N-CSRS 1 y11753nvcsrs.htm N-CSRS THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-6465
The Travelers Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Paul G. Cellupica, Chief Counsel
c/o MetLife, Inc.
One MetLife Plaza
27-01 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 578-5526
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2005
 
 
ITEM 1.REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.
     The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.

 


 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
June 30, 2005

  The Travelers Series Trust:
 
  Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
Federated High Yield Portfolio
Federated Stock Portfolio
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio

The Travelers Insurance Company

The Travelers Life and Annuity Company
One Cityplace
Hartford, CT 06103
 


 

Semi-Annual Report for The Travelers Series Trust



 WHAT’S INSIDE
       
Letter from the Chairman
  1
Fund at a Glance
   
 
Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
  5
 
Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
  6
 
Federated High Yield Portfolio
  7
 
Federated Stock Portfolio
  8
 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
  9
Fund Expenses
  10
Schedules of Investments
  12
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
  49
Statements of Operations
  50
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
  51
Financial Highlights
  53
Notes to Financial Statements
  58
Factors Considered by the Independent Trustees in Approving the Investment Advisory and the Subadvisory Agreements
  65
Combined Special Shareholder Meeting
  69


 


 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
     
Dear Shareholder,

The U.S. economy overcame a number of obstacles and continued to expand during the reporting period. Rising interest rates, record high oil prices, and geopolitical issues threatened to send the economy into a “soft patch.” However, when all was said and done, first quarter 2005 gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was 3.8%, mirroring the solid gain that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2004.

Given the overall strength of the economy, the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii continued to raise interest rates over the period in an attempt to ward off inflation. Following five rate hikes from June 2004 through December 2004, the Fed again increased its target for the federal funds rateiii in 0.25% increments four additional times during the reporting period. All told, the Fed’s nine rate hikes brought the target for the federal funds rate from 1.00% to 3.25%.

During the six months covered by this report, the U.S. stock market was relatively flat, with the S&P 500 Indexiv returning -0.81%. As was the case in the U.S., international equities largely treaded water during the six-month reporting period.
  (R. JAY GERKEN PHOTO)
R. JAY GERKEN, CFA
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer*
During this time, international equities, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index,v fell 1.17%. Lackluster economic news, record high oil prices, and a strengthening U.S. dollar all kept the international equity markets from generating momentum. An April 2005 International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook projected a modest 1.6% growth rate for the Eurozone in 2005 and Japanese growth was expected to be 0.8% in 2005, compared to 2.6% in 2004. In addition, oil prices hit $60 a barrel and led to additional concerns regarding economic growth and a possible increase in inflation. Finally, after falling in 2004, the U.S. dollar surprisingly rose versus the yen and euro during the reporting period. This was bad news for Americans investing overseas, as returns from international securities then decline when translated back into U.S. dollars. Stocks were weak early in the reporting period, as the issues discussed above caused investors to remain on the sidelines. Equities then rallied in the second quarter of 2005, as the economy appeared to be on solid footing and inflation was largely under control. Looking at the reporting period as a whole, mid-cap stocks generated superior returns, with the Russell Midcap,vi Russell 1000,vii and Russell 2000viii Indexes returning 3.92%, 0.11%, and -1.25%, respectively. From a market style perspective, value-oriented stocks outperformed their growth counterparts.

During the reporting period, the fixed income market confounded many investors as short-term interest rates rose in concert with the Fed rate tightening, while longer-term rates, surprisingly, declined. When the period began, the federal funds target rate was 2.25% and the yield on the 10-year Treasury was 4.24%. When the reporting period ended, the federal funds rate rose to 3.25% and the 10-year yield fell to 3.92%. Declining long term rates, mixed economic data, and periodic flights to quality all supported bond prices. Looking at the six-month period as a whole, the overall bond market, as measured by the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index,ix returned 2.51%.

Within this environment, the Funds performed as follows:1

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio1

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio, excluding sales charges, returned 1.72%. The Fund outperformed its unmanaged benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/ Credit Bond Index,x which returned 1.59% for the same period. It also outperformed the Lipper Variable Short-Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average2 which increased 0.96%.

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio1

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Mondrian International Stock Portfolio, excluding sales charges, returned -1.61%. The Fund outperformed its unmanaged benchmark, the MSCI EAFE GDP Index,xi which returned -2.09% for the same period. The Lipper Variable International Value Funds Category Average3 decreased 1.38% over the same time frame.

1 The Funds are underlying investment options of various variable annuity and variable life products. The Funds’ performance returns do not reflect the deduction of sales charges and expenses imposed in connection with investing in variable annuity and variable life contracts, such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the performance of the Funds. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
 
2 Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended June 30, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 33 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.
 
3 Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended June 30, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 31 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

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PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT
AS OF JUNE 30, 2005
(unaudited)

         
6 Months
Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
    1.72%  
 
Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/ Credit Bond Index
    1.59%  
 
Lipper Variable Short-Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average
    0.96%  
 
Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
    -1.61%  
 
MSCI EAFE GDP Index
    -2.09%  
 
Lipper Variable International Value Funds Category Average
    -1.38%  
 
Federated High Yield Portfolio
    0.00%  
 
Lehman Brothers High Yield Index
    1.11%  
 
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index
    2.51%  
 
Lipper Variable High Current Yield Funds Category Average
    0.45%  
 
Federated Stock Portfolio
    0.60%  
 
S&P 500 Barra Value Index
    0.09%  
 
Lipper Variable Multi-Cap Value Funds Category Average
    0.45%  
 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
    4.59%  
 
S&P MidCap 400 Index
    3.85%  
 
Lipper Variable Mid-Cap Core Funds Category Average
    3.18%  

  The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.  
 
  Fund returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses.  
 
  Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2005 and include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. Returns were calculated among the 33 funds in the variable short-intermediate investment grade debt funds category. Returns were calculated among the 31 funds in the variable international value funds category. Returns were calculated among the 89 funds in the variable high current yield funds category. Returns were calculated among the 90 funds in the variable multi-cap value funds category. Returns were calculated among the 77 funds in the variable mid-cap core funds category.  

Federated High Yield Portfolio4

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Federated High Yield Portfolio, excluding sales charges, returned 0.00%. These shares underperformed the Lipper Variable High Current Yield Funds Category Average5 which increased 0.45% over the same time frame. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Lehman Brothers High Yield Indexxii and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, returned 1.11% and 2.51%, respectively, for the same period.

Federated Stock Portfolio4

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Federated Stock Portfolio, excluding sales charges, returned 0.60%. The Fund outperformed its unmanaged benchmark, the S&P 500 Barra Value Index,xiii which returned 0.09% for the same period. It also outperformed the Lipper Variable Multi-Cap Value Funds Category Average6, which increased 0.45% over the same time frame.

4 The Fund is an underlying investment option of various variable annuity and variable life products. The Fund’s performance returns do not reflect the deduction of sales charges and expenses imposed in connection with investing in variable annuity and variable life contracts, such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the performance of the Fund. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
 
5 Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended June 30, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 89 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.
 
6 Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended June 30, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 90 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

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Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio7

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio, excluding sales charges, returned 4.59%. The Fund outperformed its unmanaged benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index,xiv which returned 3.85% for the same period. It also outperformed the Lipper Variable Mid-Cap Core Funds Category Average8 which increased 3.18% over the same period.

Special Shareholder Notice

On January 31, 2005, Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”) announced that it had agreed to sell The Travelers Insurance Company and certain other domestic and international insurance businesses to MetLife Inc. (“MetLife”) pursuant to an acquisition agreement (“MetLife Transaction”). The sale included Travelers Asset Management International Company LLC (“TAMIC”), which serves as the investment advisor for the Funds. During the spring/summer 2005, the shareholders of the Funds approved the change in control of TAMIC from Citigroup to MetLife, as well as the new advisory agreements with TAMIC. The MetLife Transaction closed on July 1, 2005.

Information About Your Funds

As you may be aware, several issues in the mutual fund and variable annuity product industry have recently come under the scrutiny of federal and state regulators. The Travelers Insurance Company and some of its affiliates have received requests for information from various government regulators regarding market timing, late trading, fees, revenue sharing, producer compensation and other mutual fund and variable annuity product issues in connection with various inquiries and or investigations. The Travelers Insurance Company and its affiliates are responding to those information requests, but are not in a position to predict the outcome of these requests and investigations.

Important information concerning the Funds and their sub-administrator with regard to recent regulatory developments is contained in the “Additional Information” note in the Notes to Financial Statements included in this report.

As always, thank you for your continued confidence in our stewardship of your assets. We look forward to helping you continue to meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

-s- R. Jay Gerken

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer*

July 18, 2005

Mr. Gerken resigned as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds when the MetLife Transaction closed on July 1, 2005.

7 The Fund is an underlying investment option of various variable annuity and variable life products. The Fund’s performance returns do not reflect the deduction of sales charges and expenses imposed in connection with investing in variable annuity and variable life contracts, such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the performance of the Fund. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
 
8 Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended June 30, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 77 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

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The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.
Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of June 30, 2005 and are subject to change. Please refer to pages 12 through 47 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Funds’ holdings.
All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.
i
  Gross domestic product is a market value of goods and services produced by labor and property in a given country.
ii
  The Federal Reserve Board is responsible for the formulation of a policy designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.
iii
  The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans.
iv
  The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks that is generally representative of the performance of larger companies in the U.S.
v
  The MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged index of common stocks of companies located in Europe, Australasia and the Far East.
vi
  The Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index whose average market capitalization was approximately $4.7 billion as of 6/24/05.
vii
  The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
viii
  The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
ix
  The Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of Government, Corporate, Mortgage and Asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.
x
  The Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index is a market value weighted performance benchmark for government and corporate fixed-rate debt issues (rated Baa/BBB or higher) with maturities between one and ten years.
xi
  The MSCI EAFE GDP Index is an unmanaged index of common stocks of companies of companies located in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, generally considered representative of foreign markets.
xii
  The Lehman Brothers High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt, including corporate and non-corporate sectors. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds, and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging market countries are included. Original issue zero coupon bonds, step-up coupon structures, and 144-As are also included.
xiii
  The S&P 500 Barra Value is a market-capitalization weighted index of stocks in the S&P 500 having lower price-to-book ratios relative to the S&P 500 as a whole. (A price-to-book ratio is the price of a stock compared to the difference between a company’s assets and liabilities.)
xiv
  The S&P MidCap 400 Index is a market-value weighted index which consists of 400 domestic stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.

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 Fund at a Glance — Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio (unaudited)

(Graph)

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 Fund at a Glance — Mondrian International Stock Portfolio (unaudited)

(Graph)

6


 


 Fund at a Glance — Federated High Yield Portfolio (unaudited)

(GRAPH)

7


 


 Fund at a Glance — Federated Stock Portfolio (unaudited)

(GRAPH)

8


 


 Fund at a Glance — Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio (unaudited)

(GRAPH)

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 Fund Expenses (unaudited)

          Example

      As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Funds’ expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

      This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2005 and held for the six months ended June 30, 2005.

          Actual Expenses

      The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.


 Based on Actual Total Return(1)
                                         
Beginning Ending Annualized Expenses
Actual Total Account Account Expense Paid During
Return(2) Value Value Ratio the Period(3)

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
    1.72 %   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.20       0.44 %   $ 2.20  

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
    (1.61 )     1,000.00       983.90       0.95       4.67  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
    0.00       1,000.00       1,000.00       0.86       4.26  

Federated Stock Portfolio
    0.60       1,000.00       1,006.00       0.93       4.63  

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
    4.59       1,000.00       1,045.90       0.81       4.11  

(1)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005.
(2)  Assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, at net asset value. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate account such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges, which, if reflected, would reduce the total returns. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.
(3)  Expenses are equal to each Fund’s respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

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 Fund Expenses (unaudited) (continued)

          Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

      The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Funds with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

      Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.


 Based on Hypothetical Total Return(1)
                                         
Hypothetical Beginning Ending Annualized Expenses
Annualized Account Account Expense Paid During
Total Return Value Value Ratio the Period(2)

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
    5.00 %   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.61       0.44 %   $ 2.21  

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
    5.00       1,000.00       1,020.08       0.95       4.76  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
    5.00       1,000.00       1,020.53       0.86       4.31  

Federated Stock Portfolio
    5.00       1,000.00       1,020.18       0.93       4.66  

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
    5.00       1,000.00       1,020.78       0.81       4.06  

(1)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005.
(2)  Expenses are equal to each Fund’s respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) June 30, 2005 
Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
                         
FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 45.9%        

Aerospace/Defense — 0.6%        
$ 1,100,000       BBB    
Northrop Grumman Corp., Notes, 4.079% due 11/16/06
  $ 1,097,183  

Agriculture — 0.9%        
  1,700,000       BBB    
Altria Group, Inc., Notes, 5.625% due 11/4/08
    1,764,988  

Auto Manufacturers — 1.0%        
  1,300,000       BBB    
DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp., Notes, 7.300% due 1/15/12
    1,454,571  
  400,000       BB+    
Ford Motor Co., Global Landmark SecuritiesTM, 7.450% due 7/16/31
    334,781  

                      1,789,352  

Banks — 6.1%        
  1,720,000       AA-    
ABN AMRO Bank NV, Senior Notes, 3.310% due 5/11/07 (a)
    1,722,430  
  1,000,000       AA-    
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes, 5.375% due 6/15/14
    1,064,433  
  700,000       A+    
HSBC Bank USA, Subordinated Notes, 5.875% due 11/1/34
    765,592  
  700,000       A-    
Huntington National Bank, Senior Notes, 4.650% due 6/30/09
    708,493  
  300,000       AA    
Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III, Subordinated Notes, 5.254% due 12/31/16 (b)
    308,376  
  500,000       A    
RBS Capital Trust I, Subordinated Bank Guarantee, 4.709% due 12/29/49 (a)
    494,104  
  800,000       A+    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Bonds, 5.050% due 1/8/15
    828,634  
               
U.S. Bank North America:
       
  1,800,000       AA-    
  Notes, 2.870% due 2/1/07
    1,771,654  
  1,000,000       A+    
  Subordinated Notes, 4.950% due 10/30/14
    1,029,654  
               
Wachovia Bank North America, Subordinated Notes:
       
  500,000       A+    
  4.800% due 11/1/14
    506,783  
  1,400,000       A+    
  3.590% due 11/3/14 (a)
    1,417,560  
  900,000       A-    
Washington Mutual Bank FA, Subordinated Notes, 5.125% due 1/15/15
    915,898  

                      11,533,611  

Beverages — 1.0%        
  700,000       A+    
Bottling Group LLC, Notes, 4.625% due 11/15/12
    711,623  
  1,200,000       A    
PepsiAmericas, Inc., Notes, 4.875% due 1/15/15
    1,224,576  

                      1,936,199  

Diversified Financial Services — 12.5%        
  1,000,000       AA+    
AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VII, Senior Notes, 5.850% due 8/1/08 (b)
    1,043,188  
  1,700,000       A+    
American General Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Series I, 3.875% due 10/1/09
    1,661,991  
  1,170,000       BBB    
Capital One Bank, Notes, 5.000% due 6/15/09
    1,196,530  
  500,000       BBB-    
Capital One Financial Corp., Notes, 5.500% due 6/1/15
    512,493  
  1,500,000       A    
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Notes, 4.700% due 3/15/12
    1,529,745  
  900,000       A    
Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Series A, 4.500% due 6/15/10
    899,874  
  1,330,000       A    
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Series L, 4.000% due 3/22/11
    1,284,299  
               
Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc., Notes:
       
  1,100,000       A+    
  3.875% due 1/15/09
    1,087,954  
  600,000       A+    
  6.125% due 11/15/11
    653,528  
               
Ford Motor Credit Co.:
       
  1,900,000       BB+    
  Global Landmark SecuritiesTM, 6.875% due 2/1/06
    1,919,256  
  200,000       BB+    
  Notes, 5.700% due 1/15/10
    184,647  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
                         
FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

Diversified Financial Services — 12.5% (continued)        
$ 600,000       BBB-    
Glencore Funding LLC, Notes, 6.000% due 4/15/14 (b)
  $ 576,301  
  2,100,000       A+    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Notes, 5.250% due 10/15/13
    2,170,623  
  2,600,000       A    
HSBC Finance Corp., Notes, 6.375% due 10/15/11
    2,846,379  
  800,000       A    
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes, 5.250% due 5/1/15
    828,290  
  1,300,000       A    
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Series G, 4.800% due 3/13/14
    1,315,935  
  1,700,000       AAA    
MassMutual Global Funding II, Notes, 2.550% due 7/15/08 (a)(b)
    1,623,718  
               
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Series C:
       
  700,000       A+    
  4.125% due 9/10/09
    697,691  
  700,000       A+    
  4.250% due 2/8/10
    698,984  
  700,000       A+    
  5.000% due 1/15/15
    718,106  

                      23,449,532  

Electric — 4.9%        
  700,000       BBB+    
Dominion Resources, Inc., Senior Notes, Series F, 5.250% due 8/1/33
    718,200  
  2,800,000       BBB    
Pepco Holdings, Inc., Notes, 5.500% due 8/15/07
    2,863,496  
  750,000       BB-    
PSEG Energy Holdings LLC, Senior Notes, 8.625% due 2/15/08
    800,625  
  1,700,000       AA    
SP PowerAssets Ltd., Notes, 5.000% due 10/22/13 (b)
    1,764,865  
  800,000       BBB-    
TransAlta Corp., Notes, 5.750% due 12/15/13
    842,625  
  2,200,000       BBB-    
Xcel Energy, Inc., Senior Notes, 3.400% due 7/1/08
    2,145,475  

