N-30D 1 c67121n-30d.htm ANNUAL REPORT n-30d
 

DECEMBER 31, 2001

Northwestern Mutual

Variable Life Account

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  Annual Report

Northwestern Mutual
Series Fund, Inc. and
Russell Insurance Funds

The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company
720 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 271-1444

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Letter to Policyowners
January 31, 2002

The year just ended has been a difficult one in many ways. As the year began, most observers sensed that we were near the end of a record economic expansion, but there was considerable uncertainly as to the likely course of the economy. The stock market, traditionally a leading indicator, had already experienced a sharp drop. Other indicators were mixed, and they remained so through most of the year. The Federal Reserve responded to mounting signs of weakness with an unprecedented series of interest rate cuts.

Then in September Americans were stunned by terrorist attacks. A sharp drop when the markets reopened was followed by an encouraging rally in the fourth quarter. In November came the official announcement that a recession had begun eight months earlier.

In this difficult environment, it is understandable that some investors are feeling confused and frustrated. But our current situation is not unprecedented. Except in the technology sector, the stock market decline is far from a crash, and recession is by no means synonymous with economic disaster.

The U.S. economy has experienced nine recessions since World War II, and each has been followed by a period of economic growth. The stock market tends to move in concert with the economy, and periods of strength and weakness are inevitable. Although equities as a whole have a lengthy record of positive long-term returns, there will be intermittent periods of negative return. While experience suggests that it is reasonable to expect positive returns from stocks over the long term, we have always considered it unlikely that the 20%-plus returns of the late 1990s could be maintained.

We are convinced that professional management, broad diversification and a long-term outlook are the keys to responsible, productive investing. Owners of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Insurance policies participate in the markets with these important advantages. The individuals who manage these Portfolios are seasoned professionals with many years of experience, people who have learned to manage through good and bad markets. Many are the same individuals who manage the corporate assets of Northwestern Mutual.

The weak equity markets of the last two years reinforce the importance of diversification, among types of investments (such as stocks, government and corporate bonds, and real estate portfolios) and within each type of investment. The broad diversification of the Portfolios underlying the variable life insurance products avoids some of the risk inherent in holding individual securities. Including different types of equity funds — for example, growth and value; large and small capitalization; domestic and international — provides valuable balance and insulation from weakness in particular market segments.

Relatively strong bond returns over the last two years provide evidence of the value of including bond funds in your portfolio. As you choose the mix of funds that is best for you, we urge you to take advantage of the services of your Northwestern Mutual Investment Services representative, who is available to help you meet your financial goals.

We want you to know about a few changes in our organization and our investment products, which we believe will provide more choices and even better service to owners of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Insurance policies.

In this publication, we are reporting on the initial results of four new portfolios introduced in July 2001: a growth-oriented international fund; a small-cap value fund; a large-cap domestic value fund, and an asset allocation fund. Details on the objectives and management style of each of these funds, as well as the 16 other fund choices, are provided in the following pages. This broad array of investment choices provides vehicles appropriate for any investment objective, as well as ample opportunities to adjust your personal portfolio over time.

There also have been some organizational changes designed to create one cohesive, distinct organization with all the legal, regulatory and operational infrastructure to provide stronger investment advisory services to our policyowners and other clients. As of January 1, 2002, the individuals who manage Northwestern Mutual’s public market investments, including those underlying the variable annuity and variable life insurance products, the Mason Street family of mutual funds, and Northwestern Mutual’s corporate assets, are now part of a new entity, Mason Street Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm. The individuals managing your investments are the same as before, and Mason Street Advisors is a wholly owned company of Northwestern Mutual.  

We thank you for your continuing confidence in Northwestern Mutual, and we look forward to being your resource for long-term financial security for many years to come.

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The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

  MASON ROSS SIGNATURE
 
  Mason G. Ross
  Chairman, Mason Street Advisors

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How To Get More Information

Northwestern Mutual Express:

1-800-519-4665.
There is a wealth of information about Variable CompLife available at the touch of a button. For the latest information about policy values and performance data, call the toll-free Northwestern Mutual Express line any time. Policyowners must provide a policy number plus a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to utilize this service.

Information on the Internet:

www.northwesternmutual.com

You can also visit us at our customer service section from our Web site for information on Policy values and fund performance. This site also allows you to view past confirmation and policy statements, as well as transfer funds online.

To sign up for this service please call 1-866-424-2609 between 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Central Standard Time Monday – Friday. As always, your Investment Services representative of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network is available to answer any questions you have about your variable life insurance policy or any of our products.

For Variable Executive Life and Variable Joint Life inforce policy service questions please call 1-866-464-3800 between 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Central Standard Time Monday-Friday.

  Contents
       
Letter to Policyowners
  1
Performance Summary for Separate Accounts
  4
Economic Overview and Outlook
  8
Series Fund Objectives and Schedules of Investments
   
 
Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio
  9
 
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio
  12
 
Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio
  15
 
International Growth Portfolio
  18
 
Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio
  21
 
Index 400 Stock Portfolio
  25
 
Growth Stock Portfolio
  31
 
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock Portfolio
  34
 
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio
  37
 
Index 500 Stock Portfolio
  40
 
Asset Allocation Portfolio
  47
 
Balanced Portfolio
  57
 
High Yield Bond Portfolio
  70
 
Select Bond Portfolio
  76
 
Money Market Portfolio
  82
Accountants’ Report
  86
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
  88
Statements of Operations
  90
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
  92
Financial Highlights
  100
Notes to Series Fund Financial Statements
  108
Accountants’ Report
  113
Variable Life Account Financial Statements
  114
 
Notes to Variable Life Account Financial Statements
  123
Directors and Officers
  126
The Russell Annual Report Starts After Page 126
   

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Performance Summary
as of December 31, 2001
                                                                               
Variable Life — Policies Issued Before October 11, 1995
J.P. Morgan
Franklin Select Capital
T. Rowe Templeton Growth and Guardian
Small Cap Price Small Aggressive International International Index 400 Growth Income Domestic
Total return Growth Stock Cap Value Growth Stock Growth Stock Equity Stock Stock Stock Equity
(as of 12/31/01) Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division

1 year
    (4.44% )           (20.44% )           (14.60% )     (1.35% )     (14.82% )     (8.42% )          
5 years
                44.65%             19.16%             62.76%       42.57%            
 
Annualized
                7.66%             3.57%             10.23%       7.35%            
10 years
                                                         
 
Annualized
                                                         
Since division inception in Variable Life Account
    55.33% @@     1.46%     143.16% *     (9.67% )†     62.33% #     22.37% @@     156.61% ##     120.86% ##     (2.48% )†    
 
Annualized
    19.23%             12.29%             6.53%       8.39%       13.09%       10.89%            
Since portfolio inception++
    87.58% @@           351.35% *           100.49%       28.94% @@                      
 
Annualized
    26.55%             14.56%             8.36%       9.98%                        
 
Current Yield###
                                                                           
 

Variable Complife — Polices Issued On or After October 11, 1995**
   

   
1 year
    (4.34% )           (20.36% )           (14.52% )     (1.25% )     (14.73% )     (8.33% )          
5 years
                45.39%             19.77%             63.59%       43.30%            
 
Annualized
                7.77%             3.67%             10.35%       7.46%            
10 years
                                                         
 
Annualized
                                                         
Since division inception in Variable Life Account
    55.73% @@     1.50%     145.07% *     (9.63% )†     63.61% #     22.68% @@     158.62% ##     122.60% ##     (2.43% )†    
 
Annualized
    19.35%             12.41%             6.64%       8.51%       13.20%       11.01%            
Since portfolio inception++
    88.05% @@           248.45% *           102.27%       29.24% @@                      
 
Annualized
    26.67%             12.95%             8.46%       10.08%                        
 
Current Yield###
                                                                           

All total return figures shown above reflect the deduction of portfolio expenses, as well as mortality and expense risk charges for each product. Returns do not reflect deductions such as sales charges or premium taxes, administrative charges, surrender charges or cost of insurance charges. These deductions would significantly impact the returns if they were included.

Performance data reflects past results and is not a guarantee of future results. Future value will fluctuate so that an investors shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

! On April 30, 1993, the Index 500 Stock Portfolio was indexed to approximate the performance of the Standard and Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. Before then, the Portfolio was actively managed.

++ Returns stated are as of the inception date of the portfolio which precedes availability in the Variable Life Account. See the following footnotes for portfolio inception dates.
 
* Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 5/3/94. Actual fund inception was 11/30/1990. Performance quoted prior to 5/3/94 is based on actual investment experience, adjusted for a mortality and expense risk charge.
 
# Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 5/3/94. Actual portfolio inception was 4/30/93. Performance quoted prior to 5/3/94 is based on actual investment experience, adjusted for a mortality and expense risk charge.
 
** Product inception date of 10/11/95. Returns prior to 10/11/95 were reflected using the actual investment experience of each division, adjusted for a mortality and expense risk charge.
 
@@    Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 6/30/99. Actual fund inception was 4/30/99. Performance quoted prior to 6/30/99 is based on actual investment experience, adjusted for a mortality and expense risk charge.
 
+ Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 6/30/99. Actual fund inception was 1/2/97. Performance quoted prior to 6/30/99 is based on actual investment experience, adjusted for a mortality and expense risk charge.
 
## Inception date of 5/3/94.
 
Inception date of 7/31/01.
 
### For the seven-day period ended December 31, 2001, the Money Market Portfolio’s yield was 2.16% and was equivalent to a compound effective yield of 2.18%. The seven-day yield does not include deductions that are included in the separate accounts. The yield quotation more closely reflects the current earnings of the Money Market Portfolio than the total return quotation.

Note:  “Standard and Poor’s 500”, “S&P 500” and “S&P 400” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The Series Fund and its Portfolios are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in them.

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Russell Russell Russell
Index 500 Asset High Yield Select Money Multi-Style Aggressive Russell Real Estate Russell
Stock Allocation Balanced Bond Bond Market Equity Equity Non-U.S. Securities Core Bond
Division Division Division Division Division Division Division+ Division+ Division+ Division Division+

      (12.50% )           (3.83% )     4.29%       9.59%       3.19%       (14.81% )     (3.05% )     (22.58% )     7.08%       6.65%      
      60.95%             49.96%       9.52%       36.24%       24.64%                                    
      9.99%             8.44%       1.84%       6.38%       4.50%                                    
      204.45% !           141.39%             88.83%       48.60%                                    
      11.78%             9.21%             6.56%       4.04%                                    
     
      (2.39% )†           54.89% ##                 (22.71% )     0.08%       (18.32% )     26.94% @@     16.69%      
                        5.88%                   (9.78% )     0.03%       (7.76% )     9.99%       6.36%      
                                          40.89%       35.55%       (2.67% )     24.89% @@     33.61%      
                                          7.10%       6.28%       (0.54% )     8.68%       5.97%      
                                              2.16%                                              
 

      (12.41% )           (3.73% )     4.40%       9.71%       3.29%       (14.72% )     (2.95% )     (22.50% )     7.19%       6.76%      
      61.77%             50.73%       10.08%       36.94%       25.28%                                    
      10.10%             8.55%       1.94%       6.49%       4.61%                                    
      207.58% !           143.88%             90.79%       49.83%                                    
      11.89%             9.32%             6.67%       4.13%                                    
     
      (2.35% )†           56.10% ##                 (22.52% )     0.34%       (18.11% )     27.26% @@     16.99%      
                        5.98%                   (9.69% )     0.14%       (7.67% )     10.11%       6.47%      
                                          41.60%       36.25%       (2.17% )     25.23% @@     34.30%      
                                          7.21%       6.39%       (0.44% )     8.79%       6.08%      
                                              2.16%                                              

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Performance Summary
as of December 31, 2001
                                                                               
Variable Executive Life — Policies First Offered on March 2, 1998***
J.P. Morgan
Franklin Select Capital
T. Rowe Templeton Growth and Guardian
Small Cap Price Small Aggressive International International Index 400 Growth Income Domestic
Total return Growth Stock Cap Value Growth Stock Growth Stock Equity Stock Stock Stock Equity
(as of 12/31/01) Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division Division

1 year
    (3.76% )           (19.87% )           (14.00% )     (0.65% )     (14.22% )     (7.77% )          
5 years
                49.81%             23.41%             68.57%       47.66%            
 
Annualized
                8.42%             4.30%             11.01%       8.11%            
10 years
                                                         
 
Annualized
                                                         
Since division inception in Variable Life Account
    58.09% @@     1.76%     156.59% *     (9.40% )†     71.28% #     24.53% @@     170.77% ##     133.05% ##     (2.19% )†    
 
Annualized
    20.07%             13.08%             7.27%       9.16%       13.88%       11.67%            
Since portfolio inception ++
    91.13% @@           419.27% *           113.06%       31.38% @@                      
 
Annualized
    27.44%             16.03%             9.11%       10.76%                        
Current Yield###
                                                                           
 

Variable Joint Life — Polices First Offered on December 28, 1998****
   

   
1 year
    (3.76% )           (19.87% )           (14.00% )     (0.65% )     (14.22% )     (7.77% )          
5 years
                49.81%             23.41%             68.57%       47.66%            
 
Annualized
                8.42%             4.30%             11.01%       8.11%            
10 years
                                                         
 
Annualized
                                                         
Since division inception in Variable Life Account
    58.09% @@     1.76%     156.59% *     (9.40% )†     71.28% #     24.53% @@     170.77% ##     133.05% ##     (2.19% )†    
 
Annualized
    20.07%             13.08%             7.27%       9.16%       13.88%       11.67%            
Since portfolio inception++
    91.13% @@           419.27% *           113.06%       31.38% @@                      
 
Annualized
    27.44%             16.03%             9.11%       10.76%                        
Current Yield###
                                                                           

All total return figures shown above reflect the deduction of portfolio expenses. Returns do not reflect deductions such as sales charges or premium taxes, administrative charges, surrender charges, mortality and expense risk charge or cost of insurance charges. These deductions would significantly impact the returns if they were included.

Performance data reflects past results and is not a guarantee of future results. Future value will fluctuate so that an investors shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

!     On April 30, 1993, the Index 500 Stock Portfolio was indexed to approximate the performance of the Standard and Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. Before then, the Portfolio was actively managed.

++     Returns stated are as of the inception date of the portfolio which precedes availability in the Variable Life Account. See the following footnotes for portfolio inception dates.

*      Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 5/3/94. Actual fund inception was 11/30/1990. Performance quoted prior to 5/3/94 is based on actual investment experience.
 
#      Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 5/3/94. Actual portfolio inception was 4/30/93. Performance quoted prior to 5/3/94 is based on actual investment experience.
 
***     Product inception date of 3/2/98. (For use with plans in excess of $25,000.) Returns prior to 3/2/98 were reflected using the actual investment experience of each division.

****    Product inception date of December 28, 1998 (For use primarily in estate planning, provides coverage on two insureds with a death benefit payable on the second death). Returns prior to 12/28/98 were reflected using the actual investment experience of each division.

@@     Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 6/30/99. Actual fund inception was 4/30/99. Performance quoted prior to 6/30/99 is based on actual investment experience.

+     Inception date of this division in the Variable Life Account was 6/30/99. Actual fund inception was 1/2/97. Performance quoted prior to 6/30/99 is based on actual investment experience.

##     Inception date of 5/3/94.
 
†      Inception date of 7/31/01.

###     For the seven-day period ended December 31, 2001, the Money Market Portfolio’s yield was 2.16% and was equivalent to a compound effective yield of 2.18%. The seven-day yield does not include deductions that are included in the separate accounts. The yield quotation more closely reflects the current earnings of the Money Market Portfolio than the total return quotation.

Note:     “Standard and Poor’s 500” , “S&P 500” and “S&P 400” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The Series Fund and its Portfolios are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in them.

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Russell Russell Russell
Index 500 Asset High Yield Select Money Multi-Style Aggressive Russell Real Estate Russell
Stock Allocation Balanced Bond Bond Market Equity Equity Non-U.S. Securities Core Bond
Division Division Division Division Division Division Division+ Division+ Division+ Division Division+

      (11.88% )           (3.15% )     5.03%       10.37%       3.92%       (14.21% )     (2.36% )     (22.03% )     7.84%       7.41%      
      66.69%             55.31%       13.43%       41.10%       29.09%                                    
      10.76%             9.20%       2.55%       7.13%       5.24%                                    
      234.57% !           156.97%             99.14%       59.06%                                    
      12.56%             9.98%             7.31%       4.75%                                    
     
      (2.10% )†           63.44% ##                 (21.34% )     1.86%       (16.87% )     29.19% @@     18.75%      
                        6.62%                   (9.14% )     0.74%       (7.11% )     10.77%       7.10%      
                                          45.91%       40.38%       0.80%       27.25% @@     38.37%      
                                          7.85%       7.02%       0.16%       9.44%       6.71%      
                                              2.16%                                              
 

      (11.88% )           (3.15% )     5.03%       10.37%       3.92%       (14.21% )     (2.36% )     (22.03% )     7.84%       7.41%      
      66.69%             55.31%       13.43%       41.10%       29.09%                                    
      10.76%             9.20%       2.55%       7.13%       5.24%                                    
      234.57% !           156.97%             99.14%       59.06%                                    
      12.56%             9.98%             7.31%       4.75%                                    
     
      (2.10% )†           63.44% ##                 (21.34% )     1.86%       (16.87% )     29.19% @@     18.75%      
                        6.62%                   (9.14% )     0.74%       (7.11% )     10.77%       7.10%      
                                          45.91%       40.38%       0.80%       27.25% @@     38.37%      
                                          7.85%       7.02%       0.16%       9.44%       6.71%      
                                              2.16%                                              

7


 

 Economic Overview and Outlook

The Economy

The economy in 2001 turned out to be weaker than most forecasters had anticipated. As the year progressed, more and more indicators pointed toward recession. The tragic events of September 11 brought sharp focus to a general sense of economic malaise, and created serious problems for certain industries, especially travel.

In November, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared officially that a recession had begun in March 2001, exactly ten years after the record economic expansion of the 1990s began. This is an unusual recession, however. In most recent slowdowns, demand has been choked by rising interest rates, inflation, or oil shortages. This time, the Federal Reserve has provided stimulus through an unprecedented series of interest rate cuts. Consumer spending has remained strong, especially in interest-sensitive areas such as housing and autos. Business inventories appear to be at a reasonable level, and productivity is holding up unusually well.

Now the main questions concern the depth and duration of the recession, and the strength of the subsequent recovery. Most observers are reasonably positive: The consensus of 55 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal (article published January 4, 2002) is that the economy will resume growth in the first half of 2002, with the annualized growth rate surpassing 3% by the end of the year. However, there is wide divergence among the experts, with forecasts for real growth for the full year 2002 ranging from -1.7% to 5.0%. The progress of the recovery will be determined largely by whether an initial period of inventory rebuilding is followed by a sustainable increase in capital spending.

Economic Growth and Inflation

  (Economic Growth and Inflation Performance Graph)
 
  Source: U.S. Department of Commerce. Year-to-year percentage change in Real Gross Domestic Product is used for real economic growth. December-to-December percentage change in the Consumer Price Index — Urban is used for the inflation rate. 2001 numbers are based on preliminary data.


The Equity Market

For the first time since the 1970s, the major market indices — the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq Composite Index — all posted losses for the second consecutive year. The net downtrend was far from steady. A drop in the first quarter, most pronounced in the technology-heavy Nasdaq index, was followed by a modest rally in the summer. A sharp drop when the market reopened after September 11 was followed by a rally in the fourth quarter. Throughout the year, the market experienced tremendous volatility, with record numbers of days exhibiting sharp moves up or down.

Investors should remember that the late 1990s were a period of unprecedented equity returns. Total return of the S&P 500 Index was above 20% for five consecutive years, after surpassing 20% for only eight of the previous 30 years.

Market history offers some encouragement to investors in hope of a rebound in 2002. It has been 60 years since the major stock indexes fell for three consecutive years. That happened in 1939-1941, as fascism was sweeping through Europe and recovery from the Great Depression was just beginning. With a modest economic recovery predicted for 2002, any strength in the stock market is likely to be similarly mild. A shift in interest from large-cap to small-cap stocks, and from growth to value, makes it seem likely that market leadership will be quite different from the 1990s, when technology dominated performance.

Annual Total Returns from S&P 500 Index

  (Annual Total Returns from S&P Performance Graph)
 
  Source: Standard & Poor’s


The Bond Market

For the second consecutive year bonds substantially outperformed stocks in 2001. Total return from the Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index was 8.3%, versus a loss of 11.8% in the S&P 500 Index.

Within the bond market, the most pronounced trend was a dramatic steepening in the yield curve, which depicts the relationship between yields on short-term bonds and long-term bonds. Short-term yields dropped dramatically, in response to easing by the Federal Reserve, while yields on 30-year bonds remained essentially unchanged throughout the year.

Another important trend in the bond market was a tightening of interest rate spreads between U.S. Treasury bonds and corporate bonds during the year. At the beginning of the year, the spread was wider than usual, reflecting strong demand for Treasuries and concern about the performance of corporate bonds in a slowing economy. The spread narrowed over the next few months; then Treasuries rallied sharply in the market turmoil that followed September 11. Near the end of the year, as some economic data proved more positive than expected, investors began to regain confidence in corporate bonds, pushing prices up and yields down. Accordingly, corporate bonds outperformed Treasury securities for the first time in four years.

Annual Total Returns from
Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index

(Annual Total Returns From Merrill Lynch)

Source: Merrill Lynch. The Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index is an unmanaged market value weighted index comprised of U.S. Government, mortgage and investment-grade corporate bonds.

8


 

 Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Maximum long-term appreciation of capital   Strive for the highest possible rate of capital appreciation by investing in companies with potential for rapid growth.   $291.45 million

The Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio owns the stocks of emerging growth companies, with the objective of maintaining a median market capitalization of $1 billion. The range of market capitalization is generally between $200 million and $3 billion. The investment process involves detailed studies of individual companies. Factors evaluated include the growth rates of revenues and earnings, opportunities for margin expansion, financial strength and quality of management. Since growth stock portfolios tend to react strongly to changes in financial and economic markets, as well as to changes in the prospects for individual companies, returns of this Portfolio can vary considerably from time to time. A higher level of risk (with risk defined as variability of returns over time) is accepted for the potential of greater long-term returns.

The year just ended, with a slowing economy, the aftermath of the technology boom of prior years, and external shocks to the markets, was particularly difficult for the small-cap growth category of equities. As a defensive measure, certain holdings in the travel and consumer cyclical sectors were eliminated during the third quarter, and there has been a degree of concentration in non-cyclical industry groups such as business services, many of which are categorized in the Industrials sector. Some of the Portfolio’s large holdings in industries such as health care and specialty finance that have limited exposure to broad economic trends have performed well; these include Lincare, Patterson Dental and Radian Group.

As the market responds to increasing signs of economic recovery, there appears to be considerable opportunity for this portfolio, since small cap stocks traditionally perform well in the early stages of a recovery. Accordingly, holdings at the end of 2001 reflect moves to increase exposure to more cyclical industry groups. New or increased holdings include Coach Leatherware, which should benefit from an improving consumer environment; Airgas, a gas distributor; and oil service companies such as Patterson-UTI Energy and National-Oilwell. In anticipation of a recovery, the Portfolio is overweighted in health care and technology, two sectors considered to have strong long-term growth prospects.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

The Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio’s investment in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) had a significant impact on its since inception performance. There can be no assurance that IPOs will continue to have a positive affect on the Portfolio’s performance.

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.   4.0%    

UTStarcom, Inc.   3.8%    

Lincare Holdings, Inc.   3.7%    

Advent Software, Inc.   2.8%    

Patterson Dental Company   2.7%    

Resources Connection, Inc.   2.1%    

The Corporate Executive Board Company   2.1%    

Tetra Tech, Inc.   2.0%    

Radian Group, Inc.   2.0%    

Varian, Inc.   2.0%    

Relative Performance

                 

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year Inception#

Small Cap Stock Portfolio
    -3.76%       27.44%  
S&P 600 Index
    6.54%       12.82%  
Russell 2000 Index
    2.49%       6.04%  

#Inception date of 4/30/99

Since the Portfolio invests primarily in small capitalization issues, the indices that best reflect the Portfolio’s performance are the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) SmallCap 600 Index and Russell 2000 Index.

The Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index is an unmanaged index of 600 selected common stocks of smaller U.S.-based companies compiled by Standard & Poor’s Corporation. As of December 31, 2001, the 600 companies in the composite had median market capitalization of $525.2 million and total market value of $376.2 billion. The SmallCap 600 represents approximately 2.6% of the market value of Compustat’s database of over 10,000 equities.

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest US companies based on total market capitalization. These 3,000 companies represent approximately 98% of the investable US equity market. As of December 31, 2001, the average market capitalization of companies in the Russell 3000 was $4.6 billion; the median market capitalization was $732 million. Market capitalization of companies in the Index ranged from $487 billion to $147 million.

The Russell 2000 Index represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000. As of December 31, 2001, the average market capitalization of companies in the Russell 2000 was approximately $530 million; the median market capitalization was approximately $410 million. The largest company in the index had a total market capitalization of approximately $1.4 billion.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 4/30/99 (commencement of the Fund’s operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

9


 

 Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (84.0%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (14.7%)
               
*Catalina Marketing Corporation
    83,700     $ 2,904  
*CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
    19,300       1,037  
*Coach, Inc.
    112,900       4,401  
Fred’s, Inc.
    74,300       3,043  
*Getty Images, Inc.
    77,900       1,790  
*The Gymboree Corporation
    259,700       3,098  
*O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
    322,100       11,748  
*Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd. — Class A
    150,800       2,729  
*Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
    43,300       1,037  
*Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc.
    106,400       1,200  
The Talbots, Inc.
    58,800       2,132  
*Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
    252,900       3,477  
*Westwood One, Inc.
    136,500       4,102  
             
 
 
Total
            42,698  
             
 
 
Energy (4.6%)
               
*Cal Dive International, Inc.
    128,300       3,166  
*Energy Partners, Ltd.
    185,000       1,397  
*Grant Prideco, Inc.
    239,600       2,755  
*National-Oilwell, Inc.
    154,200       3,178  
*Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
    128,000       2,984  
             
 
 
Total
            13,480  
             
 
 
Financials (5.2%)
               
Investors Financial Services Corp.
    66,100       4,376  
*Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.
    13,000       490  
Radian Group, Inc.
    135,100       5,804  
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. — Class A
    140,450       4,522  
             
 
 
Total
            15,192  
             
 
 
Health Care (20.1%)
               
*Accredo Health, Inc.
    70,700       2,807  
*AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
    18,700       512  
*Apogent Technologies, Inc.
    158,500       4,089  
*CIMA Labs, Inc.
    47,600       1,721  
*Cross Country, Inc.
    32,800       869  
D & K Healthcare Resources, Inc.
    60,900       3,468  
*DaVita, Inc.
    176,700       4,320  
*Fisher Scientific International, Inc.
    3,000       88  
*Lincare Holdings, Inc.
    377,600       10,819  
*Patterson Dental Company
    190,700       7,806  
*Priority Healthcare Corporation — Class B
    76,000       2,674  
*Province Healthcare Company
    173,850       5,366  
*Renal Care Group, Inc.
    146,800       4,712  
*Sola International, Inc.
    65,000       1,261  
*Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.
    72,466       1,564  
*Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    38,200       1,526  
*Third Wave Technologies
    130,800       961  
*Triad Hospitals, Inc.
    88,500       2,597  
*Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    61,100       1,382  
             
 
 
Total
            58,542  
             
 
 
Industrials (11.9%)
               
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    170,100       4,918  
*Charles River Associates Incorporated
    84,800       1,738  
*Cornell Companies, Inc.
    109,000       1,924  
*The Corporate Executive Board Company
    168,400       6,180  
*Education Management Corporation
    69,200       2,509  
*ITT Educational Services, Inc.
    31,400       1,158  
*Knight Transportation, Inc.
    151,553       2,846  
*Resources Connection, Inc.
    235,400       6,198  
SkyWest, Inc.
    47,700       1,214  
*Tetra Tech, Inc.
    297,625       5,926  
             
 
 
Total
            34,611  
             
 
 
Information Technology (23.4%)
               
*Advent Software, Inc.
    160,300       8,007  
*Amphenol Corporation — Class A
    30,000       1,442  
*Aspen Technology, Inc.
    153,700       2,582  
*BARRA, Inc.
    68,350       3,219  
*DDI Corp.
    136,600       1,344  
*EPIQ Systems, Inc.
    108,250       2,095  
*Forrester Research, Inc.
    95,400       1,921  
*Inforte Corp.
    207,600       2,900  
*Micromuse, Inc.
    73,800       1,107  
*MKS Instruments, Inc.
    125,300       3,387  
*Nassda Corporation
    69,200       1,556  
*Plexus Corp.
    118,000       3,134  
*PRI Automation, Inc.
    131,000       2,679  
*Renaissance Learning, Inc.
    121,400       3,699  
*Semtech Corporation
    95,600       3,412  
*SmartForce Public Limited Company, ADR
    120,900       2,992  
*TESSCO Technologies Incorporated
    194,700       3,339  
*THQ, Inc.
    40,200       1,948  
*Universal Access Global Holdings, Inc.
    207,400       973  
*UTStarcom, Inc.
    383,800       10,939  
*Varian, Inc.
    176,900       5,739  
             
 
 
Total
            68,414  
             
 
 
Materials (2.9%)
               
*Airgas, Inc.
    202,900       3,068  
Cambrex Corporation
    62,900       2,742  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
    56,200       2,621  
             
 
 
Total
            8,431  
             
 

10


 

 Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (84.0%) Par (000’s)

Telecommunication Services (1.2%)
               
*AirGate PCS, Inc.
    75,100     $ 3,421  
             
 
 
Total
            3,421  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock
(Cost: $222,553)
            244,789  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (16.1%)

 
Cigarettes (1.7%)
               
#Phillip Morris Co., Inc., 1.81%, 1/18/02
  $ 5,000,000       4,996  
             
 
 
Total
            4,996  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (1.7%)
               
#JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.86%, 2/8/02
    5,000,000       4,990  
             
 
 
Total
            4,990  
             
 
 
Federal Government Agencies (1.5%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
    4,500,000       4,490  
             
 
 
Total
            4,490  
             
 
 
Finance Services (1.7%)
               
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 1.85%, 2/4/02
    5,000,000       4,991  
             
 
 
Total
            4,991  
             
 
 
Machinery (1.7%)
               
#John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
    5,000,000       4,996  
             
 
 
Total
            4,996  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.7%)
               
#National Rural Utilities, 1.75%, 1/28/02
    5,000,000       4,993  
             
 
 
Total
            4,993  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (2.6%)
               
Household Finance Corp., 1.94%, 1/18/02
    5,000,000       4,995  
Variable Funding Capital, 2.45%, 1/10/02
    2,400,000       2,399  
             
 
 
Total
            7,394  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (3.5%)
               
Asset Securitization, 1.95%, 1/18/02
  $ 5,000,000       4,995  
Transamerica Financial Corporation, 1.93%, 1/9/02
    5,000,000       4,999  
             
 
 
Total
            9,994  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments (Cost: $46,844)
            46,844  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (100.1%)
(Cost $269,397)!
            291,633  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (-0.1%)
            (185 )
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 291,448  
             
 
! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $271,272 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $20,361 which is comprised of $38,050 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $17,689 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

*  Non-Income Producing

# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

Russell 2000 Index Futures
    106       3/02     $ 291  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $25,642)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

11


 

 T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term growth of capital   Invest in small companies whose common stocks are
believed to be undervalued.
  $21.00 million

The T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio invests in companies with market capitalization of $1 billion or less whose current stock prices do not appear to reflect their underlying value. For this Portfolio, value is defined broadly, with consideration given to stock price relative to long-term growth prospects and business franchises, in addition to typical value measures such as assets, current earnings and cash flow. Many of the Portfolio’s holdings are quality companies that have been overlooked by the investment community.

The Portfolio typically holds approximately 100 stocks with average market capitalization somewhat smaller than the Russell 2000 Value Index, its major performance benchmark, as consideration of smaller companies often makes it possible to invest in higher quality companies without paying a premium. The average price-earnings ratio of stocks in the Portfolio is generally close to that of the Index, but quality measures such as return on equity and financial strength are higher. The major emphasis is on selection of individual stocks, with secondary consideration given to industry weightings in order to keep the Portfolio broadly diversified among economic sectors.

Small-cap value stocks as a group were up in 2000 and 2001, when the broad market averages were down significantly, after underperforming in the previous years of strong large-cap equity markets; this portfolio therefore provides an excellent diversification opportunity for holders of large capitalization stocks. The Portfolio has performed in line with the Russell 2000 Value Index in the five months since it was added to the investment choices available to Northwestern Mutual policyowners. Major holdings that contributed to performance in recent months were Brown & Brown, an insurance brokerage firm; Ruby Tuesday, a casual dining restaurant chain; XTO Energy, an independent producer of oil and natural gas producer; and Allied Capital, which provides debt and equity capital to middle-market companies.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

Brown & Brown, Inc.   2.7%    

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.   2.5%    

XTO Energy, Inc.   2.4%    

Fred’s, Inc.   2.3%    

Insituform Technologies, Inc. — Class A   2.1%    

Allied Capital Corporation   1.8%    

Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. — Class A   1.6%    

Community First Bankshares, Inc.   1.6%    

RARE Hospitality International, Inc.   1.5%    

Silicon Valley Bancshares   1.5%    

The T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio is managed for Northwestern Mutual by T. Rowe Price.

Relative Performance

         

Total Return
For Period Ended December 31, 2001
Since
Inception#

T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio
    1.76%  
Russell 2000 Index
    1.40%  

#Inception date of 7/31/01, returns not annualized

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest US companies based on total market capitalization. These 3,000 companies represent approximately 98% of the investable US equity market. As of December 31, 2001, the average market capitalization of companies in the Russell 3000 was $4.6 billion; the median market capitalization was $732 million. Market capitalization of companies in the Index ranged from $487 billion to $147 million.

The Russell 2000 Index represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000. As of December 31, 2001, the average market capitalization of companies in the Russell 2000 was approximately $530 million; the median market capitalization was approximately $410 million. The largest company in the index had a total market capitalization of approximately $1.4 billion.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 7/31/01 (commencement of the Fund’s operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

12


 

 T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (93.4%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (17.8%)
               
Aaron Rents, Inc.
    9,600     $ 156  
Aaron Rents, Inc. — Class A
    1,300       18  
CSS Industries, Inc.
    6,400       198  
Culp, Inc.
    8,100       31  
*Dan River, Inc. — Class A
    9,800       5  
Fred’s, Inc.
    11,850       485  
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
    9,200       121  
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
    18,200       301  
Modine Manufacturing Company
    4,700       110  
*Paxson Communications Corporation
    4,300       45  
RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
    13,700       309  
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
    25,000       515  
*Saga Communications, Inc. — Class A
    7,100       147  
SCP Pool Corporation
    10,325       283  
*Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. — Class A
    3,900       37  
Skyline Corporation
    6,850       221  
Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.
    7,350       175  
*Stein Mart, Inc.
    27,500       230  
TBC Corporation
    16,000       214  
*Unifi, Inc.
    19,800       144  
             
 
 
Total
            3,745  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (1.9%)
               
*American Italian Pasta Company — Class A
    3,500       147  
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
    14,900       222  
Packaged Ice, Inc.
    18,900       20  
             
 
 
Total
            389  
             
 
 
Energy (7.8%)
               
Attwoods PLC
    4,550       159  
Carbo Ceramics, Inc.
    5,500       215  
*Forest Oil Corporation
    8,050       227  
Lone Star Technologies, Inc.
    5,800       102  
Newpark Resources, Inc.
    13,700       108  
Tetra Technologies, Inc.
    9,200       193  
W-H Energy Services, Inc.
    6,900       131  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    28,500       499  
             
 
 
Total
            1,634  
             
 
 
Financials (23.4%)
               
Allied Capital Corporation
    14,300       372  
American Capital Strategies, Ltd.
    8,050       228  
Brown & Brown, Inc.
    21,000       574  
Community First Bankshares, Inc.
    13,200       339  
First Financial Fund, Inc.
    17,100       214  
*First Republic Bank, Inc.
    11,300       273  
Gladstone Capital Corp.
    4,400       81  
Glenborough Realty Trust Incorporated
    13,700       266  
Innkeepers USA Trust
    13,700       134  
JP Realty, Inc.
    9,150       218  
Kilroy Realty Corporation
    9,200       242  
Lasalle Hotel Properties
    9,500       112  
Markel Corporation
    1,125       202  
Ohio Casualty Corporation
    5,800       93  
Presidential Life Corporation
    4,700       97  
ProAssurance Corporation
    9,300       163  
*Silicon Valley Bancshares
    11,400       305  
Sun Communities, Inc.
    6,900       257  
Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. — Class A
    9,100       344  
*Triad Guaranty, Inc.
    8,400       305  
Washington Real Estate Trust
    4,700       117  
             
 
 
Total
            4,936  
             
 
 
Health Care (3.9%)
               
Bone Care International, Inc.
    13,500       231  
*Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    14,200       170  
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    16,000       296  
*Sola International, Inc.
    5,800       113  
             
 
 
Total
            810  
             
 
 
Industrials (16.7%)
               
Ameron International Corporation
    1,600       111  
*Dal-Tile International, Inc.
    5,800       135  
EDO Corporation
    8,100       214  
Electro Rent Corporation
    15,150       195  
G & K Services, Inc. — Class A
    6,950       224  
Hub Group, Inc. — Class A
    4,700       49  
Idex Corporation
    5,700       197  
*Insituform Technologies, Inc. — Class A
    17,100       437  
Landauer, Inc.
    4,600       156  
Landstar System, Inc.
    4,100       297  
Layne Christensen Company
    6,900       55  
Littelfuse, Inc.
    8,000       210  
Matthews International Corporation — Class A
    12,350       304  
*Midwest Express Holdings, Inc.
    7,000       102  
*Modis Professional Services, Inc.
    18,300       131  
Thomas Industries, Inc.
    9,150       229  
UTI Worldwide, Inc.
    9,100       178  
Woodward Governor Company
    4,800       280  
             
 
 
Total
            3,504  
             
 
 
Information Technology (7.0%)
               
Analogic Corporation
    6,400       246  
Analysts International Corporation
    4,900       20  
ATMI, Inc.
    5,800       138  
Brooks Automation, Inc.
    5,300       216  
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    2,950       242  
Methode Electronics, Inc. — Class A
    8,100       65  
Packeteer, Inc.
    16,000       118  

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 T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (93.4%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
Progress Software Corporation
    12,600     $ 218  
*SPSS, Inc.
    11,450       203  
             
 
 
Total
            1,466  
             
 
 
Materials (10.7%)
               
*Airgas, Inc.
    16,000       242  
Aptargroup, Inc.
    8,250       289  
Arch Chemicals, Inc.
    9,150       212  
Deltic Timber Corporation
    6,500       178  
Florida Rock Industries, Inc.
    4,850       177  
Gibraltar Steel Corporation
    9,550       167  
Ivex Packaging Corporation
    12,900       245  
Liqui-Box Corporation
    4,150       171  
Myers Industries, Inc.
    9,200       126  
Penn Virginia Corporation
    6,850       234  
Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation
    17,000       206  
             
 
 
Total
            2,247  
             
 
 
Other Holdings (0.9%)
               
Russell 2000 Value Index
    1,500       193  
             
 
 
Total
            193  
             
 
 
Utilities (3.3%)
               
Black Hills Corporation
    4,200       142  
Cleco Corporation
    10,550       232  
Otter Tail Corporation
    4,700       137  
Vectren Corporation
    7,350       176  
             
 
 
Total
            687  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $18,455)
            19,611  
             
 
 
Investment Company Reserves (5.9%)
               
Reserve Investment Fund
    1,240,328       1,240  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments (Cost $1,240)
            1,240  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (99.3%)
(Cost $19,695)!
            20,851  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.7%)
            152  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 21,003  
             
 
! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $19,712 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $1,139 which is comprised of $1,396 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $257 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

*  Non-Income Producing

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Maximum long-term appreciation of capital   Strive for the highest possible rate of capital appreciation by investing in companies with potential for rapid growth.   $1.34 billion

The Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio owns the stocks of emerging growth companies, generally with market capitalizations of less than $10 billion. Since growth stock portfolios tend to react strongly to changes in financial and economic markets, as well as to changes in the prospects for individual companies, returns of this Portfolio can vary considerably from time to time. A higher level of risk (with risk defined as variability of returns over time) is accepted for the potential of greater long-term returns. The Portfolio’s focus in stock selection is on the individual companies’ ability to generate revenue, expand profit margins and maintain solid balance sheets; industry sector selection is of secondary importance.

In a difficult and volatile market environment, the Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio has underperformed its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index, over the last year. Communication, technology and energy have been among the poorer performing industry groups. More defensive holdings such as Investors Financial Services, Fiserv, Radian Group and Concord EFS in the financial services sector and Patterson Dental in health care have held up well. Technology holdings benefited from a rally in the final months of the year.

In anticipation of a recovery, the Portfolio’s holdings are being adjusted to provide more participation in growth-oriented cyclicals.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

Patterson Dental Company   3.2%    

Fiserv, Inc.   2.8%    

The Corporate Executive Board Company   2.3%    

Cintas Corporation   2.2%    

Investors Financial Services Corp.   2.1%    

Lincare Holdings, Inc.   1.9%    

Kohl’s Corporation   1.9%    

Tetra Tech, Inc.   1.9%    

Radian Group, Inc.   1.9%    

Concord EFS, Inc.   1.8%    

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio
    -19.87%       8.42%       12.57%  
S&P 400 Index
    -0.60%       16.11%       15.02%  

Since the Portfolio invests primarily in medium-capitalization (Mid Cap) issues, the index that best reflects the Portfolio’s performance is the S&P MidCap 400 Index. This is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-range sector of the U.S. stock market.

