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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS - 96.7%  
Aerospace & Defense - 2.3%              

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     12,200        $ 3,122,468  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     5,050        1,061,661  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     27,900        8,132,013  

V2X, Inc. (A)

     7,650        357,332  
     

 

 

 
        12,673,474  
     

 

 

 
Automobile Components - 0.5%              

Dana, Inc.

     35,100        445,770  

Gentex Corp.

     18,900        682,668  

Stoneridge, Inc. (A)

     9,650        177,946  

Visteon Corp. (A)

     14,600        1,717,106  
     

 

 

 
        3,023,490  
     

 

 

 
Banks - 6.0%              

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

     19,400        685,014  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

     62,700        1,437,084  

Central Valley Community Bancorp

     12,700        252,603  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

     68,850        1,332,247  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

     68,600        1,321,236  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

     6,984        11,418,840  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

     40,000        1,385,200  

First Merchants Corp.

     45,400        1,584,460  

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

     94,400        1,142,240  

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

     57,150        937,832  

Princeton Bancorp, Inc.

     7,700        237,006  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

     56,400        821,748  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     57,000        1,321,260  

TrustCo Bank Corp.

     66,100        1,861,376  

United Bankshares, Inc.

     13,650        488,534  

United Community Banks, Inc.

     61,600        1,621,312  

WaFd, Inc.

     86,700        2,516,901  

Webster Financial Corp.

     64,250        3,261,972  
     

 

 

 
        33,626,865  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology - 0.3%              

Exelixis, Inc. (A)

     73,850        1,752,460  

Prothena Corp. PLC (A)

     8,350        206,830  
     

 

 

 
        1,959,290  
     

 

 

 
Building Products - 2.1%              

American Woodmark Corp. (A)

     19,950        2,028,117  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (A)

     8,500        1,772,675  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (A)

     8,200        660,346  

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (A)

     91,100        1,394,741  

Masonite International Corp. (A)

     8,450        1,110,753  

Owens Corning

     15,150        2,527,020  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

     65,950        2,534,458  
     

 

 

 
        12,028,110  
     

 

 

 
Capital Markets - 0.9%              

Piper Sandler Cos.

     14,400        2,858,256  

Stifel Financial Corp.

     28,300        2,212,211  
     

 

 

 
        5,070,467  
     

 

 

 
Chemicals - 2.0%              

Huntsman Corp.

     33,850        881,116  

LSB Industries, Inc. (A)

     113,600        997,408  
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Chemicals (continued)              

Mosaic Co.

     183,800        $  5,966,148  

Olin Corp.

     55,800        3,281,040  
     

 

 

 
        11,125,712  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%              

HNI Corp.

     32,000        1,444,160  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     3,600        664,956  
     

 

 

 
        2,109,116  
     

 

 

 
Communications Equipment - 0.3%              

Harmonic, Inc. (A)

     67,700        909,888  

KVH Industries, Inc. (A)

     82,300        419,730  

Silicom Ltd. (A)

     37,200        552,420  
     

 

 

 
        1,882,038  
     

 

 

 
Construction & Engineering - 1.8%              

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

     11,500        3,653,665  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     11,925        4,176,135  

Granite Construction, Inc.

     36,750        2,099,528  
     

 

 

 
        9,929,328  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Finance - 0.7%              

Ally Financial, Inc.

     102,200        4,148,298  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 3.3%              

Dollar General Corp.

     11,100        1,732,266  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (A)

     37,800        5,033,070  

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

     6,650        509,922  

US Foods Holding Corp. (A)

     84,600        4,565,862  

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

     23,700        678,057  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     282,300        6,123,087  
     

 

 

 
        18,642,264  
     

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging - 1.1%              

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     169,900        4,957,682  

Greif, Inc., Class A

     16,100        1,111,705  
     

 

 

 
        6,069,387  
     

 

 

 
Distributors - 0.9%              

LKQ Corp.

     100,000        5,341,000  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%              

American Public Education, Inc. (A)

     5,250        74,550  

Stride, Inc. (A)

     29,300        1,847,365  
     

 

 

 
        1,921,915  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%              

GCI Liberty, Inc. (A) (B) (C) (D)

     60,500        0  

Liberty Global Ltd., Class A (A)

     243,200        4,114,944  
     

 

 

 
        4,114,944  
     

 

 

 
Electric Utilities - 4.2%              

Evergy, Inc.

