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 811-03329
Variable Insurance Products Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
245 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Margaret Carey, Secretary
245 Summer St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
617-563-7000
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Date of fiscal year end: | December 31 |
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Date of reporting period: | December 31, 2023 |
Item 1.
Reports to Stockholders
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Value Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
Initial Class | 19.79% | 15.98% | 9.99% |
Service Class | 19.67% | 15.88% | 9.88% |
Service Class 2 | 19.47% | 15.69% | 9.71% |
Investor Class | 19.68% | 15.90% | 9.90% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Value Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on December 31, 2013. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 3000® Value Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
U.S. equities gained 26.29% in 2023, according to the S&P 500® index, as a slowing in the pace of inflation and resilient late-cycle expansion of the U.S. economy provided a favorable backdrop for higher-risk assets for much of the year. After returning -18.11% in 2022, the index's sharp reversal was driven by a narrow set of firms in the information technology and communication services sectors, largely due to excitement for generative artificial intelligence. Monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve continued until late July, when the Fed said it was too soon to tell if its latest hike would conclude a series of increases aimed at cooling the economy and bringing down inflation. Since March 2022, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times before pausing and three times deciding to hold rates at a 22-year high while it observes inflation and the economy. After the Fed's November 1 meeting, when the central bank hinted it might be done raising rates, the S&P 500® reversed a three-month decline due to soaring yields on longer-term government bonds and mixed earnings from some big and influential firms. Favorable data on inflation provided a further boost and the index rose 14% in the final two months. By sector for the year, tech (+61%) and communication services (+56%) led the way, followed by consumer discretionary (+43%). In contrast, the defensive-oriented utilities (-7%) and consumer staples (+1%) sectors notably lagged, as did energy (-1%), hampered by lower oil prices.
Comments from Portfolio Manager Matt Friedman:
For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 19% to 20%, versus 11.66% for the benchmark Russell 3000 Value Index. Relative to the benchmark, security selection was the primary contributor, led by the industrials sector. Picks among communication services stocks also helped, as was the case in utilities and materials. The top individual relative contributor was an overweight stake in XPO (+154%). Outsized exposure to Builders FirstSource (+157%) also was advantageous. Not owning Pfizer, a benchmark component that returned -41%, was another notable key contributor compared with the benchmark in 2023. Conversely, the biggest detractor from the portfolio's relative result was an underweight in information technology, primarily within the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry. Comparatively light exposure to communication services firms and an overweight in energy hurt as well. The fund's stake in Signature Bank returned -100% and was the largest individual relative detractor, however the stock was no longer held as of year-end. Avoiding shares of Intel, a benchmark component that gained approximately 95%, also proved detrimental. A larger-than-benchmark position in Jazz Pharmaceuticals (-24%) further detracted the past year. Notable changes in positioning include increased exposure to the consumer staples sector and a lower allocation to communication services stocks.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.7 | |
Cigna Group | 2.3 | |
Centene Corp. | 2.0 | |
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. | 1.8 | |
CVS Health Corp. | 1.8 | |
The Boeing Co. | 1.7 | |
Flex Ltd. | 1.7 | |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. | 1.6 | |
Regal Rexnord Corp. | 1.5 | |
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 1.5 | |
| 18.6 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Financials | 21.4 | |
Industrials | 16.3 | |
Health Care | 10.9 | |
Energy | 9.9 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 8.7 | |
Materials | 6.9 | |
Consumer Staples | 5.9 | |
Utilities | 5.9 | |
Real Estate | 5.1 | |
Information Technology | 4.4 | |
Communication Services | 4.3 | |
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Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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* Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities). Percentages are adjusted for the effect of derivatives, if applicable. |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 99.7% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 4.3% | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9% | | | |
Cellnex Telecom SA (a) | | 116,200 | 4,575,142 |
Interactive Media & Services - 2.4% | | | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b) | | 40,731 | 5,689,713 |
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (b) | | 19,846 | 7,024,690 |
| | | 12,714,403 |
Media - 1.0% | | | |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | 64,862 | 2,844,199 |
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. Class A | | 14,400 | 2,257,200 |
| | | 5,101,399 |
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES | | | 22,390,944 |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.7% | | | |
Automobile Components - 1.3% | | | |
Adient PLC (b) | | 63,300 | 2,301,588 |
Autoliv, Inc. | | 39,732 | 4,378,069 |
| | | 6,679,657 |
Automobiles - 0.7% | | | |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | 97,200 | 3,580,848 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.7% | | | |
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (b) | | 83,694 | 3,362,825 |
Household Durables - 0.9% | | | |
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | | 90,282 | 4,601,674 |
Leisure Products - 1.3% | | | |
Brunswick Corp. | | 39,500 | 3,821,625 |
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (b)(c) | | 203,900 | 2,923,926 |
| | | 6,745,551 |
Specialty Retail - 2.8% | | | |
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | 185,489 | 3,924,947 |
Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) | | 11,668 | 3,842,039 |
Signet Jewelers Ltd. | | 27,600 | 2,960,376 |
Upbound Group, Inc. | | 114,366 | 3,885,013 |
| | | 14,612,375 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.0% | | | |
Gildan Activewear, Inc. | | 80,400 | 2,658,864 |
PVH Corp. | | 21,500 | 2,625,580 |
| | | 5,284,444 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 44,867,374 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 5.9% | | | |
Beverages - 1.5% | | | |
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. | | 230,482 | 7,679,660 |
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.8% | | | |
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (b) | | 202,944 | 9,215,687 |
Food Products - 1.8% | | | |
Bunge Global SA | | 37,600 | 3,795,720 |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (b) | | 117,503 | 5,856,350 |
| | | 9,652,070 |
Personal Care Products - 0.8% | | | |
Kenvue, Inc. | | 191,100 | 4,114,383 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 30,661,800 |
ENERGY - 9.9% | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.0% | | | |
Expro Group Holdings NV (b) | | 329,823 | 5,250,782 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.9% | | | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | | 105,011 | 6,879,744 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 140,460 | 14,043,190 |
Imperial Oil Ltd. (c) | | 112,358 | 6,400,349 |
MEG Energy Corp. (b) | | 184,900 | 3,302,957 |
Shell PLC ADR | | 67,625 | 4,449,725 |
Targa Resources Corp. | | 61,958 | 5,382,291 |
Tourmaline Oil Corp. | | 121,779 | 5,476,632 |
| | | 45,934,888 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 51,185,670 |
FINANCIALS - 21.4% | | | |
Banks - 5.6% | | | |
East West Bancorp, Inc. | | 90,869 | 6,538,025 |
First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. | | 5,098 | 7,233,909 |
Popular, Inc. | | 52,800 | 4,333,296 |
U.S. Bancorp | | 168,832 | 7,307,049 |
Webster Financial Corp. | | 64,800 | 3,289,248 |
| | | 28,701,527 |
Capital Markets - 4.1% | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | 18,847 | 7,158,656 |
LPL Financial | | 27,575 | 6,276,622 |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | 45,756 | 5,101,794 |
UBS Group AG | | 92,080 | 2,857,485 |
| | | 21,394,557 |
Consumer Finance - 2.1% | | | |
OneMain Holdings, Inc. | | 120,555 | 5,931,306 |
SLM Corp. | | 248,297 | 4,747,439 |
| | | 10,678,745 |
Financial Services - 4.5% | | | |
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | | 82,729 | 7,709,516 |
Global Payments, Inc. | | 56,820 | 7,216,140 |
NCR Atleos Corp. | | 107,993 | 2,623,150 |
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. | | 51,152 | 5,678,384 |
| | | 23,227,190 |
Insurance - 5.1% | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | 39,029 | 4,640,158 |
Assurant, Inc. | | 43,187 | 7,276,578 |
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | | 38,580 | 6,241,472 |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. | | 43,269 | 8,242,312 |
| | | 26,400,520 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | | 110,402,539 |
HEALTH CARE - 10.9% | | | |
Health Care Providers & Services - 6.1% | | | |
Centene Corp. (b) | | 141,687 | 10,514,592 |
Cigna Group | | 40,121 | 12,014,233 |
CVS Health Corp. | | 115,548 | 9,123,670 |
| | | 31,652,495 |
Pharmaceuticals - 4.8% | | | |
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR | | 112,508 | 7,577,414 |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (b) | | 33,496 | 4,120,008 |
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) | | 22,545 | 6,553,686 |
Sanofi SA sponsored ADR | | 124,979 | 6,215,206 |
| | | 24,466,314 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | | 56,118,809 |
INDUSTRIALS - 16.3% | | | |
Aerospace & Defense - 1.7% | | | |
The Boeing Co. (b) | | 33,330 | 8,687,798 |
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.3% | | | |
FedEx Corp. | | 25,831 | 6,534,468 |
Building Products - 1.9% | | | |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (b) | | 33,566 | 5,603,508 |
Johnson Controls International PLC | | 74,300 | 4,282,652 |
| | | 9,886,160 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.0% | | | |
The Brink's Co. | | 58,134 | 5,112,885 |
Construction & Engineering - 0.9% | | | |
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings (b) | | 104,339 | 4,643,086 |
Electrical Equipment - 1.5% | | | |
Regal Rexnord Corp. | | 53,300 | 7,889,466 |
Ground Transportation - 3.1% | | | |
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. Class A | | 79,709 | 4,595,224 |
U-Haul Holding Co. (non-vtg.) | | 81,537 | 5,743,466 |
XPO, Inc. (b) | | 64,495 | 5,649,117 |
| | | 15,987,807 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6% | | | |
Siemens AG | | 17,200 | 3,226,880 |
Machinery - 2.7% | | | |
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | | 78,555 | 4,567,973 |
Chart Industries, Inc. (b) | | 23,200 | 3,162,856 |
Timken Co. | | 80,657 | 6,464,659 |
| | | 14,195,488 |
Professional Services - 1.6% | | | |
Concentrix Corp. | | 47,609 | 4,675,680 |
Manpower, Inc. | | 46,342 | 3,682,799 |
| | | 8,358,479 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | | 84,522,517 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 4.4% | | | |
Communications Equipment - 1.8% | | | |
Ciena Corp. (b) | | 60,100 | 2,705,101 |
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (b) | | 127,970 | 6,708,187 |
| | | 9,413,288 |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.7% | | | |
Flex Ltd. (b) | | 279,496 | 8,513,448 |
Software - 0.4% | | | |
NCR Voyix Corp. (b) | | 133,186 | 2,252,175 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.5% | | | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | 155,100 | 2,633,598 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | | 22,812,509 |
MATERIALS - 6.9% | | | |
Chemicals - 5.4% | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (b) | | 102,478 | 3,481,178 |
Celanese Corp. Class A | | 36,439 | 5,661,527 |
Methanex Corp. (c) | | 93,000 | 4,404,480 |
Olin Corp. | | 81,171 | 4,379,175 |
The Chemours Co. LLC | | 172,577 | 5,443,079 |
Westlake Corp. | | 31,800 | 4,450,728 |
| | | 27,820,167 |
Metals & Mining - 0.8% | | | |
Glencore PLC | | 699,700 | 4,205,929 |
Paper & Forest Products - 0.7% | | | |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | | 51,500 | 3,647,745 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | | 35,673,841 |
REAL ESTATE - 5.1% | | | |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 4.0% | | | |
Camden Property Trust (SBI) | | 34,800 | 3,455,292 |
CubeSmart | | 11,396 | 528,205 |
Prologis (REIT), Inc. | | 44,283 | 5,902,924 |
Ventas, Inc. | | 93,237 | 4,646,932 |
Welltower, Inc. | | 70,771 | 6,381,421 |
| | | 20,914,774 |
Real Estate Management & Development - 1.1% | | | |
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (b) | | 29,432 | 5,558,822 |
TOTAL REAL ESTATE | | | 26,473,596 |
UTILITIES - 5.9% | | | |
Electric Utilities - 3.9% | | | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | 55,687 | 6,509,253 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | 66,000 | 2,419,560 |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | 73,085 | 4,439,183 |
PG&E Corp. | | 382,597 | 6,898,224 |
| | | 20,266,220 |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.2% | | | |
The AES Corp. | | 312,709 | 6,019,648 |
Multi-Utilities - 0.8% | | | |
Sempra | | 55,052 | 4,114,036 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | | 30,399,904 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $397,339,656) | | | 515,509,503 |
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Money Market Funds - 0.9% |
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Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (d) | | 491,199 | 491,297 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (d)(e) | | 4,048,751 | 4,049,156 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $4,540,453) | | | 4,540,453 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.6% (Cost $401,880,109) | 520,049,956 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.6)% | (3,204,055) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 516,845,901 |
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(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $4,575,142 or 0.9% of net assets. |
(c) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(d) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(e) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 9,324,719 | 76,156,753 | 84,990,175 | 208,562 | - | - | 491,297 | 0.0% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 2,787,331 | 124,223,418 | 122,961,593 | 26,602 | - | - | 4,049,156 | 0.0% |
Total | 12,112,050 | 200,380,171 | 207,951,768 | 235,164 | - | - | 4,540,453 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 22,390,944 | 17,815,802 | 4,575,142 | - |
Consumer Discretionary | 44,867,374 | 44,867,374 | - | - |
Consumer Staples | 30,661,800 | 30,661,800 | - | - |
Energy | 51,185,670 | 51,185,670 | - | - |
Financials | 110,402,539 | 110,402,539 | - | - |
Health Care | 56,118,809 | 49,565,123 | 6,553,686 | - |
Industrials | 84,522,517 | 81,295,637 | 3,226,880 | - |
Information Technology | 22,812,509 | 22,812,509 | - | - |
Materials | 35,673,841 | 31,467,912 | 4,205,929 | - |
Real Estate | 26,473,596 | 26,473,596 | - | - |
Utilities | 30,399,904 | 30,399,904 | - | - |
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Money Market Funds | 4,540,453 | 4,540,453 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 520,049,956 | 501,488,319 | 18,561,637 | - |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
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Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $3,875,850) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $397,339,656) | $ | 515,509,503 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $4,540,453) | | 4,540,453 | | |
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Total Investment in Securities (cost $401,880,109) | | | $ | 520,049,956 |
Cash | | | | 16,866 |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $22,297) | | | | 22,297 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 5,981,266 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 175,555 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 694,766 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 13,728 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 487 |
Other receivables | | | | 786 |
Total assets | | | | 526,955,707 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ | 5,712,419 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 220,617 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 13,102 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 61,338 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 53,330 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 4,049,000 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 10,109,806 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 516,845,901 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 388,265,636 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | 128,580,265 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 516,845,901 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($129,715,912 ÷ 6,786,440 shares) | | | $ | 19.11 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($280,571 ÷ 14,675 shares) | | | $ | 19.12 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($65,167,856 ÷ 3,486,949 shares) | | | $ | 18.69 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($321,681,562 ÷ 16,877,557 shares) | | | $ | 19.06 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 8,868,098 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $26,602 from security lending) | | | | 235,164 |
Total Income | | | | 9,103,262 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 2,542,665 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 541,227 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 131,981 | | |
Accounting fees | | 171,388 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 34,266 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 2,972 | | |
Audit | | 63,544 | | |
Legal | | 9,363 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 1,949 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 3,499,355 | | |
Expense reductions | | (29,119) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 3,470,236 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 5,633,026 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 29,042,080 | | |
Foreign currency transactions | | (6,556) | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | 29,035,524 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 52,751,073 | | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 17,754 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 52,768,827 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 81,804,351 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 87,437,377 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 5,633,026 | $ | 6,181,710 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | 29,035,524 | | 10,091,130 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 52,768,827 | | (41,645,502) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 87,437,377 | | (25,372,662) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (23,255,866) | | (22,454,265) |
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Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | (30,607,116) | | 53,932,406 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 33,574,395 | | 6,105,479 |
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Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 483,271,506 | | 477,166,027 |
End of period | $ | 516,845,901 | $ | 483,271,506 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP Value Portfolio Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 16.73 | $ | 18.28 | $ | 15.96 | $ | 15.78 | $ | 13.08 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .22 | | .23 | | .31 | | .19 | | .26 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 3.06 | | (.96) | | 4.41 | | .75 | | 3.74 |
Total from investment operations | | 3.28 | | (.73) | | 4.72 | | .94 | | 4.00 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.24) | | (.23) | | (.32) | | (.20) | | (.27) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.67) | | (.59) | | (2.07) | | (.56) | | (1.03) |
Total distributions | | (.90) C | | (.82) | | (2.40) C | | (.76) | | (1.30) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 19.11 | $ | 16.73 | $ | 18.28 | $ | 15.96 | $ | 15.78 |
Total Return D,E | | 19.79% | | (4.11)% | | 30.07% | | 6.33% | | 32.13% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .65% | | .64% | | .64% | | .67% | | .67% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .64% | | .64% | | .64% | | .67% | | .67% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .64% | | .64% | | .64% | | .65% | | .66% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.24% | | 1.32% | | 1.62% | | 1.48% | | 1.78% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 129,716 | $ | 121,880 | $ | 159,917 | $ | 131,037 | $ | 116,401 |
Portfolio turnover rate H | | 51% | | 48% | | 68% | | 81% | | 67% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
DTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
FFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
GExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
HAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Value Portfolio Service Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 16.74 | $ | 18.28 | $ | 15.96 | $ | 15.78 | $ | 13.08 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .20 | | .21 | | .29 | | .18 | | .24 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 3.07 | | (.95) | | 4.40 | | .75 | | 3.75 |
Total from investment operations | | 3.27 | | (.74) | | 4.69 | | .93 | | 3.99 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.22) | | (.21) | | (.30) | | (.19) | | (.25) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.67) | | (.59) | | (2.07) | | (.56) | | (1.03) |
Total distributions | | (.89) | | (.80) | | (2.37) | | (.75) | | (1.29) C |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 19.12 | $ | 16.74 | $ | 18.28 | $ | 15.96 | $ | 15.78 |
Total Return D,E | | 19.67% | | (4.17)% | | 29.92% | | 6.23% | | 32.01% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .75% | | .74% | | .74% | | .77% | | .77% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .74% | | .74% | | .74% | | .77% | | .77% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .74% | | .74% | | .74% | | .75% | | .76% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.14% | | 1.22% | | 1.52% | | 1.38% | | 1.68% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 281 | $ | 240 | $ | 337 | $ | 275 | $ | 270 |
Portfolio turnover rate H | | 51% | | 48% | | 68% | | 81% | | 67% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
DTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
FFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
GExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
HAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Value Portfolio Service Class 2 |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 16.39 | $ | 17.93 | $ | 15.70 | $ | 15.55 | $ | 12.91 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .17 | | .18 | | .26 | | .16 | | .22 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.99 | | (.93) | | 4.33 | | .72 | | 3.68 |
Total from investment operations | | 3.16 | | (.75) | | 4.59 | | .88 | | 3.90 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.20) | | (.20) | | (.28) | | (.17) | | (.23) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.67) | | (.59) | | (2.07) | | (.56) | | (1.03) |
Total distributions | | (.86) C | | (.79) | | (2.36) C | | (.73) | | (1.26) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 18.69 | $ | 16.39 | $ | 17.93 | $ | 15.70 | $ | 15.55 |
Total Return D,E | | 19.47% | | (4.29)% | | 29.72% | | 6.02% | | 31.77% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .90% | | .89% | | .89% | | .92% | | .92% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .89% | | .89% | | .89% | | .92% | | .92% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .89% | | .89% | | .89% | | .91% | | .91% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .99% | | 1.07% | | 1.37% | | 1.22% | | 1.53% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 65,168 | $ | 43,667 | $ | 26,890 | $ | 10,204 | $ | 9,262 |
Portfolio turnover rate H | | 51% | | 48% | | 68% | | 81% | | 67% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
DTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
FFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
GExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
HAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Value Portfolio Investor Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 16.69 | $ | 18.23 | $ | 15.92 | $ | 15.75 | $ | 13.06 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .21 | | .22 | | .29 | | .18 | | .25 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 3.05 | | (.95) | | 4.40 | | .74 | | 3.73 |
Total from investment operations | | 3.26 | | (.73) | | 4.69 | | .92 | | 3.98 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.22) | | (.22) | | (.31) | | (.19) | | (.26) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.67) | | (.59) | | (2.07) | | (.56) | | (1.03) |
Total distributions | | (.89) | | (.81) | | (2.38) | | (.75) | | (1.29) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 19.06 | $ | 16.69 | $ | 18.23 | $ | 15.92 | $ | 15.75 |
Total Return C,D | | 19.68% | | (4.13)% | | 29.98% | | 6.20% | | 32.01% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .72% | | .72% | | .72% | | .74% | | .75% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .72% | | .72% | | .72% | | .74% | | .75% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .72% | | .72% | | .72% | | .73% | | .74% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.16% | | 1.24% | | 1.55% | | 1.40% | | 1.70% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 321,682 | $ | 317,484 | $ | 290,021 | $ | 190,229 | $ | 197,903 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 51% | | 48% | | 68% | | 81% | | 67% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Value Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, partnerships, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $128,832,939 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (10,985,273) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $117,847,666 |
Tax Cost | $402,202,290 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed long-term capital gain | $10,764,275 |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $117,865,406 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $5,786,810 | $ 6,187,116 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 17,469,056 | 16,267,149 |
Total | $23,255,866 | $ 22,454,265 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Value Portfolio | 245,317,298 | 285,064,358 |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .52% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $255 |
Service Class 2 | 131,726 |
| $131,981 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $77,046 | .06 |
Service Class | 161 | .06 |
Service Class 2 | 33,195 | .06 |
Investor Class | 430,825 | .14 |
| $541,227 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Value Portfolio | 0.0353% |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Value Portfolio | .04 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate |
Initial Class | .58 |
Service Class | .58 |
Service Class 2 | .58 |
Investor Class | .66 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP Value Portfolio | $5,956 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) | Realized Gain (Loss) ($) |
VIP Value Portfolio | 23,390,077 | 15,242,590 | 957,549 |
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Value Portfolio | $886 |
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Value Portfolio | $2,876 | $- | $- |
8. Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $29,119.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Value Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $ 6,051,925 | $6,194,114 |
Service Class | 12,584 | 12,231 |
Service Class 2 | 2,844,063 | 1,749,253 |
Investor Class | 14,347,294 | 14,498,667 |
Total | $23,255,866 | $22,454,265 |
10. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Value Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,469,173 | 3,686,707 | $26,125,211 | $65,469,302 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 326,778 | 356,830 | 6,051,925 | 6,194,114 |
Shares redeemed | (2,293,424) | (5,508,430) | (41,328,763) | (96,408,515) |
Net increase (decrease) | (497,473) | (1,464,893) | $(9,151,627) | $(24,745,099) |
Service Class | | | | |
Shares sold | - | 13,984 | $5 | $239,677 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 460 | 493 | 8,518 | 8,569 |
Shares redeemed | (140) | (18,566) | (2,533) | (321,399) |
Net increase (decrease) | 320 | (4,089) | $5,990 | $(73,153) |
Service Class 2 | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,379,622 | 2,159,822 | $24,333,754 | $36,638,710 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 156,957 | 103,474 | 2,844,063 | 1,749,253 |
Shares redeemed | (714,540) | (1,097,796) | (12,184,219) | (18,269,781) |
Net increase (decrease) | 822,039 | 1,165,500 | $14,993,598 | $20,118,182 |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,141,669 | 6,099,854 | $20,426,631 | $108,956,648 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 776,789 | 839,517 | 14,347,294 | 14,498,665 |
Shares redeemed | (4,066,386) | (3,819,745) | (71,229,002) | (64,822,837) |
Net increase (decrease) | (2,147,928) | 3,119,626 | $(36,455,077) | $58,632,476 |
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | Affiliated % |
VIP Value Portfolio | 62% |
Mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates, in aggregate, were the owners of record of more than 20% of the total outstanding shares.
