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Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS - 96.3%  
Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     20,650        $  3,951,584  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     8,200        1,740,286  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     48,346        11,103,626  
     

 

 

 
        16,795,496  
     

 

 

 
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.9%  

FedEx Corp.

     24,400        6,586,780  
     

 

 

 
Automobile Components - 0.6%  

Dana, Inc.

     43,650        828,477  

Gentex Corp.

     27,650        928,487  

Stoneridge, Inc. (A)

     9,600        196,224  

Visteon Corp. (A)

     18,500        2,850,665  
     

 

 

 
        4,803,853  
     

 

 

 
Banks - 6.4%  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

     26,450        845,871  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

     86,750        1,978,768  

Central Valley Community Bancorp

     17,900        306,090  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

     96,600        2,159,010  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

     95,200        2,132,480  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

     10,866        15,552,506  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

     63,750        2,143,912  

First Merchants Corp.

     62,200        1,997,864  

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

     147,000        2,221,170  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

     69,600        1,296,648  

Princeton Bancorp, Inc. (B)

     10,850        324,524  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

     81,100        1,503,594  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     69,000        1,688,430  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

     90,250        2,742,697  

United Bankshares, Inc.

     18,600        621,984  

United Community Banks, Inc.

     86,100        2,502,927  

Washington Federal, Inc.

     128,800        3,997,952  

Webster Financial Corp.

     91,650        4,336,878  
     

 

 

 
        48,353,305  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology - 0.3%  

Exelixis, Inc. (A)

     107,150        2,111,927  
     

 

 

 
Building Products - 2.6%  

American Woodmark Corp. (A)

     33,700        2,582,768  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (A)

     22,200        3,206,346  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (A)

     12,350        798,675  

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (A)

     135,400        1,808,944  

Masonite International Corp. (A)

     21,750        2,273,963  

Owens Corning

     22,350        3,128,776  

PGT Innovations, Inc. (A)

     92,850        2,656,438  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

     101,150        2,846,361  
     

 

 

 
        19,302,271  
     

 

 

 
Capital Markets - 0.8%  

Piper Sandler Cos.

     22,400        3,278,464  

Stifel Financial Corp.

     41,100        2,611,494  
     

 

 

 
        5,889,958  
     

 

 

 
Chemicals - 2.5%  

Chase Corp.

     24,000        3,021,360  

Huntsman Corp.

     48,450        1,442,356  

LSB Industries, Inc. (A)

     137,500        1,535,875  
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Chemicals (continued)  

Mosaic Co.

     138,900        $   5,661,564  

Olin Corp.

     128,700        7,423,416  
     

 

 

 
        19,084,571  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%  

HNI Corp.

     43,150        1,255,234  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     5,000        846,050  
     

 

 

 
        2,101,284  
     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment - 0.6%  

Harmonic, Inc. (A)

     86,900        1,296,548  

KVH Industries, Inc. (A)

     165,100        1,413,256  

Silicom Ltd. (A)

     60,000        1,765,200  
     

 

 

 
        4,475,004  
     

 

 

 
Construction & Engineering - 1.7%  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

     28,450        4,949,446  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     27,500        5,913,600  

Granite Construction, Inc.

     46,350        1,897,106  
     

 

 

 
        12,760,152  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Finance - 0.7%  

Ally Financial, Inc.

     179,505        5,482,083  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.0%  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (A)

     41,900        6,466,427  

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

     47,500        1,105,800  
     

 

 

 
        7,572,227  
     

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging - 0.9%  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     267,530        6,474,226  
     

 

 

 
Distributors - 1.0%  

LKQ Corp.

     130,200        7,133,658  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%  

American Public Education, Inc. (A)

     29,450        147,545  

Stride, Inc. (A)

     51,000        1,948,710  
     

 

 

 
        2,096,255  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.1%  

GCI Liberty, Inc. (A) (C)

     83,400        0  

Liberty Global PLC, Class A (A)

     439,614        8,163,632  
     

 

 

 
        8,163,632  
     

 

 

 
Electric Utilities - 3.6%  

Evergy, Inc.

     172,700        10,356,819  

Exelon Corp.

     157,800        6,605,508  

OGE Energy Corp.

     243,300        8,795,295  

Portland General Electric Co.

     25,400        1,210,818  
     

 

 

 
        26,968,440  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment - 0.9%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     5,150        850,986  

LSI Industries, Inc.

