Blackrock Variable Series Funds, Inc. Form N-Q Filed 2014-11-25
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM N-Q Quarterly schedule of portfolio holdings of registered management investment company filed on Form N-Q Filing Date: 2014-11-25 | Period of Report: 2014-09-30 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-14-424610 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. Mailing Address Business Address 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CIK:355916| IRS No.: 133093080 | State of Incorp.:MD | Fiscal Year End: 1231 WILMINGTON DE 19809 WILMINGTON DE 19809 Type: N-Q | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-03290 | Film No.: 141248467 800-441-7762 Copyright © 2014 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-Q QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number: 811-03290 Name of Fund: BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund BlackRock Capital Appreciation V.I. Fund BlackRock Equity Dividend V.I. Fund BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund BlackRock Global Opportunities V.I. Fund BlackRock High Yield V.I. Fund BlackRock International V.I. Fund BlackRock iShares Alternative Strategies V.I. Fund BlackRock iShares Dynamic Allocation V.I Fund BlackRock iShares Dynamic Fixed Income V.I. Fund BlackRock iShares Equity Appreciation V.I. Fund BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund BlackRock Total Return V.I. Fund BlackRock U.S. Government Bond V.I. Fund BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055 Registrants telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762 Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2014 Date of reporting period: 09/30/2014 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Item 1 Schedule of Investments Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Schedule of Investments September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) Common Stocks Shares Value Common Stocks Shares Value Aerospace & Defense 2.9% Electric Utilities 0.3% Honeywell International, Inc. 16,900 $1,573,728 Edison International 28,160 $1,574,707 Northrop Grumman Corp. 27,000 3,557,520 Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.8% Raytheon Co. 69,400 7,052,428 Avnet, Inc. 65,300 2,709,950 Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) 57,700 2,196,062 Corning, Inc. 71,000 1,373,140 14,379,738 4,083,090 Auto Components 1.0% Food & Staples Retailing 3.1% Lear Corp. 58,500 5,054,985 CVS Health Corp. 34,400 2,737,896 Automobiles 0.9% The Kroger Co. 239,100 12,433,200 General Motors Co. 143,800 4,592,972 15,171,096 Banks 11.7% Food Products 0.2% Citigroup, Inc. 359,030 18,604,935 Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 26,600 1,047,242 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 351,176 21,154,842 Gas Utilities 0.4% KeyCorp 125,800 1,676,914 UGI Corp. 64,685 2,205,112 Regions Financial Corp. 390,500 3,920,620 Health Care Equipment & Supplies 6.0% Wells Fargo & Co. 242,200 12,562,914 Baxter International, Inc. 109,400 7,851,638 57,920,225 Hologic, Inc. (a) 125,500 3,053,415 Capital Markets 1.1% Medtronic, Inc. 212,438 13,160,534 Morgan Stanley 119,500 4,131,115 Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 57,900 5,821,845 State Street Corp. 15,600 1,148,316 29,887,432 5,279,431 Health Care Providers & Services 3.1% Chemicals 2.1% Community Health Systems, Inc. (a) 128,400 7,035,036 AKZO Nobel NV ADR 299,515 6,790,005 Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 133,300 8,088,644 Ashland, Inc. 6,200 645,420 15,123,680 Cabot Corp. 11,200 568,624 Household Durables 1.6% Celanese Corp., Series A 20,500 1,199,660 Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. 