As of December 31, 2001, the 400 companies in the composite had median market capitalization of $1.7 billion and a total market value of $830.1 billion. The MidCap 400 represents approximately 5.7% of the market value of Compustat’s database of over 10,000 equities.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 12/31/91. Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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 Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (89.8%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (13.7%)
               
*Abercrombie & Fitch Co. — Class A
    560,200     $ 14,862  
*Catalina Marketing Corporation
    378,900       13,148  
*CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
    164,100       8,814  
*Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
    618,450       19,116  
*Entercom Communications Corp. — Class A
    213,500       10,675  
*Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
    397,400       11,008  
*Gentex Corporation
    108,400       2,898  
*Getty Images, Inc.
    611,000       14,041  
*Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation — Class A
    309,900       7,902  
*Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    331,200       10,986  
*Kohl’s Corporation
    355,400       25,035  
*Lamar Advertising Company — Class A
    510,425       21,611  
*O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
    371,000       13,530  
*Pixar, Inc.
    102,200       3,675  
*TMP Worldwide, Inc.
    141,400       6,066  
             
 
 
Total
            183,367  
             
 
 
Energy (7.2%)
               
*BJ Services Company
    556,100       18,045  
*Cooper Cameron Corporation
    335,900       13,557  
Dynegy, Inc. — Class A
    310,900       7,928  
GlobalSantaFe Corporation
    624,901       17,822  
*Grant Prideco, Inc.
    910,225       10,468  
*Nabors Industries, Inc.
    450,500       15,466  
*Weatherford International, Inc.
    368,125       13,716  
             
 
 
Total
            97,002  
             
 
 
Financials (6.4%)
               
Investors Financial Services Corp.
    424,800       28,125  
Old Republic International Corporation
    763,000       21,372  
Radian Group, Inc.
    577,200       24,791  
SouthTrust Corporation
    465,000       11,472  
             
 
 
Total
            85,760  
             
 
 
Health Care (14.9%)
               
*AdvancePCS
    641,400       18,825  
*Apogent Technologies, Inc.
    813,700       20,993  
Biomet, Inc.
    534,200       16,507  
*Elan Corporation PLC, ADR
    144,555       6,514  
*Health Management Associates, Inc.
    764,100       14,059  
*King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    288,200       12,142  
*Lincare Holdings, Inc.
    907,800       26,009  
*MedImmune, Inc.
    372,800       17,279  
*Patterson Dental Company
    1,058,150       43,311  
*Province Healthcare Company
    467,500       14,427  
*Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC, ADR
    259,600       9,501  
             
 
 
Total
            199,567  
             
 
 
Industrials (21.1%)
               
*Apollo Group, Inc. — Class A
    318,400       14,331  
*ARAMARK Corporation — Class B
    95,700       2,574  
*The BISYS Group, Inc.
    162,700       10,411  
Cintas Corporation
    619,050       29,956  
*Concord EFS, Inc.
    735,950       24,124  
*The Corporate Executive Board Company
    838,000       30,755  
Deere & Company
    236,800       10,339  
*DST Systems, Inc.
    333,900       16,645  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    335,600       19,112  
*Fiserv, Inc.
    889,925       37,662  
Graco, Inc.
    49,600       1,937  
*Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
    256,500       13,300  
Paychex, Inc.
    407,700       14,286  
*Robert Half International, Inc.
    419,900       11,211  
SkyWest, Inc.
    251,100       6,390  
*Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
    683,400       14,700  
*Tetra Tech, Inc.
    1,256,347       25,014  
             
 
 
Total
            282,747  
             
 
 
Information Technology (22.3%)
               
*ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    1,347,900       6,200  
*BEA Systems, Inc.
    258,100       3,977  
*Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    554,100       12,146  
*Comverse Technology, Inc.
    176,500       3,948  
*Credence Systems Corporation
    1,019,500       18,932  
*Electronic Arts, Inc.
    247,800       14,856  
*Intersil Corporation — Class A
    269,000       8,675  
*Intuit, Inc.
    428,200       18,310  
*Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    632,300       14,366  
*Keane, Inc.
    347,500       6,265  
*Micrel Incorporated
    618,200       16,215  
*Microchip Technology Incorporated
    559,350       21,670  
*Network Appliance, Inc.
    174,300       3,812  
*Novellus Systems, Inc.
    148,200       5,846  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    521,200       18,252  
*PRI Automation, Inc.
    605,400       12,380  
*QLogic Corporation
    378,000       16,825  
*Rational Software Corporation
    405,400       7,905  
*RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    266,500       5,125  
*Sanmina-SCI Corporation
    669,800       13,329  
*Semtech Corporation
    545,100       19,455  
*TIBCO Software, Inc.
    615,800       9,194  
*VeriSign, Inc.
    278,700       10,602  

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 Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (89.8%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
*Vignette Corporation
    1,631,684     $ 8,762  
*Waters Corporation
    409,000       15,849  
*Xilinx, Inc.
    137,500       5,369  
*Zebra Technologies Corporation — Class A
    17,000       944  
             
 
 
Total
            299,209  
             
 
 
Materials (1.5%)
               
Praxair, Inc.
    233,900       12,923  
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
    198,900       7,839  
             
 
 
Total
            20,762  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (2.7%)
               
*Alamosa Holdings, Inc.
    769,100       9,175  
*American Tower Corporation — Class A
    1,494,822       14,156  
*Crown Castle International Corp.
    1,269,900       13,563  
             
 
 
Total
            36,894  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $1,165,794)
            1,205,308  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (9.8%)

 
Federal Government Agencies (0.4%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
  $ 6,000,000       5,987  
             
 
 
Total
            5,987  
             
 
 
Finance Lessors (1.6%)
               
Preferred Receivable Funding, 2.04%, 1/9/02
    900,000       900  
#Receivables Capital Corp., 1.95%, 1/18/02
    20,000,000       19,981  
             
 
 
Total
            20,881  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.5%)
               
John Deere Capital Corp., 1.90%, 1/18/02
    20,000,000       19,982  
             
 
 
Total
            19,982  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (3.0%)
               
American General Finance, 1.92%, 1/11/02
    20,000,000       19,990  
Household Finance Corp., 1.93%, 1/22/02
    20,000,000       19,977  
             
 
 
Total
            39,967  
             
 
 
Security Brokers & Dealers (0.3%)
               
Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, 1.78%, 1/15/02
    4,500,000       4,497  
             
 
 
Total
            4,497  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (1.5%)
               
Asset Securitization, 1.95%, 1/18/02
    20,300,000       20,281  
             
 
 
Total
            20,281  
             
 
 
Utilities (1.5%)
               
National Rural Utility Co., 2.01%, 1/25/02
    20,000,000       19,973  
             
 
 
Total
            19,973  
             
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost $131,568)
    131,568  
             
 
Total Investments (99.6%)
(Cost $1,297,362)!
    1,336,876  
             
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.4%)     5,000  
             
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)   $ 1,341,876  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $1,304,489 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $32,387 which is comprised of $195,480 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $163,093 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

*  Non-Income Producing

# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

Midcap 400 Index Futures
    102       3/02     $ 255  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $25,709)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 International Growth Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term capital appreciation   Invest in stocks of companies outside the U.S. that are expected to experience above-average growth.   $26.90 million

The International Growth Stock Portfolio invests in common stocks of companies that are headquartered or trade primarily on exchanges outside the United States and that are expected to grow more rapidly than market averages. Holdings are selected for their individual characteristics and growth prospects, with only minor consideration given to size, geography, and industry group. Stocks are selected through fundamental analysis of their financial soundness and potential for growth, with emphasis on distinctiveness of products or services and strong market positions. Stocks under consideration are carefully analyzed to make sure the promise of growth is not already reflected in the stock price, with technical analysis used as a further check on the relationship between price, value and market trends.

At the end of 2001, the Portfolio was moderately concentrated in consumer cyclicals, including retailers and leading international auto makers Porsche AG, BMW and Honda, each of which has particular international strength in its market segment. Also in the automotive industry is Beru AG, a small German company with unique technology for monitoring tire pressure. A major retail holding is Belluna, a leading mail order company in Japan. Defensive balance for these economically sensitive issues is provided by consumer non-cyclical holdings in foods, beverages, tobacco and pharmaceuticals.

The Portfolio is somewhat overweighted in technology, with exposure concentrated in low-risk companies with proprietary products. These include Tandberg ASA of Norway, which makes videoconferencing equipment; Swiss-based Logitech, which makes computer mice and web cameras; and Philips Electronics, which makes a variety of consumer electronics, semiconductors and medical systems. Another theme is support services for business, with holdings in Thiel Logistik, a provider of logistics services to hospitals; Serco Group in facilities management; and Aggreko, which provides auxiliary power.

Holdings are concentrated in Europe, which represents 78% of the Portfolio.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

             
Company Country % of Total Net Assets

Tandberg ASA   Norway   2.3%    

Logitech International-Reg   Switzerland   1.9%    

Norske Skogindustrier ASA   Norway   1.8%    

BELLUNA CO., LTD.   Japan   1.7%    

Swedish Match AB   Sweden   1.7%    

Synthes-Stratec, Inc.   Switzerland   1.6%    

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation   Ireland   1.6%    

Porsche AG   Germany   1.6%    

Gallaher Group PLC   United Kingdom   1.6%    

ResMed, Inc.   Australia   1.5%    

Relative Performance

                         

Total Return
For Period Ended December 31, 2001
Since
Inception#

International Growth Portfolio
                    -9.40%  
EAFE Index
                    -6.25%  

#Inception date of 7/31/01, returns not annualized

As depicted in the graph, the International Growth Portfolio is compared against the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE (“Europe-Australasia-Far East”) Index. The index is composed of approximately 1,100 companies in 20 countries in Europe and the Pacific Basin. The objective of the index is to reflect the movements of stock markets in these countries by representing an unmanaged (indexed) portfolio within each country. The index is constructed so that companies chosen represent about 60% of market capitalization in each market; industry composition of the market is reflected; and a cross section of large, medium, and small capitalization stocks is included, taking into account liquidity concerns. The index is calculated in U. S. dollars. The Index cannot be invested in directly and does not include sales charges.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 7/31/01 (commencement of the Portfolio’s operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

Investors should be aware of the risks of investments in foreign securities, particularly investments in securities of companies in developing nations. These include the risks of currency fluctuation, of political and economic instability and of less well-developed government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, as well as differences in accounting standards.

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 International Growth Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                       
Market
Shares/ Value
Foreign Common Stock (97.6%) Country Par (000’s)

Aerospace & Defense (1.1%)
Meggitt Ord
  United Kingdom     109,600     $ 306  
                 
 
 
Total
                306  
                 
 
 
Automobiles & Parts (10.8%)
                   
Bayer Motoren Werke AG
  Germany     11,500       405  
Beru Ag Ludwigsburg
  Germany     9,300       409  
Bridgestone Corporation
  Japan     30,000       317  
Denway Investments
  Hong Kong     1,144,900       356  
Fuji Heavy Industries
  Japan     56,000       240  
Honda Motor Co.
  Japan     9,000       359  
Peugeot SA
  France     8,500       361  
Porsche AG
  Germany     1,100       421  
                 
 
 
Total
                2,868  
                 
 
 
Banks (9.0%)
                   
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
  Ireland     109,500       425  
Banque Nationale de Paris
  France     3,500       313  
Danske Bank
  Denmark     23,200       372  
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
  United Kingdom     34,000       369  
OTP Bank
  Hungary     3,800       228  
Royal Bank of Canada
  Canada     11,900       387  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  United Kingdom     13,000       316  
                 
 
 
Total
                2,410  
                 
 
 
Beverages (1.4%)
                   
*Cott Corporation
  Canada     23,900       380  
                 
 
 
Total
                380  
                 
 
 
Construction & Building Materials (2.4%)
                   
Grupo Ferrovial
  Spain     16,500       289  
Vinci
  France     6,250       367  
                 
 
 
Total
                656  
                 
 
 
Diversified Industrials (1.3%)
                   
Suez Lyonnaise
  France     11,900       360  
                 
 
 
Total
                360  
                 
 
 
Electronics & Electrical Equipment (1.2%)
                   
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
  Netherlands     11,000       327  
                 
 
 
Total
                327  
                 
 
 
Engineering & Machinery (2.8%)
                   
*Neopost SA
  France     8,400       245  
*Nordex AG
  Germany     43,800       265  
Vestas Wind Systems
  Denmark     9,300       254  
                 
 
 
Total
                764  
                 
 
 
Food & Drug Retailers (1.3%)
                   
Koninklijke Ahold NV
  Netherlands     4,400       128  
Lawson, Inc.
  Japan     8,200       235  
                 
 
 
Total
                363  
                 
 
 
Food Producers & Processors (5.4%)
                   
Cadbury Schweppes PLC
  United Kingdom     58,700       374  
Nestle SA
  Switzerland     1,890       403  
Nutreco Holding NV
  Netherlands     9,156       293  
Unilever PLC
  United Kingdom     47,500       390  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,460  
                 
 
 
Forestry & Paper (3.0%)
                   
Norske Skogindustrier
  Norway     25,600       481  
Upm-kymmene OYJ
  Finland     9,600       318  
                 
 
 
Total
                799  
                 
 
 
General Retailers (4.6%)
                   
Belluna Co, Ltd.
  Japan     13,200       449  
Esprit Holdings, Ltd.
  Hong Kong     350,500       396  
Folli-Follie Abee
  Greece     20,800       366  
KarstadtQuelle AG
  Germany     500       20  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,231  
                 
 
 
Health (3.2%)
                   
*ResMed
  Australia     7,600       410  
Synthes Stratec, Inc.
  Switzerland     635       442  
                 
 
 
Total
                852  
                 
 
 
Information Technology Hardware (5.6%)
                   
*Asml Holding NV
  Netherlands     9,900       172  
*Logitech International
  Switzerland     13,600       498  
Nokia OYJ
  Finland     9,300       240  
*Tandberg
  Norway     27,100       604  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,514  
                 
 
 
Insurance (4.2%)
                   
*Converium Holding AG
  Switzerland     2,200       107  
Corporacion Mapfre
  Spain     57,000       330  
ING Groep NV
  Netherlands     12,300       314  
Swiss Re
  Switzerland     3,900       392  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,143  
                 
 
 
Leisure, Entertainment & Hotels (2.7%)
                   
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
  Japan     1,900       333  
Rank Group PLC
  United Kingdom     121,400       406  
                 
 
 
Total
                739  
                 
 
 
Life Assurance (2.7%)
                   
Irish Life & Permanent
  Ireland     34,700       355  
Manulife Financial
  Canada     13,900       362  
                 
 
 
Total
                717  
                 
 

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 International Growth Portfolio

                       
Market
Shares/ Value
Foreign Common Stock (97.6%) Country Par (000’s)

Life Assurance continued yOil & Gas (7.8%)
ENI SPA
  Italy     16,000     $ 201  
Ihc Caland NV
  Netherlands     8,600       402  
Saipem International
  Italy     71,800       352  
Technip SA
  France     2,950       394  
*Tgs Nopec Geophysical, Co.
  Norway     24,000       333  
Total Fina Elf SA
  France     2,850       406  
                 
 
 
Total
                2,088  
                 
 
 
Personal Care & Household Products (3.4%)
                   
Luxottica Group SPA, ADR
  Italy     23,200       382  
Reckitt Benckiser PLC
  United Kingdom     27,500       400  
Shiseido Company Limited
  Japan     15,000       139  
                 
 
 
Total
                921  
                 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (6.8%)
                   
Csl Limited
  Australia     15,300       403  
*Elan Corporation PLC, ADR
  Ireland     6,900       311  
GlaxoSmithKline
  United Kingdom     13,900       349  
Novo-nordisk AS
  Denmark     8,800       360  
Takeda Chemical Industries
  Japan     5,000       226  
*Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
  Israel     4,200       168  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,817  
                 
 
 
Software & Computer Services (1.4%)
                   
Sap AG
  Germany     2,800       367  
                 
 
 
Total
                367  
                 
 
 
Specialty & Other Finance (3.8%)
                   
Data Advantage Limited
  Australia     111,228       355  
Deutsche Boerse AG
  Germany     8,600       341  
Man Group PLC
  United Kingdom     500       9  
Van der Moolen Holding NV
  Netherlands     11,000       316  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,021  
                 
 
 
Support Services (4.5%)
                   
Aggreko PLC
  United Kingdom     59,200       314  
Sanix Incorporated
  Japan     8,500       319  
Serco Group PLC
  United Kingdom     37,500       199  
*Thiel Logistik AG
  Germany     19,400       379  
                 
 
 
Total
                1,211  
                 
 
 
Telecommunication Services (0.2%)
                   
*Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV
  Netherlands     11,000       56  
                 
 
 
Total
                56  
                 
 
 
Tobacco (3.2%)
                   
Gallaher Group PLC
  United Kingdom     61,200       419  
Swedish Match AB
  Sweden     83,800       443  
                 
 
 
Total Tobacco
                862  
                 
 
 
Transport (2.6%)
                   
Brisa Auto Estrada
  Portugal     91,200       386  
Macquarrie Infrastructure Australia Group
  Australia     173,000       310  
                 
 
 
Total
                696  
                 
 
 
Water (1.2%)
                   
Vivendi Environment
  France     9,400       313  
*Vivendi Environment — Warrants
  France     9,400       4  
                 
 
 
Total
                317  
                 
 
 
Total Foreign Common Stock (Cost: $27,492)
                26,245  
                 
 
                     
Money Market Investments (1.5%)

 
Machinery (1.5%)
                   
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
  United States   $ 400,000       400  
                 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $400)
    400  
                 
 
Total Investments (99.1%)
(Cost $27,892)!
    26,645  
                 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.9%)     255  
                 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)   $ 26,900  
                 
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $27,892 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $1,247 which is comprised of $874 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $2,121 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing

Investment Percentage by Country:

           
United Kingdom
    17.2%  
France
    10.3%  
Japan
    9.7%  
Germany
    8.3%  
Netherlands
    7.5%  
Other
    47.0%  
     
 
 
Total
    100.0%  
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term appreciation of capital through diversification into markets outside the United States   Participate in the growth of foreign economies by investing in securities with high long-term earnings potential relative to current market values.   $716.41 million

The Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio offers the opportunity to participate in the growth of companies in countries throughout the world, particularly those with expanding economies. In selecting investments, the principal focus is on identifying undervalued stocks of companies with strong finances and good long-term growth opportunities, rather than on choosing regions of the world in which to invest. The Portfolio is normally fully invested in equity securities.

The Portfolio’s value-driven management style enabled it to significantly outperform its major benchmark, the EAFE index, during 2001. However, total return was negative, as the downward trend continued in world economies and equity markets trended generally down.

A majority of the Portfolio’s holdings are in Europe, where the January 2002 introduction of the physical euro has been a positive influence. The common currency should provide impetus for further convergence of European economies, increasing transparency of transactions and simplifying cross-border mergers. The new physical euro encourages consumers to spend old currency they may have been hoarding and also makes price comparisons among countries easier. If these positives lead to strength in the euro, the Portfolio will benefit from its non-hedging strategy.

Asia remains underweighted, as economic malaise in Japan and elsewhere in the region prevails. Very modest Latin American holdings are in Brazil and Mexico, where Telefonos de Mexico experienced solid performance for the year. Telecommunications holdings in other countries delivered mixed results.

At present, there are no widespread trends in international markets; it is very much a stock picker’s market, in which Templeton’s strength in fundamental analysis is proving advantageous. The Portfolio’s largest holding, Stora Enso, a Finnish paper company, registered a modest gain for the year. Other large holdings that performed well include Cheung Kong Holdings, a Hong Kong real estate developer, and Societé Bic, a French consumer products company famous for its disposable pens, lighters and razors. Some longtime holdings finally proved rewarding near the end of 2001; these include Marks & Spencer, a British retailer undergoing a successful restructuring, and Akzo Nobel, a Dutch chemical company identified several years ago as a quality stock selling at a bargain price. Some trading opportunities were created by the worldwide market weakness after September 11; performance benefited from positions taken in late September in Alcatel, a French networking company, and Nortel, a Canadian telecommunications company.

The International Equity Portfolio is managed for Northwestern Mutual by Templeton Investment Counsel, Inc.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

The Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio was formerly named the International Equity Portfolio. The name change took effect on May 4, 2001. The Portfolio’s investment objective did not change.

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

             
Company Country % of Net Assets

Stora Enso OYJ   Finland   2.2%    

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd   Hong Kong   2.0%    

Societé Bic SA   France   2.0%    

Akzo Nobel NV   Netherlands   2.0%    

Marks & Spencer PLA   United Kingdom   2.0%    

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   Australia   2.0%    

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV   Netherlands   1.9%    

Endesa SA   Spain   1.8%    

Ing Groep NV   Netherlands   1.7%    

Lloyds TSB Group PLC   United Kingdom   1.7%    

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year 5 Years Inception#

Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio
    -14.00%       4.30%       9.12%  
EAFE Index
    -21.20%       1.18%       4.72%  

#Inception date of 4/30/93

As depicted in the graph, the Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio is compared against the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE (“Europe-Australasia-Far East”) Index. The index is composed of approximately 1,100 companies in 20 countries in Europe and the Pacific Basin. The objective of the index is to reflect the movements of stock markets in these countries by representing an unmanaged (indexed) portfolio within each country. The index is constructed so that companies chosen represent about 60% of market capitalization in each market; industry composition of the market is reflected; and a cross section of large, medium, and small capitalization stocks is included, taking into account liquidity concerns. The index is calculated in U. S. dollars. The Index cannot be invested in directly and does not include sales charges.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 4/30/93 (commencement of the Portfolio’s operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

Investors should be aware of the risks of investments in foreign securities, particularly investments in securities of companies in developing nations. These include the risks of currency fluctuation, of political and economic instability and of less well-developed government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, as well as differences in accounting standards.

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 Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                           
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (94.9%) Country Par (000’s)

Automobiles & Components (1.5%)
Valeo SA
    France       265,460     $ 10,589  
                     
 
 
Total
                    10,589  
                     
 
 
Banks (9.5%)
                       
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.
    Australia       1,540,601       14,045  
Banca Nazionale del Lavora
    Italy       4,040,250       8,184  
*Dbs Group Holdings Limited
    Singapore       1,421,000       10,620  
HSBC Holdings PLC
    Hong Kong       1,010,537       11,825  
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
    United Kingdom       1,140,110       12,378  
Nordea AB
    Sweden       1,628,500       8,686  
Nordea AB (NDA)
    Sweden       491,780       2,602  
                     
 
 
Total
                    68,340  
                     
 
 
Capital Goods (8.4%)
                       
Alstom
    France       586,340       6,521  
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    United Kingdom       2,627,200       11,833  
Invensys PLC
    United Kingdom       5,161,860       8,959  
KCI Konecranes International
    Finland       342,900       8,702  
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.
    Japan       601,000       7,461  
Rolls-Royce PLC
    United Kingdom       3,330,800       8,071  
Volvo AB — Class B
    Sweden       497,580       8,349  
                     
 
 
Total
                    59,896  
                     
 
 
Commercial Services & Supplies (2.0%)
                       
Societe BIC SA
    France       424,320       14,493  
                     
 
 
Total
                    14,493  
                     
 
 
Consumer Discretionary (0.8%)
                       
Autoliv, Inc.
    Sweden       279,100       5,669  
                     
 
 
Total
                    5,669  
                     
 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel (2.5%)
                       
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
    Netherlands       460,805       13,696  
SONY CORPORATION
    Japan       86,800       3,967  
                     
 
 
Total
                    17,663  
                     
 
 
Diversified Financials (3.9%)
                       
ING Groep NV
    Netherlands       486,000       12,393  
The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
    Japan       398,400       5,107  
Swire Pacific Limited — Class A
    Hong Kong       1,459,500       7,955  
Swire Pacific Limited — Class B
    Hong Kong       3,534,200       2,538  
                     
 
 
Total
                    27,993  
                     
 
 
Energy (7.0%)
                       
CNOOC Limited
    China       450,600       8,697  
ENI SPA
    Italy       469,025       5,880  
Husky Energy, Inc.
    Canada       721,000       7,439  
Repsol SA
    Spain       732,000       10,676  
Shell Transport & Trading Company PLC
    United Kingdom       1,518,500       10,431  
Total Fina Elf SA
    France       50,922       7,273  
                     
 
 
Total
                    50,396  
                     
 
 
Financials (3.9%)
                       
ACE Limited
    Bermuda       254,100       10,202  
PartnerRe, Ltd.
    Bermuda       114,570       6,187  
XL Capital, Ltd. — Class A
    Bermuda       124,000       11,329  
                     
 
 
Total
                    27,718  
                     
 
 
Food & Drug Retailing (1.6%)
                       
J. Sainsbury PLC
    United Kingdom       2,203,680       11,738  
                     
 
 
Total
                    11,738  
                     
 
 
Food Beverage & Tobacco (1.3%)
                       
Unilever PLC
    United Kingdom       1,129,200       9,269  
                     
 
 
Total
                    9,269  
                     
 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services (0.7%)
                       
Mayne Nickless, Ltd.
    Australia       10       0  
Nycomed Amersham PLC
    United Kingdom       517,590       4,901  
                     
 
 
Total
                    4,901  
                     
 
 
Insurance (5.1%)
                       
Axa
    France       474,362       9,913  
Swiss Re
    Switzerland       117,400       11,809  
Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company Limited
    Japan       1,048,000       5,997  
Zurich Financial Services AG
    Switzerland       36,513       8,566  
                     
 
 
Total
                    36,285  
                     
 

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 Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio

                           
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (94.9%) Country Par (000’s)

Insurance continued aeMaterials (10.4%)
Akzo Nobel NV
    Netherlands       323,810     $ 14,458  
AngloGold Limited, ADR
    South Africa       238,800       4,313  
Barrick Gold Corporation
    Canada       201,580       3,214  
BASF AG
    Germany       290,520       10,826  
Bayer AG
    Germany       291,200       9,256  
Broken Hill Proprietary, Ltd.
    Australia       1,787,360       9,607  
Hanson PLC
    United Kingdom       1,063,494       7,337  
Stora Enso OYJ — Class R
    Finland       743,900       9,525  
Stora Enso OYJ — R Shares
    Finland       507,997       6,441  
                     
 
 
Total
                    74,977  
                     
 
 
Media (2.5%)
                       
United Business Media PLC
    United Kingdom       1,630,610       11,391  
Wolters Kluwer NV
    Netherlands       280,940       6,404  
                     
 
 
Total
                    17,795  
                     
 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology (2.6%)
                       
Aventis SA
    France       142,160       10,094  
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Japan       282,000       8,478  
                     
 
 
Total
                    18,572  
                     
 
 
Real Estate (2.0%)
                       
Cheung Kong Holdings Limited
    Hong Kong       1,408,000       14,626  
                     
 
 
Total
                    14,626  
                     
 
 
Retailing (2.0%)
                       
Marks & Spencer PLC
    United Kingdom       2,746,310       14,429  
                     
 
 
Total
                    14,429  
                     
 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment (4.3%)
                       
Alcatel
    France       286,520       4,898  
FUJITSU LIMITED
    Japan       288,000       2,096  
NEC Corporation
    Japan       715,000       7,294  
Nortel Networks Corp.
    Canada       587,270       4,378  
Samsung Electronics
    South Korea       55,550       11,800  
                     
 
 
Total
                    30,466  
                     
 
 
Telecommunication Services (11.0%)
                       
BCE, Inc.
    Canada       432,940       9,767  
Cable & Wireless PLC
    United Kingdom       1,760,630       8,469  
Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile SA, ADR
    Chile       273,725       3,684  
Korea Telecom Corporation, ADR
    Korea (South)       491,440       9,991  
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
    Japan       2,371       7,725  
Philippine Long Distance Telephone, ADR
    Philippines       353,040       2,909  
PT Indosat, ADR
    Indonesia       386,900       3,424  
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
    New Zealand       5,183,300       10,792  
*Telefonica SA, ADR
    Spain       268,985       10,781  
Telefonos de Mexico SA, ADR
    Mexico       349,514       12,240  
                     
 
 
Total
                    79,782  
                     
 
 
Transportation (4.2%)
                       
British Airways PLC
    United Kingdom       1,571,900       4,461  
Deutsche Post AG
    Germany       753,530       10,400  
Hong Kong Aircraft & Engineering
    Hong Kong       345,100       520  
Nippon Express Co., Ltd.
    Japan       2,373,000       8,057  
*SAS AB
    Sweden       979,060       6,347  
                     
 
 
Total
                    29,785  
                     
 
 
Utilities (7.7%)
                       
E.On AG
    Germany       194,210       10,099  
Endesa SA
    Spain       824,850       12,903  
EVN AG
    Austria       64,500       2,629  
Hong Kong Electric Holdings Limited
    Hong Kong       2,320,000       8,628  
Iberdrola SA
    Spain       514,980       6,704  
Innogy Holdings PLC
    United Kingdom       1,246,864       3,484  
International Power PLC
    United Kingdom       1,246,864       3,675  
Korea Electric Power Corp.
    South Korea       410,200       6,777  
                     
 
 
Total
                    54,899  
                     
 
Total Common Stock
(Cost: $733,781)
    680,281  
                     
 
                         
Preferred Stock (1.0%)

 
Energy (1.0%)
                       
Petroleo Brasileiro SA
    Brazil       325,000     $ 7,195  
                     
 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost: $6,804)
    7,195  
                     
 
                           
Money Market Investments (4.0%)

 
Finance Services (0.5%)
                       
JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.86%, 2/7/02
    United States     $ 3,800,000     $ 3,793  
                     
 
 
Total
                    3,793  
                     
 

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 Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio

                           
Market
Shares/ Value
Money Market Investments (4.0%) Country Par (000’s)

Pharmaceutical Preparations (3.5%)
                       
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    United States     $ 21,100,000     $ 21,099  
American Home Products, 2.03%, 1/23/02
    United States       3,500,000       3,495  
                     
 
 
Total
                    24,594  
                     
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $28,387)
    28,387  
                     
 
Total Investments (99.9%)
(Cost $768,972)!
    715,863  
                     
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.1%)     550  
                     
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)   $ 716,413  
                     
 
! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $768,954 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $53,091 which is comprised of $72,101 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $125,192 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing

Investment Percentage by Country:

           
United Kingdom
    18.8%  
France
    8.9%  
Japan
    7.8%  
Netherlands
    6.6%  
Hong Kong
    6.4%  
Other
    51.5%  
     
 
 
Total
    100.0%  
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Index 400 Stock Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term capital appreciation
through cost-effective participation
in broad market performance
  Invest in a portfolio designed to approximate the
composition and returns of the S&P MidCap 400.
  $210.73 million

The Index 400 Stock Portfolio is designed to achieve results that approximate the performance of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Composite Stock Price Index. This index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-range sector of the U.S. stock market. Of the 400 stocks, 275 are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, 122 on NASDAQ, and 3 on the American Stock Exchange.

As of December 31, 2001, the 400 companies in the composite had a median market capitalization of $1.7 billion and total market value of $830.1 billion. For comparison, the 500 large stocks in the S&P 500 Index had a median market capitalization of $8.4 billion and total market value of $10,463 billion.

The Index 400 Portfolio enables policyowners to participate in the performance of mid-sized companies in the U.S. equity market. The Portfolio continues to achieve its objective of matching the results of the S&P 400 MidCap Index before expenses.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation   1.2%    

Electronic Arts, Inc.   0.9%    

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.   0.9%    

M&T Bank Corporation   0.8%    

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated   0.8%    

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation   0.7%    

Gilead Sciences, Inc.   0.7%    

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. — Class A   0.7%    

DST Systems, Inc.   0.7%    

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.   0.6%    

Relative Performance

                 

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year Inception#

Index 400 Stock Portfolio
    -0.65%       10.76%  
S&P MidCap 400 Index
    -0.60%       11.16%  

#Inception date of 4/30/99

The S&P MidCap 400 Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-range sector of the U.S. stock market. As of December 31, 2001, the 400 companies in the composite had median market capitalization of $1.7 billion and a total market value of $830.1 billion. The MidCap 400 represents approximately 5.7% of the market value of Compustat’s database of over 10,000 equities.

“Standard & Poor’s®”, “S&P®”, “S&P MidCap 400 Index”, “Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index”, “S&P 500®” and “Standard & Poor’s 500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the funds.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 4/30/99 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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 Index 400 Stock Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (95.3%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (12.5%)
               
*Abercrombie & Fitch Co. — Class A
    23,600     $ 626  
*American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
    16,550       433  
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
    15,650       307  
Bandag, Inc.
    4,900       170  
*Barnes & Noble, Inc.
    15,500       459  
Belo Corp. — Class A
    26,100       489  
*BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
    17,300       763  
Blyth, Inc.
    11,200       260  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
    8,300       204  
*Borders Group, Inc.
    19,000       377  
BorgWarner, Inc.
    6,300       329  
*Brinker International, Inc.
    23,750       707  
Callaway Golf Company
    18,300       350  
*Catalina Marketing Corporation
    13,200       458  
CBRL Group, Inc.
    13,200       389  
*CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
    20,900       1,124  
Claire’s Stores, Inc.
    11,600       175  
Clayton Homes, Inc.
    32,800       561  
*Coach, Inc.
    10,400       405  
*Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
    26,700       825  
*Emmis Communications Corporation — Class A
    11,300       267  
*Entercom Communications Corp. — Class A
    10,800       540  
*Extended Stay America, Inc.
    22,100       362  
Federal Signal Corporation
    10,800       241  
*Furniture Brands International, Inc.
    12,000       384  
*Gentex Corporation
    17,800       476  
*GTECH Holdings Corporation
    7,100       322  
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
    15,100       425  
*Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation — Class A
    26,000       663  
International Speedway Corporation — Class A
    12,700       497  
Lancaster Colony Corporation
    8,900       316  
*Lands’ End, Inc.
    7,000       351  
*Lear Corporation
    15,200       580  
Lee Enterprises Incorporated
    10,400       378  
Lennar Corporation
    15,100       707  
*Macrovision Corporation
    11,900       419  
*Mandalay Resort Group
    18,000       385  
Media General, Inc. — Class A
    5,500       274  
Modine Manufacturing Company
    7,900       184  
*Mohawk Industries, Inc.
    12,500       686  
*The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. — Class A
    11,400       354  
*Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
    18,100       620  
*Papa John’s International, Inc.
    5,300       146  
*Park Place Entertainment Corporation
    70,600       647  
*Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
    5,314       298  
PepsiAmericas, Inc.
    37,200       513  
The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. — Class A
    24,400       563  
Ross Stores, Inc.
    19,200       616  
*Saks Incorporated
    33,800       316  
*Scholastic Corporation
    8,400       423  
*Six Flags, Inc.
    21,900       337  
Superior Industries International, Inc.
    6,200       250  
*The Timberland Company — Class A
    9,400       349  
*Unifi, Inc.
    11,500       83  
*United Rentals, Inc.
    16,700       379  
The Washington Post Company — Class B
    2,300       1,220  
*Westwood One, Inc.
    25,700       772  
*Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
    13,500       579  
             
 
 
Total
            26,333  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (3.9%)
               
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    9,200       245  
*Dean Foods Co.
    9,588       654  
The Dial Corporation
    22,600       388  
Dole Food Company, Inc.
    13,300       357  
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
    6,800       262  
Hormel Foods Corporation
    33,000       887  
Interstate Bakeries Corporation
    12,000       290  
The J.M. Smucker Company
    5,800       205  
Longs Drug Stores Corporation
    9,000       210  
McCormick & Company Incorporated
    16,400       688  
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
    24,100       1,357  
Ruddick Corporation
    11,000       176  
Sensient Technologies Corporation
    11,400       237  
*Smithfield Foods, Inc.
    26,800       591  
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
    12,000       469  
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A
    82,640       954  
Universal Corporation
    6,500       237  
             
 
 
Total
            8,207  
             
 
 
Energy (6.2%)
               
* BJ Services Company
    39,200       1,271  
* Cooper Cameron Corporation
    12,900       521  
ENSCO International Incorporated
    33,100       823  
Equitable Resources, Inc.
    15,500       528  
*FMC Technologies, Inc.
    14,900       245  
*Forest Oil Corporation
    11,400       322  
*Grant Prideco, Inc.
    26,000       299  
*Hanover Compressor Company
    15,000       379  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
    12,100       404  
Murphy Oil Corporation
    10,700       899  
*National-Oilwell, Inc.
    19,300       398  
Noble Affiliates, Inc.
    13,500       476  
Ocean Energy, Inc.
    40,600       780  
*Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
    18,200       424  
Pennzoil-Quaker States Company
    18,800       272  
*Pioneer Natural Resources Company
    23,400       451  
*Pride International, Inc.
    31,500       476  

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 Index 400 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (95.3%) Par (000’s)

Energy continued
*Smith International, Inc.
    12,000     $ 643  
Tidewater, Inc.
    14,400       488  
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation
    15,500       767  
Valero Energy Corporation
    14,600       557  
*Varco International, Inc.
    22,762       341  
*Weatherford International, Inc.
    27,100       1,009  
Western Gas Resources, Inc.
    7,700       249  
             
 
 
Total
            13,022  
             
 
 
Financials (18.3%)
               
A.G. Edwards, Inc.
    19,100       844  
Allmerica Financial Corporation
    12,600       561  
American Financial Group, Inc.
    16,200       398  
*AmeriCredit Corp.
    19,700       622  
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
    19,200       662  
Associated Banc-Corp.
    15,790       557  
Astoria Financial Corporation
    23,300       617  
Banknorth Group, Inc.
    36,500       822  
City National Corporation
    11,400       534  
The Colonial BancGroup, Inc.
    26,400       372  
Compass Bancshares, Inc.
    30,500       863  
Dime Bancorp, Inc.
    24,700       891  
*E*TRADE Group, Inc.
    88,200       904  
Eaton Vance Corp.
    16,500       587  
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
    11,000       778  
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
    20,500       508  
First Tennessee National Corporation
    30,600       1,110  
First Virginia Banks, Inc.
    11,000       558  
FirstMerit Corporation
    20,400       553  
Golden State Bancorp, Inc.
    32,200       842  
Greater Bay Bancorp
    11,800       337  
GreenPoint Financial Corp.
    24,100       862  
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
    14,000       386  
Hibernia Corporation — Class A
    37,700       671  
Horace Mann Educators Corporation
    9,700       206  
Hospitality Properties Trust
    13,500       398  
Independence Community Bank Corp.
    14,100       321  
*IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.
    14,500       339  
Investors Financial Services Corp.
    7,600       503  
*LaBranche & Co., Inc.
    13,700       472  
Legg Mason, Inc.
    15,500       775  
Leucadia National Corporation
    13,200       381  
M&T Bank Corporation
    23,100       1,682  
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
    24,500       1,549  
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation
    17,000       732  
Metris Companies, Inc.
    15,300       393  
The MONY Group, Inc.
    11,800       408  
National Commerce Financial Corporation
    48,925       1,238  
Neuberger Berman, Inc.
    17,500       768  
New Plan Excel Realty Trust
    20,800       396  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
    25,100       574  
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc.
    38,500       1,232  
Ohio Casualty Corporation
    14,300       230  
Old Republic International Corporation
    28,200       790  
Pacific Century Financial Corporation
    19,000       492  
The PMI Group, Inc.
    10,550       707  
Protective Life Corporation
    16,300       472  
Provident Financial Group, Inc.
    11,600       305  
Radian Group, Inc.
    22,100       949  
Roslyn Bancorp, Inc.
    21,900       383  
SEI Investments Company
    25,900       1,168  
*Silicon Valley Bancshares
    11,800       315  
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
    58,800       720  
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
    7,300       345  
TCF Financial Corporation
    18,700       897  
Unitrin, Inc.
    16,100       636  
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. — Class A
    19,000       612  
Webster Financial Corporation
    11,700       369  
Westamerica Bancorporation
    8,500       336  
Wilmington Trust Corporation
    7,700       487  
             
 
 
Total
            38,419  
             
 
 
Health Care (12.1%)
               
*Apogent Technologies, Inc.
    25,200       650  
*Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.
    12,800       320  
*Barr Laboratories, Inc.
    10,100       802  
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    14,400       638  
*COR Therapeutics, Inc.
    13,200       316  
*Covance, Inc.
    13,800       313  
*Cytyc Corporation
    27,500       718  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    12,300       617  
*Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    14,000       387  
*Express Scripts, Inc. — Class A
    18,600       870  
*First Health Group Corp.
    23,300       576  
*Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    22,600       1,485  
*Health Net, Inc.
    29,300       638  
*Henry Schein, Inc.
    10,100       374  
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.
    14,900       824  
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    19,300       647  
*IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    35,500       2,446  
*Incyte Genomics, Inc.
    15,700       307  
*IVAX Corporation
    47,525       957  
*LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
    9,200       313  
*Lincare Holdings, Inc.
    25,500       731  
*Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    51,800       1,270  
Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
    29,800       1,118  
Omnicare, Inc.
    22,200       552  
*Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
    23,500       708  
*PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc.
    8,000       128  
*Patterson Dental Company
    16,100       659  
*Perrigo Company
    17,500       207  
*Protein Design Labs, Inc.
    20,800       685  
*Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
    22,400       1,606  
*Sepracor, Inc.
    18,500       1,056  
*STERIS Corporation
    16,300       298  
*Triad Hospitals, Inc.
    16,839       494  

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 Index 400 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (95.3%) Par (000’s)

Health Care continued
*Trigon Healthcare, Inc. — Class A
    8,700     $ 604  
*Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B
    14,300       612  
*Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    17,700       435  
*VISX Incorporated
    13,500       179  
             
 
 
Total
            25,540  
             
 
 
Industrials (12.9%)
               
AGCO Corporation
    17,000       268  
Airborne, Inc.
    11,500       171  
*Alaska Air Group, Inc.
    6,300       183  
*Albany International Corp. — Class A
    7,326       159  
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
    9,600       256  
*American Standard Companies, Inc.
    17,000       1,160  
AMETEK, Inc.
    7,900       252  
*Apollo Group, Inc. — Class A
    27,750       1,249  
*Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
    9,100       133  
Banta Corporation
    5,900       174  
*The BISYS Group, Inc.
    13,800       883  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    20,200       584  
Carlisle Companies Incorporated
    7,200       266  
Ceridian Corporation
    34,700       651  
*Certegy, Inc.
    17,100       585  
*CheckFree Corporation
    18,300       329  
*ChoicePoint, Inc.
    14,800       750  
CNF, Inc.
    11,600       389  
*CSG Systems International, Inc.
    12,600       510  
*DeVry, Inc.
    16,600       472  
Donaldson Company, Inc.
    10,600       412  
*DST Systems, Inc.
    29,200       1,457  
*The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
    19,100       674  
*Dycom Industries, Inc.
    10,100       169  
*Education Management Corporation
    8,100       294  
*EGL, Inc.
    11,300       158  
*Energizer Holdings, Inc.
    21,800       415  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    12,400       706  
Fastenal Company
    9,000       598  
Flowserve Corporation
    10,600       282  
GATX Corporation
    11,500       374  
Granite Construction Incorporated
    9,800       236  
Harsco Corporation
    9,500       326  
Herman Miller, Inc.
    18,100       428  
HON INDUSTRIES, Inc.
    14,100       390  
Hubbell Incorporated — Class B
    13,900       408  
*J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
    8,400       195  
*Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
    6,400       422  
Kaydon Corporation
    7,100       161  
Kelly Services, Inc. — Class A
    8,500       186  
Kennametal, Inc.
    7,300       294  
*Korn/ Ferry International
    8,000       85  
*L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
    9,200       828  
Manpower, Inc.
    18,100       610  
*Modis Professional Services, Inc.
    23,300       166  
*NCO Group, Inc.
    6,100       140  
Nordson Corporation
    7,800       206  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
    8,100       182  
Pentair, Inc.
    11,700       427  
Pittston Brink’s Group
    12,300       272  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    12,200       345  
*Quanta Services, Inc.
    14,200       219  
*Republic Services, Inc.
    40,300       805  
Rollins, Inc.
    7,200       144  
*Sequa Corporation — Class A
    2,500       119  
Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc. — Class A
    14,600       243  
*SPX Corporation
    9,500       1,302  
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
    6,700       126  
*Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
    19,900       428  
*Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc.
    9,019       199  
Tecumseh Products Company — Class A
    4,400       223  
Teleflex Incorporated
    9,200       435  
Trinity Industries, Inc.
    10,500       285  
*Valassis Communications, Inc.
    12,700       452  
Viad Corp.
    21,000       497  
Wallace Computer Services, Inc.
    9,800       186  
York International Corporation
    9,100       347  
             
 
 
Total
            27,280  
             
 
 
Information Technology (17.4%)
               
*3Com Corporation
    80,600       514  
*Acxiom Corporation
    21,300       372  
*ADTRAN, Inc.
    9,400       240  
Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.
    19,300       341  
*Advent Software, Inc.
    8,000       400  
*Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. — Class A
    13,900       1,474  
*Arrow Electronics, Inc.
    23,500       703  
*Ascential Software Corporation
    68,700       278  
*Atmel Corporation
    110,500       875  
Avnet, Inc.
    28,000       713  
*Avocent Corporation
    10,500       255  
*Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    5,692       451  
*Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    59,200       1,297  
*Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    18,900       250  
*CommScope, Inc.
    12,200       259  
*Credence Systems Corporation
    14,200       264  
*Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    30,300       604  
Diebold Incorporated
    17,100       692  
*DSP Group, Inc.
    6,300       147  
*Electronic Arts, Inc.
    31,700       1,899  
*Enterasys Networks, Inc.
    45,000       398  
*Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. — Class A
    22,700       640  
*FEI Company
    7,600       239  
*Gartner Group, Inc. — Class B
    20,700       232  
Harris Corporation
    15,700       479  
*Imation Corp.
    8,400       181  
*InFocus Corporation
    9,200       203  
*Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    25,500       678  
*International Rectifier Corporation
    14,900       520  
*Internet Security Systems, Inc.
    11,400       365  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (95.3%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
*Investment Technology Group, Inc.
    11,300     $ 441  
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
    21,100       461  
*Keane, Inc.
    17,900       323  
*KEMET Corporation
    20,900       371  
*Lam Research Corporation
    29,400       683  
*Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    25,800       531  
*Legato Systems, Inc.
    21,200       275  
*LTX Corporation
    11,500       241  
*Macromedia, Inc.
    14,000       249  
*McDATA Corporation — Class A
    26,800       657  
*Mentor Graphics Corporation
    15,200       358  
*Micrel Incorporated
    21,900       574  
*Microchip Technology Incorporated
    31,275       1,212  
*MIPS Technologies, Inc. — Class B
    8,400       67  
National Instruments Corporation
    12,100       453  
*Network Associates, Inc.
    32,600       843  
Newport Corporation
    8,700       168  
*Plantronics, Inc.
    11,500       295  
*Plexus Corp.
    9,900       263  
*Polycom, Inc.
    21,300       733  
*Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
    15,200       263  
*Quantum Corporation — DLT & Storage Systems
    36,000       355  
*Rational Software Corporation
    48,400       944  
*Retek, Inc.
    11,600       346  
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company — Class A
    17,500       424  
*RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    38,800       746  
*RSA Security, Inc.
    13,600       237  
*SanDisk Corporation
    16,200       233  
*Semtech Corporation
    16,500       589  
*Storage Technology Corporation
    24,800       513  
*SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
    64,000       1,851  
*Sybase, Inc.
    24,300       383  
*Sykes Enterprises Incorporated
    8,600       80  
*Symantec Corporation
    18,000       1,194  
*Synopsys, Inc.
    14,500       857  
*Tech Data Corporation
    12,800       554  
*The Titan Corporation
    15,500       387  
*Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. — Class A
    8,400       103  
*TranSwitch Corporation
    18,300       82  
*TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    30,711       377  
*Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
    37,887       739  
*Wind River Systems, Inc.
    18,700       335  
             
 
 
Total
            36,753  
             
 
 
Materials (4.4%)
               
A. Schulman, Inc.
    6,300       86  
*Airgas, Inc.
    16,100       243  
AK Steel Holding Corporation
    25,700       292  
Albemarle Corporation
    10,900       262  
Arch Coal, Inc.
    12,400       281  
Bowater Incorporated
    13,200       631  
Cabot Corporation
    15,600       558  
Carpenter Technology Corporation
    5,300       141  
Crompton Corporation
    26,963       243  
*Cytec Industries, Inc.
    9,600       259  
Ferro Corporation
    8,200       212  
*FMC Corporation
    7,600       452  
H.B. Fuller Company
    6,700       193  
IMC Global, Inc.
    27,300       355  
Longview Fibre Company
    12,200       144  
The Lubrizol Corporation
    12,200       428  
Lyondell Chemical Company
    28,000       401  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
    11,300       527  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
    4,700       219  
Olin Corporation
    10,300       166  
P.H. Glatfelter Company
    10,100       157  
*Packaging Corporation of America
    25,400       461  
Potlatch Corporation
    6,700       196  
Rayonier, Inc.
    6,500       328  
RPM, Inc.
    24,300       351  
Solutia, Inc.
    24,700       346  
Sonoco Products Company
    22,700       604  
*UCAR International, Inc.
    13,000       139  
The Valspar Corporation
    11,600       459  
Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation
    12,300       149  
             
 
 
Total
            9,283  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (0.9%)
               
*Broadwing, Inc.
    51,900       493  
*Price Communications Corporation
    13,100       250  
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
    14,000       1,257  
             
 
 
Total
            2,000  
             
 
 
Utilities (6.7%)
               
AGL Resources, Inc.
    13,000       299  
ALLETE, Inc.
    19,600       494  
Alliant Energy Corporation
    20,900       635  
American Water Works Company, Inc.
    23,600       986  
Black Hills Corporation
    6,200       210  
Cleco Corporation
    10,700       235  
Connectiv
    21,100       517  
*Covanta Energy Corporation
    11,900       54  
DPL, Inc.
    30,200       727  
DQE, Inc.
    13,300       252  
Energy East Corporation
    27,700       526  
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
    14,700       370  
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
    7,700       310  
IDACORP, Inc.
    8,900       361  
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
    16,200       456  
The Montana Power Company
    24,700       142  
National Fuel Gas Company
    18,800       464  
Northeast Utilities
    34,100       601  
NSTAR
    12,600       565  
OGE Energy Corp.
    18,600       429  
ONEOK, Inc.
    14,200       253  
Potomac Electric Power Company
    25,900       585  
Public Service Company of New Mexico
    9,300       260  
Puget Energy, Inc.
    20,500       449  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (95.3%) Par (000’s)

Utilities continued
Questar Corporation
    19,300     $ 483  
SCANA Corporation
    24,900       693  
Sierra Pacific Resources
    23,581       355  
UtiliCorp United, Inc.
    27,100       682  
Vectren Corporation
    16,100       386  
Western Resources, Inc.
    16,800       289  
WGL Holdings, Inc.
    11,100       323  
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
    28,100       634  
             
 
 
Total
            14,025  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $195,157)
            200,862  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (4.6%)

 
Federal Government Agencies (1.4%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
  $ 3,000,000       2,994  
             
 
 
Total
            2,994  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (2.8%)
               
#National Rural Utilities, 1.75%, 1/28/02
    5,800,000       5,792  
             
 
 
Total
            5,792  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (0.4%)
               
#American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    900,000       900  
             
 
 
Total
            900  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments (Cost $9,686)
            9,686  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (99.9%)
(Cost $204,843)!
            210,548  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.1%)
            186  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 210,734  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $204,870 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $5,678 which is comprised of $25,283 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $19,605 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

*  Non-Income Producing

# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

Midcap 400 Index Futures
    37       3/02     $ 200  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $9,219)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term appreciation of capital with moderate risk   Hold a diversified mix of high quality growth stocks of medium and large companies with above-average potential for earnings growth.   $696.58 million

The Growth Stock Portfolio is invested in high quality companies of large to medium capitalization with strong financial characteristics and the ability to generate internal growth. A key factor in stock selection is the choice of industries with good earnings potential, based on analysis of economic trends to determine their impact on various sectors of the economy. Stock selection is made through “top down” analysis: first industry and market sector choices are made based on the economic environment, and then the most promising companies within each sector are selected as holdings. A strategy of this portfolio is to go beyond the most familiar “blue chip” names to seek out medium-sized companies with strong positions in their markets whose stock prices do not reflect their potential for growth. Diversification across 70 to 90 stocks in a wide range of industry groups reduces the Portfolio’s risk profile.