     231,100        2,911,860  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

     21,000        3,279,780  
     

 

 

 
        7,042,626  
     

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.4%  

Coherent Corp. (A)

     15,650        741,184  

Flex Ltd. (A)

     115,100        3,149,136  

Itron, Inc. (A)

     8,000        629,360  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

     56,100        1,887,204  

OSI Systems, Inc. (A)

     21,650        2,581,330  
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     111,200        $   3,130,280  

Vontier Corp.

     201,741        6,239,849  
     

 

 

 
        18,358,343  
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.6%  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (A)

     254,000        2,438,400  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     48,000        2,148,960  

Noble Corp. PLC (A)

     750        39,203  
     

 

 

 
        4,626,563  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment - 1.4%  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (A)

     70,150        2,444,026  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

     9,300        1,978,575  

Sphere Entertainment Co. (A)

     30,850        1,309,582  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (A)

     345,800        4,519,606  
     

 

 

 
        10,251,789  
     

 

 

 
Financial Services - 2.6%  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     62,100        3,749,598  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A)

     31,500        7,840,665  

Global Payments, Inc.

     73,900        8,147,475  
     

 

 

 
        19,737,738  
     

 

 

 
Food Products - 2.3%  

Nomad Foods Ltd. (A)

     112,450        1,999,361  

Post Holdings, Inc. (A)

     100,987        8,614,191  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     125,200        6,976,144  
     

 

 

 
        17,589,696  
     

 

 

 
Gas Utilities - 0.5%  

National Fuel Gas Co.

     63,594        3,377,477  
     

 

 

 
Ground Transportation - 0.2%  

U-Haul Holding Co.

     24,600        1,407,366  
     

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.4%  

AngioDynamics, Inc. (A)

     151,150        1,313,493  

Inmode Ltd. (A)

     19,100        819,581  

Koninklijke Philips NV (A) (B)

     318,411        6,594,292  

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (A)

     113,650        536,428  

QuidelOrtho Corp. (A)

     16,100        1,406,496  
     

 

 

 
        10,670,290  
     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services - 4.7%  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     47,437        8,865,975  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (A)

     17,350        1,859,053  

Centene Corp. (A)

     115,000        7,830,350  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (A)

     176,300        4,548,540  

Encompass Health Corp.

     41,600        2,746,848  

Enhabit, Inc. (A)

     139,750        1,918,767  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     31,099        6,653,009  

National HealthCare Corp.

     11,350        669,877  
     

 

 

 
        35,092,419  
     

 

 

 
Health Care REITs - 0.9%  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

     41,300        1,455,412  

Physicians Realty Trust

     175,200        2,582,448  

Sabra Health Care, Inc.

     179,500        2,331,705  
     

 

 

 
        6,369,565  
     

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs - 0.6%  

Apple Hospitality, Inc.

     184,350        2,857,425  
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Hotel & Resort REITs (continued)  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     138,550        $   1,177,675  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

     85,100        548,044  
     

 

 

 
        4,583,144  
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     32,000        859,840  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

     16,600        1,923,110  
     

 

 

 
        2,782,950  
     

 

 

 
Household Durables - 1.2%  

Helen of Troy Ltd. (A)

     13,150        1,858,095  

KB Home

     51,000        2,752,470  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     48,850        1,532,424  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

     19,600        1,005,088  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     13,750        1,160,363  

Sonos, Inc. (A)

     57,350        982,979  
     

 

 

 
        9,291,419  
     

 

 

 
Household Products - 0.3%  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

     33,000        2,587,530  
     

 

 

 
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.0%  

Vistra Corp.

     278,800        7,823,128  
     

 

 

 
Industrial REITs - 0.3%  

LXP Industrial Trust

     232,500        2,341,275  
     

 

 

 
Insurance - 7.1%  

Allstate Corp.

     85,648        9,650,817  

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (A)

     54,500        4,234,105  

Everest Group Ltd.

     10,450        3,767,330  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     162,900        6,380,793  

Loews Corp.

     48,868        3,061,580  

Markel Group, Inc. (A)

     7,413        10,746,700  

Old Republic International Corp.

     255,586        7,046,506  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     35,300        3,642,607  

United Fire Group, Inc.