Fund | % of shares held |
VIP Value Portfolio | 22% |
12. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and the Shareholders of VIP Value Portfolio:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of VIP Value Portfolio (the "Fund"), a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund, including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 12, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more of the Fidelity investment companies since 1999.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Value Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class ** | | | | .64% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,115.20 | | $ 3.41 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.98 | | $ 3.26 |
Service Class ** | | | | .74% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,114.80 | | $ 3.94 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.48 | | $ 3.77 |
Service Class 2 | | | | .89% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,113.80 | | $ 4.74 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,020.72 | | $ 4.53 |
Investor Class ** | | | | .71% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,114.70 | | $ 3.78 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.63 | | $ 3.62 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Expenses Paid |
VIP Value Portfolio | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .60% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.20 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.06 |
Service Class | | | | .70% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.73 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.57 |
Investor Class | | | | .67% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.57 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.41 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers. | | | | | | |
B 5% return per year before expenses | | | | | | |
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, $28,317,891, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
Initial Class, Service Class, Service Class 2, and Investor Class, designate 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Value Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class, which was selected because it is the largest class without 12b-1 fees); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Initial Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons [of [the] [name of representative class]] of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Initial Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Initial Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further, based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
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VIPVAL-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.institutional.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
Initial Class | 10.65% | 12.30% | 8.58% |
Service Class | 10.53% | 12.18% | 8.47% |
Service Class 2 | 10.38% | 12.01% | 8.31% |
Investor Class | 10.56% | 12.21% | 8.50% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on December 31, 2013. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 3000® Value Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
U.S. equities gained 26.29% in 2023, according to the S&P 500® index, as a slowing in the pace of inflation and resilient late-cycle expansion of the U.S. economy provided a favorable backdrop for higher-risk assets for much of the year. After returning -18.11% in 2022, the index's sharp reversal was driven by a narrow set of firms in the information technology and communication services sectors, largely due to excitement for generative artificial intelligence. Monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve continued until late July, when the Fed said it was too soon to tell if its latest hike would conclude a series of increases aimed at cooling the economy and bringing down inflation. Since March 2022, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times before pausing and three times deciding to hold rates at a 22-year high while it observes inflation and the economy. After the Fed's November 1 meeting, when the central bank hinted it might be done raising rates, the S&P 500® reversed a three-month decline due to soaring yields on longer-term government bonds and mixed earnings from some big and influential firms. Favorable data on inflation provided a further boost and the index rose 14% in the final two months. By sector for the year, tech (+61%) and communication services (+56%) led the way, followed by consumer discretionary (+43%). In contrast, the defensive-oriented utilities (-7%) and consumer staples (+1%) sectors notably lagged, as did energy (-1%), hampered by lower oil prices.
Comments from Portfolio Manager Ramona Persaud:
For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 10% to 11%, versus 11.66% for the benchmark Russell 3000® Value Index. Relative to the benchmark, market selection was the primary detractor, especially an overweight in consumer staples. Stock selection in communication services also hurt. Also hurting our result were stock picks in information technology and financials. The largest individual relative detractor this period was avoiding Meta Platforms, a benchmark component that gained 140%. The second-largest relative detractor this period was avoiding Intel, a benchmark component that gained approximately 95%. Not owning Salesforce, a benchmark component that gained roughly 98%, was another notable relative detractor. In contrast, the biggest contributor to performance versus the benchmark was stock picking in health care, primarily within the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences industry. Stock picks in consumer staples and industrials also boosted the fund's relative performance. Not owning Pfizer, a benchmark component that returned -41%, was the top individual relative contributor. An overweight stake in Eli Lilly gained 62% and was a second notable relative contributor. This period we decreased our investment in Eli Lilly. Another notable relative contributor was our non-benchmark stake in Microsoft (+59%). We reduced our holdings in the company. Notable changes in positioning include higher allocations to the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets) |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.9 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.9 | |
Bank of America Corp. | 2.6 | |
Linde PLC | 2.2 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 1.9 | |
The Boeing Co. | 1.8 | |
Danaher Corp. | 1.8 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.7 | |
General Electric Co. | 1.7 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1.6 | |
| 22.1 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Financials | 19.8 | |
Health Care | 14.5 | |
Industrials | 12.9 | |
Information Technology | 11.6 | |
Consumer Staples | 9.1 | |
Energy | 7.7 | |
Communication Services | 5.6 | |
Materials | 5.2 | |
Utilities | 5.1 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 4.9 | |
Real Estate | 2.2 | |
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Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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|
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.6% | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.5% | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | 2,134,070 | 35,809,695 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 1,350,260 | 50,904,802 |
| | | 86,714,497 |
Interactive Media & Services - 1.5% | | | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a) | | 618,260 | 86,364,739 |
Media - 1.7% | | | |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | 1,779,833 | 78,045,677 |
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | | 622,973 | 20,333,839 |
| | | 98,379,516 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.9% | | | |
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. | | 343,318 | 55,044,175 |
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES | | | 326,502,927 |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 4.9% | | | |
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.5% | | | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | 550,200 | 26,613,174 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.5% | | | |
McDonald's Corp. | | 299,580 | 88,828,466 |
Specialty Retail - 2.5% | | | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | 132,500 | 10,372,100 |
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a) | | 182,078 | 35,410,529 |
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. | | 20,900 | 3,071,255 |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. | | 103,400 | 23,011,670 |
TJX Companies, Inc. | | 806,574 | 75,664,707 |
| | | 147,530,261 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4% | | | |
Columbia Sportswear Co. (b) | | 47,100 | 3,746,334 |
Tapestry, Inc. | | 456,000 | 16,785,360 |
| | | 20,531,694 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 283,503,595 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 9.1% | | | |
Beverages - 1.5% | | | |
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. | | 1,119,300 | 37,295,076 |
The Coca-Cola Co. | | 872,146 | 51,395,564 |
| | | 88,690,640 |
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 4.0% | | | |
Albertsons Companies, Inc. | | 368,700 | 8,480,100 |
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.) | | 336,100 | 19,792,372 |
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 377,505 | 25,164,483 |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | 29,100 | 19,208,328 |
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a) | | 298,600 | 42,416,130 |
Metro, Inc. | | 335,900 | 17,387,556 |
Target Corp. | | 83,108 | 11,836,241 |
Walmart, Inc. | | 554,145 | 87,360,959 |
| | | 231,646,169 |
Food Products - 1.1% | | | |
Bunge Global SA | | 255,100 | 25,752,345 |
Mondelez International, Inc. | | 544,071 | 39,407,063 |
| | | 65,159,408 |
Household Products - 1.5% | | | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | | 597,244 | 87,520,136 |
Personal Care Products - 1.0% | | | |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A | | 84,000 | 12,285,000 |
Kenvue, Inc. | | 1,745,091 | 37,571,809 |
Unilever PLC | | 157,900 | 7,644,101 |
| | | 57,500,910 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 530,517,263 |
ENERGY - 7.7% | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.7% | | | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | | 657,300 | 43,062,687 |
ConocoPhillips Co. | | 635,504 | 73,762,949 |
Enterprise Products Partners LP | | 1,322,144 | 34,838,494 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 1,663,766 | 166,343,325 |
Hess Corp. | | 287,300 | 41,417,168 |
Imperial Oil Ltd. | | 715,535 | 40,759,656 |
Phillips 66 Co. | | 195,900 | 26,082,126 |
Valero Energy Corp. | | 148,234 | 19,270,420 |
| | | 445,536,825 |
FINANCIALS - 19.8% | | | |
Banks - 12.3% | | | |
Bank of America Corp. | | 4,558,309 | 153,478,264 |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 3,163,470 | 40,239,338 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 1,348,075 | 229,307,558 |
M&T Bank Corp. | | 330,067 | 45,245,584 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | 600,800 | 93,033,880 |
U.S. Bancorp | | 1,049,000 | 45,400,720 |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | 2,207,201 | 108,638,433 |
| | | 715,343,777 |
Capital Markets - 0.8% | | | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | | 58,100 | 47,165,580 |
Consumer Finance - 0.7% | | | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | 283,716 | 37,200,842 |
Financial Services - 1.1% | | | |
Edenred SA | | 415,600 | 24,839,520 |
Visa, Inc. Class A | | 143,542 | 37,371,160 |
| | | 62,210,680 |
Insurance - 4.9% | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | 272,800 | 32,433,192 |
Chubb Ltd. | | 389,782 | 88,090,732 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | 781,400 | 62,808,932 |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | 236,300 | 44,771,761 |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. | | 300,440 | 57,230,816 |
| | | 285,335,433 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | | 1,147,256,312 |
HEALTH CARE - 14.5% | | | |
Biotechnology - 1.2% | | | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | 861,200 | 69,765,812 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.7% | | | |
Cigna Group | | 219,109 | 65,612,190 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 174,212 | 91,717,392 |
| | | 157,329,582 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.8% | | | |
Danaher Corp. | | 445,668 | 103,100,835 |
Pharmaceuticals - 8.8% | | | |
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) | | 487,036 | 65,696,242 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 819,637 | 42,055,574 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 118,658 | 69,168,121 |
Johnson & Johnson | | 564,958 | 88,551,517 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | 771,900 | 84,152,538 |
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) | | 230,751 | 67,077,831 |
Royalty Pharma PLC | | 989,600 | 27,797,864 |
Sanofi SA | | 690,655 | 68,632,295 |
| | | 513,131,982 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | | 843,328,211 |
INDUSTRIALS - 12.9% | | | |
Aerospace & Defense - 3.7% | | | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | 108,900 | 28,278,063 |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | 137,400 | 35,674,536 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | 97,001 | 45,410,048 |
The Boeing Co. (a) | | 401,000 | 104,524,660 |
| | | 213,887,307 |
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.7% | | | |
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B | | 254,114 | 39,954,344 |
Building Products - 0.5% | | | |
Johnson Controls International PLC | | 472,200 | 27,217,608 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4% | | | |
GFL Environmental, Inc. | | 362,800 | 12,515,443 |
Veralto Corp. | | 144,822 | 11,913,058 |
| | | 24,428,501 |
Electrical Equipment - 1.1% | | | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | 297,452 | 49,046,860 |
Regal Rexnord Corp. | | 88,800 | 13,144,176 |
| | | 62,191,036 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 2.5% | | | |
General Electric Co. | | 776,220 | 99,068,959 |
Hitachi Ltd. | | 261,400 | 18,802,432 |
Siemens AG | | 158,029 | 29,647,712 |
| | | 147,519,103 |
Machinery - 2.7% | | | |
Crane Co. | | 348,700 | 41,195,418 |
Fortive Corp. | | 434,816 | 32,015,502 |
Hillenbrand, Inc. | | 191,887 | 9,181,793 |
ITT, Inc. | | 645,152 | 76,979,537 |
| | | 159,372,250 |
Professional Services - 0.7% | | | |
Experian PLC | | 367,500 | 14,992,287 |
KBR, Inc. | | 360,500 | 19,975,305 |
Paychex, Inc. | | 45,400 | 5,407,594 |
| | | 40,375,186 |
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.6% | | | |
Watsco, Inc. (b) | | 81,958 | 35,116,544 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | | 750,061,879 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 11.6% | | | |
Communications Equipment - 1.7% | | | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | 1,968,754 | 99,461,452 |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3% | | | |
Crane Nxt Co. | | 265,100 | 15,076,237 |
IT Services - 1.8% | | | |
Accenture PLC Class A | | 142,800 | 50,109,948 |
Amdocs Ltd. | | 604,633 | 53,141,194 |
| | | 103,251,142 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.4% | | | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | 252,400 | 50,116,544 |
NXP Semiconductors NV | | 320,300 | 73,566,504 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR | | 685,991 | 71,343,064 |
| | | 195,026,112 |
Software - 2.9% | | | |
Gen Digital, Inc. | | 665,100 | 15,177,582 |
Microsoft Corp. | | 216,550 | 81,431,462 |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | 131,194 | 71,523,033 |
| | | 168,132,077 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.5% | | | |
Apple, Inc. | | 84,129 | 16,197,356 |
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | | 1,092,606 | 66,238,490 |
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | | 90,300 | 7,708,911 |
| | | 90,144,757 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | | 671,091,777 |
MATERIALS - 5.2% | | | |
Chemicals - 2.2% | | | |
Linde PLC | | 315,389 | 129,533,416 |
Containers & Packaging - 1.5% | | | |
Ball Corp. | | 582,900 | 33,528,408 |
Crown Holdings, Inc. | | 571,559 | 52,634,868 |
| | | 86,163,276 |
Metals & Mining - 1.5% | | | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | 2,036,900 | 86,710,833 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | | 302,407,525 |
REAL ESTATE - 2.2% | | | |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.2% | | | |
American Tower Corp. | | 177,873 | 38,399,223 |
Lamar Advertising Co. Class A | | 532,108 | 56,552,438 |
Public Storage | | 109,696 | 33,457,280 |
| | | 128,408,941 |
UTILITIES - 5.1% | | | |
Electric Utilities - 3.5% | | | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | 310,549 | 36,300,073 |
Exelon Corp. | | 556,249 | 19,969,339 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | 457,600 | 16,775,616 |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | 993,316 | 60,334,014 |
PG&E Corp. | | 1,211,800 | 21,848,754 |
Southern Co. | | 673,300 | 47,211,796 |
| | | 202,439,592 |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.3% | | | |
Vistra Corp. | | 404,801 | 15,592,935 |
Multi-Utilities - 1.3% | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | 255,858 | 18,508,768 |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | 702,568 | 20,072,368 |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | | 345,600 | 16,243,200 |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | 262,225 | 22,071,478 |
| | | 76,895,814 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | | 294,928,341 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,790,075,823) | | | 5,723,543,596 |
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Money Market Funds - 1.9% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (c) | | 77,900,027 | 77,915,607 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (c)(d) | | 33,636,766 | 33,640,130 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $111,555,737) | | | 111,555,737 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.5% (Cost $3,901,631,560) | 5,835,099,333 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.5)% | (31,553,720) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 5,803,545,613 |
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Legend
(b) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(c) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(d) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 210,287,544 | 468,226,827 | 600,598,764 | 8,961,262 | - | - | 77,915,607 | 0.2% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 5,258,100 | 376,778,065 | 348,396,035 | 203,616 | - | - | 33,640,130 | 0.1% |
Total | 215,545,644 | 845,004,892 | 948,994,799 | 9,164,878 | - | - | 111,555,737 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 326,502,927 | 326,502,927 | - | - |
Consumer Discretionary | 283,503,595 | 283,503,595 | - | - |
Consumer Staples | 530,517,263 | 522,873,162 | 7,644,101 | - |
Energy | 445,536,825 | 445,536,825 | - | - |
Financials | 1,147,256,312 | 1,147,256,312 | - | - |