Like essentially all equity funds, the Growth Stock Portfolio had a negative total return for 2001, but annualized return of 11.0% for the last five years was above that of the S&P 500 Index. Relative to the Index, the Portfolio is most overweighted in the Consumer Discretionary sector, where the emphasis is on growth-oriented retailers that are expanding nationally. These include Kohl’s, Wal-Mart and Walgreen, which have been among the best performing retail stocks. Harley-Davidson, which has a dominant share in its unique market, has also contributed to overall performance.

The Portfolio remains underweighted in the technology sector. However, the two largest holdings within this volatile sector, Microsoft and Electronic Data Systems, have performed better during 2001 than the Index. General Electric, the Portfolio’s second largest position, is actually underweighted relative to the Index; this stock has been hurt in recent months by its exposure to insurance and aerospace. Among other large holdings, PepsiCo, Fiserv and Pfizer have performed relatively well, largely because of their defensive nature.

The Portfolio continues to focus on quality and good earnings consistency, while gradually increasing positions in industry groups likely to benefit from an improving economy. Recent additions have been made to holdings in the strongest technology companies and to more market-sensitive stocks in the financial sector, including Charles Schwab and Marsh & McLennan.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

Microsoft Corporation   3.2%    

General Electric Company   3.0%    

Kohl’s Corporation   2.5%    

Fiserv, Inc.   2.4%    

PepsiCo, Inc.   2.4%    

Electronic Data Systems Corporation   2.1%    

Harley-Davidson, Inc.   2.1%    

Citigroup, Inc.   2.0%    

Pfizer, Inc.   2.0%    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   2.0%    

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year 5 Years Inception#

Growth Stock Portfolio
    -14.22%       11.01%       13.88%  
S&P 500 Index
    -11.83%       10.71%       14.89%  

#Inception date of 5/03/94

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 5/3/94 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (87.3%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (18.1%)
               
*AOL Time Warner, Inc.
    260,300     $ 8,356  
*Barnes & Noble, Inc.
    100,000       2,960  
Fortune Brands, Inc.
    123,400       4,885  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    270,100       14,669  
The Home Depot, Inc.
    161,450       8,236  
*Kohl’s Corporation
    249,900       17,602  
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A
    57,800       2,350  
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    181,700       11,080  
The New York Times Company — Class A
    164,900       7,132  
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    261,000       7,196  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    36,600       3,270  
Target Corporation
    243,400       9,992  
Tribune Company
    207,800       7,778  
*Viacom, Inc. — Class B
    96,000       4,238  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    239,100       13,760  
Wendy’s International, Inc.
    100,000       2,917  
             
 
 
Total
            126,421  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (9.2%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    178,200       8,056  
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A
    200,100       6,415  
General Mills, Inc.
    157,800       8,207  
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    130,100       7,780  
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A
    158,100       5,380  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    335,600       16,341  
Walgreen Co.
    358,200       12,057  
             
 
 
Total
            64,236  
             
 
 
Energy (5.2%)
               
ChevronTexaco Corporation
    79,200       7,097  
Conoco, Inc.
    331,200       9,373  
EOG Resources, Inc.
    191,500       7,490  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    315,734       12,408  
             
 
 
Total
            36,368  
             
 
 
Financials (15.3%)
               
American International Group, Inc.
    133,200       10,576  
The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
    173,700       7,087  
The Charles Schwab Corporation
    195,000       3,017  
Citigroup, Inc.
    280,133       14,140  
Fifth Third Bancorp
    182,650       11,248  
Freddie Mac
    96,000       6,278  
Household International, Inc.
    171,000       9,908  
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
    119,000       7,949  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
    55,000       5,910  
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
    74,900       4,190  
Northern Trust Corporation
    139,300       8,389  
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    107,700       6,053  
*Principal Financial Group, Inc.
    255,000       6,120  
*Prudential Financial, Inc.
    19,700       654  
Wells Fargo & Company
    112,300       4,879  
             
 
 
Total
            106,398  
             
 
 
Health Care (10.2%)
               
*Amgen, Inc.
    118,000       6,660  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    97,700       4,983  
CIGNA Corporation
    71,900       6,662  
Eli Lilly and Company
    75,900       5,961  
Johnson & Johnson
    149,600       8,841  
Medtronic, Inc.
    236,400       12,106  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    128,800       7,573  
Pfizer, Inc.
    350,050       13,949  
Schering-Plough Corporation
    127,500       4,566  
             
 
 
Total
            71,301  
             
 
 
Industrials (9.6%)
               
*American Standard Companies, Inc.
    63,900       4,360  
Avery Dennison Corporation
    119,000       6,727  
*FedEx Corporation
    133,300       6,916  
*Fiserv, Inc.
    399,862       16,922  
General Electric Company
    524,000       21,002  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    41,900       1,417  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    156,500       9,218  
             
 
 
Total
            66,562  
             
 
 
Information Technology (14.0%)
               
*Amdocs Limited
    183,700       6,240  
*Atmel Corporation
    438,700       3,475  
*Cisco Systems, Inc.
    303,300       5,493  
*Electronic Arts, Inc.
    51,300       3,075  
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    214,100       14,677  
Intel Corporation
    370,600       11,655  
International Business Machines Corporation
    95,200       11,515  
*Microsoft Corporation
    331,200       21,949  
*NASDAQ — 100 Trust, Series 1
    173,000       6,764  
Nokia Corp., ADR
    150,800       3,699  
Semiconductor HOLDRS (SM) Trust
    102,000       4,269  
Texas Instruments Incorporated
    176,500       4,942  
             
 
 
Total
            97,753  
             
 
 
Materials (2.4%)
               
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    137,200       6,436  
Ecolab, Inc.
    180,300       7,257  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    60,000       3,103  
             
 
 
Total
            16,796  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (87.3%) Par (000’s)

Materials continued
 
Telecommunication Services (2.0%)
               
AT&T Corp.
    193,700     $ 3,514  
*AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    99,932       1,436  
*Nextel Communications, Inc. — Class A
    66,900       733  
SBC Communications, Inc.
    70,139       2,747  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    109,972       5,220  
             
 
Total     13,650  
             
 
 
Utilities (1.3%)
               
El Paso Corporation
    111,000       4,952  
*Mirant Corporation
    247,000       3,957  
             
 
 
Total
            8,909  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock
(Cost: $520,198)
            608,394  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (14.0%)

 
Federal Government & Agencies (0.6%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
  $ 4,000,000       3,991  
             
 
 
Total
            3,991  
             
 
 
Finance Lessors (5.7%)
               
#Philip Morris Capital Corp., 1.82%, 1/25/02
    20,000,000       19,976  
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 2.04%, 1/9/02
    20,000,000       19,991  
             
 
 
Total
            39,967  
             
 
 
Finance Services (2.9%)
               
#JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.86%, 2/7/02
    20,000,000       19,962  
             
 
 
Total
            19,962  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (1.9%)
               
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    13,500,000       13,499  
             
 
 
Total
            13,499  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (2.9%)
               
Asset Securitization, 1.95%, 1/18/02
    20,000,000       19,982  
             
 
 
Total
            19,982  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $97,401)
            97,401  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (101.3%)
(Cost: $617,599)!
            705,795  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (-1.3%)
            (9,217 )
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 696,578  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $618,175 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $87,620 which is comprised of $131,991 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $44,371 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing
 
# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation /
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

S&P 500 Index Futures
    189       3/02     $ 336  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $53,963)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term growth of capital and income, consistent with moderate investment risk   Actively manage a portfolio of equity securities with a goal of exceeding the total return of the S&P 500 Index.   $548.67 million

J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio invests mainly in large-capitalization stocks, with a focus on seeking the best values in the market based on long-term earnings forecasts. A sector balance very close to that of the S&P 500 Index is normally maintained, with the emphasis on undervalued stocks within each industry group; a valuation discipline mandates the sale of stocks regarded as overvalued. More focus is placed on capital appreciation and dividend growth than on current dividends. The Portfolio is normally fully invested in equity securities.

In the highly volatile stock market of 2001, the Portfolio’s strategy of stock selection based on fundamental research accompanied by a strong valuation discipline proved effective. Total return from the Growth and Income fund was negative, but more than four percentage points better than the benchmark S&P 500 Index. Performance was also helped by the policy of maintaining industry weightings close to those of the market. At a time when some investors were reluctant to hold technology stocks, the Portfolio benefited from large positions in technology leaders such as Microsoft, Intel and IBM.

Among the Portfolio’s best performing stocks were Cendant, a real estate and travel company experiencing a turnaround; TJX Companies, a core retail holding; and CIT Financial and Alza, both of which were acquired during the year. Performance relative to the Index benefited also from substantial overweights in Tyco International and Philip Morris, which were up for the year.

In the past year, a weak market has made it possible to upgrade the quality of holdings without paying a significant premium. The emphasis has been on companies with pronounced financial strength that could prosper even in a poor economy. In the months ahead, special consideration will be given to holdings with greater operating and financial leverage that have the potential to benefit from a recovering economy.

The J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio is managed for Northwestern Mutual by J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

The J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio was formerly named the Growth and Income Stock Portfolio. The name change took effect on May 4, 2001. The Portfolio’s investment objective did not change.

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

General Electric Company   4.5%    

Tyco International, Ltd.   4.1%    

Citigroup, Inc.   3.7%    

Microsoft Corporation   3.5%    

Exxon Mobil Corporation   2.9%    

Philip Morris Companies, Inc.   2.7%    

International Business Machines Corporation   2.2%    

Intel Corporation   2.2%    

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.   2.0%    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   2.0%    

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year 5 Years Inception#

J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio
    -7.77%       8.11%       11.67%  
S&P 500 Index
    -11.83%       10.71%       14.89%  

#Inception date of 5/03/94

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 5/3/94 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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 J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (97.2%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (15.2%)
               
*Abercrombie & Fitch Co. — Class A
    91,600     $ 2,430  
*Adelphia Communications Corporation — Class A
    83,600       2,607  
*AOL Time Warner, Inc.
    269,200       8,641  
*Cendant Corporation
    260,204       5,103  
The Coca-Cola Company
    92,000       4,338  
*Comcast Corporation — Class A
    67,800       2,441  
*Costco Wholesale Corporation
    85,000       3,772  
*Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
    90,700       2,512  
The Home Depot, Inc.
    136,000       6,937  
*Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    95,700       3,174  
*Lear Corporation
    83,500       3,185  
*Liberty Media Corporation — Class A
    610,500       8,547  
Mattel, Inc.
    115,900       1,993  
Target Corporation
    172,400       7,077  
The TJX Companies, Inc.
    157,400       6,274  
*Viacom, Inc. — Class B
    85,100       3,757  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    188,200       10,832  
             
 
 
Total
            83,620  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (6.2%)
               
The Gillette Company
    201,500       6,730  
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A
    84,400       2,872  
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
    317,600       14,562  
The Procter & Gamble Company
    73,300       5,800  
Unilever NV, ADR
    68,800       3,964  
             
 
 
Total
            33,928  
             
 
 
Energy (7.1%)
               
Baker Hughes Incorporated
    105,500       3,848  
ChevronTexaco Corporation
    111,600       10,000  
Conoco, Inc.
    132,200       3,741  
Dynegy, Inc. — Class A
    57,900       1,476  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    409,054       16,077  
GlobalSantaFe Corporation
    142,051       4,051  
             
 
 
Total
            39,193  
             
 
 
Financials (15.8%)
               
The Allstate Corporation
    97,100       3,272  
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
    192,125       11,116  
Bank One Corporation
    140,200       5,475  
Capital One Financial Corporation
    138,100       7,450  
The Charles Schwab Corporation
    153,000       2,367  
Citigroup, Inc.
    406,756       20,534  
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
    97,600       3,999  
*E*TRADE Group, Inc.
    97,300       997  
Fannie Mae
    128,700       10,232  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    72,300       6,706  
U.S. Bancorp
    390,732       8,178  
Wachovia Corporation
    96,900       3,039  
Washington Mutual, Inc.
    99,800       3,263  
             
 
 
Total
            86,628  
             
 
 
Health Care (14.6%)
               
American Home Products Corporation
    128,800       7,903  
*Amgen, Inc.
    60,000       3,386  
Applera Corporation — Applied Biosystems Group
    79,600       3,126  
Baxter International, Inc.
    55,500       2,976  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    94,900       4,840  
CIGNA Corporation
    112,600       10,433  
Eli Lilly and Company
    65,600       5,152  
*Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
    33,766       1,139  
Johnson & Johnson
    145,050       8,572  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    124,100       7,297  
Pfizer, Inc.
    221,800       8,839  
Pharmacia Corporation
    114,952       4,903  
Schering-Plough Corporation
    210,500       7,538  
*Tenet Healthcare Corporation
    63,500       3,729  
             
 
 
Total
            79,833  
             
 
 
Industrials (10.6%)
               
Cooper Industries, Inc.
    44,900       1,568  
General Electric Company
    612,200       24,537  
Goodrich Corporation
    83,700       2,228  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    382,092       22,505  
Waste Management, Inc.
    222,817       7,110  
             
 
 
Total
            57,948  
             
 
 
Information Technology (15.6%)
               
*Altera Corporation
    123,400       2,619  
*Applied Materials, Inc.
    80,300       3,220  
*BEA Systems, Inc.
    39,100       603  
*CIENA Corporation
    77,100       1,103  
*Cisco Systems, Inc.
    495,500       8,973  
*Citrix Systems, Inc.
    57,400       1,301  
Compaq Computer Corporation
    261,000       2,547  
*Dell Computer Corporation
    121,200       3,294  
Harris Corporation
    9,000       275  
Intel Corporation
    378,300       11,897  
International Business Machines Corporation
    98,900       11,962  
*Microsoft Corporation
    289,400       19,178  
Motorola, Inc.
    194,600       2,923  
*NCR Corporation
    131,500       4,847  
*Oracle Corporation
    170,900       2,360  
*Siebel Systems, Inc.
    50,800       1,421  
*Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    345,100       4,259  

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 J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (97.2%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
Texas Instruments Incorporated
    66,700     $ 1,868  
*VERITAS Software Corporation
    24,318       1,090  
             
 
 
Total
            85,740  
             
 
 
Materials (3.0%)
               
Alcoa, Inc.
    141,764       5,040  
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
    167,050       2,798  
Monsanto Company
    65,617       2,218  
Rohm and Haas Company
    73,200       2,535  
*Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
    101,434       1,620  
Temple-Inland, Inc.
    43,100       2,445  
             
 
 
Total
            16,656  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (5.6%)
               
*American Tower Corporation — Class A
    204,100       1,933  
*Qwest Communications International, Inc.
    188,000       2,656  
SBC Communications, Inc.
    150,610       5,899  
*Sprint Corporation (PCS Group)
    329,800       8,050  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    135,348       6,424  
WorldCom, Inc. — MCI Group
    182,962       2,324  
*WorldCom, Inc. — WorldCom Group
    243,759       3,432  
             
 
 
Total
            30,718  
             
 
 
Utilities (3.5%)
               
CMS Energy Corporation
    80,176       1,927  
DTE Energy Company
    109,900       4,610  
Edison International
    133,729       2,019  
El Paso Corporation
    91,600       4,086  
PG&E Corporation
    143,400       2,759  
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
    94,200       3,942  
             
 
 
Total
            19,343  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $557,297)
            533,607  
             
 
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Money Market Investments (2.9%) Par (000’s)

 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.9%)
               
Quincy Capital Corp., 2.1%, 1/3/02
  $ 10,000,000     $ 9,999  
             
 
 
Total
            9,999  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (1.0%)
               
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    5,700,000       5,700  
             
 
 
Total
            5,700  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $15,699)
            15,699  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (100.1%)
(Cost $572,996)!
            549,306  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (-0.1%)
            (634 )
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 548,672  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $578,075 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $28,769 which is comprised of $40,552 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $69,321 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term growth of capital and income   Invest in larger American companies that exhibit value characteristics relative to S&P 500 Index.   $40.72 million

The Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio invests mainly in large companies with well-known names, proven track records, and a history of dividends. This value-oriented Portfolio emphasizes stocks that have lower price-earnings ratios, lower price to book value ratios, and higher dividend yields than the S&P 500 Index.

The selection process focuses on individual stocks that are underpriced relative to their inherent value and long-term prospects, based largely on Capital Guardian’s solid research capabilities. Industry selection receives minor consideration, and industry weightings may diverge significantly from the major market indices. At the end of 2001, the Portfolio was overweighted relative to the index in financial services, industrials, and utilities, and underweighted in consumer stocks and information technology.

The Portfolio has outperformed the S&P 500 Index in the five months since it was added to the investment choices available to Northwestern Mutual policyowners. In a volatile and generally down market, performance benefited from a cautious approach of avoiding holdings likely to suffer earnings problems in a weakening economy. Performance in the last quarter of 2001 was boosted by the opportunistic addition of quality companies including United Technologies, Applied Materials, Inc. and Sabre Holdings, all of which rebounded significantly after experiencing sharp drops in the wake of the September terrorist attacks.

The Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio is managed for Northwestern Mutual by Capital Guardian Trust Company.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

United Technologies Corporation   3.4%    

Bank One Corporation   3.3%    

The AES Corporation   3.0%    

Tyco International, Ltd.   2.9%    

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.   2.8%    

Sabre Holdings Corporation — Class A   2.8%    

Carnival Corporation   2.4%    

SBC Communications, Inc.   2.4%    

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.   2.3%    

Philip Morris Companies, Inc.   2.3%    

Relative Performance

         

Total Return
For Period Ended December 31, 2001
Since
Inception#

Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio
    -2.19%  
S&P 500 Index
    -5.20%  

#Inception date of 7/31/01, returns not annualized

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 7/31/01 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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 Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (91.9%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (8.2%)
               
Carnival Corporation
    34,800     $ 976  
Dollar General Corporation
    39,500       589  
Ford Motor Company
    15,300       241  
Gannett Co., Inc.
    5,200       350  
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
    11,300       734  
McDonald’s Corporation
    16,600       439  
             
 
 
Total
            3,329  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (7.3%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    8,000       362  
Campbell Soup Company
    27,500       821  
The Clorox Company
    4,200       166  
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A
    20,500       698  
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
    20,500       940  
             
 
 
Total
            2,987  
             
 
 
Energy (7.9%)
               
Baker Hughes Incorporated
    20,200       736  
*BJ Services Company
    4,000       130  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    9,500       373  
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, ADR
    12,500       613  
Shell Transport & Trading Company, ADR
    15,000       622  
Unocal Corporation
    13,800       498  
*Weatherford International, Inc.
    6,900       257  
             
 
 
Total
            3,229  
             
 
 
Financials (22.9%)
               
ACE Limited
    2,200       88  
The Allstate Corporation
    15,300       516  
*AmeriCredit Corp.
    17,200       543  
Bank of America Corporation
    12,500       787  
Bank One Corporation
    34,500       1,348  
Citigroup, Inc.
    5,000       252  
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
    7,000       495  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    3,600       334  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    8,200       515  
Household International, Inc.
    11,000       637  
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
    26,000       945  
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
    4,300       199  
Kinder Morgan Management LLC
    17,735       672  
*Principal Financial Group, Inc.
    3,600       86  
USA Education, Inc.
    6,600       555  
Washington Mutual, Inc.
    15,000       491  
Wells Fargo & Company
    7,000       304  
XL Capital, Ltd. — Class A
    6,200       566  
             
 
 
Total
            9,333  
             
 
 
Health Care (3.3%)
               
Becton, Dickinson and Company
    26,000       862  
Eli Lilly and Company
    6,000       471  
             
 
 
Total
            1,333  
             
 
 
Industrials (19.8%)
               
Canadian National Railway Company
    4,500       217  
Dover Corporation
    13,000       482  
Emerson Electric Co.
    10,800       617  
Fluor Corporation
    21,100       789  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    7,700       521  
Ingersoll-Rand Company
    11,500       481  
Navistar International Corporation
    14,300       565  
Norfolk Southern Corporation
    13,000       238  
Sabre Holdings Corporation — Class A
    26,500       1,122  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    20,100       1,184  
Union Pacific Corporation
    5,500       314  
United Technologies Corporation
    21,100       1,364  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    3,500       168  
             
 
 
Total
            8,062  
             
 
 
Information Technology (5.8%)
               
*Applied Materials, Inc.
    18,300       733  
Compaq Computer Corporation
    46,500       454  
Hewlett-Packard Company
    7,600       156  
*KLA-Tencor Corporation
    7,700       382  
Nortel Networks Corporation
    84,000       630  
             
 
 
Total
            2,355  
             
 
 
Materials (5.3%)
               
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    24,400       1,144  
Alcoa, Inc.
    8,600       306  
The Dow Chemical Company
    9,400       317  
Lyondell Chemical Company
    17,100       245  
Nucor Corporation
    2,900       154  
             
 
 
Total
            2,166  
             
 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.1%)
               
Equity Office Properties Trust
    14,500       436  
             
 
 
Total
            436  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (2.7%)
               
CenturyTel, Inc.
    3,500       115  
SBC Communications, Inc.
    24,800       971  
             
 
 
Total
            1,086  
             
 
 
Utilities (7.6%)
               
*The AES Corporation
    74,900       1,225  
*Mirant Corporation
    9,000       144  
NiSource, Inc.
    22,900       528  

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 Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (91.9%) Par (000’s)

Utilities continued my*NRG Energy, Inc. 28,300 $439
The Williams Companies, Inc.
    30,500       778  
             
 
 
Total
            3,114  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $37,160)
            37,430  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (7.9%)

 
Finance Services (2.5%)
               
JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.86%, 2/7/02
  $ 1,000,000       999  
             
 
 
Total
            999  
             
 
 
Machinery (2.2%)
               
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
    900,000       899  
             
 
 
Total
            899  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (1.0%)
               
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    400,000       400  
             
 
 
Total
            400  
             
 
 
Security Brokers & Dealers (2.2%)
               
Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, 1.78%, 1/15/02
    900,000       899  
             
 
 
Total
            899  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $3,197)
            3,197  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (99.8%)
(Cost $40,357)!
            40,627  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.2%)
            95  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 40,722  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $40,372 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $255 which is comprised of $1,696 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $1,441 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Long-term capital appreciation through cost-effective participation in broad market performance   Invest in a portfolio designed to approximate the composition and returns of the S&P 500 Index.   $1.82 billion

The Index 500 Stock Portfolio is designed to achieve results that approximate the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. As of December 31, 2001, the 500 stocks in the Index had a median market capitalization of $8.4 billion and total market value of $10,463 billion. Of the 500 stocks, 420 are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, 78 on NASDAQ, and 2 on the American Stock Exchange.

This composite of 500 stocks of large U.S.-based companies, compiled by Standard & Poor’s Corporation, is generally regarded as a good proxy for the large-capitalization portion of the U.S. equity market; the Portfolio therefore enables contract owners to participate in overall performance of the equity market. The Portfolio continues to achieve the objective of matching the results of the S&P 500 before expenses.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

 Top 10 Equity Holdings  12/31/01

         
Company % of Total Net Assets

General Electric Company   3.8%    

Microsoft Corporation   3.4%    

Exxon Mobil Corporation   2.6%    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   2.4%    

Citigroup, Inc.   2.4%    

Pfizer, Inc.   2.4%    

Intel Corporation   2.0%    

International Business Machines Corporation   2.0%    

American International Group, Inc.   2.0%    

Johnson & Johnson   1.7%    

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

Index 500 Stock Portfolio
    -11.88%       10.76%       12.56%  
S&P 500 Index
    -11.83%       10.71%       12.90%  

On April 30, 1993, the Portfolio was indexed to approximate the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. Before that date, the Portfolio was actively managed.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

“Standard & Poor’s®”, “S&P®”, “S&P MidCap 400 Index”, “Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index”, “S&P 500®” and “Standard & Poor’s 500” are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the funds.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 12/31/91. Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary (14.4%)
               
American Greetings Corporation — Class A
    10,900     $ 150  
*AOL Time Warner, Inc.
    762,400       24,473  
*AutoZone, Inc.
    19,225       1,380  
*Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
    49,700       1,685  
*Best Buy Co., Inc.
    36,000       2,681  
*Big Lots, Inc.
    19,500       203  
The Black & Decker Corporation
    14,000       528  
Brunswick Corporation
    15,100       329  
Carnival Corporation
    100,609       2,825  
*Cendant Corporation
    166,633       3,268  
Centex Corporation
    10,200       582  
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
    35,800       929  
*Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
    101,050       5,144  
The Coca-Cola Company
    427,975       20,179  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
    76,600       1,451  
*Comcast Corporation — Class A
    162,600       5,854  
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    12,500       200  
*Costco Wholesale Corporation
    77,464       3,438  
Dana Corporation
    25,450       353  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    20,267       717  
Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation
    96,387       1,317  
Dillard’s, Inc. — Class A
    14,664       235  
Dollar General Corporation
    56,848       847  
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
    14,820       811  
Eastman Kodak Company
    49,883       1,468  
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
    29,500       884  
*Federated Department Stores, Inc.
    34,051       1,393  
Ford Motor Company
    314,794       4,949  
Fortune Brands, Inc.
    26,267       1,040  
Gannett Co., Inc.
    45,550       3,062  
The Gap, Inc.
    147,875       2,061  
General Motors Corporation
    94,427       4,589  
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    27,300       650  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    52,000       2,824  
*Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
    20,150       746  
Hasbro, Inc.
    29,725       482  
Hilton Hotels Corporation
    63,450       693  
The Home Depot, Inc.
    401,594       20,485  
*International Game Technology
    12,700       867  
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
    64,500       1,905  
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
    45,250       1,217  
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    14,900       1,203  
*Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    20,800       690  
KB Home
    7,600       305  
*Kmart Corporation
    84,300       460  
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
    12,550       815  
*Kohl’s Corporation
    57,367       4,041  
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
    33,733       776  
The Limited, Inc.
    73,405       1,081  
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
    9,000       448  
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
    132,350       6,142  
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A
    41,900       1,703  
Mattel, Inc.
    74,188       1,276  
The May Department Stores Company
    51,450       1,903  
Maytag Corporation
    13,133       408  
McDonald’s Corporation
    222,578       5,892  
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    33,560       2,046  
Meredith Corporation
    8,600       307  
The New York Times Company — Class A
    27,370       1,184  
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    45,892       1,265  
NIKE, Inc. — Class B
    46,700       2,626  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    23,067       467  
*Office Depot, Inc.
    51,157       948  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    31,900       2,850  
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    49,500       1,163  
Pulte Corporation
    10,100       451  
RadioShack Corporation
    31,900       960  
*Reebok International, Ltd.
    10,100       268  
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
    56,550       2,694  
The Sherwin-Williams Company
    26,913       740  
Snap-On Incorporated
    9,917       334  
The Stanley Works
    14,650       682  
*Staples, Inc.
    78,500       1,468  
*Starbucks Corporation
    65,450       1,247  
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
    34,200       1,021  
Target Corporation
    154,757       6,353  
Tiffany & Co.
    25,067       789  
The TJX Companies, Inc.
    48,250       1,923  
*TMP Worldwide, Inc.
    18,367       788  
*Toys “R” Us, Inc.
    33,950       704  
Tribune Company
    51,336       1,922  
*Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
    25,240       1,242  
TRW, Inc.
    21,500       796  
Tupperware Corporation
    10,000       193  
*Univision Communications, Inc. — Class A
    35,900       1,453  
V. F. Corporation
    19,257       751  
*Viacom, Inc. — Class B
    306,348       13,525  
Visteon Corporation
    22,483       338  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    769,300       44,274  
The Walt Disney Company
    359,657       7,452  
Wendy’s International, Inc.
    19,550       570  
Whirlpool Corporation
    11,450       840  
             
 
 
Total
            262,671  
             
 

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Staples (6.9%)
               
Adolph Coors Company — Class B
    6,400     $ 342  
Alberto-Culver Company — Class B
    9,700       434  
Albertson’s, Inc.
    69,654       2,193  
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    154,449       6,983  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    114,203       1,639  
Avon Products, Inc.
    40,800       1,897  
Brown-Forman Corporation — Class B
    11,800       739  
Campbell Soup Company
    70,222       2,098  
The Clorox Company
    40,650       1,608  
Colgate-Palmolive Company
    96,522       5,574  
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
    92,467       2,198  
CVS Corporation
    67,667       2,003  
General Mills, Inc.
    62,567       3,254  
The Gillette Company
    181,435       6,060  
H.J. Heinz Company
    60,017       2,468  
Hershey Foods Corporation
    23,550       1,594  
Kellogg Company
    69,857       2,103  
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    91,556       5,475  
*The Kroger Co.
    139,505       2,911  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    304,230       14,813  
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
    378,522       17,355  
The Procter & Gamble Company
    222,905       17,639  
*Safeway, Inc.
    87,000       3,632  
Sara Lee Corporation
    135,335       3,008  
SUPERVALU, Inc.
    22,750       503  
SYSCO Corporation
    115,725       3,034  
Unilever NV, ADR
    98,347       5,666  
UST, Inc.
    28,067       982  
Walgreen Co.
    175,146       5,895  
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
    24,150       344  
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
    38,867       1,997  
             
 
 
Total
            126,441  
             
 
 
Energy (6.4%)
               
Amerada Hess Corporation
    15,300       956  
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
    43,162       2,454  
Apache Corporation
    23,760       1,185  
Ashland, Inc.
    12,000       553  
Baker Hughes Incorporated
    57,730       2,105  
Burlington Resources, Inc.
    36,383       1,366  
ChevronTexaco Corporation
    183,357       16,431  
Conoco, Inc.
    107,525       3,043  
Devon Energy Corporation
    22,300       862  
Dynegy, Inc. — Class A
    56,100       1,431  
EOG Resources, Inc.
    19,960       781  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    1,187,256       46,658  
Halliburton Company
    73,869       968  
Kerr-McGee Corporation
    17,205       943  
*Nabors Industries, Inc.
    25,250       867  
*Noble Drilling Corporation
    23,050       785  
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
    63,720       1,690  
Phillips Petroleum Company
    65,287       3,934  
*Rowan Companies, Inc.
    16,250       315  
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, ADR
    368,969       18,086  
Schlumberger Limited
    98,667       5,422  
Sunoco, Inc.
    14,450       540  
Transocean Sedco Forex, Inc.
    54,751       1,852  
Unocal Corporation
    41,867       1,510  
USX-Marathon Group
    53,109       1,593  
             
 
 
Total
            116,330  
             
 
 
Financials (17.5%)
               
AFLAC Incorporated
    90,450       2,221  
The Allstate Corporation
    124,628       4,200  
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
    18,200       1,053  
American Express Company
    227,675       8,126  
American International Group, Inc.
    450,830       35,795  
AmSouth Bancorporation
    63,755       1,205  
Aon Corporation
    45,100       1,602  
Bank of America Corporation
    275,801       17,362  
The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
    126,553       5,163  
Bank One Corporation
    200,486       7,829  
BB&T Corporation
    75,400       2,723  
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
    16,195       950  
Capital One Financial Corporation
    35,900       1,937  
The Charles Schwab Corporation
    238,539       3,690  
Charter One Financial, Inc.
    37,396       1,015  
The Chubb Corporation
    30,150       2,080  
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
    27,680       1,056  
Citigroup, Inc.
    865,248       43,677  
Comerica Incorporated
    30,750       1,762  
Conseco, Inc.
    58,137       259  
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
    20,400       836  
Fannie Mae
    172,148       13,686  
Fifth Third Bancorp
    99,034       6,099  
FleetBoston Financial Corporation
    186,405       6,804  
Franklin Resources, Inc.
    45,550       1,607  
Freddie Mac
    119,186       7,795  
Golden West Financial Corporation
    27,350       1,610  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    40,750       2,560  
Household International, Inc.
    79,785       4,623  
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
    43,242       743  
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
    341,648       12,419  
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
    26,134       1,209  
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
    53,000       2,189  
KeyCorp
    73,075       1,779  
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
    42,422       2,834  
Lincoln National Corporation
    32,340       1,571  
Loews Corporation
    33,967       1,881  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
    47,390       5,092  
MBIA, Inc.
    25,550       1,370  
MBNA Corporation
    146,610       5,161  
Mellon Financial Corporation
    82,068       3,087  
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
    144,400       7,526  
MetLife, Inc.
    129,036       4,088  
MGIC Investment Corporation
    18,400       1,136  
Moody’s Corporation
    27,075       1,079  

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Financials continued
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
    191,513     $ 10,713  
National City Corporation
    103,397       3,023  
Northern Trust Corporation
    38,350       2,309  
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    49,767       2,797  
The Progressive Corporation
    12,700       1,896  
Providian Financial Corporation
    49,157       175  
Regions Financial Corporation
    39,186       1,177  
SAFECO Corporation
    21,950       684  
SouthTrust Corporation
    58,467       1,442  
The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
    36,872       1,621  
State Street Corporation
    56,000       2,926  
Stilwell Financial, Inc.
    37,729       1,027  
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
    50,233       3,150  
Synovus Financial Corp.
    49,950       1,251  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    21,200       736  
Torchmark Corporation
    21,550       848  
U.S. Bancorp
    327,921       6,863  
Union Planters Corporation
    23,625       1,066  
UnumProvident Corporation
    41,531       1,101  
USA Education, Inc.
    28,014       2,354  
Wachovia Corporation
    241,281       7,567  
Washington Mutual, Inc.
    150,987       4,937  
Wells Fargo & Company
    295,280       12,830  
XL Capital, Ltd. — Class A
    23,000       2,101  
Zions Bancorporation
    15,900       836  
             
 
 
Total
            317,919  
             
 
 
Health Care (14.2%)
               
Abbott Laboratories
    266,550       14,860  
Aetna, Inc.
    24,477       807  
Allergan, Inc.
    22,667       1,701  
American Home Products Corporation
    226,229       13,881  
*AmerisourceBergen Corporation
    17,700       1,125  
*Amgen, Inc.
    179,525       10,132  
Applera Corporation — Applied Biosystems Group
    36,333       1,427  
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    9,200       346  
Baxter International, Inc.
    101,900       5,465  
Becton, Dickinson and Company
    44,350       1,470  
*Biogen, Inc.
    25,600       1,468  
Biomet, Inc.
    46,145       1,426  
*Boston Scientific Corporation
    69,086       1,666  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    334,408       17,055  
C. R. Bard, Inc.
    8,750       564  
Cardinal Health, Inc.
    76,725       4,961  
*Chiron Corporation
    32,722       1,435  
CIGNA Corporation
    25,729       2,384  
Eli Lilly and Company
    193,406       15,190  
*Forest Laboratories, Inc.
    30,333       2,486  
*Genzyme Corporation
    35,700       2,137  
*Guidant Corporation
    52,788       2,629  
HCA, Inc.
    92,511       3,565  
*Health Management Associates, Inc.
    42,200       776  
*Healthsouth Corporation
    67,100       994  
*Humana, Inc.
    29,200       344  
*Immunex Corporation
    91,900       2,547  
Johnson & Johnson
    521,037       30,794  
*King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    42,066       1,772  
*Manor Care, Inc.
    17,700       420  
McKesson HBOC, Inc.
    49,005       1,833  
*MedImmune, Inc.
    36,600       1,696  
Medtronic, Inc.
    208,000       10,652  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    394,520       23,198  
Pfizer, Inc.
    1,086,236       43,288  
Pharmacia Corporation
    223,870       9,548  
*Quintiles Transnational Corp.
    20,100       323  
Schering-Plough Corporation
    251,750       9,015  
*St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    14,800       1,149  
Stryker Corporation
    33,750       1,970  
*Tenet Healthcare Corporation
    55,800       3,277  
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
    54,586       3,863  
*Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    18,200       571  
*Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. — Class A
    10,900       1,274  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
    33,437       1,021  
             
 
 
Total
            258,505  
             
 
 
Industrials (11.0%)
               
*Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
    33,950       477  
*American Power Conversion Corporation
    33,550       485  
*AMR Corporation
    26,400       585  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    107,450       6,329  
Avery Dennison Corporation
    18,950       1,071  
The Boeing Company
    150,076       5,820  
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
    67,385       1,922  
Caterpillar, Inc.
    59,088       3,087  
Cintas Corporation
    29,133       1,410  
*Concord EFS, Inc.
    82,900       2,717  
*Convergys Corporation
    29,450       1,104  
Cooper Industries, Inc.
    15,900       555  
Crane Co.
    10,275       263  
CSX Corporation
    36,750       1,288  
Cummins, Inc.
    7,100       274  
Danaher Corporation
    24,500       1,478  
Deere & Company
    40,360       1,762  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    21,167       619  
Deluxe Corporation
    12,151       505  
Dover Corporation
    34,967       1,296  
Eaton Corporation
    11,900       885  
Emerson Electric Co.
    73,750       4,211  
Equifax, Inc.
    24,600       594  
*FedEx Corporation
    52,820       2,740  
First Data Corporation
    67,463       5,292  
*Fiserv, Inc.
    32,125       1,360  
Fluor Corporation
    13,600       509  
General Dynamics Corporation
    34,600       2,756  
General Electric Company
    1,709,206       68,505  
Genuine Parts Company
    29,600       1,086  

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Industrials continued
Goodrich Corporation
    17,800     $ 474  
H&R Block, Inc.
    31,450       1,406  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    139,250       4,709  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    52,300       3,542  
IMS Health Incorporated
    50,667       989  
Ingersoll-Rand Company
    28,980       1,212  
ITT Industries, Inc.
    15,100       763  
Lockheed Martin Corporation
    74,708       3,487  
Masco Corporation
    79,100       1,938  
McDermott International, Inc.
    10,500       129  
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    68,088       8,049  
Molex Incorporated
    33,650       1,041  
Navistar International Corporation
    10,250       405  
Norfolk Southern Corporation
    66,157       1,213  
Northrop Grumman Corporation
    18,900       1,905  
PACCAR, Inc.
    13,170       864  
Pall Corporation
    21,150       509  
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    20,075       922  
Paychex, Inc.
    64,235       2,251  
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
    42,437       1,596  
*Power-One, Inc.
    13,500       141  
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    20,234       601  
Raytheon Company
    66,200       2,150  
*Robert Half International, Inc.
    30,140       805  
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    31,450       613  
Rockwell International Corporation
    31,450       562  
Ryder System, Inc.
    10,400       230  
Sabre Holdings Corporation — Class A
    22,867       968  
Southwest Airlines Co.
    131,067       2,422  
Textron, Inc.
    24,250       1,005  
Thomas & Betts Corporation
    10,000       212  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    333,208       19,626  
Union Pacific Corporation
    42,660       2,432  
United Technologies Corporation
    80,967       5,233  
*US Airways Group, Inc.
    11,500       73  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    16,300       782  
Waste Management, Inc.
    107,585       3,433  
             