                      9,135,286  

Food — 1.7%        
  300,000       BB+    
Delhaize America, Inc., Debentures, 9.000% due 4/15/31
    376,044  
  1,300,000       BBB-    
Fred Meyer, Inc., Notes, 7.450% due 3/1/08
    1,399,226  
  1,400,000       BBB-    
Safeway, Inc., Notes, 6.500% due 3/1/11
    1,514,941  

                      3,290,211  

Forest Products & Paper — 0.4%        
  700,000       BBB    
International Paper Co., Notes, 5.300% due 4/1/15
    703,376  

Gas — 0.4%        
  700,000       A+    
Southern California Gas Co., First Mortgage Bonds, Series II, 4.375% due 1/15/11
    700,265  

Health Care – Services — 0.4%        
  700,000       BBB+    
WellPoint, Inc., Bonds, 6.800% due 8/1/12
    790,995  

Home Builders — 0.7%        
  600,000       BB+    
D.R. Horton, Inc., Senior Notes, 5.250% due 2/15/15
    583,886  
  800,000       BBB-    
Pulte Homes, Inc., Senior Notes, 5.200% due 2/15/15
    792,811  

                      1,376,697  

Insurance — 0.8%        
               
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.:
       
  300,000       AAA    
  3.330% due 5/16/08 (a)(b)
    300,107  
  700,000       AAA    
  4.750% due 5/15/12 (b)
    707,416  
  400,000       BBB+    
GE Global Insurance Holding Corp., Notes, 7.000% due 2/15/26
    429,911  

                      1,437,434  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
                         
FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

Media — 4.2%        
$ 400,000       BBB-    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Senior Notes, 4.400% due 5/15/11
  $ 376,529  
  900,000       BBB+    
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., Exchange Notes, 8.500% due 5/1/27
    1,210,338  
  1,500,000       BBB-    
COX Communications, Inc., Notes, 7.125% due 10/1/12
    1,684,545  
  879,000       BB+    
Liberty Media Corp., Senior Notes, 4.910% due 9/17/06 (a)
    884,634  
  3,600,000       BBB+    
Time Warner, Inc., Notes, 6.150% due 5/1/07
    3,726,591  

                      7,882,637  

Mining — 0.4%        
  600,000       BBB    
Phelps Dodge Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 6/1/11
    726,301  

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 2.3%        
  2,400,000       AAA    
General Electric Co., Notes, 5.000% due 2/1/13
    2,481,914  
  1,800,000       BBB    
Tyco International Group SA, 6.125% due 11/1/08
    1,907,370  

                      4,389,284  

Oil & Gas — 1.0%        
  700,000       BBB+    
Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes, Series B, 6.750% due 5/1/11
    778,720  
  1,000,000       BBB    
Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Notes, 6.875% due 9/30/11
    1,120,402  

                      1,899,122  

Oil & Gas Services — 0.2%        
  400,000       BBB+    
Cooper Cameron Corp., Senior Notes, 2.650% due 4/15/07
    388,236  

Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%        
  2,200,000       A    
Wyeth, Notes, 5.500% due 2/1/14
    2,322,100  

Pipelines — 1.2%        
  300,000       BBB+    
Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes, 5.000% due 12/1/14
    304,053  
  700,000       BBB-    
Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes, 4.331% due 11/16/06
    701,165  
  870,000       BBB    
Duke Energy Field Services Corp., Notes, 7.500% due 8/16/05
    873,443  
  300,000       BBB+    
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Notes, 5.125% due 11/15/14
    303,988  

                      2,182,649  

Real Estate — 0.3%        
  500,000       BBB-    
Colonial Realty LP, Notes, 4.750% due 2/1/10
    496,578  

Real Estate Investment Trust — 1.3%        
  100,000       BBB+    
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Notes, 4.950% due 3/15/13
    100,920  
  500,000       BBB    
HRPT Properties Trust, Senior Notes, 6.250% due 8/15/16
    542,456  
  660,000       BBB-    
iStar Financial, Inc., Senior Notes, 6.000% due 12/15/10
    687,288  
  200,000       A-    
Kimco Realty Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Series C, 3.410% due  8/1/06 (a)
    200,262  
  250,000       BBB-    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Series C, 6.900% due 10/1/37
    280,870  
               
Simon Property Group LP, Notes:
       
  300,000       BBB+    
  4.600% due 6/15/10 (b)
    300,496  
  300,000       BBB+    
  5.100% due 6/15/15 (b)
    300,419  

                      2,412,711  

Software — 0.8%        
  1,500,000       BBB-    
Computer Associates International, Inc., Senior Notes, 4.750% due 12/1/09 (b)
    1,496,695  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
                         
FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

Telecommunications — 1.6%        
$ 600,000       A-    
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Bonds, 8.750% due 6/15/30
  $ 814,911  
  700,000       A    
SBC Communications, Inc., Bonds, 6.450% due 6/15/34
    789,763  
  1,350,000       BBB-    
Sprint Capital Corp., Notes, 6.125% due 11/15/08
    1,423,302  

                      3,027,976  

               
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $84,515,598)
    86,229,418  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 3.0%        

Automobile — 1.1%        
  690,319       AAA    
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust, Series 2001-C, Class A4, 4.630% due 12/6/06
    690,875  
  1,135,896       AAA    
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2002-B, Class A4, 4.750% due 8/15/06
    1,138,659  
  255,798       AAA    
Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2002-C, Class A3, 2.650% due 11/15/06
    255,680  

                      2,085,214  

Credit Card — 0.9%        
  1,700,000       AAA    
Discover Card Master Trust I, Series 1996-3, Class A, 6.050% due 8/18/08
    1,724,106  

Home Equity — 0.6%        
  1,000,000       AAA    
Chase Funding Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-2, Class 1A5, 5.833% due 4/25/32
    1,028,198  

Other — 0.4%        
  722,028       AAA    
California Infrastructure PG&E-1, Series 1997-1, Class A7, 6.420% due 9/25/08
    734,894  

               
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost — $5,865,375)
    5,572,412  

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 5.5%        
  2,800,000       AAA    
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2004-6, Class AJ, 4.870% due 12/10/42
    2,847,055  
               
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.:
       
  3,000,000       Aaa (c )  
  Series 2004-C3, Class AJ, 4.922% due 1/15/42
    3,059,819  
  1,150,000       AAA    
  Series 2005-LDP1, Class A4, 5.038% due 3/15/46
    1,191,585  
               
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:
       
  1,090,000       AAA    
  Series 2002-C4, Class A5, 4.853% due 9/15/31
    1,116,007  
  900,000       AAA    
  Series 2005-C1, Class AJ, 4.806% due 2/15/40
    911,065  
  1,130,000       AAA    
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Series 2005-IQ9, Class A4, 4.660% due 7/15/56
    1,139,626  

               
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
       
               
(Cost — $10,127,302)
    10,265,157  

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 32.7%        

U.S. Government Agencies — 3.2%        
  1,200,000            
FHLMC, step bond to yield 2.900% due 2/27/19
    1,193,414  
               
FNMA:
       
  2,400,000            
  1.750% due 6/16/06
    2,355,310  
  2,600,000            
  step bond to yield 1.011% due 2/9/07
    2,595,967  

                      6,144,691  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
                         
FACE
AMOUNT SECURITY VALUE

U.S. Government Obligations — 29.5%        
$ 1,000,000            
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.250% due 2/15/29
  $ 1,144,024  
               
U.S. Treasury Notes:
       
  9,760,000            
  5.875% due 11/15/05
    9,853,794  
  21,000,000            
  2.875% due 11/30/06
    20,792,478  
  2,600,000            
  2.750% due 8/15/07
    2,552,878  
  6,520,000            
  3.375% due 11/15/08
    6,456,078  
  200,000            
  3.875% due 5/15/10
    201,203  
  200,000            
  3.625% due 6/15/10
    199,188  
  4,400,000            
  5.750% due 8/15/10
    4,810,269  
  9,200,000            
  4.125% due 5/15/15
    9,337,282  

                      55,347,194  

               
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
       
               
(Cost — $61,563,131)
    61,491,885  

               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
       
               
(Cost — $162,071,406)
    163,558,872  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 12.2%        

Repurchase Agreement — 12.2%        
  22,839,000            
State Street Bank & Trust Co., dated 6/30/05, 2.550% due 7/1/05, Proceeds due at maturity — $22,840,618; (Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 7.250% due 8/15/22; Market value — $23,299,824) (Cost — $22,839,000)
    22,839,000  

               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3% (Cost — $184,910,406#)
    186,397,872  
               
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7%
    1,364,880  

               
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
  $ 187,762,752  

     
  All ratings are by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, unless otherwise footnoted.
(a)
  Variable rate securities. Coupon rates disclosed are those which are in effect at June 30, 2005. Maturity date shown is the date of the next coupon rate reset or actual maturity.
(b)
  Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.
(c)
  Rating by Moody’s Investors Service.
#
  Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.
 
See page 48 for definitions of ratings.
 
    Abbreviations used in this schedule:
    FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
    FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

COMMON STOCK — 98.4%        
Australia — 9.2%        
  264,800     Coles Myer Ltd. (a)   $ 1,867,602  
  281,867     National Australia Bank Ltd. (a)     6,603,680  
  1,740,014     Telstra Corp., Ltd. (a)     6,705,925  
  63,800     Wesfarmers Ltd.      1,944,217  

              17,121,424  

Belgium — 5.1%        
  8,700     Electrabel     3,800,827  
  202,500     Fortis     5,617,725  

              9,418,552  

Finland — 1.5%        
  141,500     UPM-Kymmene OYJ     2,716,844  

France — 8.4%        
  60,300     Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (a)     3,347,856  
  54,400     Societe Generale (a)     5,538,401  
  28,600     Total SA     6,723,110  

              15,609,367  

Germany — 6.4%        
  139,100     Bayer AG (a)     4,643,124  
  111,817     RWE AG     7,221,340  

              11,864,464  

Hong Kong — 1.0%        
  393,500     HongKong Electric Holdings Ltd.      1,797,347  

Italy — 2.9%        
  1,165,600     Banca Intesa SpA     5,337,610  

Japan — 16.7%        
  121,500     Canon, Inc. (a)     6,397,620  
  1,393     KDDI Corp.      6,443,143  
  414,000     Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.      6,282,229  
  125,100     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.      6,203,679  
  162,600     Toyota Motor Corp.      5,820,232  

              31,146,903  

Netherlands — 9.9%        
  231,800     ING Groep NV     6,553,956  
  261,418     Reed Elsevier NV     3,643,505  
  126,600     Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.      8,271,016  

              18,468,477  

Singapore — 1.6%        
  436,800     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.      3,003,396  

South Korea — 1.4%        
  60,400     POSCO, ADR (a)     2,655,788  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Spain — 9.2%        
  514,400     Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (a)   $ 5,968,304  
  176,471     Iberdrola SA (a)     4,658,644  
  396,156     Telefonica SA     6,489,576  

              17,116,524  

United Kingdom — 25.1%        
  584,600     Aviva PLC     6,518,822  
  155,800     Boots Group PLC     1,701,001  
  602,300     BP PLC     6,273,486  
  291,146     GlaxoSmithKline PLC     7,051,575  
  448,200     HBOS PLC     6,914,212  
  801,100     Lloyds TSB Group PLC     6,793,097  
  175,034     Rio Tinto PLC     5,359,573  
  628,700     Unilever PLC     6,069,447  

              46,681,213  

        TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost — $178,753,887)     182,937,909  

RIGHT — 0.2%        
Singapore — 0.2%        
  87,360     Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.* (Cost — $0)     333,999  

        TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $178,753,887)     183,271,908  

                 
FACE
AMOUNT

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 16.5%        

Repurchase Agreement — 0.9%        
$ 1,697,000     State Street Bank & Trust Co., dated 6/30/05, 2.550% due 7/1/05; Proceeds at maturity — $1,697,120; (Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 8.750% due 5/15/17; Market value — $1,731,000) (Cost — $1,697,000)     1,697,000  

                 
SHARES

Securities Purchased from Securities Lending Collateral — 15.6%        
  29,000,415     State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust Prime Portfolio (Cost — $29,000,415)     29,000,415  

        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $30,697,415)     30,697,415  

        TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 115.1% (Cost — $209,451,302#)     213,969,323  
        Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (15.1)%     (27,995,187 )

        TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%   $ 185,974,136  

     
*
  Non-income producing security.
(a)
  All or a portion of this security is on loan (See Notes 1 and 3).
#
  Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.
    Abbreviation used in this schedule:
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
         
Summary of Investments by Sector**

Financials
    31.8 %
Energy
    11.5  
Telecommunication Services
    10.6  
Utilities
    9.5  
Consumer Discretionary
    8.6  
Materials
    8.3  
Health Care
    7.2  
Consumer Staples
    5.2  
Information Technology
    3.5  
Industrials
    2.9  
Other
    0.9  

      100.0 %

     
**
  As a percentage of total market value (excluding securities purchased from securities lending collateral). Please note that Fund holdings are as of June 30, 2005 and are subject to change.
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated High Yield Portfolio
                     
FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 96.1%

Advertising — 2.1%
           
Advanstar Communications, Inc.:
       
$ 125,000     B-  
  Senior Secured Notes, 10.750% due 8/15/10
  $ 137,187  
  250,000     CCC+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 12.000% due 2/15/11
    268,125  
  175,000     NR  
Advanstar, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, step bond to yield 14.681% due 10/15/11
    174,344  
  175,000     B  
Lamar Media Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.250% due 1/1/13
    185,500  
  157,000     Caa2 (a)  
SITEL Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.250% due 3/15/06
    156,215  
           
Vertis, Inc.:
       
  550,000     CCC  
  Notes, Series B, 10.875% due 6/15/09
    528,000  
  50,000     CCC  
  Senior Secured Notes, 9.750% due 4/1/09
    52,250  
  350,000     CCC+  
WDAC Subsidiary Corp., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/1/14 (b)
    336,000  

                  1,837,621  

Aerospace/Defense — 1.3%
  175,000     B  
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 5/15/11
    187,687  
  150,000     B  
Argo-Tech Corp., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 6/1/11
    163,500  
  75,000     B-  
K&F Acquisition, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 11/15/14
    77,063  
  425,000     BB+  
L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.125% due 1/15/14
    427,125  
  225,000     B-  
TransDigm, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/11
    239,625  

                  1,095,000  

Apparel — 0.4%
  150,000     BB  
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Senior Notes, 8.125% due 5/1/13
    163,125  
  162,000     B+  
William Carter Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 10.875% due 8/15/11
    182,276  

                  345,401  

Auto Manufacturers — 1.1%
  300,000     B  
Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc., 8.375% due 12/15/14
    238,500  
           
General Motors Corp.:
       
  500,000     BB  
  Senior Debentures, 8.375% due 7/15/33
    420,000  
  275,000     BB  
  Senior Notes, 7.125% due 7/15/13
    247,500  

                  906,000  

Auto Parts & Equipment — 2.4%
  225,000     CCC-  
Advanced Accessory Systems LLC, Senior Notes, 10.750% due 6/15/11
    182,250  
  150,000     CCC+  
American Tire Distributors Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes, 10.750% due 4/1/13 (b)
    144,000  
  200,000     B-  
Rexnord Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.125% due 12/15/12
    220,000  
  250,000     B-  
Stanadyne Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series 1, 10.000% due 8/15/14
    237,500  
  125,000     B-  
Stanadyne Holdings, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.983% due 2/15/15
    68,125  
  250,000     B+  
Stoneridge, Inc., Senior Notes, 11.500% due 5/1/12
    256,250  
  275,000     B-  
Tenneco Automotive, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.625% due 11/15/14
    277,750  
           
TRW Automotive, Inc.:
       
  75,000     BB-  
  Senior Notes, 9.375% due 2/15/13
    83,438  
  310,000     BB-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 2/15/13
    358,050  
  225,000     B  
United Components, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.375% due 6/15/13
    227,812  

                  2,055,175  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Beverages — 0.4%
$ 150,000     BB  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Senior Notes, Series B, 8.000% due 2/15/08
  $ 160,500  
  200,000     B+  
Cott Beverages USA, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/11
    215,500  

                  376,000  

Biotechnology — 0.3%
  225,000     BB-  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.125% due 12/15/14
    228,375  

Building Materials — 1.7%
           
Associated Materials, Inc.:
       
  275,000     CCC+  
  Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 10.957% due 3/1/14
    176,000  
  125,000     CCC+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 4/15/12
    130,000  
           
Goodman Global Holding Co., Inc.:
       
  100,000     B-  
  Senior Notes, 6.410% due 6/15/12 (b)(c)
    99,000  
  300,000     B-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.875% due 12/15/12 (b)
    279,000  
  225,000     B-  
HydroChem Industrial Services, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.250% due 2/15/13 (b)
    209,250  
  100,000     CCC+  
Nortek, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 9/1/14
    93,500  
  250,000     CCC+  
NTK Holdings, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 10.747% due 3/1/14 (b)
    118,750  
  150,000     B-  
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 2/15/12
    127,500  
  50,000     BB-  
Texas Industries, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 7/15/13 (b)
    51,500  
  200,000     B-  
U.S. Concrete, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 4/1/14
    189,000  

                  1,473,500  

Chemicals — 4.3%
  200,000     CCC+  
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 9.410% due 12/15/11 (b)(c)
    193,000  
  300,000     B-  
Borden U.S. Finance Corp./Nova Scotia Finance ULC, Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, 9.000% due 7/15/14 (b)
    306,750  
  225,000     B-  
Compass Minerals Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 8/15/11
    246,375  
  500,000     B-  
Crystal U.S. Holdings 3 LLC/Crystal U.S. Sub. 3 Corp., Senior Discount Notes, Series B, step bond to yield 10.235% due 10/1/14
    350,000  
  250,000     BB-  
Equistar Chemicals LP/Equistar Funding Corp., Senior Notes, 10.125% due 9/1/08
    271,875  
  125,000     BBB-  
FMC Corp., Secured Notes, 10.250% due 11/1/09
    141,406  
  150,000     B  
Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 11.000% due 7/15/10
    170,250  
  258,000     B  
Huntsman International LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.125% due 7/1/09
    266,707  
           