Health Care | 843,328,211 | 641,921,843 | 201,406,368 | - |
Industrials | 750,061,879 | 686,619,448 | 63,442,431 | - |
Information Technology | 671,091,777 | 671,091,777 | - | - |
Materials | 302,407,525 | 302,407,525 | - | - |
Real Estate | 128,408,941 | 128,408,941 | - | - |
Utilities | 294,928,341 | 294,928,341 | - | - |
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Money Market Funds | 111,555,737 | 111,555,737 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 5,835,099,333 | 5,562,606,433 | 272,492,900 | - |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $32,890,220) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $3,790,075,823) | $ | 5,723,543,596 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $111,555,737) | | 111,555,737 | | |
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| | | | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $3,901,631,560) | | | $ | 5,835,099,333 |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $10) | | | | 10 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 1,939,093 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 7,933,362 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 655,812 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 5,768 |
Other receivables | | | | 19,102 |
Total assets | | | | 5,845,652,480 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ | 1,808,711 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | 3,779,507 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 2,002,439 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 335,320 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 419,091 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 121,669 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 33,640,130 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 42,106,867 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 5,803,545,613 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 3,843,004,390 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | 1,960,541,223 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 5,803,545,613 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($3,351,005,877 ÷ 134,861,472 shares) | | | $ | 24.85 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($287,148,893 ÷ 11,647,886 shares) | | | $ | 24.65 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,529,539,508 ÷ 63,961,872 shares) | | | $ | 23.91 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($635,851,335 ÷ 25,800,019 shares) | | | $ | 24.65 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 129,303,916 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $203,616 from security lending) | | | | 9,164,878 |
Total Income | | | | 138,468,794 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 23,730,451 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 3,983,025 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 4,000,249 | | |
Accounting fees | | 982,210 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 70,636 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 34,588 | | |
Audit | | 108,506 | | |
Legal | | 15,872 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 26,356 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 32,951,893 | | |
Expense reductions | | (344,611) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 32,607,282 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 105,861,512 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 203,756,976 | | |
Foreign currency transactions | | 150,975 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | 203,907,951 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 255,784,593 | | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 97,661 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 255,882,254 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 459,790,205 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 565,651,717 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
|
| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 105,861,512 | $ | 107,679,155 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | 203,907,951 | | 189,124,702 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 255,882,254 | | (623,257,072) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 565,651,717 | | (326,453,215) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (266,340,236) | | (298,100,306) |
| | | | |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | (124,343,471) | | (127,565,741) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 174,968,010 | | (752,119,262) |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 5,628,577,603 | | 6,380,696,865 |
End of period | $ | 5,803,545,613 | $ | 5,628,577,603 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 23.56 | $ | 26.15 | $ | 23.90 | $ | 23.77 | $ | 20.37 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .48 | | .48 | | .43 | | .39 | | .46 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.01 | | (1.76) | | 5.29 | | 1.12 | | 4.84 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.49 | | (1.28) | | 5.72 | | 1.51 | | 5.30 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.48) | | (.47) C | | (.51) | | (.39) | | (.45) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.72) | | (.84) C | | (2.95) | | (.99) | | (1.45) |
Total distributions | | (1.20) | | (1.31) | | (3.47) D | | (1.38) | | (1.90) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 24.85 | $ | 23.56 | $ | 26.15 | $ | 23.90 | $ | 23.77 |
Total Return E,F | | 10.65% | | (4.96)% | | 24.89% | | 6.69% | | 27.44% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .51% | | .51% | | .51% | | .53% | | .53% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .50% | | .51% | | .51% | | .53% | | .53% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .50% | | .51% | | .51% | | .52% | | .52% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.97% | | 1.94% | | 1.63% | | 1.87% | | 2.11% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 3,351,006 | $ | 3,235,040 | $ | 3,766,480 | $ | 3,185,391 | $ | 3,202,982 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 21% | | 20% | | 27% | | 57% | | 32% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ Service Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 23.38 | $ | 25.97 | $ | 23.74 | $ | 23.63 | $ | 20.26 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .45 | | .45 | | .40 | | .37 | | .44 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 1.99 | | (1.75) | | 5.26 | | 1.10 | | 4.81 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.44 | | (1.30) | | 5.66 | | 1.47 | | 5.25 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.45) | | (.45) C | | (.48) | | (.37) | | (.43) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.72) | | (.84) C | | (2.95) | | (.99) | | (1.45) |
Total distributions | | (1.17) | | (1.29) | | (3.43) | | (1.36) | | (1.88) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 24.65 | $ | 23.38 | $ | 25.97 | $ | 23.74 | $ | 23.63 |
Total Return D,E | | 10.53% | | (5.09)% | | 24.83% | | 6.55% | | 27.32% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .61% | | .61% | | .61% | | .63% | | .63% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .60% | | .61% | | .61% | | .63% | | .63% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .60% | | .61% | | .61% | | .62% | | .62% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.87% | | 1.84% | | 1.53% | | 1.77% | | 2.01% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 287,149 | $ | 286,805 | $ | 326,787 | $ | 284,767 | $ | 299,079 |
Portfolio turnover rate H | | 21% | | 20% | | 27% | | 57% | | 32% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
FFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
GExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
HAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ Service Class 2 |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 22.71 | $ | 25.27 | $ | 23.18 | $ | 23.10 | $ | 19.85 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .40 | | .40 | | .35 | | .33 | | .40 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 1.94 | | (1.71) | | 5.13 | | 1.09 | | 4.70 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.34 | | (1.31) | | 5.48 | | 1.42 | | 5.10 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.42) | | (.41) C | | (.44) | | (.34) | | (.40) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.72) | | (.84) C | | (2.95) | | (.99) | | (1.45) |
Total distributions | | (1.14) | | (1.25) | | (3.39) | | (1.34) D | | (1.85) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 23.91 | $ | 22.71 | $ | 25.27 | $ | 23.18 | $ | 23.10 |
Total Return E,F | | 10.38% | | (5.25)% | | 24.60% | | 6.44% | | 27.11% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .76% | | .76% | | .76% | | .78% | | .78% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .75% | | .76% | | .76% | | .78% | | .78% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .75% | | .76% | | .76% | | .77% | | .77% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.72% | | 1.69% | | 1.38% | | 1.62% | | 1.86% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 1,529,540 | $ | 1,509,527 | $ | 1,659,719 | $ | 1,563,662 | $ | 1,431,212 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 21% | | 20% | | 27% | | 57% | | 32% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ Investor Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 23.38 | $ | 25.96 | $ | 23.74 | $ | 23.63 | $ | 20.26 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .45 | | .45 | | .41 | | .38 | | .44 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.00 | | (1.74) | | 5.26 | | 1.10 | | 4.81 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.45 | | (1.29) | | 5.67 | | 1.48 | | 5.25 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.46) | | (.45) C | | (.49) | | (.38) | | (.44) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.72) | | (.84) C | | (2.95) | | (.99) | | (1.45) |
Total distributions | | (1.18) | | (1.29) | | (3.45) D | | (1.37) | | (1.88) D |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 24.65 | $ | 23.38 | $ | 25.96 | $ | 23.74 | $ | 23.63 |
Total Return E,F | | 10.56% | | (5.02)% | | 24.83% | | 6.57% | | 27.35% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .59% | | .59% | | .59% | | .60% | | .61% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .58% | | .58% | | .58% | | .60% | | .61% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .58% | | .58% | | .58% | | .60% | | .60% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.90% | | 1.86% | | 1.55% | | 1.80% | | 2.03% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 635,851 | $ | 597,206 | $ | 627,711 | $ | 464,283 | $ | 449,909 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 21% | | 20% | | 27% | | 57% | | 32% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $17,938 |
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, partnerships and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $2,044,450,979 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (104,126,190) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $1,940,324,789 |
Tax Cost | $3,894,774,544 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed long-term capital gain | $31,355,613 |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $1,929,185,609 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $103,858,806 | $107,347,297 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 162,481,430 | 190,753,009 |
Total | $266,340,236 | $298,100,306 |
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | 1,132,977,695 | 1,234,026,193 |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .20% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .42% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $280,866 |
Service Class 2 | 3,719,383 |
| $4,000,249 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $2,032,195 | .06 |
Service Class | 176,945 | .06 |
Service Class 2 | 937,285 | .06 |
Investor Class | 836,600 | .14 |
| $3,983,025 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | .0172 |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | .02 |
Subsequent Event- Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | .47 |
Service Class | .47 |
Service Class 2 | .47 |
Investor Class | .55 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $14,645 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) | Realized Gain (Loss) ($) |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | 137,822,996 | 169,878,052 | 19,135,120 |
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $10,209 |
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $20,744 | $- | $- |
8. Expense Reductions.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $5,677.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $338,934.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $154,813,451 | $172,087,787 |
Service Class | 13,133,958 | 15,094,456 |
Service Class 2 | 69,549,024 | 79,440,158 |
Investor Class | 28,843,803 | 31,477,905 |
Total | $266,340,236 | $298,100,306 |
10. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 7,950,840 | 8,687,731 | $190,891,414 | $215,605,540 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 6,337,022 | 7,190,967 | 154,813,451 | 172,087,787 |
Shares redeemed | (16,750,463) | (22,577,302) | (404,310,702) | (556,735,404) |
Net increase (decrease) | (2,462,601) | (6,698,604) | $(58,605,837) | $(169,042,077) |
Service Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 363,643 | 874,027 | $8,727,743 | $21,820,943 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 541,830 | 635,539 | 13,133,958 | 15,094,456 |
Shares redeemed | (1,523,885) | (1,828,012) | (36,506,597) | (44,876,939) |
Net increase (decrease) | (618,412) | (318,446) | $(14,644,896) | $(7,961,540) |
Service Class 2 | | | | |
Shares sold | 4,999,477 | 8,220,770 | $116,004,256 | $194,576,846 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,957,016 | 3,441,999 | 69,549,024 | 79,440,158 |
Shares redeemed | (10,450,857) | (10,894,425) | (243,127,879) | (259,133,632) |
Net increase (decrease) | (2,494,364) | 768,344 | $(57,574,599) | $14,883,372 |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 2,241,218 | 3,283,706 | $53,669,572 | $81,421,149 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,189,926 | 1,325,531 | 28,843,803 | 31,477,905 |
Shares redeemed | (3,179,037) | (3,240,005) | (76,031,514) | (78,344,550) |
Net increase (decrease) | 252,107 | 1,369,232 | $6,481,861 | $34,554,504 |
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders each were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | Affiliated % | Number of Unaffiliated Shareholders | Unaffiliated Shareholders % |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | 17% | 2 | 29% |
12. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP Equity-Income Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP Equity-Income Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 12, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class ** | | | | .50% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,064.90 | | $ 2.60 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,022.68 | | $ 2.55 |
Service Class ** | | | | .60% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,064.40 | | $ 3.12 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,022.18 | | $ 3.06 |
Service Class 2 | | | | .75% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,063.50 | | $ 3.90 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.42 | | $ 3.82 |
Investor Class ** | | | | .58% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,064.70 | | $ 3.02 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,022.28 | | $ 2.96 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Expenses Paid |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio℠ | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .46% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 2.39 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 2.35 |
Service Class | | | | .56% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 2.91 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 2.85 |
Investor Class | | | | .55% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 2.86 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 2.80 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers. | | | | | | |
B 5% return per year before expenses | | | | | | |
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, $194,744,175, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
The fund designates $3,005,051 of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended 2023 as qualifying to be taxed as section 163(j) interest dividends.
Initial Class designates 95%; Service Class designates 100%; Service Class 2 designates 100%; and Investor Class designates 99% of the dividends distributed in December 2023 during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class, which was selected because it is the largest class without 12b-1 fees); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Initial Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Initial Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Initial Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further, based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
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VIPEI-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Growth Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
Initial Class | 36.24% | 19.64% | 14.80% |
Service Class | 36.09% | 19.52% | 14.68% |
Service Class 2 | 35.89% | 19.34% | 14.51% |
Investor Class | 36.12% | 19.54% | 14.71% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Growth Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on December 31, 2013. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 3000® Growth Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
U.S. equities gained 26.29% in 2023, according to the S&P 500® index, as a slowing in the pace of inflation and resilient late-cycle expansion of the U.S. economy provided a favorable backdrop for higher-risk assets for much of the year. After returning -18.11% in 2022, the index's sharp reversal was driven by a narrow set of firms in the information technology and communication services sectors, largely due to excitement for generative artificial intelligence. Monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve continued until late July, when the Fed said it was too soon to tell if its latest hike would conclude a series of increases aimed at cooling the economy and bringing down inflation. Since March 2022, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times before pausing and three times deciding to hold rates at a 22-year high while it observes inflation and the economy. After the Fed's November 1 meeting, when the central bank hinted it might be done raising rates, the S&P 500® reversed a three-month decline due to soaring yields on longer-term government bonds and mixed earnings from some big and influential firms. Favorable data on inflation provided a further boost and the index rose 14% in the final two months. By sector for the year, tech (+61%) and communication services (+56%) led the way, followed by consumer discretionary (+43%). In contrast, the defensive-oriented utilities (-7%) and consumer staples (+1%) sectors notably lagged, as did energy (-1%), hampered by lower oil prices.