 
 
Total
            199,677  
             
 
 
Information Technology (17.3%)
               
*ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    134,450       618  
Adobe Systems Incorporated
    41,125       1,277  
*Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    59,200       939  
*Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    78,637       2,242  
*Altera Corporation
    66,511       1,411  
*Analog Devices, Inc.
    61,957       2,750  
*Andrew Corporation
    14,037       307  
*Apple Computer, Inc.
    60,100       1,316  
*Applied Materials, Inc.
    139,950       5,612  
*Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
    51,700       585  
Autodesk, Inc.
    9,267       345  
*Avaya, Inc.
    48,816       593  
*BMC Software, Inc.
    41,960       687  
*Broadcom Corporation — Class A
    44,800       1,836  
*CIENA Corporation
    56,300       806  
*Cisco Systems, Inc.
    1,259,400       22,808  
*Citrix Systems, Inc.
    31,820       721  
Compaq Computer Corporation
    290,627       2,837  
Computer Associates International, Inc.
    99,192       3,421  
*Computer Sciences Corporation
    29,050       1,423  
*Compuware Corporation
    63,257       746  
*Comverse Technology, Inc.
    31,900       714  
*Conexant Systems, Inc.
    42,500       610  
Corning Incorporated
    160,100       1,428  
*Dell Computer Corporation
    447,533       12,164  
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    80,467       5,516  
*EMC Corporation
    379,774       5,104  
*Gateway, Inc.
    55,550       447  
Hewlett-Packard Company
    334,360       6,868  
Intel Corporation
    1,157,163       36,393  
International Business Machines Corporation
    298,939       36,160  
*Intuit, Inc.
    35,900       1,535  
*Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    32,867       747  
*JDS Uniphase Corporation
    226,500       1,977  
*KLA-Tencor Corporation
    31,900       1,581  
*Lexmark International Group, Inc. — Class A
    22,100       1,304  
Linear Technology Corporation
    54,650       2,134  
*LSI Logic Corporation
    62,200       982  
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    586,036       3,686  
*Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    56,500       2,967  
*Mercury Interactive Corporation
    14,200       483  
*Micron Technology, Inc.
    102,550       3,179  
*Microsoft Corporation
    926,100       61,372  
Millipore Corporation
    8,100       492  
Motorola, Inc.
    377,877       5,676  
*National Semiconductor Corporation
    29,843       919  
*NCR Corporation
    16,600       612  
*Network Appliance, Inc.
    56,000       1,225  
Nortel Networks Corporation
    548,275       4,112  
*Novell, Inc.
    62,000       285  
*Novellus Systems, Inc.
    24,500       967  
*Nvidia Corporation
    24,100       1,612  
*Oracle Corporation
    965,925       13,339  
*Palm, Inc.
    97,545       378  
*Parametric Technology Corporation
    45,480       355  
*PeopleSoft, Inc.
    50,600       2,034  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    21,000       735  
*PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    28,300       602  
*QLogic Corporation
    15,850       705  
*QUALCOMM, Inc.
    130,267       6,578  
*Sanmina-SCI Corporation
    89,400       1,779  
*Sapient Corporation
    21,200       164  
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    28,000       670  
*Siebel Systems, Inc.
    78,000       2,182  
*Solectron Corporation
    138,500       1,562  
*Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    560,397       6,915  
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    38,950       619  

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
Tektronix, Inc.
    16,160     $ 417  
*Tellabs, Inc.
    70,392       1,058  
*Teradyne, Inc.
    29,950       903  
Texas Instruments Incorporated
    298,700       8,364  
*Thermo Electron Corporation
    31,200       744  
*Unisys Corporation
    54,450       683  
*VERITAS Software Corporation
    68,432       3,067  
*Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
    31,548       393  
Xerox Corporation
    119,500       1,245  
*Xilinx, Inc.
    57,200       2,234  
*Yahoo!, Inc.
    97,600       1,731  
             
 
 
Total
            315,987  
             
 
 
Materials (2.6%)
               
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    39,267       1,842  
Alcan, Inc.
    54,950       1,974  
Alcoa, Inc.
    148,507       5,279  
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
    13,817       231  
Ball Corporation
    4,733       335  
Barrick Gold Corporation
    92,121       1,469  
Bemis Company, Inc.
    9,050       445  
Boise Cascade Corporation
    9,900       337  
The Dow Chemical Company
    154,409       5,216  
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    179,428       7,627  
Eastman Chemical Company
    13,225       516  
Ecolab, Inc.
    22,000       886  
Engelhard Corporation
    22,500       623  
*FMC Corporation
    5,400       321  
*Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. — Class B
    24,781       332  
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    38,904       1,074  
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
    8,700       211  
Hercules Incorporated
    18,600       186  
*Inco Limited
    31,250       529  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
    16,500       490  
International Paper Company
    83,066       3,352  
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
    18,000       152  
The Mead Corporation
    17,050       527  
Newmont Mining Corporation
    33,680       644  
Nucor Corporation
    13,333       706  
*Pactiv Corporation
    27,300       485  
Phelps Dodge Corporation
    13,524       438  
Placer Dome, Inc.
    56,350       615  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    28,967       1,498  
Praxair, Inc.
    27,600       1,525  
Rohm and Haas Company
    37,880       1,312  
*Sealed Air Corporation
    14,421       589  
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
    13,000       512  
Temple-Inland, Inc.
    8,500       482  
USX-U. S. Steel Group
    15,250       276  
Vulcan Materials Company
    17,400       834  
Westvaco Corporation
    17,350       494  
Weyerhaeuser Company
    36,980       2,000  
Willamette Industries, Inc.
    18,700       975  
Worthington Industries, Inc.
    14,700       209  
             
 
 
Total
            47,548  
             
 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.2%)
               
Equity Office Properties Trust
    69,800       2,100  
Equity Residential Properties Trust
    45,600       1,309  
             
 
 
Total
            3,409  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (5.4%)
               
ALLTEL Corporation
    53,857       3,325  
AT&T Corp.
    593,738       10,770  
*AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    435,397       6,257  
BellSouth Corporation
    322,465       12,302  
CenturyTel, Inc.
    24,300       797  
*Citizens Communications Company
    49,100       523  
*Nextel Communications, Inc. — Class A
    131,650       1,443  
*Qwest Communications International, Inc.
    285,835       4,039  
SBC Communications, Inc.
    579,547       22,701  
Sprint Corporation
    152,509       3,062  
*Sprint Corporation (PCS Group)
    161,260       3,936  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    465,442       22,090  
*WorldCom, Inc. — WorldCom Group
    496,914       6,997  
             
 
 
Total
            98,242  
             
 
 
Utilities (3.0%)
               
*The AES Corporation
    91,600       1,498  
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
    21,500       779  
Ameren Corporation
    23,567       997  
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
    55,440       2,413  
*Calpine Corporation
    51,360       862  
Cinergy Corp.
    27,384       915  
CMS Energy Corporation
    22,700       545  
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
    36,450       1,471  
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
    28,200       749  
Dominion Resources, Inc.
    44,995       2,704  
DTE Energy Company
    28,350       1,189  
Duke Energy Corporation
    132,830       5,215  
Edison International
    56,020       846  
El Paso Corporation
    87,571       3,907  
Entergy Corporation
    38,009       1,487  
Exelon Corporation
    55,212       2,644  
FirstEnergy Corp.
    51,165       1,790  
FPL Group, Inc.
    30,257       1,706  
KeySpan Corporation
    23,600       818  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
    19,667       1,095  
*Mirant Corporation
    58,426       936  
*Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.
    27,600       489  
Nicor, Inc.
    7,850       327  
NiSource, Inc.
    35,573       820  
Peoples Energy Corporation
    6,100       231  
PG&E Corporation
    66,625       1,282  

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 Index 500 Stock Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (98.9%) Par (000’s)

Utilities continued
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
    14,600     $ 611  
PPL Corporation
    25,134       876  
Progress Energy, Inc.
    37,392       1,684  
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
    35,836       1,512  
Reliant Energy, Inc.
    51,162       1,357  
Sempra Energy
    35,402       869  
The Southern Company
    117,900       2,989  
TECO Energy, Inc.
    23,300       611  
TXU Corp.
    44,165       2,082  
The Williams Companies, Inc.
    88,500       2,259  
Xcel Energy, Inc.
    59,020       1,637  
             
 
 
Total
            54,202  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $1,343,480)
            1,800,931  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (1.1%)

 
Federal Government and Agencies (0.3%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
  $ 5,000,000     $ 4,989  
             
 
 
Total
            4,989  
             
 
 
Finance Services (0.5%)
               
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 1.85%, 2/4/02
    10,000,000       9,983  
             
 
 
Total
            9,983  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (0.3%)
               
#Variable Funding Capital, 2.45%, 1/10/02
    5,800,000       5,796  
             
 
 
Total
            5,796  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $20,768)
            20,768  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (100.0%)
(Cost $1,364,248)!
            1,821,699  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.0%)
            176  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 1,821,875  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $1,366,396 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $455,303 which is comprised of $620,226 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $164,923 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

      ADR — American Depository Receipt

* Non-Income Producing
 
# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

S&P 500 Index Futures
    72       3/02     $ 118  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $20,568)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Asset Allocation Portfolio

         

Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Realize highest total return, including current income and capital appreciation, consistent with reasonable investment risk   Flexible policy of allocating assets among stocks, bonds and cash, with mix adjusted to capitalize on changing financial markets and economic conditions.   $40.12 million

The Asset Allocation Portfolio invests in seven categories of assets: large capitalization stocks, small capitalization stocks, foreign stocks, investment grade bonds, below investment grade bonds, convertible securities and cash equivalents. The proportion of investments in each category is adjusted as appropriate to take advantage of market trends and opportunities, and securities within each category are actively managed by a team of investment professionals. The Portfolio is managed to maintain broad diversification, while blending asset classes to achieve both capital appreciation and current income.

For much of the last year, the Asset Allocation Portfolio has been managed defensively, in the belief that an increasingly fragile economy was likely to move into a recession. Bond holdings were concentrated in the high quality investment grade sector. As bonds provided higher returns than stocks for the year, the bond segment of the Portfolio was an important contributor to performance.

As stock prices moved down in the first half of 2001, despite aggressive easing by the Federal Reserve, The Portfolio’s managers took advantage of periodic opportunities to selectively increase equity exposure, which reached 56% in early September. When the market reopened after September 11, the equity exposure was reduced, as a defensive move. Then, as a weak and volatile market created buying opportunities, equity exposure was increased. Further additions were made to the equity position as an economic recovery in 2002 began to seem more likely. At the end of 2001, with 59% of the portfolio in equities, the Portfolio was in a neutral position; the normal range of equity as a proportion of the total is 45% to 75%. This neutral position will likely be retained until there is clearer evidence of the timing and strength of the potential recovery.

Sector Allocation 12/31/01

Relative Performance

         

Total Return
For Period Ended December 31, 2001
Since
Inception#

Asset Allocation Portfolio
    -2.10%  
S&P 500 Index
    -5.20%  
Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index
    2.40%  
91-Day T Bill
    1.39%  

#Inception date of 7/31/01, returns not annualized

In the graph, the Fund is compared against three indices representing the three major components of the Fund: equities, fixed income and cash equivalent investments. The indices cannot be invested in directly and do not include sales charges.

The Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index is an unmanaged market value weighted index comprised of U.S. government, mortgage and investment-grade corporate bonds. The Index measures the income provided by, and the price changes of, the underlying securities.

The Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

The Merrill Lynch 91-Day Treasury Bill Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of each month and held for a full month. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding Treasury bill that matures closest to, but not beyond, three months from the rebalancing date.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 7/31/01 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include fee waivers and deductions for all Fund expenses. In the absence of fee waivers, total return would be reduced. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

Investors should be aware of the risks of investments in foreign securities, particularly investments in securities of companies in developing nations. These include the risks of currency fluctuation, of political and economic instability and of less well-developed government supervision and regulation of business and industry practices, as well as differences in accounting standards. Small-cap stocks also may carry additional risk. Small or newer issuers are more likely to realize more substantial growth as well as suffer more significant losses than larger or more established issuers. Investments in such companies can be both more volatile and more speculative.

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 Asset Allocation Portfolio

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                 
Market
Shares/ Value
Domestic Common Stocks and Warrants (32.3%) Par (000’s)

                   
Large Cap Common Stock (18.5%)

Consumer Discretionary (3.5%)
*AOL Time Warner, Inc.
    4,500     $ 144  
Fortune Brands, Inc.
    2,100       83  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    3,300       179  
The Home Depot, Inc.
    2,200       112  
*Kohl’s Corporation
    2,600       184  
McDonald’s Corporation
    3,100       82  
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    2,400       146  
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    2,300       63  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    1,100       98  
Target Corporation
    2,600       107  
Tribune Company
    1,800       67  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    3,100       178  
             
 
 
Total
            1,443  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (2.3%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    2,800       127  
The Coca-Cola Company
    2,000       94  
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A
    3,200       103  
General Mills, Inc.
    1,500       78  
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    1,400       84  
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A
    2,300       78  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    4,100       199  
Walgreen Co.
    4,800       162  
             
 
 
Total
            925  
             
 
 
Energy (1.2%)
               
ChevronTexaco Corporation
    1,200       108  
Conoco, Inc.
    4,500       127  
EOG Resources, Inc.
    2,200       86  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    3,900       153  
             
 
 
Total
            474  
             
 
 
Financials (3.1%)
               
American International Group, Inc.
    1,800       143  
The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
    2,100       86  
The Chubb Corporation
    1,200       83  
Citigroup, Inc.
    3,700       187  
Fifth Third Bancorp
    2,900       179  
Freddie Mac
    1,900       124  
Household International, Inc.
    2,100       122  
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
    1,000       67  
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
    600       34  
Northern Trust Corporation
    1,700       102  
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    2,000       112  
             
 
 
Total
            1,239  
             
 
 
Health Care (2.5%)
               
*Amgen, Inc.
    2,100       119  
Baxter International, Inc.
    1,600       86  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    900       46  
Eli Lilly and Company
    1,200       94  
Johnson & Johnson
    3,600       213  
Medtronic, Inc.
    3,100       159  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    1,900       112  
Pfizer, Inc.
    4,700       187  
             
 
 
Total
            1,016  
             
 
 
Industrials (1.5%)
               
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    900       26  
General Electric Company
    9,300       374  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    3,300       194  
             
 
 
Total
            594  
             
 
 
Information Technology (2.5%)
               
*Amdocs Limited
    2,600       88  
*Cisco Systems, Inc.
    5,000       91  
*Electronic Arts, Inc.
    100       6  
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    2,200       151  
Intel Corporation
    4,200       132  
International Business Machines Corporation
    1,000       121  
*Microsoft Corporation
    4,100       271  
*Nokia Corp., ADR
    1,300       32  
*Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    2,600       32  
Texas Instruments Incorporated
    2,100       59  
             
 
 
Total
            983  
             
 
 
Materials (0.6%)
               
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    2,000       94  
Alcoa, Inc.
    1,900       68  
Ecolab, Inc.
    2,400       96  
             
 
 
Total
            258  
             
 
 
Printed Circuit Boards (0.1%)
               
*Flextronics International, Ltd.
    1,300       31  
             
 
 
Total
            31  
             
 
 
Technology (0.5%)
               
*QUALCOMM, Inc.
    400       20  
Semiconductor HOLDRS (SM) Trust
    3,900       163  
             
 
 
Total
            183  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (0.4%)
               
SBC Communications, Inc.
    1,900       75  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    1,400       66  
             
 
 
Total
            141  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Large Cap Common Stock (18.5%) Par (000’s)

Telecommunication Services continued
Utilities (0.3%)
               
El Paso Corporation
    1,600     $ 72  
*Mirant Corporation
    3,400       54  
             
 
 
Total
            126  
             
 
 
 
Total Large Cap Common Stock
            7,413  
             
 
                   
Small Cap Common Stock (13.8%)

 
Consumer Discretionary (2.3%)
               
*Catalina Marketing Corporation
    2,300     $ 80  
*CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
    800       43  
*Coach, Inc.
    1,100       43  
*Entercom Communications Corp. — Class A
    600       30  
*Getty Images, Inc.
    1,400       32  
The Gymboree Corporation
    4,500       54  
*Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation — Class A
    200       5  
*Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    1,100       36  
*Lamar Advertising Company — Class A
    1,300       55  
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
    3,900       90  
*Michaels Stores, Inc.
    3,000       99  
*O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
    5,300       194  
*Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd. — Class A
    100       2  
Stoneridge, Inc.
    3,000       27  
The Talbots, Inc.
    1,000       36  
*TMP Worldwide, Inc.
    300       13  
*Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
    3,800       52  
*Westwood One, Inc.
    1,400       42  
             
 
 
Total
            933  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples  (0.1%)
               
*Steiner Leisure Limited
    1,800       38  
             
 
 
Total
            38  
             
 
 
Energy (0.7%)
               
*BJ Services Company
    2,300       75  
*Cal Dive International, Inc.
    2,600       64  
*Energy Partners, Ltd.
    2,300       17  
*Grant Prideco, Inc.
    1,700       20  
*Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
    2,700       63  
*Weatherford International, Inc.
    1,100       41  
             
 
 
Total
            280  
             
 
 
Financials (1.0%)
               
GreenPoint Financial Corp.
    1,400       50  
Investors Financial Services Corp.
    2,300       152  
*Knight Trading Group, Inc. — Class A
    1,300       14  
Old Republic International Corporation
    1,400       39  
*Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.
    300       11  
Radian Group, Inc.
    1,200       52  
SouthTrust Corporation
    2,000       49  
*Trammell Crow Company
    3,300       39  
             
 
 
Total
            406  
             
 
 
Health Care (3.0%)
               
*AdvancePCS
    2,100       62  
*AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
    300       8  
*Apogent Technologies, Inc.
    1,800       46  
*Cross Country, Inc.
    500       13  
D & K Healthcare Resources, Inc.
    1,300       74  
*DaVita, Inc.
    9,100       223  
*Health Management Associates, Inc. — Class A
    2,900       53  
*Lincare Holdings, Inc.
    6,500       186  
*Patterson Dental Company
    4,400       180  
*Province Healthcare Company
    3,900       120  
*Renal Care Group, Inc.
    2,500       80  
ResMed, Inc.
    1,100       59  
*Triad Hospitals, Inc.
    1,800       53  
*Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B
    1,300       56  
             
 
 
Total
            1,213  
             
 
 
Industrials (3.7%)
               
*The BISYS Group, Inc.
    800       51  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    2,300       67  
*Charles River Associates Incorporated
    1,700       35  
Cintas Corporation
    2,400       116  
*Concord EFS, Inc.
    3,300       108  
*The Corporate Executive Board Company
    2,500       92  
*DST Systems, Inc.
    1,800       90  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    1,000       57  
*Fiserv, Inc.
    4,500       190  
*ITT Educational Services, Inc.
    500       18  
*Knight Transportation, Inc.
    6,350       119  
*Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
    1,000       52  
*MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. — Class A
    2,500       49  
Paychex, Inc.
    1,400       49  
*Resources Connection, Inc.
    1,700       45  
*Robert Half International, Inc.
    1,300       35  
SkyWest, Inc.
    1,100       28  
*Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
    1,400       30  
Teleflex Incorporated
    2,900       137  
*Tetra Tech, Inc.
    6,750       134  
             
 
 
Total
            1,502  
             
 
 
Information Technology (2.7%)
               
*Aspen Technology, Inc.
    1,600       27  
*BARRA, Inc.
    900       42  
*Credence Systems Corporation
    3,000       56  
*DDI Corp.
    2,800       28  
*EPIQ Systems, Inc.
    2,450       47  
*Intersil Corporation — Class A
    900       29  
*Keane, Inc.
    1,400       25  
*Micrel Incorporated
    1,700       45  
*Microchip Technology Incorporated
    1,600       62  
*MKS Instruments, Inc.
    1,300       35  
*Nassda Corporation
    1,500       34  
*Novellus Systems, Inc.
    1,000       39  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    1,000       35  
*PRI Automation, Inc.
    2,800       57  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Small Cap Common Stock (13.8%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology continued
*QLogic Corporation
    1,300     $ 58  
*Rational Software Corporation
    2,300       45  
*Renaissance Learning, Inc.
    1,200       37  
*Semtech Corporation
    1,800       64  
*SmartForce Public Limited Company, ADR
    1,000       25  
*UTStarcom, Inc.
    4,700       134  
*Varian, Inc.
    3,200       104  
*VeriSign, Inc.
    800       30  
*Zebra Technologies Corporation — Class A
    100       6  
             
 
 
Total
            1,064  
             
 
 
Technology (0.3%)
               
*ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    10,000       46  
*Advent Software, Inc.
    1,100       55  
             
 
 
Total
            101  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Cellular/PCS (0.0%)
               
IWO Holdings, Inc. 144A
    50       3  
             
 
 
Total
            3  
             
 
 
Total Technology
            104  
             
 
 
Total Small Cap Common Stock
            5,540  
             
 
 
 
Total Domestic Common Stocks and Warrants
(Cost: $12,849)
            12,953  
             
 
                           
Foreign Common Stock (11.0%)

 
Automobiles & Other Motor Vehicles (0.4%)
                       
*Denway Motors Limited
   

Hong Kong
      189,100     $ 59  
*Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Japan       7,000       30  
*Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Japan       1,600       64  
*PSA Peugeot Citroen
    France       1,060       45  
                     
 
 
Total
                    198  
                     
 
 
Bank Holding Companies (0.2%)
                       
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
    United Kingdom       2,500       61  
                     
 
 
Total
                    61  
                     
 
 
Business Support Services (0.1%)
                       
*Serco Group PLC
    United Kingdom       11,250       60  
                     
 
 
Total
                    60  
                     
 
 
Catalog & Mail-Order Houses (0.1%)
                       
*Belluna Co., Ltd.
    Japan       1,700       58  
                     
 
 
Total
                    58  
                     
 
 
Commercial Banks (0.6%)
                       
*Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
    Ireland       19,000       74  
*Danske Bank A/ S Bearer Shs
    Denmark       3,900       63  
*Lloyds TSB Group PLC
    United Kingdom       6,900       74  
*OTP Bank
    Hungary       1,100       66  
                     
 
 
Total
                    277  
                     
 
 
Communication Services (0.2%)
                       
*Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV
    Netherlands       1,700       9  
Nokia OYJ
    Finland       2,500       64  
                     
 
 
Total
                    73  
                     
 
 
Computer Related Services (0.2%)
                       
*Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Japan       400       70  
                     
 
 
Total
                    70  
                     
 
 
Computers, Peripherals & Software (0.3%)
                       
*Sap AG
    Germany       350       46  
*Thiel Logistik AG
    Germany       3,300       64  
                     
 
 
Total
                    110  
                     
 
 
Construction Machinery (0.1%)
                       
*Grupo Ferrovial
    Spain       3,300       58  
                     
 
 
Total
                    58  
                     
 
 
Consumer Discretionary (0.5%)
                       
*Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG
    Germany       1,700       60  
Luxottica Group SPA, ADR
    Italy       4,100       68  
Royal Philips Electronics NV
    Netherlands       2,000       59  
                     
 
 
Total
                    187  
                     
 
 
Consumer Staples (0.8%)
                       
Cadbury Schweppes PLC
    United Kingdom       7,340       47  
*Cott Corporation
    Canada       3,400       54  
Koninklijke Ahold NV
    Netherlands       1,600       47  
*Nestle SA
    Switzerland       300       64  
Nutreco Holding NV
    Netherlands       1,140       36  
Swedish Match AB
    Sweden       10,500       56  
Unilever PLC
    United Kingdom       9,000       74  
                     
 
 
Total
                    378  
                     
 
 
Diversified Business Finance (0.1%)
                       
*Irish Life & Permanent PLC
    United Kingdom       5,340       54  
                     
 
 
Total
                    54  
                     
 
 
Drilling Oil & Gas Wells (0.2%)
                       
Saipem SPA
    Italy       14,000       69  
                     
 
 
Total
                    69  
                     
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Foreign Common Stock (11.0%) Country Par (000’s)

Drilling Oil & Gas Wells continued
Drugs (0.2%)
                       
*CSL Limited
    Australia       1,930     $ 51  
*Novo Nordisk A/S
    Denmark       1,100       45  
                     
 
 
Total
                    96  
                     
 
 
Electric Services (0.1%)
                       
*Nordex AG
    Germany       5,480       33  
                     
 
 
Total
                    33  
                     
 
 
Electrical & Electronic Machinery, Equip. (0.1%)
                       
Aggreko PLC
    United Kingdom       7,400       39  
                     
 
 
Total
                    39  
                     
 
 
Energy (0.4%)
                       
Total Fina Elf SA
    France       460       65  
Vestas Wind Systems A/ S
    Denmark       1,600       44  
Vivendi Environment
    France       1,500       50  
                     
 
 
Total
                    159  
                     
 
 
Engineering Services (0.2%)
                       
*ENI SPA
    Italy       4,750       60  
*Meggitt PLC
    United Kingdom       13,700       38  
                     
 
 
Total
                    98  
                     
 
 
Engines & Turbines (0.2%)
                       
Beru AG
    Germany       1,500       66  
                     
 
 
Total
                    66  
                     
 
 
Entertainers & Entertainment Groups (0.2%)
                       
Rank Group PLC
    United Kingdom       22,500       75  
                     
 
 
Total
                    75  
                     
 
 
Finance (0.5%)
                       
BNP Paribas SA
    France       650       58  
Ing Groep NV
    Netherlands       2,000       51  
Royal Bank of Canada
    Canada       2,200       72  
                     
 
 
Total
                    181  
                     
 
 
Finance Services (0.2%)
                       
*Man Group PLC
    United Kingdom       100       2  
*Van der Moolen Holding NV
    Netherlands       2,200       63  
                     
 
 
Total
                    65  
                     
 
 
Financials (0.2%)
                       
Manulife Financial Corporation
    Canada       2,500       65  
                     
 
 
Total
                    65  
                     
 
 
Grocery Stores (0.1%)
                       
*Lawson, Inc.
    Japan       1,600       46  
                     
 
 
Total
                    46  
                     
 
 
Health Care (0.4%)
                       
*Elan Corporation PLC, ADR
    Ireland       1,100       50  
*GlaxoSmithKline PLC
    United Kingdom       2,300       58  
*Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Israel       1,500       59  
                     
 
 
Total
                    167  
                     
 
 
Industrial Buildings & Warehouses (0.2%)
                       
*Technip
    France       500       67  
                     
 
 
Total
                    67  
                     
 
 
Industrials (0.2%)
                       
Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal SA
    Portugal       11,400       48  
Vinci SA
    France       780       46  
                     
 
 
Total
                    94  
                     
 
 
Insurance & Diversified Financial COS. (0.3%)
                       
*Corporacion Mapfre
    Spain       7,200       42  
*Swiss Reinsurance Co.
    Switzerland       640       64  
                     
 
 
Total
                    106  
                     
 
 
Investment Offices (0.2%)
                       
Macquarie Infrastructure Group
    Australia       40,000       72  
                     
 
 
Total
                    72  
                     
 
 
Jewelry Stores (0.2%)
                       
*Folli-Follie
    Greece       3,500       62  
                     
 
 
Total
                    62  
                     
 
 
Life Insurance (0.0%)
                       
*Converium Holding AG
    Switzerland       400       19  
                     
 
 
Total
                    19  
                     
 
 
Manufacturing Industries (0.1%)
                       
*Neopost SA
    France       2,000       58  
                     
 
 
Total
                    58  
                     
 
 
Materials (0.2%)
                       
Norske Skogindustrier ASA
    Norway       4,000       75  
                     
 
 
Total
                    75  
                     
 
 
Medical Materials & Hospital Equipment (0.2%)
                       
Synthes-Stratec, Inc.
    Switzerland       100       70  
                     
 
 
Total
                    70  
                     
 
 
Miscellaneous Investing (0.2%)
                       
*Deutsche Boerse AG
    Germany       1,600       63  
                     
 
 
Total
                    63  
                     
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Foreign Common Stock (11.0%) Country Par (000’s)

Nonclassifiable Establishments (0.2%)
                       
*Logitech International-Reg
    Switzerland       2,100     $ 77  
                     
 
 
Total
                    77  
                     
 
 
Oil & Gas Field Machinery (0.2%)
                       
*IHC Caland NV
    Netherlands       1,325       62  
                     
 
 
Total
                    62  
                     
 
 
Oil & Gas Field Services (0.1%)
                       
*TGS Nopec Geophysical Company ASA
    Norway       3,000       42  
                     
 
 
Total
                    42  
                     
 
 
Paper & Allied Products (0.2%)
                       
*UPM-Kymmene OYJ
    Finland       2,000       66  
                     
 
 
Total
                    66  
                     
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (0.2%)
                       
*Baycorp Advantage
    New Zealand       19,500       62  
                     
 
 
Total
                    62  
                     
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (0.1%)
                       
*Takeda Chemical Industries
    Japan       1,000       45  
                     
 
 
Total
                    45  
                     
 
 
Retail-Retail Stores (0.0%)
                       
*KarstadtQuelle AG
    Germany       100       4  
                     
 
 
Total
                    4  
                     
 
 
Sanitary Services (0.1%)
                       
*Sanix Incorporated
    Japan       1,400       53  
                     
 
 
Total
                    53  
                     
 
 
Semiconductors & Related Devices (0.2%)
                       
*ASML Holding NV
    Netherlands       3,700       64  
                     
 
 
Total
                    64  
                     
 
 
Soap, Cleaners, & Toilet Goods (0.1%)
                       
Reckitt Benckiser PLC
    United Kingdom       3,440       50  
                     
 
 
Total
                    50  
                     
 
Telephone Communications (0.2%)
*Tandberg ASA
    Norway       3,400       76  
                     
 
 
Total
                    76  
                     
 
 
Tires & Tubes (0.2%)
                       
*Bridgestone Corporation
    Japan       6,000       63  
                     
 
 
Total
                    63  
                     
 
 
Tobacco & Tobacco Products (0.1%)
                       
*Gallaher Group PLC
    United Kingdom       7,650       52  
                     
 
 
Total
                    52  
                     
 
 
Transportation (0.1%)
                       
*Porsche AG-Pfd
    Germany       140       53  
                     
 
 
Total
                    53  
                     
 
 
Utilities (0.2%)
                       
International Power PLC
    United Kingdom       11,500       34  
*Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA
    France       1,500       45  
                     
 
 
Total
                    79  
                     
 
 
Water Supply (0.0%)
                       
*Vivendi Environnement
    France       1,500       1  
                     
 
 
Total
                    1  
                     
 
 
Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods, Notions (0.2%)
                       
*Esprit Holdings Limited
    Hong Kong       53,800       61  
                     
 
 
Total
                    61  
                     
 
 
Women’s Accessory & Specialty Stores (0.2%)
                       
*Shiseido Company Limited
    Japan       8,000       74  
                     
 
 
Total
                    74  
                     
 
 
 
Total Foreign Common Stock
(Cost: $4,578)
                    4,413  
                     
 
                   
Preferred Securities (0.2%)

Technology (0.2%)
               
Telecommunications Wireless: Towers (0.1%)
**Crown Castle International Corp.
    520       29  
             
 
 
Total
            29  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireline: CLEC (0.1%)
               
**Intermedia Communications, Inc.
    520       54  
             
 
 
Total
            54  
             
 
 
 
Total Preferred Securities
(Cost: $98)
            83  
             
 
                   
Investment-Grade Bonds (27.2%)

 
Aerospace & Defense (0.5%)
               
Boeing Company, 8.75%, 9/15/31
  $ 150,000     $ 181  
             
 
 
Total
            181  
             
 
 
Auto Related (0.2%)
               
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 6.875%, 9/15/11
    100,000       98  
             
 
 
Total
            98  
             
 

52


 

 Asset Allocation Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Investment-Grade Bonds (27.2%) Par (000’s)

Beverages, Malt Beverages (0.4%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/12
  $ 23,000     $ 26  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.,
5.375%, 8/15/06
    75,000       76  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.,
6.125%, 8/15/11
    75,000       75  
             
 
 
Total
            177  
             
 
 
Chemicals & Allied Products (0.3%)
               
Dow Chemical, 6.125%, 2/1/11
    100,000       101  
             
 
 
Total
            101  
             
 
 
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (1.0%)
               
El Paso Energy Corporation, 7.80%, 8/1/31
    200,000       202  
Occidental Petroleum, 6.75%, 1/15/12
    200,000       201  
             
 
 
Total
            403  
             
 
 
Federal Government & Agencies (20.7%)
               
Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.75%, 2/11/02
    300,000       299  
GNMA TBA, 6.00%, 1/24/25
    2,000,000       1,963  
Housing & Urban Development, 6.08%, 8/1/13
    100,000       100  
US Treasury, 3.50%, 11/15/06
    1,250,000       1,205  
US Treasury, 3.875%, 7/31/03
    1,410,000       1,436  
US Treasury, 4.625%, 5/15/06
    1,125,000       1,141  
US Treasury, 6.125%, 8/15/07
    750,000       807  
US Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 5.00%, 2/15/11
    53,000       53  
US Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 5.00%, 8/15/11
    500,000       499  
US Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 5.75%, 11/30/02
    750,000       775  
             
 
 
Total
            8,278  
             
 
 
Foods (0.6%)
               
ConAgra Foods, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/11
    100,000       102  
Sara Lee Corporation, 6.25%, 9/15/11
    150,000       152  
             
 
 
Total
            254  
             
 
 
Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories (0.7%)
               
TRW, Inc., 7.125%, 6/1/09
    190,000       188  
TRW, Inc., 7.75%, 6/1/29
    88,000       84  
             
 
 
Total
            272  
             
 
 
Motors & Generators (0.3%)
               
Emerson Electric Co., 5.75%, 11/1/11
    127,000       123  
             
 
 
Total
            123  
             
 
 
Office Machines (0.2%)
               
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.75%, 8/15/08
    100,000       100  
             
 
 
Total
            100  
             
 
 
Oil & Gas Field Services (0.4%)
               
Conoco Funding Co., 6.35%, 10/15/11
    150,000       151  
             
 
 
Total
            151  
             
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (0.8%)
               
American Home Products Corporation, 6.70%, 3/15/11
    150,000       155  
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 5.75%, 10/1/11
    150,000       149  
             
 
 
Total
            304  
             
 
 
Retail-Misc Shopping Goods Stores (0.5%)
               
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 5.45%, 8/1/06
    200,000       205  
             
 
 
Total
            205  
             
 
 
Tobacco Products (0.6%)
               
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/27
    250,000       259  
             
 
 
Total
            259  
             
 
 
 
Total Investment-Grade Bonds
(Cost: $10,887)
            10,906  
             
 
                   
Below Investment-Grade Bonds (8.0%)

Basic Materials (0.1%)
               
Appleton Papers, Inc., 12.50%, 12/15/08 144A
  $ 50,000       48  
             
 
 
Total Basic Materials
            48  
             
 
Capital Goods (0.3%)
               
Building — Forest Products (0.1%)
Potlatch Corporation, 10.00%, 7/15/11 144A
    50,000       52  
             
 
 
Total
            52  
             
 
 
Building & Construction (0.2%)
               
Encompass Services Corp, 10.50%, 5/4/12 144A
    50,000       33  
Integrated Electrical Services, Inc., Series B, 9.375%, 2/1/09
    50,000       44  
             
 
 
Total
            77  
             
 
 
Total Capital Goods
            129  
             
 
Commercial Printing (0.1%)
               
Mail-Well I Corp., 8.75%, 12/15/08
    50,000       39  
             
 
 
Total Commercial Printing
            39  
             
 
Consumer Cyclical (1.5%)
               
Home Construction (0.1%)
Schuler Homes, 9.375%, 7/15/09 144A
    50,000       52  
             
 
 
Total
            52  
             
 

53


 

 Asset Allocation Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Below Investment-Grade Bonds (8.0%) Par (000’s)

Household Appliances (0.3%)
               
Rent-A-Center, Inc., 11.00%, 8/15/08
  $ 50,000     $ 51  
Salton, Inc., 12.25%, 4/15/08
    50,000       50  
             
 
 
Total
            101  
             
 
 
Lodging/Resorts (0.1%)
               
Vail Resorts, Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/09 144A
    25,000       24  
             
 
 
Total
            24  
             
 
 
Printing & Publishing (0.1%)
               
Primedia, Inc., 8.875%, 5/15/11
    50,000       45  
             
 
 
Total
            45  
             
 
 
Retail — General (0.9%)
               
Advance Stores Company, Inc., 10.25%, 4/15/08 144A
    50,000       51  
Airgas, Inc., 9.125%, 10/1/11
    50,000       53  
Autonation, Inc., 9.00%, 8/1/08
    25,000       25  
Buhrmann U.S., Inc., 12.25%, 11/1/09
    50,000       50  
Coinmach Corporation, 11.75%, 11/15/05
    50,000       51  
CSK Auto, Inc., 12.00%, 6/15/06 144A
    50,000       50  
Saks Incorporated, 8.25%, 11/15/08
    50,000       45  
Sonic Automotive, Inc., 11.00%, 8/1/08 144A
    50,000       52  
             
 
 
Total
            377  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Cyclical
            599  
             
 
Consumer Staples (1.6%)
               
Containers (0.1%)
Applied Extrusion Tech, Inc., 10.75%, 7/1/11
    50,000       53  
             
 
 
Total
            53  
             
 
 
Food Retailers (0.1%)
               
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 9.125%, 12/15/11
    25,000       25  
Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/1/11 144A
    30,000       29  
             
 
 
Total
            54  
             
 
 
Food Service (0.1%)
               
Sbarro, Inc., 11.00%, 9/15/09
    25,000       24  
             
 
 
Total
            24  
             
 
 
Gaming (1.1%)
               
Choctaw Resort Development, 9.25%, 4/1/09
    50,000       51  
Herbst Gaming, Inc., 10.75%, 9/1/08 144A
    50,000       52  
Hollywood Casino, 11.25%, 5/1/07
    50,000       55  
Hollywood Casino Shreveport, 13.00%, 8/1/06
    50,000       45  
Las Vegas Sands, Inc., 12.25%, 11/15/04
    40,000       40  
Majestic Investments Holdings, 11.653%, 11/30/07 144A
    50,000       48  
Mandalay Resort Group, 10.25%, 8/1/07
    50,000       52  
MGM Mirage, Inc., 9.75%, 6/1/07
    25,000       26  
Wheeling Island Gaming, 10.125%, 12/15/09 144A
    50,000       51  
             
 
 
Total
            420  
             
 
 
Healthcare (0.1%)
               
Insight Health Services, 9.875%, 11/1/11 144A
    50,000       52  
             
 
 
Total
            52  
             
 
 
Soaps & Toiletries (0.1%)
               
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., 11.75%, 2/1/11
    50,000       51  
             
 
 
Total
            51  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Staples
            654  
             
 
Energy (0.2%)
               
Oil Field Services (0.1%)
Hanover Equipment Trust, 8.75%, 9/1/11 144A
    25,000       26  
             
 
 
Total
            26  
             
 
 
Refining (0.1%)
               
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, 9.625%, 11/1/08 144A
    50,000       52  
             
 
 
Total
            52  
             
 
 
Total Energy
            78  
             
 
Finance (0.5%)
               
Banks (0.1%)
Sovereign Bancorp, 10.50%, 11/15/06
    50,000       53  
             
 
 
Total
            53  
             
 
 
Finance Companies (0.4%)
               
AmeriCredit Corp., 9.875%, 4/15/06
    25,000       24  
Finova Group, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/09
    50,000       21  
IOS Capital, Inc., 9.75%, 6/15/04
    50,000       50  
Metris Companies, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/06
    50,000       48  
             
 
 
Total
            143  
             
 
 
Total Finance
            196  
             
 
Miscellaneous (0.1%)
               
Istar Financial, Inc., 8.75%, 8/15/08
    50,000       50  
             
 
 
Total Miscellaneous
            50  
             
 

54


 

 Asset Allocation Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Below Investment-Grade Bonds (8.0%) Par (000’s)

Finance Companies continued
Real Estate Agents & Managers (0.2%)
               
CB Richards Ellis Services, Inc., 11.25%, 6/15/11
  $ 75,000     $ 64  
             
 
 
Total Real Estate Agents & Managers
            64  
             
 
Technology (1.7%)
               
Cable (0.3%)
Adelphia Communications, 10.25%, 6/15/11
    50,000       50  
Echostar Broadband Corp., 10.375%, 10/1/07
    50,000       51  
Telewest Communications PLC, 9.875%, 2/1/10
    50,000       35  
             
 
 
Total
            136  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Cellular/PCS (1.0%)
               
Alamosa Delaware, Inc., 12.50%, 2/1/11
    50,000       51  
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 9.625%, 11/15/09
    50,000       51  
Dobson Communications Corporation, 10.875%, 7/1/10
    50,000       52  
Horizon PCS, Inc., 13.75%, 6/15/11 144A
    25,000       25  
†IPCS, Inc., 14.00%, 7/15/10
    25,000       17  
IWO Holdings, Inc., 14.00%, 1/15/11
    50,000       51  
Nextel Communications, Inc., 9.375%, 11/15/09
    50,000       40  
Tritel PCS, Inc., 10.375%, 1/15/11
    50,000       56  
Triton PCS, Inc., 8.75%, 11/15/11 144A
    25,000       25  
             
 
 
Total
            368  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Towers (0.4%)
               
American Tower Corp., 9.375%, 2/1/09
    50,000       40  
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.375%, 8/1/11
    50,000       46  
SBA Communications Corp., 10.25%, 2/1/09
    50,000       43  
†Spectrasite Holdings, Inc., 12.875%, 3/15/10
    100,000       23  
             
 
 
Total
            152  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireline: Long Haul (0.0%)
               
††Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd.,
9.50%, 11/15/09
    50,000       6  
             
 
 
Total
            6  
             
 
 
Total Technology
            662  
             
 
Transport & Other Services (0.7%)
               
Professional Services (0.2%)
Kindercare Learning Centers,
9.50%, 2/15/09
    75,000       72  
             
 
 
Total
            72  
             
 
 
Railroads (0.1%)
               
Railamerica Transportation Corp., 12.875%, 8/15/10
    50,000       51  
             
 
 
Total
            51  
             
 
 
Trucking & Shipping (0.4%)
               
North American Van Lines, 13.375%, 12/1/09 144A
    50,000       48  
Stena AB, 10.50%, 12/15/05
    50,000       50  
Teekay Shipping Corporation, 8.875%, 7/15/11 144A
    50,000       51  
             
 
 
Total
            149  
             
 
 
Total Transport & Other Services
            272  
             
 
Utilities (1.0%)
               
Utility — Electric (0.5%)
The AES Corporation, 8.875%, 2/15/11
    50,000       44  
Calpine Canada Energy, 8.50%, 5/1/08
    25,000       23  
Calpine Corporation, 8.625%, 8/15/10
    50,000       45  
Edison Mission Energy, 10.00%, 8/15/08
    50,000       51  
Orion Power Holdings, Inc., 12.00%, 5/1/10
    50,000       59  
             
 
 
Total
            222  
             
 
 
Utility — Garbage Disposal (0.1%)
               
Allied Waste North America, Inc., 8.50%, 12/1/08 144A
    50,000       51  
             
 
 
Total
            51  
             
 
 
Utility — Gas (0.3%)
               
Amerigas Partners LP/ Eagle Fin., 8.875%, 5/20/11
    50,000       52  
EOTT Energy Partners LP, 11.00%, 10/1/09
    50,000       50  
             
 
 
Total
            102  
             
 
 
Utility — Water (0.1%)
               
Azurix Corp., Series B, 10.75%, 2/15/10
    50,000       35  
             
 
 
Total
            35  
             
 
 
Total Utilities
            410  
             
 
 
 
Total Below Investment-Grade Bonds
(Cost: $3,269)
            3,201  
             
 
                   
Short-Term Investments (25.6%)

 
Electric Utilities (2.7%)
               
#National Rural Utility Co., 2.01%, 1/25/02
  $ 1,100,000       1,099  
             
 
 
Total
            1,099  
             
 
 
Electrical Equipment & Supplies (1.5%)
               
General Electric Capital, 1.73%, 1/2/02
    600,000       600  
             
 
 
Total
            600  
             
 
 
Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit (1.2%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
    200,000       200  
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.85%, 1/3/02
    300,000       300  
             
 
 
Total
            500  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Short-Term Investments (25.6%) Par (000’s)

Finance Services (3.0%)
               
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 1.85%, 2/4/02
  $ 1,200,000     $ 1,198  
             
 
 
Total
            1,198  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (3.0%)
               
#John Deere Capital Corp., 1.90%, 1/18/02
    1,200,000       1,199  
             
 
 
Total
            1,199  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (6.0%)
               
#American Express Credit, 2.14%, 1/25/02
    1,200,000       1,198  
#Household Finance Corp., 2.12%, 1/17/02
    1,200,000       1,199  
             
 
 
Total
            2,397  
             
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (3.0%)
               
American Home Products, 1.90%, 2/4/02
    1,200,000       1,198  
             
 
 
Total
            1,198  
             
 
 
Security Brokers and Dealers (2.5%)
               
Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, 1.78%, 1/15/02
    1,000,000       999  
             
 
 
Total
            999  
             
 
 
Tobacco and Tobacco Products (2.7%)
               
Philip Morris, 1.86%, 1/11/02
    1,100,000       1,099  
             
 
 
Total
            1,099  
             
 
 
 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost: $10,289)
            10,289  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (104.3%)
(Cost $41,970)!
            41,845  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (-4.3%)
            (1,729 )
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 40,116  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $41,997 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $152 which is comprised of $924 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $1,076 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

144A after the name of a security represents a security exempt from registration under rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

* Non-Income Producing
 
Step bond security that presently receives no coupon payments. At the predetermined date the stated coupon rate becomes effective.
 