Lyondell Chemical Co.:
       
           
  Senior Secured Notes:
       
  275,000     BB-  
     9.500% due 12/15/08
    293,906  
  50,000     BB-  
     10.500% due 6/1/13
    57,438  
  75,000     BB-  
     Series A, 9.625% due 5/1/07
    80,438  
  250,000     B  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.875% due 5/1/09
    260,625  
  275,000     B-  
Nalco Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.875% due 11/15/13
    296,312  
  250,000     CCC+  
Polypore, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 5/15/12
    235,000  
  125,000     B-  
PQ Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.500% due 2/15/13 (b)
    123,438  
  75,000     B-  
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Subordinated Notes, 7.500% due 11/15/14 (b)
    74,813  
  300,000     B-  
UAP Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 7.829% due 7/15/12
    247,500  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Chemicals — 4.3% (continued)
$ 50,000     BBB-  
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Inc., Debentures, 7.875% due 4/1/23
  $ 56,740  
  50,000     BBB-  
Union Carbide Corp., Debentures, 7.500% due 6/1/25
    55,374  

                  3,727,947  

Commercial Services — 1.2%
  300,000     CCC+  
Brand Services, Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 10/15/12
    322,500  
  200,000     B  
Brickman Group LTD., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 11.750% due 12/15/09
    227,500  
           
NationsRent, Inc.:
       
  175,000     B-  
  Senior Notes, 9.500% due 5/1/15 (b)
    174,125  
  150,000     BB-  
  Senior Secured Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/10
    164,250  
  125,000     BB-  
United Rentals North America, Inc., Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/15/12
    123,594  

                  1,011,969  

Computers — 0.9%
           
Activant Solutions, Inc., Senior Notes:
       
  75,000     B+  
  9.504% due 4/1/10 (b)(c)
    78,000  
  250,000     B+  
  10.500% due 6/15/11
    272,500  
  225,000     BB+  
Seagate Technology HDD Holdings, Senior Notes, 8.000% due 5/15/09
    240,469  
  225,000     BB+  
Unisys Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 3/15/10
    222,187  

                  813,156  

Diversified Financial Services — 6.4%
  300,000     B-  
AAC Group Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 8.904% due 10/1/12 (b)
    204,000  
  300,000     BB  
American Real Estate Partners LP/American Real Estate Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 7.125% due 2/15/13 (b)
    295,500  
  100,000     B-  
AMR HoldCo, Inc./EmCare HoldCo, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 2/15/15 (b)
    107,000  
  240,366     BBB-  
Caithness Coso Funding Corporation, Secured Notes, Series B, 9.050% due 12/15/09
    258,995  
  179,000     B-  
Crystal U.S. Holdings Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.625% due 6/15/14
    201,375  
  50,000     NR  
Diamond Brands Operating Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.125% due 4/15/08 (d)(e)(f)
    720  
           
General Motors Acceptance Corp.:
       
  600,000     BB  
  Bonds, 8.000% due 11/1/31
    536,767  
  475,000     BB  
  Notes, 6.875% due 9/15/11
    439,003  
  275,000     B-  
Global Cash Access LLC/Global Cash Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/12
    300,438  
  250,000     B-  
JSG Funding PLC, Senior Notes, 9.625% due 10/1/12
    251,250  
  125,000     B-  
K & F Parent, Inc., Senior Notes, 11.500% due 2/1/15 (b)(g)
    132,813  
  216,000     B-  
Nalco Finance Holdings LLC, Senior Notes, step bond to yield 9.711% due 2/1/14
    160,650  
  175,000     B-  
NSP Holdings/NSP Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 11.750% due 1/1/12 (g)
    191,625  
  250,000     B-  
Sensus Metering Systems, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.625% due 12/15/13
    233,750  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Diversified Financial Services — 6.4% (continued)
$ 150,000     B-  
Standard Aero Holdings, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 9/1/14 (b)
  $ 159,000  
  1,421,676     BB-  
Targeted Return Index Sector (TRAINS), HY-2004-1, Senior Secured Notes, 8.211% due 8/1/15 (b)(c)
    1,504,229  
  225,000     B-  
UGS Corp., 10.000% due 6/1/12
    250,875  
  250,000     B-  
Visant Corp., 7.625% due 10/1/12
    248,125  

                  5,476,115  

Electric — 3.7%
  375,000     B+  
Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes, 9.875% due 4/15/11
    441,094  
  125,000     BB-  
FPL Energy National Wind, Secured Notes, 6.125% due 3/25/19 (b)
    121,592  
  125,000     B-  
Inergy LP/Inergy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 12/15/14 (b)
    122,187  
           
Nevada Power Co.:
       
           
  General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series I:
       
  50,000     BB  
     6.500% due 4/15/12
    52,500  
  50,000     BB  
     5.875% due 1/15/15 (b)
    50,500  
  400,000     BB  
  Second Mortgage, 9.000% due 8/15/13
    452,000  
  75,000     BB+  
Northwestern Corp., Secured Notes, 5.875% due 11/1/14 (b)
    77,250  
  287,000     B  
NRG Energy, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/13 (b)
    304,220  
           
PSEG Energy Holdings LLC, Senior Notes:
       
  200,000     BB-  
  8.625% due 2/15/08
    213,500  
  250,000     BB-  
  10.000% due 10/1/09
    281,875  
           
Reliant Energy, Inc., Senior Secured Notes:
       
  125,000     B+  
  9.250% due 7/15/10
    136,875  
  325,000     B+  
  9.500% due 7/15/13
    362,375  
  75,000     BB  
TECO Energy, Inc., Senior Notes, 6.750% due 5/1/15 (b)
    79,875  
  425,000     B  
Texas Genco LLC/Texas Genco Financing Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 12/15/14 (b)
    449,437  

                  3,145,280  

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.5%
  175,000     B-  
Coleman Cable, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 10/1/12 (b)
    156,625  
  300,000     B  
Superior Essex Communications LLC/Essex Group, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.000% due 4/15/12
    298,500  

                  455,125  

Entertainment — 3.1%
  375,000     CCC+  
AMC Entertainment, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 9.875% due 2/1/12
    374,062  
  525,000     B-  
Cinemark, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.474% due 3/15/14
    351,750  
  150,000     B-  
Cinemark USA, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 2/1/13
    154,875  
  75,000     B-  
Herbst Gaming, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 11/15/14
    75,938  
           
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  225,000     B  
  9.000% due 3/15/12
    245,813  
  50,000     B  
  7.000% due 3/1/14
    50,500  
  325,000     CCC+  
LCE Acquisition Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 8/1/14 (b)
    316,062  
  175,000     B+  
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 4/1/12
    188,125  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Entertainment — 3.1% (continued)
           
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
$ 50,000     B  
  8.875% due 3/15/10
  $ 53,750  
  250,000     B  
  6.750% due 3/1/15 (b)
    249,375  
  425,000     B-  
Universal City Development Partners, Senior Notes, 11.750% due 4/1/10
    489,812  
           
Universal City Florida Holdings UCD, Senior Notes:
       
  75,000     B-  
  7.960% due 5/1/10 (c)
    78,188  
  50,000     B-  
  8.375% due 5/1/10
    52,375  

                  2,680,625  

Environmental Control — 1.4%
           
Aleris International, Inc., Senior Secured Notes:
       
  225,000     B  
  10.375% due 10/15/10
    248,062  
  100,000     B-  
  9.000% due 11/15/14
    104,000  
           
Allied Waste North America, Inc., Series B:
       
  450,000     BB-  
  Senior Notes, 8.875% due 4/1/08
    474,750  
  117,000     BB-  
  Senior Secured Notes, 9.250% due 9/1/12
    126,945  
  200,000     B  
Clean Harbors, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.250% due 7/15/12 (b)
    223,000  

                  1,176,757  

Food — 4.6%
  275,000     B-  
American Seafood Group LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.125% due 4/15/10
    294,937  
  550,000     B-  
ASG Consolidated LLC/ASG Finance, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.387% due 11/1/11
    397,375  
  150,000     B  
B&G Foods, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 10/1/11
    155,813  
  63,000     B-  
Birds Eye Foods, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.875% due 11/1/08
    65,441  
  400,000     B  
Del Monte Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.625% due 12/15/12
    442,000  
           
Dole Foods Co., Inc., Senior Notes:
       
  200,000     B+  
  8.625% due 5/1/09
    214,000  
  275,000     B+  
  7.250% due 6/15/10
    280,500  
  125,000     CCC  
Eagle Family Foods, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 8.750% due 1/15/08
    100,625  
  98,000     B  
Gold Kist, Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 3/15/14
    111,230  
  275,000     B-  
Michael Foods, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/13
    281,188  
  175,000     B-  
National Beef Packing Co./NB Finance Corp. LLC, Senior Notes, 10.500% due 8/1/11
    167,563  
  275,000     B-  
Pierre Foods, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 7/15/12
    285,312  
           
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.:
       
  100,000     BB-  
  Senior Notes, 9.625% due 9/15/11
    109,750  
  175,000     B+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.250% due 11/15/13
    195,125  
           
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Senior Notes, Series B:
       
  250,000     BB  
  8.000% due 10/15/09
    271,250  
  325,000     BB  
  7.750% due 5/15/13
    355,875  
           
Swift & Co.:
       
  100,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/1/09
    109,500  
  125,000     B  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.500% due 1/1/10
    140,156  

                  3,977,640  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Forest Products & Paper — 2.7%
$ 250,000     BB-  
Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 4/1/15
  $ 256,250  
           
Boise Cascade LLC:
       
  75,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, 6.016% due 10/15/12 (b)(c)
    76,125  
  100,000     B+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.125% due 10/15/14 (b)
    98,750  
           
Georgia-Pacific Corp.:
       
  500,000     BB+  
  Notes, 7.500% due 5/15/06
    515,000  
           
  Senior Notes:
       
  250,000     BB+  
     8.125% due 5/15/11
    283,125  
  400,000     BB+  
     9.375% due 2/1/13
    454,500  
  300,000     B  
Mercer International, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 2/15/13
    241,500  
  275,000     CCC+  
NewPage Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/13 (b)
    273,625  
  200,000     B  
Tembec Industries, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 2/1/11
    155,500  

                  2,354,375  

Health Care – Products — 2.3%
  725,000     B-  
CDRV Investors, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 10.057% due 7/1/14 (b)
    358,875  
           
Fisher Scientific International, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  325,000     BB+  
  8.000% due 9/1/13
    372,937  
  50,000     BB+  
  6.750% due 8/15/14
    52,500  
  425,000     BB+  
  6.125% due 7/1/15 (b)
    427,656  
  100,000     CCC+  
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 2/15/09
    92,750  
  300,000     B-  
Medical Device Manufacturing, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 10.000% due 7/15/12
    324,000  
  75,000     B-  
Safety Products Holdings, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 11.750% due 1/1/12 (b)(g)
    71,063  
  150,000     BB-  
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.125% due 6/15/12
    161,250  
  75,000     B-  
VWR International, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 4/15/14
    71,813  

                  1,932,844  

Health Care – Services — 3.9%
  375,000     B-  
AmeriPath, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 4/1/13
    381,562  
  225,000     B-  
Ardent Health Services, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 8/15/13
    273,094  
           
Concentra Operating Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  175,000     B-  
  9.500% due 8/15/10
    187,250  
  50,000     B-  
  9.125% due 6/1/12
    53,250  
  275,000     B  
DaVita, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.250% due 3/15/15 (b)
    283,938  
           
HCA, Inc., Notes:
       
  375,000     BB+  
  8.750% due 9/1/10
    428,066  
  300,000     BB+  
  6.750% due 7/15/13
    317,173  
  400,000     BB+  
  6.375% due 1/15/15
    416,043  
  275,000     BB+  
  7.500% due 11/6/33
    297,147  
  143,382     B+  
Magellan Health Services, Inc., Senior Notes, Series A, 9.375% due 11/15/08
    153,419  
  250,000     B-  
National Mentor, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.625% due 12/1/12 (b)
    264,375  
  250,000     B  
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 7/1/14
    269,375  

                  3,324,692  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Home Builders — 0.3%
$ 250,000     B  
Builders FirstSource, Inc., Secured Notes, 7.518% due 2/15/12 (b)(c)
  $ 250,000  

Home Furnishings — 1.2%
  325,000     CCC+  
ALH Finance LLC/ALH Finance Corporation, Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 1/15/13
    299,406  
  50,000     NR  
Glenoit Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 4/15/07 (d)(e)
    0  
  150,000     B-  
Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 11/1/11
    155,250  
  425,000     B-  
Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.746% due 9/1/12
    295,375  
  250,000     B-  
Sealy Mattress Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 6/15/14
    253,750  

                  1,003,781  

Household Products/Wares — 1.1%
  75,000     B-  
American Achievement Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 4/1/12
    75,750  
  125,000     B+  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.000% due 12/15/12 (b)
    126,875  
  300,000     CCC+  
Playtex Products, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.375% due 6/1/11
    317,250  
  400,000     B-  
Spectrum Brands, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.375% due 2/1/15 (b)
    389,000  

                  908,875  

Housewares — 1.0%
  300,000     CCC  
Ames True Temper, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 7/15/12
    243,000  
  225,000     B-  
Jarden Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 5/1/12
    238,219  
  550,000     B-  
Visant Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.956% due 12/1/13
    390,500  

                  871,719  

Insurance — 0.2%
  175,000     CCC+  
IAAI Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 4/1/13 (b)
    181,060  

Internet — 0.2%
  194,000     B-  
FTD, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 2/15/14
    191,090  

Iron – Steel — 0.3%
  150,000     NR  
Republic Technologies International LLC/RTI Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 13.750% due 7/15/09 (d)(e)(f)
    0  
  210,000     BB  
United States Steel Corp., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 5/15/10
    227,850  

                  227,850  

Leisure Time — 0.6%
  175,000     BB  
K2, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 7/1/14
    185,063  
  325,000     B-  
Knowledge Learning Center, Inc., 7.750% due 2/1/15 (b)
    312,000  

                  497,063  

Lodging — 6.2%
  175,000     B-  
155 East Tropicana LLC/155 East Tropicana Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 8.750% due 4/1/12 (b)
    171,063  
           
Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  100,000     B+  
  8.750% due 4/15/12
    109,125  
  175,000     B+  
  7.750% due 12/15/12
    187,906  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Lodging — 6.2% (continued)
           
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
$ 275,000     BB+  
  7.875% due 3/15/10
  $ 309,375  
  300,000     BB+  
  8.125% due 5/15/11
    346,500  
  275,000     B-  
Gaylord Entertainment Co., Senior Notes, 6.750% due 11/15/14
    270,187  
  500,000     BB+  
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.875% due 12/15/05
    508,750  
  28,000     B+  
HMH Properties, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series B, 7.875% due 8/1/08
    28,560  
  146,000     B  
Interline Brands, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.500% due 5/15/11
    161,330  
  275,000     B+  
Intrawest Corp., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 10/15/13
    283,594  
  225,000     B  
Kerzner International Ltd., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.875% due 8/15/11
    241,875  
           
Mandalay Resort Group:
       
           
  Senior Notes:
       
  125,000     BB  
     9.500% due 8/1/08
    139,844  
  150,000     BB  
     8.500% due 9/15/10
    167,250  
  18,023     B+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.375% due 2/15/10
    20,231  
           
MGM MIRAGE, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  500,000     B+  
  9.750% due 6/1/07
    544,375  
  550,000     B+  
  Series B, 10.250% due 8/1/07
    607,750  
  225,000     B+  
MTR Gaming Group, Inc., Senior Notes, Series B, 9.750% due 4/1/10
    245,250  
  175,000     BB+  
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 5/15/10
    194,687  
           
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Senior Notes:
       
  350,000     BB+  
  7.375% due 5/1/07
    367,500  
  100,000     BB+  
  7.875% due 5/1/12
    113,250  
           
Station Casinos, Inc.:
       
  50,000     BB-  
  Senior Notes, 6.000% due 4/1/12
    51,000  
  200,000     B+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.500% due 2/1/14
    205,000  

                  5,274,402  

Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.4%
  150,000     NR  
Clark Material Handling Company, Senior Notes, Series D, 10.750% due 11/15/06 (d)(e)(f)
    0  
           
Columbus McKinnon Corp.:
       
  50,000     B-  
  Senior Secured Notes, 10.000% due 8/1/10
    54,500  
  275,000     CCC+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 4/1/08
    270,875  

                  325,375  

Machinery – Diversified — 0.5%
  400,000     Ba3 (a)  
Case New Holland, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 8/1/11
    422,000  

Media — 9.1%
           
American Media Operations, Inc.:
       
  200,000     CCC+  
  8.875% due 1/15/11
    190,500  
  175,000     CCC+  
  Series B, 10.250% due 5/1/09
    175,875  
  300,000     B+  
Cablevision Systems Corp., Senior Notes, Series B, 8.000% due 4/15/12
    295,500  
  350,000     CCC+  
CBD Media Holdings LLC, Senior Notes, 9.250% due 7/15/12
    356,125  
  425,000     CCC-  
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, Senior Discount Notes, 9.920% due 4/1/11
    312,375  
  500,000     CCC-  
Charter Communications Holdings II LLC/Charter Communications Holdings II Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 9/15/10
    508,125  
  375,000     BB-  
CSC Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.875% due 12/15/07
    389,062  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Media — 9.1% (continued)
$ 500,000     B  
Dex Media, Inc., Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.067% due 11/15/13
  $ 405,000  
  276,000     B  
Dex Media East LLC/Dex Media East Finance Co., 12.125% due 11/15/12
    331,890  
  488,000     B  
Dex Media West LLC/Dex Media Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.875% due 8/15/13
    558,760  
           
DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Senior Notes:
       
  211,000     BB-  
  8.375% due 3/15/13
    234,737  
  175,000     BB-  
  6.375% due 6/15/15 (b)
    175,000  
           
EchoStar DBS Corp.:
       
           
  Senior Notes:
       
  225,000     BB-  
     5.750% due 10/1/08
    224,719  
  200,000     BB-  
     6.375% due 10/1/11
    199,250  
  100,000     BB-  
     6.625% due 10/1/14
    99,250  
  125,000     B-  
Emmis Communications Corp., Senior Notes, 9.314% due 6/15/12 (b)(c)
    127,813  
  375,000     B-  
Houghton Mifflin Co., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.154% due 10/15/13
    275,625  
  525,000     B  
Kabel Deutschland GMBH, Senior Notes, 10.625% due 7/1/14 (b)
    572,250  
  175,000     B-  
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., Senior Subordinated Debentures, 9.500% due 6/15/13
    191,625  
  150,000     B  
Majestic Star Casino LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/10
    155,250  
  175,000     CCC+  
NBC Acquisition Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.013% due 3/15/13
    126,000  
  100,000     CCC+  
Nebraska Book Co., Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.625% due 3/15/12
    93,750  
  200,000     B  
PRIMEDIA, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 5/15/11
    210,500  
  300,000     B  
Quebecor Media, Inc., Senior Notes, 11.125% due 7/15/11
    334,875  
  325,000     B+  
Rainbow National Services LLC, Senior Subordinated Debentures, 10.375% due 9/1/14 (b)
    375,375  
  200,000     BB-  
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., Senior Notes, 6.500% due 3/1/11
    204,000  
  225,000     B  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 12/15/11
    237,375  
  94,000     CCC+  
XM Satellite Radio, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 6/15/10
    106,220  
           
Yell Finance BV:
       
  179,000     B+  
  Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 16.740% due 8/1/11
    180,342  
  97,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, 10.750% due 8/1/11
    107,428  

                  7,754,596  

Metal Fabricate – Hardware — 0.6%
  200,000     B  
Hawk Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 11/1/14
    204,000  
  175,000     B-  
Mueller Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 5/1/12
    184,625  
  100,000     B+  
Valmont Industries, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.875% due 5/1/14
    100,500  

                  489,125  

Mining — 0.4%
           
Compass Minerals International, Inc.:
       
  150,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, Series B, step bond to yield 12.740% due 12/15/12
    132,000  
  275,000     B-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, step bond to yield 11.980% due 6/1/13
    231,000  

                  363,000  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 2.3%
$ 250,000     B-  
Aearo Co. I, Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 4/15/12
  $ 251,250  
  100,000     B  
Amsted Industries, Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 10/15/11 (b)
    108,500  
  150,000     B-  
Da-Lite Screen Co., Inc., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 5/15/11
    160,500  
  50,000     Caa1 (a)  
GFSI, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.625% due 3/1/07
    45,750  
  150,000     B  
Koppers, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/13
    162,750  
           
Neenah Co.:
       
  191,000     CCC+  
  Senior Secured Notes, 11.000% due 9/30/10 (b)
    208,190  
  159,574     CCC+  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 13.000% due 9/30/13 (b)
    158,776  
  250,000     B-  
Norcross Safety Products LLC/Norcoss Capital Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.875% due 8/15/11
    262,500  
           
Reddy Ice Group, Inc.:
       
  325,000     B-  
  Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.013% due 11/1/12 (b)
    235,625  
  200,000     B-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.875% due 8/1/11
    223,000  
  150,000     B  
Ryerson Tull, Inc., Notes, 9.125% due 7/15/06
    153,750  

                  1,970,591  

Office Furnishings — 0.3%
  205,000     B  
Tempur-Pedic, Inc./Tempur Production USA, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 8/15/10
    226,525  

Office/Business Equipment — 1.0%
  125,000     B  
Danka Business Systems PLC, Senior Notes, 11.000% due 6/15/10
    100,625  
           
Xerox Corp., Senior Notes:
       
  450,000     BB-  
  9.750% due 1/15/09
    513,563  
  225,000     BB-  
  7.625% due 6/15/13
    243,281  

                  857,469  

Oil & Gas — 1.6%
  175,000     BB-  
AmeriGas Partners LP, Senior Notes, 7.250% due 5/20/15 (b)
    182,875  
  225,000     B  
Compton Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes, 9.900% due 5/15/09
    241,875  
  175,000     B  
El Paso Production Holding Co., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 6/1/13
    187,687  
  150,000     BB  
Pogo Producing Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.625% due 3/15/15 (b)
    155,625  
           
Range Resources Corp.:
       
  125,000     B  
  6.375% due 3/15/15
    125,000  
  75,000     B  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.375% due 7/15/13
    80,250  
  125,000     BB-  
SEMCO Energy, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.125% due 5/15/08
    127,886  
  250,000     B  
Swift Energy Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.375% due 5/1/12
    270,625  

                  1,371,823  

Oil & Gas Services — 0.1%
  50,000     B  
Lone Star Technologies, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.000% due 6/1/11
    52,813  

Packaging & Containers — 3.1%
  325,000     B-  
Berry Plastics Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.750% due 7/15/12
    356,281  
  150,000     CCC+  
Graham Packaging Co., Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 10/15/12 (b)
    152,250  
  300,000     B-  
Graphic Packaging International Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 8/15/13
    303,750  
  250,000     BB-  
Greif, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.875% due 8/1/12
    270,000  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Packaging & Containers — 3.1% (continued)
$ 300,000     B  
Jefferson Smurfit Corp., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 10/1/12
  $ 303,000  
           
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.:
       
  250,000     BB-  
  Secured Notes, 8.875% due 2/15/09
    266,875  
  100,000     B  
  Senior Notes, 8.250% due 5/15/13
    109,125  
  150,000     BB-  
  Senior Secured Notes, 7.750% due 5/15/11
    160,125  
  350,000     B  
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.100% due 5/15/07
    365,750  
  225,000     CCC+  
Pliant Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 13.000% due 6/1/10
    183,375  
  18,259     NR  
Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 11/30/08 (b)(e)(f)(g)
    9,376  
  175,000     B  
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 2/1/11
    185,937  

                  2,665,844  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%
  200,000     CCC+  
Leiner Health Products, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 6/1/12
    197,000  
  190,000     B+  
WH Holdings Ltd./WH Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 4/1/11
    204,250  

                  401,250  

Pipelines — 3.6%
           
El Paso Corp.:
       
  175,000     B-  
  Medium-Term Notes, 6.950% due 12/15/07
    177,844  
           
  Senior Medium-Term Notes:
       
  325,000     B-  
     8.050% due 10/15/30
    323,375  
  275,000     B-  
     7.800% due 8/1/31
    268,813  
  225,000     B-  
  Senior Notes, 6.750% due 5/15/09
    226,125  
  300,000     B+  
Holly Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes, 6.250% due 3/1/15 (b)
    294,000  
  50,000     B+  
MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 11/1/14 (b)
    50,000  
  175,000     BB-  
Pacific Energy Partners LP/Pacific Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 7.125% due 6/15/14
    183,094  
           
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.:
       
  450,000     B  
  Bonds, 8.375% due 6/15/32
    531,761  
  150,000     B  
  Debentures, 7.500% due 4/1/17
    166,898  
  150,000     B+  
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Senior Notes, Series B, 8.875% due 7/15/12
    179,250  
           
Williams Cos., Inc.:
       
  425,000     B+  
  Notes, 7.875% due 9/1/21
    485,562  
  200,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, 7.625% due 7/15/19
    226,000  

                  3,112,722  

Real Estate — 0.1%
  114,000     BB-  
CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 5/15/10
    127,110  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Real Estate Investment Trust — 0.9%
           
Host Marriott LP, Senior Notes:
       
$ 325,000     B+  
  7.125% due 11/1/13
  $ 340,437  
  100,000     B+  
  6.375% due 3/15/15 (b)
    99,500  
           
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., Senior Notes:
       
  250,000     BB  
  6.625% due 10/15/14
    252,500  
  75,000     BB  
  7.125% due 6/1/15 (b)
    78,375  

                  770,812  

Retail — 4.1%
           
Affinity Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes:
       
  150,000     B-  
  9.000% due 2/15/12
    152,625  
  175,000     B-  
  10.875% due 2/15/12
    170,188  
  50,000     CCC  
Buffets, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.250% due 7/15/10
    50,625  
  150,000     B-  
Carrols Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 1/15/13 (b)
    152,625  
  250,000     B  
Couche-Tard U.S. LP/Couche-Tard Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.500% due 12/15/13
    263,750  
  128,000     B-  
Domino’s, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 7/1/11
    136,960  
  125,000     CCC+  
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 12/1/10
    100,625  
  175,000     B  
Hines Nurseries, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 10/1/11
    181,125  
           
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., Notes:
       
  50,000     BB+  
  7.600% due 4/1/07
    52,750  
  476,000     BB+  
  9.000% due 8/1/12
    565,250  
  250,000     B  
Jean Coutu Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 8/1/14
    248,125  
  275,000     B  
Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., Series B, 7.500% due 12/15/14
    267,437  
  275,000     B+  
R.H. Donnelley, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.875% due 12/15/12
    321,062  
           
Rite Aid Corp.:
       
  100,000     B+  
  Senior Notes, 9.500% due 2/15/11
    107,000  
  300,000     B+  
  Senior Secured Second Lien Notes, 8.125% due 5/1/10
    310,500  
  250,000     CCC+  
True Temper Sports, Inc., 8.375% due 9/15/11
    233,125  
  175,000     B  
United Auto Group, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.625% due 3/15/12
    187,688  

                  3,501,460  

Semiconductors — 0.2%
  175,000     BB+  
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.125% due 7/15/14
    189,000  

Software — 0.4%
  325,000     BB-  
Ingram Micro, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 8/15/08
    343,688  

Telecommunications — 8.6%
  163,000     B-  
Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 8/15/11
    173,595  
  900,000     BB+  
AT&T Corp., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 11/15/31
    1,175,625  
           
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.:
       
  250,000     B-  
  Senior Notes, 7.250% due 7/15/13
    263,750  
  75,000     B-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 1/15/14
    77,250  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

Telecommunications — 8.6% (continued)
           
Citizens Communications Co.:
       
$ 75,000     BB+  
  Notes, 9.250% due 5/15/11
  $ 84,094  
           
  Senior Notes:
       
  150,000     BB+  
     6.250% due 1/15/13
    145,875  
  200,000     BB+  
     9.000% due 8/15/31
    206,000  
  50,000     B-  
Inmarsat Finance PLC, Senior Notes, 7.625% due 6/30/12
    53,000  
  125,000     CCC+  
Inmarsat Finance II PLC, step bond to yield 10.372% due 11/15/12
    98,750  
           
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes:
       
  225,000     B+  
  7.805% due 1/15/12 (b)(c)
    230,062  
  175,000     B+  
  8.625% due 1/15/15 (b)
    185,500  
  400,000     B+  
MCI, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.735% due 5/1/14
    449,500  
  100,000     B-  
New Skies Satellites NV, Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.125% due 11/1/12 (b)
    99,750  
  575,000     BB  
Nextel Communications, Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 8/1/15
    623,875  
  163,000     B+  
PanAmSat Corp., Senior Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/14
    178,689  
  700,000     B+  
PanAmSat Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 10.366% due 11/1/14
    484,750  
  850,000     BB-  
Qwest Corp., Notes, 8.875% due 3/15/12 (b)
    928,625  
  575,000     B  
Qwest Services Corp., Secured Notes, 13.500% due 12/15/10
    667,000  
  775,000     BB  
Rogers Wireless Communications, Inc., Secured Notes, 6.375% due 3/1/14
    792,437  
  200,000     CCC-  
U.S. Unwired, Inc., Second Priority Secured Notes, Series B, 10.000% due 6/15/12
    223,500  
  225,000     B  
Valor Telecommunications Enterprises LLC/Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 2/15/15 (b)
    222,188  

                  7,363,815  

Textiles — 1.3%
  200,000     B-  
Collins & Aikman Floor Covering, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.750% due 2/15/10
    208,000  
  225,000     B+  
INVISTA, Notes, 9.250% due 5/1/12 (b)
    246,937  
           
Simmons Co.:
       
  275,000     B-  
  Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 10.002% due 6/15/14 (b)
    125,125  
  350,000     B-  
  Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.875% due 1/15/14
    302,750  
  225,000     BB-  
Warnaco, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 6/15/13
    249,750  

                  1,132,562  

Tobacco — 0.4%
  300,000     B-  
Commonwealth Brands, Inc., Secured Notes, 10.625% due 9/1/08 (b)
    317,250  

Transportation — 0.8%
  150,000     CC  
Allied Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 10/1/07
    72,000  
  100,000     NR  
Holt Group, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/06 (d)(e)(f)
    0  
  150,000     BB-  
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Senior Notes, Series B, 9.375% due 5/1/09
    158,625  
           
Stena AB, Senior Notes:
       
  250,000     BB-  
  9.625% due 12/1/12
    273,750  
  150,000     BB-  
  7.500% due 11/1/13
    148,500  

                  652,875  

           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $80,262,082)
    82,211,142  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FACE
AMOUNT RATING‡ SECURITY VALUE

CONVERTIBLE NOTES — 0.1%

Entertainment — 0.1%
$ 125,000     NR  
Magna Entertainment Corp., Subordinated Notes, 7.250% due 12/15/09 (Cost — $124,114)
  $ 119,844  

                     
SHARES

ESCROWED SHARES — 0.0%
  175,000        
Pillowtex Corp., 9.000% due 12/15/49 (e)(f)* (Cost — $0)
    0  

COMMON STOCK — 0.2%

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.1%
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%
  5,715        
B&G Food, Inc. 
    83,667  

MATERIALS — 0.0%
Chemicals — 0.0%
  45        
General Chemical Industrial Products, Inc. (e)(f)
    8,686  

Packaging & Containers — 0.0%
  2,000        
Russell-Stanley Holdings, Inc. (b)(e)(f)*
    5,120  

           
TOTAL MATERIALS
    13,806  

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.1%
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%
  710        
NTL, Inc.*
    48,578  
  1,237        
Viatel Holding Bermuda Ltd.*
    353  

           
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
    48,931  

           
TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost — $588,225)
    146,404  

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.3%

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.3%
Media — 0.2%
  1,500        
PRIMEDIA, Inc., Series H, 8.625%
    148,125  

Specialty Retail — 0.1%
  200        
GNC Corp., Series A, 12.000% (g)*
    134,500  

           
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost — $348,012)
    282,625  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated High Yield Portfolio
                     
WARRANTS SECURITY VALUE

WARRANTS* — 0.1%

Chemicals — 0.0%
           
General Chemical Industrial Products, Inc.:
       
  26        
  Series A, expires 4/30/11 (e)(f)
  $ 0  
  19        
  Series B, expires 4/30/11 (e)(f)
    0  

                  0  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%
  100        
MDP Acquisitions PLC, expires 10/1/13 (b)(e)
    3,500  

Packaging & Containers — 0.0%
  100        
Pliant Corp., expires 6/1/10 (b)(e)(f)
    1  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.0%
  901        
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc., Class B, expires 3/9/09 (e)
    0  

Media — 0.0%
  75        
Advanstar Holdings Corp., expires 10/15/11 (b)
    2  
  125        
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc., Class A Shares, expires 3/15/10
    7,625  

                  7,627  

Metals & Mining — 0.1%
  30,652        
ACP Holding Co., expires 9/30/13 (b)
    57,472  

           
TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost — $105,554)
    68,600  

           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost — $81,427,987)
    82,828,615  

                     
FACE
AMOUNT

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.9%

Repurchase Agreement — 1.9%
  1,636,000        
State Street Bank & Trust Co., dated 6/30/05, 2.550% due 7/1/05; Proceeds due at maturity — $1,636,116; (Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 8.000% due 11/15/21; Market value — $1,670,780) (Cost — $1,636,000)
    1,636,000  

           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.7% (Cost — $83,063,987#)
    84,464,615  
           
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.3%
    1,088,355  

           
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
  $ 85,552,970  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated High Yield Portfolio
     
*
  Non-income producing security.
  All ratings are by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, unless otherwise footnoted.
(a)
  Rating by Moody’s Investors Service.
(b)
  Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.
(c)
  Variable rate securities. Coupon rates disclosed are those which are in effect at June 30, 2005. Maturity date shown is the date of the next coupon rate reset or actual maturity.
(d)
  Security is currently in default.
(e)
  Security is fair valued in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
(f)
  Illiquid security.
(g)
  Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income/dividend earned may be paid by the issuance of additional security.
#
  Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.
See page 48 for definitions of ratings.
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Federated Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

COMMON STOCK — 99.0%        

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 10.5%        
Auto Components — 0.8%        
  4,400    
Johnson Controls, Inc. 
  $ 247,852  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%        
  18,300    
McDonald’s Corp. 
    507,825  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.0%        
  16,200    
Mattel, Inc. 
    296,460  

Media — 5.0%        
  12,300    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. 
    380,439  
  27,400    
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.*
    333,732  
  23,700    
News Corp., Class A Shares
    383,466  
  23,800    
Time Warner, Inc.*
    397,698  

              1,495,335  

Specialty Retail — 2.0%        
  15,500    
Gap, Inc. 
    306,125  
  8,000    
Home Depot, Inc. 
    311,200  

              617,325  

       
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
    3,164,797  

CONSUMER STAPLES — 6.2%        
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%        
  14,600    
Albertson’s, Inc. 
    301,928  
  18,400    
Rite Aid Corp.*
    76,912  
  10,900    
SUPERVALU, Inc. 
    355,449  

              734,289  

Food Products — 1.0%        
  17,100    
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A Shares
    304,380  