Comments from Co-Managers Asher Anolic and Jason Weiner:
In 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 36%, versus 41.21% for the benchmark Russell 3000® Growth Index. Relative to the benchmark, market selection was the primary detractor, especially an overweight in health care. Stock picking in communication services also hurt, as did an underweights in information technology. Also detracting from our result was security selection in financials. Not owning Tesla, a benchmark component that gained roughly 102%, was the largest individual relative detractor. A second notable relative detractor was our stake in UnitedHealth Group (-3%). UnitedHealth was not held at period end. Not owning Broadcom, a benchmark component that gained 104%, was another notable relative detractor. In contrast, the biggest contributor to performance versus the benchmark was stock selection in industrials. An underweight in consumer staples also boosted relative performance. Also contributing to our result was security selection in health care. The top individual relative contributor was an overweight in Uber Technologies (+150%). Uber Technologies was one of the fund's largest holdings. The second-largest relative contributor was an overweight in Nvidia (+240%). Nvidia was among the fund's biggest holdings. This period we increased our investment in Nvidia. Not owning AbbVie, a benchmark component that returned 0%, was another notable relative contributor. Notable changes in positioning include decreased exposure to the consumer staples sector and a higher allocation to information technology.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Microsoft Corp. | 14.2 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | 6.6 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 5.0 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A | 4.8 | |
Uber Technologies, Inc. | 4.5 | |
Apple, Inc. | 4.4 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.2 | |
Boston Scientific Corp. | 2.2 | |
Universal Music Group NV | 1.9 | |
Netflix, Inc. | 1.8 | |
| 47.6 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Information Technology | 38.9 | |
Health Care | 14.9 | |
Industrials | 13.8 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 11.0 | |
Communication Services | 10.6 | |
Financials | 5.2 | |
Energy | 3.7 | |
Consumer Staples | 1.3 | |
Materials | 0.2 | |
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Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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* Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities). Percentages are adjusted for the effect of derivatives, if applicable. |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 99.3% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 10.6% | | | |
Entertainment - 4.9% | | | |
Netflix, Inc. (a) | | 335,597 | 163,395,467 |
Universal Music Group NV | | 5,947,195 | 169,775,358 |
Warner Music Group Corp. Class A | | 2,909,298 | 104,123,775 |
| | | 437,294,600 |
Interactive Media & Services - 5.7% | | | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a) | | 2,998,676 | 418,885,050 |
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(b)(c) | | 5,869 | 3,769,835 |
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a) | | 216,000 | 76,455,360 |
| | | 499,110,245 |
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES | | | 936,404,845 |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.0% | | | |
Automobiles - 0.3% | | | |
BYD Co. Ltd. (H Shares) | | 1,072,000 | 29,570,729 |
Broadline Retail - 6.4% | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | | 2,912,980 | 442,598,181 |
MercadoLibre, Inc. (a) | | 57,082 | 89,706,646 |
PDD Holdings, Inc. ADR (a) | | 144,300 | 21,112,533 |
Savers Value Village, Inc. (d) | | 733,300 | 12,744,754 |
| | | 566,162,114 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.1% | | | |
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a) | | 455,500 | 62,011,770 |
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 15,533 | 55,098,968 |
Flutter Entertainment PLC (a) | | 327,207 | 58,140,171 |
Kura Sushi U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a) | | 112,000 | 8,512,000 |
| | | 183,762,909 |
Household Durables - 0.0% | | | |
Blu Investments LLC (a)(b)(c) | | 14,533,890 | 4,506 |
Specialty Retail - 1.1% | | | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | | 976,238 | 91,580,887 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1% | | | |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | 57,358 | 46,605,505 |
Samsonite International SA (a)(e) | | 13,712,700 | 45,220,212 |
| | | 91,825,717 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 962,906,862 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.3% | | | |
Beverages - 0.9% | | | |
Monster Beverage Corp. | | 1,306,291 | 75,255,425 |
Personal Care Products - 0.4% | | | |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A | | 244,000 | 35,685,000 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 110,940,425 |
ENERGY - 3.7% | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5% | | | |
Baker Hughes Co. Class A | | 1,213,360 | 41,472,645 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.2% | | | |
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | | 737,226 | 125,851,850 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. (d) | | 517,900 | 19,540,367 |
Range Resources Corp. | | 1,343,300 | 40,890,052 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | | 2,812,243 | 87,355,515 |
Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | | 1,932,500 | 12,657,875 |
| | | 286,295,659 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 327,768,304 |
FINANCIALS - 5.2% | | | |
Capital Markets - 1.2% | | | |
Ares Management Corp. | | 155,600 | 18,503,952 |
CME Group, Inc. | | 434,369 | 91,478,111 |
| | | 109,982,063 |
Financial Services - 3.0% | | | |
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | | 87,900 | 8,191,401 |
Corebridge Financial, Inc. | | 849,900 | 18,408,834 |
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | | 134,000 | 17,800,560 |
Global Payments, Inc. | | 343,600 | 43,637,200 |
MasterCard, Inc. Class A | | 366,450 | 156,294,590 |
Rocket Companies, Inc. (a)(d) | | 1,413,393 | 20,465,931 |
| | | 264,798,516 |
Insurance - 1.0% | | | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | 298,701 | 67,171,881 |
BRP Group, Inc. (a) | | 733,968 | 17,629,911 |
| | | 84,801,792 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | | 459,582,371 |
HEALTH CARE - 14.9% | | | |
Biotechnology - 4.6% | | | |
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: | | | |
rights (a)(c) | | 1,781,700 | 427,608 |
rights (a)(c) | | 1,781,700 | 160,353 |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 298,124 | 57,063,915 |
Arcellx, Inc. (a) | | 69,057 | 3,832,664 |
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 117,600 | 3,598,560 |
Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 63,170 | 1,719,487 |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a) | | 165,300 | 15,938,226 |
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a) | | 46,600 | 4,298,384 |
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings (a) | | 104,000 | 4,409,600 |
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a) | | 247,831 | 20,691,410 |
Galapagos NV sponsored ADR (a) | | 431,800 | 17,552,670 |
Gamida Cell Ltd. (a)(d) | | 2,212,268 | 913,003 |
Gamida Cell Ltd. warrants 4/21/28 (a) | | 441,000 | 24,508 |
Hookipa Pharma, Inc. (a) | | 1,014,485 | 821,733 |
Immunocore Holdings PLC ADR (a) | | 183,853 | 12,560,837 |
Insmed, Inc. (a) | | 683,616 | 21,185,260 |
Krystal Biotech, Inc. (a) | | 22,100 | 2,741,726 |
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a) | | 173,300 | 10,427,461 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 86,131 | 75,647,996 |
Repligen Corp. (a) | | 183,000 | 32,903,400 |
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 62,900 | 6,065,447 |
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 405,600 | 567,840 |
Synlogic, Inc. (a) | | 76,833 | 295,807 |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 245,017 | 99,694,967 |
Vor Biopharma, Inc. (a) | | 618,395 | 1,391,389 |
XOMA Corp. (a) | | 303,814 | 5,620,559 |
| | | 400,554,810 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.6% | | | |
Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (a) | | 293,600 | 18,270,728 |
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | | 3,307,100 | 191,183,451 |
Glaukos Corp. (a) | | 152,000 | 12,082,480 |
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | | 67,300 | 13,690,839 |
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 104,600 | 6,485,200 |
Masimo Corp. (a) | | 516,500 | 60,538,965 |
Penumbra, Inc. (a) | | 54,401 | 13,684,028 |
| | | 315,935,691 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9% | | | |
HealthEquity, Inc. (a) | | 1,140,896 | 75,641,405 |
Health Care Technology - 0.1% | | | |
Evolent Health, Inc. | | 387,300 | 12,792,519 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.9% | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | 123,800 | 17,211,914 |
Bio-Techne Corp. | | 259,400 | 20,015,304 |
Bruker Corp. | | 524,520 | 38,541,730 |
Chemometec A/S | | 98,300 | 5,648,170 |
Codexis, Inc. (a) | | 1,141,000 | 3,480,050 |
Danaher Corp. | | 328,450 | 75,983,623 |
MaxCyte, Inc. (a) | | 1,037,000 | 4,873,900 |
Sartorius Stedim Biotech | | 107,700 | 28,475,452 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | 109,500 | 58,121,505 |
| | | 252,351,648 |
Pharmaceuticals - 2.8% | | | |
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 134,507 | 141,232 |
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR | | 644,268 | 43,391,450 |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | 227,500 | 8,594,576 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 340,587 | 198,534,974 |
| | | 250,662,232 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | | 1,307,938,305 |
INDUSTRIALS - 13.8% | | | |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.0% | | | |
Veralto Corp. | | 51,916 | 4,270,610 |
Electrical Equipment - 1.3% | | | |
Eaton Corp. PLC | | 446,564 | 107,541,542 |
HD Hyundai Electric Co. Ltd. | | 111,240 | 7,061,712 |
| | | 114,603,254 |
Ground Transportation - 4.5% | | | |
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a) | | 6,376,278 | 392,587,436 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5% | | | |
General Electric Co. | | 1,054,700 | 134,611,361 |
Machinery - 2.1% | | | |
Energy Recovery, Inc. (a) | | 330,800 | 6,232,272 |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | | 1,216,915 | 94,116,206 |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | | 130,500 | 60,121,350 |
Westinghouse Air Brake Tech Co. | | 196,897 | 24,986,229 |
| | | 185,456,057 |
Passenger Airlines - 0.6% | | | |
Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR (a) | | 380,500 | 50,743,480 |
Professional Services - 2.8% | | | |
Equifax, Inc. | | 530,112 | 131,091,396 |
KBR, Inc. | | 1,464,955 | 81,173,157 |
TransUnion Holding Co., Inc. | | 477,500 | 32,809,025 |
| | | 245,073,578 |
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.0% | | | |
Ferguson PLC | | 442,045 | 84,996,833 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | | 1,212,342,609 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 38.7% | | | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.5% | | | |
Flex Ltd. (a) | | 2,527,191 | 76,978,238 |
Jabil, Inc. | | 456,700 | 58,183,580 |
| | | 135,161,818 |
IT Services - 2.0% | | | |
Gartner, Inc. (a) | | 83,700 | 37,757,907 |
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a) | | 230,364 | 94,184,321 |
Snowflake, Inc. (a) | | 203,300 | 40,456,700 |
| | | 172,398,928 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 13.7% | | | |
Aixtron AG | | 789,100 | 33,677,768 |
Allegro MicroSystems LLC (a) | | 345,241 | 10,450,445 |
Arm Holdings Ltd. ADR (d) | | 72,400 | 5,440,498 |
ASML Holding NV (depository receipt) | | 119,938 | 90,783,471 |
BE Semiconductor Industries NV | | 464,900 | 70,029,736 |
eMemory Technology, Inc. | | 34,000 | 2,713,797 |
KLA Corp. | | 97,316 | 56,569,791 |
Marvell Technology, Inc. | | 296,392 | 17,875,402 |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | 48,500 | 30,592,830 |
NVIDIA Corp. | | 1,175,064 | 581,915,194 |
NXP Semiconductors NV | | 331,324 | 76,098,496 |
SiTime Corp. (a) | | 317,200 | 38,723,776 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR | | 1,309,804 | 136,219,616 |
Universal Display Corp. | | 285,574 | 54,618,883 |
| | | 1,205,709,703 |
Software - 17.1% | | | |
ASAPP, Inc. warrants 8/28/28 (a)(b)(c) | | 2,365,967 | 5,654,661 |
Confluent, Inc. (a) | | 1,586,714 | 37,129,108 |
HubSpot, Inc. (a) | | 113,700 | 66,007,398 |
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a) | | 271,106 | 58,374,544 |
Microsoft Corp. | | 3,328,288 | 1,251,569,419 |
Monday.com Ltd. (a) | | 111,100 | 20,865,691 |
NICE Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | | 140,300 | 27,991,253 |
ServiceNow, Inc. (a) | | 48,300 | 34,123,467 |
Volue A/S (a) | | 1,137,735 | 2,379,636 |
| | | 1,504,095,177 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.4% | | | |
Apple, Inc. | | 2,030,032 | 390,842,061 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | | 3,408,207,687 |
MATERIALS - 0.1% | | | |
Chemicals - 0.1% | | | |
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (a)(d) | | 564,802 | 8,912,576 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $4,968,631,336) | | | 8,735,003,984 |
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Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0% | | | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0% | | | |
Canva, Inc.: | | | |
Series A (b)(c) | | 1,016 | 1,135,817 |
Series A2 (b)(c) | | 184 | 205,699 |
| | | 1,341,516 |
HEALTH CARE - 0.0% | | | |
Biotechnology - 0.0% | | | |
ElevateBio LLC Series C (a)(b)(c) | | 198,400 | 632,896 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.2% | | | |
Software - 0.2% | | | |
ASAPP, Inc.: | | | |
Series C (a)(b)(c) | | 654,971 | 2,017,311 |
Series D (b)(c) | | 4,123,720 | 11,298,993 |
| | | 13,316,304 |
MATERIALS - 0.1% | | | |
Metals & Mining - 0.1% | | | |
Illuminated Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
Series C2 (a)(b)(c) | | 137,249 | 3,184,177 |
Series C3 (a)(b)(c) | | 171,560 | 3,980,192 |
Series C4 (a)(b)(c) | | 48,240 | 1,119,168 |
Series C5 (a)(b)(c) | | 96,064 | 2,228,685 |
| | | 10,512,222 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $36,821,566) | | | 25,802,938 |
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Convertible Bonds - 0.0% |
| | Principal Amount (f) | Value ($) |
MATERIALS - 0.0% | | | |
Metals & Mining - 0.0% | | | |
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. 0% (b)(c)(g) (Cost $1,940,200) | | 1,940,200 | 1,952,617 |
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Preferred Securities - 0.0% |
| | Principal Amount (f) | Value ($) |
MATERIALS - 0.0% | | | |
Metals & Mining - 0.0% | | | |
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. 0% (b)(c)(g) (Cost $2,538,700) | | 2,538,700 | 2,551,140 |
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Money Market Funds - 1.2% |
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Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (h) | | 43,095,300 | 43,103,919 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (h)(i) | | 57,883,052 | 57,888,840 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $100,992,759) | | | 100,992,759 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.8% (Cost $5,110,924,561) | 8,866,303,438 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.8)% | (66,730,788) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 8,799,572,650 |
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Legend
(b) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $39,735,697 or 0.5% of net assets. |
(d) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(e) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $45,220,212 or 0.5% of net assets. |
(f) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(g) | Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date. |
(h) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(i) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
ASAPP, Inc. warrants 8/28/28 | 8/29/23 | 2 |
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ASAPP, Inc. Series C | 4/30/21 | 4,320,909 |
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ASAPP, Inc. Series D | 8/29/23 | 15,923,745 |
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Blu Investments LLC | 5/21/20 | 25,138 |
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Canva, Inc. Series A | 9/22/23 | 1,083,728 |
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Canva, Inc. Series A2 | 9/22/23 | 196,266 |
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ElevateBio LLC Series C | 3/09/21 | 832,288 |
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Epic Games, Inc. | 3/29/21 | 5,194,065 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C2 | 7/07/20 | 3,431,225 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C3 | 7/07/20 | 5,146,800 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C4 | 1/08/21 | 1,736,640 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C5 | 6/16/21 | 4,149,965 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. 0% | 9/27/23 | 2,538,700 |
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Illuminated Holdings, Inc. 0% | 6/14/23 | 1,940,200 |
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Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 78,582,650 | 1,373,229,734 | 1,408,708,465 | 2,699,786 | - | - | 43,103,919 | 0.1% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 39,142,221 | 404,272,348 | 385,525,729 | 793,420 | - | - | 57,888,840 | 0.2% |
Total | 117,724,871 | 1,777,502,082 | 1,794,234,194 | 3,493,206 | - | - | 100,992,759 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 936,404,845 | 762,859,652 | 169,775,358 | 3,769,835 |
Consumer Discretionary | 964,248,378 | 886,726,122 | 76,176,234 | 1,346,022 |
Consumer Staples | 110,940,425 | 110,940,425 | - | - |
Energy | 327,768,304 | 327,768,304 | - | - |
Financials | 459,582,371 | 459,582,371 | - | - |
Health Care | 1,308,571,201 | 1,298,731,260 | 8,619,084 | 1,220,857 |
Industrials | 1,212,342,609 | 1,212,342,609 | - | - |
Information Technology | 3,421,523,991 | 3,402,553,026 | - | 18,970,965 |
Materials | 19,424,798 | 8,912,576 | - | 10,512,222 |
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Corporate Bonds | 1,952,617 | - | - | 1,952,617 |
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Preferred Securities | 2,551,140 | - | - | 2,551,140 |
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Money Market Funds | 100,992,759 | 100,992,759 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 8,866,303,438 | 8,571,409,104 | 254,570,676 | 40,323,658 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
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Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $54,799,296) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $5,009,931,802) | $ | 8,765,310,679 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $100,992,759) | | 100,992,759 | | |
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Total Investment in Securities (cost $5,110,924,561) | | | $ | 8,866,303,438 |
Cash | | | | 1,623,011 |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $1,116) | | | | 1,122 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 3,220,918 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 1,854,689 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 4,168,406 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 145,370 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 8,246 |
Other receivables | | | | 67,776 |
Total assets | | | | 8,877,392,976 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ | 1,623,010 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | 8,800,552 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 3,748,554 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 475,794 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 613,837 | | |
Deferred taxes | | 4,562,747 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 127,733 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 57,868,099 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 77,820,326 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 8,799,572,650 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 4,923,908,431 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | 3,875,664,219 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 8,799,572,650 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,627,696,450 ÷ 49,706,774 shares) | | | $ | 93.10 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,233,245,023 ÷ 13,352,724 shares) | | | $ | 92.36 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,850,474,209 ÷ 20,578,107 shares) | | | $ | 89.92 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,088,156,968 ÷ 11,789,265 shares) | | | $ | 92.30 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 52,606,267 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $793,420 from security lending) | | | | 3,493,206 |
Total Income | | | | 56,099,473 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 40,573,524 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 5,581,431 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 5,124,021 | | |
Accounting fees | | 1,073,457 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 69,891 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 46,541 | | |
Audit | | 86,277 | | |
Legal | | 17,801 | | |
Interest | | 30,556 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 243,685 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 52,847,184 | | |
Expense reductions | | (467,770) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 52,379,414 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 3,720,059 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $2,501,133) | | 459,815,795 | | |
Foreign currency transactions | | 58,644 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | 459,874,439 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers(net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $1,491,123) | | 1,915,405,159 | | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 13,347 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 1,915,418,506 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 2,375,292,945 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 2,379,013,004 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 3,720,059 | $ | 12,939,725 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | 459,874,439 | | 290,195,869 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 1,915,418,506 | | (2,524,849,915) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 2,379,013,004 | | (2,221,714,321) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (376,069,808) | | (593,948,127) |
| | | | |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | 142,029,914 | | 238,529,974 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 2,144,973,110 | | (2,577,132,474) |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 6,654,599,540 | | 9,231,732,014 |
End of period | $ | 8,799,572,650 | $ | 6,654,599,540 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP Growth Portfolio Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 71.51 | $ | 102.43 | $ | 103.00 | $ | 79.09 | $ | 63.12 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .10 | | .20 | | .37 C | | .01 | | .18 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 25.61 | | (24.46) | | 21.52 | | 32.21 | | 20.42 |
Total from investment operations | | 25.71 | | (24.26) | | 21.89 | | 32.22 | | 20.60 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.11) D | | (.51) | | - | | (.07) | | (.19) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (4.01) D | | (6.15) | | (22.46) | | (8.25) | | (4.44) |
Total distributions | | (4.12) | | (6.66) | | (22.46) | | (8.31) E | | (4.63) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 93.10 | $ | 71.51 | $ | 102.43 | $ | 103.00 | $ | 79.09 |
Total Return F,G | | 36.24% | | (24.46)% | | 23.21% | | 43.89% | | 34.31% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .61% | | .61% | | .61% | | .62% | | .63% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .60% | | .60% | | .60% | | .62% | | .62% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .60% | | .60% | | .60% | | .61% | | .62% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .12% | | .25% | | .36% C | | .02% | | .25% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 4,627,696 | $ | 3,612,472 | $ | 5,103,811 | $ | 4,533,075 | $ | 3,441,605 |
Portfolio turnover rate J | | 48% | | 36% | | 45% | | 53% | | 47% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CNet investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.30 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .07%.
DThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
ETotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
FTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
GTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
HFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
IExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Growth Portfolio Service Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 70.98 | $ | 101.70 | $ | 102.42 | $ | 78.69 | $ | 62.83 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .02 | | .12 | | .27 C | | (.07) | | .11 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 25.40 | | (24.28) | | 21.37 | | 32.03 | | 20.31 |
Total from investment operations | | 25.42 | | (24.16) | | 21.64 | | 31.96 | | 20.42 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.03) D | | (.42) | | - | | (.05) | | (.12) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (4.01) D | | (6.15) | | (22.36) | | (8.18) | | (4.44) |
Total distributions | | (4.04) | | (6.56) E | | (22.36) | | (8.23) | | (4.56) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 92.36 | $ | 70.98 | $ | 101.70 | $ | 102.42 | $ | 78.69 |
Total Return F,G | | 36.09% | | (24.52)% | | 23.08% | | 43.77% | | 34.17% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .71% | | .71% | | .71% | | .72% | | .73% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .70% | | .70% | | .70% | | .72% | | .72% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .70% | | .70% | | .70% | | .71% | | .72% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .02% | | .15% | | .26% C | | (.08)% | | .15% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 1,233,245 | $ | 878,031 | $ | 1,176,735 | $ | 1,018,192 | $ | 745,767 |
Portfolio turnover rate J | | 48% | | 36% | | 45% | | 53% | | 47% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CNet investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.30 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.03)%.
DThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
ETotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
FTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
GTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
HFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
IExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Growth Portfolio Service Class 2 |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 69.27 | $ | 99.42 | $ | 100.58 | $ | 77.43 | $ | 61.91 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | (.10) | | - C | | .11 D | | (.19) | | - C |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 24.76 | | (23.72) | | 20.95 | | 31.46 | | 20.00 |
Total from investment operations | | 24.66 | | (23.72) | | 21.06 | | 31.27 | | 20.00 |
Distributions from net investment income | | - E | | (.28) | | - | | (.04) | | (.04) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (4.01) E | | (6.15) | | (22.22) | | (8.08) | | (4.44) |
Total distributions | | (4.01) | | (6.43) | | (22.22) | | (8.12) | | (4.48) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 89.92 | $ | 69.27 | $ | 99.42 | $ | 100.58 | $ | 77.43 |
Total Return F,G | | 35.89% | | (24.64)% | | 22.90% | | 43.55% | | 33.98% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .86% | | .86% | | .85% | | .87% | | .88% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .85% | | .85% | | .85% | | .87% | | .87% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .85% | | .85% | | .85% | | .86% | | .87% |
Net investment income (loss) | | (.13)% | | -% J | | .11% D | | (.23)% | | -% J |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 1,850,474 | $ | 1,410,220 | $ | 1,941,161 | $ | 1,587,581 | $ | 1,182,162 |
Portfolio turnover rate K | | 48% | | 36% | | 45% | | 53% | | 47% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CAmount represents less than $.005 per share.
DNet investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.29 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.18)%.
EThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
FTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
GTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
HFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
IExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
JAmount represents less than .005%.
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Growth Portfolio Investor Class |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 70.94 | $ | 101.65 | $ | 102.38 | $ | 78.66 | $ | 62.81 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .04 | | .14 | | .29 C | | (.05) | | .12 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 25.39 | | (24.26) | | 21.37 | | 32.02 | | 20.30 |
Total from investment operations | | 25.43 | | (24.12) | | 21.66 | | 31.97 | | 20.42 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.05) D | | (.44) | | - | | (.06) | | (.13) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (4.01) D | | (6.15) | | (22.39) | | (8.20) | | (4.44) |
Total distributions | | (4.07) E | | (6.59) | | (22.39) | | (8.25) E | | (4.57) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 92.30 | $ | 70.94 | $ | 101.65 | $ | 102.38 | $ | 78.66 |
Total Return F,G | | 36.12% | | (24.50)% | | 23.12% | | 43.80% | | 34.18% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .68% | | .68% | | .68% | | .70% | | .70% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .68% | | .68% | | .68% | | .70% | | .70% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .68% | | .68% | | .68% | | .69% | | .70% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .05% | | .17% | | .28% C | | (.06)% | | .17% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 1,088,157 | $ | 753,877 | $ | 1,010,025 | $ | 792,875 | $ | 547,920 |
Portfolio turnover rate J | | 48% | | 36% | | 45% | | 53% | | 47% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CNet investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.30 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.01)%.
DThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
ETotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
FTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
GTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
HFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
IExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Growth Portfolio (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds and preferred securities are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
VIP Growth Portfolio | $28,682 |
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Deferred taxes on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences resulted in distribution reclassifications.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), contingent interest, partnerships and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $3,857,686,501 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (111,416,779) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $3,746,269,722 |
Tax Cost | $5,120,033,716 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed long-term capital gain | $134,036,324 |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $3,746,272,520 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $5,945,947 | $39,702,434 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 370,123,861 | 554,245,693 |
Total | $376,069,808 | $593,948,127 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Growth Portfolio | 3,657,735,414 | 3,822,759,928 |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .52% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $1,060,375 |
Service Class 2 | 4,063,646 |
| $5,124,021 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $2,603,673 | .06 |
Service Class | 668,037 | .06 |
Service Class 2 | 1,024,039 | .06 |
Investor Class | 1,285,682 | .14 |
| $5,581,431 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Growth Portfolio | 0.0132 |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Growth Portfolio | .01 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | 0.57 |
Service Class | 0.57 |
Service Class 2 | 0.57 |
Investor Class | 0.64 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP Growth Portfolio | $43,907 |
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
| Borrower or Lender | Average Loan Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Interest Expense |
VIP Growth Portfolio | Borrower | $ 11,860,412 | 5.46% | $30,556 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) | Realized Gain (Loss) ($) |
VIP Growth Portfolio | 204,047,079 | 283,502,034 | 24,111,993 |
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Growth Portfolio | $13,322 |
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Growth Portfolio | $83,607 | $1,245 | $31,284 |
8. Expense Reductions.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $8,172.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $459,598.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Growth Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $198,939,613 | $327,242,195 |
Service Class | 51,771,109 | 76,304,030 |
Service Class 2 | 79,428,643 | 124,813,908 |
Investor Class | 45,930,443 | 65,587,994 |
Total | $376,069,808 | $593,948,127 |
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Growth Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 3,088,696 | 3,357,698 | $251,910,480 | $269,447,445 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,231,447 | 3,960,831 | 198,939,613 | 327,242,195 |
Shares redeemed | (6,128,028) | (6,632,085) | (512,770,821) | (539,302,844) |
Net increase (decrease) | (807,885) | 686,444 | $(61,920,728) | $57,386,796 |
Service Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,750,547 | 1,422,893 | $142,705,793 | $111,903,088 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 584,833 | 931,059 | 51,771,109 | 76,304,030 |
Shares redeemed | (1,352,746) | (1,554,017) | (111,649,653) | (126,719,809) |
Net increase (decrease) | 982,634 | 799,935 | $82,827,249 | $61,487,309 |
Service Class 2 | | | | |
Shares sold | 2,731,961 | 2,016,536 | $219,668,623 | $158,300,940 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 922,555 | 1,556,899 | 79,428,643 | 124,813,908 |
Shares redeemed | (3,433,968) | (2,741,205) | (275,523,419) | (219,822,709) |
Net increase (decrease) | 220,548 | 832,230 | $23,573,847 | $63,292,139 |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,480,397 | 1,313,073 | $121,139,061 | $104,900,921 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 518,810 | 801,097 | 45,930,443 | 65,587,994 |
Shares redeemed | (837,406) | (1,422,870) | (69,519,958) | (114,125,185) |
Net increase (decrease) | 1,161,801 | 691,300 | $97,549,546 | $56,363,730 |
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders each were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | Affiliated % | Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders | Unaffiliated Shareholders % |
VIP Growth Portfolio | 20% | 2 | 38% |
12. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP Growth Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP Growth Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 14, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Growth Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class ** | | | | .60% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,105.70 | | $ 3.18 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,022.18 | | $ 3.06 |
Service Class | | | | .70% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,105.20 | | $ 3.71 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.68 | | $ 3.57 |
Service Class 2 | | | | .85% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,104.30 | | $ 4.51 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,020.92 | | $ 4.33 |
Investor Class ** | | | | .68% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,105.40 | | $ 3.61 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.78 | | $ 3.47 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Expenses Paid |
VIP Growth Portfolio | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .57% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.03 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 2.91 |
Investor Class | | | | .64% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.40 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.26 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers. | | | | | | |
B 5% return per year before expenses | | | | | | |
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, $457,993,050, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
Initial Class designates 100%, and 100%; Service Class designates 100%, and 100%; Service Class 2 designates 100%, and 0%; and Investor Class designates 100%, and 100%; of the dividends distributed in February and December, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Growth Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class, which was selected because it is the largest class without 12b-1 fees); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Initial Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Initial Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Initial Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and above the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both Fidelity's and competitor's VIP classes and that the servicing component of Initial Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further, based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
A special meeting of shareholders was held on April 19, 2023. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting. |
Proposal 1 |
To reclassify the diversification status of the fund from diversified to non-diversified by eliminating the following fundamental policy: The fund may not with respect to 75% of fund's total assets, purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or securities of other investment companies) if, as a result, (a) more than 5% of fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of that issuer, or (b) the fund would hold more than 10% of outstanding voting securities of issuer. |
| # of Votes | % of Votes |
Affirmative | 5,438,217,830.890 | 84.990 |
Against | 643,821,140.260 | 10.060 |
Abstain | 316,602,919.080 | 4.950 |
TOTAL | 6,398,641,890.230 | 100.000 |
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VIPGRWT-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Life of Fund A |
Initial Class | 27.23% | 1.93% |
Service Class | 27.12% | 1.83% |
Service Class 2 | 26.95% | 1.69% |
Investor Class | 27.15% | 1.85% |
A From October 21, 2021
$10,000 Over Life of Fund |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on October 21, 2021, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
U.S. equities gained 26.29% in 2023, according to the S&P 500® index, as a slowing in the pace of inflation and resilient late-cycle expansion of the U.S. economy provided a favorable backdrop for higher-risk assets for much of the year. After returning -18.11% in 2022, the index's sharp reversal was driven by a narrow set of firms in the information technology and communication services sectors, largely due to excitement for generative artificial intelligence. Monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve continued until late July, when the Fed said it was too soon to tell if its latest hike would conclude a series of increases aimed at cooling the economy and bringing down inflation. Since March 2022, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times before pausing and three times deciding to hold rates at a 22-year high while it observes inflation and the economy. After the Fed's November 1 meeting, when the central bank hinted it might be done raising rates, the S&P 500® reversed a three-month decline due to soaring yields on longer-term government bonds and mixed earnings from some big and influential firms. Favorable data on inflation provided a further boost and the index rose 14% in the final two months. By sector for the year, tech (+61%) and communication services (+56%) led the way, followed by consumer discretionary (+43%). In contrast, the defensive-oriented utilities (-7%) and consumer staples (+1%) sectors notably lagged, as did energy (-1%), hampered by lower oil prices.
Comments from Lead Manager Christopher Lee, Co-Manager Chad Colman and Co-Manager Matthew Drukker:
For the year ending December 31, 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 27%, versus 26.26% for the benchmark MSCI U.S Investable Market 2500 Index. Relative to the benchmark, security selection was the primary contributor, especially within the communication services sector. Picks among health care stocks, especially within the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences industry, also helped. Investment choices in energy also boosted relative performance, as was the case in financials. Not owning Pfizer, a benchmark component that returned -41%, was the top individual relative contributor. An outsized stake in Microsoft (+58%), the portfolio's largest holding, proved advantageous as well. Avoiding Johnson & Johnson, a benchmark component that returned about -9%, also helped. In contrast, the biggest detractor from performance versus the benchmark was the combination of an underweight and stock selection in the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment segment of the information technology sector. An underweight in Nvidia (+239%), which was among the largest holdings within the portfolio at year-end, was the foremost individual relative detractor in 2023. That said, we increased our position in the stock. Avoiding Broadcom, a benchmark component that gained 104%, also proved detrimental from a relative performance standpoint. An overweight in Exxon Mobil (-6%), one of the fund's more sizable holdings, further detracted. Notable changes in positioning include decreased exposure to the energy sector and a higher allocation to information technology stocks.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Microsoft Corp. | 7.2 | |
Apple, Inc. | 5.3 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.5 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A | 3.3 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A | 1.9 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | 1.9 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.7 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.5 | |
Adobe, Inc. | 1.4 | |
Visa, Inc. Class A | 1.4 | |
| 29.1 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Information Technology | 26.2 | |
Financials | 13.3 | |
Health Care | 12.4 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.8 | |
Industrials | 10.2 | |
Communication Services | 8.0 | |
Consumer Staples | 6.1 | |
Energy | 4.0 | |
Real Estate | 2.9 | |
Materials | 2.5 | |
Utilities | 2.2 | |
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Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Futures - 0.3% |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 8.0% | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3% | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | 778,400 | 13,061,552 |
Liberty Global Ltd. Class C | | 40,500 | 754,920 |
| | | 13,816,472 |
Entertainment - 1.5% | | | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | | 4,800 | 656,688 |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.: | | | |
Class A (a) | | 20,900 | 227,810 |
Class B (a) | | 111,500 | 1,136,185 |
Marcus Corp. (b) | | 78,300 | 1,141,614 |
Netflix, Inc. (a) | | 54,800 | 26,681,024 |
Roku, Inc. Class A (a) | | 45,100 | 4,133,866 |
Sea Ltd. ADR (a) | | 122,100 | 4,945,050 |
Spotify Technology SA (a) | | 10,300 | 1,935,473 |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) | | 9,600 | 1,545,120 |
The Walt Disney Co. | | 187,600 | 16,938,404 |
TKO Group Holdings, Inc. | | 40,923 | 3,338,498 |
Warner Music Group Corp. Class A | | 40,400 | 1,445,916 |
| | | 64,125,648 |
Interactive Media & Services - 5.6% | | | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a) | | 1,034,400 | 144,495,336 |
Angi, Inc. (a) | | 596,000 | 1,484,040 |
IAC, Inc. (a) | | 3,400 | 178,092 |
Match Group, Inc. (a) | | 68,400 | 2,496,600 |
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a) | | 239,700 | 84,844,212 |
Pinterest, Inc. Class A (a) | | 134,700 | 4,989,288 |
Snap, Inc. Class A (a) | | 527,700 | 8,933,961 |
| | | 247,421,529 |
Media - 0.4% | | | |
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a) | | 172,900 | 561,925 |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | 68,300 | 2,994,955 |
DISH Network Corp. Class A (a) | | 18,000 | 103,860 |
Liberty Broadband Corp.: | | | |
Class A (a) | | 97,400 | 7,854,336 |
Class C (a) | | 53,300 | 4,295,447 |
S4 Capital PLC (a) | | 176,500 | 120,137 |
| | | 15,930,660 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2% | | | |
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. | | 48,300 | 7,743,939 |
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES | | | 349,038,248 |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.8% | | | |
Automobile Components - 0.1% | | | |
Adient PLC (a) | | 70,350 | 2,557,926 |
Aptiv PLC (a) | | 33,800 | 3,032,536 |
| | | 5,590,462 |
Automobiles - 1.2% | | | |
Tesla, Inc. (a) | | 221,663 | 55,078,822 |
Broadline Retail - 3.8% | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | | 1,016,936 | 154,513,256 |
eBay, Inc. | | 191,739 | 8,363,655 |
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 47,100 | 3,574,419 |
| | | 166,451,330 |
Distributors - 0.0% | | | |
LKQ Corp. | | 34,326 | 1,640,440 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3% | | | |
ARAMARK Holdings Corp. | | 158,400 | 4,451,040 |
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 5,162 | 18,310,750 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a) | | 105,300 | 4,936,464 |
Churchill Downs, Inc. | | 70,830 | 9,557,092 |
Domino's Pizza, Inc. | | 20,754 | 8,555,421 |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | 72,178 | 13,142,892 |
Marriott International, Inc. Class A | | 52,295 | 11,793,045 |
McDonald's Corp. | | 33,480 | 9,927,155 |
Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a) | | 73,900 | 1,922,878 |
Planet Fitness, Inc. (a) | | 44,900 | 3,277,700 |
Red Rock Resorts, Inc. | | 57,100 | 3,045,143 |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | | 83,900 | 10,962,374 |
| | | 99,881,954 |
Household Durables - 0.2% | | | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | 33,300 | 5,060,934 |
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a) | | 25,483 | 2,637,491 |
Newell Brands, Inc. | | 22,200 | 192,696 |
| | | 7,891,121 |
Specialty Retail - 1.9% | | | |
Aritzia, Inc. (a) | | 25,200 | 522,999 |
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a) | | 10,600 | 2,061,488 |
Five Below, Inc. (a) | | 27,872 | 5,941,196 |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. | | 121,689 | 27,081,887 |
The Home Depot, Inc. | | 39,224 | 13,593,077 |
TJX Companies, Inc. | | 312,020 | 29,270,596 |
Valvoline, Inc. | | 123,219 | 4,630,570 |
| | | 83,101,813 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.3% | | | |
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a) | | 83,168 | 4,178,360 |
lululemon athletica, Inc. (a) | | 31,600 | 16,156,764 |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | 3,300 | 2,681,373 |
NIKE, Inc. Class B | | 142,269 | 15,446,145 |
PVH Corp. | | 94,040 | 11,484,165 |
Tapestry, Inc. | | 151,997 | 5,595,010 |
| | | 55,541,817 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | | 475,177,759 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.1% | | | |
Beverages - 2.1% | | | |
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a) | | 20,450 | 7,067,316 |
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (non-vtg.) | | 20,500 | 1,170,550 |
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) | | 29,685 | 7,176,349 |
Diageo PLC | | 113,095 | 4,104,803 |
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (a) | | 37,700 | 371,345 |
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. | | 532,600 | 17,746,232 |
Monster Beverage Corp. | | 129,500 | 7,460,495 |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | 52,200 | 8,865,648 |
The Coca-Cola Co. | | 640,600 | 37,750,558 |
| | | 91,713,296 |
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.0% | | | |
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.) | | 75,600 | 4,451,959 |
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 39,300 | 2,619,738 |
Dollar General Corp. | | 41,030 | 5,578,029 |
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a) | | 18,400 | 2,613,720 |
Performance Food Group Co. (a) | | 128,346 | 8,875,126 |
Sysco Corp. | | 30,700 | 2,245,091 |
Target Corp. | | 47,435 | 6,755,693 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | 4,700 | 122,717 |
Walmart, Inc. | | 70,400 | 11,098,560 |
| | | 44,360,633 |
Food Products - 0.7% | | | |
Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | 25,499 | 1,841,538 |
Bunge Global SA | | 14,250 | 1,438,538 |
Conagra Brands, Inc. | | 44,800 | 1,283,968 |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a) | | 18,897 | 941,826 |
General Mills, Inc. | | 28,600 | 1,863,004 |
Laird Superfood, Inc. (a) | | 35,100 | 31,941 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | | 13,500 | 1,459,215 |
Mondelez International, Inc. | | 146,900 | 10,639,967 |
Nomad Foods Ltd. (a) | | 265,882 | 4,506,700 |
The Hershey Co. | | 4,300 | 801,692 |
The J.M. Smucker Co. | | 19,900 | 2,514,962 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a) | | 35,626 | 1,476,698 |
Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A | | 67,100 | 3,606,625 |
| | | 32,406,674 |
Household Products - 1.3% | | | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | 40,900 | 3,260,139 |
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | | 224,800 | 7,121,664 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | 56,600 | 6,877,466 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | | 233,500 | 34,217,090 |
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | | 107,948 | 2,897,324 |
The Clorox Co. | | 11,100 | 1,582,749 |
| | | 55,956,432 |
Personal Care Products - 0.5% | | | |
Edgewell Personal Care Co. | | 32,500 | 1,190,475 |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A | | 45,200 | 6,610,500 |
Herbalife Ltd. (a)(b) | | 32,100 | 489,846 |
Kenvue, Inc. | | 657,800 | 14,162,434 |
Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 399,524 | 1,014,791 |
| | | 23,468,046 |
Tobacco - 0.5% | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | 217,200 | 8,761,848 |
British American Tobacco PLC: | | | |
(United Kingdom) | | 16,573 | 484,913 |
sponsored ADR | | 21,100 | 618,019 |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | 110,700 | 10,414,656 |
| | | 20,279,436 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | | 268,184,517 |
ENERGY - 4.0% | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5% | | | |
Core Laboratories, Inc. | | 19,600 | 346,136 |
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) | | 49,500 | 643,500 |
Expro Group Holdings NV (a) | | 225,700 | 3,593,144 |
Newpark Resources, Inc. (a) | | 68,900 | 457,496 |
Noble Corp. PLC | | 14,900 | 717,584 |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | 97,000 | 5,047,880 |
TechnipFMC PLC | | 177,400 | 3,572,836 |
Valaris Ltd. (a) | | 20,000 | 1,371,400 |
Weatherford International PLC (a) | | 64,300 | 6,290,469 |
| | | 22,040,445 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.5% | | | |
Africa Oil Corp. | | 1,905,100 | 3,580,015 |
Athabasca Oil Corp. (a) | | 1,213,300 | 3,818,317 |
ConocoPhillips Co. | | 131,600 | 15,274,812 |
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. (a) | | 780,000 | 100,072 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 679,200 | 67,906,416 |
Hess Corp. | | 32,400 | 4,670,784 |
Imperial Oil Ltd. | | 233,200 | 13,283,979 |
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a) | | 648,777 | 4,353,294 |
MEG Energy Corp. (a) | | 580,900 | 10,376,894 |
PBF Energy, Inc. Class A | | 31,400 | 1,380,344 |
Phillips 66 Co. | | 91,700 | 12,208,938 |
Shell PLC ADR | | 98,100 | 6,454,980 |
Valero Energy Corp. | | 70,300 | 9,139,000 |
| | | 152,547,845 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 174,588,290 |
FINANCIALS - 13.3% | | | |
Banks - 4.9% | | | |
AIB Group PLC | | 504,980 | 2,162,994 |
Bancorp, Inc., Delaware (a) | | 101,600 | 3,917,696 |
Bank of America Corp. | | 567,898 | 19,121,126 |
Bank of Ireland Group PLC | | 306,500 | 2,782,547 |
Citigroup, Inc. | | 98,470 | 5,065,297 |
DNB Bank ASA | | 166,700 | 3,544,250 |
East West Bancorp, Inc. | | 140,300 | 10,094,585 |
HDFC Bank Ltd. sponsored ADR | | 42,800 | 2,872,308 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 446,161 | 75,891,986 |
KBC Group NV | | 21,306 | 1,381,139 |
KeyCorp | | 681,796 | 9,817,862 |
M&T Bank Corp. | | 47,598 | 6,524,734 |
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (a) | | 870,800 | 3,076,223 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | 147,715 | 22,873,668 |
Popular, Inc. | | 110,000 | 9,027,700 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | 41,800 | 2,033,981 |
Truist Financial Corp. | | 169,332 | 6,251,737 |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | 625,751 | 30,799,464 |
| | | 217,239,297 |
Capital Markets - 2.8% | | | |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | 248,319 | 12,925,004 |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | | 17,079 | 13,864,732 |
Brookfield Corp. Class A | | 80,896 | 3,245,548 |
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | | 27,175 | 4,852,368 |
CME Group, Inc. | | 47,833 | 10,073,630 |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | | 68,604 | 5,687,272 |
Lazard, Inc. Class A | | 90,800 | 3,159,840 |
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | | 25,200 | 2,978,931 |
LPL Financial | | 24,600 | 5,599,452 |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | | 23,800 | 6,969,830 |
Moody's Corp. | | 27,451 | 10,721,263 |
Morgan Stanley | | 155,076 | 14,460,837 |
Northern Trust Corp. | | 52,100 | 4,396,198 |