†† Defaulted security
 
** PIK — Payment In Kind
 
# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

S&P 500 Index Futures
    20       3/02     $ 31  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $5,715)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
A high level of current income and capital growth with a low risk profile   Achieve consistent returns and low volatility by diversifying among assets.   $3.01 billion

In order to capitalize on changing financial market and economic conditions, the Balanced Portfolio’s asset allocation is adjusted as appropriate among three investment classes: stocks, bonds and money market instruments. The equity portion of the Portfolio is indexed, meaning that the Portfolio is designed to achieve results that approximate the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index, which is generally regarded as a good proxy for the overall U.S. equity market. The bond portion of the Portfolio is actively managed, with investments in high quality bonds adjusted frequently as to maturity, market sectors and duration. Liquidity is maintained by holding a portion of the Portfolio in money market investments, which are high quality short-term debt securities.

The target asset mix for the Balanced Portfolio is established and adjusted according to an asset valuation model designed to gauge the relative attractiveness of stocks versus bonds. In the highly volatile equity market of 2001, the Portfolio’s managers took advantage of opportunities to sell on strength and buy on weakness. Accordingly, the equity position was reduced after the rally early in the year, adjusted frequently during the summer months, and increased when the market plunged at the end of the third quarter.

Performance was boosted by excellent results from the bond portion of the Portfolio, which is managed actively, with a strategy very similar to that of the Select Bond Portfolio. Bonds as a whole provided higher returns than stocks for the second consecutive year, and the Portfolio benefited from the bond managers’ correct positioning with regard to duration and market sectors throughout the year.

Percentage Holdings 12/31/01

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

Balanced Portfolio
    -3.15%       9.21%       9.98%  
Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index
    8.33%       7.43%       7.29%  
Merrill Lynch 91 Day T-Bill Index
    4.42%       5.20%       4.86%  
S&P 500 Index
    -11.83%       10.71%       12.90%  

In the graph, the Portfolio is compared against three indices representing the three major components of the Portfolio: equities, fixed income, and cash equivalent investments.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

The Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index is an unmanaged market value weighted index comprised of U.S. Government, mortgage and investment-grade corporate bonds. The index measures the income provided by, and the price changes of, the underlying securities.

The Merrill Lynch 91-Day T-Bill Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of each month and held for a full month. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding Treasury Bill that matures closest to, but not beyond, three months from the rebalancing date.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 12/31/91. Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Corporate Bonds (9.9%) Par (000’s)

Aerospace-Defense (0.5%)
               
Boeing Capital Corporation, 6.10%, 3/1/11
  $ 6,000,000     $ 5,832  
Boeing Company, 8.75%, 9/15/31
    650,000       786  
Lockheed Martin Corporation, 8.20%, 12/1/09
    7,450,000       8,383  
             
 
 
Total
            15,001  
             
 
 
Auto Related (0.8%)
               
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 6.875%, 9/15/11
    1,600,000       1,567  
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 7.25%, 3/2/11
    12,750,000       12,802  
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, 5.65%, 1/15/07
    9,750,000       9,840  
             
 
 
Total
            24,209  
             
 
 
Bank Holding Companies (0.2%)
               
Banco Montevideo, 8.40%, 4/30/08 144A
    6,250,000       6,063  
             
 
 
Total
            6,063  
             
 
 
Beverages, Malt Beverages (1.3%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 7.00%, 12/1/25
    4,800,000       4,897  
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/12
    910,000       1,021  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 5.375%, 8/15/06
    4,175,000       4,227  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 5.75%, 3/15/11
    10,000,000       9,888  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 6.125%, 8/15/11
    3,924,000       3,949  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 8.00%, 1/4/05
    8,750,000       9,620  
Fosters Finance Corporation, 6.875%, 6/15/11 144A
    8,000,000       8,233  
             
 
 
Total
            41,835  
             
 
 
Broad Woven Fabric Mills, Manmade (0.0%)
               
††Polysindo International Finance, 11.375%, 6/15/06
    6,500,000       780  
             
 
 
Total
            780  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (0.3%)
               
Bank of America Corporation, 7.40%, 1/15/11
    2,668,000       2,861  
Wells Fargo Bank, 6.45%, 2/1/11
    4,850,000       4,952  
             
 
 
Total
            7,813  
             
 
 
Copper Ores (0.2%)
               
Phelps Dodge Corp., 9.50%, 6/1/31
    5,000,000       4,629  
             
 
 
Total
            4,629  
             
 
 
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (0.3%)
               
El Paso Energy Corporation, 7.80% 8/1/31
    10,200,00       10.293  
             
 
 
Total
            10,293  
             
 
 
Department Stores (0.3%)
               
Target Corporation, 7.00%, 7/15/31
    9,000,000       9,461  
             
 
 
Total
            9,461  
             
 
 
Electric Services (1.0%)
               
Atlantic City Electric, 6.625%, 8/1/13
    4,000,000       3,869  
Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 6.95%, 6/15/11 144A
    6,787,000       6,882  
Ohio Edison Company, 7.375%, 9/15/02
    3,665,000       3,762  
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 6.875%, 1/1/03
    9,000,000       9,273  
South Carolina Electric & Gas, 6.125%, 3/1/09
    3,000,000       3,005  
Texas Utilities Electric Co., 7.875%, 3/1/23
    4,000,000       4,087  
             
 
 
Total
            30,878  
             
 
 
Foods (0.3%)
               
ConAgra Foods, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/11
    4,900,000       5,006  
Sara Lee Corporation, 6.25%, 9/15/11
    3,350,000       3,400  
             
 
 
Total
            8,406  
             
 
 
Foreign Government Bonds (0.3%)
               
Province of Quebec, 6.50%, 1/17/06
    7,500,000       7,887  
             
 
 
Total
            7,887  
             
 
 
Groceries, General Line (0.3%)
               
Safeway, Inc., 6.50%, 3/1/11
    10,000,000       10,196  
             
 
 
Total
            10,196  
             
 
 
Metal Mining (0.1%)
               
Rio Tinto Finance, Ltd., 5.75%, 7/3/06
    2,500,000       2,531  
             
 
 
Total
            2,531  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Corporate Bonds (9.9%) Par (000’s)

Metal Mining continued
Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories (0.4%)
               
TRW, Inc., 7.125%, 6/1/09
  $ 6,190,000     $ 6,108  
TRW, Inc., 7.75%, 6/1/29
    6,290,000       6,033  
             
 
 
Total
            12,141  
             
 
 
Motors & Generators (0.2%)
               
Emerson Electric Co., 5.75%, 11/1/11
    5,115,000       4,956  
             
 
 
Total
            4,956  
             
 
 
Office Machines (0.2%)
               
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.75%, 8/15/08
    5,000,000       4,978  
             
 
 
Total
            4,978  
             
 
 
Oil & Gas Exploration Services (0.2%)
               
Consolidated Natural Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 11/1/11
    5,000,000       4,893  
             
 
 
Total
            4,893  
             
 
Oil & Gas Extraction (0.2%)
               
Chevron Corporation, 6.625%, 10/1/04
    4,750,000       5,055  
             
 
 
Total
            5,055  
             
 
 
Oil & Gas Field Services (0.2%)
               
Conoco Funding Company, 6.35%, 10/15/11
    2,850,000       2,875  
Conoco Funding Company, 7.25%, 10/15/31
    3,000,000       3,167  
             
 
 
Total
            6,042  
             
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (1.5%)
               
American Home Products Corporation, 6.70%, 3/15/11
    11,000,000       11,398  
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 5.75%, 10/1/11
    12,050,000       11,935  
Eli Lilly & Co., 5.50%, 07/15/06
    6,000,000       6,112  
Johnson & Johnson, 6.625%, 9/1/09
    2,800,000       2,972  
Merck & Co., Inc. 5.95%, 12/1/28
    5,750,000       5,419  
Pfizer, Inc., 5.625%, 2/1/06
    11,300,000       11,619  
             
 
 
Total
            49,455  
             
 
 
Plastics Materials & Resins (0.3%)
               
Dow Capital BV, 8.50%, 6/8/10
    8,200,000       9,003  
             
 
 
Total
            9,003  
             
 
 
Retail-Misc Shopping Goods Stores (0.1%)
               
Wal-Mart Canada, 5.58%, 5/1/06 144A
    2,000,000       2,067  
             
 
 
Total
            2,067  
             
 
 
Tobacco Products (0.6%)
               
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/27
    16,800,000       17,418  
             
 
 
Total
            17,418  
             
 
 
Transportation Services (0.1%)
               
United Parcel Service, 8.375%, 4/1/20
    1,750,000       2,036  
             
 
 
Total
            2,036  
             
 
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost: $297,404)
            298,026  
             
 
                 
Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (27.0%)

 
Federal Government & Agencies (27.0%)
               
Aid-Israel, 0.00%, 11/15/22
  $ 11,600,000       2,991  
Aid-Israel, 0.00%, 11/15/23
    11,500,000       2,791  
Fannie Mae Strip, 6.00%, 1/25/29 IO
    36,961,445       10,187  
Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.54%, 1/8/09
    5,000,000       5,037  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 6.50%, 4/1/11
    8,422,412       8,662  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 7.00%, 3/15/07
    4,459,998       4,607  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 7.50%, 10/1/27
    7,467,032       7,761  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.75%, 2/11/02
    1,000,000       998  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.97%, 10/1/08
    1,699,164       1,734  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 10/25/28
    32,000,000       9,540  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.24%, 2/1/06
    4,713,608       4,927  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.265%, 10/1/08
    5,535,780       5,729  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.315%, 3/1/06
    4,979,632       5,217  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.34%, 2/1/08
    4,011,116       4,169  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.43%, 6/1/08
    7,065,731       7,372  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.50%, 9/25/05
    3,452,356       3,514  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.75%, 11/1/07
    2,992,754       3,166  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.75%, 4/25/18
    4,920,745       5,107  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.75%, 12/25/23
    6,500,000       6,588  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.835%, 7/1/03
    2,845,960       2,886  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.895%, 5/1/06
    5,840,857       6,231  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (27.0%) Par (000’s)

Federal Government & Agencies continued
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.90%, 4/1/06
  $ 2,355,657     $ 2,513  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 6/1/03
    1,257,635       1,293  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 6/25/10
    6,838,870       6,892  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 4/1/26
    9,176,814       9,409  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.025%, 9/1/05
    1,872,160       2,000  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.12%, 11/1/03
    951,405       995  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.25%, 5/1/04
    1,520,260       1,608  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 8.40%, 2/25/09
    10,847,662       11,244  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 12/1/12
    53,809       62  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 9/1/17
    446,766       514  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 12/1/17
    80,184       92  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 2/1/18
    189,291       218  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.50%, 4/1/18
    256,278       298  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 9/1/12
    469,797       547  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 12/1/12
    114,957       135  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 9/1/17
    146,476       172  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 10/1/17
    147,586       174  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 12/1/17
    119,274       140  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 2/1/18
    208,199       245  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.50%, 4/1/18
    128,191       152  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 11/1/12
    76,659       91  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 11/1/17
    96,551       116  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 12/1/17
    109,521       131  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 2/1/18
    208,139       249  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 14.00%, 12/1/17
    66,280       81  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 5/15/23
    6,529,273       6,728  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 6/15/23
    452,136       466  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 7/15/23
    658,784       679  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 8/15/23
    7,288       8  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 9/15/23
    254,507       263  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 10/15/23
    245,772       253  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 11/15/23
    958,920       987  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 12/15/27
    258,960       265  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 1/15/28
    275,214       282  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 2/15/28
    93,145       95  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 3/15/28
    96,177       98  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 4/15/28
    504,306       516  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 5/15/28
    897,454       918  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 6/15/28
    2,589,222       2,649  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 7/15/28
    3,125,729       3,199  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 1/15/23
    380,694       398  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 6/15/23
    214,291       224  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 6/15/24
    5,076       5  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 7/15/24
    202,957       212  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 8/15/25
    8,326       9  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 9/15/25
    136,179       142  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 11/15/25
    5,885       6  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 12/15/25
    262,759       274  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 1/15/26
    7,552       8  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 3/15/26
    267,601       279  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 6/15/26
    568,830       592  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 9/15/26
    8,072       8  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 10/15/26
    44,506       46  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 12/15/26
    446,652       465  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 1/15/27
    27,570       28  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 2/15/27
    241,356       251  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (27.0%) Par (000’s)

Federal Government & Agencies continued
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 3/15/27
  $ 21,806     $ 23  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 4/15/27
    856,335       891  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 5/15/27
    320,670       334  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 7/15/27
    357,280       372  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 12/15/27
    99,269       103  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 7/15/28
    159,498       166  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 9/15/24
    174,392       185  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 3/15/26
    12,872       14  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 5/15/26
    253,054       268  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 6/15/26
    275,128       291  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 7/15/26
    486,979       516  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 8/15/26
    180,208       191  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 9/15/26
    211,084       223  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 10/15/26
    404,153       428  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 11/15/26
    178,580       189  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 12/15/26
    187,794       199  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 4/15/27
    440,729       464  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 6/15/27
    119,276       126  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 7/15/27
    99,033       104  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 7/20/28
    1,066,666       1,115  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 5/15/22
    2,224       2  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 9/15/22
    1,989       2  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 10/15/22
    15,878       18  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 12/15/22
    10,009       11  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 6/15/24
    5,856       6  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 7/15/24
    8,434       9  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 8/15/24
    23,409       25  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 12/15/24
    3,922       4  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 1/15/25
    41,937       45  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 2/15/25
    34,574       37  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 11/15/25
    4,906       5  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 1/15/26
    24,033       26  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 2/15/26
    1,944       2  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 3/15/26
    9,672       10  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 4/15/26
    42,129       45  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 5/15/26
    9,999       11  
Government National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 1/15/18
    3,845,457       4,421  
Housing & Urban Development, 6.17%, 8/1/14
    14,981,000       15,043  
Rural Housing Trust 1987-1, Series 1, Class D, 6.33%, 4/1/26
    2,883,079       2,969  
US Treasury, 3.875%, 6/30/03
    21,272,000       21,682  
US Treasury, 4.00%, 4/30/03
    15,000,000       15,326  
US Treasury, 4.625%, 2/28/03
    22,022,000       22,628  
US Treasury, 4.625%, 5/15/06
    6,186,000       6,272  
US Treasury, 4.75%, 2/15/04
    19,250,000       19,876  
US Treasury, 5.25%, 5/15/04
    29,700,000       30,967  
US Treasury, 5.375%, 2/15/31
    18,200,000       17,944  
US Treasury, 5.625%, 12/31/02
    2,300,000       2,381  
US Treasury, 5.625%, 2/15/06
    24,558,000       25,878  
US Treasury, 6.00%, 7/31/02
    4,000,000       4,099  
US Treasury, 6.00%, 9/30/02
    4,900,000       5,049  
US Treasury, 6.00%, 8/15/04
    25,000,000       26,535  
US Treasury, 6.25%, 5/15/30
    24,730,000       26,789  
US Treasury, 6.50%, 2/28/02
    55,000,000       55,417  
US Treasury, 7.25%, 8/15/04
    6,000,000       6,552  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.375%, 1/15/07
    26,158,277       26,252  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.625%, 7/15/02
    2,774,175       2,800  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.625%, 4/15/28
    7,142,200       7,285  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.875%, 4/15/29
    183,293,723       195,407  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 4.25%, 1/15/10
    71,829,080       75,352  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (27.0%) Par (000’s)

Federal Government & Agencies continued
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 5.00%, 8/15/11
  $ 14,877,000     $ 14,840  
Vendee Mortgage Trust, Series 1998-3, Class E, 6.50%, 3/15/29
    4,500,000       4,360  
             
 
 
Total Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds
(Cost: $776,867)
            811,522  
             
 
                   
Mortgage/Asset Backed Securities (5.1%)

 
Auto Related (0.2%)
               
Fleetwood Credit Corporation Grantor Trust, Series 1997-B, Class A, 6.40%, 5/15/13
  $ 884,445       917  
Team Fleet Financing Corporation, Series 1996-1, Class A, 6.65%, 12/15/02 144A
    4,916,667       4,948  
             
 
 
Total
            5,865  
             
 
 
Boat Dealers (0.1%)
               
BankBoston Marine Asset Backed Trust, Series 1997-2, Class A6, 6.64%, 8/15/10
    2,932,624       2,954  
Nationscredit Grantor Trust, Series 1997-2, Class A1, 6.35%, 4/15/14
    695,679       720  
             
 
 
Total
            3,674  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (0.1%)
               
Nationsbank Lease Pass Through Trust, Series 1997-A, Class 1, 7.442%, 1/10/11 144A
    1,786,251       1,896  
             
 
 
Total
            1,896  
             
 
 
Commercial Mortgages (3.2%)
               
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1996-MD6, Class CS1, 1.632%, 11/13/26 IO
    10,562,009       151  
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1996-MD6, Class CS2, 1.098%, 11/13/26 IO
    79,473,178       1,971  
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1997-D5, Class PS1, 1.616%, 2/14/41 IO
    21,460,129       1,566  
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-2, Class A2, 6.60%, 11/19/07
    8,500,000       8,839  
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-2, Class B, 6.60%, 11/19/07
    2,500,000       2,582  
Commercial Mortgage Acceptance Corporation, Series 1997-ML1, Class B, 6.644%, 12/15/07
    2,500,000       2,556  
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-C1, Class A2, 7.26%, 6/20/07 144A
    2,966,817       3,135  
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-C1, Class B, 7.28%, 6/20/07 144A
    3,250,000       3,442  
Criimi Mae Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 1998-C1, Class A1, 7.00%, 11/2/06 144A
    6,500,000       6,776  
Criimi Mae Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 1998-C1, Class B, 7.00%, 11/2/11 144A
    5,700,000       5,625  
DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corporation, Series 1998-CF1, Class S, 0.70%, 1/15/18 IO
    242,663,913       7,988  
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corporation, Series 1997-CF2, Class S, 0.352%, 10/15/17 IO, 144A
    17,593,572       352  
Midland Realty Acceptance Corporation, Series 1996-C2, Class AEC, 1.353%, 1/25/29 IO, 144A
    23,316,670       1,275  
Morgan Stanley Capital, Series 1998-WF2, Class A2, 6.54%, 5/15/08
    15,000,000       15,581  
Mortgage Capital Funding, Inc., Series 1997-MC1, Class A3, 7.288%, 3/20/07
    19,000,000       20,236  
Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Series 1998-D6, Class A2, 6.993%, 3/17/28
    15,000,000       15,484  
RMF Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through, Series 1997-1, Class F, 7.471%, 1/15/19 144A
    1,800,000       840  
             
 
 
Total
            98,399  
             
 
 
Credit Card Asset Backed (0.5%)
               
Citibank Credit Card Master Trust I, Series 1997-6, Class A, 0.00%, 8/15/06
    17,000,000       15,246  
Heilig-Meyers Master Trust, Series 1998-1A, Class A, 6.125%, 1/20/07 144A
    3,239,752       486  
             
 
 
Total
            15,732  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Mortgage/Asset Backed Securities (5.1%) Par (000’s)

Credit Card Asset Backed continued
Franchise Loan Receivables (0.3%)
               
Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company, Series 1998-1, Class A2, 6.38%, 4/15/07 144A
  $ 6,000,000     $ 5,630  
Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company, Series 1998-1, Class IO, 1.37%, 1/15/23 IO, 144A
    35,366,855       1,500  
FMAC Loan Receivables Trust, Series 1998-A, Class A1, 6.20%, 9/15/20 144A
    664,040       661  
Global Franchise Trust, Series 1998-1, Class A1, 6.349%, 4/10/04 144A
    1,255,199       1,263  
             
 
 
Total
            9,054  
             
 
 
Health Services (0.1%)
               
Health Care Receivables, 6.25%, 2/1/03 144A
    3,000,000       3,024  
             
 
 
Total
            3,024  
             
 
 
Home Equity Loan (0.1%)
               
Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance, Inc., Series 1997-B, Class 1A4, 7.19%, 2/7/14
    2,500,000       2,614  
             
 
 
Total
            2,614  
             
 
 
Motorcycle Dealers (0.0%)
               
Harley-Davidson Eaglemark Motorcycle Trust, Series 1998-2, Class A2, 5.87%, 4/15/04
    856,068       869  
             
 
 
Total
            869  
             
 
 
Residential Mortgages (0.1%)
               
Blackrock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R1, Class B3, 7.75%, 3/25/37 144A
    4,493,162       786  
Blackrock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R3, Class B3, 7.25%, 11/25/28 144A
    5,572,409       836  
             
 
 
Total
            1,622  
             
 
 
Retail-Retail Stores (0.4%)
               
LB Mortgage Trust, Series 1991-2, Class A3, 8.396%, 1/20/17
    10,469,419       11,626  
             
 
 
Total
            11,626  
             
 
 
Total Mortgage/ Asset Backed Securities (Cost: $162,250)
            154,375  
             
 
                 
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

 
Consumer Discretionary (6.5%)
               
American Greetings Corporation — Class A
  $ 8,100       112  
*AOL Time Warner, Inc.
    564,200       18,110  
*AutoZone, Inc.
    14,275       1,025  
*Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
    36,800       1,248  
*Best Buy Co., Inc.
    26,700       1,989  
*Big Lots, Inc.
    14,400       150  
The Black & Decker Corporation
    10,300       389  
Brunswick Corporation
    11,200       244  
Carnival Corporation
    74,473       2,091  
*Cendant Corporation
    123,273       2,417  
Centex Corporation
    7,600       434  
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
    26,500       688  
*Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
    74,850       3,811  
The Coca-Cola Company
    316,700       14,931  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
    56,700       1,074  
*Comcast Corporation — Class A
    120,300       4,331  
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
    9,200       147  
*Costco Wholesale Corporation
    57,352       2,545  
Dana Corporation
    18,815       261  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    15,033       532  
Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation
    71,269       974  
Dillard’s, Inc. — Class A
    10,836       173  
Dollar General Corporation
    42,065       627  
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
    10,980       601  
Eastman Kodak Company
    36,917       1,086  
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
    21,900       657  
*Federated Department Stores, Inc.
    25,212       1,031  
Ford Motor Company
    233,007       3,663  
Fortune Brands, Inc.
    19,433       769  
Gannett Co., Inc.
    33,650       2,262  
The Gap, Inc.
    109,425       1,525  
General Motors Corporation
    69,825       3,393  
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    20,200       481  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
    38,475       2,090  
*Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
    14,950       553  
Hasbro, Inc.
    21,975       357  
Hilton Hotels Corporation
    46,950       513  
The Home Depot, Inc.
    297,197       15,159  
*International Game Technology
    9,400       642  
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
    47,800       1,412  
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
    33,525       902  
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    11,100       896  
*Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    15,400       511  
KB Home
    5,600       225  
*Kmart Corporation
    62,400       341  
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
    9,350       607  
*Kohl’s Corporation
    42,433       2,989  
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
    24,967       574  
The Limited, Inc.
    54,313       799  
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
    6,700       333  

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 Balanced Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

Consumer Discretionary continued
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
    97,950     $ 4,546  
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A
    31,000       1,260  
Mattel, Inc.
    54,860       944  
The May Department Stores Company
    38,100       1,409  
Maytag Corporation
    9,667       300  
McDonald’s Corporation
    164,671       4,359  
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    24,840       1,515  
Meredith Corporation
    6,300       225  
The New York Times Company — Class A
    20,292       878  
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    33,911       935  
NIKE, Inc. — Class B
    34,500       1,940  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    17,033       345  
*Office Depot, Inc.
    37,843       702  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    23,600       2,109  
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    36,600       860  
Pulte Corporation
    7,500       335  
RadioShack Corporation
    23,567       709  
*Reebok International, Ltd.
    7,500       199  
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
    41,850       1,994  
The Sherwin-Williams Company
    19,960       549  
Snap-On Incorporated
    7,317       246  
The Stanley Works
    10,850       505  
*Staples, Inc.
    58,150       1,087  
*Starbucks Corporation
    48,450       923  
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
    25,300       755  
Target Corporation
    114,443       4,698  
Tiffany & Co.
    18,633       586  
The TJX Companies, Inc.
    35,750       1,425  
*TMP Worldwide, Inc.
    13,533       581  
*Toys “R” Us, Inc.
    25,150       522  
Tribune Company
    38,031       1,424  
*Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
    18,740       922  
TRW, Inc.
    15,900       589  
Tupperware Corporation
    7,400       142  
*Univision Communications, Inc. — Class A
    26,500       1,072  
V. F. Corporation
    14,243       556  
*Viacom, Inc. — Class B
    226,661       10,007  
Visteon Corporation
    16,712       251  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    569,333       32,764  
The Walt Disney Company
    266,133       5,514  
Wendy’s International, Inc.
    14,450       422  
Whirlpool Corporation
    8,450       620  
             
 
 
Total
            194,398  
             
 
 
Consumer Staples (3.1%)
               
Adolph Coors Company — Class B
    4,700       251  
Alberto-Culver Company — Class B
    7,200       322  
Albertson’s, Inc.
    51,595       1,625  
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    114,319       5,168  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    84,475       1,212  
Avon Products, Inc.
    30,175       1,403  
Brown-Forman Corporation — Class B
    8,700       545  
Campbell Soup Company
    51,954       1,552  
The Clorox Company
    30,150       1,192  
Colgate-Palmolive Company
    71,454       4,126  
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
    68,433       1,627  
CVS Corporation
    50,133       1,484  
General Mills, Inc.
    46,333       2,410  
The Gillette Company
    134,265       4,484  
H.J. Heinz Company
    44,383       1,825  
Hershey Foods Corporation
    17,450       1,181  
Kellogg Company
    51,643       1,554  
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    67,797       4,054  
*The Kroger Co.
    103,273       2,155  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    225,100       10,960  
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
    280,104       12,844  
The Procter & Gamble Company
    164,873       13,047  
*Safeway, Inc.
    64,400       2,689  
Sara Lee Corporation
    100,184       2,227  
SUPERVALU, Inc.
    16,850       373  
SYSCO Corporation
    85,650       2,246  
Unilever NV, ADR
    72,827       4,196  
UST, Inc.
    20,833       729  
Walgreen Co.
    129,654       4,364  
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
    17,850       254  
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
    28,733       1,476  
             
 
 
Total
            93,575  
             
 
 
Energy (2.9%)
               
Amerada Hess Corporation
    11,400       713  
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
    31,877       1,812  
Apache Corporation
    17,600       878  
Ashland, Inc.
    8,900       410  
Baker Hughes Incorporated
    42,740       1,559  
Burlington Resources, Inc.
    26,886       1,009  
ChevronTexaco Corporation
    135,684       12,159  
Conoco, Inc.
    79,575       2,252  
Devon Energy Corporation
    16,500       638  
Dynegy, Inc. — Class A
    41,500       1,058  
EOG Resources, Inc.
    14,740       576  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    878,571       34,528  
Halliburton Company
    54,685       716  
Kerr-McGee Corporation
    12,757       699  
*Nabors Industries, Inc.
    18,750       644  
*Noble Drilling Corporation
    17,050       580  
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
    47,180       1,252  
Phillips Petroleum Company
    48,273       2,909  
*Rowan Companies, Inc.
    12,050       233  
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, ADR
    273,031       13,384  
Schlumberger Limited
    73,033       4,013  

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 Balanced Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

Energy continued
Sunoco, Inc.
    10,650     $ 398  
Transocean Sedco Forex, Inc.
    40,454       1,368  
Unocal Corporation
    31,033       1,119  
USX-Marathon Group
    39,291       1,179  
             
 
 
Total
            86,086  
             
 
 
Financials (7.7%)
               
AFLAC Incorporated
    66,950       1,644  
The Allstate Corporation
    92,269       3,109  
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
    13,500       781  
American Express Company
    168,500       6,014  
American International Group, Inc.
    333,590       26,487  
AmSouth Bancorporation
    47,145       891  
Aon Corporation
    33,375       1,185  
Bank of America Corporation
    204,120       12,849  
The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
    93,620       3,820  
Bank One Corporation
    148,345       5,793  
BB&T Corporation
    55,800       2,015  
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
    11,945       700  
Capital One Financial Corporation
    26,500       1,430  
The Charles Schwab Corporation
    176,486       2,730  
Charter One Financial, Inc.
    27,654       751  
The Chubb Corporation
    22,350       1,542  
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
    20,480       781  
Citigroup, Inc.
    640,374       32,327  
Comerica Incorporated
    22,700       1,301  
Conseco, Inc.
    42,970       192  
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
    15,100       619  
Fannie Mae
    127,329       10,123  
Fifth Third Bancorp
    73,243       4,510  
FleetBoston Financial Corporation
    137,928       5,034  
Franklin Resources, Inc.
    33,650       1,187  
Freddie Mac
    88,214       5,769  
Golden West Financial Corporation
    20,250       1,192  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    30,150       1,894  
Household International, Inc.
    59,025       3,420  
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
    32,000       550  
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
    252,762       9,188  
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
    19,353       895  
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
    39,200       1,619  
KeyCorp
    54,025       1,315  
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
    31,356       2,095  
Lincoln National Corporation
    23,960       1,164  
Loews Corporation
    25,133       1,392  
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
    35,040       3,765  
MBIA, Inc.
    18,850       1,011  
MBNA Corporation
    108,497       3,819  
Mellon Financial Corporation
    60,809       2,288  
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
    106,900       5,572  
MetLife, Inc.
    95,515       3,026  
MGIC Investment Corporation
    13,600       839  
Moody’s Corporation
    20,100       801  
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
    141,731       7,928  
National City Corporation
    76,479       2,236  
Northern Trust Corporation
    28,350       1,707  
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    36,800       2,068  
The Progressive Corporation
    9,400       1,403  
Providian Financial Corporation
    36,343       129  
Regions Financial Corporation
    28,990       871  
SAFECO Corporation
    16,250       506  
SouthTrust Corporation
    43,333       1,069  
The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
    27,320       1,201  
State Street Corporation
    41,400       2,163  
Stilwell Financial, Inc.
    27,971       761  
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
    37,167       2,330  
Synovus Financial Corp.
    36,950       926  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    15,700       545  
Torchmark Corporation
    15,950       627  
U.S. Bancorp
    242,609       5,078  
Union Planters Corporation
    17,475       789  
UnumProvident Corporation
    30,706       814  
USA Education, Inc.
    20,786       1,746  
Wachovia Corporation
    178,557       5,600  
Washington Mutual, Inc.
    111,738       3,654  
Wells Fargo & Company
    218,585       9,498  
XL Capital, Ltd. — Class A
    17,000       1,553  
Zions Bancorporation
    11,700       615  
             
 
 
Total
            235,246  
             
 
 
Health Care (6.4%)
               
Abbott Laboratories
    197,225       10,995  
Aetna, Inc.
    18,179       600  
Allergan, Inc.
    16,733       1,256  
American Home Products Corporation
    167,371       10,270  
*AmerisourceBergen Corporation
    13,100       833  
*Amgen, Inc.
    132,875       7,499  
Applera Corporation — Applied Biosystems Group
    26,867       1,055  
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    6,800       256  
Baxter International, Inc.
    75,400       4,044  
Becton, Dickinson and Company
    32,850       1,089  
*Biogen, Inc.
    18,900       1,084  
Biomet, Inc.
    34,155       1,055  
*Boston Scientific Corporation
    51,090       1,232  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    247,444       12,620  
C. R. Bard, Inc.
    6,450       416  
Cardinal Health, Inc.
    56,750       3,669  
*Chiron Corporation
    24,178       1,060  

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Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

Health Care continued
CIGNA Corporation
    19,071     $ 1,767  
Eli Lilly and Company
    143,066       11,236  
*Forest Laboratories, Inc.
    22,467       1,841  
*Genzyme Corporation
    26,400       1,580  
*Guidant Corporation
    39,112       1,948  
HCA, Inc.
    68,415       2,637  
*Health Management Associates, Inc.
    31,200       574  
*Healthsouth Corporation
    49,600       735  
*Humana, Inc.
    21,600       255  
*Immunex Corporation
    68,000       1,884  
Johnson & Johnson
    385,623       22,790  
*King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    30,966       1,305  
*Manor Care, Inc.
    13,100       311  
McKesson HBOC, Inc.
    36,293       1,357  
*MedImmune, Inc.
    27,100       1,256  
Medtronic, Inc.
    153,900       7,881  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    292,000       17,170  
Pfizer, Inc.
    803,890       32,036  
Pharmacia Corporation
    165,621       7,064  
*Quintiles Transnational Corp.
    14,800       238  
Schering-Plough Corporation
    186,350       6,673  
*St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    10,950       850  
Stryker Corporation
    24,950       1,456  
*Tenet Healthcare Corporation
    41,300       2,425  
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
    40,414       2,860  
*Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    13,500       424  
*Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. — Class A
    8,100       946  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
    24,773       757  
             
 
 
Total
            191,289  
             
 
 
Industrials (4.9%)
               
*Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
    25,150       354  
*American Power Conversion Corporation
    24,850       359  
*AMR Corporation
    19,600       435  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    79,500       4,683  
Avery Dennison Corporation
    14,050       794  
The Boeing Company
    111,118       4,309  
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
    49,908       1,424  
Caterpillar, Inc.
    43,712       2,284  
Cintas Corporation
    21,567       1,044  
*Concord EFS, Inc.
    61,300       2,009  
*Convergys Corporation
    21,750       815  
Cooper Industries, Inc.
    12,000       419  
Crane Co.
    7,625       196  
CSX Corporation
    27,150       952  
Cummins, Inc.
    5,200       200  
Danaher Corporation
    18,100       1,092  
Deere & Company
    29,940       1,307  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    15,633       457  
Deluxe Corporation
    9,012       375  
Dover Corporation
    25,933       961  
Eaton Corporation
    8,800       655  
Emerson Electric Co.
    54,525       3,113  
Equifax, Inc.
    18,200       440  
*FedEx Corporation
    39,140       2,031  
First Data Corporation
    49,911       3,916  
*Fiserv, Inc.
    23,725       1,004  
Fluor Corporation
    10,100       378  
General Dynamics Corporation
    25,600       2,039  
General Electric Company
    1,264,898       50,696  
Genuine Parts Company
    21,875       803  
Goodrich Corporation
    13,200       351  
H&R Block, Inc.
    23,250       1,039  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    103,050       3,485  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    38,700       2,621  
IMS Health Incorporated
    37,533       732  
Ingersoll-Rand Company
    21,470       898  
ITT Industries, Inc.
    11,200       566  
Lockheed Martin Corporation
    55,322       2,582  
Masco Corporation
    58,600       1,436  
McDermott International, Inc.
    7,800       96  
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    50,412       5,959  
Molex Incorporated
    24,875       770  
Navistar International Corporation
    7,520       297  
Norfolk Southern Corporation
    48,943       897  
Northrop Grumman Corporation
    14,000       1,411  
PACCAR, Inc.
    9,790       642  
Pall Corporation
    15,616       376  
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    14,900       684  
Paychex, Inc.
    47,540       1,666  
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
    31,427       1,182  
*Power-One, Inc.
    10,000       104  
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    14,933       443  
Raytheon Company
    49,000       1,591  
*Robert Half International, Inc.
    22,360       597  
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    23,250       453  
Rockwell International Corporation
    23,250       415  
Ryder System, Inc.
    7,700       171  
Sabre Holdings Corporation — Class A
    16,909       716  
Southwest Airlines Co.
    96,995       1,792  
Textron, Inc.
    17,950       744  
Thomas & Betts Corporation
    7,400       157  
Tyco International, Ltd.
    246,583       14,524  
Union Pacific Corporation
    31,540       1,798  
United Technologies Corporation
    59,933       3,873  
*US Airways Group, Inc.
    8,500       54  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    12,100       581  
Waste Management, Inc.
    79,697       2,543  
             
 
 
Total
            147,790  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

Information Technology (7.8%)
               
*ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    99,550     $ 458  
Adobe Systems Incorporated
    30,475       946  
*Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    43,800       695  
*Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    58,188       1,659  
*Altera Corporation
    49,265       1,045  
*Analog Devices, Inc.
    45,843       2,035  
*Andrew Corporation
    10,362       227  
*Apple Computer, Inc.
    44,400       972  
*Applied Materials, Inc.
    103,550       4,152  
*Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
    38,300       434  
Autodesk, Inc.
    6,833       255  
*Avaya, Inc.
    36,112       439  
*BMC Software, Inc.
    31,040       508  
*Broadcom Corporation — Class A
    33,100       1,356  
*CIENA Corporation
    41,700       597  
*Cisco Systems, Inc.
    931,967       16,878  
*Citrix Systems, Inc.
    23,480       532  
Compaq Computer Corporation
    215,122       2,100  
Computer Associates International, Inc.
    73,432       2,533  
*Computer Sciences Corporation
    21,450       1,051  
*Compuware Corporation
    46,843       552  
*Comverse Technology, Inc.
    23,600       528  
*Conexant Systems, Inc.
    31,500       452  
Corning Incorporated
    118,400       1,056  
*Dell Computer Corporation
    331,167       9,001  
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    59,600       4,086  
*EMC Corporation
    280,986       3,776  
*Gateway, Inc.
    41,150       331  
Hewlett-Packard Company
    247,440       5,082  
Intel Corporation
    856,343       26,932  
International Business Machines Corporation
    221,210       26,758  
*Intuit, Inc.
    26,600       1,137  
*Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    24,333       553  
*JDS Uniphase Corporation
    167,600       1,463  
*KLA-Tencor Corporation
    23,600       1,170  
*Lexmark International Group, Inc. — Class A
    16,300       962  
Linear Technology Corporation
    40,450       1,579  
*LSI Logic Corporation
    46,000       726  
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    433,662       2,728  
*Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    41,800       2,195  
*Mercury Interactive Corporation
    10,500       357  
*Micron Technology, Inc.
    75,950       2,354  
*Microsoft Corporation
    685,400       45,421  
Millipore Corporation
    6,000       364  
Motorola, Inc.
    279,619       4,200  
*National Semiconductor Corporation
    22,043       679  
*NCR Corporation
    12,300       453  
*Network Appliance, Inc.
    41,500       908  
Nortel Networks Corporation
    405,740       3,043  
*Novell, Inc.
    45,800       210  
*Novellus Systems, Inc.
    18,100       714  
*Nvidia Corporation
    17,800       1,191  
*Oracle Corporation
    714,850       9,872  
*Palm, Inc.
    72,212       280  
*Parametric Technology Corporation
    33,620       263  
*PeopleSoft, Inc.
    37,400       1,503  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    15,600       546  
*PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    20,900       444  
*QLogic Corporation
    11,750       523  
*QUALCOMM, Inc.
    96,433       4,870  
*Sanmina-SCI Corporation
    66,200       1,317  
*Sapient Corporation
    15,700       121  
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    20,700       496  
*Siebel Systems, Inc.
    57,700       1,614  
*Solectron Corporation
    102,500       1,156  
*Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    414,754       5,118  
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    28,850       458  
Tektronix, Inc.
    11,940       308  
*Tellabs, Inc.
    52,108       783  
*Teradyne, Inc.
    22,150       668  
Texas Instruments Incorporated
    221,075       6,190  
*Thermo Electron Corporation
    23,100       551  
*Unisys Corporation
    40,350       506  
*VERITAS Software Corporation
    50,601       2,268  
*Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
    23,320       291  
Xerox Corporation
    88,400       921  
*Xilinx, Inc.
    42,400       1,656  
*Yahoo!, Inc.
    72,200       1,281  
             
 
 
Total
            233,837  
             
 
 
Materials (1.2%)
               
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    29,033       1,362  
Alcan, Inc.
    40,650       1,461  
Alcoa, Inc.
    109,943       3,909  
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
    10,231       171  
Ball Corporation
    3,467       245  
Barrick Gold Corporation
    68,177       1,087  
Bemis Company, Inc.
    6,750       332  
Boise Cascade Corporation
    7,300       248  
The Dow Chemical Company
    114,324       3,863  
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    132,745       5,644  
Eastman Chemical Company
    9,775       381  
Ecolab, Inc.
    16,200       652  
Engelhard Corporation
    16,700       462  
*FMC Corporation
    4,000       238  
*Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. — Class B
    18,319       245  
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    28,758       794  
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
    6,400       155  
Hercules Incorporated
    13,800       138  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stock (44.3%) Par (000’s)

Materials continued
*Inco Limited
    23,150     $ 392  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
    12,175       362  
International Paper Company
    61,524       2,482  
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
    13,300       112  
The Mead Corporation
    12,650       391  
Newmont Mining Corporation
    24,930       476  
Nucor Corporation
    9,867       523  
*Pactiv Corporation
    20,200       359  
Phelps Dodge Corporation
    10,010       324  
Placer Dome, Inc.
    41,750       455  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    21,433       1,109  
Praxair, Inc.
    20,500       1,133  
Rohm and Haas Company
    28,034       971  
*Sealed Air Corporation
    10,636       434  
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
    9,600       378  
Temple-Inland, Inc.
    6,300       357  
USX-U. S. Steel Group
    11,350       206  
Vulcan Materials Company
    12,900       618  
Westvaco Corporation
    12,850       366  
Weyerhaeuser Company
    27,420       1,483  
Willamette Industries, Inc.
    14,200       740  
Worthington Industries, Inc.
    10,850       154  
             
 
 
Total
            35,212  
             
 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)
               
Equity Office Properties Trust
    51,600       1,553  
Equity Residential Properties Trust
    33,800       970  
             
 
 
Total
            2,523  
             
 
 
Telecommunication Services (2.4%)
               
ALLTEL Corporation
    39,843       2,460  
AT&T Corp.
    439,370       7,970  
*AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    322,216       4,630  
BellSouth Corporation
    238,635       9,104  
CenturyTel, Inc.
    18,000       590  
*Citizens Communications Company
    36,300       387  
*Nextel Communications, Inc. — Class A
    97,433       1,068  
*Qwest Communications International, Inc.
    211,520       2,989  
SBC Communications, Inc.
    428,833       16,798  
Sprint Corporation
    112,891       2,267  
*Sprint Corporation (PCS Group)
    119,340       2,913  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    344,438       16,347  
*WorldCom, Inc. — WorldCom Group
    367,714       5,177  
             
 
 
Total
            72,700  
             
 
 
Utilities (1.3%)
               
The AES Corporation
    67,775       1,108  
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
    15,900       576  
Ameren Corporation
    17,433       737  
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
    41,020       1,786  
Calpine Corporation
    38,040       639  
Cinergy Corp.
    20,238       677  
CMS Energy Corporation
    16,800       404  
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
    27,025       1,091  
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
    20,900       555  
Dominion Resources, Inc.
    33,325       2,003  
DTE Energy Company
    20,950       879  
Duke Energy Corporation
    98,342       3,860  
Edison International
    41,480       626  
El Paso Corporation
    64,817       2,890  
Entergy Corporation
    28,091       1,099  
Exelon Corporation
    40,862       1,956  
FirstEnergy Corp.
    37,874       1,325  
FPL Group, Inc.
    22,443       1,266  
KeySpan Corporation
    17,500       606  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
    14,533       809  
Mirant Corporation
    43,184       692  
Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.
    20,400       362  
Nicor, Inc.
    5,750       239  
NiSource, Inc.
    26,284       606  
Peoples Energy Corporation
    4,500       171  
PG&E Corporation
    49,275       948  
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
    10,800       452  
PPL Corporation
    18,633       649  
Progress Energy, Inc.
    27,679       1,246  
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
    26,440       1,116  
Reliant Energy, Inc.
    37,926       1,006  
Sempra Energy
    26,259       645  
The Southern Company
    87,200       2,211  
TECO Energy, Inc.
    17,300       454  
TXU Corp.
    32,715       1,543  
The Williams Companies, Inc.
    65,500       1,672  
Xcel Energy, Inc.
    43,670       1,211  
             
 
 
Total
            40,115  
             
 
 
Total Common Stock (Cost: $731,035)
            1,332,771  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (13.2%)

 
Federal Government & Agencies (0.8%)
               
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
  $ 22,500,000       22,451  
#Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.85%, 1/3/02
    1,000,000       1,000  
             
 
 
Total
            23,451  
             
 
 
Finance Lessors (4.6%)
               
#Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1.75%, 2/13/02
    46,200,000       46,104  
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 1.89%, 1/15/02
    31,000,000       30,977  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Money Market Investments (13.2%) Par (000’s)

Finance Lessors continued
#Preferred Receivable Funding, 2.04%, 1/9/02
  $ 27,600,000     $ 27,587  
#Tyco Capital Corp., 2.08%, 1/18/02
    33,800,000       33,768  
             
 
 
Total
            138,436  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.0%)
               
#Delaware Funding Corp., 2.16%, 1/28/02
    30,216,000       30,167  
             
 
 
Total
            30,167  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (2.5%)
               
#Cxc Incorporated, 2.31%, 1/23/02
    25,200,000       25,164  
#Household Finance Corp., 1.80%, 2/8/02
    50,000,000       49,905  
             
 
 
Total
            75,069  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (2.9%)
               
#American Home Products, 2.15%, 2/15/02
    24,100,000       24,035  
American Home Products, 2.17%, 3/8/02
    23,000,000       22,931  
Pfizer, Inc., 1.87%, 2/4/02
    41,200,000       41,128  
             
 
 
Total
            88,094  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (1.4%)
               
Transamerica Financial Corporation, 1.85%, 2/11/02
    43,600,000       43,508  
             
 
 
Total
            43,508  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments (Cost: $398,702)
            398,725  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (99.5%)
(Cost $2,366,258)!
            2,995,419  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.5%)
            15,718  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 3,011,137  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $2,383,013 and the net unrealized appreciation of investments based on that cost was $612,406 which is comprised of $739,190 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $126,784 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

144A after the name of a security represents a security exempt from registration under rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

IO — Interest Only Security

*  Non-Income Producing

††   Defaulted Security

# All or a portion of the securities have been committed as collateral for open futures positions. Information regarding open futures contracts as of period end is summarized below:

                         
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Number of Expiration (Depreciation)
Issuer (000’s) Contracts Date (000’s)

S&P 500 Index Futures
    996       3/02     $ 1,087  
(Total Notional Value at 12/31/01 $285,064)
                       

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
High current income and capital appreciation with moderate risk   Generate superior performance by investing in a diversified mix of fixed income securities rated below investment grade.   $147.67 million

Investing in a portfolio of high yield bonds provides investors who can accept a moderate level of risk with a high level of current income, coupled with the opportunity for capital gains. Holdings of particular interest include investments in entities that have the possibility of a positive event, such as a significant improvement in credit rating or earnings or a change in ownership. In a high yield portfolio, some credit losses over time are inevitable; high coupons and diversification across many holdings mitigate the impact of individual securities on the performance of the total Portfolio.

