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Janus Henderson VIT Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

March 31, 2021

        

Shares or
Principal Amounts

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– 97.8%

   

Aerospace & Defense – 2.9%

   
 

BWX Technologies Inc

 

55,881

  

$3,684,793

 

Auto Components – 0.8%

   
 

Aptiv PLC*

 

7,602

  

1,048,316

 

Banks – 10.1%

   
 

Citizens Financial Group Inc

 

75,236

  

3,321,669

 
 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 

52,264

  

1,957,287

 
 

First Horizon National Corp

 

147,415

  

2,492,788

 
 

M&T Bank Corp

 

16,631

  

2,521,426

 
 

Regions Financial Corp

 

114,514

  

2,365,859

 
  

12,659,029

 

Chemicals – 7.0%

   
 

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd*

 

49,360

  

1,460,069

 
 

Corteva Inc

 

31,583

  

1,472,399

 
 

DuPont de Nemours Inc

 

17,730

  

1,370,174

 
 

NewMarket Corp

 

3,184

  

1,210,429

 
 

Nutrien Ltd

 

14,873

  

801,506

 
 

Westlake Chemical Corp

 

10,291

  

913,738

 
 

WR Grace & Co

 

25,613

  

1,533,194

 
  

8,761,509

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.5%

   
 

IAA Inc*

 

21,993

  

1,212,694

 
 

KAR Auction Services Inc*

 

48,167

  

722,505

 
 

Waste Connections Inc

 

11,520

  

1,243,930

 
  

3,179,129

 

Communications Equipment – 2.2%

   
 

F5 Networks Inc*

 

8,279

  

1,727,165

 
 

Motorola Solutions Inc

 

5,454

  

1,025,625

 
  

2,752,790

 

Construction & Engineering – 1.1%

   
 

EMCOR Group Inc

 

12,614

  

1,414,786

 

Construction Materials – 1.3%

   
 

Martin Marietta Materials Inc

 

4,769

  

1,601,526

 

Consumer Finance – 1.0%

   
 

Discover Financial Services

 

13,321

  

1,265,362

 

Containers & Packaging – 1.6%

   
 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co

 

110,416

  

2,005,155

 

Electric Utilities – 4.3%

   
 

Alliant Energy Corp

 

56,536

  

3,061,990

 
 

Entergy Corp

 

23,780

  

2,365,397

 
  

5,427,387

 

Electrical Equipment – 2.8%

   
 

AMETEK Inc

 

15,754

  

2,012,258

 
 

GrafTech International Ltd

 

125,520

  

1,535,110

 
  

3,547,368

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.4%

   
 

Vontier Corp*

 

56,005

  

1,695,271

 

Entertainment – 1.5%

   
 

Electronic Arts Inc

 

13,923

  

1,884,756

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 9.2%

   
 

Americold Realty Trust

 

46,628

  

1,793,779

 
 

Apple Hospitality Inc

 

102,533

  

1,493,906

 
 

Camden Property Trust

 

1,530

  

168,162

 
 

Equity Commonwealth

 

30,645

  

851,931

 
 

Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc

 

50,965

  

3,243,413

 
 

Equity Residential

 

10,773

  

771,670

 
 

Lamar Advertising Co

 

21,350

  

2,005,192

 
 

Public Storage

 

4,942

  

1,219,488

 
  

11,547,541

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 2.1%

   
 

Casey's General Stores Inc

 

11,886

  

2,569,634

 

Food Products – 2.3%

   
 

Tyson Foods Inc

 

39,126

  

2,907,062

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 3.8%

   
 

Henry Schein Inc*

 

28,877

  

1,999,443

 
 

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings*

 

10,692

  

2,726,781

 
  

4,726,224

 

Health Care Technology – 0.7%

   
 

Cerner Corp

 

12,146

  

873,054

 


        

Shares or
Principal Amounts

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– (continued)

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.6%

   
 

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc

 

4,088

  

$706,733

 

Household Durables – 1.0%

   
 

Leggett & Platt Inc

 

27,933

  

1,275,141

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 1.4%

   
 

Carlisle Cos Inc

 

10,479

  

1,724,634

 

Information Technology Services – 0.9%

   
 

Global Payments Inc

 

5,507

  

1,110,101

 

Insurance – 7.5%

   
 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd

 

23,340

  

1,156,964

 
 

Globe Life Inc

 

34,042

  

3,289,478

 
 

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc

 

48,610

  

3,246,662

 
 

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd

 

10,863

  