Patria Investments Ltd. | | 238,500 | 3,699,135 |
State Street Corp. | | 1,430 | 110,768 |
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A | | 94,123 | 2,995,935 |
Tradeweb Markets, Inc. Class A | | 42,100 | 3,826,048 |
UBS Group AG | | 316,943 | 9,793,539 |
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A | | 104,747 | 2,122,174 |
| | | 121,482,504 |
Consumer Finance - 0.1% | | | |
NerdWallet, Inc. (a) | | 63,400 | 933,248 |
OneMain Holdings, Inc. | | 106,899 | 5,259,431 |
| | | 6,192,679 |
Financial Services - 3.1% | | | |
Apollo Global Management, Inc. | | 146,708 | 13,671,719 |
Block, Inc. Class A (a) | | 235,800 | 18,239,130 |
Essent Group Ltd. | | 135,716 | 7,157,662 |
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | | 107,330 | 14,257,717 |
Global Payments, Inc. | | 83,647 | 10,623,169 |
MGIC Investment Corp. | | 24,743 | 477,292 |
Repay Holdings Corp. (a) | | 386,638 | 3,301,889 |
UWM Holdings Corp. Class A (b) | | 402,274 | 2,876,259 |
Visa, Inc. Class A | | 235,766 | 61,381,678 |
Voya Financial, Inc. | | 28,500 | 2,079,360 |
Worldline SA (a)(c) | | 32,528 | 565,662 |
| | | 134,631,537 |
Insurance - 2.4% | | | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | 60,077 | 13,510,116 |
Beazley PLC | | 633,244 | 4,213,398 |
Chubb Ltd. | | 68,444 | 15,468,344 |
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (a) | | 1,555,215 | 3,606,895 |
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.) | | 6,262 | 5,777,410 |
Globe Life, Inc. | | 35,463 | 4,316,556 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | 100,105 | 8,046,440 |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | 71,922 | 13,627,061 |
Progressive Corp. | | 73,434 | 11,696,568 |
Prudential PLC | | 143,305 | 1,616,866 |
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | | 37,648 | 6,090,693 |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. | | 45,951 | 8,753,206 |
Unum Group | | 190,540 | 8,616,219 |
| | | 105,339,772 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | | 584,885,789 |
HEALTH CARE - 12.4% | | | |
Biotechnology - 2.3% | | | |
Acelyrin, Inc. | | 75,000 | 559,500 |
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 275,000 | 882,750 |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 25,000 | 4,785,250 |
Ambrx Biopharma, Inc. | | 50,000 | 712,000 |
Arcellx, Inc. (a) | | 32,000 | 1,776,000 |
Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a) | | 54,000 | 1,031,400 |
Argenx SE ADR (a) | | 20,000 | 7,608,600 |
Ascendis Pharma A/S sponsored ADR (a) | | 60,000 | 7,557,000 |
Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (a) | | 100,000 | 905,000 |
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a) | | 54,000 | 4,980,960 |
Cargo Therapeutics, Inc. | | 100,000 | 2,315,000 |
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 50,000 | 1,983,000 |
Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings (a) | | 50,000 | 2,120,000 |
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a) | | 128,000 | 10,686,720 |
Janux Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 45,000 | 482,850 |
Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 35,000 | 1,391,600 |
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a) | | 92,000 | 5,535,640 |
Morphic Holding, Inc. (a) | | 28,000 | 808,640 |
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a) | | 50,000 | 3,679,500 |
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 230,000 | 772,800 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 27,500 | 24,152,975 |
Repligen Corp. (a) | | 9,300 | 1,672,140 |
Vaxcyte, Inc. (a) | | 100,000 | 6,280,000 |
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 85,000 | 1,851,300 |
Xencor, Inc. (a) | | 80,000 | 1,698,400 |
Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 65,000 | 2,993,900 |
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | 60,000 | 909,000 |
| | | 100,131,925 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.7% | | | |
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | | 861,700 | 49,814,877 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a) | | 100,000 | 7,625,000 |
Glaukos Corp. (a) | | 68,000 | 5,405,320 |
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | | 36,000 | 7,323,480 |
Insulet Corp. (a) | | 40,000 | 8,679,200 |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | | 5,000 | 1,686,800 |
Masimo Corp. (a) | | 72,000 | 8,439,120 |
Outset Medical, Inc. (a) | | 67,000 | 362,470 |
Penumbra, Inc. (a) | | 88,000 | 22,135,520 |
PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (a) | | 46,000 | 1,927,860 |
Stryker Corp. | | 21,800 | 6,528,228 |
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a) | | 18,000 | 532,440 |
| | | 120,460,315 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 3.5% | | | |
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a) | | 58,500 | 4,548,960 |
agilon health, Inc. (a) | | 805,000 | 10,102,750 |
Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | 300,000 | 2,583,000 |
Centene Corp. (a) | | 200,000 | 14,842,000 |
Cigna Group | | 70,000 | 20,961,500 |
CVS Health Corp. | | 315,000 | 24,872,400 |
Humana, Inc. | | 8,400 | 3,845,604 |
LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a) | | 525,000 | 4,110,750 |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | 8,500 | 3,071,135 |
Privia Health Group, Inc. (a) | | 254,000 | 5,849,620 |
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a) | | 245,000 | 7,837,550 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 100,000 | 52,647,000 |
| | | 155,272,269 |
Health Care Technology - 0.2% | | | |
Evolent Health, Inc. | | 120,000 | 3,963,600 |
Phreesia, Inc. (a) | | 85,000 | 1,967,750 |
Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A (a) | | 14,000 | 2,695,280 |
| | | 8,626,630 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.9% | | | |
10X Genomics, Inc. (a) | | 164,200 | 9,188,632 |
Bruker Corp. | | 72,000 | 5,290,560 |
Danaher Corp. | | 154,000 | 35,626,360 |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 28,000 | 6,478,640 |
Lonza Group AG | | 4,500 | 1,897,139 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | 45,000 | 23,885,550 |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | 3,600 | 1,267,632 |
| | | 83,634,513 |
Pharmaceuticals - 1.8% | | | |
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) | | 68,000 | 9,172,514 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 69,000 | 40,221,480 |
Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | 28,000 | 387,520 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | 150,000 | 16,353,000 |
Pharvaris BV (a) | | 64,000 | 1,795,200 |
Royalty Pharma PLC | | 183,021 | 5,141,060 |
Structure Therapeutics, Inc. ADR | | 49,062 | 1,999,767 |
UCB SA | | 22,800 | 1,985,918 |
Verona Pharma PLC ADR (a) | | 40,000 | 795,200 |
| | | 77,851,659 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | | 545,977,311 |
INDUSTRIALS - 10.2% | | | |
Aerospace & Defense - 2.0% | | | |
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a) | | 17,400 | 4,494,942 |
HEICO Corp. Class A | | 33,200 | 4,729,008 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | 207,000 | 11,202,840 |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | 44,300 | 9,330,466 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | 25,800 | 11,693,592 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | 15,200 | 7,115,728 |
The Boeing Co. (a) | | 120,000 | 31,279,200 |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | 8,300 | 8,396,280 |
| | | 88,242,056 |
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.3% | | | |
FedEx Corp. | | 53,600 | 13,559,192 |
Building Products - 0.8% | | | |
Carlisle Companies, Inc. | | 41,500 | 12,965,845 |
Trane Technologies PLC | | 96,600 | 23,560,740 |
| | | 36,526,585 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.7% | | | |
Cintas Corp. | | 23,900 | 14,403,574 |
Waste Connections, Inc. (United States) | | 94,100 | 14,046,307 |
| | | 28,449,881 |
Construction & Engineering - 0.6% | | | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | 13,700 | 2,951,391 |
Quanta Services, Inc. | | 21,700 | 4,682,860 |
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings (a) | | 375,500 | 16,709,750 |
| | | 24,344,001 |
Electrical Equipment - 1.3% | | | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | 175,500 | 28,938,195 |
Eaton Corp. PLC | | 74,200 | 17,868,844 |
Nextracker, Inc. Class A | | 16,800 | 787,080 |
Regal Rexnord Corp. | | 38,200 | 5,654,364 |
Sunrun, Inc. (a) | | 11,600 | 227,708 |
Vertiv Holdings Co. | | 56,400 | 2,708,892 |
| | | 56,185,083 |
Ground Transportation - 1.5% | | | |
CSX Corp. | | 403,300 | 13,982,411 |
Landstar System, Inc. | | 24,100 | 4,666,965 |
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc. | | 19,400 | 7,863,402 |
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a) | | 369,300 | 22,737,801 |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 66,200 | 16,260,044 |
| | | 65,510,623 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.3% | | | |
General Electric Co. | | 111,300 | 14,205,219 |
Machinery - 2.4% | | | |
AGCO Corp. | | 73,800 | 8,960,058 |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | 89,300 | 26,403,331 |
Chart Industries, Inc. (a) | | 41,900 | 5,712,227 |
Flowserve Corp. | | 306,300 | 12,625,686 |
Fortive Corp. | | 162,700 | 11,979,601 |
Graco, Inc. | | 61,200 | 5,309,712 |
IDEX Corp. | | 19,500 | 4,233,645 |
ITT, Inc. | | 66,300 | 7,910,916 |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | | 37,800 | 17,414,460 |
Snap-On, Inc. | | 18,300 | 5,285,772 |
| | | 105,835,408 |
Marine Transportation - 0.0% | | | |
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (b) | | 30,200 | 1,673,080 |
Professional Services - 0.2% | | | |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a) | | 21,400 | 1,436,368 |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 114,800 | 3,541,580 |
TransUnion Holding Co., Inc. | | 55,500 | 3,813,405 |
| | | 8,791,353 |
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1% | | | |
Air Lease Corp. Class A | | 31,400 | 1,316,916 |
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | 4,100 | 3,397,629 |
| | | 4,714,545 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | | 448,037,026 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 26.2% | | | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3% | | | |
Corning, Inc. | | 254,800 | 7,758,660 |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | | 55,200 | 7,755,600 |
| | | 15,514,260 |
IT Services - 2.0% | | | |
Capgemini SA | | 75,200 | 15,669,466 |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A | | 189,100 | 14,282,723 |
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a) | | 27,100 | 8,057,914 |
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a) | | 30,100 | 12,306,385 |
Okta, Inc. (a) | | 81,400 | 7,369,142 |
Shopify, Inc. Class A (a) | | 26,800 | 2,087,720 |
Snowflake, Inc. (a) | | 73,000 | 14,527,000 |
Twilio, Inc. Class A (a) | | 159,300 | 12,086,091 |
Wix.com Ltd. (a) | | 8,600 | 1,057,972 |
| | | 87,444,413 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.7% | | | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | | 91,310 | 13,460,007 |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | 196,900 | 39,096,464 |
ASML Holding NV (depository receipt) | | 3,700 | 2,800,604 |
Intel Corp. | | 38,800 | 1,949,700 |
Marvell Technology, Inc. | | 87,200 | 5,259,032 |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | | 102,800 | 9,270,504 |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | 334,400 | 28,537,696 |
NVIDIA Corp. | | 169,200 | 83,791,224 |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | 109,600 | 9,154,888 |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | 34,600 | 3,889,732 |
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)(b) | | 81,400 | 7,619,040 |
| | | 204,828,891 |
Software - 13.9% | | | |
Adobe, Inc. (a) | | 104,200 | 62,165,720 |
Atlassian Corp. PLC (a) | | 54,100 | 12,868,226 |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | 84,600 | 20,598,408 |
Bill Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 67,591 | 5,514,750 |
BlackLine, Inc. (a) | | 63,900 | 3,989,916 |
Constellation Software, Inc. | | 2,600 | 6,446,324 |
Constellation Software, Inc. warrants 8/22/28 (a)(d) | | 2,600 | 0 |
Datadog, Inc. Class A (a) | | 77,400 | 9,394,812 |
Elastic NV (a) | | 77,800 | 8,768,060 |
Five9, Inc. (a) | | 130,530 | 10,271,406 |
Gen Digital, Inc. | | 458,042 | 10,452,518 |
HubSpot, Inc. (a) | | 28,900 | 16,777,606 |
Microsoft Corp. | | 843,300 | 317,114,526 |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a) | | 54,100 | 15,953,008 |
PTC, Inc. (a) | | 71,200 | 12,457,152 |
Salesforce, Inc. (a) | | 230,400 | 60,627,456 |
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a) | | 224,900 | 10,358,894 |
Workday, Inc. Class A (a) | | 81,000 | 22,360,860 |
Workiva, Inc. (a) | | 69,800 | 7,086,794 |
| | | 613,206,436 |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 5.3% | | | |
Apple, Inc. | | 1,204,700 | 231,940,891 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | | 1,152,934,891 |
MATERIALS - 2.5% | | | |
Chemicals - 1.7% | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | 14,900 | 4,079,620 |
Cabot Corp. | | 39,300 | 3,281,550 |
Celanese Corp. Class A | | 30,600 | 4,754,322 |
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund | | 176,100 | 1,132,314 |
Corteva, Inc. | | 70,600 | 3,383,152 |
Dow, Inc. | | 118,500 | 6,498,540 |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | | 29,600 | 2,277,128 |
Ecolab, Inc. | | 7,000 | 1,388,450 |
Ecovyst, Inc. (a) | | 45,300 | 442,581 |
Element Solutions, Inc. | | 62,000 | 1,434,680 |
Koppers Holdings, Inc. | | 12,900 | 660,738 |
Linde PLC | | 54,200 | 22,260,482 |
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A | | 34,800 | 3,308,784 |
Nutrien Ltd. | | 17,800 | 1,002,807 |
Olin Corp. | | 46,300 | 2,497,885 |
Orion SA | | 27,500 | 762,575 |
Quaker Houghton | | 2,000 | 426,840 |
Sherwin-Williams Co. | | 10,800 | 3,368,520 |
The Chemours Co. LLC | | 133,100 | 4,197,974 |
The Mosaic Co. | | 51,600 | 1,843,668 |
Tronox Holdings PLC | | 202,000 | 2,860,320 |
Westlake Corp. | | 18,300 | 2,561,268 |
| | | 74,424,198 |
Construction Materials - 0.1% | | | |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | 4,600 | 2,294,986 |
Vulcan Materials Co. | | 9,500 | 2,156,595 |
| | | 4,451,581 |
Containers & Packaging - 0.2% | | | |
Aptargroup, Inc. | | 23,300 | 2,880,346 |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | 11,600 | 2,345,056 |
Crown Holdings, Inc. | | 17,700 | 1,629,993 |
Greif, Inc. Class A | | 34,200 | 2,243,178 |
| | | 9,098,573 |
Metals & Mining - 0.5% | | | |
Alcoa Corp. | | 7,600 | 258,400 |
Arch Resources, Inc. | | 4,300 | 713,542 |
Commercial Metals Co. | | 27,100 | 1,356,084 |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | | 95,000 | 777,895 |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | | 12,800 | 1,417,800 |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | 163,900 | 6,977,223 |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a) | | 176,900 | 1,715,531 |
Nucor Corp. | | 30,100 | 5,238,604 |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | 17,000 | 2,007,700 |
Teck Resources Ltd. Class B | | 34,100 | 1,441,407 |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | | 16,600 | 818,944 |
| | | 22,723,130 |
Paper & Forest Products - 0.0% | | | |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | | 3,600 | 254,988 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | | 110,952,470 |
REAL ESTATE - 2.9% | | | |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.7% | | | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | 19,400 | 2,459,338 |
American Tower Corp. | | 36,900 | 7,965,972 |
Americold Realty Trust | | 125,100 | 3,786,777 |
Crown Castle International Corp. | | 87,900 | 10,125,201 |
CubeSmart | | 149,900 | 6,947,865 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | 36,900 | 4,966,002 |
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | | 55,800 | 809,100 |
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | | 9,700 | 1,780,338 |
Equinix, Inc. | | 11,850 | 9,543,872 |
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | | 55,200 | 3,893,808 |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | 17,800 | 4,413,332 |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | 9,200 | 1,475,036 |
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | | 150,600 | 3,810,180 |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | | 87,600 | 2,988,036 |
Lamar Advertising Co. Class A | | 16,800 | 1,785,504 |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | 36,900 | 4,961,574 |
NETSTREIT Corp. | | 58,100 | 1,037,085 |
NNN (REIT), Inc. | | 60,100 | 2,590,310 |
Outfront Media, Inc. | | 69,000 | 963,240 |
Prologis (REIT), Inc. | | 114,365 | 15,244,855 |
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | | 33,000 | 3,631,980 |
SITE Centers Corp. | | 238,300 | 3,248,029 |
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | | 69,500 | 1,926,540 |
Terreno Realty Corp. | | 30,000 | 1,880,100 |
UDR, Inc. | | 61,000 | 2,335,690 |
Urban Edge Properties | | 155,600 | 2,847,480 |
Ventas, Inc. | | 145,100 | 7,231,784 |
Welltower, Inc. | | 52,400 | 4,724,908 |
| | | 119,373,936 |
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.2% | | | |
CBRE Group, Inc. (a) | | 69,000 | 6,423,210 |
CoStar Group, Inc. (a) | | 29,800 | 2,604,222 |
Doma Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)(b) | | 44,408 | 205,609 |
| | | 9,233,041 |
TOTAL REAL ESTATE | | | 128,606,977 |
UTILITIES - 2.2% | | | |
Electric Utilities - 1.6% | | | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | 48,900 | 3,971,658 |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | 32,578 | 3,808,042 |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 82,800 | 8,034,912 |
Edison International | | 70,900 | 5,068,641 |
Entergy Corp. | | 41,600 | 4,209,504 |
Evergy, Inc. | | 40,900 | 2,134,980 |
Eversource Energy | | 46,500 | 2,869,980 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | 103,400 | 3,790,644 |
Fortum Corp. | | 19,300 | 278,259 |
IDACORP, Inc. | | 4,900 | 481,768 |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | 227,865 | 13,840,520 |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | 12,315 | 636,686 |
PG&E Corp. | | 411,357 | 7,416,767 |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | 10,800 | 775,872 |
PPL Corp. | | 146,300 | 3,964,730 |
Southern Co. | | 117,346 | 8,228,302 |
| | | 69,511,265 |
Gas Utilities - 0.0% | | | |
UGI Corp. | | 28,100 | 691,260 |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.2% | | | |
Clearway Energy, Inc. Class A | | 11,800 | 301,844 |
Energy Harbor Corp. (a) | | 18,700 | 1,505,350 |
NextEra Energy Partners LP | | 27,800 | 845,398 |
Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)(b) | | 36,600 | 558,150 |
The AES Corp. | | 115,700 | 2,227,225 |
Vistra Corp. | | 50,000 | 1,926,000 |
| | | 7,363,967 |
Multi-Utilities - 0.4% | | | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | 15,900 | 1,446,423 |
DTE Energy Co. | | 22,000 | 2,425,720 |
NiSource, Inc. | | 121,600 | 3,228,480 |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | 48,900 | 2,990,235 |
Sempra | | 114,600 | 8,564,058 |
| | | 18,654,916 |
Water Utilities - 0.0% | | | |
American Water Works Co., Inc. | | 4,300 | 567,557 |
Essential Utilities, Inc. | | 23,800 | 888,930 |
| | | 1,456,487 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | | 97,677,895 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,884,415,564) | | | 4,336,061,173 |
| | | |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
FINANCIALS - 0.0% | | | |
Financial Services - 0.0% | | | |
Saluda Medical, Inc. Series E (d)(e) (Cost $607,788) | | 75,279 | 615,029 |
| | | |
Convertible Bonds - 0.0% |
| | Principal Amount (f) | Value ($) |
FINANCIALS - 0.0% | | | |
Financial Services - 0.0% | | | |
Affirm Holdings, Inc. 0% 11/15/26 (Cost $1,797,609) | | 2,525,000 | 2,064,188 |
| | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0% |
| | Principal Amount (f) | Value ($) |
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 5.29% 3/21/24 (g) (Cost $751,184) | | 760,000 | 751,341 |
| | | |
Money Market Funds - 1.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (h) | | 55,997,294 | 56,008,494 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (h)(i) | | 13,495,778 | 13,497,128 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $69,505,621) | | | 69,505,622 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.2% (Cost $3,957,077,766) | 4,408,997,353 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.2)% | (9,726,887) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 4,399,270,466 |
| |
Futures Contracts |
| Number of contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount ($) | Value ($) | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) ($) |
Purchased | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Equity Index Contracts | | | | | |
CME Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States) | 57 | Mar 2024 | 13,737,000 | 131,033 | 131,033 |
| | | | | |
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.3% |
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(b) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(c) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $565,662 or 0.0% of net assets. |
(e) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $615,029 or 0.0% of net assets. |
(f) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(g) | Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $692,025. |
(h) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(i) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
Saluda Medical, Inc. Series E | 4/06/23 | 607,788 |
| | |
Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 29,677,895 | 965,898,884 | 939,568,285 | 2,554,497 | - | - | 56,008,494 | 0.1% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 6,805,625 | 108,624,624 | 101,933,122 | 116,353 | - | 1 | 13,497,128 | 0.0% |
Total | 36,483,520 | 1,074,523,508 | 1,041,501,407 | 2,670,850 | - | 1 | 69,505,622 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
|
Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 349,038,248 | 349,038,248 | - | - |
Consumer Discretionary | 475,177,759 | 472,496,386 | 2,681,373 | - |
Consumer Staples | 268,184,517 | 263,594,801 | 4,589,716 | - |
Energy | 174,588,290 | 174,588,290 | - | - |
Financials | 585,500,818 | 571,363,552 | 13,522,237 | 615,029 |
Health Care | 545,977,311 | 534,907,658 | 11,069,653 | - |
Industrials | 448,037,026 | 448,037,026 | - | - |
Information Technology | 1,152,934,891 | 1,152,934,891 | - | - |
Materials | 110,952,470 | 110,952,470 | - | - |
Real Estate | 128,606,977 | 128,606,977 | - | - |
Utilities | 97,677,895 | 97,677,895 | - | - |
|
Corporate Bonds | 2,064,188 | - | 2,064,188 | - |
|
U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations | 751,341 | - | 751,341 | - |
|
Money Market Funds | 69,505,622 | 69,505,622 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 4,408,997,353 | 4,373,703,816 | 34,678,508 | 615,029 |
| | | | |
|
Net Unrealized Depreciation on Unfunded Commitments | (34,048) | - | (34,048) | - |
Total | (34,048) | - | (34,048) | - |
Derivative Instruments: Assets | | | | |
Futures Contracts | 131,033 | 131,033 | - | - |
Total Assets | 131,033 | 131,033 | - | - |
Total Derivative Instruments: | 131,033 | 131,033 | - | - |
Value of Derivative Instruments
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of December 31, 2023. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Primary Risk Exposure / Derivative Type | Value |
| Asset ($) | Liability ($) |
Equity Risk | | |
Futures Contracts (a) | 131,033 | 0 |
Total Equity Risk | 131,033 | 0 |
Total Value of Derivatives | 131,033 | 0 |
(a)Reflects gross cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the period end daily variation margin is included in receivable or payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts, and the net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) is included in Total accumulated earnings (loss).