Tobacco — 2.8%        
  12,900    
Altria Group, Inc. 
    834,114  

       
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
    1,872,783  

ENERGY — 11.3%        
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%        
  7,700    
Halliburton Co. 
    368,214  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 10.1%        
  9,500    
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR
    592,610  
  16,302    
Chevron Corp. 
    911,608  
  5,400    
ConocoPhillips
    310,446  
  14,800    
Exxon Mobil Corp. 
    850,556  
  7,100    
Marathon Oil Corp. 
    378,927  

              3,044,147  

       
TOTAL ENERGY
    3,412,361  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

FINANCIALS — 30.5%        
Commercial Banks — 6.0%        
  17,200    
Bank of America Corp. 
  $ 784,492  
  7,600    
U.S. Bancorp
    221,920  
  6,300    
Wachovia Corp. 
    312,480  
  8,200    
Wells Fargo & Co. 
    504,956  

              1,823,848  

Diversified Financial Services — 14.1%        
  6,400    
Capital One Financial Corp. 
    512,064  
  7,900    
Fannie Mae
    461,360  
  8,800    
Freddie Mac
    574,024  
  3,500    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
    357,070  
  12,700    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
    448,564  
  27,200    
MBNA Corp. 
    711,552  
  9,600    
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 
    528,096  
  12,400    
Morgan Stanley
    650,628  

              4,243,358  

Insurance — 10.4%        
  12,300    
ACE Ltd. 
    551,655  
  16,900    
Allstate Corp. 
    1,009,775  
  7,500    
American International Group, Inc. 
    435,750  
  13,600    
Aon Corp. 
    340,544  
  6,400    
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 
    478,592  
  8,800    
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., Class A Shares
    333,872  

              3,150,188  

       
TOTAL FINANCIALS
    9,217,394  

HEALTH CARE — 8.7%        
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.4%        
  5,300    
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 
    366,495  
  6,600    
HCA, Inc. 
    374,022  
  12,000    
McKesson Corp. 
    537,480  
  29,400    
Tenet Healthcare Corp.*
    359,856  

              1,637,853  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%        
  7,100    
Johnson & Johnson
    461,500  
  19,300    
Pfizer, Inc. 
    532,294  

              993,794  

       
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
    2,631,647  

INDUSTRIALS — 8.5%        
Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%        
  6,934    
Northrop Grumman Corp. 
    383,104  

Building Products — 1.0%        
  9,100    
Masco Corp. 
    289,016  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.0%        
  13,770    
Cendant Corp. 
  $ 308,035  
  3,000    
H&R Block, Inc. 
    175,050  
  9,700    
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 
    422,435  

              905,520  

Industrial Conglomerates — 2.4%        
  25,391    
Tyco International Ltd. 
    741,417  

Machinery — 0.8%        
  4,200    
Eaton Corp. 
    251,580  

       
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
    2,570,637  

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 8.6%        
Communications Equipment — 1.2%        
  20,600    
Motorola, Inc. 
    376,156  

Computers & Peripherals — 1.8%        
  16,500    
Hewlett-Packard Co. 
    387,915  
  1,900    
International Business Machines Corp. 
    140,980  

              528,895  

IT Services — 1.0%        
  6,900    
Computer Sciences Corp.*
    301,530  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%        
  28,100    
Applied Materials, Inc. 
    454,658  
  15,800    
Intel Corp. 
    411,748  

              866,406  

Software — 1.7%        
  14,500    
BMC Software, Inc.*
    260,275  
  10,700    
Microsoft Corp. 
    265,788  

              526,063  

       
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    2,599,050  

MATERIALS — 2.6%        
Chemicals — 0.9%        
  4,600    
PPG Industries, Inc. 
    288,696  

Metals & Mining — 0.8%        
  9,600    
Alcoa, Inc. 
    250,848  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.9%        
  8,400    
Georgia-Pacific Corp. 
    267,120  

       
TOTAL MATERIALS
    806,664  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Federated Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 6.6%        
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.7%        
  5,400    
ALLTEL Corp. 
  $ 336,312  
  23,000    
SBC Communications, Inc. 
    546,250  
  12,500    
Sprint Corp. 
    313,625  
  14,750    
Verizon Communications, Inc. 
    509,612  

              1,705,799  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%        
  11,500    
Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
    279,680  

       
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
    1,985,479  

UTILITIES — 5.5%        
Electric Utilities — 3.9%        
  8,300    
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    306,021  
  12,100    
Edison International
    490,655  
  5,200    
FirstEnergy Corp. 
    250,172  
  2,700    
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 
    120,015  

              1,166,863  

Multi-Utilities — 1.6%        
  19,800    
NiSource, Inc. 
    489,654  

       
TOTAL UTILITIES
    1,656,517  

       
TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost — $26,594,770)
    29,917,329  

ESCROWED SHARES — 0.0%        
  10,300    
ESC Seagate Technology (a)(b)* (Cost — $0)
    0  

       
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0% (Cost — $26,594,770#)
    29,917,329  
       
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.0%
    299,885  

       
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%
  $ 30,217,214  

     
*
  Non-income producing security.
(a)
  Security is fair valued in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
(b)
  Illiquid security.
#
  Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.
    Abbreviation used in this schedule:
    ADR — American Depositary Receipt
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

COMMON STOCK — 98.7%

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 18.9%        
Auto Components — 0.9%        
  11,307     Autoliv, Inc.    $ 495,246  
  21,789     BorgWarner, Inc. (a)     1,169,416  

              1,664,662  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%        
  16,485     Laureate Education, Inc.*     788,972  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%        
  20,432     Applebees International, Inc.      541,244  
  29,165     Brinker International, Inc.*     1,168,058  
  31,423     Darden Restaurants, Inc.      1,036,331  
  6,190     Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.      446,113  
  24,931     International Speedway Corp., Class A Shares     1,402,618  

              4,594,364  

Household Durables — 5.0%        
  39,791     D.R. Horton, Inc.      1,496,539  
  6,006     Harman International Industries, Inc.      488,648  
  30,859     HNI Corp.      1,578,438  
  21,959     Leggett & Platt, Inc.      583,670  
  25,844     Lennar Corp., Class A Shares     1,639,802  
  11,036     Ryland Group, Inc.      837,301  
  14,846     Stanley Works     676,087  
  10,972     Toll Brothers, Inc.*     1,114,207  
  60,598     Tupperware Corp.      1,416,175  

              9,830,867  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.6%        
  4,452     Brunswick Corp.      192,861  
  44,763     Marvel Enterprises, Inc.*     882,726  

              1,075,587  

Media — 1.6%        
  18,942     Belo Corp., Class A Shares     454,040  
  31,835     Macrovision Corp.*     717,561  
  19,638     Media General, Inc.      1,271,757  
  20,255     Scholastic Corp.*     780,830  

              3,224,188  

Multiline Retail — 0.7%        
  13,629     Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc., Class A Shares     1,320,923  

Specialty Retail — 6.7%        
  31,136     Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A Shares     2,139,043  
  41,299     Aeropostale, Inc.*     1,387,646  
  31,451     American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.      963,973  
  32,998     AutoNation, Inc.*     677,119  
  29,068     Barnes & Noble, Inc.*     1,127,838  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Specialty Retail — 6.7% (continued)
  35,596     Borders Group, Inc. (a)   $ 900,935  
  17,684     Chico’s FAS, Inc.*     606,208  
  21,789     Copart, Inc.*     518,578  
  47,012     Foot Locker, Inc.      1,279,667  
  45,673     Michaels Stores, Inc.      1,889,492  
  29,256     Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.*     672,596  
  15,721     Rent-A-Center, Inc.*     366,142  
  32,339     United Rentals, Inc.*     653,571  

              13,182,808  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%        
  31,392     Timberland Co., Class A Shares*     1,215,498  

        TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY     36,897,869  

CONSUMER STAPLES — 4.8%        
Beverages — 1.3%        
  63,434     Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A Shares*     1,871,303  
  26,192     PepsiAmericas, Inc.      672,087  

              2,543,390  

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%        
  36,144     BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.*     1,174,318  
  12,408     SUPERVALU, Inc.      404,625  
  2,709     Whole Foods Market, Inc.      320,475  

              1,899,418  

Food Products — 2.0%        
  54,887     Dean Foods Co.*     1,934,218  
  17,683     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      603,521  
  18,773     Smithfield Foods, Inc.*     511,940  
  10,977     TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     312,965  
  31,349     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A Shares     558,012  

              3,920,656  

Household Products — 0.5%        
  26,873     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      972,803  

        TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES     9,336,267  

ENERGY — 7.3%        
Energy Equipment & Services — 4.2%        
  65,532     Grant Prideco, Inc.*     1,733,321  
  31,691     Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      1,486,942  
  17,048     National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.*     810,462  
  68,081     Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      1,894,694  
  47,368     Pride International, Inc.*     1,217,358  
  27,713     Tidewater, Inc.      1,056,419  

              8,199,196  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.1%        
  37,501     Forest Oil Corp.*   $ 1,575,042  
  48,444     Newfield Exploration Co.*     1,932,431  
  19,824     Noble Energy, Inc.      1,499,686  
  25,753     Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      1,083,686  

              6,090,845  

        TOTAL ENERGY     14,290,041  

FINANCIALS — 17.3%        
Commercial Banks — 4.5%        
  26,345     Associated Banc-Corp.      886,773  
  18,525     Comerica, Inc.      1,070,745  
  18,147     Commerce Bancorp, Inc.      550,035  
  26,729     Independence Community Bank Corp.      987,102  
  22,484     Investors Financial Services Corp.      850,345  
  13,205     Mercantile Bankshares Corp.      680,454  
  25,995     North Fork Bancorp., Inc     730,199  
  27,261     SVB Financial Group*     1,305,802  
  21,716     Westcorp     1,138,353  
  8,142     Zions Bancorp     598,681  

              8,798,489  

Diversified Financial Services — 4.3%        
  20,031     American Capital Strategies Ltd.      723,319  
  59,803     AmeriCredit Corp.*     1,524,976  
  10,906     Bear Stearns Cos., Inc.      1,133,570  
  38,511     IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.      1,568,553  
  27,695     Jefferies Group, Inc.      1,049,364  
  23,115     Legg Mason, Inc.      2,406,503  

              8,406,285  

Insurance — 5.6%        
  19,513     AmerUs Group Co.      937,600  
  19,723     Everest Re Group Ltd.      1,834,239  
  30,750     Fidelity National Financial, Inc.      1,097,467  
  30,156     First American Corp.      1,210,462  
  40,110     HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      1,518,966  
  32,607     Ohio Casualty Corp.      788,437  
  23,602     Protective Life Corp.      996,476  
  26,582     Radian Group Inc.      1,255,202  
  35,228     WR Berkley Corp. (a)     1,256,935  

              10,895,784  

Real Estate — 2.9%        
  25,920     CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.      1,116,374  
  18,369     Developers Diversified Realty Corp.      844,239  
  23,849     General Growth Properties, Inc.      979,956  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Real Estate — 2.9% (continued)
  42,370     Highwoods Properties, Inc.    $ 1,260,931  
  54,715     New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc.      1,486,607  

              5,688,107  

        TOTAL FINANCIALS     33,788,665  

HEALTH CARE — 12.3%        
Biotechnology — 1.7%        
  33,435     Cephalon, Inc.*     1,331,047  
  23,010     Invitrogen Corp.*     1,916,503  

              3,247,550  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4%        
  15,047     Bausch & Lomb, Inc.      1,248,901  
  10,752     Beckman Coulter, Inc.      683,505  
  10,825     Cooper Cos., Inc.      658,809  
  55,200     STERIS Corp.      1,422,504  
  16,917     Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*     631,512  

              4,645,231  

Health Care Providers & Services — 5.9%        
  20,758     Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.*     719,057  
  25,607     Community Health Systems, Inc.*     967,689  
  34,605     Coventry Health Care, Inc.*     2,448,304  
  22,757     Health Net, Inc.*     868,407  
  31,189     LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.*     1,575,668  
  37,328     Lincare Holdings, Inc.*     1,524,475  
  34,592     Omnicare, Inc.      1,467,739  
  19,169     PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc.*     1,369,625  
  12,950     Triad Hospitals, Inc.*     707,588  

              11,648,552  

Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%        
  39,472     Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     1,923,865  
  41,629     IVAX Corp.*     895,024  
  84,753     King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     883,126  
  65,576     Perrigo Co.      914,129  

              4,616,144  

        TOTAL HEALTH CARE     24,157,477  

INDUSTRIALS — 13.8%        
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%        
  6,183     Alliant Techsystems, Inc.*     436,520  
  4,102     L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      314,131  
  21,345     Precision Castparts Corp.      1,662,775  

              2,413,426  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%        
  25,944     CNF, Inc.    $ 1,164,885  
  29,493     Ryder System, Inc.      1,079,444  

              2,244,329  

Building Products — 0.8%        
  12,850     Crane Co.      337,955  
  31,061     York International Corp.      1,180,318  

              1,518,273  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 5.1%        
  61,766     Adesa, Inc.      1,344,646  
  36,458     Alliance Data System Corp.*     1,478,736  
  38,176     Career Education Corp.*     1,397,623  
  44,341     CheckFree Corp.*     1,510,254  
  27,552     Education Management Corp.*     929,329  
  33,857     Korn/ Ferry International*     600,962  
  6,640     Manpower, Inc.      264,139  
  40,474     Valassis Communications, Inc.*     1,499,562  
  26,444     West Corp.*     1,015,450  

              10,040,701  

Electrical Equipment — 0.9%        
  24,474     Ametek, Inc.      1,024,237  
  24,297     Thomas & Betts Corp.*     686,147  

              1,710,384  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%        
  26,861     Teleflex, Inc.      1,594,738  

Machinery — 2.2%        
  23,366     Flowserve Corp.*     707,055  
  16,258     Harsco Corp.      886,874  
  24,424     Kennametal, Inc.      1,119,841  
  12,300     Oshkosh Truck Corp.      962,844  
  9,965     PACCAR, Inc.      677,620  

              4,354,234  

Marine — 0.5%        
  15,052     Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.      897,852  

Road & Rail — 1.2%        
  19,161     GATX Corp.      661,055  
  42,966     JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      829,244  
  34,477     Swift Transportation Coo., Inc.*     802,969  

              2,293,268  

        TOTAL INDUSTRIALS     27,067,205  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 11.7%        
Communications Equipment — 1.8%        
  51,434     Andrew Corp.*   $ 656,298  
  55,300     Harris Corp.      1,725,913  
  107,844     Powerwave Technologies, Inc.*     1,102,165  

              3,484,376  

Computers & Peripherals — 1.1%        
  38,599     Storage Technology Corp.*     1,400,758  
  52,160     Western Digital Corp.*     699,987  

              2,100,745  

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 2.2%        
  43,014     Amphenol Corp., Class A Shares     1,727,873  
  10,915     CDW Corp.      623,137  
  9,104     Diebold, Inc.      410,682  
  37,869     Jabil Circuit, Inc.*     1,163,714  
  18,975     Tektronix, Inc.      441,548  

              4,366,954  

IT Services — 1.4%        
  21,619     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A Shares*     1,018,903  
  10,081     Computer Sciences Corp.*     440,540  
  14,052     DST Systems, Inc.*     657,634  
  63,276     MPS Group, Inc.*     596,060  

              2,713,137  

Office Electronics — 0.3%        
  38,347     Xerox Corp.*     528,805  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%        
  49,987     Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.*     737,308  
  33,477     International Rectifier Corp.*     1,597,522  
  57,874     Lam Research Corp.*     1,674,874  
  63,135     MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.*     995,639  

              5,005,343  

Software — 2.4%        
  83,948     Activision, Inc.*     1,386,821  
  40,811     Fair Isaac Corp.      1,489,601  
  23,444     Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      429,260  
  34,796     Sybase, Inc.*     638,507  
  32,988     Transaction Systems Architects, Inc., Class A Shares*     812,494  

              4,756,683  

        TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY     22,956,043  

MATERIALS — 5.1%        
Chemicals — 3.3%        
  32,775     Albemarle Corp.      1,195,304  
  17,204     Cytec Industries, Inc.      684,719  
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                 
SHARES SECURITY VALUE

Chemicals — 3.3% (continued)
  23,315     FMC Corp.*   $ 1,308,904  
  26,263     Lubrizol Corp.      1,103,309  
  16,619     PPG Industries, Inc.      1,043,008  
  16,779     Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A Shares*     1,194,833  

              6,530,077  

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%        
  7,105     Sonoco Products Co.      188,283  

Metals & Mining — 1.4%        
  9,075     Nucor Corp.      414,002  
  32,137     Peabody Energy Corp.      1,672,409  
  6,624     Southern Peru Copper Corp.      283,772  
  23,970     Worthington Industries, Inc.      378,726  

              2,748,909  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%        
  16,767     Georgia-Pacific Corp.      533,191  

        TOTAL MATERIALS     10,000,460  

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.3%        
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%        
  136,366     Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*     586,374  

UTILITIES — 7.2%        
Electric Utilities — 4.4%        
  59,354     Energy East Corp.      1,720,079  
  46,244     NSTAR     1,425,703  
  75,298     Pepco Holdings, Inc.      1,802,634  
  44,115     PNM Resources, Inc.      1,270,953  
  16,707     Puget Energy, Inc.      390,610  
  51,211     Wisconsin Energy Corp.      1,997,229  

              8,607,208  

Gas Utilities — 2.1%        
  12,898     AGL Resources, Inc.      498,508  
  56,136     MDU Resources Group, Inc.      1,581,351  
  50,880     ONEOK, Inc.      1,661,232  
  8,161     WGL Holdings, Inc.      274,536  

              4,015,627  

Multi-Utilities — 0.7%        
  21,977     Questar Corp.      1,448,284  

        TOTAL UTILITIES     14,071,119  

        TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $163,446,246)     193,151,520  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2005 
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
                   
FACE
AMOUNT SECURITY VALUE

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.4%        

Repurchase Agreement — 1.3%        
$ 2,567,000     State Street Bank & Trust Co., 2.550% due 7/1/05, dated 6/30/05, 2.550% due 7/1/05;        
          Proceeds due at maturity — $2,567,182; (Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 7.250% due 8/15/22; Market value — $2,621,922) (Cost — $2,567,000)   $ 2,567,000  

U.S. Government Obligation — 0.1%        
  200,000     U.S. Treasury Bills due 9/15/05 (a)(b) (Cost — $198,763)     198,738  

        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $2,765,763)     2,765,738  

        TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1% (Cost — $166,212,009#)     195,917,258  
        Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%     (207,611 )

        TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%   $ 195,709,647  

     
*
  Non-income producing security.
(a) 
  All or a portion of this security is segregated for open futures contracts.
(b) 
  All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.
  Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Bond Ratings (unaudited)

The definitions of the applicable rating symbols are set forth below:

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (“Standard & Poor’s”) — Ratings from “AA” to “CCC” may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standings within the major rating categories.

