006     3,441,489     148,524   1,158,936     145,598     171,270     125,947     13,243  
 
2,733,613     1,096,782     157,422   1,552,102     1,434,560     1,619,329     1,111,481     128,525  
5,568,234     12,645,399     585,925   2,784,165     (182,476 )   (112,211 )   (25,695 )   (12,307 )
                           
                                   
              347,650     315,166     166,574     13,840  
                           
31,642,311     42,480,016     1,117,532   13,554,327     2,879,364     3,982,918     3,160,888     333,215  
                           
 
37,210,545     55,125,415     1,703,457   16,338,492     3,044,538     4,185,873     3,301,767     334,748  
 
$39,944,158     $56,222,197     $1,860,879   $17,890,594     $4,479,098     $5,805,202     $4,413,248     $? 463,273  
 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Conservative Allocation Fund   Moderate Allocation Fund
         
Year Ended December 31,   2012     2011     2012     2011  
                       
Net Assets at beginning of period   $227,634,129     $231,082,035     $382,606,027     $384,260,026  
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:                        

Net investment income

  6,404,623     6,421,140     9,024,664     7,973,809  

Net realized gain on investment transactions

  5,954,390     1,603,964     10,957,642     4,470,788  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments transactions

  7,620,015     (1,101,366 )   19,170,279     (4,681,805 )
     

Net increase in net assets from operations

  19,979,028     6,923,738     39,152,585     7,762,792  
Distributions to shareholders from:                        

Net investment income

                       

Class I

  (7,226,155 )   (6,348,062 )   (10,646,775 )   (9,241,042 )

Class II

  (1,526,152 )   (1,388,479 )   (985,020 )   (885,425 )

Return of Capital

                       

Class I

      (127,373 )        

Class II

      (28,768 )        
     

Total distributions

  (8,752,307 )   (7,892,682 )   (11,631,795 )   (10,126,467 )
     
Capital Stock transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  36,406,472     20,354,867     45,709,365     23,367,824  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  7,226,139     6,475,435     10,646,773     9,241,042  

Shares redeemed

  (41,688,374 )   (37,440,903 )   (69,665,565 )   (36,466,538 )
     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock transactions

  1,944,237     (10,610,601 )   (13,309,427 )   (3,857,672 )
     

Class II Shares

                       

Shares sold

  1,950,081     9,767,995     1,099,583     6,691,106  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  1,526,152     1,417,247     985,020     885,425  

Shares redeemed

  (6,064,713 )   (3,053,604 )   (5,843,520 )   (3,009,183 )
     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock transactions

  (2,588,480 )   8,131,638     (3,758,917 )   4,567,348  
     
Total increase (decrease) from capital stock transactions   (644,243 )   (2,478,963 )   (17,068,344 )   709,676  
     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   10,582,478     (3,447,906 )   10,452,446     (1,653,999 )
     
Net Assets at end of period   $238,216,607     $227,634,129     $393,058,473     $382,606,027  
     

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets

  $–     $–     $–     $–  
Capital Share transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  3,483,197     1,989,887     4,586,565     2,426,221  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  691,344     649,610     1,053,646     980,151  

Shares redeemed

  (3,985,882 )   (3,674,546 )   (6,964,923 )   (3,768,817 )
     

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

  188,659     (1,035,049 )   (1,324,712 )   (362,445 )
     

Class II Shares

                       

Shares sold

  187,427     955,023     112,305     685,655  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  146,308     142,423     97,726     94,103  

Shares redeemed

  (582,367 )   (298,720 )   (592,373 )   (313,358 )
     

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

  (248,632 )   798,726     (382,342 )   466,400  
     

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Aggressive Allocation Fund   Money Market Fund   Bond Fund   High Income Fund
             
2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011
                             
$134,360,528     $127,694,004     $62,660,366     $70,211,054     $425,099,202     $465,248,826     $92,675,282     $99,838,101  
                                             
2,537,833     1,663,434             12,849,590     15,963,320     5,479,561     6,540,601  
5,179,817     3,126,456             255,801     1,004,732     3,222,281     1,733,903  
7,348,417     (4,143,997 )           (41,918 )   11,605,808     860,384     (3,502,188 )
 
15,066,067     645,893             13,063,473     28,573,860     9,562,226     4,772,316  
(3,193,957 )   (2,322,867 )           (11,250,243 )   (14,079,587 )   (5,116,320 )   (6,211,217 )
(39,884 )   (28,384 )           (1,526,409 )   (1,752,712 )   (542,703 )   (428,405 )
                             
                             
 
(3,233,841 )   (2,351,251 )           (12,776,652 )   (15,832,299 )   (5,659,023 )   (6,639,622 )
 
30,425,398     16,814,313     15,456,536     26,296,004     80,281,951     32,933,180     6,340,313     3,676,230  
3,193,957     2,322,867             11,250,243     14,079,587     5,116,320     6,211,217  
(35,113,393 )   (11,163,455 )   (28,490,349 )   (34,247,892 )   (126,901,735 )   (112,759,403 )   (41,331,439 )   (17,304,019 )
 
(1,494,038 )   7,973,725     (13,033,813 )   (7,951,888 )   (35,369,541 )   (65,746,636 )   (29,874,806 )   (7,416,572 )
 
103,181     467,480     2,213,981     2,272,356     3,009,622     12,844,910     356,009     1,915,219  
39,884     28,384             1,526,409     1,752,712     542,703     428,405  
(166,362 )   (97,707 )   (1,516,857 )   (1,871,156 )   (4,761,589 )   (1,742,169 )   (502,790 )   (222,564 )
 
(23,297 )   398,157     697,124     401,200     (225,558 )   12,855,453     395,922     2,121,060  
 
(1,517,335 )   8,371,882     (12,336,689 )   (7,550,688 )   (35,595,099 )   (52,891,183 )   (29,478,884 )   (5,295,512 )
 
10,314,891     6,666,524     (12,336,689 )   (7,550,688 )   (35,308,278 )   (40,149,624 )   (25,575,681 )   (7,162,819 )
 
$144,675,419     $134,360,528     $50,323,677     $62,660,366     $389,790,924     $425,099,202     $67,099,601     $92,675,282  
 
$ –     $ –     $–     $–     $215,795     $270,176     $206,043     $118,232  
3,188,342     1,829,853     15,456,536     26,296,004     7,495,349     3,144,908     651,888     380,515  
327,438     259,040             1,064,171     1,333,622     545,827     675,860  
(3,674,003 )   (1,205,025 )   (28,490,349 )   (34,247,892 )   (11,809,745 )   (10,714,251 )   (4,170,438 )   (1,786,259 )
 
(158,223 )   883,868     (13,033,813 )   (7,951,888 )   (3,250,225 )   (6,235,721 )   (2,972,723 )   (729,884 )
 
10,752     49,960     2,213,981     2,272,356     279,678     1,232,926     36,572     197,713  
4,102     3,173             144,622     166,154     57,879     46,641  
(16,989 )   (10,546 )   (1,516,857 )   (1,871,156 )   (444,157 )   (163,213 )   (51,896 )   (23,060 )
 
(2,135 )   42,587     697,124     401,200     (19,857 )   1,235,867     42,555     221,294  
 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Diversified Income Fund   Large Cap Value Fund
         
Year Ended December 31,   2012   2011   2012   2011
                 
Net Assets at beginning of period   $403,211,434     $407,017,583     $491,674,493     $530,247,917  
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:                        

Net investment income

  10,757,484     11,868,731     10,488,964     10,296,797  

Net realized gain on investments transactions

  6,819,611     16,259,876     22,534,576     31,920,133  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments transactions

  14,057,412     2,343,286     24,248,240     (5,336,866 )
     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  31,634,507     30,471,893     57,271,780     36,880,064  
Distributions to shareholders from:                        

Net investment income

                       

Class I

  (9,820,039 )   (11,046,222 )   (10,356,142 )   (10,095,971 )

Class II

  (889,234 )   (837,747 )   (112,931 )   (109,873 )
     

Total distributions

  (10,709,273 )   (11,883,969 )   (10,469,073 )   (10,205,844 )
     
Capital Stock transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  33,291,125     8,647,928     69,507,711     13,848,340  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  9,820,039     11,046,222     10,356,143     10,095,971  

Shares redeemed

  (76,259,090 )   (48,976,196 )   (117,526,447 )   (89,269,316 )
     

Net decrease in net assets from capital stock transactions

  (33,147,926 )   (29,282,046 )   (37,662,593 )   (65,325,005 )
     

Class II Shares

                       

Shares sold

  5,148,640     8,977,582     224,114     544,221  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  889,234     837,747     112,931     109,873  

Shares redeemed

  (3,096,127 )   (2,927,356 )   (682,525 )   (576,733 )
     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock transactions

  2,941,747     6,887,973     (345,480 )   77,361  
     
Total net decrease from capital stock transactions   (30,206,179 )   (22,394,073 )   (38,008,073 )   (65,247,644 )
     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (9,280,945 )   (3,806,149 )   8,794,634     (38,573,424 )
     
Net Assets at end of period   $393,930,489     $403,211,434     $500,469,127     $491,674,493  
     

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets

  $215,755     $207,484     $210,348     $190,026  
Capital Share transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  1,813,514     502,323     2,587,667     559,931  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  539,704     634,293     386,381     405,964  

Shares redeemed

  (4,167,601 )   (2,847,528 )   (4,353,429 )   (3,629,634 )
     

Net decrease from capital share transactions

  (1,814,383 )   (1,710,912 )   (1,379,381 )   (2,663,739 )
     

Class II Shares

                       

Shares sold

  284,063     526,321     8,317     22,164  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  48,943     48,142     4,222     4,426  

Shares redeemed

  (169,225 )   (170,150 )   (25,462 )   (23,662 )
     

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

  163,781     404,313     (12,923 )   2,928  
     

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Large Cap Growth Fund   Mid Cap Fund   Small Cap Fund   International Stock Fund
             
2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011
                             
$358,620,849     $395,446,443     $365,102,889     $397,169,596     $12,661,690     $13,097,057     $88,163,466     $105,304,241  
2,733,613     872,256     1,096,782     602,185     157,422     50,950     1,552,102     1,855,913  
5,568,234     39,422,276     12,645,399     36,438,566     585,925     357,045     2,784,165     3,479,732  
31,642,311     (44,255,836 )   42,480,016     (19,534,163 )   1,117,532     (368,723 )   13,554,327     (12,765,450 )
 
39,944,158     (3,961,304 )   56,222,197     17,506,588     1,860,879     39,272     17,890,594     (7,429,805 )
(2,515,455 )   (861,866 )   (1,067,719 )   (687,090 )   (139,045 )   (45,846 )   (1,223,367 )   (1,510,650 )
(189,383 )   (31,319 )   (22,229 )   (4,200 )   (15,378 )   (3,723 )   (263,629 )   (291,401 )
 
(2,704,838 )   (893,185 )   (1,089,948 )   (691,290 )   (154,423 )   (49,569 )   (1,486,996 )   (1,802,051 )
 
51,759,146     11,740,628     46,160,581     14,847,888     567,964     1,567,954     6,139,330     3,327,511  
2,515,455     861,866     1,067,719     687,090     139,045     45,846     1,223,367     1,510,650  
(101,706,126 )   (51,986,645 )   (95,640,480 )   (65,250,198 )   (1,550,153 )   (2,049,990 )   (16,609,228 )   (16,569,485 )
 
(47,431,525 )   (39,384,151 )   (48,412,180 )   (49,715,220 )   (843,144 )   (436,190 )   (9,246,531 )   (11,731,324 )
 
1,039,287     8,340,118     205,290     1,744,989     28,404     290,607     867,658     4,073,516  
189,383     31,319     22,229     4,200     15,378     3,723     263,629     291,401  
(2,531,461 )   (958,391 )   (1,589,470 )   (915,974 )   (146,386 )   (283,210 )   (1,269,715 )   (542,512 )
 
(1,302,791 )   7,413,046     (1,361,951 )   833,215     (102,604 )   11,120     (138,428 )   3,822,405  
 
(48,734,316 )   (31,971,105 )   (49,774,131 )   (48,882,005 )   (945,748 )   (425,070 )   (9,384,959 )   (7,908,919 )
 
(11,494,996 )   (36,825,594 )   5,358,118     (32,066,707 )   760,708     (435,367 )   7,018,639     (17,140,775 )
 
$347,125,853     $358,620,849     $370,461,007     $365,102,889     $13,422,398     $12,661,690     $95,182,105     $88,163,466  
 
$51,752     $23,005     $22,758     $15,924     $–     $–     $14,030     $(78)  
2,172,455     521,785     2,819,510     993,405     49,083     142,303     624,736     332,788  
106,135     39,349     63,373     46,410     11,463     4,205     114,510     167,339  
(4,235,335 )   (2,310,549 )   (5,878,665 )   (4,419,911 )   (133,951 )   (193,625 )   (1,660,974 )   (1,658,271 )
 
(1,956,745 )   (1,749,415 )   (2,995,782 )   (3,380,096 )   (73,405 )   (47,117 )   (921,728 )   (1,158,144 )
 
44,301     368,460     12,749     117,974     2,393     26,862     91,269     403,814  
8,013     1,433     1,321     284     1,272     342     24,683     32,404  
(106,446 )   (43,744 )   (98,269 )   (62,644 )   (12,565 )   (26,457 )   (126,337 )   (54,302 )
 
(54,132 )   326,149     (84,199 )   55,614     (8,900 )   747     (10,385 )   381,916  
 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Madison Target   Madison Target
    Retirement 2020 Fund   Retirement 2030 Fund
         
Year Ended December 31,   2012   2011   2012   2011
                 
Net Assets at beginning of period   $39,580,036     $27,647,785     $45,404,453     $31,278,843  
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:                        