The Portfolio performed significantly better than its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers High Yield Intermediate Market Index, during 2001, a year in which bonds substantially outperformed stocks. This strong performance at a time of economic uncertainty and weak equity markets provides a reminder that high yield bonds are a medium-risk asset class that can provide valuable balance and diversification to investors whose holdings are concentrated in equities.

The Portfolio had a total return of 5.03% during 2001, despite a weak economy and volatile financial markets. As the economy moved into recession, fundamental credit conditions in the high yield market turned negative. Corporate earnings and cash flows were generally weak. Rating agency downgrades rose sharply. Defaults reached near-record levels and post-default recoveries were well below historical averages. At times, liquidity conditions in the high yield market were poor and price volatility increased sharply.

The Portfolio was managed with a defensive investment posture during 2001, in an effort to preserve capital and minimize credit losses. The Portfolio maintained an above average weight in the upper-tier double-B quality sector. Credit selection was a major driver of return performance. Stronger and better-capitalized companies within the high yield category were emphasized. Company financial results were closely monitored throughout the year, and holdings in companies experiencing serious earnings or liquidity problems were reduced or eliminated.

Stable industry sectors such as cable TV, utilities, gaming and finance were emphasized. Holdings in economically sensitive industry sectors such as steel, chemicals, paper, aerospace and automotive were minimized. While the Portfolio had holdings in the telecommunications industry, most of its exposure was in the wireless segment, which performed better than the wireline segment. The Portfolio benefited from strong relative performance in the broadcasting, transportation, finance and gaming sectors, as well as the cellular telephone segment of telecommunications.

Percentage Holdings by Industry Sector 12/31/01

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
Since
1 Year 5 Years Inception#

High Yield Bond Portfolio
    5.03%       2.56%       6.62%  
Lehman Brothers High Yield Intermediate Market Index
    3.78%       2.52%       5.61%  

#Inception date of 05/03/94

The total return performance for the High Yield Bond Portfolio is shown in comparison with the Lehman Brothers High Yield Intermediate Market Index. The Lehman Brothers index is an appropriate measure of portfolio performance since it has a quality and maturity profile that resembles the High Yield Bond Portfolio.

The Lehman Brothers High Yield Intermediate Market Index is made up of dollar-denominated, nonconvertible, SEC publicly registered fixed rate noninvestment grade issues. The bonds will have remaining maturities of between one and ten years and have an outstanding par value of at least $100 million. Yankee and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in G-7 countries are included. Original issue zero coupon bonds and step-up coupon structures are also included; however, the index excludes pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds. Each bond must be rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s Investor Service. If a Moody’s rating is unavailable, the bonds must be rated BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s, or by Fitch if an S&P rating is unavailable. A few unrated bonds are included in the index; to be eligible they must have previously held a high yield rating or have been associated with a high yield issuer. The index is an unmanaged market value weighted index and measures the income provided by, and the price changes of, the underlying securities.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 5/3/94 (commencement of operations). Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Bonds (85.4%) Par (000’s)

Basic Materials (3.1%)
               
Metals & Mining (1.9%)
Great Central Mines, Ltd., 8.875%, 4/1/08
  $ 2,750,000     $ 2,709  
             
 
 
Total
            2,709  
             
 
 
Paper (1.2%)
               
Appleton Papers, Inc., 12.50%, 12/15/08 144A
    1,875,000       1,800  
             
 
 
Total
            1,800  
             
 
 
Total Basic Materials
            4,509  
             
 
Capital Goods (3.6%)
               
Building-Forest Products (0.7%)
Potlatch Corporation, 10.00%, 7/15/11 144A
    1,000,000       1,040  
             
 
 
Total
            1,040  
             
 
 
Building & Construction (2.9%)
               
Encompass Services Corp, 10.50%, 5/4/12 144A
    2,150,000       1,398  
Integrated Electrical Services, Inc., 9.375%, 2/1/09
    1,500,000       1,328  
United Rentals, Inc., 10.75%, 4/15/08
    1,500,000       1,612  
             
 
 
Total
            4,338  
             
 
 
Total Capital Goods
            5,378  
             
 
Consumer Cyclical (16.5%)
               
Apparel, Textile (1.6%)
Guess ?, Inc., 9.50%, 8/15/03
    1,500,000       1,397  
Tommy Hilfiger USA, Inc., 6.50%, 6/1/03
    765,000       779  
Tommy Hilfiger USA, Inc., 6.85%, 6/1/08
    150,000       143  
             
 
 
Total
            2,319  
             
 
 
Auto & Trucks (0.9%)
               
Avis Group Holdings, Inc., 11.00%, 5/1/09
    1,250,000       1,325  
             
 
 
Total
            1,325  
             
 
 
Home Construction (1.0%)
               
K Hovanian Enterprises, 10.50%, 10/1/07
    750,000       784  
Schuler Homes, 9.375%, 7/15/09 144A
    725,000       750  
             
 
 
Total
            1,534  
             
 
 
Household Appliances (1.7%)
               
Rent-A-Center, Inc., 11.00%, 8/15/08
    1,125,000       1,142  
Salton Inc., 12.25%, 4/15/08
    1,300,000       1,300  
             
 
 
Total
            2,442  
             
 
 
Leisure Related (0.7%)
               
Bally Total Fitness Holdings, Series D, 9.875%, 10/15/07
    1,000,000       1,020  
             
 
 
Total
            1,020  
             
 
 
Lodging / Resorts (3.0%)
               
Extended Stay America, 8.75%, 6/15/11
    900,000       929  
Felcor Lodging Limited Partnership, 9.50%, 9/15/08
    1,350,000       1,353  
Meristar Hospitality Finance Corporation, 9.00%, 1/15/08
    550,000       523  
Meristar Hospitality Finance Corporation, 9.125%, 1/15/11
    550,000       517  
Vail Resorts, Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/09 144A
    1,125,000       1,091  
             
 
 
Total
            4,413  
             
 
 
Printing & Publishing (3.1%)
               
Jostens, Inc., 12.75%, 5/1/10
    1,550,000       1,705  
Mail-Well, Inc., 5.00%, 11/1/02
    2,050,000       1,890  
Primedia, Inc., 8.875%, 5/15/11
    1,125,000       1,013  
             
 
 
Total
            4,608  
             
 
 
Retail-General (4.5%)
               
Advance Stores Company, Inc., 10.25%, 4/15/08 144A
    750,000       761  
Airgas, Inc., 9.125%, 10/1/11
    375,000       396  
Autonation, Inc., 9.00%, 8/1/08
    725,000       738  
Buhrmann US, Inc., 12.25%, 11/1/09
    1,500,000       1,500  
Coinmach Corporation, 11.75%, 11/15/05
    750,000       769  
CSK Auto, Inc., 12.00%, 6/15/06 144A
    750,000       756  
Saks Incorporated, 8.25%, 11/15/08
    750,000       679  
Sonic Automotive, Inc., 11.00%, 8/1/08 144A
    1,125,000       1,164  
             
 
 
Total
            6,763  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Cyclical
            24,424  
             
 
Consumer Staples (11.0%)
               
Containers (0.8%)
Applied Extrusion Tech., Inc., 10.75%, 7/1/11
    1,125,000       1,198  
             
 
 
Total
            1,198  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Bonds (85.4%) Par (000’s)

Food Retailers (0.8%)
               
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 9.125%, 12/15/11
  $ 375,000     $ 376  
Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/1/11 144A
    750,000       737  
             
 
 
Total
            1,113  
             
 
 
Food Service (0.5%)
               
Sbarro, Inc., 11.00%, 9/15/09
    775,000       744  
             
 
 
Total
            744  
             
 
 
Gaming (7.2%)
               
Choctaw Resort Development, 9.25%, 4/1/09
    1,400,000       1,431  
Herbst Gaming, Inc., 10.75%, 9/1/08 144A
    1,125,000       1,169  
Hollywood Casino, 11.25%, 5/1/07
    500,000       541  
Hollywood Casino Shreveport, 13.00%, 8/1/06
    300,000       272  
Jupiters Limited, 8.50%, 3/1/06
    1,000,000       1,000  
Las Vegas Sands, Inc., 12.25%, 11/15/04
    1,350,000       1,350  
Majestic Investments Holdings, 11.653%, 11/30/07 144A
    1,500,000       1,426  
Mandalay Resort Group, 10.25%, 8/1/07
    300,000       311  
Mandalay Resort Group, 7.625%, 7/15/13
    1,450,000       1,243  
MGM Mirage, Inc., 9.75%, 6/1/07
    750,000       786  
Wheeling Island Gaming, 10.125%, 12/15/09 144A
    1,125,000       1,142  
             
 
 
Total
            10,671  
             
 
 
Healthcare (1.2%)
               
Insight Health Services, 9.875%, 11/1/11 144A
    1,700,000       1,759  
             
 
 
Total
            1,759  
             
 
 
Soaps & Toiletries (0.5%)
               
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., 11.75%, 2/1/11
    750,000       769  
             
 
 
Total
            769  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Staples
            16,254  
             
 
Energy (5.0%)
               
Oil & Gas Independent (1.7%)
PDVSA Finance, Ltd., 1999-I, 9.75%, 2/15/10
    2,600,000       2,579  
             
 
 
Total
            2,579  
             
 
 
Oil Field Services (2.8%)
               
BRL Universal Equipment, 8.875%, 2/15/08
    1,400,000       1,456  
El Paso Energy Partners, 8.50%, 6/1/11
    1,125,000       1,136  
Hanover Equipment Trust, 8.75%, 9/1/11 144A
    725,000       750  
Key Energy Services, Inc., 8.375%, 3/1/08
    750,000       758  
             
 
 
Total
            4,100  
             
 
 
Refining (0.5%)
               
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, 9.625%, 11/1/08 144A
    750,000       778  
             
 
 
Total
            778  
             
 
 
Total Energy
            7,457  
             
 
Finance (7.6%)
               
Banks (2.3%)
Sovereign Bancorp, 10.50%, 11/15/06
    1,900,000       2,043  
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00%, 5/16/20 144A
    1,325,000       1,312  
             
 
 
Total
            3,355  
             
 
 
Finance Companies (4.5%)
               
AmeriCredit Corp., 9.875%, 4/15/06
    1,100,000       1,034  
Finova Group, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/09
    1,875,000       788  
IOS Capital, Inc., 9.75%, 6/15/04
    2,250,000       2,255  
Metris Companies, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/06
    2,600,000       2,469  
             
 
 
Total
            6,546  
             
 
 
Financial Services (0.8%)
               
LaBranche & Company, Inc., 12.00%, 3/2/07
    1,100,000       1,254  
             
 
 
Total
            1,254  
             
 
 
Total Finance
            11,155  
             
 
Miscellaneous (1.6%)
               
R.E.I.T. (0.5%)
Istar Financial, Inc., 8.75%, 8/15/08
    725,000       726  
             
 
 
Total
            726  
             
 
 
Real Estate (1.1%)
               
Crescent Real Estate Equities, 7.50%, 9/15/07
    1,750,000       1,579  
             
 
 
Total
            1,579  
             
 
 
Total Miscellaneous
            2,305  
             
 
 
Professional Services (1.9%)
               
Interim Services, Inc., 4.50%, 6/1/05
    1,600,000       1,302  
Kindercare Learning Centers, 9.50%, 2/15/09
    1,500,000       1,433  
             
 
 
Total Professional Services
            2,735  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Bonds (85.4%) Par (000’s)

Real Estate Agents & Managers (0.8%)
               
CB Richards Ellis Services Inc., 11.25%, 6/15/11
  $ 1,400,000     $ 1,197  
             
 
 
Total Real Estate Agents & Managers
            1,197  
             
 
Technology (20.0%)
               
Broadcasting (1.1%)
CD Radio, Inc., 14.50%, 5/15/09
    1,000,000       550  
XM Satellite Radio, Inc., 14.00%, 3/15/10
    1,400,000       1,108  
             
 
 
Total
            1,658  
             
 
 
Cable (5.7%)
               
Adelphia Communications, 10.25%, 6/15/11
    1,125,000       1,122  
Adelphia Communications Corporation, 10.875%, 10/1/10
    1,500,000       1,531  
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, 6.875%, 2/23/09
    750,000       718  
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 11.125%, 1/15/11
    500,000       530  
Echostar Broadband Corp., 10.375%, 10/1/07
    1,150,000       1,205  
International Cabletel, Inc., 11.50%, 2/1/06
    1,250,000       438  
NTL Communications Corp., 11.50%, 10/1/08
    1,600,000       560  
†NTL, Inc., 9.75%, 4/1/08
    1,900,000       532  
Rogers Communications, Inc., 8.875%, 7/15/07
    1,000,000       1,015  
†Telewest Communications PLC, 9.25%, 4/15/09
    1,000,000       441  
Telewest Communications PLC, 9.875%, 2/1/10
    400,000       280  
†United Pan-Europe Communications NV, 13.75%, 2/1/10
    600,000       48  
             
 
 
Total
            8,420  
             
 
 
Electronics (0.5%)
               
Amkor Technology, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/07
    1,000,000       683  
             
 
 
Total
            683  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Cellular/PCS (9.4%)
               
Alamosa Delaware, Inc., 12.50%, 2/1/11
    750,000       765  
†Alamosa PCS Holdings, Inc., 12.875%, 2/15/10
    1,150,000       713  
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 9.625%, 11/15/09
    1,500,000       1,518  
Dobson Communications Corporation, 10.875%, 7/1/10
    1,500,000       1,548  
Horizon PCS, Inc., 13.75%, 6/15/11 144A
    575,000       572  
†Horizon PCS, Inc., 14.00%, 10/1/10
    2,000,000       1,030  
†IPCS, Inc., 14.00%, 7/15/10
    1,500,000       990  
IWO Holdings, Inc., 14.00%, 1/15/11
    1,150,000       1,185  
Nextel Communications, Inc., 9.375%, 11/15/09
    2,350,000       1,856  
Telecorp PCS, Inc., 10.625%, 7/15/10
    750,000       870  
Tritel PCS, Inc., 10.375%, 1/15/11
    1,000,000       1,145  
Triton PCS, Inc., 8.75%, 11/15/11 144A
    925,000       925  
†US Unwired, Inc., 13.375%, 11/1/09
    1,150,000       811  
             
 
 
Total
            13,928  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Towers (2.8%)
               
American Tower Corp., 9.375%, 2/1/09
    1,600,000       1,287  
Crown Castle International Corp., 10.75%, 8/1/11
    1,100,000       1,075  
SBA Communications Corp., 10.25%, 2/1/09
    1,300,000       1,112  
†Spectrasite Holdings, Inc., 11.25%, 4/15/09
    850,000       221  
†Spectrasite Holdings, Inc., 12.875%, 3/15/10
    1,900,000       437  
             
 
 
Total
            4,132  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireline: CLEC (0.4%)
               
Adelphia Business Solutions, Inc., 12.25%, 9/1/04
    1,550,000       186  
†GT Group Telecom, Inc., 13.25%, 2/1/10
    1,650,000       215  
McLeodUSA, Inc., 9.50%, 11/1/08
    575,000       121  
             
 
 
Total
            522  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireline: Long Haul (0.1%)
               
††Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd., 9.50%, 11/15/09
    700,000       77  
††Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd., 9.625%, 5/15/08
    300,000       35  
             
 
 
Total
            112  
             
 
 
Total Technology
            29,455  
             
 
Transport Services (3.8%)
               
Railroads (1.0%)
Railamerica Transportation Corp., 12.875%, 8/15/10
    1,400,000       1,430  
             
 
 
Total
            1,430  
             
 
 
Trucking-Shipping (2.8%)
               
North American Van Lines, 13.375%, 12/1/09 144A
    1,650,000       1,586  
Stena AB, 10.50%, 12/15/05
    1,900,000       1,881  
Teekay Shipping Corp., 8.875%, 7/15/11
    375,000       384  
Teekay Shipping Corp., 8.875%, 7/15/11 144A
    375,000       384  
             
 
 
Total
            4,235  
             
 
 
Total Transport Services
            5,665  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Bonds (85.4%) Par (000’s)

Trucking-Shipping continued
Utilities (10.5%)
               
Utility-Electric (6.2%)
The AES Corporation, 8.875%, 2/15/11
  $ 700,000     $ 616  
The AES Corporation, 9.375%, 9/15/10
    400,000       360  
Calpine Canada Energy, 8.50%, 5/1/08
    1,425,000       1,303  
Calpine Corporation, 8.625%, 8/15/10
    1,000,000       908  
Calpine Corporation, 8.75%, 7/15/07
    750,000       677  
Edison Mission Energy, 10.00%, 8/15/08
    1,100,000       1,131  
Orion Power Holdings, Inc., 12.00%, 5/1/10
    1,200,000       1,440  
PG&E National Energy Group, Inc., 10.375%, 5/16/11
    750,000       791  
USEC, Inc., 6.625%, 1/20/06
    2,050,000       1,921  
             
 
 
Total
            9,147  
             
 
 
Utility-Garbage Disposal (1.7%)
               
Allied Waste North America, Inc., 7.875%, 1/1/09
    1,750,000       1,715  
Allied Waste North America, Inc., 8.50%, 12/1/08 144A
    570,000       576  
IT Group, Series B, 11.25%, 4/1/09
    1,600,000       288  
             
 
 
Total
            2,579  
             
 
 
Utility-Gas (1.7%)
               
Amerigas Partners LP/ Eagle Fin., 8.875%, 5/20/11
    1,125,000       1,159  
EOTT Energy Partners LP, 11.00%, 10/1/09
    1,300,000       1,287  
             
 
 
Total
            2,446  
             
 
 
Utility-Water (0.9%)
               
Azurix Corp., Series B, 10.75%, 2/15/10
    1,950,000       1,365  
             
 
 
Total
            1,365  
             
 
 
Total Utilities
            15,537  
             
 
 
 
Total Bonds
(Cost: $133,561)
            126,071  
             
 
                   
Preferred Stock (6.0%)

 
Consumer Cyclical (0.5%)
               
Primedia, Inc. — Series D
  $ 5,000       230  
Primedia, Inc. — Series F
    10,000       460  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Cyclical
            690  
             
 
 
Finance (1.2%)
               
California Federal Preferred Capital
    74,000       1,815  
             
 
 
Total Finance
            1,815  
             
 
Technology (4.3%)
               
Broadcasting (1.7%)
**Cumulus Media, Inc.
    14,240       1,438  
Sinclair Capital
    11,500       1,162  
             
 
 
Total
            2,600  
             
 
 
Cable (1.6%)
               
CSC Holdings, Inc. — Series H
    14,000     $ 1,491  
CSC Holdings, Inc. — Series M
    7,708       813  
             
 
 
Total
            2,304  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Towers (0.5%)
               
**Crown Castle International Corp.
    13,200       726  
             
 
 
Total
            726  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireline: CLEC (0.5%)
               
**Intermedia Communications, Inc.
    7,470       777  
             
 
 
Total
            777  
             
 
 
Total Technology
            6,407  
             
 
 
 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost: $10,353)
            8,912  
             
 
                   
Common Stocks and Warrants (0.3%)

Consumer Cyclical (0.0%)
               
Household Appliances (0.0%)
*Samsonite Corporation
  $ 625       1  
             
 
 
Total
            1  
             
 
 
Leisure Related (0.0%)
               
*Hedstrom Holdings, Inc. 144A
    201,674       0  
             
 
 
Total
            0  
             
 
 
Printing & Publishing (0.0%)
               
*Jostens, Inc.
    1,550       32  
             
 
 
Total
            32  
             
 
 
Total Consumer Cyclical
            33  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous (0.0%)
               
*La Quinta Properties, Inc.
    11,117       64  
             
 
 
Total Miscellaneous
            64  
             
 
Technology (0.2%)
               
Broadcasting (0.0%)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
    1,400       42  
             
 
 
Total
            42  
             
 
 
Cable (0.0%)
               
*RCN Corporation
    2,890       8  
             
 
 
Total
            8  
             
 
 
Telecommunications Wireless: Cellular/PCS (0.2%)
               
Horizon PCS, Inc. — Warrant
    2,000       80  
IWO Holdings, Inc. 144A
    1,150       69  
             
 
 
Total
            149  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Common Stocks and Warrants (0.3%) Par (000’s)

Telecommunications Wireless: Cellular/PCS continued
Telecommunications Wireline: CLEC (0.0%)
               
*GT Group Telecom, Inc.
  $ 1,650     $ 8  
*McLeodUSA Incorporated — Class A
    27,405       10  
             
 
 
Total
            18  
             
 
 
Total Technology
            217  
             
 
 
Transport Services (0.1%)
               
*Railamerica, Inc.
    1,400       70  
             
 
 
Total Transport Services
            70  
             
 
 
 
Total Common Stocks and Warrants
(Cost: $1,077)
            384  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (6.0%)

 
Capital Goods (4.8%)
               
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
  $ 7,100,000       7,095  
             
 
 
Total
            7,095  
             
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (1.2%)
               
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    1,800,000     $ 1,800  
             
 
 
Total
            1,800  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $8,895)
            8,895  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (97.7%)
(Cost $153,886)!
            144,262  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (2.3%)
            3,408  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 147,670  
             
 
!   At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $153,901 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $9,639 which is comprised of $4,399 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $14,038 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

144A after the name of a security represents a security exempt from registration under rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

* Non-Income Producing
 
Step bond security that presently receives no coupon payments. At the predetermined date the stated coupon rate becomes effective.

††   Defaulted Security

** PIK — Payment In Kind

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
A stable and relatively high level of long-term total return and preservation of capital   Invest in high grade corporate bonds, U.S. government
bonds and bonds of government agencies.
  $405.41 million

The Select Bond Portfolio invests primarily in high quality debt securities, mainly government bonds, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Exposure to market sectors is adjusted as yield spreads change among the various classes of securities. Duration and maturities are altered with moderate adjustments in recognition or anticipation of interest rate changes.

In the second consecutive year in which bonds provided significantly higher returns than equities, the Select Bond Portfolio substantially outperformed its major benchmark, the Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index. During 2001, the yield curve steepened dramatically; a major determinant of performance was therefore correctly predicting changes in the curve. Early in the year, the Portfolio was overweighted in bonds with shorter durations, which have risen in price as short-term interest rates have dropped. Yields on bonds of longer duration, in which the Portfolio has been underweighted, have experienced little change, reflecting investor concerns about inflation and economic growth.

The Portfolio also took advantage of changes in spreads between Treasury securities and corporate bonds over the course of the year. As the year began, there was an overweight in Treasury securities, which were the best performing asset class in 2000. In the first trading days of 2001, the Portfolio’s managers took advantage of unusually wide spreads to purchase quality corporate bonds that offered good value.

The market for mortgage-backed bonds has experienced a wave of refinancings in response to falling interest rates. An underweighting in this market sector has been beneficial; also sensitivity to this trend has been mitigated by a concentration of mortgage-related securities in commercial mortgages, which often have steep prepayment penalties, and GNMA-backed securities, which tend to be more difficult to refinance.

Percentage Holdings 12/31/01

The Corporate Bonds sector includes bonds of companies headquartered outside the United States. The Government and Government Agencies category includes taxable bonds of domestic and foreign governments and a small position in municipal bonds. Consistent with the Portfolio’s stated parameters, no more than 10% of the Portfolio is invested in foreign securities, and no more than 10% is invested in high-yield securities.

Relative Performance

                         

Average Annual Total Return
For Periods Ended December 31, 2001
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

Select Bond Portfolio
    10.37%       7.13%       7.31%  
Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index
    8.33%       7.43%       7.29%  

Since the Portfolio invests broadly in U.S. Government, mortgage and corporate bonds, a useful basis for comparing returns is the Merrill Lynch Domestic Master Index. The index is an unmanaged market value weighted index comprised of U.S. Government, mortgage and investment-grade corporate bonds. The index measures the income provided by, and the price changes of, the underlying securities.

This chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000 made on 12/31/91. Returns shown include deductions for management and other fund expenses, and reinvestment of all dividends. Returns exclude deductions for separate account sales loads and account fees. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns shown on page 4 reflect mortality and expense risk charges and other charges deducted from the assets of the separate account. The cost of insurance protection, which is not reflected in the returns shown on this chart, would make the returns significantly lower. Investors are urged to obtain a personalized illustration of historical performance which reflects the cost of insurance protection.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Corporate Bonds (34.3%) Par (000’s)

Aerospace-Defense (2.1%)
               
Boeing Capital Corporation, 6.10%, 3/1/11
  $ 3,000,000     $ 2,916  
Boeing Company, 8.75%, 9/15/31
    1,000,000       1,210  
Lockheed Martin Corporation, 8.20%, 12/1/09
    3,850,000       4,332  
             
 
 
Total
            8,458  
             
 
 
Auto Related (2.2%)
               
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 6.875%, 9/15/11
    1,000,000       980  
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 7.25%, 3/2/11
    3,987,000       4,003  
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, 5.65%, 1/15/07
    4,000,000       4,037  
             
 
 
Total
            9,020  
             
 
 
Beverages, Malt Beverages (4.4%)
               
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 7.00%, 12/1/25
    4,200,000       4,285  
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/12
    378,000       424  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 5.375%, 8/15/06
    1,500,000       1,519  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 5.75%, 3/15/11
    4,000,000       3,955  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 6.125%, 8/15/11
    1,501,000       1,510  
Fosters Finance Corporation, 6.875%, 6/15/11 144A
    6,000,000       6,175  
             
 
 
Total
            17,868  
             
 
 
Broad Woven Fabric Mills, Manmade (0.1%)
               
††Polysindo International Finance, 11.375%, 6/15/06
    4,200,000       504  
             
 
 
Total
            504  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (0.3%)
               
Bank of America Corporation, 7.40%, 1/15/11
    1,133,000       1,215  
             
 
 
Total
            1,215  
             
 
 
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas (0.1%)
               
Occidental Petroleum, 6.75%, 1/15/12
    400,000       402  
             
 
 
Total
            402  
             
 
 
Department Stores (1.3%)
               
Target Corporation, 7.00%, 7/15/31
    5,000,000       5,256  
             
 
 
Total
            5,256  
             
 
 
Electric Services (3.2%)
               
Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 6.95%, 6/15/11 144A
    6,788,000       6,882  
Ohio Edison Company, 7.375%, 9/15/02
    1,000,000       1,026  
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 6.875%, 1/1/03
    2,250,000       2,319  
South Carolina Electric & Gas, 6.125%, 3/1/09
    1,750,000       1,753  
Texas Utilities Electric Co., 7.875%, 3/1/23
    1,000,000       1,022  
             
 
 
Total
            13,002  
             
 
 
Foods (0.8%)
               
ConAgra Foods, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/11
    3,000,000       3,065  
             
 
 
Total
            3,065  
             
 
 
Metal Mining (0.5%)
               
Rio Tinto Finance, Ltd., 5.75%, 7/3/06
    2,000,000       2,025  
             
 
 
Total
            2,025  
             
 
 
Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories (1.9%)
               
TRW, Inc., 7.125%, 6/1/09
    4,000,000       3,946  
TRW, Inc., 7.75%, 6/1/29
    4,000,000       3,837  
             
 
 
Total
            7,783  
             
 
 
Motors & Generators (0.5%)
               
Emerson Electric Co., 5.75%, 11/1/11
    2,122,000       2,056  
             
 
 
Total
            2,056  
             
 
 
Office Machines (0.6%)
               
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 5.75%, 8/15/08
    2,250,000       2,240  
             
 
 
Total
            2,240  
             
 
 
Oil & Gas Extraction (1.2%)
               
Chevron Corporation, 6.625%, 10/1/04
    4,500,000       4,789  
             
 
 
Total
            4,789  
             
 
 
Oil & Gas Field Services (2.1%)
               
Conoco Funding Company, 7.25%, 10/15/31
    8,000,000       8,445  
             
 
 
Total
            8,445  
             
 
 
Pharmaceuticals (6.6%)
               
American Home Products Corporation, 6.70%, 3/15/11
    3,000,000       3,108  
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 5.75%, 10/1/11
    5,000,000       4,953  
Eli Lilly & Co., 5.50%, 7/15/06
    3,250,000       3,310  
Johnson & Johnson, 6.625%, 9/1/09
    2,750,000       2,919  
Johnson & Johnson, 6.95%, 9/1/29
    2,200,000       2,367  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Corporate Bonds (34.3%) Par (000’s)

Pharmaceuticals continued uyMerck & Co., Inc. 5.95%, 12/1/28 $7,375,000 $6,950
Pfizer, Inc., 5.625%, 2/1/06
    2,975,000       3,059  
             
 
 
Total
            26,666  
             
 
 
Plastics Materials & Resins (0.5%)
               
Dow Capital BV, 8.50%, 6/8/10
    1,800,000       1,976  
             
 
 
Total
            1,976  
             
 
 
Retail-Misc Shopping Goods Stores (0.6%)
               
Wal-Mart Canada, 5.58%, 5/1/06 144A
    2,500,000       2,584  
             
 
 
Total
            2,584  
             
 
 
Tobacco Products (2.8%)
               
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/27
    11,000,000       11,405  
             
 
 
Total
            11,405  
             
 
 
Transportation Services (1.5%)
               
United Parcel Service, 8.375%, 4/1/20
    5,350,000       6,225  
             
 
 
Total
            6,225  
             
 
 
Utilities (1.0%)
               
El Paso Energy Corporation, 7.80%, 8/1/31
    3,850,000       3,885  
             
 
 
Total
            3,885  
             
 
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $137,594)
            138,869  
             
 
                 
Government (Domestic and Foreign)
and Agency Bonds (34.5%)

 
Federal Government & Agencies (34.5%)
               
Aid-Israel, 0.00%, 11/1/24
  $ 8,900,000       2,029  
Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.54%, 1/8/09
    3,700,000       3,727  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 7.50%, 10/1/27
    4,370,945       4,543  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.97%, 10/1/08
    3,775,920       3,854  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.22%, 2/1/06
    1,841,903       1,924  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.24%, 1/1/06
    5,189,962       5,426  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.265%, 10/1/08
    2,888,233       2,989  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.36%, 4/1/08
    3,620,231       3,766  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.39%, 4/1/08
    1,384,471       1,442  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.50%, 9/25/05
    1,479,873       1,506  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.75%, 4/25/18
    2,108,891       2,189  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.75%, 12/25/23
    3,500,000       3,547  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 6/1/03
    120,230       124  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.36%, 4/1/11
    3,107,633       3,394  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 8.40%, 2/25/09
    2,485,715       2,577  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 12/1/12
    42,818       49  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 9/1/17
    356,993       410  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 12/1/17
    115,129       133  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 2/1/18
    151,162       174  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 11.50%, 4/1/18
    128,175       149  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 9/1/12
    376,312       439  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 12/1/12
    92,033       108  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 9/1/17
    117,181       138  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 10/1/17
    117,715       138  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 12/1/17
    95,399       112  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.00%, 2/1/18
    166,458       196  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.25%, 1/1/18
    97,731       115  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 12.50%, 4/1/18
    63,937       76  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 11/1/12
    61,231       73  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 11/1/17
    77,268       93  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 12/1/17
    87,711       105  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 13.00%, 2/1/18
    166,508       199  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 14.00%, 12/1/17
    53,022       65  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 5/15/23
    182,254       188  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 4/15/22
    132,972       139  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 10/15/23
    372,283       389  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 10/15/25
    8,862       9  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 11/15/25
    7,264       8  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 5/15/26
    8,685       9  

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Market
Shares/ Value
Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (34.5%) Par (000’s)

Federal Government & Agencies continued
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 1/15/27
  $ 224,869     $ 234  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 2/15/27
    260,174       271  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 3/15/27
    32,219       34  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 4/15/27
    52,696       55  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 8/15/27
    8,086       8  
Government National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 6/15/28
    270,422       281  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 1/15/26
    230,096       243  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 2/15/26
    305,730       323  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 8/15/26
    317,422       336  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 9/15/26
    116,679       123  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 12/15/26
    65,777       70  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 1/15/27
    92,099       97  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 3/15/27
    286,000       301  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 4/15/27
    535,004       564  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 6/15/27
    230,463       243  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 7/15/27
    233,119       246  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 8/15/27
    176,556       186  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 9/15/27
    189,068       199  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 9/15/21
    22,771       25  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 3/15/23
    1,275       1  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 6/15/23
    2,338       3  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 6/15/24
    44,718       48  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 7/15/24
    49,451       53  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 11/15/24
    227,313       245  
Government National Mortgage Association, 8.50%, 2/15/25
    34,626       38  
Government National Mortgage Association, 11.00%, 1/15/18
    2,461,396       2,830  
Housing & Urban Development, 6.08%, 8/1/13
    4,000,000       4,000  
Housing & Urban Development, 6.17%, 8/1/14
    3,000,000       3,012  
Rural Housing Trust 1987-1, Series 1, Class D, 6.33%, 4/1/26
    777,974       801  
US Treasury, 3.875%, 6/30/03
    5,490,000       5,596  
US Treasury, 4.13%, 2/28/02
    5,000,000       4,987  
US Treasury, 4.625%, 2/28/03
    7,250,000       7,449  
US Treasury, 5.375%, 2/15/31
    12,750,000       12,570  
US Treasury, 6.25%, 5/15/30
    2,492,000       2,699  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.375%, 1/15/07
    16,601,308       16,660  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.625%, 7/15/02
    6,325,119       6,383  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.625%, 1/15/08
    9,900,540       10,008  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 3.875%, 4/15/29
    7,513,367       8,010  
US Treasury Inflation Index Bond, 5.00%, 8/15/11
    4,390,000       4,379  
             
 
 
Total Government (Domestic and Foreign) and Agency Bonds (Cost $137,491)
            140,162  
             
 
 
Auto Related (0.4%)
               
Fleetwood Credit Corporation Grantor Trust, Series 1997-B, Class A, 6.40%, 5/15/13
    379,048       393  
Team Fleet Financing Corporation, Series 1996-1, Class A, 6.65%, 12/15/02 144A
    1,333,333       1,342  
             
 
 
Total
            1,735  
             
 
 
Boat Dealers (0.2%)
               
Nationscredit Grantor Trust, Series 1997-2, Class A1, 6.35%, 4/15/14
    695,679       720  
             
 
 
Total
            720  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (0.7%)
               
Nationsbank Lease Pass Through Trust, Series 1997-A, Class 1, 7.442%, 1/10/11 144A
    2,679,376       2,844  
             
 
 
Total
            2,844  
             
 
 
Commercial Mortgages (11.1%)
               
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1996-MD6, Class CS1, 1.632%, 11/13/26 IO
    8,362,637       120  
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1996-MD6, Class CS2, 1.098%, 11/13/26 IO
    85,000,000       2,108  
Asset Securitization Corporation, Series 1997-D5, Class PS1, 1.616%, 2/14/41 IO
    11,555,454       843  

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Shares/ Value
Mortgage/Asset Backed Securities (16.8%) Par (000’s)

Commercial Mortgages continued
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-1, Class B, 7.37%, 4/19/07
  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,068  
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-2, Class A2, 6.60%, 11/19/07
    5,000,000       5,199  
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-2, Class B, 6.60%, 11/19/07
    2,000,000       2,066  
Commercial Mortgage Acceptance Corporation, Series 1997-ML1, Class B, 6.644%, 12/15/07
    2,000,000       2,045  
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-C1, Class A2, 7.26%, 6/20/07 144A
    1,369,300       1,447  
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation, Series 1997-C1, Class B, 7.28%, 6/20/07 144A
    1,500,000       1,588  
Criimi Mae Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 1998-C1, Class A1, 7.00%, 11/2/06 144A
    3,000,000       3,127  
Criimi Mae Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 1998-C1, Class B, 7.00%, 11/2/11 144A
    4,000,000       3,948  
DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corporation, Series 1998-CF1, Class S, 0.70%, 1/15/18 IO
    114,628,012       3,774  
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corporation, Series 1997-CF2, Class S, 0.352%, 10/15/17 IO, 144A
    98,153,937       1,962  
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Series 174, Class C1, 7.52%, 5/15/06 144A
    2,000,000       2,115  
Malan Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 1995-1, Class A3, 7.80%, 8/15/05 144A
    3,000,000       3,082  
Midland Realty Acceptance Corporation, Series 1996-C2, Class AEC, 1.353%, 1/25/29 IO, 144A
    11,658,335       638  
Mortgage Capital Funding, Inc., Series 1997-MC1, Class A3, 7.288%, 3/20/07
    5,323,000       5,669  
Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Series 1998-D6, Class A2, 6.993%, 3/17/28
    2,800,000       2,890  
RMF Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through, Series 1997-1, Class F, 7.471%, 1/15/19 144A
    1,800,000       840  
             
 
 
Total
            44,529  
             
 
 
Credit Card Asset Backed (0.0%)
               
Heilig-Meyers Master Trust, Series 1998-1A, Class A, 6.125%, 1/20/07 144A
    1,295,901       194  
             
 
 
Total
            194  
             
 
 
Franchise Loan Receivables (1.2%)
               
Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company, Series 1998-1, Class A2, 6.38%, 4/15/07 144A
    3,100,000       2,909  
Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company, Series 1998-1, Class IO, 1.37%, 1/15/23 IO, 144A
    27,729,107       1,176  
FMAC Loan Receivables Trust, Series 1998-A, Class A1, 6.20%, 9/15/20 144A
    188,145       187  
Global Franchise Trust, Series 1998-1, Class A1, 6.349%, 4/10/04 144A
    652,703       657  
             
 
 
Total
            4,929  
             
 
 
Health Services (0.3%)
               
Health Care Receivables, 6.25%, 2/1/03 144A
    1,125,000       1,134  
             
 
 
Total
            1,134  
             
 
 
Home Equity Loan (0.6%)
               
Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance, Inc., Series 1997-B, Class 1A4, 7.19%, 2/7/14
    2,500,000       2,614  
             
 
 
Total
            2,614  
             
 
 
Manufactured Housing (0.2%)
               
Mid-State Trust, Series 6, Class A3, 7.54%, 7/1/35
    847,023       851  
             
 
 
Total
            851  
             
 
 
Motorcycle Dealers (0.2%)
               
Harley-Davidson Eaglemark Motorcycle Trust, Series 1998-2, Class A2, 5.87%, 4/15/04
    675,844       686  
             
 
 
Total
            686  
             
 
 
Residential Mortgages (0.3%)
               
Blackrock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R1, Class B3, 7.75%, 3/25/37 144A
    3,637,994       637  
Blackrock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R3, Class B3, 7.25%, 11/25/28 144A
    4,179,307       627  
             
 
 
Total
            1,264  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Mortgage/Asset Backed Securities (16.8%) Par (000’s)

Residential Mortgages continued vyRetail-Retail Stores (1.6%)
LB Mortgage Trust, Series 1991-2, Class A3, 8.396%, 1/20/17
  $ 5,910,155     $ 6,563  
             
 
 
Total
            6,563  
             
 
 
Total Mortgage/Asset Backed Securities (Cost $75,673)
            68,063  
             
 
                   
Money Market Investments (13.2%)

 
Cigarettes (1.2%)
               
Phillip Morris Co., Inc., 1.81%, 1/18/02
  $ 5,000,000       4,996  
             
 
 
Total
            4,996  
             
 
 
Computer & Software Stores (1.0%)
               
Hewlett-Packard, 1.95%, 1/15/02
    4,000,000       3,997  
             
 
 
Total
            3,997  
             
 
 
Federal Government & Agencies (0.4%)
               
Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.73%, 2/15/02
    1,600,000       1,597  
             
 
 
Total
            1,597  
             
 
 
Finance Lessors (1.2%)
               
Receivables Capital Corp, 1.88%, 1/22/02
    5,000,000       4,995  
             
 
 
Total
            4,995  
             
 
 
Finance Services (2.5%)
               
JP Morgan Chase & Co, 1.94%, 1/11/02
    5,000,000       4,997  
Preferred Receivable Funding, 1.85%, 2/4/02
    5,000,000       4,991  
             
 
 
Total
            9,988  
             
 
 
Machinery (1.2%)
               
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
    5,000,000       4,996  
             
 
 
Total
            4,996  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.2%)
               
National Rural Utilities, 1.75%, 1/28/02
    4,900,000       4,894  
             
 
 
Total
            4,894  
             
 
 
Personal Credit Institutions (3.7%)
               
American General Finance, 1.92%, 1/11/02
    5,000,000       4,997  
Household Finance Corp, 2.09%, 1/11/02
    5,000,000       4,997  
Variable Funding Capital, 2.45%, 1/10/02
    5,000,000       4,996  
             
 
 
Total
            14,990  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (0.8%)
               
American Home Products, 1.85%, 1/2/02
    3,100,000       3,100  
             
 
 
Total
            3,100  
             
 
 
 
Total Money Market Investments (Cost $53,553)
            53,553  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (98.8%)
(Cost $404,311)!
            400,647  
             
 
 
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (1.2%)
            4,759  
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 405,406  
             
 

! At 12/31/01 the aggregate cost of securities for federal tax purposes was $409,433 and the net unrealized depreciation of investments based on that cost was $8,786 which is comprised of $5,610 aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and $14,396 aggregate gross unrealized depreciation.