         
AAA
    Bonds rated “AAA” have the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong.
AA     Bonds rated “AA” have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in a small degree.
A     Bonds rated “A” have a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although they are somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.
BBB     Bonds rated “BBB” are regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas they normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for bonds in this category than in higher rated categories.
BB, B, CCC and CC     Bonds rated “BB”, “B”, “CCC” and “CC” are regarded, on balance, as predominantly speculative with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation. “BB” represents a lower degree of speculation than “B”, and “CC” the highest degree of speculation. While such bonds will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions.
D     Bonds rated “D” are in default and payment of interest and/or repayment of principal is in arrears.

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) — Numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 may be applied to each generic rating from “Aa” to “Ca,” where 1 is the highest and 3 the lowest ranking within its generic category.

         
Aaa
    Bonds rated “Aaa” are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edge.” Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.
Aa     Bonds rated “Aa” are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the “Aaa” group they comprise what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in “Aaa” securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in “Aaa” securities.
A     Bonds rated “A” possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.
Baa     Bonds rated “Baa” are considered to be medium grade obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.
Ba     Bonds rated “Ba” are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and therefore not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.
B     Bonds rated “B” generally lack characteristics of desirable investments. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.
Caa     Bonds rated “Caa” are of poor standing. These may be in default, or present elements of danger may exist with respect to principal or interest.
Ca     Bonds rated “Ca” represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked short-comings.
NR     Indicates that the bond is not rated by Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s.

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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) June 30, 2005 
                                           
Travelers Mondrian Disciplined
Quality International Federated Federated Mid Cap
Bond Stock High Yield Stock Stock
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

ASSETS:                                        
 
Investments, at cost
  $ 162,071,406     $ 178,753,887     $ 81,427,987     $ 26,594,770     $ 163,446,246  
 
Short-term investments, at cost
    22,839,000       30,697,415       1,636,000             2,765,763  
 
Foreign currency, at cost
          249,306                    

 
Investments, at value
  $ 163,558,872     $ 183,271,908     $ 82,828,615     $ 29,917,329     $ 193,151,520  
 
Short-term investments, at value
    22,839,000       30,697,415       1,636,000             2,765,738  
 
Foreign currency, at value
          247,295                    
 
Cash
                      23,697        
 
Receivable for open foreign currency contracts (Notes 1 and 3)
          608,489                    
 
Receivable for securities sold
                102,212       287,418       2,997,499  
 
Dividends and interest receivable
    1,627,861       671,900       1,665,303       46,731       121,635  
 
Receivable for Fund shares sold
    37,607       23,966       10,217       801       1,967  
 
Prepaid expenses
    701       3,235                   560  

 
Total Assets
    188,064,041       215,524,208       86,242,347       30,275,976       199,038,919  

LIABILITIES:
                                       
 
Payable for loaned securities collateral (Notes 1 and 3)
          29,000,415                    
 
Payable for securities purchased
                542,061             3,065,381  
 
Payable for Fund shares repurchased
    179,130       348,014       43,910       15,300       85,542  
 
Investment advisory fee payable
    50,275       108,835       45,418       15,634       111,958  
 
Due to custodian
    10,250       10,122       9,737             10,296  
 
Administration fee payable
    8,972       9,999       4,193       1,501       9,596  
 
Payable to broker — variation margin for open futures contracts
                            4,649  
 
Accrued expenses
    52,662       72,687       44,058       26,327       41,850  

 
Total Liabilities
    301,289       29,550,072       689,377       58,762       3,329,272  

Total Net Assets
  $ 187,762,752     $ 185,974,136     $ 85,552,970     $ 30,217,214     $ 195,709,647  

NET ASSETS:
                                       
 
Paid-in capital (Note 4)
    186,410,493       194,267,410       94,575,404       25,725,021       148,919,750  
 
Undistributed net investment income
    1,654,746       2,208,944       2,804,377       185,907       765,737  
 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions
    (1,789,953 )     (15,618,865 )     (13,227,439 )     983,727       16,312,826  
 
Net unrealized appreciation of investments, futures contracts and foreign currencies
    1,487,466       5,116,647       1,400,628       3,322,559       29,711,334  

Total Net Assets
  $ 187,762,752     $ 185,974,136     $ 85,552,970     $ 30,217,214     $ 195,709,647  

Shares Outstanding
    16,729,507       16,562,400       9,926,801       1,813,664       9,579,045  

Net Asset Value
    $11.22     $ 11.23     $ 8.62     $ 16.66     $ 20.43  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Statements of Operations (unaudited) For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 
                                             
Travelers Mondrian Disciplined
Quality International Federated Federated Mid Cap
Bond Stock High Yield Stock Stock
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio

INVESTMENT INCOME:
                                       
 
Interest
  $ 3,627,414     $ 64,212     $ 3,417,541     $ 2,553     $ 31,827  
 
Dividends
          4,138,718       17,398       326,457       1,502,801  
 
Income from securities lending
          59,837                    
 
Less: Foreign withholding tax
          (539,844 )                 (132 )

 
Total Investment Income
    3,627,414       3,722,923       3,434,939       329,010       1,534,496  

EXPENSES:
                                       
 
Investment advisory fees (Note 2)
    298,077       705,237       276,982       96,173       670,180  
 
Administration fees (Note 2)
    55,319       54,695       25,568       9,233       57,444  
 
Legal fees
    14,348       14,400       14,263       14,263       10,989  
 
Custody
    14,282       58,193       29,073       7,748       10,658  
 
Shareholder reports
    11,958       14,215       7,413       3,082       10,979  
 
Audit and tax
    9,972       10,662       9,850       9,900       10,066  
 
Trustees’ fees
    2,600       2,300       2,300       2,300       4,469  
 
Insurance
    1,513       987       472       203       1,234  
 
Miscellaneous expenses
    315       5,724       657       201       363  

 
Total Expenses
    408,384       866,413       366,578       143,103       776,382  

 
Net Investment Income
    3,219,030       2,856,510       3,068,361       185,907       758,114  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS (NOTES 1 AND 3):                                        
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:
                                       
   
Investment transactions
    (105,021 )     18,864,973       (753,951 )     1,770,493       16,378,064  
   
Futures contracts
                            20,859  
   
Foreign currency transactions
          119,959                    

 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
    (105,021 )     18,984,932       (753,951 )     1,770,493       16,398,923  

 
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/ Depreciation From:
                                       
   
Investments
    218,286       (25,392,255 )     (2,292,662 )     (1,811,619 )     (8,361,007 )
   
Futures contracts
                            6,085  
   
Foreign currencies
          593,648                   (24,126 )

 
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/ Depreciation
    218,286       (24,798,607 )     (2,292,662 )     (1,811,619 )     (8,379,048 )

Net Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions
    113,265       (5,813,675 )     (3,046,613 )     (41,126 )     8,019,875  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations
  $ 3,332,295     $ (2,957,165 )   $ 21,748     $ 144,781     $ 8,777,989  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2004
                                   
Travelers Quality Mondrian International
Bond Portfolio Stock Portfolio


2005 2004 2005 2004

OPERATIONS:
                               
 
Net investment income
  $ 3,219,030     $ 7,188,168     $ 2,856,510     $ 2,138,466  
 
Net realized gain (loss)
    (105,021 )     865,318       18,984,932       13,861,266  
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    218,286       (1,671,033 )     (24,798,607 )     8,410,207  

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations
    3,332,295       6,382,453       (2,957,165 )     24,409,939  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM (NOTE 1):                                
 
Net investment income
          (8,995,106 )     (100,497 )     (2,613,383 )

 
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders
          (8,995,106 )     (100,497 )     (2,613,383 )

FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 4):                                
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
    11,920,083       16,645,993       16,788,564       53,475,176  
 
Reinvestment of distributions
          8,995,106       100,497       2,613,383  
 
Cost of shares repurchased
    (16,804,613 )     (42,786,580 )     (9,031,437 )     (24,585,856 )

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions
    (4,884,530 )     (17,145,481 )     7,857,624       31,502,703  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    (1,552,235 )     (19,758,134 )     4,799,962       53,299,259  
NET ASSETS:                                
 
Beginning of period
    189,314,987       209,073,121       181,174,174       127,874,915  

 
End of period*
  $ 187,762,752     $ 189,314,987     $ 185,974,136     $ 181,174,174  

 
*Includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of:
    $1,654,746     $ (1,564,284 )   $ 2,208,944     $ (547,069 )

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2004
                                                   
Federated High Federated Disciplined Mid Cap
Yield Portfolio Stock Portfolio Stock Portfolio



2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004

OPERATIONS:
                                               
 
Net investment income
  $ 3,068,361     $ 5,946,244     $ 185,907     $ 444,940     $ 758,114     $ 497,527  
 
Net realized gain (loss)
    (753,951 )     1,202,342       1,770,493       1,268,513       16,398,923       15,193,127  
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    (2,292,662 )     749,397       (1,811,619 )     1,454,617       (8,379,048 )     11,904,347  

 
Increase in Net Assets From Operations
    21,748       7,897,983       144,781       3,168,070       8,777,989       27,595,001  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM (NOTE 1):                                                
 
Net investment income
          (6,213,875 )           (451,992 )           (508,893 )
 
Net realized gains
                            (2,217,847 )     (5,360,391 )

 
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders
          (6,213,875 )           (451,992 )     (2,217,847 )     (5,869,284 )

FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 4):                                                
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
    5,494,701       14,459,403       469,667       2,342,984       7,819,978       24,387,730  
 
Reinvestment of distributions
          6,213,875             451,992       2,217,847       5,869,284  
 
Cost of shares repurchased
    (6,900,770 )     (11,216,237 )     (2,936,129 )     (4,775,545 )     (18,716,378 )     (19,071,361 )

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions
    (1,406,069 )     9,457,041       (2,466,462 )     (1,980,569 )     (8,678,553 )     11,185,653  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
    (1,384,321 )     11,141,149       (2,321,681 )     735,509       (2,118,411 )     32,911,370  
NET ASSETS:
                                               
 
Beginning of period
    86,937,291       75,796,142       32,538,895       31,803,386       197,828,058       164,916,688  

 
End of period*
  $ 85,552,970     $ 86,937,291     $ 30,217,214     $ 32,538,895     $ 195,709,647     $ 197,828,058  

 
*Includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of:
    $2,804,377       $(263,984 )     $185,907             $765,737       $7,623  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:

                                                   
Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio(1)  2005(2)  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $11.03       $11.21       $11.03       $11.39       $11.00       $10.82  

Income (Loss) From Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    0.19       0.41       0.48       0.51       0.59 (3)     0.73  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (0.00 ) (4)     (0.04 )     0.29       0.14       0.20 (3)     0.00 (4)

Total Income From Operations
    0.19       0.37       0.77       0.65       0.79       0.73  

Less Distributions From:
                                               
 
Net investment income
          (0.55 )     (0.56 )     (0.85 )     (0.40 )     (0.55 )
 
Net realized gains
                (0.03 )     (0.16 )            

Total Distributions
          (0.55 )     (0.59 )     (1.01 )     (0.40 )     (0.55 )

Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.22       $11.03       $11.21       $11.03       $11.39       $11.00  

Total Return(5)
    1.72 %     3.29 %     6.98 %     5.81 %     7.13 %     6.97 %

Net Assets, End of Period (millions)
    $188       $189       $209       $206       $152       $73  

Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
 
Gross expenses
    0.44 % (6)     0.44 %     0.43 %     0.44 %     0.45 %     0.49 %
 
Net expenses(7)
    0.44 (6)     0.42 (8)     0.43       0.44       0.45       0.49  
 
Net investment income
    3.49 (6)     3.62       4.15       4.48       5.14 (3)     6.81  

Portfolio Turnover Rate
    47 %     90 %     191 %     176 %     225 %     157 %

(1)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
 
(2)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited).
 
(3)  Effective January 1, 2001, the Fund adopted a change in the accounting method that requires the Fund to amortize premiums and accrete all discounts. Without the adoption of this change, for the year ended December 31, 2001 these amounts would have been $0.61, $0.18 and 5.31% for net investment income, net realized and unrealized gain and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets, respectively. Per share information, ratios and supplemental data for the periods prior to January 1, 2001 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.
 
(4)  Amount is less than $0.01.
 
(5)  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate accounts such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the total return for all periods shown. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
(6)  Annualized.
 
(7)  As a result of an expense limitation, the ratio of expenses to average net assets of the Fund will not exceed 0.75%.
 
(8)  The sub-administrator voluntarily waived a portion of its fee.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights (continued)

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:

                                                   
Mondrian International Stock
Portfolio(1)  2005(2)  2004  2003  2002  2001  2000

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $11.42       $10.01       $7.91       $9.30       $13.15       $15.65  

Income (Loss) From Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    0.18       0.14       0.15       0.11       0.11       0.13  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (0.36 )     1.44       2.11       (1.31 )     (3.50 )     (1.88 )

Total Income (Loss) From Operations
    (0.18 )     1.58       2.26       (1.20 )     (3.39 )     (1.75 )

Less Distributions From:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    (0.01 )     (0.17 )     (0.16 )     (0.19 )     (0.02 )     (0.32 )
 
Net realized gains
                            (0.44 )     (0.43 )

Total Distributions
    (0.01 )     (0.17 )     (0.16 )     (0.19 )     (0.46 )     (0.75 )

Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $11.23       $11.42       $10.01       $7.91       $9.30       $13.15  

Total Return(3)
    (1.61 )%     15.75 %     28.60 %     (12.96 )%     (26.19 )%     (11.50 )%

Net Assets, End of Period (millions)
    $186       $181       $128       $97       $120       $141  

Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
 
Gross expenses
    0.95 % (4)     1.01 %     1.00 %     1.06 %     1.01 %     1.02 %
 
Net expenses(5)
    0.95 (4)     0.99 (6)     1.00       1.06       1.01       1.02  
 
Net investment income
    3.13 (4)     1.38       1.79       1.32       1.01       0.92  

Portfolio Turnover Rate
    103 %     59 %     44 %     55 %     81 %     39 %

(1)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
 
(2)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited).
 
(3)  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate accounts such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the total return for all periods shown. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
(4)  Annualized.
 
(5)  As a result of an expense limitation, the ratio of expenses to average net assets of the Fund will not exceed 1.25%.
 
(6)  The sub-administrator voluntarily waived a portion of its fee.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights (continued)

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:

                                                   
Federated High Yield Portfolio 2005(1)(2) 2004(2) 2003(2) 2002(2) 2001(2) 2000

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $8.62       $8.41       $7.37       $8.55       $9.50       $11.44  

Income (Loss) From Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    0.31       0.64       0.65       0.74       0.97 (3)     1.25  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (0.31 )     0.23       1.00       (0.46 )     (0.77 ) (3)     (2.11 )

Total Income (Loss) From Operations
          0.87       1.65       0.28       0.20       (0.86 )

Less Distributions From:
                                               
 
Net investment income
          (0.66 )     (0.61 )     (1.46 )     (1.15 )     (1.08 )

Total Distributions
          (0.66 )     (0.61 )     (1.46 )     (1.15 )     (1.08 )

Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $8.62       $8.62       $8.41       $7.37       $8.55       $9.50  

Total Return(4)
    0.00 %     10.38 %     22.39 %     3.72 %     1.94 %     (8.15 )%

Net Assets, End of Period (millions)
    $86       $87       $76       $48       $40       $39  

Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
 
Gross expenses
    0.86 %(5)     0.87 %     0.90 %     0.89 %     0.89 %     0.88 %
 
Net expenses(6)
    0.86 (5)     0.83 (7)     0.90       0.89       0.89       0.88  
 
Net investment income
    7.20 (5)     7.42       7.93       9.09       10.45 (3)     10.61  

Portfolio Turnover Rate
    17 %     38 %     57 %     58 %     44 %     19 %

(1)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited).
 
(2)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
 
(3)  Effective January 1, 2001, the Fund adopted a change in the accounting method that requires the Fund to amortize premiums and accrete all discounts. Without the adoption of this change, for the year ended December 31, 2001, these amounts would have been $0.98, $0.78 and 10.51% for net investment income, net realized and unrealized loss and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets, respectively. Per share information, ratios and supplemental data for the periods prior to January 1, 2001 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.
 
(4)  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate accounts such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the total return for all periods shown. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
(5)  Annualized.
 
(6)  As a result of an expense limitation, the ratio of expenses to average net assets of the Fund will not exceed 0.95%.
 