Net investment income

  1,434,560     927,037     1,619,329     923,593  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

  165,174     2,004,820     202,955     2,414,365  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

  2,879,364     (2,269,004 )   3,982,918     (2,911,351 )
     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  4,479,098     662,853     5,805,202     426,607  
Distributions to shareholders from:                        

Net investment income

                       

Class I

  (1,667,275 )   (1,096,421 )   (1,812,454 )   (1,091,758 )

Net realized gains

                       

Class I

  (178,482 )   (897,737 )   (440,797 )   (1,764,696 )

Return of Capital

                       

Class I

               
     

Total distributions

  (1,845,757 )   (1,994,158 )   (2,253,251 )   (2,856,454 )
     
Capital Stock transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  26,778,150     15,901,069     29,952,292     15,550,888  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  1,845,756     1,994,158     2,253,248     2,856,454  

Shares redeemed

  (14,229,993 )   (4,631,671 )   (13,152,477 )   (1,851,885 )
     

Net increase from capital stock transactions

  14,393,913     13,263,556     19,053,063     16,555,457  
     
Total increase in net assets   17,027,254     11,932,250     22,605,014     14,125,610  
     
Net Assets at end of period   $56,607,290     $39,580,036     $68,009,467     $45,404,453  
     

Undistributed net investment income included in net assets

  $–     $–     $–     $–  
Capital Share transactions:                        

Class I Shares

                       

Shares sold

  3,249,949     1,939,616     3,774,920     1,952,016  

Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

  222,629     255,016     281,135     381,214  

Shares redeemed

  (1,725,495 )   (560,216 )   (1,656,361 )   (228,251 )
     

Net increase from capital share transactions

  1,747,083     1,634,416     2,399,694     2,104,979  
     

1   The Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund commenced operations on January 3, 2011.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Madison Target   Madison Target
Retirement 2040 Fund   Retirement 2050 Fund
     
2012   2011   2012   20111
             
$35,182,268     $26,146,753     $2,236,241     $–  
1,111,481     642,632     128,525     27,410  
140,879     2,303,584     1,533     (29,923 )
3,160,888     (2,809,726 )   333,215     (16,822 )
 
4,413,248     136,490     463,273     (19,335 )
(1,199,277 )   (767,165 )   (134,118 )   (31,450 )
(401,247 )   (1,885,854 )   (27,128 )    
            (1,099 )
 
(1,600,524 )   (2,653,019 )   (161,246 )   (32,549 )
 
21,643,373     10,698,786     5,538,045     2,473,782  
1,600,523     2,653,019     161,246     32,549  
(11,970,258 )   (1,799,761 )   (1,077,477 )   (218,206 )
 
11,273,638     11,552,044     4,621,814     2,288,125  
 
14,086,362     9,035,515     4,923,841     2,236,241  
 
$49,268,630     $35,182,268     $7,160,082     $2,236,241  
 
$–     $–     $–     $–  
2,875,883     1,399,765     528,566     248,588  
210,569     375,570     15,091     3,338  
(1,594,072 )   (230,919 )   (102,883 )   (22,619 )
 
1,492,380     1,544,416     440,774     229,307  
 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012   2011   2010   2009   2008
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.96     $10.01     $9.61     $8.48     $10.77  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.29     0.28     0.29     0.29     0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.60     0.03     0.52     1.12     (2.27 )
     

Total from investment operations

  0.89     0.31     0.81     1.41     (1.92 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.40 )   (0.35 )   (0.41 )   (0.28 )   (0.27 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.10 )

Distributions from return of capital

      (0.01 )            
     

Total distributions

  (0.40 )   (0.36 )   (0.41 )   (0.28 )   (0.37 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.49     (0.05 )   0.40     1.13     (2.29 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.45     $9.96     $10.01     $9.61     $8.48  
Total Return3 (%)   8.98     3.14     8.37     16.76     (17.89 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $195,526     $184,431     $195,657     $176,322     $116,678  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets:                              

Before management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31  

After management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.28  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.79     2.76     2.90     3.23     3.53  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   44     36     36     47     71  
 
                      Inception to      
CLASS II   2012   2011   2010   12/31/091      
           
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.95     $10.00     $9.61     $8.51        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.26     0.27     0.35     0.28        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.61     0.02     0.43     0.99        
           

Total from investment operations

  0.87     0.29     0.78     1.27        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.39 )   (0.33 )   (0.39 )   (0.17 )      

Distributions from return of capital

      (0.01 )              
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.48     (0.05 )   0.39     1.10        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.43     $9.95     $10.00     $9.61        
Total Return3 (%)   8.71     2.89     8.10     14.91 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $42,691     $43,203     $35,425     $12,829        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.56     0.56     0.55     0.56 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.49     2.67     3.47     4.38 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   44     36     36     47 4      

1   Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009
2   Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3   These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4   Not annualized.
5   Annualized.
6   Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012   2011   2010   2009   2008
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.42     $9.49     $8.87     $7.51     $11.21  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.23     0.20     0.20     0.18     0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.77     (0.01 )   0.71     1.37     (3.55 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.00     0.19     0.91     1.55     (3.34 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.31 )   (0.26 )   (0.29 )   (0.19 )   (0.17 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.19 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.31 )   (0.26 )   (0.29 )   (0.19 )   (0.36 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.69     (0.07 )   0.62     1.36     (3.70 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.11     $9.42     $9.49     $8.87     $7.51  
Total Return3 (%)   10.54     2.03     10.22     20.61     (30.23 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $358,486     $346,733     $352,545     $332,428     $243,761  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets:                              

Before management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31  

After management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.28  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.32     2.07     2.24     2.29     2.20  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   49     25     34     52     69  
 
                      Inception to      
CLASS II   2012   2011   2010   12/31/091      
           
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.41     $9.48     $8.87     $7.56        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.20     0.18     0.25     0.19        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.77     (0.01 )   0.63     1.24        
           

Total from investment operations

  0.97     0.17     0.88     1.43        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.30 )   (0.24 )   (0.27 )   (0.12 )      
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.67     (0.07 )   0.61     1.31        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.08     $9.41     $9.48     $8.87        
Total Return3 (%)   10.26     1.78     9.94     18.82 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $34,573     $35,873     $31,715     $12,162        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.56     0.56     0.56     0.56 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.01     1.86     2.76     3.33 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   49     25     34     52 4      

1   Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2   Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3   These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4   Not annualized.
5   Annualized.
6   Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $8.96     $9.08     $8.30     $6.57     $11.61  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.17     0.12     0.11     0.10     0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.84     (0.08 )   0.81     1.74     (4.74 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.01     0.04     0.92     1.84     (4.65 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.22 )   (0.16 )   (0.14 )   (0.11 )   (0.06 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.33 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.22 )   (0.16 )   (0.14 )   (0.11 )   (0.39 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.79     (0.12 )   0.78     1.73     (5.04 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $9.75     $8.96     $9.08     $8.30     $6.57  
Total Return3 (%)   11.34     0.48     11.15     27.91     (41.09 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $142,755     $132,575     $126,270     $114,492     $69,616  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets:                              

Before management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31  

After management fee reduction (%)

  0.31     0.31     0.31     0.31     0.28  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.80     1.26     1.27     1.44     0.94  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   69     32     33     58     67  
 
                      Inception to      
CLASS II   2012   2011   2010   12/31/091      
         
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $8.95     $9.07     $8.30     $6.69        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.15     0.10     0.17     0.15        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.83     (0.08 )   0.73     1.54        
         

Total from investment operations

  0.98     0.02     0.90     1.69        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.21 )   (0.14 )   (0.13 )   (0.08 )      
         
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.77     (0.12 )   0.77     1.61        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $9.72     $8.95     $9.07     $8.30        
Total Return3 (%)   11.06     0.23     10.87     25.09 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $1,921     $1,786     $1,424     $514        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.56     0.56     0.56     0.56 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.55     1.05     1.99     2.86 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   69     32     33     58 4      

1   Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2   Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3   These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4   Not annualized.
5   Annualized.
6   Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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MONEY MARKET FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
    2012   2011   2010   2009   2008
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

              0.00 4   0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

                  0.00 4
     

Total from investment operations

  0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.02  

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

              (0.00 )4   (0.02 )
     
Net increase in net asset value   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00  
Net Asset Value at end of period   $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00  
Total Return3 (%)   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     1.75  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $48,648     $61,682     $69,634     $92,463     $159,349  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets:                              

Before waiver of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.46     0.47     0.47     0.47     0.47  

After waiver of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.11 7   0.08 7   0.14 7   0.28 7   0.47  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     1.67  
 
                      Inception to      
CLASS II   2012   2011   2010   12/31/091      
           
                               
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

                     

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

                     
           

Total from investment operations

  0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

                     
           
Net increase in net asset value   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $1.00     $1.00     $1.00     $1.00        
Total Return3 (%)   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00 5      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $1,676     $979     $577     $185        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets:                              

Before waiver of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.71     0.72     0.73     0.73 6      

After waiver of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.12 7   0.07 7   0.16 7   0.20 6,7      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00 6      

1   Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009  
2   Based on average shares outstanding during the year.  
3   These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.  
4   Amounts represent less than $0.005 per share.  
5   Not annualized.  
6   Annualized.  
7   Amount includes fees waived by the adviser (see Note 3).  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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BOND FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012   2011   2010   2009   2008
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $10.57     $10.29     $10.14     $9.94     $10.19  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.34     0.38     0.40     0.43     0.50  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.00     0.31     0.20     0.21     (0.21 )
     

Total from investment operations

  0.34     0.69     0.60     0.64     0.29  

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.36 )   (0.41 )   (0.45 )   (0.44 )   (0.54 )
     
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   (0.02 )   0.28     0.15     0.20     (0.25 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.55     $10.57     $10.29     $10.14     $9.94  
Total Return3 (%)   3.21     6.73     5.92     6.50     2.86  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $340,335     $375,325     $429,499     $541,789     $572,562  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.56     0.57     0.56     0.57     0.56  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   3.13     3.62     3.76     4.28     4.84  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   11     6     2     25     12  
 
                      Inception to      
CLASS II   2012   2011   2010   12/31/091      
           
                               
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $10.56     $10.28     $10.14     $9.85        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.31     0.36     0.37     0.27        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.01     0.31     0.20     0.28        
           

Total from investment operations

  0.32     0.67     0.57     0.55        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.34 )   (0.39 )   (0.43 )   (0.26 )      
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   (0.02 )   0.28     0.14     0.29        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.54     $10.56     $10.28     $10.14        
Total Return3 (%)   2.96     6.47     5.66     5.55 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $49,456     $49,774     $35,750     $9,719        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.81     0.82     0.81     0.82 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.88     3.36     3.49     3.86 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   11     6     2     25 4      

1   Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2   Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3   These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4   Not annualized.
5   Annualized.
6   Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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HIGH INCOME FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
      2012       2011       2010       2009       2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.18     $9.42     $9.11     $7.34     $9.54  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.61     0.65     0.72     0.68     0.67  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.42     (0.18 )   0.35     1.80     (2.07 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.03     0.47     1.07     2.48     (1.40 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.84 )   (0.71 )   (0.76 )   (0.71 )   (0.80 )
     
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.19     (0.24 )   0.31     1.77     (2.20 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $9.37     $9.18     $9.42     $9.11     $7.34  
Total Return3 (%)   11.23     5.01     11.73     34.29     (14.74 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $60,362     $86,462     $95,552     $107,722     $90,728  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.77     0.77     0.77     0.77     0.76  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   6.31     6.76     7.54     7.94     7.42  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   55     54     53     73     45  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
      2012       2011       2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.19     $9.42     $9.11     $8.14        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.58     0.63     0.70     0.47        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.42     (0.18 )   0.34     0.96        
           

Total from investment operations

  1.00     0.45     1.04     1.43        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.82 )   (0.68 )   (0.73 )   (0.46 )      
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.18     (0.23 )   0.31     0.97        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $9.37     $9.19     $9.42     $9.11        
Total Return3 (%)   10.95     4.75     11.45     17.49 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $6,737     $6,213     $4,286     $1,148        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.02     1.02     1.01     1.01 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   6.02     6.52     7.20     7.65 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   55     54     53     73 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND                              
 
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $17.39     $16.62     $15.37     $14.46     $17.62  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.49     0.51     0.56     0.60     0.72  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.92     0.79     1.29     0.92     (3.05 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.41     1.30     1.85     1.52     (2.33 )
Less Distributions:                              

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.51 )   (0.53 )   (0.60 )   (0.61 )   (0.81 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.02 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.51 )   (0.53 )   (0.60 )   (0.61 )   (0.83 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.90     0.77     1.25     0.91     (3.16 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $18.29     $17.39     $16.62     $15.37     $14.46  
Total Return3 (%)   8.16     7.84     12.04     10.74     (13.25 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $359,022     $372,852     $384,709     $418,381     $438,047  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.71     0.72     0.72     0.72     0.71  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.69     2.94     3.50     4.12     4.37  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   17     19     23     26     14  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
      2012       2011       2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $17.37     $16.61     $15.37     $13.74        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.44     0.46     0.52     0.35        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.93     0.79     1.29     1.64        
           

Total from investment operations

  1.37     1.25     1.81     1.99        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.48 )   (0.49 )   (0.57 )   (0.36 )      
           
Net increase in net asset value   0.89     0.76     1.24     1.63        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $18.26     $17.37     $16.61     $15.37        
Total Return3 (%)   7.89     7.57     11.77     14.43 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $34,908     $30,360     $22,309     $6,261        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.96     0.97     0.97     0.97 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.43     2.69     3.20     3.44 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   17     19     23     26 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.
   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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LARGE CAP VALUE FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $24.78     $23.56     $22.17     $19.42     $31.49  
   Income from Investment Operations:                              
      Net investment income2   0.55     0.50     0.38     0.43     0.65  
      Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   2.37     1.24     1.46     2.76     (11.99 )
     