144A after the name of a security represents a security exempt from registration under rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

IO — Interest Only Security

†† Defaulted Security

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Objective: Portfolio Strategy: Net Assets:
Maximum current income consistent with liquidity and stability of capital   Achieve stability of capital by investing in short-term debt securities.   $458.69 million

The Money Market Portfolio, which invests only in high quality commercial paper and other short-term debt securities with maturities generally not exceeding one year, is the least risky of the Portfolios.

The most notable effect on short-term interest rates during 2001 was the Federal Reserve’s 11 interest rate cuts, which totaled 475 basis points. During the first half of the year, the Portfolio’s performance relative to its benchmark, the Merrill Lynch 91-day Treasury Bill Index, was hurt by average maturity somewhat shorter than the Index. During the fourth quarter, the Portfolio’s weighted average maturity was extended, to a high of approximately 70 days, versus 50 to 55 days for the index. At year end, the Portfolio’s average maturity remained longer than the Index.


AN INVESTMENT IN THE MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO IS NEITHER INSURED NOR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ALTHOUGH THE PORTFOLIO SEEKS TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT AT $1.00 PER SHARE, THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT THE PORTFOLIO WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE PORTFOLIO.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2001
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Short Term Paper (86.5%) Par (000’s)

Agricultural Services (3.0%)
               
Monsanto Company, 2.06%, 2/19/02
  $ 13,680,000     $ 13,642  
             
 
 
Total
            13,642  
             
 
 
Auto Related (1.0%)
               
New Center Asset Trust, 1.76%, 3/8/02
    4,820,000       4,804  
             
 
 
Total
            4,804  
             
 
 
Commercial Banks (8.1%)
               
Citicorp, 1.78%, 1/14/02
    13,625,000       13,616  
JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.75%, 2/12/02
    4,000,000       3,992  
JP Morgan Chase & Co., 1.86%, 2/8/02
    9,390,000       9,372  
Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 5.02%, 4/19/02
    10,000,000       9,999  
             
 
 
Total
            36,979  
             
 
 
Computer & Software Stores (2.6%)
               
Hewlett-Packard, 2.17%, 5/30/02
    12,000,000       11,892  
             
 
 
Total
            11,892  
             
 
 
Diversified Business Finance (3.0%)
               
General Electric Capital, 1.88%, 2/1/02
    5,235,000       5,227  
General Electric Capital, 1.90%, 1/31/02
    8,365,000       8,351  
             
 
 
Total
            13,578  
             
 
 
Electric Utilities (1.9%)
               
National Rural Utility Co., 2.01%, 1/25/02
    8,500,000       8,489  
             
 
 
Total
            8,489  
             
 
 
Electrical Equipment & Supplies (2.4%)
               
Emerson Electric, 1.79%, 1/24/02
    11,080,000       11,067  
             
 
 
Total
            11,067  
             
 
 
Finance Lessors (3.9%)
               
Receivables Capital Corp., 1.88%, 1/23/02
    11,325,000       11,312  
Tyco Capital Corp., 2.02%, 2/13/02
    6,500,000       6,484  
             
 
 
Total
            17,796  
             
 
 
Finance Services (4.7%)
               
Abb Capital LLC, 2.22%, 12/6/02
    10,000,000       10,000  
Preferred Receivable Funding, 2.10%, 1/14/02
    11,700,000       11,691  
             
 
 
Total
            21,691  
             
 
 
Flavoring Extracts & Syrups (2.4%)
               
Coca-Cola Company, 1.89%, 2/8/02
    11,000,000       10,978  
             
 
 
Total
            10,978  
             
 
 
Food Service (2.9%)
               
Nestle Capital Corp., 1.75%, 1/31/02
    13,500,000       13,480  
             
 
 
Total
            13,480  
             
 
 
Machinery (4.8%)
               
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, 4.05%, 6/1/02
    10,000,000       10,000  
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.05%, 1/14/02
    1,000,000       999  
John Deere Capital Corp., 2.29%, 11/12/02
    11,000,000       11,000  
             
 
 
Total
            21,999  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (4.8%)
               
Delaware Funding Corp., 2.16%, 1/28/02
    12,000,000       11,981  
Quincy Capital Corp., 2.09%, 1/14/02
    9,965,000       9,957  
             
 
 
Total
            21,938  
             
 
 
Newspapers (2.7%)
               
Gannet Company, Inc., 1.78%, 1/18/02
    12,390,000       12,380  
             
 
 
Total
            12,380  
             
 
 
Nonclassifiable Establishments (3.0%)
               
Unilever Capital Corp., 1.78%, 3/1/02
    13,800,000       13,760  
             
 
 
Total
            13,760  
             
 

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Market
Shares/ Value
Short Term Paper (86.5%) Par (000’s)

Personal Credit Institutions (9.2%)
               
American Express Credit, 2.02%, 1/15/02
  $ 5,280,000     $ 5,276  
American Express Credit, 2.14%, 1/25/02
    5,010,000       5,003  
American General Finance, 2.05%, 2/13/02
    6,500,000       6,484  
American General Finance, 2.17%, 1/25/02
    5,000,000       4,993  
Associates Corp. of NA, 3.77%, 6/26/02
    10,000,000       10,000  
Household Finance Corp., 2.73%, 9/26/02
    10,500,000       10,500  
             
 
 
Total
            42,256  
             
 
 
Petroleum Refining (0.9%)
               
Conoco, Inc., 3.20%, 10/15/02
    4,000,000       4,000  
             
 
 
Total
            4,000  
             
 
 
Pharmaceutical Preparations (5.2%)
               
American Home Products, 2.30%, 1/25/02
    11,500,000       11,482  
Pfizer, Inc., 1.79%, 1/31/02
    6,000,000       5,991  
Pfizer, Inc., 1.87%, 2/4/02
    6,480,000       6,469  
             
 
 
Total
            23,942  
             
 
 
Security Brokers & Dealers (8.5%)
               
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.06%, 1/18/02
    12,500,000       12,482  
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., 2.59%, 10/16/02
    13,000,000       13,003  
Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, 1.77%, 2/1/02
    13,500,000       13,480  
             
 
 
Total
            38,965  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (9.3%)
               
CXC Incorporated, 1.73%, 1/2/02
    11,350,000       11,350  
CXC Incorporated, 2.32%, 1/18/02
    10,500,000       10,488  
Transamerica Financial Corporation, 2.33%, 1/18/02
    4,375,000       4,370  
Transamerica Financial Corporation, 3.05%, 2/14/02
    6,000,000       5,978  
Variable Funding Capital, 2.45%, 1/10/02
    10,500,000       10,494  
             
 
 
Total
            42,680  
             
 
 
Tobacco (2.2%)
               
Philip Morris, 1.81%, 2/8/02
    10,000,000       9,981  
             
 
 
Total
            9,981  
             
 
Total Short Term Paper
(Cost: $396,297)
    396,297  
             
 
                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Corporate Bonds Domestic (8.5%) Par (000’s)

 
Auto Related (3.6%)
               
Ford Motor Credit Company, 6.30%, 7/16/02
    10,000,000       10,007  
General Motors Acceptance Corporation, 5.50%, 1/14/02
    2,550,000       2,550  
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, 6.83%, 9/13/02
    3,250,000       3,320  
             
 
 
Total
            15,877  
             
 
 
Medical and Hospital Equipment (1.1%)
               
American Home Products Corporation, 6.50%, 10/15/02
    5,000,000       5,145  
             
 
 
Total
            5,145  
             
 
 
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institutions (1.1%)
               
The CIT Group, Inc., 6.50%, 6/14/02
    5,000,000       5,053  
             
 
 
Total
            5,053  
             
 
 
Short Term Business Credit (0.8%)
               
Transamerica Financial Corporation, 7.25%, 8/15/02
    3,700,000       3,772  
             
 
 
Total
            3,772  
             
 
 
Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus (0.5%)
               
AT & T Capital Corporation, 5.86%, 4/26/02
    2,500,000       2,511  
             
 
 
Total
            2,511  
             
 
 
Tobacco Products (0.3%)
               
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 7.63%, 5/15/02
    1,500,000       1,516  
             
 
 
Total
            1,516  
             
 
 
Utility-Electric (1.1%)
               
National Rural Utility, 6.70%, 6/15/02
    5,000,000       5,059  
             
 
 
Total
            5,059  
             
 
Total Corporate Bonds Domestic
(Cost: $38,933)
    38,933  
             
 
                 
Money Market Investments (3.0%)

 
Finance Services (3.0%)
               
Asset Securitization, 1.78%, 1/25/02
    14,000,000       13,981  
             
 
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $13,981)
    13,981  
             
 

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 Money Market Portfolio

                   
Market
Shares/ Value
Government Securities (2.2%) Par (000’s)

 
Government (2.2%)
               
US Treasury, 6.25%, 8/31/02
  $ 10,000,000     $ 10,242  
             
 
Total Government Securities
(Cost: $10,242)
    10,242  
             
 
 
 
Total Investments (100.2%)
(Cost $459,453)!
            459,453  
             
 
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (-0.2%)     (764 )
             
 
 
 
Total Net Assets (100.0%)
          $ 458,689  
             
 
Also represents cost for federal income tax purposes.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Accountants’ Report

Report of Independent Accountants

To The Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio, Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio, International Growth Portfolio, Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, Index 400 Stock Portfolio, Growth Stock Portfolio, J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock Portfolio, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio, Index 500 Stock Portfolio, Asset Allocation Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Select Bond Portfolio and Money Market Portfolio (constituting Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at December 31, 2001, the results of each of their operations for the year or period then ended, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2001 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

(PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLC)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 25, 2002

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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
December 31, 2001
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                                     
Franklin
Templeton
Small Cap T. Rowe Price Aggressive International International Index 400
Growth Stock Small Cap Value Growth Stock Growth Equity Stock
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

 
Assets
                                               
 
Investments, at value (1)
  $ 291,633     $ 20,851     $ 1,336,876     $ 26,645     $ 715,863     $ 210,548  
 
Cash
    9       507       98       182       97        
 
Due from Sale of Fund Shares
    342       353       776       100       371       365  
 
Due from Sale of Securities
                11,174       8       481       1,303  
 
Dividends and Interest Receivable
    10       22       213       19       1,319       123  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total Assets
    291,994       21,733       1,349,137       26,954       718,131       212,339  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Liabilities
                                               
 
Due on Purchase of Securities
          698       5,132       17       883       1,380  
 
Due on Redemption of Fund Shares
    103       10       1,228             370       32  
 
Due to Investment Advisor
    138       6       584       16       400       43  
 
Accrued Expenses
    56       16       72       21       65       61  
 
Due on Futures Variation Margin
    249             245                   89  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total Liabilities
    546       730       7,261       54       1,718       1,605  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net Assets
  $ 291,448     $ 21,003     $ 1,341,876     $ 26,900     $ 716,413     $ 210,734  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Represented By:
                                               
 
Aggregate Paid in Capital (2), (3)
  $ 295,842     $ 19,834     $ 1,296,618     $ 29,232     $ 771,661     $ 206,026  
 
Undistributed Net Investment Income
    433       10       1,100             13,635       1,833  
 
Undistributed Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (27,354 )     3       4,389       (1,094 )     (15,812 )     (3,030 )
 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of:
                                               
   
Investment Securities
    22,236       1,156       39,514       (1,247 )     (53,109 )     5,705  
   
Index Futures Contracts
    291             255                   200  
   
Foreign Currency Transactions
                      9       38        
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Assets for Shares Outstanding (2)
  $ 291,448     $ 21,003     $ 1,341,876     $ 26,900     $ 716,413     $ 210,734  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price per Share
  $ 1.79     $ 1.02     $ 2.82     $ 0.91     $ 1.26     $ 1.12  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
(1) Investments, at cost
  $ 269,397     $ 19,695     $ 1,297,362     $ 27,892     $ 768,972     $ 204,843  
(2) Shares outstanding
    163,226       20,692       475,353       29,680       567,291       187,863  
(3) Shares authorized, $.01 par value
    2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000  

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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J.P. Morgan
Select Growth
and Income Capital Guardian High Yield
Growth Stock Stock Domestic Equity Index 500 Stock Asset Allocation Balanced Bond
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

$ 705,795     $ 549,306     $ 40,627     $ 1,821,699     $ 41,845     $ 2,995,419     $ 144,262  
  36       45       23       379       37       150       90  
  528       314       126       1,140       100       1,371       95  
  2,069             65             44              
  516       839       63       1,791       227       19,219       3,441  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  708,944       550,504       40,904       1,825,009       42,253       3,016,159       147,888  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
  11,325       1,294       136             2,047             48  
  275       254       3       2,295       3       1,742       88  
  247       262       20       601       14       765       63  
  42       22       23       56       22             19  
  477                   182       51       2,515        
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  12,366       1,832       182       3,134       2,137       5,022       218  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
$ 696,578     $ 548,672     $ 40,722     $ 1,821,875     $ 40,116     $ 3,011,137     $ 147,670  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
$ 654,063     $ 598,200     $ 40,632     $ 1,310,505     $ 40,410     $ 2,297,462     $ 222,509  
  7,118       4,120       3       21,311       2       105,732       196  
 
(53,135
)     (29,958 )     (183 )     32,490       (202 )     (22,305 )     (65,411 )
  88,196       (23,690 )     270       457,451       (125 )     629,161       (9,624 )
  336                   118       31       1,087        
                                       
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
$ 696,578     $ 548,672     $ 40,722     $ 1,821,875     $ 40,116     $ 3,011,137     $ 147,670  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

$
2.03     $ 1.22     $ 0.97     $ 2.87     $ 0.97     $ 1.82     $ 0.65  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
$ 617,599     $ 572,996     $ 40,357     $ 1,364,248     $ 41,970     $ 2,366,258     $ 153,886  
  343,684       449,929       41,805       633,769       41,275       1,654,619       227,642  
  2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       2,000,000       3,000,000       2,000,000  

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                     
Growth Stock Select Bond Money Market
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

$ 705,795     $ 400,647     $ 459,453  
  36              
  528       399       795  
  2,069              
  516       5,054       865  
 
     
     
 
  708,944       406,100       461,113  
 
     
     
 
  11,325       8       18  
  275       583       2,288  
  247       103       118  
  42              
  477              
 
     
     
 
  12,366       694       2,424  
 
     
     
 
$ 696,578     $ 405,406     $ 458,689  
 
     
     
 
$ 654,063     $ 389,975     $ 458,689  
  7,118       21,476        
 
(53,135
)     (2,381 )      
  88,196       (3,664 )      
  336              
               
 
     
     
 
$ 696,578     $ 405,406     $ 458,689  
 
     
     
 

$
2.03     $ 1.20     $ 1.00  
 
     
     
 
$ 617,599     $ 404,311     $ 459,453  
  343,684       336,953       458,689  
  2,000,000       1,000,000       2,000,000  

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 Statements of Operations

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
For the Year Ended December 31, 2001
(in thousands)
                                                                 
Franklin
Templeton
Small Cap T. Rowe Price Aggressive International International Index 400
Growth Stock Small Cap Value Growth Stock Growth Equity Stock Growth Stock
Portfolio Portfolio* Portfolio Portfolio* Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

 
Investment Income
                                                       
 
Income
                                                       
   
Interest
  $ 1,746     $ 17     $ 5,835     $ 17     $ 2,467     $ 744     $ 3,857  
   
Dividends (1)
    231       84       2,537       103       17,934       1,625       6,255  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
       
Total Income
    1,977       101       8,372       120       20,401       2,369       10,112  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Expenses
                                                       
   
Management Fees
    1,505       42       7,235       78       4,967       430       2,966  
   
Custodian Expenses
    28       5       26       27       515       89       16  
   
Other Expenses
          5             9       5       6        
   
Audit Fees
    15       16       17       16       20       15       16  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
       
Total Expenses
    1,548       68       7,278       130       5,507       540       2,998  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Less Waived Fees:
                                                       
       
Paid by Affiliate
          (18 )           (16 )                  
       
Paid Indirectly
    (4 )     (1 )     (6 )                 (4 )     (4 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
       
Total Net Expenses
    1,544       49       7,272       114       5,507       536       2,994  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    433       52       1,100       6       14,894       1,833       7,118  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currencies
                                                       
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
                                                       
   
Investment Securities
    (24,820 )     12       10,034       (1,077 )     (15,783 )     2,309       (39,043 )
   
Index Futures Contracts
    2,146             (1,126 )                 (5,283 )     (10,857 )
   
Foreign Currency Transactions
                      (33 )     (816 )            
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
       
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (22,674 )     12       8,908       (1,110 )     (16,599 )     (2,974 )     (49,900 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of:
                                                       
   
Investment Securities
    14,011       1,156       (346,340 )     (1,247 )     (107,389 )     2,084       (70,228 )
   
Index Futures Contracts
    (132 )           (2,468 )                 172       581  
   
Foreign Currency Transactions
                      9       497              
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
       
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments
    13,879       1,156       (348,808 )     (1,238 )     (106,892 )     2,256       (69,647 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (8,795 )     1,168       (339,900 )     (2,348 )     (123,491 )     (718 )     (119,547 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (8,362 )   $ 1,220     $ (338,800 )   $ (2,342 )     (108,597 )   $ 1,115     $ (112,429 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
(1) Net of Foreign dividend tax
  $     $     $     $ 12     $ 1,995     $     $ 7  

Commenced operations on 7/31/01.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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J.P. Morgan
Select Growth
and Income Capital Guardian Index 500
Stock Domestic Equity Stock Asset Allocation Balanced High Yield Bond Select Bond Money Market
Portfolio Portfolio* Portfolio Portfolio* Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

 
$ 592     $ 38     $ 754     $ 321     $ 106,646     $ 15,334     $ 22,648     $ 17,144  
  6,693       227       24,426       62       18,188       1,083              
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  7,285       265       25,180       383       124,834       16,417       22,648       17,144  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  3,128       83       3,765       79       9,258       747       1,053       1,266  
  20       7       82       16             18              
  4       8       9       9             6              
  16       16       17       16             19              
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  3,168       114       3,873       120       9,258       790       1,053       1,266  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
        (20 )           (23 )                        
  (3 )           (4 )                 (2 )            
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  3,165       94       3,869       97       9,258       788       1,053       1,266  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  4,120       171       21,311       286       115,576       15,629       21,595       15,878  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
  (19,827 )     (183 )     33,269       (356 )     32,806       (19,780 )     5,570        
              (450 )     154       (44,054 )           4,512        
                                             
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  (19,827 )     (183 )     32,819       (202 )     (11,248 )     (19,780 )     10,082        
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  (30,330 )     270       (303,181 )     (125 )     (209,330 )     10,959       1,598        
              907       31       1,563             56        
                                             
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  (30,330 )     270       (302,274 )     (94 )     (207,767 )     10,959       1,654        
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
  (50,157 )     87       (269,455 )     (296 )     (219,015 )     (8,821 )     11,736        
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
$ (46,037 )   $ 258     $ (248,144 )   $ (10 )   $ (103,439 )   $ 6,808     $ 33,331     $ 15,878  
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
$ 7     $ 1     $ 121     $ 2     $ 91     $     $     $  

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 433     $ 349  
   
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    (22,674 )     (4,090 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments for the Period
    13,879       (5,252 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (8,362 )     (8,993 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (19 )     (330 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (5 )     (4,666 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (24 )     (4,996 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 45,505 and 110,714 Shares
    78,169       222,618  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (13 and 2,632 shares, respectively)
    24       4,996  
   
Payments for 17,164 and 18,323 Shares Redeemed
    (28,673 )     (34,794 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (28,354 and 95,023 shares, respectively)
    49,520       192,820  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    41,134       178,831  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    250,314       71,483  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $433 and $19, respectively)
  $ 291,448     $ 250,314  
     
     
 
               
For the Period
July 31, 2001**
through
December 31,
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio 2001

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
       
 
Operations
       
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 52  
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    12  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation of Investments for the Period
    1,156  
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    1,220  
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
       
   
Net Investment Income
    (51 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (51 )
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
       
   
Proceeds from Sale of 22,033 Shares
    21,131  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid of 50 shares
    51  
   
Payments for 1,391 Shares Redeemed
    (1,348 )
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions of 20,692 shares
    19,834  
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    21,003  
Net Assets
       
   
Beginning of Period
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $10)
  $ 21,003  
     
 
**  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 1,100     $ 1,517  
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    8,908       310,647  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (348,808 )     (224,154 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (338,800 )     88,010  
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (1,517 )      
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (310,659 )     (203,984 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (312,176 )     (203,984 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 86,780 and 178,227 Shares
    305,560       890,503  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (101,785 and 45,880 shares, respectively)
    312,176       203,984  
   
Payments for 92,520 and 153,808 Shares Redeemed
    (320,897 )     (767,811 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (96,045 and 70,299 shares, respectively)
    296,839       326,676  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    (354,137 )     210,702  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    1,696,013       1,485,311  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $1,100 and $1,517, respectively)
  $ 1,341,876     $ 1,696,013  
     
     
 
               
For the Period
July 31, 2001**
through
December 31,
International Growth Portfolio 2001

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
       
 
Operations
       
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 6  
   
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    (1,110 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (1,238 )
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (2,342 )
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
       
   
Net Investment Income
     
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
       
   
Proceeds from Sale of 29,730 Shares
    29,286  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid of 0 Shares
     
   
Payments for 50 Shares Redeemed
    (44 )
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions of 29,680 Shares
    29,242  
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    26,900  
Net Assets
       
   
Beginning of Period
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $0)
  $ 26,900  
     
 
**  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

93


 

 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 14,894     $ 14,106  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (16,599 )     66,384  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (106,892 )     (78,157 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (108,597 )     2,333  
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (13,356 )     (16,173 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (67,555 )     (41,802 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (80,911 )     (57,975 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 897,043 and 842,807 Shares
    1,261,855       1,389,357  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (57,917 and 37,092 shares, respectively)
    80,911       57,975  
   
Payments for 883,476 and 817,728 Shares Redeemed
    (1,246,462 )     (1,354,243 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (71,484 and 62,171 shares, respectively)
    96,304       93,089  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    (93,204 )     37,447  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    809,617       772,170  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $13,635 and $12,912, respectively)
  $ 716,413     $ 809,617  
     
     
 
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Index 400 Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 1,833     $ 1,888  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (2,974 )     14,347  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments for the Period
    2,256       (333 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    1,115       15,902  
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (21 )     (1,867 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (2,155 )     (13,495 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (2,176 )     (15,362 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 77,185 and 80,621 Shares
    84,032       99,261  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (1,962 and 14,227 shares, respectively)
    2,176       15,362  
   
Payments for 11,583 and 28,116 Shares Redeemed
    (12,029 )     (37,191 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (67,564 and 66,732 shares, respectively)
    74,179       77,432  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    73,118       77,972  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    137,616       59,644  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $1,833 and $21, respectively)
  $ 210,734     $ 137,616  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Growth Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 7,118     $ 8,419  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (49,900 )     25,170  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (69,647 )     (55,596 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (112,429 )     (22,007 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (5,419 )     (4,365 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (25,531 )     (30,683 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (30,950 )     (35,048 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 37,823 and 53,298 Shares
    81,112       140,509  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (14,152 and 13,623 shares, respectively)
    30,950       35,048  
   
Payments for 20,655 and 9,117 Shares Redeemed
    (42,921 )     (23,820 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (31,320 and 57,804 shares, respectively)
    69,141       151,737  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    (74,238 )     94,682  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    770,816       676,134  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $7,118 and $5,419, respectively)
  $ 696,578     $ 770,816  
     
     
 
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 4,120     $ 4,262  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (19,827 )     9,404  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (30,330 )     (57,201 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (46,037 )     (43,535 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (4,262 )     (4,979 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (15,376 )     (30,759 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (19,638 )     (35,738 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 39,693 and 23,840 Shares
    49,815       35,146  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (15,282 and 24,732 shares, respectively)
    19,638       35,738  
   
Payments for 28,597 and 48,882 Shares Redeemed
    (35,087 )     (73,182 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (26,378 and (310) shares, respectively)
    34,366       (2,298 )
     
     
 
 
Total Decrease in Net Assets
    (31,309 )     (81,571 )
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    579,981       661,552  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $4,120 and $4,262, respectively)
  $ 548,672     $ 579,981  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
               
For the Period
July 31, 2001**
through
December 31,
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio 2001

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
       
 
Operations
       
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 171  
   
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    (183 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation of Investments for the Period
    270  
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    258  
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
       
   
Net Investment Income
    (168 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (168 )
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
       
   
Proceeds from Sale of 42,542 Shares
    41,341  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid of 174 shares
    168  
   
Payments for 911 Shares Redeemed
    (877 )
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions of 41,805 shares
    40,632  
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    40,722  
Net Assets
       
   
Beginning of Period
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $3)
  $ 40,722  
     
 
**  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Index 500 Stock Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 21,311     $ 24,105  
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    32,819       60,105  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (302,274 )     (283,247 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (248,144 )     (199,037 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (24,105 )     (22,921 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (59,088 )     (65,358 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (83,193 )     (88,279 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 47,523 and 39,698 Shares
    142,837       147,411  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (26,836 and 24,022 shares, respectively)
    83,193       88,279  
   
Payments for 49,022 and 39,762 Shares Redeemed
    (145,755 )     (147,393 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (25,337 and 23,958 shares, respectively)
    80,275       88,297  
     
     
 
 
Total Decrease in Net Assets
    (251,062 )     (199,019 )
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    2,072,937       2,271,956  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $21,311 and $24,105, respectively)
  $ 1,821,875     $ 2,072,937  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
               
For the Period
July 31, 2001**
through
December 31,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 2001

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
       
 
Operations
       
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 286  
   
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    (202 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (94 )
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (10 )
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
       
   
Net Investment Income
    (284 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (284 )
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
       
   
Proceeds from Sale of 41,212 Shares
    40,347  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid of 292 shares
    284  
   
Payments for 229 Shares Redeemed
    (221 )
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions of 41,275 shares
    40,410  
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    40,116  
Net Assets
       
   
Beginning of Period
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $2)
  $ 40,116  
     
 
** Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Balanced Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 115,576     $ 118,443  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (11,248 )     108,200  
   
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation of Investments for the Period
    (207,767 )     (230,492 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (103,439 )     (3,849 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (127,987 )     (114,893 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (112,544 )     (167,534 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (240,531 )     (282,427 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 44,213 and 17,894 Shares
    82,145       37,754  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (129,457 and 139,058 shares, respectively)
    240,531       282,427  
   
Payments for 118,592 and 158,895 Shares Redeemed
    (220,768 )     (338,606 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (55,078 and (1,943) shares, respectively)
    101,908       (18,425 )
     
     
 
 
Total Decrease in Net Assets
    (242,062 )     (304,701 )
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    3,253,199       3,557,900  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $105,732 and $117,944, respectively)
  $ 3,011,137     $ 3,253,199  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
High Yield Bond Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 15,629     $ 16,296  
   
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    (19,780 )     (15,781 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments for the Period
    10,959       (7,398 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    6,808       (6,883 )
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (15,601 )     (16,401 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
           
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (15,601 )     (16,401 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 35,236 and 12,332 Shares
    25,721       9,921  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (24,080 and 23,819 shares, respectively)
    15,601       16,401  
   
Payments for 31,719 and 32,449 Shares Redeemed
    (23,066 )     (26,255 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (27,597 and 3,702 shares, respectively)
    18,256       67  
     
     
 
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    9,463       (23,217 )
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    138,207       161,424  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $196 and $168, respectively)
  $ 147,670     $ 138,207  
     
     
 
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Select Bond Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 21,595     $ 19,180  
   
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    10,082       (5,024 )
   
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation of Investments for the Period
    1,654       13,071  
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    33,331       27,227  
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (19,294 )     (19,349 )
   
Net Realized Gain on Investments
           
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (19,294 )     (19,349 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 87,848 and 19,112 Shares
    104,150       21,374  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (16,955 and 18,463 shares, respectively)
    19,294       19,349  
   
Payments for 20,005 and 38,678 Shares Redeemed
    (23,753 )     (43,416 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (84,798 and (1,103) shares, respectively)
    99,691       (2,693 )
     
     
 
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    113,728       5,185  
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    291,678       286,493  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (Includes undistributed net investment income of $21,476 and $18,919, respectively)
  $ 405,406     $ 291,678  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

98


 

 Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                       
For the For the
Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
Money Market Portfolio 2001 2000

(In thousands)
Increase in Net Assets
               
 
Operations
               
   
Net Investment Income
  $ 15,878     $ 22,612  
     
     
 
     
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    15,878       22,612  
     
     
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders from:
               
   
Net Investment Income
    (15,878 )     (22,612 )
     
     
 
     
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions to Shareholders
    (15,878 )     (22,612 )
     
     
 
 
Fund Share Transactions
               
   
Proceeds from Sale of 1,720,066 and 2,096,168 Shares
    1,720,084       2,096,166  
   
Proceeds from Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions Paid (15,879 and 22,612 shares, respectively)
    15,879       22,612  
   
Payments for 1,661,729 and 2,138,607 Shares Redeemed
    (1,661,729 )     (2,138,607 )
     
     
 
     
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Fund Share Transactions (74,216 and (19,827) shares, respectively)
    74,234       (19,829 )
     
     
 
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    74,234       (19,829 )
Net Assets
               
   
Beginning of Period
    384,455       404,284  
     
     
 
   
End of Period (No undistributed net investment income)
  $ 458,689     $ 384,455  
     
     
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

99


 

 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                               
For the Period
April 30,
For the Year Ended 1999*
Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio December 31, through

December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999

Selected Per Share Data
                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.86     $ 1.79     $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                       
   
Net Investment Income
                 
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.07 )     0.13       0.85  
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.07 )     0.13       0.85  
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
                 
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
          (0.06 )     (0.06 )
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
          (0.06 )     (0.06 )
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.79     $ 1.86     $ 1.79  
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (3.76% )     6.71%       86.09%  
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 291,448     $ 250,314     $ 71,483  
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.60%       0.67%       1.03% ***
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.60%       0.67%       1.00% ***
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    0.17%       0.19%       (0.07% )***
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    70.58%       86.13%       70.72%  
     
     
     
 
               
For the
Period
July 31, 2001**
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio through
December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001

Selected Per Share Data
       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
       
   
Net Investment Income
     
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments
    0.02  
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    0.02  
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
     
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.02  
     
 
Total Return†
    1.76%  
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 21,003  
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    1.36% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    1.00% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.03% ***
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    49.70%  
     
 

  *  Portfolio commenced operations April 30, 1999.
 **  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
***  Computed on an annualized basis.
  †  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees, not annualized for periods less than one year.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                                               
Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 4.47     $ 4.81     $ 3.46     $ 3.34     $ 3.15  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
                             
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.83 )     0.29       1.48       0.24       0.39  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.83 )     0.29       1.48       0.24       0.39  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
                             
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.82 )     (0.63 )     (0.13 )     (0.12 )     (0.20 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.82 )     (0.63 )     (0.13 )     (0.12 )     (0.20 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 2.82     $ 4.47     $ 4.81     $ 3.46     $ 3.34  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (19.87% )     6.18%       43.78%       7.56%       13.86%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 1,341,876     $ 1,696,013     $ 1,485,311     $ 1,137,466     $ 1,067,068  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.52%       0.52%       0.51%       0.52%       0.53%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    0.08%       0.09%       (0.02% )     0.04%       0.06%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    70.40%       63.18%       68.64%       50.43%       57.27%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
               
For the
Period
July 31,
2001**
International Growth Portfolio through
December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001

Selected Per Share Data
       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
       
   
Net Investment Income
     
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments
    (0.09 )
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.09 )
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
     
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 0.91  
     
 
Total Return†
    (9.40% )
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 26,900  
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    1.25% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    1.10% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    0.05% ***
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    18.45%  
     
 

 **  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
***  Computed on an annualized basis.
  †  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees, not annualized for periods less than one year.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                                               
Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.63     $ 1.78     $ 1.68     $ 1.69     $ 1.56  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.02       0.02       0.03       0.05       0.04  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments
    (0.23 )     (0.04 )     0.33       0.04       0.15  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.21 )     (0.02 )     0.36       0.09       0.19  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.05 )     (0.04 )     (0.04 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.13 )     (0.09 )     (0.21 )     (0.06 )     (0.02 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.16 )     (0.13 )     (0.26 )     (0.10 )     (0.06 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.26     $ 1.63     $ 1.78     $ 1.68     $ 1.69  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (14.00% )     (0.79% )     22.88%       4.82%       12.28%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 716,413     $ 809,617     $ 772,170     $ 671,106     $ 659,850  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.74%       0.73%       0.74%       0.76%       0.77%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.99%       1.77%       2.62%       3.38%       2.75%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    34.52%       26.95%       38.37%       30.41%       16.74%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
                               
For the Period
April 30,
For the Year Ended 1999*
Index 400 Stock Portfolio December 31, through

December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999

Selected Per Share Data
                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.14     $ 1.11     $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                       
   
Net Investment Income
          0.01       0.01  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.01 )     0.16       0.12  
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.01 )     0.18       0.13  
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
          (0.02 )     (0.01 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.01 )     (0.13 )     (0.01 )
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.01 )     (0.15 )     (0.02 )
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.12     $ 1.14     $ 1.11  
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (0.65% )     17.21%       12.83%  
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 210,734     $ 137,616     $ 59,644  
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.31%       0.32%       0.46% ***
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.31%       0.32%       0.35% ***
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.06%       1.71%       1.69% ***
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    19.06%       54.60%       26.51%  
     
     
     
 

  *  Portfolio commenced operations April 30, 1999.
***  Computed on an annualized basis.
  †  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees, not annualized for periods less than one year.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                                               
Growth Stock Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 2.47     $ 2.66     $ 2.25     $ 1.81     $ 1.46  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.02       0.03       0.03       0.02       0.02  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.36 )     (0.09 )     0.47       0.46       0.42  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.34 )     (0.06 )     0.50       0.48       0.44  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.03 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.08 )     (0.11 )     (0.06 )     (0.02 )     (0.07 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.10 )     (0.13 )     (0.09 )     (0.04 )     (0.09 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 2.03     $ 2.47     $ 2.66     $ 2.25     $ 1.81  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (14.22% )     (2.49% )     22.50%       26.69%       29.85%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 696,578     $ 770,816     $ 676,134     $ 421,282     $ 243,071  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.43%       0.43%       0.43%       0.46%       0.49%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.01%       1.12%       1.22%       1.10%       1.24%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    27.98%       28.01%       27.26%       21.64%       33.20%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
                                               
J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.37     $ 1.56     $ 1.62     $ 1.33     $ 1.32  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.01       0.01       0.01       0.01       0.01  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.11 )     (0.11 )     0.12       0.29       0.37  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.10 )     (0.10 )     0.13       0.30       0.38  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.01 )     (0.01 )           (0.01 )     (0.01 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.04 )     (0.08 )     (0.19 )           (0.36 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.05 )     (0.09 )     (0.19 )     (0.01 )     (0.37 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.22     $ 1.37     $ 1.56     $ 1.62     $ 1.33  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (7.77% )     (6.97% )     7.47%       23.14%       30.03%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 548,672     $ 579,981     $ 661,552     $ 570,970     $ 371,935  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.58%       0.57%       0.57%       0.58%       0.60%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    0.75%       0.68%       0.80%       1.00%       1.04%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    44.37%       47.67%       106.93%       160.40%       144.52%  
     
     
     
     
     
 

†  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
               
For the
Period
July 31, 2001**
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio through
December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001

Selected Per Share Data
       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
       
   
Net Investment Income
     
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments
    (0.03 )
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.03 )
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
     
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 0.97  
     
 
Total Return†
    (2.19% )
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 40,722  
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.90% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.75% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.32% ***
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    18.98%  
     
 
                                               
Index 500 Stock Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 3.41     $ 3.89     $ 3.29     $ 2.64     $ 2.06  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.03       0.04       0.04       0.04       0.04  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.43 )     (0.37 )     0.64       0.71       0.62  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.40 )     (0.33 )     0.68       0.75       0.66  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.04 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.04 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.10 )     (0.11 )     (0.05 )     (0.06 )     (0.04 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.14 )     (0.15 )     (0.08 )     (0.10 )     (0.08 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 2.87     $ 3.41     $ 3.89     $ 3.29     $ 2.64  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (11.88% )     (8.75% )     20.91%       28.72%       33.20%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 1,821,875     $ 2,072,937     $ 2,271,956     $ 1,690,680     $ 1,152,857  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.21%       0.20%       0.20%       0.21%       0.21%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    1.13%       1.08%       1.16%       1.40%       1.86%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    2.92%       6.47%       5.65%       3.03%       3.15%  
     
     
     
     
     
 

 **  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
***  Computed on an annualized basis.
  †  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees, not annualized for periods less than one year.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
               
For the
Period
July 31, 2001**
Asset Allocation Portfolio through
December 31,
(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001

Selected Per Share Data
       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.01  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains on Investments
    (0.03 )
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.02 )
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.01 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.01 )
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 0.97  
     
 
Total Return†
    (2.10% )
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 40,116  
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.92% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.75% ***
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    2.19% ***
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    55.88%  
     
 
                                               
Balanced Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 2.03     $ 2.22     $ 2.22     $ 1.99     $ 1.72  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.08       0.08       0.07       0.07       0.07  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.13 )     (0.09 )     0.17       0.29       0.28  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.05 )     (0.01 )     0.24       0.36       0.35  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.08 )     (0.07 )     (0.07 )     (0.07 )     (0.06 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
    (0.08 )     (0.11 )     (0.17 )     (0.06 )     (0.02 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.16 )     (0.18 )     (0.24 )     (0.13 )     (0.08 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.82     $ 2.03     $ 2.22     $ 2.22     $ 1.99  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    (3.15% )     (0.17% )     11.18%       18.88%       21.52%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 3,011,137     $ 3,253,199     $ 3,557,900     $ 3,282,071     $ 2,788,494  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    3.75%       3.47%       3.36%       3.48%       3.70%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    50.37%       24.36%       27.16%       44.18%       29.94%  
     
     
     
     
     
 

 **  Portfolio commenced operations July 31, 2001.
***  Computed on an annualized basis.
  †  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees, not annualized for periods less than one year.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                                               
High Yield Bond Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 0.69     $ 0.82     $ 0.94     $ 1.06     $ 1.10  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.08       0.09       0.11       0.10       0.11  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    (0.04 )     (0.13 )     (0.12 )     (0.12 )     0.06  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    0.04       (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     0.17  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.08 )     (0.09 )     (0.11 )     (0.10 )     (0.14 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
                            (0.07 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.08 )     (0.09 )     (0.11 )     (0.10 )     (0.21 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 0.65     $ 0.69     $ 0.82     $ 0.94     $ 1.06  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    5.03%       (4.60% )     (0.44% )     (1.84% )     15.85%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 147,670     $ 138,207     $ 161,424     $ 184,782     $ 153,038  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.53%       0.53%       0.50%       0.50%       0.55%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.53%       0.52%       0.50%       0.50%       0.55%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    10.48%       10.90%       11.15%       10.85%       9.95%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    96.41%       124.91%       139.87%       153.71%       129.49%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
                                               
Select Bond Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.16     $ 1.13     $ 1.25     $ 1.26     $ 1.22  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.06       0.08       0.08       0.08       0.08  
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
    0.05       0.03       (0.09 )           0.04  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    0.11       0.11       (0.01 )     0.08       0.12  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.07 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )
   
Distributions from Realized Gains on Investments
                (0.03 )     (0.01 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.07 )     (0.08 )     (0.11 )     (0.09 )     (0.08 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.20     $ 1.16     $ 1.13     $ 1.25     $ 1.26  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    10.37%       10.21%       (1.00% )     7.07%       9.46%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 405,406     $ 291,678     $ 286,493     $ 298,034     $ 244,835  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    6.15%       6.84%       6.56%       6.87%       7.03%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    151.27%       139.89%       76.65%       161.79%       184.93%  
     
     
     
     
     
 

†  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
                                               
Money Market Portfolio For the Year Ended December 31,

(For a share outstanding throughout the period) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Selected Per Share Data
                                       
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
   
Net Investment Income
    0.04       0.06       0.05       0.05       0.05  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total from Investment Operations
    0.04       0.06       0.05       0.05       0.05  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
   
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.05 )     (0.05 )     (0.05 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total Distributions
    (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.05 )     (0.05 )     (0.05 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total Return†
    3.91%       6.28%       5.10%       5.43%       5.47%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands)
  $ 458,689     $ 384,455     $ 404,284     $ 291,464     $ 194,470  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
    0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%       0.30%  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    3.76%       6.08%       4.99%       5.26%       5.33%  
     
     
     
     
     
 

†  Total Return includes deductions for management and other fund expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and account fees.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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 Notes to Financial Statements

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2001

Note 1 — Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc. (the “Series Fund”), is registered as a diversified open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Series Fund consists of the Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio, Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio, International Growth Stock Portfolio, Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, Index 400 Stock Portfolio, Growth Stock Portfolio, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio, Index 500 Stock Portfolio, Asset Allocation Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Select Bond Portfolio and the Money Market Portfolio (the “Portfolios”). Shares are presently offered only to The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Northwestern Mutual”) and its segregated asset accounts.

On July 31, 2001, four new portfolios commenced operations in the Series Fund: T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio, International Growth Stock Portfolio, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio and the Asset Allocation Portfolio. These four new portfolios were each organized with 2,000,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock. Par value is $.01 per share. Northwestern Mutual purchased 25,010,000 shares of each of the International Growth Stock, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity, and the Asset Allocation Portfolios at $1.00 per share and 5,010,000 shares of the T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio at $1.00 per share.

Note 2 — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principal accounting policies are summarized below.

Note 3 — Stocks listed on a national or foreign stock exchange are valued at the final sale price, or final bid price in absence of a sale. Stocks not listed on a national or foreign stock exchange are valued at the closing bid price on the over-the-counter market. Bonds are valued on the basis of prices furnished by a service which determines prices for normal institutional size trading units of bonds. Money market investments, other than in the Money Market Portfolio, with maturities exceeding sixty days but generally not exceeding one year are valued by marking to market on the basis of an average of the most recent bid prices or yields. Money market investments with maturities of sixty days or less and all securities in the Money Market Portfolio are valued on an amortized cost basis or, if the current market value differs substantially from the amortized cost, by marking to market. When quotations are not readily available, securities are valued at fair value determined by procedures approved by the Board of Directors.

Note 4 — Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of securities and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated in U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. When the International Growth Stock Portfolio, Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, Asset Allocation Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio and Select Bond Portfolio purchases or sells a foreign security they may enter into a foreign exchange currency contract to minimize market risk for the trade date to the settlement date of such transaction. Such foreign exchange currency contracts are marked to market daily.

The Portfolios may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against exchange rate risk arising from investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies. Contracts valued at the contractual forward rate are marked to market daily, with the change in market value recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is incurred. Risks may arise from changes in market value of the underlying instruments and from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

The International Growth Stock Portfolio, Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, Asset Allocation Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio and Select Bond Portfolio do not separately report the results of operations due to changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized or unrealized gain or loss from investments.

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Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade date and the settlement date on security transactions, the differences between the amounts of dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the portfolio’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid.