     190,101        10,147,591  

Exelon Corp.

     110,500        4,151,485  

OGE Energy Corp.

     243,400        8,348,620  

Portland General Electric Co.

     17,800        747,600  
     

 

 

 
        23,395,296  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment - 0.9%              

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     1,400        376,222  

LSI Industries, Inc.

     164,500        2,487,240  

Regal Rexnord Corp.

     10,850        1,954,085  
     

 

 

 
        4,817,547  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 3.4%  

Coherent Corp. (A)

     15,300        $  927,486  

Flex Ltd. (A)

     57,700        1,650,797  

IPG Photonics Corp. (A)

     7,500        680,175  

Itron, Inc. (A)

     9,150        846,558  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

     36,550        445,179  

OSI Systems, Inc. (A)

     17,000        2,427,940  

TD SYNNEX Corp.

     37,300        4,218,630  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     79,850        1,810,998  

Vontier Corp.

     131,887        5,982,394  
     

 

 

 
        18,990,157  
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%              

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (A)

     168,750        1,829,250  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     33,200        1,396,392  

Noble Corp. PLC

     65,100        3,156,699  

Seadrill Ltd. (A)

     17,500        880,250  

Select Water Solutions, Inc.

     51,300        473,499  
     

 

 

 
        7,736,090  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment - 1.8%              

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (A)

     56,200        2,203,602  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (A)

     8,100        1,494,612  

Sphere Entertainment Co. (A)

     24,700        1,212,276  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (A)

     585,900        5,114,907  
     

 

 

 
        10,025,397  
     

 

 

 
Financial Services - 2.7%              

Corpay, Inc. (A)

     19,500        6,016,530  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     57,300        4,250,514  

Global Payments, Inc.

     38,100        5,092,446  
     

 

 

 
        15,359,490  
     

 

 

 
Food Products - 3.2%              

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     89,400        5,615,214  

Nomad Foods Ltd.

     77,000        1,506,120  

Post Holdings, Inc. (A)

     51,968        5,523,159  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     90,800        5,332,684  
     

 

 

 
        17,977,177  
     

 

 

 
Gas Utilities - 0.9%              

National Fuel Gas Co.

     93,100        5,001,332  
     

 

 

 
Ground Transportation - 0.2%              

U-Haul Holding Co.

     15,900        1,060,212  
     

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.9%              

AngioDynamics, Inc. (A)

     112,500        660,375  

Inmode Ltd. (A)

     45,200        976,772  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A)

     4,700        166,615  

Koninklijke Philips NV (A) (E)

     122,026        2,440,520  

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (A)

     60,000        369,000  

QuidelOrtho Corp. (A)

     11,850        568,089  
     

 

 

 
        5,181,371  
     

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services - 3.5%              

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (A)

     15,000        937,650  

Centene Corp. (A)

     76,322        5,989,751  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (A)

     98,300        1,840,176  

Encompass Health Corp.

     28,500        2,353,530  

Enhabit, Inc. (A)

     96,850        1,128,302  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     31,677        6,920,157  

National HealthCare Corp.

     6,600        623,766  
     

 

 

 
        19,793,332  
     

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Health Care REITs - 0.9%              

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

     44,200        $  1,173,510  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

     89,608        1,680,150  

Sabra Health Care, Inc.

     142,000        2,097,340  
     

 

 

 
        4,951,000  
     

 

 

 
Hotel & Resort REITs - 0.6%              

Apple Hospitality, Inc.

     125,900        2,062,242  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     98,700        948,507  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

     55,800        363,258  
     

 

 

 
        3,374,007  
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.5%              

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     21,100        605,148  

Bowlero Corp., Class A (E)

     45,100        617,870  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

     10,850        1,342,688  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

     10,400        383,032  
     

 

 

 
        2,948,738  
     

 

 

 
Household Durables - 1.2%              

Helen of Troy Ltd. (A)

     13,600        1,567,264  

KB Home

     31,250        2,215,000  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     33,750        1,269,675  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     8,150        983,053  

Sonos, Inc. (A)

     38,500        733,810  
     

 

 

 
        6,768,802  
     

 

 

 
Household Products - 0.3%              

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

     20,500        1,824,705  
     

 

 

 
Industrial REITs - 0.3%              

LXP Industrial Trust

     163,550        1,475,221  
     

 

 

 
Insurance - 5.1%              

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (A)

     26,600        2,458,904  

Everest Group Ltd.