         Total from investment operations   2.92     1.74     1.84     3.19     (11.34 )
Less Distributions:                              
      Distributions from net investment income   (0.58 )   (0.52 )   (0.45 )   (0.44 )   (0.71 )
      Distributions from capital gains                   (0.02 )
     
         Total distributions   (0.58 )   (0.52 )   (0.45 )   (0.44 )   (0.73 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   2.34     1.22     1.39     2.75     (12.07 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $27.12     $24.78     $23.56     $22.17     $19.42  
Total Return3 (%)   11.82     7.38     8.29     16.79     (35.99 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $494,587     $485,978     $524,894     $630,764     $609,444  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.61     0.62     0.62     0.62     0.61  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.05     2.03     1.72     2.23     2.42  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   27     29     63     81     38  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
    2012     2011     2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $24.73     $23.54     $22.17     $17.74        
   Income from Investment Operations:                              
      Net investment income2   0.48     0.43     0.34     0.18        
      Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   2.37     1.25     1.44     4.45        
           
         Total from investment operations   2.85     1.68     1.78     4.63        
   Less Distributions:                              
      Distributions from net investment income   (0.53 )   (0.49 )   (0.41 )   (0.20 )      
           
Net increase in net asset value   2.32     1.19     1.37     4.43        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $27.05     $24.73     $23.54     $22.17        
Total Return3 (%)   11.55     7.11     8.02     26.09 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $5,882     $5,697     $5,354     $2,552        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.86     0.87     0.87     0.87 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.80     1.78     1.51     1.28 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   27     29     63     81 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $21.84     $22.16     $19.87     $14.50     $23.36  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.18     0.05     0.10     0.12     0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  2.26     (0.31 )   2.31     5.37     (8.80 )
     

Total from investment operations

  2.44     (0.26 )   2.41     5.49     (8.68 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.19 )   (0.06 )   (0.12 )   (0.12 )   (0.14 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.04 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.19 )   (0.06 )   (0.12 )   (0.12 )   (0.18 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   2.25     (0.32 )   2.29     5.37     (8.86 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $24.09     $21.84     $22.16     $19.87     $14.50  
Total Return3 (%)   11.20     (1.19 )   12.13     37.98     (37.20 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $318,024     $331,032     $374,644     $433,483     $352,473  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.76     0.24     0.51     0.72     0.62  
Portfolio Turnover8 (%)   64     85     78     89     123  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
    2012     2011     2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $21.80     $22.14     $19.87     $15.78        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.12     (0.00 )7   0.06     0.05        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  2.26     (0.32 )   2.30     4.09        
           

Total from investment operations

  2.38     (0.32 )   2.36     4.14        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.16 )   (0.02 )   (0.09 )   (0.05 )      
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   2.22     (0.34 )   2.27     4.09        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $24.02     $21.80     $22.14     $19.87        
Total Return3 (%)   10.93     (1.43 )   11.85     26.21 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $29,101     $27,589     $20,802     $6,003        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.07     1.07     1.07     1.07 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.51     6   0.29     0.36 5      
Portfolio Turnover8 (%)   64     85     78     89 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Amount represents less than 0.01%.
7 Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
8 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

84



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MID CAP FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     20103     20093     20083  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $14.75     $14.14     $11.82     $8.01     $15.31  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.05     0.02     0.04     0.00 5   0.00 5

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  2.34     0.62     2.33     3.81     (7.13 )
     

Total from investment operations

  2.39     0.64     2.37     3.81     (7.13 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.05 )   (0.03 )   (0.05 )   (0.00 )5   (0.00 )5

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.16 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.05 )   (0.03 )   (0.05 )   (0.00 )   (0.16 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   2.34     0.61     2.32     3.81     (7.29 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $17.09     $14.75     $14.14     $11.82     $8.01  
Total Return4 (%)   16.24     4.47     20.12     47.28     (46.89 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $356,534     $351,833     $385,219     $229,395     $166,465  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   0.91     0.91     0.90     0.87     0.87  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.30     0.16     0.42     (0.05 )   0.09  
Portfolio Turnover8 (%)   25     52     46     186     108  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
    2012     2011     20103     12/31/091,3        
     
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $14.72     $14.13     $11.82     $9.36        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.01     (0.01 )   0.04     (0.00 )5      

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  2.35     0.60     2.30     2.45        
     

Total from investment operations

  2.36     0.59     2.34     2.45        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.03 )       (0.03 )          
     
Net increase in net asset value   2.33     0.59     2.31     2.45        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $17.05     $14.72     $14.13     $11.82        
Total Return4 (%)   15.95     4.22     19.82     26.13 6      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $13,927     $13,270     $11,951     $1,745        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.16     1.17     1.16     1.12 7      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.05     (0.07 )   0.38     (0.14 )7      
Portfolio Turnover8 (%)   25     52     46     1866        

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 The financial highlights prior to May 1, 2010 are those of the Mid Cap Growth Fund, the accounting survivor of the reorganization of the Mid Cap Value and Mid Cap Growth Funds. The net asset values and other per share information of the Mid Cap Growth Fund have been restated by the conversion ratio of 2.6623 for Class I shares and 2.6678 for Class II shares to reflect those of the legal survivor of the reorganization, the Mid Cap Value Fund, which was renamed the Mid Cap Fund after the reorganization.
4 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
5 Amounts represents less than $0.005 per share.
6 Not annualized.
7 Annualized.
8 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

85



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

SMALL CAP FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
      2012       2011       2010       2009       2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $10.81     $10.75     $8.54     $6.53     $8.86  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.14     0.04     0.08     0.05     0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  1.52     0.06     2.20     2.00     (2.34 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.66     0.10     2.28     2.05     (2.26 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.15 )   (0.04 )   (0.07 )   (0.04 )   (0.07 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.00 )7
     

Total distributions

  (0.15 )   (0.04 )   (0.07 )   (0.04 )   (0.07 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   1.51     0.06     2.21     2.01     (2.33 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $12.32     $10.81     $10.75     $8.54     $6.53  
Total Return3 (%)   15.39     0.91     26.80     31.56     (25.54 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $11,936     $11,261     $11,710     $7,989     $5,986  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.11     1.11     1.11     1.11     1.12  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.24     0.41     0.85     0.77     1.03  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   15     22     33     21     28  
                               
                      Inception
to
       
    2012     2011     2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $10.79     $10.74     $8.54     $6.50        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.11     0.02     0.06     0.02        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  1.52     0.06     2.20     2.03        
           

Total from investment operations

  1.63     0.08     2.26     2.05        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.13 )   (0.03 )   (0.06 )   (0.01 )      
           
Net increase in net asset value   1.50     0.05     2.20     2.04        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $12.29     $10.79     $10.74     $8.54        
Total Return3 (%)   15.10     0.66     26.48     31.57 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $1,486     $1,401     $1,387     $616        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.36     1.36     1.36     1.36 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   0.99     0.16     0.67     0.44 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   15     22     33     21 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period
7 Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

86



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

INTERNATIONAL STOCK FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.03     $9.99     $9.53     $7.59     $13.40  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.17     0.19     0.14     0.17     0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  1.75     (0.96 )   0.53     1.95     (5.27 )
     

Total from investment operations

  1.92     (0.77 )   0.67     2.12     (5.01 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.17 )   (0.19 )   (0.21 )   (0.18 )   (0.26 )

Distributions from capital gains

                  (0.54 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.17 )   (0.19 )   (0.21 )   (0.18 )   (0.80 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   1.75     (0.96 )   0.46     1.94     (5.81 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.78     $9.03     $9.99     $9.53     $7.59  
Total Return3 (%)   21.31     (7.70 )   7.09     27.90     (38.62 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $76,919     $72,756     $92,063     $77,997     $72,768  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.21     1.22     1.22     1.22     1.22  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.74     1.90     1.48     2.08     2.45  
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   42     38     79     87     43  
                               
                      Inception        
                      to        
    2012     2011     2010     12/31/091        
           
CLASS II                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $9.02     $9.99     $9.53     $7.32        

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income2

  0.14     0.16     0.09     0.04        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  1.76     (0.96 )   0.56     2.33        
           

Total from investment operations

  1.90     (0.80 )   0.65     2.37        

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.16 )   (0.17 )   (0.19 )   (0.16 )      
           
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   1.74     (0.97 )   0.46     2.21        
Net Asset Value at end of period   $10.76     $9.02     $9.99     $9.53        
Total Return3 (%)   21.01     (7.91 )   6.83     32.30 4      
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $18,263     $15,407     $13,241     $3,962        
Ratios of expenses to average net assets (%)   1.46     1.47     1.47     1.48 5      
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   1.45     1.58     1.00     0.57 5      
Portfolio Turnover6 (%)   42     38     79     87 4      

1 Commenced investment operations May 1, 2009.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

87



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2020 FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $7.82     $8.06     $7.64     $6.04     $9.63  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income1

  0.24     0.22     0.20     0.15     0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.53     (0.04 )   0.49     1.59     (3.60 )
     

Total from investment operations

  0.77     0.18     0.69     1.74     (3.38 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.25 )   (0.23 )   (0.27 )   (0.14 )   (0.16 )

Distributions from capital gains

  (0.03 )   (0.19 )           (0.05 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.28 )   (0.42 )   (0.27 )   (0.14 )   (0.21 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.49     (0.24 )   0.42     1.60     (3.59 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $8.31     $7.82     $8.06     $7.64     $6.04  
Total Return2 (%)   9.98     2.11     9.01     28.93     (35.31 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $56,607     $39,580     $27,648     $19,300     $8,719  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets                              

Before reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.26     0.40     0.41     0.40  

After reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.24 3   0.20 3   0.34 3   0.40  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.96     2.70     2.61     2.24     2.80  
Portfolio Turnover4 (%)   90     114     51     78     74  

1 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
2 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
3 Amount includes fees waived by the Adviser through a contractual management fee reduction from 0.40% to 0.20% effective October 1, 2009 to February 16, 2011. Effective February 17, 2011 to August 31, 2011, the fee was permanently reduced to 0.20%. Effective September 1, 2011, shareholders approved a new fee arrangement which includes an advisory fee of 0.25% and services agreement fee of 0.05%.
4 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

88



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2030 FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $7.49     $7.90     $7.41     $5.75     $9.54  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income1

  0.23     0.19     0.18     0.12     0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.60     (0.09 )   0.52     1.65     (3.82 )
     

Total from investment operations

  0.83     0.10     0.70     1.77     (3.64 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.22 )   (0.20 )   (0.21 )   (0.11 )   (0.11 )

Distributions from capital gains

  (0.06 )   (0.31 )           (0.04 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.28 )   (0.51 )   (0.21 )   (0.11 )   (0.15 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.55     (0.41 )   0.49     1.66     (3.79 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $8.04     $7.49     $7.90     $7.41     $5.75  
Total Return2 (%)   11.05     1.16     9.56     30.94     (38.35 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $68,009     $45,404     $31,279     $19,330     $8,010  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets                              

Before reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.26     0.40     0.41     0.40  

After reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.24 3   0.20 3   0.34 3   0.40  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.84     2.43     2.42     1.87     2.38  
Portfolio Turnover4 (%)   86     108     43     78     52  

1 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
2 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
3 Amount includes fees waived by the Adviser through a contractual management fee reduction from 0.40% to 0.20% effective October 1, 2009 to February 16, 2011. Effective February 17, 2011 to August 31, 2011, the fee was permanently reduced to 0.20%. Effective September 1, 2011, shareholders approved a new fee arrangement which includes an advisory fee of 0.25% and services agreement fee of 0.05%.
4 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

89



Ultra Series Fund | December 31, 2012

Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2040 FUND                              
 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
     
CLASS I                              
Net Asset Value at beginning of period   $7.06     $7.60     $7.07     $5.43     $9.48  

Income from Investment Operations:

                             

Net investment income1

  0.20     0.16     0.15     0.08     0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  0.61     (0.12 )   0.55     1.63     (4.06 )
     

Total from investment operations

  0.81     0.04     0.70     1.71     (3.92 )

Less Distributions:

                             

Distributions from net investment income

  (0.19 )   (0.17 )   (0.17 )   (0.07 )   (0.08 )

Distributions from capital gains

  (0.07 )   (0.41 )           (0.05 )
     

Total distributions

  (0.26 )   (0.58 )   (0.17 )   (0.07 )   (0.13 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value   0.55     (0.54 )   0.53     1.64     (4.05 )
Net Asset Value at end of period   $7.61     $7.06     $7.60     $7.07     $5.43  
Total Return2 (%)   11.42     0.47     9.97     31.64     (41.65 )
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)   $49,269     $35,182     $26,147     $16,656     $6,385  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets                              

Before reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.26     0.40     0.41     0.40  

After reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

  0.30     0.24 3   0.20 3   0.34 3   0.40  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)   2.65     2.11     2.14     1.22     1.99  
Portfolio Turnover4 (%)   101     115     40     86     62  

1 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
2 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
3 Amount includes fees waived by the Adviser through a contractual management fee reduction from 0.40% to 0.20% effective October 1, 2009 to February 16, 2011. Effective February 17, 2011 to August 31, 2011, the fee was permanently reduced to 0.20%. Effective September 1, 2011, shareholders approved a new fee arrangement which includes an advisory fee of 0.25% and services agreement fee of 0.05%.
4 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights for a Share of Beneficial Interest Outstanding

MADISON TARGET RETIREMENT 2050 FUND                
 
      Year Ended        
      December 31,     Inception to
      2012     12/31/111
       
CLASS I                
Net Asset Value at beginning of period     $9.75       $10.00  