(7)  The sub-administrator voluntarily waived a portion of its fee.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights (continued)

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:

                                                   
Federated Stock Portfolio 2005(1)  2004  2003(2)  2002(2)  2001(2)  2000

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $16.56       $15.19       $12.06       $15.40       $15.99       $16.34  

Income (Loss) From Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    0.10       0.23       0.20       0.16       0.16       0.21  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (0.00 )(3)     1.37       3.13       (3.13 )     0.11       0.33  

Total Income (Loss) From Operations
    0.10       1.60       3.33       (2.97 )     0.27       0.54  

Less Distributions From:
                                               
 
Net investment income
          (0.23 )     (0.20 )     (0.37 )     (0.20 )     (0.18 )
 
Net realized gains
                            (0.66 )     (0.71 )

Total Distributions
          (0.23 )     (0.20 )     (0.37 )     (0.86 )     (0.89 )

Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $16.66       $16.56       $15.19       $12.06       $15.40       $15.99  

Total Return(4)
    0.60 %     10.55 %     27.61 %     (19.32 )%     1.67 %     3.77 %

Net Assets, End of Period (millions)
    $30       $33       $32       $27       $44       $45  

Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
 
Gross expenses
    0.93 % (5)     0.94 %     0.91 %     0.84 %     0.81 %     0.82 %
 
Net expenses(6)
    0.93 (5)     0.83 (7)     0.91       0.84       0.81       0.82  
 
Net investment income
    1.21 (5)     1.42       1.50       1.14       0.99       1.23  

Portfolio Turnover Rate
    22 %     31 %     41 %     13 %     14 %     24 %

(1)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited).
 
(2)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
 
(3)  Amount is less than $0.01.
 
(4)  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate accounts such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the total return for all periods shown. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
(5)  Annualized.
 
(6)  As a result of an expense limitation, the ratio of expenses to average net assets of the Fund will not exceed 0.95%.
 
(7)  The sub-administrator voluntarily waived a portion of its fee.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Financial Highlights (continued)

For a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:

                                                   
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio 2005(1)  2004(2)  2003  2002  2001(2) 2000(2)

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    $19.76       $17.49       $13.11       $15.41       $17.26       $15.61  

Income (Loss) From Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income
    0.08       0.05       0.05       0.03       0.06       0.08  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    0.82       2.82       4.38       (2.23 )     (0.78 )     2.46  

Total Income (Loss) From Operations
    0.90       2.87       4.43       (2.20 )     (0.72 )     2.54  

Less Distributions From:
                                               
 
Net investment income
          (0.05 )     (0.05 )     (0.08 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )
 
Net realized gains
    (0.23 )     (0.55 )           (0.02 )     (1.09 )     (0.86 )

Total Distributions
    (0.23 )     (0.60 )     (0.05 )     (0.10 )     (1.13 )     (0.89 )

Net Asset Value, End of Period
    $20.43       $19.76       $17.49       $13.11       $15.41       $17.26  

Total Return(3)
    4.59 %     16.45 %     33.75 %     (14.32 )%     4.02 %     16.61 %

Net Assets, End of Period (millions)
    $196       $198       $165       $111       $113       $95  

Ratios to Average Net Assets:
                                               
 
Gross expenses
    0.81 % (4)     0.82 %     0.82 %     0.85 %     0.83 %     0.88 %
 
Net expenses(5)
    0.81 (4)     0.80 (6)     0.82       0.85       0.83       0.88  
 
Net investment income
    0.79 (4)     0.28       0.38       0.23       0.37       0.49  

Portfolio Turnover Rate
    58 %     91 %     61 %     67 %     40 %     67 %

(1)  For the six months ended June 30, 2005 (unaudited).
 
(2)  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
 
(3)  Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower. Total returns do not reflect expenses associated with the separate accounts such as administrative fees, account charges and surrender charges which, if reflected, would reduce the total return for all periods shown. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
(4)  Annualized.
 
(5)  As a result of an expense limitation, the ratio of expenses to average net assets of the Fund will not exceed 0.95%.
 
(6)  The sub-administrator voluntarily waived a portion of its fee.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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          1.     Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

      The Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio (“TQB”), Mondrian International Stock Portfolio (formerly Lazard International Stock Portfolio) (“MIS”), Federated High Yield Portfolio (“FHY”), Federated Stock Portfolio (“FSP”) and Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio (“DMCS”) (“Funds”) are separate diversified investment funds of The Travelers Series Trust (“Trust”). The Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as an open-end management investment company. Shares of the Trust are offered exclusively for use with certain variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered through the separate accounts of various affiliated life insurance companies.

      The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ.

      (a) Investment Valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Funds calculate their net asset values, the Funds may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

      (b) Repurchase Agreements. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Funds’ policy that their custodian or a third party custodian takes possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults and the market value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited.

      (c) Financial Futures Contracts. Certain Funds may enter into financial futures contracts typically as a substitution for buying or selling securities and as a cash flow management technique. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit cash or securities as initial margin. Additional securities are also segregated up to the current market value of the financial futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Funds each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the underlying financial instruments. The Funds recognize an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. When the financial futures contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recognized equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Funds’ basis in the contracts.

      The risks associated with entering into financial futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. In addition, investing in financial futures contracts involves the risk that the Funds could lose more than the original margin deposit and subsequent payments required for a futures transaction. Risk may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

      (d) Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on their non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or to facilitate settlement of foreign currency denominated portfolio transactions. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is

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extinguished, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Funds 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 of the contract at the time it was extinguished.

      Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds bear the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

      (e) Lending of Portfolio Securities. The Funds have an agreement with their custodian whereby the custodian may lend securities owned by the Funds to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations. In exchange for lending securities under the terms of the agreement with their custodian, the Funds receive a lender’s fee. Fees earned by the Funds on securities lending are recorded as securities lending income. Loans of securities by the Funds are collateralized by cash, U.S. government securities or high quality money market instruments that are maintained at all times in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the loaned securities, plus a margin which varies depending on the type of securities loaned. The custodian establishes and maintains the collateral in a segregated account. The Funds have the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

      The Funds maintain the risk of any loss on the securities on loan as well as the potential loss on investments purchased with cash collateral received from securities lending.

      (f) Credit and Market Risk. Certain Funds may invest in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield securities reflect, among other things, perceived credit risk. The Funds’ investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. In addition, certain Funds may invest in foreign securities. The Funds’ investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in a foreign currency and may require settlement in foreign currencies and pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Funds. Foreign investments may also subject the Funds to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

      (g) Security Transactions and Investment Income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practical after the Funds determine the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method.

      (h) Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

      The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

      Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, at the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

      Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of

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governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

      (i) Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions from net investment income and distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

      (j) Federal and Other Taxes. It is the Funds’ policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Funds intend to distribute substantially all of their taxable income and net realized gains on investments, if any, to shareholders each year. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

      (k) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

          2.     Investment Advisory Agreement, Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates

      Travelers Asset Management International Company, (“TAMIC”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”), acts as investment advisor to the Funds. TQB, MIS, FHY, FSP and DMCS pay TAMIC an investment advisory fee calculated at the annual rate of 0.3233%, 0.775% for the first $100 million and 0.650% over $100 million, 0.65%, 0.625% and 0.70%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of the respective Funds. These fees are calculated daily and paid monthly.

      TAMIC has entered into sub-advisory agreements with Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. (“Mondrian”), Federated Investment Management Company (“Federated”) and TIMCO Asset Management, Inc. (formerly Travelers Investment Management Company) (“TIMCO”), another indirect wholly subsidiary of Citigroup. Prior to May 1, 2005, Lazard Asset Management LLC was the subadviser to MIS. Pursuant to each sub-advisory agreement, Mondrian and TIMCO are responsible for the day-to-day fund operations and investment decisions for MIS and DMCS, respectively. Federated is responsible for the day-to-day fund operations and investment decisions for FHY and FSP. As a result, the following fees are calculated and paid at an annual rate:

  •  TAMIC pays Mondrian 0.425% on the first $100 million of the average daily net assets of MIS and 0.300% over $100 million of the average daily net assets of MIS.
 
  •  TAMIC pays Federated 0.40% and 0.375% of the average daily net assets of FHY and FSP, respectively.
 
  •  TAMIC pays TIMCO 0.35% of DMCS’s average daily net assets.

      Prior to May 1, 2005, the investment advisory fee and sub-advisory fee for MIS were calculated at the annual rates in accordance with the following schedule:

                 
Investment Advisory Sub-Advisory
Average Daily Net Assets Fee Rate Fee Rate

First $100 million
    0.825 %     0.475 %
Next $400 million
    0.775       0.425  
Next $500 million
    0.725       0.375  
Over $1 billion
    0.700       0.350  

      The Travelers Insurance Company (“TIC”), another indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup, acts as the Funds’ administrator. As compensation for its services, the Funds pay TIC an administration fee calculated at the annual rate of 0.06% of each Fund’s respective average daily net assets. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

      TIC has entered into a sub-administrative services agreement with Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”), another indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup. TIC pays SBFM, as sub-administrator, a fee

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calculated at an annual rate of 0.02% of the respective average daily net assets of each Fund, plus $30,000 per Fund, subject to a maximum of 0.06% of each Fund’s respective average daily net asset.

      During the six months ended June 30, 2005, TQB, MIS, FHY, FSP and DMCS had contractual expense limitations in place of 0.75%, 1.25%, 0.95%, 0.95% and 0.95%, respectively. These expense limitations are renewed annually and can be terminated at any time by TIC with 60 days’ notice.

      Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb. (“CTB”), another subsidiary of Citigroup, acts as the Funds’ transfer agent. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Funds did not pay transfer agent fees to CTB.

      All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Citigroup or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.

          3.     Investments

      During the six months ended June 30, 2005, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

                                 
U.S. Government and
Investments Agency Obligations


Purchases Sales Purchases Sales

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
  $ 55,510,523     $ 55,277,473     $ 23,554,870     $ 34,403,764  
Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
    195,123,102       182,948,745              
Federated High Yield Portfolio
    15,861,841       14,010,498              
Federated Stock Portfolio
    6,841,480       9,163,219              
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
    111,829,475       120,119,903              

      At June 30, 2005, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

                         
Gross Gross Net
Unrealized Unrealized Unrealized
Appreciation Depreciation Appreciation

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
  $ 2,338,087     $ (850,621 )   $ 1,487,466  
Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
    6,580,172       (2,062,151 )     4,518,021  
Federated High Yield Portfolio
    4,164,779       (2,764,151 )     1,400,628  
Federated Stock Portfolio
    4,366,584       (1,044,025 )     3,322,559  
Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
    31,993,840       (2,288,591 )     29,705,249  

      At June 30, 2005, DMCS had the following open futures contracts:

                                         
Number of Expiration Basis Market Unrealized
Contracts Date Value Value Gain

Contracts to Buy:
                                       
S&P MidCap 400
    2,500       9/05     $ 1,714,790     $ 1,720,875     $ 6,085  

      At June 30, 2005, MIS had the following open currency contracts as described below. The unrealized gain on the contract reflected in the financial statements was as follows:

                                 
Local Market Settlement Unrealized
Foreign Currency Currency Value Date Gain

Contracts to Sell:
                               
British Pound
    8,753,500     $ 15,675,647       7/29/05     $ 608,489  

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      At June 30, 2005, MIS loaned securities having a market value of $27,576,351. The Fund received cash collateral amounting to $29,000,415 which was invested into the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust Prime Portfolio, a Rule 2a-7 money market fund, registered under the 1940 Act.

          4.     Shares of Beneficial Interest

      The Declaration of Trust authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest without par value. Transactions in shares of each Fund were as follows:

                 
Six Months Ended Year Ended
June 30, 2005 December 31, 2004

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
               
Shares sold
    1,077,131       1,465,860  
Shares issued on reinvestment
          817,628  
Shares repurchased
    (1,517,565 )     (3,769,397 )

Net Decrease
    (440,434 )     (1,485,909 )

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
               
Shares sold
    1,488,061       5,246,816  
Shares issued on reinvestment
    8,973       228,579  
Shares repurchased
    (803,028 )     (2,381,102 )

Net Increase
    694,006       3,094,293  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
               
Shares sold
    642,599       1,653,448  
Shares issued on reinvestment
          721,724  
Shares repurchased
    (806,617 )     (1,293,767 )

Net Increase (Decrease)
    (164,018 )     1,081,405  

Federated Stock Portfolio
               
Shares sold
    28,731       151,666  
Shares issued on reinvestment
          27,337  
Shares repurchased
    (180,342 )     (307,228 )

Net Decrease
    (151,611 )     (128,225 )

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
               
Shares sold
    396,986       1,329,948  
Shares issued on reinvestment
    110,067       297,265  
Shares repurchased
    (939,734 )     (1,043,953 )

Net Increase (Decrease)
    (432,681 )     583,260  

          5.     Capital Loss Carryforward

      On December 31, 2004, TQB had a net capital loss carryforward of $1,684,932 of which $1,232,729 expires in 2011 and $452,203 expires in 2012. MIS had a net capital loss carryforward of $33,913,755 of which $3,632,501 expires in 2009, $22,825,140 expires in 2010 and $7,456,114 expires in 2011. FHY had a net capital loss carryforward of $12,465,630 of which $4,648,588 expires in 2009, $6,217,956 expires in 2010 and $1,599,086 expires in 2011. FSP had a net capital loss carryforward of $776,231 which expires in 2011. These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains.

          6.     Additional Information

      On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”) and Citigroup

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Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”) relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds (the “Funds”), which includes the Funds (“TL&A Funds”).

      The SEC order finds that SBFM and CGMI willfully violated Section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). Specifically, the order finds that SBFM and CGMI knowingly or recklessly failed to disclose to the boards of the Funds in 1999 when proposing a new transfer agent arrangement with an affiliated transfer agent that First Data Investors Services Group (“First Data”), the Funds’ then-existing transfer agent, had offered to continue as transfer agent and do the same work for substantially less money than before. Additionally, the SEC order finds that Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that, each Fund’s sub-administrator, had entered into a side letter with First Data under which CAM agreed to recommend the appointment of First Data as sub-transfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange, among other things, for a guarantee by First Data of specified amounts of asset management and investment banking fees to CAM and CGMI. The order also finds that SBFM and CGMI willfully violated Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act by virtue of the omissions discussed above and other misrepresentations and omissions in the materials provided to the Funds’ boards, including the failure to make clear that the affiliated transfer agent would earn a high profit for performing limited functions while First Data continued to perform almost all of the transfer agent functions, and the suggestion that the proposed arrangement was in the Funds’ best interests and that no viable alternatives existed. SBFM and CGMI do not admit or deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding.

      The SEC censured SBFM and CGMI and ordered them to cease and desist from violations of Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act. The order requires Citigroup to pay $208.1 million, including $109 million in disgorgement of profits, $19.1 million in interest, and a civil money penalty of $80 million. Approximately $24.4 million has already been paid to the Funds, primarily through fee waivers. In addition, Travelers Life & Annuity and CAM reviewed the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure provided to the TL&A Funds’ boards at the time the revised transfer agency arrangement was discussed with the boards and concluded that the transfer agency fees paid to CTB, for the period from June 1, 1999 to August 23, 2004, by the TL&A Funds that did not have expense caps in effect should be reimbursed with interest to the TL&A Funds. The reimbursement occurred on November 1, 2004.

      The remaining $183.7 million to be paid under the SEC order, including the penalty, has been paid to the U.S. Treasury and will be distributed pursuant to a plan to be prepared by Citigroup and submitted within 90 days of the entry of the order for approval by the SEC. The order also requires that transfer agency fees received from the Funds since December 1, 2004 less certain expenses be placed in escrow and provides that a portion of such fees may be subsequently distributed in accordance with the terms of the order.

      The order requires SBFM to recommend a new transfer agent contract to the Fund boards within 180 days of the entry of the order.

      At this time, there is no certainty as to how the proceeds of the settlement will be distributed, to whom such distributions will be made, the methodology by which such distributions will be allocated, and when such distributions will be made. Although there can be no assurance, Citigroup does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the Funds.

          7.     Other Matters

      On June 24, 2005, Citigroup announced that it has signed a definitive agreement under which Citigroup will sell substantially all of its worldwide asset management business to Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

      As part of this transaction, Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (“Salomon”) and TIMCO, currently indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Citigroup, would become indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason. Salomon, effective July 1, 2005, and TIMCO are the subadvisers to TQB and DMCS, respectively.

      The transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals, as well as other customary conditions to closing. Subject to such approvals and the satisfaction of the other conditions, Citigroup expects the transaction to be completed later this year.

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          8.     Subsequent Events

      On July 1, 2005, MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MetLife”), acquired all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of certain indirect subsidiaries held by Citigroup including TIC, The Travelers Life and Annuity Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of TIC and certain other domestic insurance companies of Citigroup and substantially all of Citigroup’s international businesses for $11.8 billion. The sale also included TIC’s affiliated investment advisor, TAMIC, which serves as the investment adviser to the Funds.

      TIC filed a Form 8-K Current Report with The United States Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2005, with additional information about the transaction.

      On July 1, 2005, Salomon began to perform subadvisory services under a Subadvisory Agreement between TAMIC and Salomon for TQB.

      Also effective July 1, 2005, PFPC Inc. replaced CTB as transfer agent for the Funds; and State Street Bank and Trust Company replaced SBFM as sub-administrator for the Funds.

      The Funds were liable for excise tax payments resulting from the timing of required distribution payments made to taxable shareholders for the years 1999-2001. SBFM indemnified the Funds for any associated excise tax as well as any interest and penalties or any other costs. Subsequent to June 30, 2005, SBFM has filed all past excise tax returns for the Funds and made certain tax payments on behalf of DMCS. The Funds’ net asset values were not impacted by the outcome of this matter.

          9.     Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

      KPMG LLP was previously the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds. In connection with the transaction described in Note 8, the decision to change the independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Trustees, resulting in Deloitte and Touche LLP’s appointment as independent registered public accounting firm.