     6,950        2,762,625  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     98,107        5,209,482  

Markel Group, Inc. (A)

     5,178        7,878,223  

Old Republic International Corp.

     146,079        4,487,547  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     21,000        2,292,570  

United Fire Group, Inc.

     27,150        591,056  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     11,600        3,190,000  
     

 

 

 
        28,870,407  
     

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services - 1.6%              

IAC, Inc. (A)

     110,264        5,881,482  

Match Group, Inc. (A)

     91,800        3,330,504  
     

 

 

 
        9,211,986  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Products - 0.7%              

BRP, Inc.

     15,000        1,006,500  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (A)

     60,500        1,435,060  

Polaris, Inc.

     13,750        1,376,650  
     

 

 

 
        3,818,210  
     

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.9%              

Azenta, Inc. (A)

     23,700        1,428,636  

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

     24,000        8,300,880  

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

     82,600        716,142  
     

 

 

 
        10,445,658  
     

 

 

 
Machinery - 2.0%              

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     1,900        154,204  
 

 

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     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Machinery (continued)              

CNH Industrial NV

     177,500        $  2,300,400  

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

     47,100        2,102,073  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

     20,150        486,018  

Gencor Industries, Inc. (A)

     46,700        779,423  

Miller Industries, Inc.

     22,400        1,122,240  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     66,200        3,570,166  

Oshkosh Corp.

     6,350        791,908  
     

 

 

 
        11,306,432  
     

 

 

 
Media - 5.0%              

Altice USA, Inc., Class A (A)

     530,700        1,385,127  

EchoStar Corp., Class A (A)

     90,333        1,287,245  

Fox Corp., Class A

     169,300        5,294,011  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (A)

     131,690        7,536,619  

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

     255,657        7,595,569  

News Corp., Class A

     157,700        4,128,586  

Perion Network Ltd. (A)

     39,700        892,456  
     

 

 

 
        28,119,613  
     

 

 

 
Metals & Mining - 1.0%              

Commercial Metals Co.

     34,200        2,009,934  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     16,350        1,461,036  

Metallus, Inc. (A)

     70,350        1,565,287  

Radius Recycling, Inc., Class A

     37,250        787,093  
     

 

 

 
        5,823,350  
     

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities - 5.1%              

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     178,300        5,079,767  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     242,800        11,943,332  

NiSource, Inc.

     313,000        8,657,580  

Northwestern Energy Group, Inc.

     65,100        3,315,543  
     

 

 

 
        28,996,222  
     

 

 

 
Office REITs - 0.7%              

Brandywine Realty Trust

     61,250        294,000  

JBG SMITH Properties

     204,600        3,283,830  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

     65,100        457,653  
     

 

 

 
        4,035,483  
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.7%              

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     37,800        3,357,774  

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

     52,250        1,606,165  

EQT Corp.

     94,700        3,510,529  

HF Sinclair Corp.

     59,200        3,573,904  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     427,400        7,838,516  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

     200,450        5,201,677  

Ovintiv, Inc.

     41,250        2,140,875  

REX American Resources Corp. (A)

     45,650        2,680,111  

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A

     10,650        622,067  

Williams Cos., Inc.

     179,800        7,006,806  
     

 

 

 
        37,538,424  
     

 

 

 
Paper & Forest Products - 0.5%              

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

     30,900        2,592,819  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals - 4.5%              

Catalent, Inc. (A)

     57,700        3,257,165  

Innoviva, Inc. (A)

     129,000        1,965,960  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A)

     43,000        5,178,060  

Organon & Co.

     183,900        3,457,320  

Perrigo Co. PLC

     229,050        7,373,119  

Viatris, Inc.