1,740,796

 
  

9,433,900

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.9%

   
 

Qurate Retail Inc

 

97,885

  

1,151,128

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.2%

   
 

Agilent Technologies Inc

 

11,904

  

1,513,475

 

Machinery – 3.0%

   
 

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc

 

17,670

  

2,172,350

 
 

Oshkosh Corp

 

13,910

  

1,650,561

 
  

3,822,911

 

Media – 1.6%

   
 

Discovery Inc*

 

13,859

  

511,259

 
 

Fox Corp - Class B

 

43,795

  

1,529,759

 
  

2,041,018

 

Multi-Utilities – 1.0%

   
 

DTE Energy Co

 

9,318

  

1,240,599

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.9%

   
 

Marathon Petroleum Corp

 

17,050

  

912,004

 
 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co

 

9,262

  

1,470,991

 
  

2,382,995

 

Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.2%

   
 

CMC Materials Inc

 

901

  

159,288

 
 

Maxim Integrated Products Inc

 

28,978

  

2,647,720

 
  

2,807,008

 

Software – 5.3%

   
 

CDK Global Inc

 

40,820

  

2,206,729

 
 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd*

 

13,164

  

1,473,973

 
 

Citrix Systems Inc

 

13,205

  

1,853,454

 
 

Synopsys Inc*

 

4,353

  

1,078,586

 
  

6,612,742

 

Specialty Retail – 2.7%

   
 

AutoZone Inc*

 

769

  

1,079,907

 
 

O'Reilly Automotive Inc*

 

1,893

  

960,224

 
 

Ross Stores Inc

 

11,308

  

1,355,942

 
  

3,396,073

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 3.8%

   
 

Carter's Inc*

 

14,719

  

1,308,961

 
 

Columbia Sportswear Co

 

11,975

  

1,264,919

 
 

Levi Strauss & Co

 

94,043

  

2,248,568

 
  

4,822,448

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.9%

   
 

Washington Federal Inc

 

36,773

  

1,132,608

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 3.3%

   
 

GATX Corp

 

23,039

  

2,136,637

 
 

MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc

 

21,495

  

1,938,634

 
  

4,075,271

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $87,322,138)

 

122,799,477

 

Repurchase Agreements– 1.7%

   
 

ING Financial Markets LLC, Joint repurchase agreement, 0.0050%, dated 3/31/21, maturing 4/1/21 to be repurchased at $2,100,000 collateralized by $2,042,266 in U.S. Treasuries 0% - 5.5000%, 4/13/21 - 2/15/45 with a value of $2,142,001((cost $2,100,000)

 

$2,100,000

  

2,100,000

 

Total Investments (total cost $89,422,138) – 99.5%

 

124,899,477

 

Cash, Receivables and Other Assets, net of Liabilities – 0.5%

 

588,971

 

Net Assets – 100%

 

$125,488,448

 

2


      

Summary of Investments by Country - (Long Positions) (unaudited)

 
    

% of

 
    

Investment

 

Country

 

Value

 

Securities

 

United States

 

$122,623,998

 

98.2

%

Israel

 

1,473,973

 

1.2

 

Canada

 

801,506

 

0.6

 
      
      

Total

 

$124,899,477

 

100.0

%

 

3


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

  

LLC

Limited Liability Company

PLC

Public Limited Company

  

*

Non-income producing security.

             

The following is a summary of the inputs that were used to value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of March 31, 2021.

 

Valuation Inputs Summary

       
    

Level 2 -

 

Level 3 -

  

Level 1 -

 

Other Significant

 

Significant

  

Quoted Prices

 

Observable Inputs

 

Unobservable Inputs

       

Assets

      

Investments In Securities:

      

Common Stocks

$

122,799,477

$

-

$

-

Repurchase Agreements

 

-

 

2,100,000

 

-

Total Assets

$

122,799,477

$

2,100,000

$

-

       

4


Investment Valuation

Securities held by the Portfolio are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Securities that are traded on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets are generally valued at their closing or latest bid prices as available. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Portfolio will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The Portfolio uses systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties to value international equity securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE.

Valuation Inputs Summary

FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. This standard emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Portfolio has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.

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

Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Portfolio’s Trustees; certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost; and equity securities of foreign issuers whose fair value is determined by using systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties in order to adjust for stale pricing which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.

There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Portfolio since the beginning of the fiscal year.

The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of March 31, 2021 to fair value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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For additional information on the Portfolio, please refer to the Portfolio’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

         
     
     
    

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