Income from Investment Operations:

               

Net investment income2

    0.30       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.89       (0.36 )
       

Total from investment operations

    1.19       (0.10 )

Less Distributions:

               

Distributions from net investment income

    (0.21 )     (0.14 )

Distributions from return of capital

          (0.01 )

Distributions from capital gains

    (0.04 )      
       

Total distributions

    (0.25 )     (0.15 )
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value     0.94       (0.25 )
Net Asset Value at end of period     $10.69       $9.75  
Total Return3 (%)     12.12       (1.03 )4
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                
Net Assets at end of period (in 000’s)     $7,160       $2,236  
Ratios of expenses to average net assets                

Before reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

    0.30       0.26 5

After reimbursement of expenses by Adviser (%)

    0.30       0.26 5,6
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%)     2.90       2.61 5
Portfolio Turnover7 (%)     86       75 4

1 Commenced investment operations January 3, 2011.
2 Based on average shares outstanding during the year.
3 These returns are after all charges at the mutual fund level have been subtracted. These returns are higher than the returns at the separate account level because charges made at the separate account level have not been subtracted.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Amount includes fees waived by the Adviser through a contractual management fee reduction from 0.40% to 0.20% effective October 1, 2009 to February 16, 2011. Effective February 17, 2011 to August 31, 2011, the fee was permanently reduced to 0.20%. Effective September 1, 2011, shareholders approved a new fee arrangement which includes an advisory fee of 0.25% and services agreement fee of 0.05%.
7 Portfolio Turnover is calculated at the fund level and represents the entire fiscal year or period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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1. ORGANIZATION

The Ultra Series Fund (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Trust is a series fund with, at the end of the period covered by this report, 16 investment portfolios (individually, a “fund,” and collectively, the “funds”), each with different investment objectives and policies. The funds currently available at the end of the period were the Money Market Fund, Bond Fund, High Income Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Mid Cap Fund, Small Cap Fund and International Stock Fund (collectively, the “Core Funds”), the Conservative Allocation Fund, Moderate Allocation Fund and Aggressive Allocation Fund (collectively, the “Target Allocation Funds”), and the Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund, (collectively, the “Target Date Funds”).

The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of the Trust without par value. All funds, except for the Target Date Funds, offer Class I and II shares. The Target Date Funds only offer a single class of shares, Class I shares. Each class of shares represents an interest in the assets of the respective fund and has identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, except that each class of shares bears its own distribution fees, if any, and its proportional share of fund level expenses, and has exclusive voting rights on matters pertaining to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act as it relates to that class and other class specific matters. Shares are offered to separate accounts (the “Accounts”) of CMFG Life Insurance Company and to qualified pension and retirement plans of CMFG Life Insurance Company or it’s affiliates (“CUNA Mutual Group”). The Trust may, in the future, offer other share classes to separate accounts of insurance companies and to qualified pension and retirement plans that are not affiliated with CUNA Mutual Group. The Trust does not offer shares directly to the general public.

The Trust has entered into a Management Agreement with Madison Asset Management, LLC. (the “Investment Adviser” or “Madison”). The Investment Adviser, in turn, has entered into subadvisory agreements with certain subadvisers (“Subadvisers”) for the management of the investments of the High Income, Small Cap and International Stock Funds.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements 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 income and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

Portfolio Valuation: Equity securities, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) listed on any U.S. or foreign stock exchange or quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last quoted sale price or official closing price on that exchange or NASDAQ on the valuation day (provided that, for securities traded on NASDAQ, the funds utilize the NASDAQ Official Closing Price). If no sale occurs, (a) equities traded on a U.S. exchange or on NASDAQ are valued at the mean between the closing bid and closing asked prices and (b) equity securities traded on a foreign exchange are valued at the official bid price. Debt securities purchased with a remaining maturity of 61 days or more are valued on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services approved by the Trust. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures based on valuation technology commonly

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employed in the market for such investments. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche.

Investments in shares of open-end mutual funds, including money market funds, are valued at their daily net asset value (“NAV”) which is calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) on each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. NAV per share is determined by dividing each fund’s total net assets by the number of shares of such fund outstanding at the time of calculation. Because the assets of each Target Allocation and each Target Date Fund consist primarily of shares of underlying funds, the NAV of each fund is determined based on the NAV’s of the underlying funds. Total net assets are determined by adding the total current value of portfolio securities, cash, receivables, and other assets and subtracting liabilities. Short-term instruments having maturities of 60 days or less and all securities in the Money Market Fund are valued on an amortized cost basis, which approximates market value.

Over-the-counter securities not listed or traded on NASDAQ are valued at the last sale price on the valuation day. If no sale occurs on the valuation day, an over-the-counter security is valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. Spot and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued based on quotations supplied by dealers in such contracts. Overnight repurchase agreements are valued at cost, and term repurchase agreements (i.e., those whose maturity exceeds seven days), swaps, caps, collars and floors, if any, are valued at the average of the closing bids obtained daily from at least one dealer.

Through the end of this reporting period, the value of all assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies was converted into U.S. dollar values using the then-current exchange rate at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).

All other securities for which either quotations are not readily available, no other sales have occurred, or in the Investment Adviser’s opinion, do not reflect the current market value, are appraised at their fair values as determined in good faith by The Trust’s Pricing Committee (the “Committee”) and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. When fair value pricing of securities is employed, the prices of securities used by the funds to calculate NAV may differ from market quotations or official closing prices. Because the Target Allocation and Target Date Funds primarily invest in underlying funds, government securities and short-term paper, it is not anticipated that the Investment Adviser will need to fair value any of the investments of these funds. However, an underlying fund may need to fair value one or more of its investments, which may, in turn, require a Target Allocation or Target Date Fund to do the same because of delays in obtaining the underlying Fund’s NAV.

A fund’s investments (or underlying fund) will be valued at fair value, if in the judgment of the Committee an event impacting the value of an investment occurred between the closing time of a security’s primary market or exchange (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and the time the fund’s share price is calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). Significant events may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) significant fluctuations in domestic markets, foreign markets or foreign currencies; (2) occurrences not directly tied to the securities markets such as natural disasters, armed conflicts or significant government actions; and (3) major announcements affecting a single issuer or an entire market or market sector. In responding to a significant event, the Committee would determine the fair value of affected securities considering factors including, but not limited to: fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; the nature and duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investment; and the forces influencing the market(s) in which the investment is purchased or sold. The Committee may

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rely on an independent fair valuation service to adjust the valuations of foreign equity securities based on specific market-movement parameters established by the Committee and approved by the Trust.

Security Transactions and Investment Income: Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Net realized gains or losses on sales are determined by the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date. Amortization and accretion are recorded on the effective yield method.

Expenses: Expenses that are directly related to one fund are charged directly to that fund. Other operating expenses are prorated to the funds on the basis of relative net assets. Class-specific expenses are borne by that class.

Classes: Income and realized and unrealized gains/losses are allocated to the respective classes on the basis of relative net assets.

Repurchase Agreements: Each fund may engage in repurchase agreements. In a repurchase agreement, a security is purchased for a relatively short period (usually not more than 7 days) subject to the obligation to sell it back to the issuer at a fixed time and price plus accrued interest. The funds will enter into repurchase agreements only with member banks of the Federal Reserve System and with “primary dealers” in U.S. Government securities. As of December 31, 2012, none of the funds held open repurchase agreements.

The Trust has established a procedure providing that the securities serving as collateral for each repurchase agreement must be delivered to the Trust’s custodian either physically or in book-entry form and that the collateral must be marked to market daily to ensure that the repurchase agreement is fully collateralized at all times. In the event of bankruptcy or other default by a seller of a repurchase agreement, a fund could experience one of the following: delays in liquidating the underlying securities during the period in which the fund seeks to enforce its rights thereto, possible subnormal levels of income, declines in value of the underlying securities, or lack of access to income during this period and the expense of enforcing its rights.

In April 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-03 “Reconsideration of Effective Control of Repurchase Agreements”. ASU 2011-03 is an amendment to Topic 860 “Transfers and Servicing”. These amendments simplify the accounting for repurchase agreements by eliminating the requirement that the transferor demonstrate it has adequate collateral to fund substantially all the cost of purchasing replacement assets. As a result, more arrangements could be accounted for as secured borrowings rather than sales. The guidance applies to public and nonpublic companies and is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The guidance should be applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date. The funds have adopted this guidance and have determined that the updated standards have no material impact on the funds’ financial statements.

Foreign Currency Transactions: The books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency denominated transactions (i.e., market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities, purchases and sales of investment securities, and income and expenses) are translated into U.S. dollars at the current rate of exchange. The funds enter into contracts on the trade date to settle any securities transactions denominated in foreign currencies on behalf of the funds at the spot rate at settlement.

Each fund, except the Money Market Fund, which can only invest in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign money market securities, reports certain foreign currency-related transactions as components of realized gains or losses for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. Only the

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International Stock Fund had net realized gains, and that amount of $196,482 is included in the Statements of Operations under the heading “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” for that fund.

The Funds do not isolate the portion of gains and losses on investments in securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of securities. Such amounts are categorized as gain or loss on investments for financial reporting purposes.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: Each fund, except the Money Market Fund, may purchase and sell forward foreign currency exchange contracts for defensive or hedging purposes. When entering into forward foreign currency exchange contracts, the funds agree to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. These contracts are valued daily. The funds’ net assets reflect unrealized gains or losses on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign currency exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date. The funds realize a gain or a loss at the time the forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled or closed out with an offsetting contract. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in the Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2012, none of the funds had open forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

If a fund enters into a forward foreign currency exchange contract to buy foreign currency for any purpose, the fund will be required to place cash or other liquid assets in a segregated account with the fund’s custodian in an amount equal to the value of the fund’s total assets committed to the consummation of the forward contract. If the value of the securities in the segregated account declines, additional cash or securities will be placed in the segregated account so that the value of the account will equal the amount of the fund’s commitment with respect to the contract.

Illiquid Securities: Each fund currently limits investments in illiquid securities to 15% of net assets at the time of purchase, except for Money Market which limits the investment in illiquid securities to 5% of net assets. An illiquid security is generally defined as any investment that may be difficult to sell within seven days for the price at which the fund values it. At December 31, 2012, investments in securities of the Bond and Diversified Income Funds include issues that are illiquid. The aggregate values of illiquid securities held by Bond and Diversified Income Funds were $16,177,927 and $9,439,256, respectively, which represent 4.2% and 2.4% of net assets, respectively. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees, certain unregistered securities are determined to be liquid and are not included within the percent limitations specified above. Information concerning the illiquid securities held at December 31, 2012, which includes cost and acquisition date, is as follows:

Security   Acquisition Date   Acquisition Cost
 
Bond Fund                    
                     
American Association of Retired Persons       5/16/02       $ 2,620,162  
ERAC USA Finance LLC       12/16/04         4,762,254  
Indianapolis Power & Light Co.       10/2/06         3,424,873  
WM Wrigley Jr. Co.       6/21/10         3,169,571  
                   
                $ 13,976,860  
                     
Diversified Income Fund                    
AbbVie Inc.       11/5/12       $ 1,193,825  
American Association of Retired Persons       5/16/02         2,096,129  
ERAC USA Finance LLC       12/16/04         2,002,311  
Indianapolis Power & Light Co.       10/2/06         1,545,915  
WM Wrigley Jr. Co.       6/21/10         1,309,823  
                   
                $ 8,148,003  

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Delayed Delivery Securities: Each fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. “When-issued” refers to securities whose terms are available and for which a market exists, but that have not been issued. For when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, no payment is made until delivery date, which is typically longer than the normal course of settlement, and often a month or more after the purchase. When a fund enters into an agreement to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, the fund segregates cash or other liquid securities, of any type or maturity, equal in value to the fund’s commitment. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities, if the counterparty does not perform under the contract, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic or other factors. As of December 31, 2012, none of the funds had entered into such transactions.

Fair Value Measurements: Each fund has adopted the FASB guidance on fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that each fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is used to maximize the use of observable market data “inputs” and minimize the use of unobservable “inputs” and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk (for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs used in the valuation technique). Inputs may be observable or unobservable.

Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below:

• Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rate volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risk, benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities, underlying equity of the issuer; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data, etc.)

• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The valuation techniques used by the Funds to measure fair value for the period ended December 31, 2012 maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs. The Funds utilized the following fair value techniques: multidimensional relational pricing model and option adjusted spread pricing; the Funds estimated the price that would have prevailed in a liquid market for an international equity security given information available at the time of evaluation. Through the period ended December 31, 2012, none of the Funds held securities deemed as a Level 3 and there were no transfers between classification levels.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2012 in valuing the funds’ investments carried at fair value (please see the Portfolio of Investments for each Fund for a listing of all securities within each category):

    Quoted Prices in   Significant Other   Significant          
    Active Markets for   Observable   Unobservable          
    Identical Investments   Inputs   Inputs   Value at
Fund   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)   12/31/12
 
Conservative Allocation     $ 237,954,277       $       $       $ 237,954,277  
Moderate Allocation       390,295,476                         390,295,476  
Aggressive Allocation       144,422,356                         144,422,356  
Money Market1       2,476,374         47,635,150                 50,111,524  
Bond                                        

Asset Backed

              3,476,244                 3,476,244  

Corporate Notes and Bonds

              107,097,622                 107,097,622  

Mortgage Backed

              63,257,219                 63,257,219  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

              199,523,992                 199,523,992  

Investment Companies

      13,441,891                         13,441,891  
                                 
        13,441,891         373,355,077                 386,796,968  
High Income                                        

Corporate Notes and Bonds

              63,087,653                 63,087,653  

Investment Companies

      3,135,148                         3,135,148  
                                 
        3,135,148         63,087,653                 66,222,801  
Diversified Income                                        

Common Stocks

      216,084,799                         216,084,799  

Asset Backed

              607,382                 607,382  

Corporate Notes and Bonds

              63,221,207                 63,221,207  

Mortgage Backed

              27,066,482                 27,066,482  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

              71,599,662                 71,599,662  

Investment Companies

      14,006,365                         14,006,365  
                                 
        230,091,164         162,494,733                 392,585,897  
Large Cap Value                                        

Common Stocks

      481,090,989                         481,090,989  

Investment Companies

      20,226,182                         20,226,182  
                                 
        501,317,171                         501,317,171  
Large Cap Growth                                        

Common Stocks

      330,893,865                         330,893,865  

Investment Companies

      15,071,048                         15,071,048  
                                 
        345,964,913                         345,964,913  
Mid Cap                                        

Common Stocks

      345,470,438                         345,470,438  

Investment Companies

      26,049,776                         26,049,776  
                                 
        371,520,214                         371,520,214  
Small Cap                                        

Common Stocks

      13,014,567                         13,014,567  

Investment Companies

      496,276                         496,276  
                                 
        13,510,843                         13,510,843  

1 At December 31, 2012, all Level 2 securities held are short-term investments. See respective portfolio of investments.
   

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    Quoted Prices in   Significant Other   Significant          
    Active Markets for   Observable   Unobservable          
    Identical Investments   Inputs   Inputs   Value at
Fund   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)   12/31/12
 
International Stock                                        

Common Stocks

                                       

Australia

    $       $ 2,357,920       $       $ 2,357,920  

Belgium

              3,298,134                 3,298,134  

Brazil

              1,500,796                 1,500,796  

Canada

              2,646,993                 2,646,993  

Finland

              1,222,154                 1,222,154  

France

              9,291,556                 9,291,556  

Germany

              9,370,001                 9,370,001  

Indonesia

      782,227                         782,227  

Ireland

      750,732                         750,732  

Italy

              2,803,595                 2,803,595  

Japan

              14,585,290                 14,585,290  

Mexico

              856,204                 856,204  

Netherlands

              1,877,635                 1,877,635  

New Zealand

              667,033                 667,033  

Philippines

              535,027                 535,027  

Russia

              1,419,872                 1,419,872  

South Africa

              1,026,517                 1,026,517  

South Korea

              2,412,174                 2,412,174  

Spain

              2,319,723                 2,319,723  

Sweden

              5,131,883                 5,131,883  

Switzerland

              4,330,363                 4,330,363  

Thailand

              996,404                 996,404  

Turkey

              1,559,006                 1,559,006  

United Kingdom

              21,881,702                 21,881,702  
Investment Companies       1,655,652                         1,655,652  
                                 
        3,188,611         92,089,982                 95,278,593  
Madison Target Retirement 2020       55,403,024                         55,403,024  
Madison Target Retirement 2030       67,985,121                         67,985,121  
Madison Target Retirement 2040       49,169,125                         49,169,125  
Madison Target Retirement 2050       7,148,181                         7,148,181  

New Accounting Pronouncements: In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, modifying Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” At the same time, the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) issued International Financial Reporting Standard (“IFRS”) 13, “Fair Value Measurement.” The objective by the FASB and IASB is convergence of their guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures. The effective date of the ASU is for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The funds have adopted the disclosures required by this update.

In December 2011, the IASB and the FASB issued ASU 2011-11 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.” These common disclosure requirements are intended to help investors and other financial statement users to better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a portfolio’s financial position. They also improve transparency in the reporting of how companies mitigate credit risk, including disclosure of related collateral pledged or received. In addition, ASU 2011-11 facilitates comparison between these entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS. ASU 2011-11 requires entities to disclose both gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the financial position; and disclose

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instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. ASU 2011-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim periods within those annual periods. The funds are currently evaluating the implications of ASU 2011-11 and its impact on financial statements disclosures.

3. MANAGEMENT, SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS

Management Agreement: For services under the Management Agreement, the Investment Adviser is entitled to receive a management fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate based upon the following percentages of average daily net assets: 0.45% for the Money Market Fund, 0.55% for the Bond Fund, 0.75% for the High Income Fund, 0.70% for the Diversified Income Fund, 0.60% for the Large Cap Value Fund, 0.80% for the Large Cap Growth Fund, 0.90% for the Mid Cap Fund, 1.10% for the Small Cap Fund, 1.20% for the International Stock Fund, 0.30% for each of the Target Allocation Funds and 0.25% for each of the Target Date Funds.

The Management Agreement requires the Investment Adviser to provide or arrange to provide overall management of the funds, including but not limited to, investment advisory services, custody, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, legal, accounting and administrative services. It does not include Trustee compensation or the fees paid to the Trust’s independent Registered Public Accountant.

The Investment Adviser is solely responsible for the payment of all fees to the Subadvisers. The Subadvisers for the funds are Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. for the High Income Fund, Wellington Management Company, LLP for the Small Cap Fund and Lazard Asset Management LLC for the International Stock Fund. The Investment Adviser manages the Money Market Fund, Bond Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Mid Cap Fund, Target Allocation Funds and the Target Date Funds without the aid of a Subadviser.

The Investment Adviser may from time to time voluntarily agree to waive a portion of its fees or expenses related to the Funds. In that regard, the Investment Adviser waived a portion of management fees on the Money Market Class I Shares and Class II Shares for the purpose of maintaining a one-day yield of zero. The amount of the daily waiver is equal to the amount required to maintain a minimum daily distribution rate of zero. For the period ended December 31, 2012, the waivers totaled $192,101 for Class I Shares and $3,048 for Class II Shares and are reflected as fees waived by the Investment Advisor in the accompanying Statements of Operations. The Investment Adviser does not have the right to recoup these waived fees.

Services Agreement: Effective September 1, 2011, the Investment Adviser entered into a services agreement (“Services Agreement”) for the Target Date Funds. Under the Services Agreement, Madison provides either directly or through outsourced arrangements all operational and support services of the Target Date Funds not provided under the Management Agreement discussed above. Under this Services Agreement, Madison receives a fee of 0.05% (annualized) of the average daily net assets of each Target Date Fund. In exchange for the aforementioned fee, Madison is responsible for paying all of the funds’ fees and expenses, other than (i) the management fee (described above), (ii) fees related to the funds’ portfolio holdings (such as brokerage commissions, interest on loans, etc.), (iii) acquired fund fees, and (iv) extraordinary or non-recurring fees (such as fees and costs relating to any temporary line of credit the funds may maintain for emergency or extraordinary purposes). The direct expenses of the funds’ independent Trustees and independent auditors are paid out of this fee by the funds. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, Madison has also agreed, until April 30, 2013, to waive and/or reimburse investment advisory fees and/or its services fee to the extent necessary to limit each fund’s total operating expenses and underlying fees and expenses to 0.65% of average daily net assets of each Target Date Fund. In applying this waiver, Madison must utilize good faith estimates of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds. The Investment Adviser does not have the right to recoup these waived fees.

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Distribution Agreement: Mosaic Funds Distributor, LLC (“MFD”) serves as distributor of the funds. The Trust adopted a distribution and service plan with respect to the Trust’s Class II shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the plan, the Trust will pay a service fee with regard to Class II shares at an annual rate of 0.25% of each fund’s daily net assets. MFD arranges to provide compensation to others that provide distribution and shareholder servicing services to the funds and their shareholders. Fees incurred by the Funds under the plan are detailed in the Statements of Operations.

The distributor may from time to time voluntarily agree to waive a portion of its fees or expenses related to the funds. In this regard, the distributor waived a portion of 12b-1 fees on the Money Market Class II shares for the purpose of maintaining a one-day yield of zero. For the period ended December 31, 2012, the waivers totaled $2,248 and are reflected as fees waived in the Statements of Operations. Neither MFD nor the Investment Adviser has the right to recoup these waived fees.

MFD changed its name to MFD Distributor, LLC on February 1, 2013, after the date of the period covered by this report.

Other Expenses: In addition to the management fee, the Trust, except for the Target Date Funds effective September 1, 2011, is responsible for fees of the disinterested trustees, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of investments, costs of borrowing money, expenses for independent audits, any potential taxes owed and extraordinary expenses as approved by a majority of Independent Trustees. Effective September 1, 2011, the fees for the disinterested trustees and independent audits are paid out of the Services Agreement fee (noted above) for the Target Date Funds.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers of the Investment Adviser. The funds do not compensate their officers or affiliated trustees. Unaffiliated trustees receive from the Trust an attendance fee for each Board or Committee meeting attended, with additional remuneration paid to Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee Chairpersons.

4. DIVIDENDS FROM NET INCOME AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF CAPITAL GAINS

The Money Market Fund declares dividends from net investment income and net realized gains from investment transactions, if any, daily, and net realized gains from investment transactions, if any, annually, which are reinvested in additional full and fractional shares of the fund. The Bond Fund, High Income Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap, Mid Cap Fund, International Stock Fund, Target Allocation Funds, and Target Date Funds declare dividends from net investment income and net realized gains from investment transactions, if any, annually, which are reinvested in additional full and fractional shares of the respective funds.

Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Taxable distributions from income and realized capital gains of the funds may differ from book amounts earned during the period due to differences in the timing of capital gains recognition, and due to the reclassification of certain gains or losses from capital to income.

5. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2012, aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term investments, were as follows:

    U.S. Government Securities   Other Investment Securities
         
Fund   Purchases   Sales   Purchases   Sales
 
Conservative Allocation     $       $       $ 102,995,930       $ 100,886,745  
Moderate Allocation                       188,655,060         197,009,347  
Aggressive Allocation                       96,645,731         96,111,705  

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    U.S. Government Securities   Other Investment Securities
         
Fund   Purchases   Sales   Purchases   Sales
 
Bond     $ 41,368,402       $ 53,662,524       $ 1,077,073       $ 19,886,369  
High Income                       44,855,707         73,808,062  
Diversified Income       15,888,514         17,931,147         49,659,557         71,058,643  
Large Cap Value                       131,804,244         170,877,404  
Large Cap Growth                       228,393,097         282,078,764  
Mid Cap                       86,158,002         141,818,151  
Small Cap                       1,940,987         2,640,379  
International Stock                       37,706,972         45,867,961  
Madison Target Retirement 2020                       56,517,798         42,594,477  
Madison Target Retirement 2030                       67,570,170         48,312,962  
Madison Target Retirement 2040                       52,972,399         41,834,212  
Madison Target Retirement 2050                       8,296,496         3,760,697  

6. FOREIGN SECURITIES

Each fund may invest in foreign securities; however, the Money Market Fund is limited to U.S. dollar-denominated foreign money market securities. Foreign securities include American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), Swedish Depositary Receipts (“SDRs”) and foreign money market securities. Dollar-denominated securities that are part of the Merrill Lynch U.S. Domestic Master Index are not considered a foreign security.

Certain funds have reclaim receivable balances, in which the funds are due a reclaim on the taxes that have been paid to some foreign jurisdictions. The values of all reclaims are not significant for any of the Funds and are reflected in Other Assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. These receivables are reviewed to ensure the current receivable balance is reflective of the amount deemed to be collectable.

7. SECURITIES LENDING

Each fund, except the Target Allocation, Money Market, Small Cap and Target Retirement Funds, entered into a Securities Lending Agreement (the “Agreement”) with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the funds may lend portfolio securities to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The Agreement requires that loans are collateralized at all times by cash or other liquid assets at least equal to 102% of the value of the securities, which is determined on a daily basis. Amounts earned as interest on investments of cash collateral, net of rebates and fees, if any, are included in the Statements of Operations. The primary risk associated with securities lending is if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the funds could experience delays and costs in recovering securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral.

At December 31, 2012, none of the funds had securities out on loan.

8. FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is each fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all its taxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are recorded in the accompanying financial statements.

The funds have not recorded any liabilities for material unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2012. It is the funds’ policy to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in income taxes, as appropriate. Tax years

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that remain open to examination by major tax jurisdictions include tax years ended December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2012.

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:

    Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital Gain   Return of Capital
             
Fund   2012   2011   2012   2011   2012   2011
 
Conservative Allocation     $ 8,752,307       $ 7,736,541       $       $       $       $ 156,141  
Moderate Allocation       11,631,795         10,126,467                                  
Aggressive Allocation       3,233,841         2,351,251                                  
Money Market                                                
Bond       12,776,652         15,832,299                                  
High Income       5,659,023         6,639,622                                  
Diversified Income       10,709,273         11,883,969                                  
Large Cap Value       10,469,073         10,205,844                                  
Large Cap Growth       2,704,838         893,185                                  
Mid Cap       1,089,948         691,290                                  
Small Cap       154,423         49,569                                  
International Stock       1,486,996         1,802,051                                  
Madison Target Retirement 2020       1,701,151         1,042,918         144,606         951,240                  
Madison Target Retirement 2030       2,082,265         1,048,477         170,986         1,807,977                  
Madison Target Retirement 2040       1,497,374         746,609         103,150         1,906,410                  
Madison Target Retirement 2050       146,274         31,450         14,972                         1,099  

As of December 31, 2012, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Fund   Ordinary Income   Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Fund   Ordinary Income   Long-Term
Capital Gain
     
Conservative Allocation     $       $     Large Cap Growth     $ 51,752       $  
Moderate Allocation                   Mid Cap       22,758          
Aggressive Allocation                   Small Cap                
Money Market                   International Stock       42,221          
Bond       252,849             Madison Target Retirement 2020       24,607         101,255  
High Income       206,043             Madison Target Retirement 2030               80,762  
Diversified Income       215,755             Madison Target Retirement 2040       9,458         59,115  
Large Cap Value       210,348             Madison Target Retirement 2050               7,405  

The Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”) modernized several of the federal income and excise tax provisions related to RICs. The Modernization Act contains simplification provisions which are aimed at preventing disqualification of a RIC for “inadvertent” failures of the asset diversification and/or qualifying income tests. These changes are effective for tax years ending after December 22, 2010. Additionally, the Modernization Act allows capital losses to be carried forward indefinitely, and retain the character of the original loss, exempts RICs from the preferential dividend rule, and repealed the 60-day designation requirement for certain types of pay-through income and gains. These changes are effective for tax years beginning after December 22, 2010. Previously, net capital losses were carried forward for up to eight years and treated as short-term losses. As a transition rule, the Modernization Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses.