     32,650        784,906  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     20,600        4,353,398  
     

 

 

 
        53,668,742  
     

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services - 1.1%  

IAC, Inc. (A)

     118,600        8,254,560  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Products - 1.0%  

BRP, Inc.

     23,650        2,180,530  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (A)

     86,650        2,655,822  

Polaris, Inc.

     16,800        2,282,112  
     

 

 

 
        7,118,464  
     

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.0%  

Azenta, Inc. (A)

     39,350        1,848,663  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A)

     27,100        10,985,256  

Fortrea Holdings, Inc. (A)

     33,799        1,080,216  

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A (A)

     104,150        1,177,937  
     

 

 

 
        15,092,072  
     

 

 

 
Machinery - 1.9%  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     10,600        622,114  

CNH Industrial NV

     202,200        2,903,592  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

     64,250        2,720,345  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

     35,600        1,105,380  

Gencor Industries, Inc. (A)

     67,000        1,021,750  

Miller Industries, Inc.

     32,000        1,214,080  
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Machinery (continued)  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     51,400        $   4,166,484  

Oshkosh Corp.

     7,650        704,335  
     

 

 

 
        14,458,080  
     

 

 

 
Media - 5.5%  

Altice USA, Inc., Class A (A)

     675,600        2,290,284  

DISH Network Corp., Class A (A)

     417,071        3,307,373  

Fox Corp., Class A

     199,300        6,666,585  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (A)

     111,535        9,941,114  

Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM, Class C (A)

     318,279        10,130,821  

News Corp., Class A

     398,500        7,898,270  

Perion Network Ltd. (A)

     37,600        1,375,784  
     

 

 

 
        41,610,231  
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining - 1.9%  

Commercial Metals Co.

     51,100        2,923,942  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     22,700        1,843,240  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

     45,150        1,634,881  

TimkenSteel Corp. (A)

     96,200        2,241,460  

U.S. Steel Corp.

     226,900        5,785,950  
     

 

 

 
        14,429,473  
     

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities - 4.3%  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     218,700        6,580,683  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     189,400        10,142,370  

NiSource, Inc.

     396,238        11,031,266  

NorthWestern Corp.

     85,900        4,850,773  
     

 

 

 
        32,605,092  
     

 

 

 
Office REITs - 1.1%  

Brandywine Realty Trust

     161,150        813,808  

JBG SMITH Properties

     377,596        6,317,181  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

     114,650        852,996  
     

 

 

 
        7,983,985  
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.7%  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     66,700        5,625,478  

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

     74,000        2,041,660  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     31,700        4,670,044  

EQT Corp.

     113,140        4,772,245  

HF Sinclair Corp.

     104,500        5,443,405  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     424,600        7,519,666  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

     277,850        6,154,377  

Ovintiv, Inc.

     56,250        2,592,563  

REX American Resources Corp. (A)

     79,150        2,930,133  

Williams Cos., Inc.

     259,400        8,936,330  
     

 

 

 
        50,685,901  
     

 

 

 
Paper & Forest Products - 0.7%  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

     67,900        5,169,227  
     

 

 

 
Personal Care Products - 0.1%  

Medifast, Inc.

     4,000        407,560  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals - 3.2%  

Catalent, Inc. (A)

     71,000        3,444,920  

Innoviva, Inc. (A)

     205,150        2,779,782  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A)

     19,100        2,491,022  

Organon & Co.

     153,000        3,362,940  

Perrigo Co. PLC

     315,800        11,570,912  
     

 

 

 
        23,649,576  
     

 

 

 
Professional Services - 2.8%  

ASGN, Inc. (A)

     23,000        1,755,360  
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Professional Services (continued)  

Clarivate PLC (A) (B)

     293,100        $   2,787,381  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (A)

     6,650        1,164,814  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

     54,450        1,484,852  

ICF International, Inc.

     36,500        4,292,035  

KBR, Inc.

     76,600        4,710,134  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     22,650        2,118,454  

Science Applications International Corp.

     21,350        2,590,609  
     

 

 

 
        20,903,639  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

     65,150        450,838  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.2%  

AXT, Inc. (A)

     84,750        263,573  

Cohu, Inc. (A)

     72,650        3,171,172  

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (A)

     200,400        1,853,700  

MaxLinear, Inc. (A)

     32,800        809,176  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     16,600        1,812,222  

Onto Innovation, Inc. (A)

     25,650        3,188,808  

Qorvo, Inc. (A)

     13,100        1,441,262  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp., ADR

     11,450        725,930  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (A)

     48,100        1,815,775  

Universal Display Corp.