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $12,868,750) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $3,887,572,145) | $ | 4,339,491,731 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $69,505,621) | | 69,505,622 | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $3,957,077,766) | | | $ | 4,408,997,353 |
Cash | | | | 97,941 |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $53) | | | | 53 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 9,167,502 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 894,837 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 2,754,161 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 235,060 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 4,219 |
Other receivables | | | | 13,692 |
Total assets | | | | 4,422,164,818 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ | 5,832,858 | | |
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded commitments | | 34,048 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | 1,013,003 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 1,806,167 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 29 | | |
Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts | | 34,913 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 577,570 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 98,636 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 13,497,128 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 22,894,352 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 4,399,270,466 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 4,535,084,178 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | (135,813,712) |
Net Assets | | | $ | 4,399,270,466 |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($102,581 ÷ 10,000 shares) | | | $ | 10.26 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($102,576 ÷ 10,000 shares) | | | $ | 10.26 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($102,569 ÷ 10,000 shares) | | | $ | 10.26 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,398,962,740 ÷ 428,740,966 shares) | | | $ | 10.26 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 51,469,352 |
Interest | | | | 251,784 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $116,353 from security lending) | | | | 2,670,850 |
Total Income | | | | 54,391,986 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | | | | |
Basic fee | $ | 21,349,298 | | |
Performance adjustment | | (838,255) | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 5,662,777 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 321 | | |
Accounting fees | | 921,643 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 174,810 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 25,938 | | |
Audit | | 50,226 | | |
Legal | | 7,288 | | |
Interest | | 28,969 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 20,145 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 27,403,160 | | |
Expense reductions | | (245,575) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 27,157,585 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 27,234,401 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | (198,381,602) | | |
Foreign currency transactions | | (29,060) | | |
Futures contracts | | 1,715,587 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | (196,695,075) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 1,152,884,919 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 1 | | |
Unfunded commitments | | (34,048) | | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 11,179 | | |
Futures contracts | | 164,339 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 1,153,026,390 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 956,331,315 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 983,565,716 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
|
| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 27,234,401 | $ | 26,908,621 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (196,695,075) | | (372,818,816) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 1,153,026,390 | | (813,339,493) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 983,565,716 | | (1,159,249,688) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (26,932,705) | | (29,166,377) |
| | | | |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | (519,431,981) | | (942,758,718) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 437,201,030 | | (2,131,174,783) |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 3,962,069,436 | | 6,093,244,219 |
End of period | $ | 4,399,270,466 | $ | 3,962,069,436 |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Financial Highlights
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio Initial Class |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 A |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 | $ | 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) B,C | | .07 | | .05 | | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.14 | | (2.02) | | .16 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.21 | | (1.97) | | .17 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.07) | | (.07) | | (.01) |
Total distributions | | (.07) | | (.07) | | (.01) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.26 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 |
Total Return D,E,F | | 27.23% | | (19.42)% | | 1.73% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .60% | | .61% | | .61% I,J |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .59% | | .61% | | .61% I,J |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .59% | | .61% | | .61% I,J |
Net investment income (loss) | | .74% | | .63% | | .52% I,J |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 103 | $ | 81 | $ | 102 |
Portfolio turnover rate K | | 39% | | 29% | | 159% L,M |
AFor the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
CNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAnnualized.
JAudit fees are not annualized.
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
LPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
MAmount not annualized.
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio Service Class |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 A |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 | $ | 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) B,C | | .06 | | .05 | | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.14 | | (2.03) | | .16 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.20 | | (1.98) | | .17 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.06) | | (.06) | | (.01) |
Total distributions | | (.06) | | (.06) | | (.01) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.26 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 |
Total Return D,E,F | | 27.12% | | (19.51)% | | 1.71% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .70% | | .71% | | .71% I,J |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .69% | | .71% | | .71% I,J |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .69% | | .71% | | .71% I,J |
Net investment income (loss) | | .64% | | .53% | | .41% I,J |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 103 | $ | 81 | $ | 102 |
Portfolio turnover rate K | | 39% | | 29% | | 159% L,M |
AFor the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
CNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAudit fees are not annualized.
JAnnualized.
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
LAmount not annualized.
MPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio Service Class 2 |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 A |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 | $ | 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) B,C | | .05 | | .03 | | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.14 | | (2.02) | | .16 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.19 | | (1.99) | | .17 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.05) | | (.05) | | (.01) |
Total distributions | | (.05) | | (.05) | | (.01) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.26 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 |
Total Return D,E,F | | 26.95% | | (19.63)% | | 1.68% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .85% | | .86% | | .86% I,J |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .84% | | .86% | | .86% I,J |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .84% | | .86% | | .86% I,J |
Net investment income (loss) | | .49% | | .38% | | .26% I,J |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 103 | $ | 81 | $ | 102 |
Portfolio turnover rate K | | 39% | | 29% | | 159% L,M |
AFor the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
CNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAudit fees are not annualized.
JAnnualized.
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
LPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
MAmount not annualized.
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio Investor Class |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 A |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 | $ | 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) B,C | | .06 | | .05 | | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.14 | | (2.03) | | .16 |
Total from investment operations | | 2.20 | | (1.98) | | .17 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.06) | | (.06) | | (.01) |
Total distributions | | (.06) | | (.06) | | (.01) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.26 | $ | 8.12 | $ | 10.16 |
Total Return D,E,F | | 27.15% | | (19.51)% | | 1.72% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .67% | | .68% | | .68% I,J |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .67% | | .68% | | .68% I,J |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .67% | | .68% | | .68% I,J |
Net investment income (loss) | | .67% | | .56% | | .44% I,J |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 4,398,963 | $ | 3,961,826 | $ | 6,092,940 |
Portfolio turnover rate K | | 39% | | 29% | | 159% L,M |
AFor the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
CNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAudit fees are not annualized.
JAnnualized.
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
LAmount not annualized.
MPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds and U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $640,843,830 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (216,795,838) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $424,047,992 |
Tax Cost | $3,984,915,313 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Capital loss carryforward | $(559,621,309) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $424,060,879 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
Short-term | $(329,192,881) |
Long-term | (230,428,428) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(559,621,309) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $26,932,705 | $ 29,166,377 |
Long-term Capital Gains | - | - |
Total | $26,932,705 | $ 29,166,377 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) or similar special purpose entities. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital via an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies via merger, business combination, acquisition or other similar transactions within a designated time frame.
Private Investment in Public Equity. Funds may acquire equity securities of an issuer through a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) transaction, including through commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued basis. A PIPE typically involves the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a resale registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective.
At the current and/or prior period end, the Fund had commitments to purchase when-issued securities through PIPE transactions with SPACs. The commitments are contingent upon the SPACs acquiring the securities of target companies. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable. The total amount of commitments outstanding at period end is presented in the table below.
| Investment to be Acquired | Shares | Commitment Amount |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | 54,916 | $528,841 |
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow for various types of derivative instruments, including futures contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified asset based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.
Derivatives were used to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the objectives may not be achieved.
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
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Equity Risk | Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment. |
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to a fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded contracts may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.
Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.
Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. Futures contracts were used to manage exposure to the stock market.
Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent daily payments are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable, if any, is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.
Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts". The notional amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument or index at period end, and is representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented. Any securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Any cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is presented as segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, U.S. government securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 1,582,118,994 | 2,110,954,790 |
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of +/- .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Investor Class as compared to its benchmark index, the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index, over the same 36 month performance period. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .50% of the Fund's average net assets. The performance adjustment included in the management fee rate may be higher or lower than the maximum performance adjustment rate due to the difference between the average net assets for the reporting and performance periods.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $92 |
Service Class 2 | 229 |
| $321 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $58 | .06 |
Service Class | 58 | .06 |
Service Class 2 | 58 | .06 |
Investor Class | 5,662,603 | .14 |
| $5,662,777 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 0.0219 |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | .02 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a basic fee rate that may vary by class (subject to a performance adjustment). The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
The management fee will be determined by calculating a basic fee and then applying a performance adjustment.
When determining a class's basic fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual basic fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | 0.58 |
Service Class | 0.58 |
Service Class 2 | 0.58 |
Investor Class | 0.65 |
One-twelfth of the basic fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the basic fee for the class for that month.
The performance adjustment rate will be calculated monthly by comparing over the performance period the Fund's performance to that of the performance adjustment index listed below.
| Performance Adjustment Index |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index |
For the purposes of calculating the performance adjustment for the Fund, the Fund's investment performance will be based on the performance of the Investor Class. To the extent that other classes of the Fund have higher expenses, this could result in those classes bearing a larger positive performance adjustment and smaller negative performance adjustment than would be the case if each class's own performance were considered.
The performance period is the most recent 36 month period.
The maximum annualized performance adjustment rate will be ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over the performance period. The performance adjustment rate will be divided by twelve and multiplied by the Fund's average net assets over the performance period, and the resulting dollar amount will be proportionately added to or subtracted from a class's basic fee.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | $ 27,447 |
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
| Borrower or Lender | Average Loan Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Interest Expense |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | Borrower | $ 27,101,625 | 4.81% | $28,969 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) | Realized Gain (Loss) ($) |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 89,450,140 | 118,555,424 | (7,434,352) |
Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses as follows:
| Amount ($) |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 4,262 |
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | $7,432 |
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | $12,423 | $29,527 | $122,559 |
9. Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $245,575.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $700 | $690 |
Service Class | 610 | 600 |
Service Class 2 | 470 | 470 |
Investor Class | 26,930,925 | 29,164,617 |
Total | $26,932,705 | $29,166,377 |
11. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | | | | |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 18,170,367 | 10,559,446 | $165,243,730 | $94,934,938 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,677,030 | 3,467,850 | 26,930,925 | 29,164,617 |
Shares redeemed | (79,876,495) | (126,156,690) | (711,606,636) | (1,066,858,273) |
Net increase (decrease) | (59,029,098) | (112,129,394) | $(519,431,981) | $(942,758,718) |
12. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
In addition, at the end of the period, the following mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of 10% or more of the total outstanding shares.
| VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio | VIP FundsManager 60% Portfolio | VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 29% | 44% | 16% |
Mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates, in aggregate, were the owners of record of more than 20% of the total outstanding shares.
Fund | % of shares held |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | 100% |
13. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and for the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and for the period October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 13, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class ** | | | | .58% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,089.80 | | $ 3.06 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,022.28 | | $ 2.96 |
Service Class ** | | | | .68% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,090.00 | | $ 3.58 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.78 | | $ 3.47 |
Service Class 2 | | | | .83% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,088.50 | | $ 4.37 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.02 | | $ 4.23 |
Investor Class ** | | | | .66% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,089.10 | | $ 3.48 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.88 | | $ 3.36 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Expenses Paid |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .55% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 2.90 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 2.80 |
Service Class | | | | .65% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.42 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.31 |
Investor Class | | | | .62% | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 3.27 |
Hypothetical- B | | | | | | $ 3.16 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers. | | | | | | |
B 5% return per year before expenses | | | | | | |
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Initial Class, Service Class, Service Class 2, and Investor Class designate 100% of the dividend distributed during December of the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of the retail class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The Board also considered information about the impact of the fund's performance adjustment.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps and without taking into account the fund's performance adjustment) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of the retail class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to the retail class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of the retail class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Initial Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and above the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both Fidelity's and competitor's VIP classes and that the servicing component of Initial Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period (a rolling 36-month period) exceeds, or is exceeded by, a securities index, thus leading to a performance adjustment for the same period. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior long-term performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the shareholders of the fund.
In connection its consideration of the fund's performance adjustment, the Board noted that the performance of Investor Class is used for purposes of determining the performance adjustment. The Board noted that to the extent the performance adjustment was based on the performance of a share class with higher total annual operating expenses, the fund would be subject to a smaller positive and larger negative performance adjustment. The Board considered the appropriateness of the use of Investor Class as the basis for the performance adjustment. The Board noted that Investor Class is typically the largest class (reflecting the actual investment experience for the plurality of shareholders), employs a standard expense structure, and does not include fund-paid 12b-1 fees, which Fidelity believes makes it a more appropriate measurement of Fidelity's investment skill.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee, including the use of Investor Class as the basis for the performance adjustment, is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
1.9904320.102
VSACI-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP High Income Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
Initial Class | 10.48% | 3.87% | 3.40% |
Service Class | 10.50% | 3.80% | 3.30% |
Service Class 2 | 10.24% | 3.60% | 3.14% |
Investor Class | 10.30% | 3.83% | 3.35% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP High Income Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on December 31, 2013. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the ICE® BofA® US High Yield Constrained Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
High-yield bonds gained 13.47% in 2023, according to the ICE BofA® US High Yield Constrained Index, as a slowing in the pace of inflation and resilient late-cycle expansion of the U.S. economy provided a favorable backdrop for higher-risk assets for much of the year. After returning -11.21% in 2022, the index sharply reversed course and made a fairly steady advance through August, rising alongside U.S. stocks. Monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve continued amid consistent pressure on core inflation. Since March 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times in a series of increases aimed at cooling the economy and bringing down inflation before holding rates at a 22-year high in July. After the Fed's November 1 meeting, when the central bank hinted it might be done raising rates, the high-yield index reversed a two-month decline that was due to soaring yields on longer-term government bonds and mixed earnings from some big and influential firms. Favorable data on inflation, as well as positive corporate earnings, provided a further boost and the index rose 8.42% in the final two months of 2023. For the year, all 19 industries in the index advanced, with retail and leisure (+17% each) leading. Financial services (+16%) benefited from high interest rates, while insurance (+15%), services and automotive (+14% each) also stood out. Conversely, the defensive transportation (+9%) and telecommunications (+11%) groups lagged most.
Comments from Co-Managers Benjamin Harrison, Alexandre Karam Jared Beckerman:
In 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 10% to 11%, versus 13.45% for the benchmark ICE BofA US High Yield/US High Yield Constrained Blend Index. The fund's core investment in high-yield bonds gained 12.73% and detracted from performance versus the benchmark. By industry, security selection was the primary detractor, especially within energy. Our choices financial services, health care and media also hurt. The fund's position in cash detracted. The biggest individual relative detractor was a non-benchmark stake in Mesquite Energy (-52%). Mesquite Energy was among the fund's largest holdings this period. A second notable relative detractor was an overweight in Rackspace Hosting (-14%). An overweight in Dish Network (+4%) also hurt. Dish Network was one of our biggest holdings. In contrast, the biggest contributor to performance versus the benchmark was security selection in leisure. Our picks in services and consumer goods also boosted the fund's relative performance. The top individual relative contributor was an overweight in Brand Energy (+37%). The second-largest relative contributor was an overweight in EG Group (+24%). An underweight in Carnival (+32%) also helped. Carnival was among the largest holdings at period end. Notable changes in positioning include increased exposure to the technology & electronics industry and a lower allocation to telecommunications.