For federal income tax purposes, the Funds listed below have capital loss carryovers as of December 31, 2012, which are available to offset future capital gains, if any, realized through the fiscal year listed:

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                                                                No Expiration-
Fund   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   Short Term
 
Conservative Allocation     $       $       $       $       $ 2,386,143       $       $  
Moderate Allocation                               9,202,459         20,811,527         9,937,108          
Aggressive Allocation                               329,267         6,205,447         6,513,626          
Money Market                                                        
Bond       1,445,891         816,322         228,563                 9,584,651         346,309          
High Income                               3,871,343         4,641,635                  
Diversified Income                                       24,898,540                  
Large Cap Value                               30,899,868         41,852,552                  
Large Cap Growth                                       11,561,675                  
Mid Cap                               23,007,112         38,369,131                  
Small Cap                               810,060         106,162                  
International Stock                       751,246         8,819,661         21,825,302         1,915,037         1,197,463  
Madison Target Retirement 2020                                                        
Madison Target Retirement 2030                                                        
Madison Target Retirement 2040                                                        
Madison Target Retirement 2050                                                        

Included in the net capital loss carryovers for Mid Cap Fund, Small Cap Fund and International Stock Fund is $23,007,112, $810,060 and $9,802,327, respectively, of capital loss carryovers subject to certain limitations upon availability, to offset future gains, if any, as the successor of a merger. These acquired losses are included in the total losses available noted above.

Certain specified losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first day of the funds’ next taxable year, if the funds so elect. For the year ended December 31, 2012, only the International Stock Fund elected to defer late-year ordinary losses of $9,369.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, capital losses utilized for each fund were as follows:

Fund   Amount Utilized   Fund   Amount Utilized
     
Conservative Allocation     $ 3,557,105     Large Cap Growth     $ 5,477,866  
Moderate Allocation       7,141,391     Mid Cap       11,125,063  
Aggressive Allocation       3,663,456     Small Cap       512,761  
Money Market           International Stock       1,221,270  
Bond       383,120     Madison Target Retirement 2020        
High Income       2,842,301     Madison Target Retirement 2030        
Diversified Income       6,859,551     Madison Target Retirement 2040        
Large Cap Value       22,472,298     Madison Target Retirement 2050       5,446  

The Bond Fund had a capital loss carryover expire unused in the current year in the amount of $73,579.

At December 31, 2012, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for all securities as computed on a federal income tax basis for each fund were as follows:

Fund   Appreciation   Depreciation   Net
 
Conservative Allocation     $ 13,643,579       $ 74,354       $ 13,569,225  
Moderate Allocation       35,591,405         773,372         34,818,033  
Aggressive Allocation       15,037,562         334,399         14,703,163  
Bond       36,427,229         3,180,782         33,246,447  
High Income       3,151,494         47,710         3,103,784  

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Fund   Appreciation   Depreciation   Net
 
Diversified Income     $ 57,528,149       $ 2,831,292       $ 54,696,857  
Large Cap Value       87,081,732         5,596,691         81,485,041  
Large Cap Growth       75,394,278         5,787,230         69,607,048  
Mid Cap       83,394,951         1,215,416         82,179,535  
Small Cap       3,388,162         201,746         3,186,416  
International Stock       18,456,433         625,755         17,830,678  
Madison Target Retirement 2020       2,087,072         89,871         1,997,201  
Madison Target Retirement 2030       2,770,800         81,637         2,689,163  
Madison Target Retirement 2040       2,100,822         81,265         2,019,557  
Madison Target Retirement 2050       251,778         7,941         243,837  

The differences between cost amounts for book purposes and tax purposes are primarily due to the tax deferral of losses.

Reclassification Adjustments: Paid-in capital, undistributed net investment income, and accumulated net realized gain (loss) have been adjusted in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for permanent book-tax differences for all funds.

Differences primarily relate to the tax treatment of net operating losses, paydown gains and losses, foreign currency gains and losses, and distributions from real estate investment trusts and passive foreign investment companies.

To the extent these book and tax differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified at the end of the fiscal year among paid-in capital in excess of par value, undistributed net investment income (loss) and undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations. Accordingly, at December 31, 2012 reclassifications were recorded as follows:

              Undistributed Net   Accumulated Net
Fund   Paid-in Capital   Investment Income (Loss)   Realized Gain (Loss)
 
Conservative Allocation     $ (237,932 )     $ 2,347,684       $ (2,109,752 )
Moderate Allocation       (219,174 )       2,607,131         (2,387,957 )
Aggressive Allocation       (94,454 )       696,008         (601,554 )
Money Market                        
Bond       (73,579 )       (127,319 )       200,898  
High Income               267,273         (267,273 )
Diversified Income               (39,940 )       39,940  
Large Cap Value               431         (431 )
Large Cap Growth               (28 )       28  
Mid Cap                        
Small Cap       (9,333 )       (2,999 )       12,332  
International Stock               (50,998 )       50,998  
Madison Target Retirement 2020               232,716         (232,716 )
Madison Target Retirement 2030               193,125         (193,125 )
Madison Target Retirement 2040               87,796         (87,796 )
Madison Target Retirement 2050               5,593         (5,593 )

9. CONCENTRATION OF RISK

Investing in certain financial instruments, including forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts, involves certain risks. Risks associated with these instruments include potential for an illiquid secondary market for the instruments or inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts, changes in the value of foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and financial statement volatility resulting from an imperfect correlation between the movements in the prices of

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the instruments and the prices of the underlying securities and interest rates being hedged. The International Stock Fund may enter into these contracts primarily to protect these funds from adverse currency movements.

Investing in foreign securities involves certain risks not necessarily found in U.S. markets. These include, but are not limited to, risks associated with adverse changes in economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, changes in currency exchange rates, exchange control regulations, expropriation of assets or nationalization, imposition of withholding taxes on dividend or interest payments or capital gains, and possible difficulty in obtaining and enforcing judgments against foreign entities. Further, issuers of foreign securities are subject to different, and often less comprehensive, accounting, reporting and disclosure requirements than domestic issuers.

The High Income Fund invests in securities offering high current income which generally will include bonds in the below investment grade categories of recognized ratings agencies (so-called “junk bonds”). These securities generally involve more credit risk than securities in the higher rating categories. In addition, the trading market for high yield securities may be relatively less liquid than the market for higher-rated securities. The High Income Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in high yield securities.

The Target Allocation Funds and Target Date Funds are fund of funds, meaning that they invest primarily in the shares of other registered investment companies (the “underlying funds”), including exchange traded funds (“ETFs”). Thus, each fund’s investment performance and its ability to achieve its investment goal are directly related to the performance of the underlying funds in which it invests; and the underlying fund’s performance, in turn, depends on the particular securities in which that underlying fund invests and the expenses of that fund. Accordingly, these funds are subject to the risks of the underlying funds in direct proportion to the allocation of their respective assets among the underlying funds.

Additionally, the Target Allocation Funds and Target Date Funds are subject to asset allocation risk and manager risk. Manager risk (i.e., fund selection risk) is the risk that the fund(s) selected to fulfill a particular asset class underperforms its peers. Asset allocation risk is the risk that the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market segments will cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.

While investments in stocks and bonds have been keystones in wealth building and management, at times these investments have produced surprises. Those who enjoyed growth and income of their investments generally were rewarded for the risks they took by investing in the markets. Although the Investment Adviser seeks to appropriately address and manage the risks identified and disclosed to you in connection with the management of the securities in the funds, you should understand that the very nature of the securities markets includes the possibility that there may be additional risks of which we are not aware. We certainly seek to identify all applicable risks and then appropriately address the, take appropriate action to reasonably manage them and, of course, to make you aware of them so you can determine if they exceed your risk tolerance. Nevertheless, the often volatile nature of the securities markets and the global economy in which we work suggests that the risk of the unknown is something to consider in connection with an investment in securities. Unforeseen events could under certain circumstances produce a material loss of the value of some or all of the securities we manage for you in the funds.

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10. CAPITAL SHARES AND AFFILIATED OWNERSHIP

All capital shares outstanding at December 31, 2012, are owned by separate investment accounts and/or pension plans of CMFG Life Insurance Company.

The Target Allocation Funds invest in underlying funds, of which certain underlying funds (the “affiliated underlying funds”), may be deemed to be under common control because of the same Board of Trustees. The MEMBERS Mutual Funds audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 are available at no cost on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, by calling 1-202-551-8090 or by visiting the MEMBERS Mutual Funds’ website at www.membersfunds.com. The Madison Mosaic audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 are also available at www.sec.gov, by calling 1-800-368-3195 or visiting www.mosaicfunds.com. A summary of the transactions with each affiliated underlying fund as of December 31, 2012 follows:

    Balance of                       Balance of                              
    Shares                       Shares                              
    Held at   Gross   Gross   Held at   Value at   Realized   Distributions
Fund/Underlying Fund   12/31/11   Additions   Sales   12/31/12   12/31/12   Gain (Loss)   Received1
 
Conservative Allocation Fund
Madison Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund       1,205,357         72,578                 1,277,935       $ 14,913,498       $       $ 301,664  
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund       881,454         219,625         120,196         980,883         13,124,209         174,024         835,359  
Madison Mosaic Institutional Bond Fund       1,756,767                 115,146         1,641,621         18,402,574         36,964         283,171  
MEMBERS Bond Fund Class Y       3,695,022         4,516         1,795,295         1,904,243         20,127,845         1,424,739         762,875  
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y       1,388,402         103,330         532,960         958,772         9,271,324         (182,640 )       1,085,560  
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y       2,807,172                 1,070,120         1,737,052         12,350,442         331,284         1,114,963  
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y       423,641         171,022         2,103         592,560         6,695,928         1,304         89,391  
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y       439,308         198,887         230,684         407,511         7,098,844         1,056,278         44,554  
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y       1,003,905         280,051         207,558         1,076,398         14,843,529         423,284         254,234  
                               
Totals                                             $ 116,828,193       $ 3,265,237       $ 4,771,771  
                                                                       
Moderate Allocation Fund                                                                      
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund       2,379,388                 159,199         2,220,189       $ 29,706,124       $ 341,252       $ 1,890,802  
Madison Mosaic Institutional Bond Fund       1,538,367         44,924         189,541         1,393,750         15,623,934         73,568         250,324  
MEMBERS Bond Fund Class Y       3,954,926         29,811         1,579,121         2,405,616         25,427,362         1,011,824         951,296  
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y       1,523,183         28,930         232,779         1,319,334         12,757,964         (46,007 )       1,296,471  
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y       4,596,563         72,464         2,213,150         2,455,877         17,461,282         403,253         1,803,827  
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y       1,961,026         58,771         1,311,334         708,463         8,005,628         835,422         106,875  
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y       1,726,326         43,205         255,663         1,513,868         26,371,588         556,080         169,870  
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y       2,645,715         102,076         390,985         2,356,806         32,500,352         (286,017 )       556,653  
MEMBERS Mid Cap Fund Class Y2       1,421,439         861,972         20,132         2,263,279         17,812,004         15,054          
MEMBERS Small Cap Fund Class Y       794,942                 175,232         619,710         7,244,407         593,237         414,613  
NorthRoad International Fund Class Y               1,378,003                 1,378,003         14,317,452                 230,517  
                               
Totals                                             $ 207,228,097       $ 3,497,666       $ 7,671,248  

1 Distributions received include distributions from net investment income and from capital gains from the underlying funds.
2 Non-income producing.
   

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Notes to Financial Statements

                                                                       
    Balance of                       Balance of                              
    Shares                       Shares                              
    Held at   Gross   Gross   Held at   Value at   Realized   Distributions
Fund/Underlying Fund   12/31/11   Additions   Sales   12/31/12   12/31/12   Gain (Loss)   Received1
 
Aggressive Allocation Fund                                                                      
Madison Mosaic Disciplined Equity Fund       1,318,039         29,040         110,774         1,236,305       $ 16,541,758       $ 185,548       $ 1,052,886  
MEMBERS Equity Income Fund Class Y       301,130         109,648         76,915         333,863         3,228,452         (11,284 )       331,850  
MEMBERS High Income Fund Class Y       1,549,510         49,557         1,169,504         429,563         3,054,190         887,846         520,815  
MEMBERS International Stock Fund Class Y       797,169         68,662         544,526         321,305         3,630,741         563,445         48,470  
MEMBERS Large Cap Growth Fund Class Y       821,449         99,782         302,568         618,663         10,777,117         919,764         69,536  
MEMBERS Large Cap Value Fund Class Y       1,238,799         45,113         103,068         1,180,844         16,283,838         (33,165 )       278,903  
MEMBERS Mid Cap Fund Class Y2       903,562         646,128         4,885         1,544,805         12,157,615         6,069          
MEMBERS Small Cap Fund Class Y       374,420                 118,835         255,585         2,987,791         355,307         170,998  
NorthRoad International Fund Class Y               595,750         103,118         492,632         5,118,451         17,821         82,409  
                               
Totals                                             $ 73,779,953       $ 2,891,351       $ 2,555,867  

1   Distributions received include distributions from net investment income and from capital gains from the underlying funds.
2   Non-income producing.
     