Note 5 — The Small Cap Growth Stock, Aggressive Growth Stock, Index 400 Stock, Growth Stock, Index 500 Stock, Asset Allocation, Balanced and Select Bond Portfolios invest in futures contracts as an alternative to investing in individual securities. The Small Cap Growth Stock, Aggressive Growth Stock, Index 400 Stock, Growth Stock, Index 500 Stock, Asset Allocation, Balanced and Select Bond Portfolios could be exposed to market risk due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or due to an illiquid secondary market. Futures contracts are marked to market daily based upon quoted settlement prices. The Portfolios receive from or pay to brokers an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contracts. Such receipts or payments, known as the “variation margin,” are recorded by the Portfolios as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Portfolios record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

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Note 6 — Interest income and discounts earned are recorded daily on the accrual basis and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as information from foreign issues is available. Where applicable, dividends are recorded net of foreign dividend tax. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Securities transactions are accounted for on trade date. The basis for determining cost on sale of securities is identified cost. For the period ended December 31, 2001, transactions in securities other than money market investments were:
                                 
U.S. U.S. Govt.
Total Govt. Total Security Security
Security Security Sales/ Sales/
Portfolios Purchases Purchases Maturities Maturities





(Amounts in thousands)
Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 156,527             $ 150,818          
T. Rowe Price SmallCap Value
    25,344               5,650          
Aggressive Growth Stock
    898,942               896,962          
International Growth Stock Portfolio
    31,297               3,804          
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    329,388               253,695          
Index 400 Stock
    104,728               29,922          
Growth Stock
    176,397               170,919          
J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock
    238,281               242,860          
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio
    41,828               4,668          
Index 500 Stock
    102,703               54,443          
Asset Allocation Portfolio
    43,496     $ 10,325       12,108     $ 8,343  
Balanced
    1,353,488       811,300       1,392,247       1,019,349  
High Yield Bond
    131,766               131,426          
Select Bond
    552,332       355,929       472,276       337,712  
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Note 7 — The Series Fund and its Portfolios are parties to annually renewable contracts pursuant to which each Portfolio pays a charge for investment management and administrative services. Each Portfolio pays at an annual rate based on the average daily net asset values of each Portfolio. For the T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio the rate is .85%, for the Index 500 Stock Portfolio the rate is .20%, for the Index 400 Stock Portfolio the rate is .25%, and for the Balanced, Select Bond and Money Market Portfolios the rate is .30%. For the other Portfolios the rate for the investment advisory

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fee is graded by the asset size of the Portfolio according to the following schedule:
                         
First Next
$50 $50
Portfolios Million Million Excess




Small Cap Growth Stock
    .80%       .65%       .50%  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    .80%       .65%       .50%  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    .85%       .65%       .65%  
Growth Stock
    .60%       .50%       .40%  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock
    .70%       .60%       .55%  
High Yield Bond
    .60%       .50%       .40%  
                         
First Next
$100 $150
Portfolios Million Million Excess




Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    .65%       .55%       .50%  
International Growth Stock
    .75%       .65%       .55%  
Asset Allocation
    .60%       .50%       .40%  

These amounts are paid to Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (“NMIS”), a wholly owned company of Northwestern Mutual, which is the manager and investment adviser of the Fund. Northwestern Mutual is also a party to the agreement. Other costs for each Portfolio are paid either by the Portfolios, Northwestern Mutual, or NMIS depending upon the applicable agreement in place. Effective January 1, 2002, Mason Street Advisers, LLC (“MSA”), a wholly owned company of Northwestern Mutual, will replace NMIS as the manager and investment advisor of the Fund.

The Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio, Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio, International Growth Stock Portfolio, Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, Index 400 Stock Portfolio, Growth Stock Portfolio, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio, Index 500 Stock Portfolio, Asset Allocation Portfolio, and High Yield Bond Portfolio pay their own custodian fees. In addition, certain Portfolios pay a portion of their custodian fees indirectly through expense offset arrangements. Custodian fees are reduced for Portfolios that maintain compensating balances in non-interest bearing accounts. The Portfolios could have invested the assets used to pay for the custodian fees, had the assets not been used in the expense offset arrangements. For the period ended December 31, 2001, the amounts paid through expense offset arrangements are $4,075 in the Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolio, $586 in the T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio, $6,329 in the Aggressive Growth Stock Portfolio, $3,356 in the Index 400 Stock Portfolio, $4,118 in the Growth Stock Portfolio, $2,986 in the J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio, $274 in the Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio, $4,281 in the Index 500 Stock Portfolio, $488 in the Asset Allocation Portfolio, and $1,970 in the High Yield Bond Portfolio.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. (“J.P. Morgan”), Templeton Investment Counsel, Inc. (“Templeton Counsel”), T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”) and Capital Guardian Trust Company (“Capital Guardian”) have been retained under an investment subadvisory agreement to provide investment advice and, in general, to conduct the management investment program of the J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Portfolio, the Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio, the T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Portfolio and the Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Portfolio, respectively. NMIS pays J.P. Morgan .45% on the first $100 million of the combined net assets for all funds managed for Northwestern Mutual by J.P. Morgan, .40% on the next $100 million, .35% on the next $200 million and .30% in excess of $400 million. NMIS pays Templeton Counsel .50% on the first $100 million of the combined net assets for all funds managed for Northwestern Mutual by Templeton Counsel and .40% in excess of $100 million. NMIS pays T. Rowe Price an annual rate of .60% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets. NMIS pays Capital Guardian a flat annual fee of $375,000 on the Portfolio’s assets of $100 million or less and .275% on net assets in excess of $100 million.

The Growth Stock, Aggressive Growth Stock, Small Cap Growth Stock and Asset Allocation Portfolios paid commissions on Fund transactions to an affiliated broker in the amounts of $1,362, $178,992, $3,786 and $2,046, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Note 8 — Each of the Portfolios of the Series Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company meeting certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. Since each expects to distribute all net investment income and net realized capital gains, the Portfolios anticipate incurring no federal income taxes.

Taxable distributions from net investment income and realized capital gains in the Portfolios 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. The differences between cost amounts for book

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 Notes to Financial Statements

purposes and tax purposes are principally due to treatment of deferred losses.

It is the policy of the Portfolios to reclassify the net effect of permanent differences between book and taxable income to capital accounts on the statements of assets and liabilities.

After October 31, 2001, the Aggressive Growth Stock, International Growth Stock, Franklin Templeton International Equity, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity, Index 500 Stock and High Yield Bond Portfolios had capital losses in the amounts of $12,647,928, $914,957, $4,193,591, $6,639,459, $117,050, $707,261 and $6,432,818, respectively. The International Growth Stock and Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolios had currency losses in the amounts of $16,787 and $23,291, respectively. These amounts are deferred and deemed to have occurred in the next fiscal year. For Federal income tax purposes, the Small Cap Growth Stock, International Growth Stock, Franklin Templeton International Equity, Index 400 Stock, Growth Stock, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity, Asset Allocation and Balanced Portfolios also have net realized capital losses of $25,189,147, $162,404, $11,599,888, $2,803,777, $52,222,224, $18,238,809, $51,512, $144,649 and $4,462,390, respectively, which will be carried forward to offset future net realized gains. The amounts expire in 2009. The High Yield Bond Portfolio has a net realized capital loss of $58,963,786. The amounts expire as follows: $2,661,875 in 2006, $23,977,979 in 2007, $21,128,704 in 2008 and $11,195,228 in 2009. The Select Bond Portfolio utilized $6,607,991 of prior capital loss carry forwards.

For Federal income tax purposes, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is generally required to be treated as realized gains (losses).

Note 9 — Dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains are declared each year for the Small Cap Growth Stock, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value, Aggressive Growth Stock, International Growth Stock, Franklin Templeton International Equity, Index 400 Stock, Growth Stock, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity, Index 500 Stock, Asset Allocation, Balanced, High Yield Bond and Select Bond Portfolios and each business day for the Money Market Portfolio.

Note 10 — Northwestern Mutual voluntarily reimburses the Franklin Templeton International Equity Portfolio for the benefit Northwestern Mutual receives from foreign dividend taxes charged against the Portfolio. The amount reimbursed represents approximately 65% of the foreign dividend tax withheld from the Portfolio. Reimbursements are recorded when foreign dividend taxes are accrued. These voluntary reimbursements for the years ended December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 were $1,296,498 and $830,396, respectively.

________________________________________________________________________________

Note 11

Distributions to Shareholders

When applicable, each of the Portfolios made distributions during the year of ordinary income and long-term capital gains. The tax character of distributions paid for the period ended December 31, 2001 was as follows:

                         
Distributions Paid From:

Ordinary Long-term
Portfolio Income Capital Gain Total




(Amounts in thousands)
Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 24           $ 24  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
    51             51  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    1,517     $ 310,659       312,176  
International Growth Stock
                 
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    26,699       54,212       80,911  
Index 400 Stock
    969       1,207       2,176  
Growth Stock
    5,419       25,531       30,950  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    7,206       12,432       19,638  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    168             168  
Index 500 Stock
    24,105       59,088       83,193  
Asset Allocation
    284             284  
Balanced
    127,987       112,544       240,531  
High Yield Bond
    15,601             15,601  
Select Bond
    19,294             19,294  
Money Market
    15,878             15,878  

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As of December 31, 2001, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

                                 
Undistributed Undistributed Unrealized
Ordinary Long-term Appreciation
Portfolio Income Gains (Losses) (Depreciation)* Total





(Amounts in thousands)
Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 432     $ (25,189 )   $ 20,363     $ (4,394 )
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
    17       13       1,139       1,169  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    1,101       24,420       19,737       45,258  
International Growth Stock
          (162 )     (2,170 )     (2,332 )
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    13,714       (11,600 )     (57,362 )     (55,248 )
Index 400 Stock
    1,833       (2,804 )     5,679       4,708  
Growth Stock
    7,118       (52,222 )     87,619       42,515  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    4,121       (18,239 )     (35,410 )     (49,528 )
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    2       (52 )     140       90  
Index 500 Stock
    21,312       35,465       454,593       511,370  
Asset Allocation
    3       (145 )     (152 )     (294 )
Balanced
    106,136       (4,462 )     612,001       713,675  
High Yield Bond
    127       (58,964 )     (16,002 )     (74,839 )
Select Bond
    23,230       1,247       (9,046 )     15,431  
Money Market
                       

Differs from disclosures on Schedules of Investments due primarily to timing of recognition of certain gains and losses for tax purposes.

The difference between book basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on certain futures contracts.

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 Accountants’ Report

(PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLC - LETTERHEAD)

Report of Independent Accountants

To The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and

Contract Owners of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account

In our opinion, the accompanying combined statement of assets and liabilities and the related combined and separate statements of operations and of changes in equity and financial highlights, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account and its Small Cap Growth Stock Division, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value Division, Aggressive Growth Stock Division, International Growth Stock Division, Franklin Templeton International Equity Division, Index 400 Stock Division, Growth Stock Division, J.P. Morgan Select Growth & Income Stock Division, Capital Guardian Domestic Equity Division, Index 500 Stock Division, Asset Allocation Division, Balanced Division, High Yield Bond Division, Select Bond Division, Money Market Division, Russell Multi-Style Equity Division, Russell Aggressive Equity Division, Russell Non-U.S. Division, Russell Real Estate Securities Division and Russell Core Bond Division thereof at December 31, 2001, the results of each of their operations for the year or period then ended and the changes in each of their equity for the two years or the period then ended and the financial highlights for the year or period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included direct confirmation of the number of shares owned at December 31, 2001 with Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., and the Russell Insurance Funds, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

(PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

January 25, 2002

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 Financial Statements

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2001
(in thousands)
                         
Assets
               
 
Investments at Market Value:
               
   
Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
               
     
Small Cap Growth Stock
46,295 shares (cost $86,393)
  $ 82,643          
     
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
6,207 shares (cost $5,819)
    6,302          
     
Aggressive Growth Stock
97,403 shares (cost $341,112)
    274,896          
     
International Growth Stock
1,254 shares (cost $1,125)
    1,136          
     
Franklin Templeton International Equity
134,988 shares (cost $210,527)
    170,668          
     
Index 400 Stock
48,743 shares (cost $54,811)
    54,677          
     
Growth Stock
96,733 shares (cost $210,828)
    196,115          
     
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
107,992 shares (cost $153,430)
    131,656          
     
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
5,715 shares (cost $5,268)
    5,571          
     
Index 500 Stock
148,020 shares (cost $435,818)
    425,707          
     
Asset Allocation
2,258 shares (cost $2,134)
    2,194          
     
Balanced
114,180 shares (cost $202,810)
    208,026          
     
High Yield Bond
42,510 shares (cost $35,306)
    27,597          
     
Select Bond
36,038 shares (cost $42,032)
    43,382          
     
Money Market
107,420 shares (cost $107,420)
    107,420          
   
Russell Insurance Funds
               
     
Multi-Style Equity
5,140 shares (cost $72,596)
    60,864          
     
Aggressive Equity
2,551 shares (cost $30,954)
    29,181          
     
Non-U.S.
3,781 shares (cost $41,410)
    32,708          
     
Real Estate Securities
1,467 shares (cost $15,215)
    15,767          
     
Core Bond
1,879 shares (cost $18,868)
    19,035     $ 1,895,545  
     
         
 
Due from Sale of Fund Shares
            133  
 
Due from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
            798  
             
 
       
Total Assets
          $ 1,896,476  
             
 
 
Liabilities
               
 
Due to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
          $ 133  
 
Due on Purchase of Fund Shares
            798  
             
 
       
Total Liabilities
            931  
             
 
 
Equity (Note 8)
               
 
Variable Life Policies Issued Before October 11, 1995
            441,285  
 
Variable Complife Policies Issued On or After October 11, 1995
            1,320,475  
 
Variable Executive Life Policies Issued On or After March 2, 1998
            72,653  
 
Variable Joint Life Policies Issued On or After December 10, 1998
            61,132  
             
 
       
Total Equity
            1,895,545  
             
 
       
Total Liabilities and Equity
          $ 1,896,476  
             
 

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Operations
(in thousands)
                                                           
T. Rowe Price
Small Cap
Small Cap Growth Value Aggressive Growth
Combined Stock Division Division# Stock Division




Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2001 2000

Investment Income
                                                       
 
Dividend Income
  $ 127,172     $ 98,818     $ 5     $ 828     $ 15     $ 55,735     $ 29,746  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    7,362       6,166       276       130       6       1,156       1,141  
 
Taxes
    2,636       2,675       93       56       1       419       489  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    117,174       89,977       (364 )     642       8       54,160       28,116  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                                                       
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    199       15,962       (296 )     1,839             470       3,321  
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    (300,285 )     (155,582 )     21       (5,210 )     483       (113,399 )     (23,838 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (300,086 )     (139,620 )     (275 )     (3,371 )     483       (112,929 )     (20,517 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ (182,912 )   $ (49,643 )   $ (639 )   $ (2,729 )   $ 491     $ (58,769 )   $ 7,599  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                                           
International
Growth Franklin Templeton J.P. Morgan Select
Stock International Index 400 Growth and Income
Division# Equity Division Stock Division Growth Stock Division Stock Division





Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2001 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Investment Income
                                                                       
 
Dividend Income
  $     $ 16,480     $ 9,885     $ 439     $ 2,587     $ 7,586     $ 6,953     $ 4,135     $ 6,106  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    1       719       595       163       52       773       644       530       470  
 
Taxes
          260       257       53       22       271       275       188       201  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    (1 )     15,501       9,033       223       2,513       6,542       6,034       3,417       5,435  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                                                                       
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
          (282 )     1,818       (7 )     71       352       1,026       (204 )     1,538  
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    10       (40,155 )     (12,052 )     718       (1,171 )     (34,280 )     (13,347 )     (13,126 )     (15,724 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    10       (40,437 )     (10,234 )     711       (1,100 )     (33,928 )     (12,321 )     (13,330 )     (14,186 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ 9     $ (24,936 )   $ (1,201 )   $ 934     $ 1,413     $ (27,386 )   $ (6,287 )   $ (9,913 )   $ (8,751 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Operations
(in thousands)
                                                   
Capital Guardian Asset
Domestic Equity Index 500 Allocation
Division# Stock Division Division# Balanced Division




Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001 2000

Investment Income
                                               
 
Dividend Income
  $ 23     $ 16,748     $ 14,015     $ 15     $ 15,012     $ 15,457  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    5       1,726       1,575       2       915       891  
 
Taxes
    1       633       676             376       382  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    17       14,389       11,764       13       13,721       14,184  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                                               
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (2 )     2,729       1,749       5       559       5,358  
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    302       (67,629 )     (50,374 )     60       (21,699 )     (21,229 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    300       (64,900 )     (48,625 )     65       (21,140 )     (15,871 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ 317     $ (50,511 )   $ (36,861 )   $ 78     $ (7,419 )   $ (1,687 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                   
High Yield Bond Division Select Bond Division Money Market Division



Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Investment Income
                                               
 
Dividend Income
  $ 2,905     $ 2,383     $ 1,762     $ 1,285     $ 3,627     $ 4,666  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    108       82       123       75       419       278  
 
Taxes
    38       35       44       31       112       150  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    2,759       2,266       1,595       1,179       3,096       4,238  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                                               
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (1,060 )     (626 )     (45 )     (82 )            
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    (861 )     (2,680 )     1,419       829              
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (1,921 )     (3,306 )     1,374       747              
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ 838     $ (1,040 )   $ 2,969     $ 1,926     $ 3,096     $ 4,238  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Operations
(in thousands)
                                   
Russell Multi- Russell Aggressive
Style Equity Division Equity Division


Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000

Investment Income
                               
 
Dividend Income
  $ 1,011     $ 989     $ 26     $ 1,909  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    180       105       85       45  
 
Taxes
    60       45       28       20  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    771       839       (87 )     1,844  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                               
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (545 )     (121 )     (173 )     47  
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    (7,053 )     (5,159 )     217       (2,428 )
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (7,598 )     (5,280 )     44       (2,381 )
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ (6,827 )   $ (4,441 )   $ (43 )   $ (537 )
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                   
Russell Non- Russell Real Estate Russell
U.S. Division Securities Division Core Bond Division



Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Investment Income
                                               
 
Dividend Income
  $ 195     $ 1,559     $ 633     $ 204     $ 820     $ 246  
 
Mortality and Expense Risks
    103       60       47       14       25       9  
 
Taxes
    35       26       16       6       8       4  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Investment Income
    57       1,473       570       184       787       233  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
                                               
 
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (1,972 )     31       486       1       184       (8 )
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments During the Period
    (5,137 )     (4,148 )     (130 )     692       (46 )     257  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (7,109 )     (4,117 )     356       693       138       249  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity Derived from Investment Activity
  $ (7,052 )   $ (2,644 )   $ 926     $ 877     $ 925     $ 482  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

117


 

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Changes in Equity
(in thousands)
                                                           
T. Rowe Price
Small Cap Growth Small Cap Aggressive Growth
Combined Stock Division Value Division# Stock Division




Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2001 2000

 
Operations
                                                       
 
Net Investment Income
  $ 117,174     $ 89,977     $ (364 )   $ 642     $ 8     $ 54,160     $ 28,116  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    199       15,962       (296 )     1,839             470       3,321  
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    (300,285 )     (155,582 )     21       (5,210 )     483       (113,399 )     (23,838 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    (182,912 )     (49,643 )     (639 )     (2,729 )     491       (58,769 )     7,599  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Equity Transactions
                                                       
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    697,763       613,832       23,485       8,148       434       66,834       46,622  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
    (112,180 )     (85,955 )     (4,593 )     (1,391 )     (67 )     (18,126 )     (17,395 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (107,907 )     (91,405 )     (4,385 )     (1,558 )     (58 )     (13,223 )     (10,329 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    402,319       419,640       26,320       44,208       5,543       43,394       65,880  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (402,319 )     (419,640 )     (7,922 )     (3,863 )     (41 )     (23,039 )     (20,612 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    477,676       436,472       32,905       45,544       5,811       55,840       64,166  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    294,764       386,829       32,266       42,815       6,302       (2,929 )     71,765  
 
Equity
                                                       
 
Beginning of Period
    1,600,781       1,213,952       50,377       7,562             277,825       206,060  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 1,895,545     $ 1,600,781     $ 82,643     $ 50,377     $ 6,302     $ 274,896     $ 277,825  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                                           
International Franklin Templeton J.P. Morgan Select
Growth International Equity Index 400 Growth and Income
Stock Division# Division Stock Division Growth Stock Division Stock Division





Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2001 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Operations
                                                                       
 
Net Investment Income
  $ (1 )   $ 15,501     $ 9,033     $ 223     $ 2,513     $ 6,542     $ 6,034     $ 3,417     $ 5,435  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
          (282 )     1,818       (7 )     71       352       1,026       (204 )     1,538  
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    10       (40,155 )     (12,052 )     718       (1,171 )     (34,280 )     (13,347 )     (13,126 )     (15,724 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    9       (24,936 )     (1,201 )     934       1,413       (27,386 )     (6,287 )     (9,913 )     (8,751 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Equity Transactions
                                                                       
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    98       41,543       32,762       12,735       3,691       52,360       37,607       32,889       29,344  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
          (10,571 )     (8,140 )     (2,168 )     (586 )     (11,723 )     (9,123 )     (9,380 )     (6,846 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (11 )     (7,910 )     (6,157 )     (2,455 )     (724 )     (10,223 )     (7,575 )     (6,571 )     (6,174 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    1,041       26,521       28,171       25,046       17,439       37,491       44,134       20,061       17,575  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (1 )     (11,896 )     (10,026 )     (3,729 )     (1,179 )     (16,082 )     (12,837 )     (7,529 )     (16,300 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    1,127       37,687       36,610       29,429       18,641       51,823       52,206       29,470       17,599  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    1,136       12,751       35,409       30,363       20,054       24,437       45,919       19,557       8,848  
Equity
                                                                       
 
Beginning of Period
          157,917       122,508       24,314       4,260       171,678       125,759       112,099       103,251  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 1,136     $ 170,668     $ 157,917     $ 54,677     $ 24,314     $ 196,115     $ 171,678     $ 131,656     $ 112,099  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

118


 

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Changes in Equity
(in thousands)
                                                   
Capital Guardian
Domestic Equity Index 500 Asset Allocation
Division# Stock Division Division# Balanced Division




Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended Period Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001 2000

Operations
                                               
 
Net Investment Income
  $ 17     $ 14,389     $ 11,764     $ 13     $ 13,721     $ 14,184  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    (2 )     2,729       1,749       5       559       5,358  
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    302       (67,629 )     (50,374 )     60       (21,699 )     (21,229 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    317       (50,511 )     (36,861 )     78       (7,419 )     (1,687 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Equity Transactions
                                               
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    420       104,548       85,004       76       30,367       25,988  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
    (62 )     (25,831 )     (20,850 )     (15 )     (11,836 )     (11,702 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (47 )     (20,549 )     (16,957 )     (30 )     (6,614 )     (5,718 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    4,971       67,234       69,748       2,086       21,637       14,233  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (28 )     (29,177 )     (28,136 )     (1 )     (11,057 )     (16,597 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    5,254       96,225       88,809       2,116       22,497       6,204  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    5,571       45,714       51,948       2,194       15,078       4,517  
 
Equity
                                               
 
Beginning of Period
          379,993       328,045             192,948       188,431  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 5,571     $ 425,707     $ 379,993     $ 2,194     $ 208,026     $ 192,948  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                   
High Yield
Bond Division Select Bond Division Money Market Division



Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Operations
                                               
 
Net Investment Income
  $ 2,759     $ 2,266     $ 1,595     $ 1,179     $ 3,096     $ 4,238  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    (1,060 )     (626 )     (45 )     (82 )            
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    (861 )     (2,680 )     1,419       829              
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    838       (1,040 )     2,969       1,926       3,096       4,238  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Equity Transactions
                                               
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    6,831       6,244       8,111       5,193       265,283       312,705  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
    (2,040 )     (1,031 )     (1,894 )     (930 )     (7,403 )     (5,338 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (1,318 )     (1,023 )     (1,589 )     (930 )     (24,561 )     (30,361 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    6,262       3,354       23,459       6,989       35,827       26,244  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (3,473 )     (3,972 )     (12,147 )     (3,102 )     (252,248 )     (287,463 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    6,262       3,572       15,940       7,220       16,898       15,787  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    7,100       2,532       18,909       9,146       19,994       20,025  
Equity
                                               
 
Beginning of Period
    20,497       17,965       24,473       15,327       87,426       67,401  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 27,597     $ 20,497     $ 43,382     $ 24,473     $ 107,420     $ 87,426  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

119


 

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Statement of Changes in Equity
(in thousands)
                                   
Russell Multi-Style Russell Aggressive
Equity Division Equity Division


Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000

Operations
                               
 
Net Investment Income
  $ 771     $ 839     $ (87 )   $ 1,844  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    (545 )     (121 )     (173 )     47  
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    (7,053 )     (5,159 )     217       (2,428 )
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    (6,827 )     (4,441 )     (43 )     (537 )
     
     
     
     
 
 
Equity Transactions
                               
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    21,720       9,683       8,802       3,674  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
    (2,510 )     (1,153 )     (1,295 )     (550 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (3,622 )     (1,847 )     (1,605 )     (762 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    16,182       30,351       8,226       14,978  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (5,154 )     (5,256 )     (4,141 )     (2,922 )
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    26,616       31,778       9,987       14,418  
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    19,789       27,337       9,944       13,881  
 
Equity
                               
 
Beginning of Period
    41,075       13,738       19,237       5,356  
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 60,864     $ 41,075     $ 29,181     $ 19,237  
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
                                                   
Russell Non- Russell Real Estate Russell Core
U.S. Division Securities Division Bond Division



Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31, December 31,
(continued) 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000


Operations
                                               
 
Net Investment Income
  $ 57     $ 1,473     $ 570     $ 184     $ 787     $ 233  
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    (1,972 )     31       486       1       184       (8 )
 
Net Change in unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
    (5,137 )     (4,148 )     (130 )     692       (46 )     257  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase (Decrease) in Equity
    (7,052 )     (2,644 )     926       877       925       482  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Equity Transactions
                                               
 
Policyowners’ Net Payments
    12,021       5,228       3,200       1,150       6,006       789  
 
Policy Loans and Surrenders
    (1,528 )     (550 )     (833 )     (73 )     (305 )     (297 )
 
Death Benefits, Mortality and Other (net)
    (1,813 )     (884 )     (660 )     (198 )     (663 )     (208 )
 
Transfers from Other Divisions
    15,996       25,372       8,119       5,039       6,903       5,925  
 
Transfers to Other Divisions
    (10,603 )     (6,442 )     (2,497 )     (431 )     (1,554 )     (502 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Increase in Equity Derived from Equity Transactions
    14,073       22,724       7,329       5,487       10,387       5,707  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net Increase in Equity
    7,021       20,080       8,255       6,364       11,312       6,189  
Equity
                                               
 
Beginning of Period
    25,687       5,607       7,512       1,148       7,723       1,534  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
End of Period
  $ 32,708     $ 25,687     $ 15,767     $ 7,512     $ 19,035     $ 7,723  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

The initial investment in this Division was made on July 31, 2001

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

120


 

 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
(For a unit outstanding during the period)
                                                 
Unit
Year or Value, Increase
Period Beginning (Decrease) in Unit Value, Total Expense
Division Ended of Period Equity End of Period Return(2) Ratio(3)

Variable Life
                                               
Small Cap Growth Stock
    12/31/01     $ 1.625492     $ (0.072172 )   $ 1.553320       (4.44% )     0.70%  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       0.014592       1.014592       1.46%       0.70%  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    12/31/01       3.065764       (0.626551 )     2.439213       (20.44% )     0.70%  
International Growth Stock (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.096657 )     0.903343       (9.67% )     0.70%  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    12/31/01       1.903987       (0.278048 )     1.625939       (14.60% )     0.70%  
Index 400 Stock
    12/31/01       1.240431       (0.016775 )     1.223656       (1.35% )     0.70%  
Growth Stock
    12/31/01       3.009395       (0.445945 )     2.563450       (14.82% )     0.70%  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    12/31/01       2.409229       (0.202875 )     2.206354       (8.42% )     0.70%  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.024750 )     0.975250       (2.48% )     0.70%  
Index 500 Stock
    12/31/01       8.120164       (1.014851 )     7.105313       (12.50% )     0.70%  
Asset Allocation (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.023889 )     0.976111       (2.39% )     0.70%  
Balanced
    12/31/01       5.984864       (0.229274 )     5.755590       (3.83% )     0.70%  
High Yield Bond
    12/31/01       1.485108       0.063770       1.548878       4.29%       0.70%  
Select Bond
    12/31/01       3.963949       0.380276       4.344225       9.59%       0.70%  
Money Market
    12/31/01       2.353569       0.075030       2.428599       3.19%       0.70%  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    12/31/01       0.907213       (0.134361 )     0.772852       (14.81% )     0.70%  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    12/31/01       1.032281       (0.031476 )     1.000805       (3.05% )     0.70%  
Russell Non-U.S
    12/31/01       1.054966       (0.238179 )     0.816787       (22.58% )     0.70%  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    12/31/01       1.185448       0.083946       1.269394       7.08%       0.70%  
Russell Core Bond
    12/31/01       1.094091       0.072780       1.166871       6.65%       0.70%  
                                                 
Unit
Year or Value, Increase
Period Beginning (Decrease) in Unit Value, Total Expense
Division Ended of Period Equity End of Period Return(2) Ratio(3)

Variable Complife
                                               
Small Cap Growth Stock
    12/31/01     $ 1.627985     $ (0.070672 )   $ 1.557313       (4.34% )     0.60%  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       0.015029       1.015029       1.50%       0.60%  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    12/31/01       2.345657       (0.477468 )     1.868189       (20.36% )     0.60%  
International Growth Stock (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.096278 )     0.903722       (9.63% )     0.60%  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    12/31/01       1.732972       (0.251549 )     1.481423       (14.52% )     0.60%  
Index 400 Stock
    12/31/01       1.242339       (0.015540 )     1.226799       (1.25% )     0.60%  
Growth Stock
    12/31/01       2.451994       (0.361209 )     2.090785       (14.73% )     0.60%  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    12/31/01       1.981528       (0.164993 )     1.816535       (8.33% )     0.60%  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.024335 )     0.975665       (2.43% )     0.60%  
Index 500 Stock
    12/31/01       2.402584       (0.298124 )     2.104460       (12.41% )     0.60%  
Asset Allocation (1)
    12/31/01       1.000000       (0.023476 )     0.976524       (2.35% )     0.60%  
Balanced
    12/31/01       1.853571       (0.069171 )     1.784400       (3.73% )     0.60%  
High Yield Bond
    12/31/01       1.266464       0.055737       1.322201       4.40%       0.60%  
Select Bond
    12/31/01       1.328892       0.128981       1.457873       9.71%       0.60%  
Money Market
    12/31/01       1.283261       0.042267       1.325528       3.29%       0.60%  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    12/31/01       0.908607       (0.133773 )     0.774834       (14.72% )     0.60%  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    12/31/01       1.033884       (0.030497 )     1.003387       (2.95% )     0.60%  
Russell Non-U.S
    12/31/01       1.056582       (0.237709 )     0.818873       (22.50% )     0.60%  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    12/31/01       1.187265       0.085378       1.272643       7.19%       0.60%  
Russell Core Bond
    12/31/01       1.095758       0.074097       1.169855       6.76%       0.60%  

(1)  Portfolio commenced operations on July 31, 2001.
(2)  Total Return includes deductions for management and other expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and other charges. Returns are not annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)  Computed on an annualized basis. Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolio.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Financial Highlights

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
(For a unit outstanding during the period)
                                                 
Unit
Year or Value, Increase
Period Beginning (Decrease) in Unit Value, Total Expense
Division Ended of Period Equity End of Period Return(2) Ratio(3)

Variable Executive Life
                                               
Small Cap Growth Stock
    12/31/01     $ 19.859931     $ (0.747302 )   $ 19.112629       (3.76% )     0.00%  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       0.175772       10.175772       1.76%       0.00%  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    12/31/01       60.845203       (12.091795 )     48.753408       (19.87% )     0.00%  
International Growth Stock (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.940000 )     9.060000       (9.40% )     0.00%  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    12/31/01       2.477334       (0.346781 )     2.130553       (14.00% )     0.00%  
Index 400 Stock
    12/31/01       13.224995       (0.086543 )     13.138452       (0.65% )     0.00%  
Growth Stock
    12/31/01       31.531943       (4.482417 )     27.049526       (14.22% )     0.00%  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    12/31/01       25.243989       (1.962061 )     23.281928       (7.77% )     0.00%  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.218792 )     9.781208       (2.19% )     0.00%  
Index 500 Stock
    12/31/01       51.325633       (6.096747 )     45.228886       (11.88% )     0.00%  
Asset Allocation (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.210197 )     9.789803       (2.10% )     0.00%  
Balanced
    12/31/01       94.345469       (2.972733 )     91.372736       (3.15% )     0.00%  
High Yield Bond
    12/31/01       15.560950       0.782881       16.343831       5.03%       0.00%  
Select Bond
    12/31/01       98.036463       10.163796       108.200259       10.37%       0.00%  
Money Market
    12/31/01       32.311690       1.265628       33.577318       3.92%       0.00%  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    12/31/01       9.440627       (1.341174 )     8.099453       (14.21% )     0.00%  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    12/31/01       11.017913       (0.260391 )     10.757522       (2.36% )     0.00%  
Russell Non-U.S
    12/31/01       10.725190       (2.362632 )     8.362558       (22.03% )     0.00%  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    12/31/01       11.800164       0.924897       12.725061       7.84%       0.00%  
Russell Core Bond
    12/31/01       10.905549       0.807668       11.713217       7.41%       0.00%  
                                                 
Unit
Year or Value, Increase
Period Beginning (Decrease) in Unit Value, Total Expense
Division Ended of Period Equity End of Period Return(2) Ratio(3)

Variable Joint Life
                                               
Small Cap Growth Stock
    12/31/01     $ 19.859931     $ (0.747302 )   $ 19.112629       (3.76% )     0.00%  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       0.175772       10.175772       1.76%       0.00%  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    12/31/01       60.845203       (12.091795 )     48.753408       (19.87% )     0.00%  
International Growth Stock (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.940000 )     9.060000       (9.40% )     0.00%  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    12/31/01       2.477334       (0.346781 )     2.130553       (14.00% )     0.00%  
Index 400 Stock
    12/31/01       13.224995       (0.086543 )     13.138452       (0.65% )     0.00%  
Growth Stock
    12/31/01       31.531943       (4.482417 )     27.049526       (14.22% )     0.00%  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    12/31/01       25.243989       (1.962061 )     23.281928       (7.77% )     0.00%  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.218792 )     9.781208       (2.19% )     0.00%  
Index 500 Stock
    12/31/01       51.325633       (6.096747 )     45.228886       (11.88% )     0.00%  
Asset Allocation (1)
    12/31/01       10.000000       (0.210197 )     9.789803       (2.10% )     0.00%  
Balanced
    12/31/01       94.345469       (2.972733 )     91.372736       (3.15% )     0.00%  
High Yield Bond
    12/31/01       15.560950       0.782881       16.343831       5.03%       0.00%  
Select Bond
    12/31/01       98.036463       10.163796       108.200259       10.37%       0.00%  
Money Market
    12/31/01       32.311690       1.265628       33.577318       3.92%       0.00%  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    12/31/01       9.440627       (1.341174 )     8.099453       (14.21% )     0.00%  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    12/31/01       11.017913       (0.260391 )     10.757522       (2.36% )     0.00%  
Russell Non-U.S
    12/31/01       10.725190       (2.362632 )     8.362558       (22.03% )     0.00%  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    12/31/01       11.800164       0.924897       12.725061       7.84%       0.00%  
Russell Core Bond
    12/31/01       10.905549       0.807668       11.713217       7.41%       0.00%  

(1)  Portfolio commenced operations on July 31, 2001.
(2)  Total Return includes deductions for management and other expenses; excludes deductions for sales loads and other charges. Returns are not annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)  Computed on an annualized basis. Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolio.

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements

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 Notes to Financial Statements

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account

December 31, 2001
Note 1 — Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account (“the Account”) is registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is a segregated asset account of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Northwestern Mutual”) used to fund variable life insurance policies.
Note 2 — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Principal accounting policies are summarized below.
Note 3 — All assets of each Division of the Account are invested in shares of the corresponding Portfolio of Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc. and the Russell Insurance Funds (collectively known as “the Funds”). The shares are valued at the Funds’ offering and redemption prices per share. The Funds are diversified open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Note 4 — Dividend income from the Funds is recorded on the record date of the dividends. Transactions in the Funds’ shares are accounted for on the trade date. The basis for determining cost on sale of Funds’ shares is identified cost. Purchase and sales of the Funds’ shares for the year ended December 31, 2001 by each Division are shown below:
                 
Division Purchases Sales



Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 36,062,728     $ 3,628,084  
T. Rowe Small Cap Value
    5,920,531       103,389  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    120,218,505       10,144,810  
International Growth Stock
    1,135,646       9,892  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    57,676,693       4,667,094  
Index 400 Stock
    30,946,024       1,280,888  
Growth Stock
    63,653,548       5,326,105  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    37,325,853       4,450,776  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    5,377,702       111,526  
Index 500 Stock
    124,872,507       14,408,478  
Asset Allocation
    2,175,042       44,592  
Balanced
    41,511,869       5,513,138  
High Yield Bond
    11,212,886       2,199,213  
Select Bond
    20,671,693       3,164,962  
Money Market
    91,193,504       71,307,576  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    29,803,353       2,450,663  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    11,736,452       1,834,549  
Russell Non-U.S
    18,563,013       4,472,046  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    9,899,757       1,794,537  
Russell Core Bond
    12,883,583       1,588,423  
Note 5 — A deduction for mortality and expense risks is determined daily and paid to Northwestern Mutual. Generally, for Variable Life policies issued before October 11, 1995, and Variable Complife policies issued on or after October 11, 1995 the deduction is at an annual rate of .50% and .60%, respectively, of the net assets of the Account. A deduction for the mortality and expense risks for the Variable Executive Life policies issued on or after March 3, 1998 and Variable Joint Life polices issued on or after December 10, 1998 are determined monthly at an annual rate of .75% of the amount invested in the Account for the Policy for the first ten Policy years, and .30% thereafter. The mortality risk is that insureds may not live as long as estimated. The expense risk is that expenses of issuing and administering the policies may exceed the estimated costs.
Certain deductions are also made from the annual, single or other premiums before amounts are allocated to the Account. These deductions are for (1) sales load, (2) administrative expenses, (3) taxes and (4) a risk charge for the guaranteed minimum death benefit.
Additional mortality costs are deducted from the policy annually and are paid to Northwestern Mutual to cover the cost of providing insurance protection. This cost is actuarially calculated based upon the insured’s age, the 1980 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Table and the amount of insurance provided under the policy.
Note 6 — Northwestern Mutual is taxed as a “life insurance company” under the Internal Revenue Code. The variable life insurance policies which are funded in the Account are taxed as part of the operations of Northwestern Mutual. Policies provide that a charge for taxes may be made against the assets of the Account. Generally, for Variable Life policies issued before October 11, 1995, Northwestern Mutual charges the Account at an annual rate of .20% of the Account’s net assets and reserves the right to increase, decrease or eliminate the charge for taxes in the future. Generally, for Variable Complife policies issued on or after October 11, 1995, and for Variable Executive Life policies issued on or after March 2, 1998, and Variable Joint Life policies issued on or after December 10, 1998, there is no charge being made against the assets of the Account for federal income taxes, but Northwestern Mutual reserves the right to charge for taxes in the future.
Note 7 — The Account is credited for the policyowners’ net annual premiums at the respective policy anniversary dates regardless of when policyowners actually pay their premiums. Northwestern Mutual’s equity represents any unpaid portion of net annual premiums. This applies to Variable Life and Variable Complife policies only.

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 Notes to Financial Statements

Northwestern Mutual Variable Life Account
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2001

Note 8 — Equity Values by Division are shown below:
(in thousands, except accumulation unit values)

                         
Variable Life
Policies Issued Before
October 11, 1995
Equity of:

Total
Division Policyowners NML Equity

Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 9,126     $ 446     $ 9,572  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
    1,474       68       1,542  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    54,639       3,167       57,806  
International Growth Stock
    266       13       279  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    35,423       2,257       37,680  
Index 400 Stock
    5,623       249       5,872  
Growth Stock
    27,807       1,451       29,258  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    22,535       1,363       23,898  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    1,040       55       1,095  
Index 500 Stock
    99,331       4,331       103,662  
Asset Allocation
    540       28       568  
Balanced
    130,224       3,828       134,052  
High Yield Bond
    4,109       259       4,368  
Select Bond
    10,455       372       10,827  
Money Market
    7,967       271       8,238  
Russell Multi-Style
    3,566       175       3,741  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    2,423       102       2,525  
Russell Non-U.S. 
    2,586       146       2,732  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    2,336       84       2,420  
Russell Core Bond
    1,110       40       1,150  
     
     
     
 
    $ 422,580     $ 18,705     $ 441,285  
     
     
     
 
                         
Variable Complife
Policies Issued
On or After
October 11, 1995
Equity of:

Total
Division Policyowners NML Equity

Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 50,047     $ 18,621     $ 68,668  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
    2,927       1,146       4,073  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    169,999       40,075       210,074  
International Growth Stock
    488       282       770  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    102,320       24,572       126,892  
Index 400 Stock
    32,202       12,452       44,654  
Growth Stock
    123,231       32,268       155,499  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    82,960       19,583       102,543  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    2,461       950       3,411  
Index 500 Stock
    238,275       61,549       299,824  
Asset Allocation
    1,083       318       1,401  
Balanced
    53,255       13,586       66,841  
High Yield Bond
    17,525       4,052       21,577  
Select Bond
    17,630       4,481       22,111  
Money Market
    54,002       32,924       86,926  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    32,131       12,215       44,346  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    15,451       5,721       21,172  
Russell Non-U.S. 
    16,432       6,148       22,580  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    7,941       3,262       11,203  
Russell Core Bond
    4,380       1,530       5,910  
     
     
     
 
    $ 1,024,740     $ 295,735     $ 1,320,475  
     
     
     
 

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 Notes to Financial Statements

                 
Variable Variable Joint
Executive Life Life Policies
Policies Issued Issued On
On or After or After
March 2, 1998 December 10, 1998


Division Total Equity Total Equity

Small Cap Growth Stock
  $ 789     $ 3,614  
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Value
    158       529  
Aggressive Growth Stock
    3,167       3,848  
International Growth Stock
    4       83  
Franklin Templeton International Equity
    2,738       3,357  
Index 400 Stock
    1,223       2,928  
Growth Stock
    5,429       5,929  
J.P. Morgan Select Growth and Income Stock
    2,045       3,170  
Capital Guardian Domestic Equity
    183       881  
Index 500 Stock
    8,770       13,451  
Asset Allocation
    2       223  
Balanced
    2,852       4,281  
High Yield Bond
    1,122       530  
Select Bond
    8,790       1,654  
Money Market
    4,697       7,560  
Russell Multi-Style Equity
    8,844       3,934  
Russell Aggressive Equity
    4,079       1,406  
Russell Non-U.S. 
    5,397       2,000  
Russell Real Estate Securities
    960       1,183  
Russell Core Bond
    11,404       571  
     
     
 
    $ 72,653     $ 61,132  
     
     
 

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 Directors and Officers

Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc.
Directors
     
Edward J. Zore
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Mutual Life,
    Milwaukee
Martin F. Stein
  Founder, Stein Optical,
    Milwaukee
John K. MacIver
  Senior Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLC,
    Milwaukee
Stephen N. Graff
  Retired Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP
    Milwaukee
William J. Blake
  Chairman, Blake Investment Corp.,
    Milwaukee
William A. McIntosh
  Retired Division Head — U.S. Fixed Income, Salomon Brothers,
    Chicago
James D. Ericson
  Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Mutual,
    Milwaukee
Officers
     
Edward J. Zore
  President
Mark G. Doll
  Vice President & Treasurer
Merrill C. Lundberg
  Secretary
Barbara E. Courtney
  Controller

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  The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company • Milwaukee, WI
www.northwesternmutual.com

  90-1899 (0700) (REV 0102)

This report is submitted for the general information of owners of Northwestern Mutual Variable Life policies. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective purchasers of variable life policies unless it is accompanied by an effective prospectus. Northwestern Mutual Variable Life policies are sold through individuals who, in addition to being licensed life insurance agents of Northwestern Mutual Life, are registered representatives of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual Life and a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

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