      The reports on the financial statements of the Funds audited by KPMG LLP through the year ended December 31, 2004 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. There were no disagreements between the Funds and KPMG LLP on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures.

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 Factors Considered by the Independent Trustees in Approving The Investment Advisory and
 The Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited)

      Beginning at a telephonic meeting on March 17, 2005, and at in person meetings on March 29 and 30, 2005, the Independent Trustees for the Travelers Series Trust: the Mondrian International Stock Portfolio, the Quality Bond Portfolio, the Federated High Yield Portfolio, the Federated Stock Portfolio, and the Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio (all, the “Portfolios”) approved the investment advisory agreements (the “Agreements”) between TAMIC and the Portfolios. In addition, the Independent Trustees, at the in person meetings on March 29 and 30, 2005, approved investment subadvisory agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”) between TAMIC and Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. (“Mondrian”) for the Mondrian International Stock Portfolio, between TAMIC and Federated Investment Management Company for the Federated High Yield Portfolio, between TAMIC and Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania for the Federated Stock Portfolio (with Federated Investment Management Company “Federated”), and between TAMIC and TIMCO Asset Management, Inc. (“TIMCO”) for the Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio and, at the in person meeting on April 27 and 28, 2005, the Subadvisory Agreements between TAMIC and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (“Salomon”) for the Quality Bond Portfolio. In voting to approve the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements, the Independent Trustees considered whether the approval of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements would be in the best interests of the Portfolios and their shareholders, an evaluation largely based on the nature and quality of the services provided under the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements and the overall fairness of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements to the shareholders.

      The Independent Trustees did not identify any one factor, piece of information or written document as all important or controlling, and each Independent Trustee attributed different weight to different factors. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees reviewed the proposed continuance of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements with management and with experienced independent and fund counsel and received materials from counsel discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements. The Independent Trustees also reviewed the proposed continuation of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements in private sessions alone and with their independent counsel at which no representatives of management were present. Based on an evaluation of all material factors including those described below, the Independent Trustees concluded that the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements were reasonable and fair and in the best interest of the Portfolios and their shareholders.

      As background, MetLife Inc. (“MetLife”) and Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”) announced an agreement for the sale of The Travelers Insurance Company and certain affiliates by Citigroup to MetLife (the “MetLife Transaction”). The MetLife Transaction included the acquisition of TAMIC, a subsidiary of The Travelers Insurance Company and the investment adviser to the Portfolios, by MetLife. The MetLife Transaction closed on July 1, 2005. The approval of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements (except for the approval of the Salomon Subadvisory Agreement which was necessary because there was no subadvisory agreement in place prior to the closing of the Metlife Transaction) was necessary because under the 1940 Act, the change in control of TAMIC resulted in the termination of the investment advisory and subadvisory agreements for the Portfolios on the closing of the MetLife Transaction. The Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements for the Portfolios were approved by the Independent Trustees and the Agreements were submitted to a vote of the shareholders.

      The Independent Trustees met in executive session and considered; (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by TAMIC, and by Salomon, Mondrians, Federated, and TIMCO (the “subadvisors”) under the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements; (b) the investment performance of the Portfolio, TAMIC and the subadvisers; (c) the cost of services to be provided and the profit realized by TAMIC and the subadvisors and their affiliates, which information was to be reviewed in depth at the July, 2005 Board meeting; (d) the extent to which TAMIC realizes economies of scale as each Portfolio grows; and (e) whether the investment advisory fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of the shareholders.

 
The Agreements

      As part of the process, legal counsel to the Portfolios requested certain information from MetLife and in response MetLife provided certain written and oral information that addressed certain factors designed to inform the Independent Trustees regarding their consideration of the Agreements. In making their determination, the Independent Trustees were provided with information about MetLife and its purchase of The Travelers Insurance Company from Citigroup. At the various meetings, MetLife representatives discussed MetLife’s intentions regarding the preservation and strengthening of

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 The Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

TAMIC’s business and MetLife’s intentions regarding staffing changes and executive leadership changes at TAMIC. The MetLife representatives also discussed and provided certain written information on MetLife’s business and products, including MetLife’s advisory subsidiaries and their experience in overseeing subadvised mutual funds. The Independent Trustees also discussed the plans and anticipated role and responsibilities of certain of the employees and officers after the MetLife Transaction.

      With respect to the nature, scope and quality of the services to be provided by TAMIC after the MetLife Transaction, the Board considered the experience of MetLife’s advisory subsidiaries and the mutual funds advised by them and also MetLife’s efforts to build and maintain a strong investment team in TAMIC. The Board also considered the level and depth of knowledge of TAMIC, including the professional experience and qualifications of its personnel as well as current staffing levels. The Independent Trustees also considered:

  •  the ability of TAMIC to continue the oversight of both the investment and compliance operations of the sub adviser after the MetLife transaction,
 
  •  the intention of MetLife to integrate The Travelers Insurance Company and its affiliates, including TAMIC, into MetLife’s current businesses to create a single business operation,
 
  •  MetLife’s compliance with certain conditions set forth in Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act regarding placing unfair burdens on the Portfolios,
 
  •  anticipated changes to back office operations to the Portfolios, including the provision of administrative and transfer agency services, after the MetLife Transaction, and
 
  •  the fact that the Agreements including the investment advisory fees would be identical to the current Agreements, except for the inception date and the express authority for TAMIC to retain subadvisers.

      In addition, the Independent Trustees noted that the performance of the Portfolios, which information the Independent Trustees receive and review on a quarterly basis, had generally been satisfactory. As to the profits realized by TAMIC from its relationship with the Portfolios, the Board noted that it was satisfied that TAMIC’s profits were not excessive in the past, and that it was not possible to predict how the MetLife Transaction would affect such profits at this time, but that it would reconsider this factor in connection with its annual review pursuant to Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act in July 2005. As to whether economies of scale would be realized as the Portfolios grow and whether fee levels reflect any such economies of scale, the Board noted that investment advisory fees for certain Portfolios included breakpoints that reduced fees payable at the higher asset levels and noted its intention to explore the possibility of instituting breakpoints for the other Portfolios. Finally, the Independent Trustees considered the level of service expected to be provided by TAMIC after the MetLife Transaction.

      The Independent Trustees considered their plans to perform the annual review of the Agreements pursuant to Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act at their regularly scheduled Board meeting which was scheduled to occur three weeks after the closing of the MetLife Transaction. In light of the continuity of investment management under the Agreements, the short period between the effective date of those Agreements and the upcoming annual review, the information provided by MetLife, and MetLife’s plans to conduct a search for a subadviser for the Portfolios for which Salomon would serve as subadviser, the Board considered the information provided to it sufficient for their consideration of the Agreements at that time.

 
The Subadvisory Agreements
 
     a.  Quality Bond Portfolio

      MetLife recommended and the Independent Trustees approved the retention of Salomon, which was an affiliate of TAMIC before the MetLife Transaction, as a subadviser for the Portfolios that had been managed directly by TAMIC without a subadviser, effective on or about the closing of the MetLife Transaction. For the Quality Bond Portfolio, the portfolio manager employed by Salomon was also an employee of TAMIC and the then current portfolio manager. As a result, there would be no change in the day-to-day portfolio management. The Independent Trustees noted that MetLife may in the future recommend to the Independent Trustees such additional changes to any Portfolios, including changes to the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Portfolios or merging one or more Portfolios into other MetLife-sponsored funds, as it determines are appropriate and as permitted by applicable law.

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 The Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)

      As part of the process, legal counsel to the Portfolios requested certain information from Salomon and in response Salomon provided certain written and oral information that addressed certain factors designed to inform the Independent Trustees regarding their consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement. With respect to the nature, scope and quality of the services to be provided by Salomon after the MetLife Transaction, the Board considered the experience and commitment of Salomon’s personnel and nature and quality of its investment process and that the Portfolio Manager would remain the same. The Independent Trustees noted that the performance of the Portfolio had generally been satisfactory. In determining whether the terms of the Subadvisory Agreement are reasonable and fair the Board considered the terms and structure of the Agreements including the fee schedule. In evaluating the subadvisory fees, the Independent Trustees considered that the investment subadvisory fees were paid by TAMIC out of the investment advisory fees it received under the Agreement. So, the cost of the services to be provided by Salomon, and the profitability to Salomon of with regard to the Portfolio along with the economies of scale in its management of the Portfolio were not material to the consideration of Subadvisory Agreement by the Independent Trustees. The Independent Trustees noted that the overall investment advisory fee was not changing. The Independent Trustees considered also their plans to perform the annual review of the Subadvisory Agreements pursuant to Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act at their regularly scheduled July 20 and 21, 2005 Board meeting which was scheduled to occur three weeks after the closing of the MetLife Transaction. In light of the continuity of portfolio management under the Subadvisory Agreement, the short period between the effective date of the Subadvisory Agreement and the upcoming annual review, the information provided by Salomon, and MetLife’s plans to conduct a search for a sub advisor for the Portfolio for which Salomon would serve as subadviser, the Board considered the information provided to it sufficient for their consideration of the Subadvisory Agreements at that time.

 
     b.  Mondrian International Stock Portfolio, the Federated Stock Portfolio, the Federated High Yield Portfolio, and the Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio

      Also, MetLife recommended and the Independent Trustees reapproved the Subadvisory Agreements for the Mondrian International Portfolio, the Federated High Yield Portfolio, the Federated Stock Portfolio, and the Disciplined Mid Cap Portfolio. As discussed above, a change in control of TAMIC resulted in the termination of TAMIC’s previous subadvisory contracts with the subadvisers on the closing of the MetLife Transaction. With respect to the nature, scope and quality of the services to be provided by the subadvisers after the MetLife Transaction, the Board considered that the MetLife Transaction was not expected to affect the subadvisers or their services. The Independent Trustees also noted that the subadvisory fees were not changing. In evaluating the subadvisory fees, the Independent Trustees considered that the investment subadvisory fees were paid by TAMIC out of the investment advisory fees it received under the Agreements. So, the cost of the services to be provided by the subadvisers the profitability to the subadvisors with regard to the Portfolios along with the economies of scale in their management of the Portfolios were not material to the consideration of the Independent Trustees. The Board also considered that it had received quarterly performance information regarding the Portfolios. The Board noted that the performance of the Portfolios was satisfactory, but the performance for the Mondrian International Stock Portfolio and Federated Stock Portfolio was disappointing. The Board also told that Mondrian has recently replaced the Portfolio’s prior investment adviser, and determine to further review the performance of the Federated Stock Portfolio as part of the annual review at the next scheduled Board meeting. The Independent Trustees considered their plans to perform the annual review of the Subadvisory Agreements pursuant to Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act at its regularly scheduled Board meeting which was scheduled to occur three weeks after the closing of the MetLife Transaction. In light of the continuity of portfolio management under the Subadvisory Agreements, the overall performance of the Portfolios, and the short period between the effective date of the Subadvisory Agreements and the upcoming annual review, the Board considered the information provided to it sufficient for its consideration of the Subadvisory Agreements at that time.

 
Other Business Relationships

      The Independent Trustees considered other business relationships that MetLife and TAMIC would enter into with Citigroup, including its affiliate Salomon. In connection with the closing of the MetLife Transaction, MetLife, Citigroup and certain of their affiliates entered into a Distribution Agreements under which Citigroup-affiliated broker-dealers will continue to offer certain TIC and MetLife insurance contracts until July 1, 2015. In addition, MetLife, Citigroup and certain of their affiliates entered into an Investment Products Agreements under which certain TIC and MetLife insurance products will include certain Citigroup-sponsored mutual funds as investment options including Salomon advised funds as investment options until July 1, 2010.

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 Factors Considered by the Independent Trustees in Approving The Investment Advisory and
 The Subadvisory Agreements (unaudited) (continued)
 
Conclusion

      Based on the deliberations of the Independent Trustees and their evaluation of the information described above, the Independent Trustees unanimously concluded that (a) the terms of the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements are fair and reasonable; (b) the fees are reasonable in light of the services TAMIC and the subadvisers provided to the Portfolios and their shareholders; (d) TAMIC and the subadvisers possess the capabilities to perform the duties required of them under the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements; (e) the investment performance of the Portfolios is generally satisfactory except as discussed above; and (f) the Agreements and the Subadvisory Agreements are approved.

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 Combined Special Shareholder Meeting (unaudited)

      Combined Special Meeting of the Funds was held on June 23 and adjourned to June 30, 2005.

      There were three proposals submitted to shareholders. Proposal 1 was the approval of the investment advisory contracts between the Funds and TAMIC. The agreements terminated as a matter of law at the closing of the MetLife Transaction. Proposal 2 was the approval of future subadvisory agreements without a shareholder vote. Proposal 3 was the election of a new member of the Board of Trustees, Elizabeth Forget, who is affiliated with MetLife.

      The shareholders approved all proposals.

      The following table sets forth the number of shares voted for, against and withheld as to each Proposal.

         
Number
 Proposal 1 of Shares

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
       
For
    14,803,907.193  
Against
    477,478.265  
Withhold
    1,103,059.542  

Total
    16,384,445.000  

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
       
For
    14,675,840.345  
Against
    777,487.223  
Withhold
    1,002,926.432  

Total
    16,456,254.000  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
       
For
    8,762,240.656  
Against
    382,071.140  
Withhold
    767,231.204  

Total
    9,911,543.000  

Federated Stock Portfolio
       
For
    1,605,390.013  
Against
    67,033.212  
Withhold
    218,832.775  

Total
    1,891,256.000  

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
       
For
    8,215,634.350  
Against
    462,781.815  
Withhold
    1,052,479.835  

Total
    9,730,896.000  

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 Combined Special Shareholder Meeting (unaudited) (continued)
         
Number
 Proposal 2 of Shares

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
       
For
    13,767,239.633  
Against
    1,399,105.229  
Withhold
    1,218,100.138  

Total
    16,384,445.000  

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
       
For
    13,900,240.704  
Against
    1,727,297.903  
Withhold
    828,715.393  

Total
    16,456,254.000  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
       
For
    8,233,725.655  
Against
    771,990.320  
Withhold
    905,827.025  

Total
    9,911,543.000  

Federated Stock Portfolio
       
For
    1,443,490.274  
Against
    217,092.079  
Withhold
    230,673.647  

Total
    1,891,256.000  

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
       
For
    7,481,724.150  
Against
    1,247,274.283  
Withhold
    1,001,897.567  

Total
    9,730,896.000  

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 Combined Special Shareholder Meeting (unaudited) (continued)
         
Number
 Proposal 3 of Shares

Mondrian International Stock Portfolio
       
For
    15,655,464.390  
Against
    728,980.610  

Total
    16,384,445.000  

Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio
       
For
    15,606,400.845  
Against
    849,853.155  

Total
    16,456,254.000  

Federated High Yield Portfolio
       
For
    9,293,786.726  
Against
    617,756.274  

Total
    9,911,543.000  

Federated Stock Portfolio
       
For
    1,822,596.117  
Against
    68,659.883  

Total
    1,891,256.000  

Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
       
For
    9,198,461.453  
Against
    532,434.547  

Total
    9,730,896.000  

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The Travelers Series Trust


     
TRUSTEES*

Elizabeth M. Forget
  Chairperson
Frances M. Hawk, CFA, CFP
Lewis Mandell
Robert E. McGill, III

OFFICERS*

Elizabeth M. Forget
President and
Chief Executive Officer

Peter H. Duffy
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

Leonard M. Bakal
Chief Compliance Officer and
Chief Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer

Paul G. Cellupica
Secretary

Jack P. Huntington
Assistant Secretary

* As of July 1, 2005
  INVESTMENT ADVISER*

Travelers Asset Management International Company LLC

ADMINISTRATOR*

The Travelers Insurance Company

CUSTODIAN*

State Street Bank and Trust Company

TRANSFER AGENT*

PFPC Inc.


 

The Funds are separate investment funds of The Travelers Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust.

This report is prepared for the general information of variable annuity or life contract owners and is not an offer of shares of the Travelers Quality Bond Portfolio, Mondrian International Stock Portfolio, Federated High Yield Portfolio, Federated Stock Portfolio, and Disciplined Mid Cap Stock Portfolio and is not for use with the general public. All the Funds contained in this report may not be available under our variance annuity or life contract.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a free prospectus. Investors should consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Funds, shareholders can call 1-800-842-9406.

Information on how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 and a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-842-9406, and (2) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Series Trust (Semi-Annual) (8-05) Printed in U.S.A.


 

     
ITEM 2.
  CODE OF ETHICS.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 3.
  AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 4.
  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 5.
  AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 6.
  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
 
   
 
  Included in reports to stockholders under Item 1.
 
   
ITEM 7.
  DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 8.
  PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 9.
  PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 10.
  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
 
   
 
  Not applicable.
 
   
ITEM 11.
  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
  (a)   The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
  (b)   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
      Effective July 1, 2005, certain changes were made to the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting in connection with the acquisition of the registrant’s investment adviser by MetLife, Inc. Such changes will be reported in the registrant’s Form N-Q for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2005 to be filed, which covers the effective date of such changes.

 


 

     
ITEM 12.
  EXHIBITS.
  (a)  (1)   Not applicable.
 
         (2)   Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
         (3)   Not applicable.
 
  (b)   Certifications pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.
The Travelers Series Trust
         
By:
  /s/ Elizabeth M. Forget    
 
  Elizabeth M. Forget    
 
  Chief Executive Officer of    
 
  The Travelers Series Trust    
Date:
  September 7, 2005    
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By:
  /s/ Elizabeth M. Forget    
 
  Elizabeth M. Forget    
 
  Chief Executive Officer of    
 
  The Travelers Series Trust    
Date: September 7, 2005
         
By:
  /s/ Peter H. Duffy    
 
  Peter H. Duffy    
 
  Chief Financial Officer of    
 
  The Travelers Series Trust    
Date: September 7, 2005