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the funds through the date the financial statements were available for issue.

The Trust is aware of litigation relating to attempts by certain fixed income security-holders of Lyondell Chemical company (LYO) to retrieve proceeds from the sale by equity security-holders of LYO shares occurring pursuant to its acquisition by merger in December 2007. The Midcap Fund received proceeds of approximately $1,574,400 from the sale of its LYO equity securities in December 2007. The Trust has not been named as a defendant in this litigation as of the date of this report.

No other events have taken place that meet the definition of a subsequent event that require adjustment to, or disclosure in the financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Ultra Series Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Ultra Series Fund, comprising the Conservative Allocation Fund, Moderate Allocation Fund, Aggressive Allocation Fund, Money Market Fund, Bond Fund, High Income Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Mid Cap Fund, Small Cap Fund, International Stock Fund, Madison Target Retirement 2020 Fund, Madison Target Retirement 2030 Fund, Madison Target Retirement 2040 Fund, and Madison Target Retirement 2050 Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2012, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ 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. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. 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 each of the Funds as of December 31, 2012, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Milwaukee, WI
February 21, 2013

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BOARD APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY CONTRACTS

The Board reviewed a variety of matters in connection with the Trust’s investment advisory contract with the Adviser and applicable subadvisers. The following description of the Board’s considerations summarizes the process:

With regard to the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser and each subadviser, the Board reviewed the biographies and tenure of the personnel involved in Trust management and the experience of the Adviser (and applicable subadviser) and its affiliates as investment manager to other investment companies with similar investment strategies or to individual clients or institutions with similar investment strategies. They recognized the wide array of investment professionals employed by the respective firm or firms. Representatives of the Adviser and each subadviser discussed their firms’ ongoing investment philosophies and strategies intended to provide performance consistent with each Trust portfolio’s investment objectives under various market scenarios. The Trustees also noted their familiarity with the Adviser and its affiliates due to the Adviser’s history of providing advisory services to its proprietary investment company clients.

The Board also discussed the quality of services provided to the Trust portfolio by its transfer agent, fund administrator and custodian as well as the various administrative services provided directly by the Adviser. Such services included arranging for third party service providers to provide all necessary administration as well as supervising any subadvisers to Trust portfolios.

With regard to the investment performance of the Trusts and the investment adviser, the Board reviewed current performance information provided in the written Board materials. They discussed the reasons for both outperformance and underperformance compared with peer groups and applicable indices and benchmarks. They reviewed both long-term and short-term performance and considered the effect on long-term performance that may have been attributable to any previous investment advisers to any Trust portfolio. They also considered whether any relative underperformance was appropriate to the Adviser’s conservative investment philosophy. The Board performed this review in connection with the Adviser and each subadviser that manages a subadvised Fund portfolio.

A comprehensive discussion of performance and market conditions occurred during the course of the Board’s review. Representatives of the Adviser and each subadviser discussed with the Board the methodology for arriving at peer groups and indices used for performance comparisons.

With regard to the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the investment adviser and its affiliates from the relationship with the Trust, the Board reviewed the expense ratios for a variety of other funds in each Trust portfolio’s peer group with similar investment objectives. Again, the Board reviewed these matters in connection with the Adviser and each subadviser that manages a subadvised Trust portfolio.

The Board noted that the Adviser or its affiliates, and, as applicable, each subaviser, provided investment management services to other investment company and/or non-investment company clients and considered the fees charged by the Adviser (and respective subadviser) to such portfolios and clients for purposes of determining whether the given advisory fee was disproportionately large under the so-called Gartenberg standard traditionally used by investment company boards in connection with contract renewal considerations. The Board took those fees into account and considered the differences in services and time required by the various types of funds and clients to which the Adviser (or subadviser, if applicable) provided services. The Board recognized that significant differences may exist between the services provided to one type of fund or client and those provided to others, such as those resulting from a greater frequency of shareholder redemptions in a mutual fund and the higher turnover of mutual fund assets. The Board gave such comparisons the weight that they merit in light of the similarities and differences between the services that the various portfolios require and were wary of “inapt

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comparisons.” They considered that, if the services rendered by the Adviser (or subadviser, if applicable) to one type of fund or client differed significantly from others, then the comparison should not be used. In the case of non-investment company clients for which the Adviser (or subadviser, if applicable) may act as either investment adviser or subadviser, the Board noted that the fee may be lower than the fee charged to the Trust. The Board noted too the various administrative, operational, compliance, legal and corporate communication services required to be handled by the Adviser (or subadviser, if applicable) which are performed for investment company clients but are not performed for other institutional clients.

The Trustees reviewed each portfolio’s fee structure based on total fund expense ratio as well as by comparing fund advisory fees to other fund advisory fees. The Board noted the simple expense structure maintained by the Trust: (1) an advisory fee and a capped administrative “services” expense for the Target Retirement Date Funds; and (2) for the remaining series of Trust, a unitary fee with limited independent expenses for Trustee compensation and audit fees not covered by the unitary fee. The Board noted the total expense ratios paid by other funds with similar investment objectives, recognizing that such a comparison, while not dispositive, was an important consideration.

The Trustees sought to ensure that fees paid by the Trust were appropriate. The Board reviewed materials demonstrating that although the Adviser is compensated for a variety of the administrative services it provides or arranges to provide to the Target Retirement Date Funds of the Trust pursuant to its administrative services agreements with each of these series, such compensation does not always cover all costs due to the cap on administrative expenses. Administrative, operational, legal and compliance fees and costs in excess of the Services Agreement fees, in the case of the Target Retirement Date series of the Trust, or in excess of the unitary fee, in the case of the remaining series of the Trust, are paid by the Adviser from the investment advisory fees earned. In this regard, the Trustees noted that examination of each Trust portfolio’s total expense ratio compared to those of other investment companies was more meaningful than a simple comparison of basic “investment management only” fee schedules.

The Board recognized that to the extent a Trust portfolio invests in other mutual funds also managed by the Adviser (or its affiliates), the Adviser (or an affiliate) receives investment advisory fees from both the Trust portfolio and the underlying mutual fund. The Board was satisfied in this regard that the Adviser (or an affiliate) provides separate services to each respective Trust’s “fund of funds” portfolios and the underlying mutual funds in which each such portfolio invests in exchange for the fees received from them.

In reviewing costs and profits, the Board noted that for some smaller portfolios or Trust, the salaries of all portfolio management personnel, trading desk personnel, corporate accounting personnel and employees of the Adviser who serve as Trust officers, as well as facility costs (rent), could not be supported by fees received from such portfolios alone. However, the Board recognized that the Trust is profitable to the Adviser because such salaries and fixed costs are already paid in whole or in part from revenue generated by management of other client assets managed by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that total assets managed by the Adviser and its affiliates approximated $16 billion at the time of the meeting. As a result, although the fees paid by each Trust portfolio at its present size might not be sufficient to profitably support a stand-alone fund, each Trust portfolio is reasonably profitable to the Adviser as part of its larger, diversified organization. In sum, the Trustees recognized that each Trust portfolio is important to the Adviser and is managed with the attention given to the Adviser’s other clients.

With regard to the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as each Trust portfolio grows, the Trustees recognized that at their current sizes, it was premature to discuss any economies of scale not already factored into existing advisory and services agreements. In addition, the Trustees recognized that the Adviser was currently waiving fees with regard to the Money Market Fund portfolio of the Trust.

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During the course of the review, counsel to the Independent Trustees confirmed that the Trust’s Independent Trustees met previously in executive session and reviewed the written contract renewal materials provided by the Adviser. He noted that the Independent Trustees had considered such materials in light of the aforementioned Gartenberg standards as well as criteria either set forth or discussed in the recent Supreme Court decision in Jones v. Harris regarding the investment company contract renewal process under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Independent Trustees made a variety of additional inquiries regarding such written materials to the Adviser and the subadvisers and representatives of the Adviser and subadvisers, respectively, discussed each matter raised.

After further discussion, analysis and review of the totality of the information presented, including the information set forth above and the other information considered by the Board of Trustees, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the respective Trusts’ advisory fees (including applicable subadvisory fees) are fair and reasonable for each respective portfolio and that renewal of their respective Advisory, Subadvisory and Services Agreements are in the best interests of each respective Trust portfolio and its shareholders.

In the course of their review of the contract renewal materials, the Board also reviewed and discussed with counsel the “Rule 12b-1” plans adopted by certain of the Trust’s portfolios. The Board directed its attention to written materials regarding these matters during the course of the Board’s consideration of the Rule 12b-1 plans. Finally, the Board also reviewed the Trust’s distribution agreements and the information provided in the written materials regarding the distributor as well as applicable Codes of Ethics.

Based on the above, the Board renewed the Trust’s contracts for another year.

FUND EXPENSES PAID BY SHAREHOLDERS

As a shareholder of the funds, you pay no transaction costs, but do incur ongoing costs which include management fees; disinterested trustee fees; brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of investments; costs of borrowing money; expenses for independent audits, taxes, and extraordinary expenses as approved by a majority of the disinterested trustees. The examples in the table that follows are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six month period ended December 31, 2012. Expenses paid during the period in the table below are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half fiscal year period).

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

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    CLASS I   CLASS II
   
 
                        Expenses               Expenses
    Beginning   Ending   Annual   Paid   Ending   Annual   Paid
    Account   Account   Expense   During   Account   Expense   During
Fund   Value   Value   Ratio   Period   Value   Ratio   Period
   
 
Conservative Allocation   $ 1,000     $ 1,048.00       0.31 %   $ 1.60     $ 1,046.70       0.56 %   $ 2.88  
Moderate Allocation     1,000       1,055.40       0.31 %     1.60       1,054.00       0.56 %     2.89  
Aggressive Allocation     1,000       1,063.80       0.31 %     1.61       1,062.40       0.56 %     2.90  
Money Market     1,000       1,000.00       0.14 %     0.70       1,000.00       0.14 %     0.70  
Bond     1,000       1,013.80       0.57 %     2.89       1,012.50       0.81 %     4.10  
High Income     1,000       1,055.40       0.77 %     3.98       1,054.10       1.02 %     5.27  
Diversified Income     1,000       1,032.70       0.71 %     3.63       1,031.40       0.96 %     4.90  
Large Cap Value     1,000       1,043.70       0.61 %     3.13       1,042.40       0.86 %     4.42  
Large Cap Growth     1,000       1,042.00       0.81 %     4.16       1,040.70       1.06 %     5.44  
Mid Cap     1,000       1,078.50       0.91 %     4.75       1,077.10       1.16 %     6.06  
Small Cap     1,000       1,082.90       1.11 %     5.81       1,081.50       1.36 %     7.12  
International Stock     1,000       1,145.80       1.21 %     6.53       1,144,40       1.46 %     7.87  
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2020     1,000       1,053.80       0.30 %     1.55                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2030     1,000       1,060.70       0.30 %     1.55                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2040     1,000       1,062.10       0.30 %     1.56                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2050     1,000       1,066.50       0.30 %     1.56                          

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the funds’ actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the funds and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example of the funds you own with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other similar funds.

    CLASS I   CLASS II
   
 
                            Expenses               Expenses
    Beginning   Ending   Annual   Paid   Ending   Annual   Paid
    Account   Account   Expense   During   Account   Expense   During
Fund   Value   Value   Ratio   Period   Value   Ratio   Period
   
 
Conservative Allocation   $ 1,000     $ 1,023.58       0.31 %   $ 1.58     $ 1,022.32       0.56 %   $ 2.85  
Moderate Allocation     1,000       1,023.58       0.31 %     1.58       1,022.32       0.56 %     2.85  
Aggressive Allocation     1,000       1,023.58       0.31 %     1.58       1,022.32       0.56 %     2.85  
Money Market     1,000       1,024.43       0.14 %     0.71       1,024.43       0.14 %     0.71  
Bond     1,000       1,022.27       0.57 %     2.90       1,021.06       0.81 %     4.12  
High Income     1,000       1,021.27       0.77 %     3.91       1,020.01       1.02 %     5.18  
Diversified Income     1,000       1,021.57       0.71 %     3.61       1,020.31       0.96 %     4.88  
Large Cap Value     1,000       1,022.07       0.61 %     3.10       1,020.81       0.86 %     4.37  
Large Cap Growth     1,000       1,021.06       0.81 %     4.12       1,019.81       1.06 %     5.38  
Mid Cap     1,000       1,020.56       0.91 %     4.62       1,019.30       1.16 %     5.89  
Small Cap     1,000       1,019.56       1.11 %     5.63       1,018.30       1.36 %     6.90  
International Stock     1,000       1,019.05       1.21 %     6.14       1,017.80       1.46 %     7.41  
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2020     1,000       1,023.63       0.30 %     1.53                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2030     1,000       1,023.63       0.30 %     1.53                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2040     1,000       1,023.63       0.30 %     1.53                          
Madison Target                                                        
Retirement 2050     1,000       1,047.00       0.30 %     3.07                          

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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any separate account fees, charges, or expenses imposed by the variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts, or retirement and pension plans that use the funds. The information provided in the hypothetical example table is useful in comparing ongoing fund costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees, charges or expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Form N-Q is available to shareholders at no cost on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. More information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090. Form N-Q and other information about the Trust are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this information may also be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND RECORDS

A description of the policies and procedures used by the Trust to vote proxies related to portfolio securities is available to shareholders at no cost on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and is also located in the funds’ Statement of Additional Information. The proxy voting records for the Trust for the most recent twelve-month period ended December 31 are available to shareholders at no cost on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLOSURE

One of our most important responsibilities as investment company managers is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Some of our comments in our letters to shareholders are based on current management expectations and are considered “forward-looking statements.” Actual future results, however, may prove to be different from our expectations. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “estimate,””may,””will,””expect,””believe,””plan” and other similar terms. We cannot promise future returns. Our opinions are a reflection of our best judgment at the time this report is compiled, and we disclaim any obligation to update or after forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

TAX INFORMATION

Foreign Tax Credits: The International Stock Fund expects to make an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 853 to pass through foreign taxes paid by the Fund to its shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the total amount of foreign taxes that is expected to pass through to shareholders and foreign source income for information reporting purposes will be $187,951 (all of which represents taxes withheld) and $2,950,833, respectively.