     349,300        4,170,642  
     

 

 

 
        25,402,266  
     

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)  
Professional Services - 3.4%              

ASGN, Inc. (A)

     15,700        $  1,644,732  

Clarivate PLC (A) (E)

     355,800        2,643,594  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (A)

     2,550        536,240  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

     38,250        1,287,495  

ICF International, Inc.

     19,350        2,914,690  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

     21,500        3,305,195  

KBR, Inc.

     52,700        3,354,882  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     13,200        1,730,388  

Science Applications International Corp.

     13,500        1,760,265  
     

 

 

 
        19,177,481  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%  

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

     44,250        490,733  
     

 

 

 
Retail REITs - 0.5%              

Agree Realty Corp.

     22,850        1,305,192  

Kite Realty Group Trust

     38,200        828,176  

Realty Income Corp.

     12,300        665,430  
     

 

 

 
        2,798,798  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.2%  

AXT, Inc. (A)

     91,900        421,821  

Cohu, Inc. (A)

     52,250        1,741,492  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

     6,100        306,891  

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (A)

     130,000        725,400  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     11,800        1,569,400  

Onto Innovation, Inc. (A)

     13,950        2,526,066  

Qorvo, Inc. (A)

     10,200        1,171,266  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp., ADR

     20,500        1,577,270  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (A)

     39,650        1,326,293  

Universal Display Corp.

     7,600        1,280,220  
     

 

 

 
        12,646,119  
     

 

 

 
Software - 0.6%              

Adeia, Inc.

     115,700        1,263,444  

Progress Software Corp.

     36,600        1,951,146  
     

 

 

 
        3,214,590  
     

 

 

 
Specialized REITs - 0.9%              

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.

     108,053        4,978,002  
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail - 2.1%              

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (A)

     18,000        2,255,940  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

     11,100        749,694  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     30,000        2,552,700  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     86,250        2,224,387  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (A)

     44,150        1,916,993  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     6,900        2,190,957  
     

 

 

 
        11,890,671  
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.8%  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     242,000        4,290,660  
     

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.8%              

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A)

     1,875        1,764,863  

Steven Madden Ltd.

     33,600        1,420,608  

Tapestry, Inc.

     29,150        1,384,042  
     

 

 

 
        4,569,513  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $443,739,023)

 

     544,563,009  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

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

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Government Money Market Portfolio, 5.29% (F)

     682,281        $  682,281  
     

 

 

 

Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $682,281)

 

     682,281  
     

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 3.6%         

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., 2.50% (F), dated 03/28/2024, to be repurchased at $20,196,602 on 04/01/2024. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 4.25%, due 12/31/2025, and with a value of $20,594,887.

     $ 20,190,993        20,190,993  
     

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $20,190,993)

 

     20,190,993  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $464,612,297)

 

     565,436,283  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.4)%

        (2,230,542
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 563,205,741  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (G)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted

Prices
     Level 2 -
Other
Significant

Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (H)
     Value  

ASSETS

 

Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 544,563,009      $ —       $ 0      $ 544,563,009  

Other Investment Company

     682,281        —          —         682,281  

Repurchase Agreement

     —         20,190,993        —         20,190,993  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $  545,245,290      $  20,190,993      $ 0      $  565,436,283  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)      Non-income producing securities.
(B)      Fair valued as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. At March 31, 2024, the value of the security is $0, representing less than 0.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(C)      Security deemed worthless.
(D)      Security is Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
(E)      All or a portion of the securities are on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $5,264,041, collateralized by cash collateral of $682,281 and non-cash collateral, such as U.S. government securities and irrevocable letters of credit, of $4,755,411. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(F)      Rates disclosed reflect the yields at March 31, 2024.
(G)      There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2024. Please reference the Investment Valuation section of the Notes to Schedule of Investments for more information regarding investment valuation and pricing inputs.
(H)      Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

ADR

   American Depositary Receipt

REIT

   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT VALUATION

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP (the “Portfolio”) is a series of the Transamerica Series Trust.

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

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

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

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

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

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different Levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the Level in the fair value hierarchy that is assigned to the fair value measurement of a security is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Certain investments that are measured at fair value using Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per share, or its equivalent, using the “practical expedient” have not been classified in the fair value Levels. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Portfolio’s investments at March 31, 2024, is disclosed within the Investment Valuation section of the Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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