184,900 6,362,409 LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 9,900 1,075,734 Tupperware Brands Corp. 24,000 1,656,960 10,279,443 8,019,369 Communications Equipment 4.8% Household Products 0.9% Cisco Systems, Inc. 636,500 16,020,705 Energizer Holdings, Inc. 34,740 4,280,315 QUALCOMM, Inc. 30,700 2,295,439 Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers 1.7% Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR 443,000 5,577,370 AES Corp. 576,800 8,179,024 23,893,514 Insurance 7.7% Consumer Finance 5.2% ACE Ltd. 22,900 2,401,523 Capital One Financial Corp. 148,700 12,136,894 Aflac, Inc. 12,100 704,825 Discover Financial Services 187,200 12,053,808 CNO Financial Group, Inc. 65,000 1,102,400 SLM Corp. 207,200 1,773,632 Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a) 457,600 5,994,560 25,964,334 The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 150,191 5,594,615 Containers & Packaging 0.2% Lincoln National Corp. 134,157 7,188,132 Crown Holdings, Inc. (a) 18,600 828,072 MetLife, Inc. 48,621 2,611,920 Diversified Financial Services 1.8% Prudential Financial, Inc. 67,800 5,962,332 Intercontinental Exchange Group, Inc. 3,400 663,170 The Travelers Cos., Inc. 31,808 2,988,044 The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 190,400 8,076,768 XL Group PLC 112,900 3,744,893 8,739,938 38,293,244 Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.6% IT Services 1.6% Verizon Communications, Inc. 162,700 8,133,373 Total System Services, Inc. 32,800 1,015,488 Portfolio Abbreviation ADR American Depositary Receipts BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC. SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 1 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) Common Stocks Shares Value Common Stocks Shares Value IT Services (concluded) Software (concluded) The Western Union Co. 140,000 $2,245,600 Oracle Corp. 166,400 $6,369,792 Xerox Corp. 369,100 4,883,193 Symantec Corp. 157,700 3,707,527 8,144,281 23,809,151 Machinery 0.5% Specialty Retail 1.8% Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 26,300 2,335,177 The Gap, Inc. 36,900 1,538,361 Media 3.4% GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A 187,600 7,267,624 CBS Outdoor Americas, Inc. 157,900 4,727,526 8,805,985 The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. 73,700 1,350,184 Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.2% Viacom, Inc., Class B 139,800 10,756,212 Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 183,434 4,395,079 16,833,922 United States Cellular Corp. (a) 42,361 1,502,968 Metals & Mining 0.4% 5,898,047 Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 31,900 2,181,960 Total Common Stocks 98.4% 488,190,281 Multiline Retail 0.3% Macys, Inc. 28,700 1,669,766 Preferred Securities Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 15.6% Preferred Stock Apache Corp. 174,300 16,361,541 Food Products 0.3% Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (a) 128,900 1,753,040 Tyson Foods, Inc., 4.75% (a)(b) 27,499 1,384,850 Gulfport Energy Corp. (a) 80,100 4,277,340 Machinery 0.0% Marathon Oil Corp. 500,772 18,824,019 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 6.25% (a)(b) 3,170 358,812 Marathon Petroleum Corp. 87,600 7,417,092 Memorial Resource Development Corp. (a) 20,180 547,080 Total Preferred Stock 0.3% 1,743,662 Suncor Energy, Inc. 218,300 7,891,545 Total Long-Term Investments Total SA ADR 174,600 11,252,970 (Cost $388,580,626) 98.7% 489,933,943 Valero Energy Corp. 199,600 9,235,492 77,560,119 Short-Term Securities Personal Products 0.3% BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A 31,600 1,422,948 0.03% (c)(d) 5,178,327 5,178,327 Pharmaceuticals 8.2% Total Short-Term Securities Hospira, Inc. (a) 185,200 9,635,956 (Cost $5,178,327) 1.1% 5,178,327 Johnson & Johnson 24,000 2,558,160 Total Investments (Cost $393,758,953*) 99.8% 495,112,270 Pfizer, Inc. 695,420 20,563,569 Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.2% 1,130,640 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR 143,900 7,734,625 Net Assets 100.0% $496,242,910 40,492,310 Real Estate Management & Development 0.4% Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 17,100 2,160,414 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.8% Teradyne, Inc. 203,500 3,945,865 Software 4.8% Microsoft Corp. 296,200 13,731,832 Notes to Schedule of Investments * As of September 30, 2014, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows: Tax cost $395,798,042 Gross unrealized appreciation $104,404,612 Gross unrealized depreciation (5,090,384 ) Net unrealized appreciation $99,314,228 (a) Non-income producing security. (b) Convertible security. (c) Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended September 30, 2014, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com.