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction: Of the dividends paid by the Conservative Allocation, Moderate Allocation, Aggressive Allocation, Diversified Income, Large Cap Value, Large Cap Growth, Mid Cap, Small Cap, Madison Target Retirement 2020, Madison Target Retirement 2030, Madison Target Retirement 2040, and Madison Target Retirement 2050 Funds, 7.16%, 11.48%, 19.76%, 59.76%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 11.94%, 16.14%, 19.34%, 27.07%, respectively, qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction.

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers

The address of each trustee and officer of the Trust is 550 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, except for Mr. Mason for which it is 8777 N. Gainey Center Drive, #220, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. The Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about the trustees and officers, is available at no cost on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by calling CMFG Life Insurance Company at 1-800-798-5500.

Interested Trustees and Officers
 

Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Katherine L. Frank1 1960   Trustee and President,
2009 - Present
  Madison Investment Holdings, Inc. (“MIH”) (affiliated investment advisory firm of Madison), Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, 2010 - Present; Managing Director and Vice President,
1986 - 2010

Madison Asset Management, LLC (“Madison”), Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, 2010 - Present; Vice President, 2004 - 2010

Madison Investment Advisors, LLC (“MIA”) (affiliated investment advisory firm of Madison), Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, 2010 - Present; President, 1996 - 2010

Madison Mosaic Funds (12) (mutual funds), President, 1996 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund (closed end fund), President, 2005 - Present; Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund (closed end fund), President, 2013 - Present; Madison Funds (13) (mutual funds), President, 2009 - Present
  Madison Mosaic Funds (all but Equity Trust), 1996 - Present; Madison
Strategic Sector Premium Fund,
2005 - Present;
Madison Funds (13), 2009 - Present
 
               
Frank E. Burgess
1942
  Trustee,
2009 - Present
  MIH, Founder; Chairman of the Board, 2012 - Present; Executive Director and President, 2010 - 2012; Managing Director and President, 1973 - 2010

Madison, Executive Director and President, 2010 - 2012; President, 2004 - 2010
MIA, Executive Director and President, 2010 - 2012

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Vice President, 1996 - 2012; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Vice President, 2005 - 2012; Madison Funds (13), Vice President, 2009 - Present
  N/A  
               

1 “Interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Considered an interested Trustee because of the position held with the investment adviser of the Trust.

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers


Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Jay R. Sekelsky
1959
  Vice President, 2009 - Present   MIH, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, 2010 - Present; Managing Director and Vice President, 1990 - 2010

Madison, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, 2010 - Present MIA,
Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, 2010 - Present; Vice President, 1996 - 2010

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Vice President, 1996 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Vice President, 2005 - Present; Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, Vice President, 2013 - Present; Madison Funds (13), Vice President, 2009 - Present
  N/A  
               
Paul Lefurgey
1964
  Vice President, 2009 - Present   MIH, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income Investments, 2005 - Present; Madison and MIA, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income Investments, 2010 - Present

MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc. (“MCA”) (investment advisory firm), Madison, WI, Vice President, 2003 - 2005

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Vice President, 2009 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Vice President, 2010 - Present; Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, Vice President, 2013 - Present; Madison Funds (13), Vice President, 2009 - Present
  N/A  
               
Greg D. Hoppe
1969
  Treasurer,
2009 - Present
  MIH and MIA, Vice President, 1999 - Present; Madison, Vice President, 2009 - Present

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Treasurer, 2009 - Present; Chief Financial Officer, 1999 - 2009

Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Treasurer, 2009 - Present; Chief Financial Officer, 2005 - 2009

Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, Vice President, 2008 - Present

Madison Funds (13), Treasurer, 2009 - Present
  N/A  

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers


Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Holly S. Baggot
1960
  Secretary,
1999 - Present; Assistant Treasurer, 1999 - 2007; 2009 - Present; Treasurer,
2008 - 2009
  MIH and MIA, Vice President, 2010 - Present; Madison, Vice President, 2009 - Present; MFD Distributor, LLC (“MFD”) (an affiliated brokerage firm of Madison), Vice President, 2012 - Present

MCA, Director-Mutual Funds, 2008-2009; Director-Mutual Fund Operations, 2006 - 2008; Operations Officer-Mutual Funds, 2005-2006; Senior Manager-Product & Fund Operations, 2001-2005

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, 2009 -

Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, 2010 - Present; Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, 2013 - Present; Madison Funds (13), Secretary, 1999 - Present and Treasurer, 2008-2009 and Assistant Treasurer, 1997-2007 and 2009 - Present
  N/A  
               
W. Richard Mason
1960
  Chief
Compliance Officer,
Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary,
2009 - Present
  MIH, MIA, Madison and Madison Scottsdale, LC (an affiliated investment advisory firm of Madison), Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, 2009 - Present; General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, 1996 - 2009

MFD, Principal, 1998 - Present; Concord Asset Management, LLC (“Concord”) (an affiliated investment advisory firm of Madison), General Counsel, 1996 - 2009; NorthRoad Capital Management LLC (“NorthRoad”) (an affiliated investment advisory firm of Madison), Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, 2011 - Present

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2009 - Present; Secretary, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, 1992 - 2009

Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2009 - Present; Secretary, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, 2005 - 2009

Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2013 - Present

Madison Funds (13), Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2009 - Present
  N/A  
               

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers


Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Pamela M. Krill
1966
  General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary,
2009 - Present
  MIH, MIA, Madison, Madison Scottsdale, LC, MFD, and Concord, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, 2009 - Present

NorthRoad, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, 2011 - Present

Madison Mosaic Funds (12), General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, 2009 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, 2010 - Present; Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, 2013 - Present; Madison Funds (13), General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary, 2009 - Present

CUNA Mutual Insurance Society (insurance company with affiliated investment advisory, brokerage and mutual fund operations), Madison, WI, Managing Associate General Counsel-Securities & Investments, 2007 - 2009

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. (law firm), Madison and Milwaukee, WI, Shareholder/Partner, Securities Practice Group, 1994-2007
  N/A

Independent Trustees
                   

Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served1
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
  Portfolios
Overseen in
Fund Complex2
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Philip E. Blake
1943
  Trustee,
2009 - Present
  Retired Investor Lee Enterprises, Inc (news and advertising publisher),

Madison, WI, Vice President, 1998 - 2001

Madison Newspapers, Inc., Madison, WI, President and Chief Executive Officer, 1993 - 2000
  43   Edgewood College, 2003 - Present; Chairman of the Board, 2010 - Present; Nerites Corporation (technology company), 2004 - Present; Madison Mosaic Funds (12), 2001 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, 2005 - Present; Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund, 2012 - Present; Madison Funds (13), 2009 - Present  

1 Independent Trustees serve in such capacity until the Trustee reaches the age of 76, unless retirement is waived by unanimous vote of the remaining Trustees on an annual basis.
2 As of December 31, 2012, the fund complex consists of the Trust with 16 portfolios, the Madison Funds (formerly known as MEMBERS Mutual Funds) with 13 portfolios, the Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund (a closed-end fund), the Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund (a closed-end fund) and the Madison Mosaic Equity, Income, Tax-Free and Government Money Market Trusts, which together have 12 portfolios, for a grand total of 43 separate portfolios in the fund complex. Not every Trustee is a member of the Board of Trustees of every fund in the fund complex, as noted above.

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers

                   

Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served1
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
  Portfolios
Overseen in
Fund Complex2
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

James R Imhoff, Jr.
1944
  Trustee,
2009 - Present
  First Weber Group (real estate brokers), Madison, WI, Chief Executive Officer, 1996 - Present   43   Park Bank, 1978 - Present; Madison Mosaic Funds (12), 1996 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, 2005 - Present; Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund, 2005 - Present; Madison Funds (13), 2009 - Present  
                   
Steven P. Riege
1954
  Trustee,
2005 - Present
  Ovation Leadership (management consulting), Milwaukee, WI, Owner/President, 2001 - Present; Robert W. Baird & Company (financial services), Milwaukee, WI, Senior Vice President- Marketing and Vice President-Human Resources, 1986 - 2001   29   Madison Funds (13), 2005 - Present  
                   
Richard E. Struthers
1952
  Trustee,
2004 - Present
  Clearwater Capital Management (investment advisory firm), Minneapolis, MN, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, 1998 - Present; Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, Chairman, Finance and Investment Committee, 2006 - 2012; IAI Mutual Funds, Minneapolis, MN, President and Director, 1992 - 1997   29   Health Partners, 2013 - Present; Park Nicolet Health Services, 2001 - 2012; Madison Funds (12), 2004 - Present  

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Ultra Series Fund’s Trustees and Officers


Name and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
and Length of Time Served1
 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
  Portfolios
Overseen in
Fund Complex2
 
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
 

Richard E. Struthers
1952
  Trustee,
2004 - Present
  Clearwater Capital Management (investment advisory firm), Minneapolis, MN, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, 1998 - Present; Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, Chairman, Finance and Investment Committee, 2006 - 2012; IAI Mutual Funds, Minneapolis, MN, President and Director, 1992 -1997   29   Health Partners, 2013 - Present; Park Nicolet Health Services, 2001 - 2012; Madison Funds (12), 2004 - Present  
                   
Lorence D. Wheeler
1938
  Trustee,
2009 - Present
  Retired investor; Credit Union Benefits Services, Inc. (a provider of retirement plans and related services for credit union employees nationwide), Madison, WI, President,
1986 - 1997
  43   Grand Mountain Bank FSB and Grand Mountain Bancshares, Inc. 2003 - Present; Madison Mosaic Funds (12), 1996 - Present; Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund, 2005 - Present; Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund, 2005 - Present; Madison Funds (13), 2009 - Present  

1 Independent Trustees serve in such capacity until the Trustee reaches the age of 76, unless retirement is waived by unanimous vote of the remaining Trustees on an annual basis.
2 As of December 31, 2012, the fund complex consists of the Trust with 16 portfolios, the Madison Funds (formerly known as MEMBERS Mutual Funds) with 13 portfolios, the Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund (a closed-end fund), the Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund (a closed-end fund) and the Madison Mosaic Equity, Income, Tax-Free and Government Money Market Trusts, which together have 12 portfolios, for a grand total of 43 separate portfolios in the fund complex. Not every Trustee is a member of the Board of Trustees of every fund in the fund complex, as noted above.

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SEC File Number: 811-04815



 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.
 
 
(a) The Trust has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Trust’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Trust or a third party.
 
(c) The code was not amended during the year covered by this report. 
 
(d) The Trust granted no waivers from the code during the period covered by this report.
 
(f) Any person may obtain a complete copy of the code without charge by calling the Adviser at 800-767-0300 and requesting a copy of "the Ultra Series Fund Sarbanes Oxley Code of Ethics."
 
 
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
 
James Imhoff, an “independent” Trustee and a member of the Trust’s audit committee, serves as the Trust’s audit committee financial expert among the five independent Trustees who so qualify to serve in that capacity.  
 
 
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
(a) Audit Fees. Total audit fees paid (or to be paid) to the registrant's principal accountant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively were $298,000 ($405,500 including the Madison Funds (formerly known as MEMBERS Mutual Funds, an affiliated registered investment company ("MMF"))) and $295,176 ($396,000 including MMF). 
 
(b) Audit-Related Fees.  Not applicable.
 
(c) Tax-Fees.  The Audit Committee has pre-approved, as required by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X, 100% of the services described in this Item 4(b) through (d).
 
For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for such fiscal years totaled $38,460 (budgeted) and $37,675 (budgeted), respectively.
 
In the scope of services comprising the fees disclosed under this Item 4(c) were the following services:
 
-Review and sign as signature preparer for U.S. Income Tax Return for Regulated Investment Companies, Form 1120-RIC and the Return of Excise Tax on Undistributed Income of Regulated Investment Companies, Form 8613.
 
(d) All Other Fees. Not applicable.
 
(e) (1) Before any accountant is engaged by the registrant to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement must be approved by the audit committee as contemplated by paragraph (c)(7)(i)(A) of Rule 2-01of Regulation S-X.
 
     (2) The Audit Committee has pre-approved, as required by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X, 100% of the services described in this Item 4(b) through (d), which such services are described above.
 
(f) Not applicable.
 
(g) Not applicable.
 
(h) Not applicable.
 
 
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
 
Not applicable.
 
 
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
 
Schedule 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 Trust does not normally hold shareholder meetings.  There have been no changes to the Trust's procedures during the period covered by this report.
 
 
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a) The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer determined that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")) are effective, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 within 90 days of the date of this report. There were no significant changes in the Trust’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation. The officers identified no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.
 
(b) There were no changes in the Trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) 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 Trust's internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Item 12. Exhibits.
 
(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.
 
(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act.
 
(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act.
 
 
 
 


 

 
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.
 
Ultra Series Fund
 
 
By: (signature)
W. Richard Mason, Chief Compliance Officer
Date: February 27, 2013
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
 
By: (signature)
Katherine L. Frank, President and Principal Executive Officer
Date: February 27, 2013
 
 
By: (signature)
Greg Hoppe, Principal Financial Officer
Date: February 27, 2013