     11,600        1,692,208  
     

 

 

 
        16,773,826  
     

 

 

 
Software - 0.4%  

Adeia, Inc.

     58,650        704,973  

Progress Software Corp.

     43,600        2,618,616  
     

 

 

 
        3,323,589  
     

 

 

 
Specialized REITs - 0.9%  

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

     134,526        6,384,604  
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail - 2.3%  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (A)

     43,400        1,719,074  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

     20,500        1,225,695  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     49,300        3,667,427  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     127,600        1,792,780  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     31,400        3,599,696  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (A)

     70,700        2,571,359  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     18,900        2,620,296  
     

 

 

 
        17,196,327  
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.0%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     128,400        2,231,592  

Western Digital Corp. (A)

     128,923        5,486,963  
     

 

 

 
        7,718,555  
     

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.8%  

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A)

     4,000        2,174,760  

Steven Madden Ltd.

     57,300        1,912,674  

Tapestry, Inc.

     40,850        1,762,677  
     

 

 

 
        5,850,111  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $552,828,551)

 

     723,822,892  
  

 

 

 
OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANY - 0.1%  
Securities Lending Collateral - 0.1%  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Government Money Market Portfolio, 5.28% (D)

     390,870        390,870  
     

 

 

 

Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $390,870)

 

     390,870  
  

 

 

 
 

 

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Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 3.5%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., 2.50% (D), dated 07/31/2023, to be repurchased at $26,927,307 on 08/01/2023. Collateralized by U.S. Government Obligations, 0.13% - 0.63%, due 07/15/2026 - 07/31/2026, and with a total value of $27,464,132.

     $  26,925,437        $   26,925,437  
     

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $26,925,437)

 

     26,925,437  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $580,144,858)

 

     751,139,199  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 0.1%

        569,320  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $  751,708,519  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 -
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

ASSETS

           

Investments

 

Common Stocks

   $     723,822,892      $     —        $     —        $     723,822,892  

Other Investment Company

     390,870        —          —          390,870  

Repurchase Agreement

     —          26,925,437        —          26,925,437  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 724,213,762      $ 26,925,437      $ —        $ 751,139,199  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)      Non-income producing securities.
(B)      All or a portion of the securities are on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $8,528,702, collateralized by cash collateral of $390,870 and non-cash collateral, such as U.S. government securities and irrevocable letters of credit, of $8,358,547. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(C)      Security deemed worthless.
(D)      Rates disclosed reflect the yields at July 31, 2023.
(E)      There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the period ended July 31, 2023. Please reference the Investment Valuation section of the Notes to Schedule of Investments for more information regarding investment valuation and pricing inputs.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

ADR

   American Depositary Receipt

REIT

   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At July 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT VALUATION

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value (the “Fund”) is a series of the Transamerica Funds.

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) has been designated as the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, with responsibility for fair valuation subject to oversight by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The net asset value of the Fund is computed as of the official close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) each day the NYSE is open for business.

TAM utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The three levels (“Levels”) of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include TAM’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different Levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the Level in the fair value hierarchy that is assigned to the fair value measurement of a security is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Certain investments that are measured at fair value using Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per share, or its equivalent, using the “practical expedient” have not been classified in the fair value Levels. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at July 31, 2023, is disclosed within the Investment Valuation section of the Schedule of Investments.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is generally greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, the determination of values may differ significantly from values that would have been realized had a ready market for investments existed, and the differences could be material.

Fair value measurements: Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:

Equity securities: Securities are stated at the last reported sales price or closing price on the day of valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are generally categorized in Level 2 or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

Foreign equity securities: Securities in which the primary trading market closes at the same time or after the NYSE, are valued based on quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and are categorized in Level 1. Because many foreign securities markets and exchanges close prior to the close of the NYSE, closing prices for foreign securities in those markets or on those exchanges do not reflect the events that occur after that close. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, or ETFs and the movement of certain indices of securities based on a statistical analysis of their historical relationship; such valuations generally are categorized in Level 2.

Securities lending collateral: Securities lending collateral is invested in a money market fund which is valued at the actively traded NAV and no valuation adjustments are applied. Securities lending collateral is categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Repurchase agreements: Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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