Note to shareholders:
On June 8, 2023, Michael Weaver came off of the fund. On January 1, 2024, Jared Beckerman assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets) |
(with maturities greater than one year) |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. | 1.6 | |
Community Health Systems, Inc. | 1.5 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1.4 | |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 1.4 | |
TransDigm, Inc. | 1.3 | |
DISH Network Corp. | 1.3 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC | 1.3 | |
Carnival Corp. | 1.3 | |
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp. | 1.1 | |
CSC Holdings LLC | 1.0 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Energy | 14.0 | |
Healthcare | 7.2 | |
Technology | 7.1 | |
Services | 5.4 | |
Telecommunications | 5.3 | |
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Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes. |
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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* Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities). Percentages are adjusted for the effect of derivatives, if applicable. |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Corporate Bonds - 84.0% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Convertible Bonds - 1.1% | | | |
Broadcasting - 1.0% | | | |
DISH Network Corp.: | | | |
2.375% 3/15/24 | | 3,658,000 | 3,621,420 |
3.375% 8/15/26 | | 8,064,000 | 4,273,920 |
| | | 7,895,340 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 0.1% | | | |
Redfin Corp. 0.5% 4/1/27 | | 1,046,000 | 671,427 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 8,566,767 |
Nonconvertible Bonds - 82.9% | | | |
Aerospace - 2.5% | | | |
ATI, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 10/1/29 | | 250,000 | 232,990 |
5.875% 12/1/27 | | 770,000 | 759,582 |
Bombardier, Inc. 7.875% 4/15/27 (b) | | 2,110,000 | 2,110,466 |
BWX Technologies, Inc. 4.125% 6/30/28 (b) | | 2,000,000 | 1,854,580 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.: | | | |
5.9% 2/1/27 | | 684,000 | 701,551 |
6.875% 5/1/25 | | 684,000 | 693,789 |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.: | | | |
4.5% 6/1/31 (b) | | 485,000 | 418,083 |
4.625% 3/1/28 (b) | | 1,735,000 | 1,604,580 |
Moog, Inc. 4.25% 12/15/27 (b) | | 110,000 | 103,868 |
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. 9.75% 11/15/30 (b) | | 565,000 | 607,360 |
TransDigm, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 1/15/29 | | 855,000 | 802,738 |
5.5% 11/15/27 | | 3,970,000 | 3,890,600 |
6.25% 3/15/26 (b) | | 3,755,000 | 3,748,512 |
6.75% 8/15/28 (b) | | 1,100,000 | 1,127,500 |
7.5% 3/15/27 | | 425,000 | 427,151 |
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc. 9.5% 6/1/28 (b) | | 275,000 | 232,737 |
| | | 19,316,087 |
Air Transportation - 0.8% | | | |
Air Canada 3.875% 8/15/26 (b) | | 874,000 | 835,011 |
American Airlines, Inc.: | | | |
7.25% 2/15/28 (b) | | 365,000 | 369,172 |
8.5% 5/15/29 (b) | | 1,245,000 | 1,314,719 |
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. 5.5% 4/20/26 (b) | | 1,954,167 | 1,940,070 |
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC 6.5% 6/20/27 (b) | | 245,000 | 245,696 |
Rand Parent LLC 8.5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,720,000 | 1,644,880 |
| | | 6,349,548 |
Automotive - 0.5% | | | |
Ford Motor Co.: | | | |
6.1% 8/19/32 | | 2,390,000 | 2,413,693 |
7.4% 11/1/46 | | 290,000 | 316,866 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.625% 6/17/31 | | 980,000 | 845,589 |
| | | 3,576,148 |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 1.9% | | | |
Adient Global Holdings Ltd. 7% 4/15/28 (b) | | 205,000 | 211,955 |
Allison Transmission, Inc. 4.75% 10/1/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 161,367 |
Dana Financing Luxembourg SARL 5.75% 4/15/25 (b) | | 83,000 | 82,589 |
Dana, Inc.: | | | |
4.25% 9/1/30 | | 167,000 | 148,017 |
5.375% 11/15/27 | | 167,000 | 165,849 |
Ford Motor Co.: | | | |
3.25% 2/12/32 | | 892,000 | 742,701 |
4.346% 12/8/26 | | 167,000 | 162,747 |
4.75% 1/15/43 | | 360,000 | 298,280 |
5.291% 12/8/46 | | 145,000 | 127,769 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | | |
U.S. Secured Overnight Fin. Rate (SOFR) Index + 2.950% 8.2863% 3/6/26 (c)(d) | | 995,000 | 1,021,835 |
3.375% 11/13/25 | | 517,000 | 494,723 |
3.815% 11/2/27 | | 925,000 | 864,086 |
4% 11/13/30 | | 350,000 | 314,051 |
4.125% 8/17/27 | | 790,000 | 747,880 |
4.389% 1/8/26 | | 705,000 | 685,538 |
4.95% 5/28/27 | | 1,410,000 | 1,375,523 |
5.125% 6/16/25 | | 355,000 | 350,341 |
6.95% 3/6/26 | | 2,845,000 | 2,915,907 |
IHO Verwaltungs GmbH 4.75% 9/15/26 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 145,000 | 138,838 |
LCM Investments Holdings 8.25% 8/1/31 (b) | | 470,000 | 490,541 |
Macquarie AirFinance Holdings: | | | |
8.125% 3/30/29 (b) | | 685,000 | 715,977 |
8.375% 5/1/28 (b) | | 735,000 | 769,802 |
Rivian Holdco & Rivian LLC & Rivian Automotive LLC 6 month U.S. LIBOR + 5.620% 11.4932% 10/15/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 205,000 | 204,386 |
ZF North America Capital, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 4/29/25 (b) | | 845,000 | 835,373 |
6.875% 4/14/28 (b) | | 370,000 | 383,420 |
7.125% 4/14/30 (b) | | 370,000 | 394,425 |
| | | 14,803,920 |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.7% | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc.: | | | |
5.75% 11/20/25 | | 235,000 | 233,536 |
6.7% 2/14/33 | | 1,465,000 | 1,466,734 |
Jane Street Group LLC/JSG Finance, Inc. 4.5% 11/15/29 (b) | | 560,000 | 522,213 |
Quicken Loans LLC/Quicken Loans Co.-Issuer, Inc. 4% 10/15/33 (b) | | 295,000 | 250,611 |
UniCredit SpA: | | | |
5.861% 6/19/32 (b)(c) | | 1,532,000 | 1,498,864 |
7.296% 4/2/34 (b)(c) | | 863,000 | 887,238 |
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc.: | | | |
6.375% 2/1/30 (b) | | 280,000 | 195,544 |
7.875% 5/1/27 (b) | | 280,000 | 241,029 |
Western Alliance Bancorp. 3% 6/15/31 (c) | | 405,000 | 352,350 |
| | | 5,648,119 |
Broadcasting - 1.6% | | | |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. 9% 9/15/28 (b) | | 1,895,000 | 1,977,366 |
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co. 5.375% (b)(e) | | 5,215,000 | 260,750 |
DISH Network Corp. 11.75% 11/15/27 (b) | | 1,770,000 | 1,847,627 |
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 5.5% 3/1/30 (b) | | 660,000 | 495,079 |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.: | | | |
3.125% 9/1/26 (b) | | 167,000 | 156,925 |
4.125% 7/1/30 (b) | | 1,360,000 | 1,211,865 |
5.5% 7/1/29 (b) | | 410,000 | 396,400 |
TEGNA, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 3/15/28 | | 1,100,000 | 1,027,477 |
5% 9/15/29 | | 425,000 | 389,389 |
Univision Communications, Inc.: | | | |
4.5% 5/1/29 (b) | | 1,265,000 | 1,128,700 |
6.625% 6/1/27 (b) | | 890,000 | 887,573 |
8% 8/15/28 (b) | | 2,240,000 | 2,310,829 |
| | | 12,089,980 |
Building Materials - 1.0% | | | |
Advanced Drain Systems, Inc.: | | | |
5% 9/30/27 (b) | | 1,207,000 | 1,164,755 |
6.375% 6/15/30 (b) | | 300,000 | 302,248 |
AmeriTex Holdco Intermediate LLC 10.25% 10/15/28 (b) | | 495,000 | 507,375 |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 6.5% 8/1/30 (b) | | 825,000 | 843,539 |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. 4.25% 2/1/32 (b) | | 1,270,000 | 1,145,515 |
Smyrna Ready Mix LLC 8.875% 11/15/31 (b) | | 1,290,000 | 1,356,017 |
SRS Distribution, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 7/1/28 (b) | | 780,000 | 739,983 |
6% 12/1/29 (b) | | 715,000 | 666,671 |
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp. 7.25% 1/15/31 (b) | | 570,000 | 600,611 |
| | | 7,326,714 |
Cable/Satellite TV - 3.4% | | | |
Block Communications, Inc. 4.875% 3/1/28 (b) | | 167,000 | 146,125 |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 2/1/31 (b) | | 2,925,000 | 2,556,246 |
4.25% 1/15/34 (b) | | 1,370,000 | 1,113,299 |
4.5% 8/15/30 (b) | | 1,750,000 | 1,577,597 |
4.5% 5/1/32 | | 2,885,000 | 2,470,900 |
4.75% 2/1/32 (b) | | 1,975,000 | 1,741,871 |
5% 2/1/28 (b) | | 905,000 | 865,888 |
5.125% 5/1/27 (b) | | 2,334,000 | 2,255,040 |
CSC Holdings LLC: | | | |
3.375% 2/15/31 (b) | | 2,500,000 | 1,823,934 |
4.125% 12/1/30 (b) | | 795,000 | 604,796 |
4.5% 11/15/31 (b) | | 345,000 | 260,846 |
4.625% 12/1/30 (b) | | 4,050,000 | 2,438,588 |
5.375% 2/1/28 (b) | | 1,930,000 | 1,704,833 |
5.75% 1/15/30 (b) | | 1,940,000 | 1,207,650 |
DIRECTV Financing LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co-Obligor, Inc. 5.875% 8/15/27 (b) | | 527,000 | 495,157 |
DISH DBS Corp.: | | | |
5.75% 12/1/28 (b) | | 1,760,000 | 1,403,776 |
5.875% 11/15/24 | | 167,000 | 156,606 |
Dolya Holdco 18 DAC 5% 7/15/28 (b) | | 851,000 | 799,259 |
Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Financial Service Ltd.: | | | |
4.5% 9/15/26 (b) | | 815,000 | 621,603 |
6.5% 9/15/28 (b) | | 900,000 | 440,986 |
Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes SARL 5.5% 3/1/28 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 935,000 |
Ziggo BV 4.875% 1/15/30 (b) | | 990,000 | 882,716 |
| | | 26,502,716 |
Capital Goods - 1.0% | | | |
Mueller Water Products, Inc. 4% 6/15/29 (b) | | 1,277,000 | 1,163,346 |
Regal Rexnord Corp.: | | | |
6.05% 2/15/26 (b) | | 1,050,000 | 1,061,606 |
6.05% 4/15/28 (b) | | 705,000 | 713,655 |
6.3% 2/15/30 (b) | | 705,000 | 723,267 |
Vertical Holdco GmbH 7.625% 7/15/28 (b) | | 935,000 | 918,442 |
Vertical U.S. Newco, Inc. 5.25% 7/15/27 (b) | | 3,410,000 | 3,349,837 |
| | | 7,930,153 |
Chemicals - 4.3% | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B BV 7.25% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,430,000 | 1,499,688 |
CVR Partners LP 6.125% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,029,000 | 959,975 |
Element Solutions, Inc. 3.875% 9/1/28 (b) | | 645,000 | 593,811 |
INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC 9.625% 3/15/29 (b) | | 1,440,000 | 1,537,200 |
Kobe U.S. Midco 2, Inc. 9.25% 11/1/26 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 1,074,500 | 800,567 |
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc. 5% 12/31/26 (b) | | 1,040,000 | 1,014,000 |
LSB Industries, Inc. 6.25% 10/15/28 (b) | | 620,000 | 588,010 |
Methanex Corp.: | | | |
5.125% 10/15/27 | | 2,855,000 | 2,789,486 |
5.65% 12/1/44 | | 2,267,000 | 1,976,416 |
NOVA Chemicals Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 5/15/29 (b) | | 1,135,000 | 955,643 |
4.875% 6/1/24 (b) | | 940,000 | 931,784 |
5% 5/1/25 (b) | | 530,000 | 516,852 |
5.25% 6/1/27 (b) | | 1,245,000 | 1,167,199 |
Olin Corp. 5% 2/1/30 | | 690,000 | 658,367 |
Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 10/1/28 (b) | | 1,180,000 | 1,061,758 |
6.25% 10/1/29 (b) | | 1,250,000 | 1,110,201 |
9.75% 11/15/28 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,629,238 |
SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 5/1/28 (b) | | 2,375,000 | 2,221,376 |
6.625% 5/1/29 (b) | | 1,125,000 | 1,049,875 |
SCIL IV LLC / SCIL U.S.A. Holdings LLC 5.375% 11/1/26 (b) | | 905,000 | 868,738 |
The Chemours Co. LLC: | | | |
4.625% 11/15/29 (b) | | 515,000 | 452,146 |
5.375% 5/15/27 | | 2,147,000 | 2,097,947 |
5.75% 11/15/28 (b) | | 1,745,000 | 1,662,122 |
Tronox, Inc. 4.625% 3/15/29 (b) | | 2,370,000 | 2,099,342 |
W.R. Grace Holding LLC: | | | |
5.625% 8/15/29 (b) | | 2,490,000 | 2,191,093 |
7.375% 3/1/31 (b) | | 295,000 | 295,090 |
| | | 32,727,924 |
Consumer Products - 0.8% | | | |
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp. 5.375% 4/1/26 (b) | | 167,000 | 163,433 |
HFC Prestige Products, Inc./HFC Prestige International U.S. LLC 6.625% 7/15/30 (b) | | 1,155,000 | 1,186,543 |
Kohl's Corp. 4.25% 7/17/25 | | 85,000 | 82,951 |
Mattel, Inc.: | | | |
3.375% 4/1/26 (b) | | 2,032,000 | 1,932,360 |
5.45% 11/1/41 | | 290,000 | 261,173 |
5.875% 12/15/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 166,779 |
Newell Brands, Inc.: | | | |
4.7% 4/1/26 | | 350,000 | 345,174 |
6.375% 9/15/27 | | 350,000 | 347,495 |
6.5% 4/1/46 (f) | | 290,000 | 241,113 |
6.625% 9/15/29 | | 380,000 | 378,479 |
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.: | | | |
4% 4/1/31 | | 145,000 | 123,019 |
4.375% 2/1/32 | | 220,000 | 185,904 |
TKC Holdings, Inc. 10.5% 5/15/29 (b) | | 1,165,000 | 1,054,325 |
| | | 6,468,748 |
Containers - 1.9% | | | |
ARD Finance SA 6.5% 6/30/27 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 1,190,000 | 555,944 |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings U.S.A., Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 8/15/27 (b) | | 1,479,000 | 1,147,807 |
5.25% 8/15/27 (b) | | 1,740,000 | 1,350,361 |
Ball Corp.: | | | |
2.875% 8/15/30 | | 365,000 | 313,237 |
4.875% 3/15/26 | | 1,060,000 | 1,056,128 |
6% 6/15/29 | | 440,000 | 449,330 |
Berry Global, Inc. 4.875% 7/15/26 (b) | | 585,000 | 574,883 |
BWAY Holding Co.: | | | |
7.875% 8/15/26 (b) | | 1,095,000 | 1,114,361 |
9.25% 4/15/27 (b) | | 830,000 | 814,691 |
Graham Packaging Co., Inc. 7.125% 8/15/28 (b) | | 350,000 | 315,000 |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 3.75% 2/1/30 (b) | | 500,000 | 450,000 |
LABL, Inc.: | | | |
5.875% 11/1/28 (b) | | 205,000 | 185,735 |
6.75% 7/15/26 (b) | | 135,000 | 131,275 |
9.5% 11/1/28 (b) | | 135,000 | 136,350 |
10.5% 7/15/27 (b) | | 800,000 | 767,237 |
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. 7.25% 5/15/31 (b) | | 345,000 | 349,792 |
Sealed Air Corp. 5% 4/15/29 (b) | | 2,080,000 | 2,011,391 |
Sealed Air Corp./Sealed Air Corp. U.S.: | | | |
6.125% 2/1/28 (b) | | 435,000 | 438,746 |
7.25% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,415,000 | 1,500,325 |
Trivium Packaging Finance BV: | | | |
5.5% 8/15/26 (b) | | 365,000 | 358,105 |
8.5% 8/15/27 (b) | | 655,000 | 642,443 |
| | | 14,663,141 |
Diversified Financial Services - 3.7% | | | |
Aercap Global Aviation Trust 6.5% 6/15/45 (b)(c) | | 685,000 | 686,021 |
Coinbase Global, Inc. 3.375% 10/1/28 (b) | | 690,000 | 582,204 |
Emerald Debt Merger Sub LLC 6.625% 12/15/30 (b) | | 2,975,000 | 3,038,576 |
Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC 7.875% 12/1/30 (b) | | 1,090,000 | 1,135,540 |
GGAM Finance Ltd.: | | | |
7.75% 5/15/26 (b) | | 690,000 | 700,349 |
8% 2/15/27 (b) | | 1,565,000 | 1,604,188 |
8% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,040,000 | 1,075,983 |
Gn Bondco LLC 9.5% 10/15/31 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,498,605 |
GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC 7.5% 1/15/31 (b) | | 940,000 | 993,319 |
Hightower Holding LLC 6.75% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,110,000 | 1,000,421 |
HTA Group Ltd. 7% 12/18/25 (b) | | 2,360,000 | 2,317,992 |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.: | | | |
4.375% 2/1/29 | | 2,755,000 | 2,300,590 |
5.25% 5/15/27 | | 500,000 | 451,250 |
6.25% 5/15/26 | | 4,517,000 | 4,309,207 |
6.375% 12/15/25 | | 810,000 | 795,219 |
Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp. 5% 8/15/28 (b) | | 372,000 | 332,969 |
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp. 4.75% 6/15/29 (b) | | 820,000 | 739,382 |
LPL Holdings, Inc. 4.375% 5/15/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 330,519 |
OneMain Finance Corp.: | | | |
3.5% 1/15/27 | | 1,905,000 | 1,762,971 |
6.875% 3/15/25 | | 145,000 | 146,781 |
7.125% 3/15/26 | | 2,750,000 | 2,801,670 |
| | | 28,603,756 |
Diversified Media - 0.5% | | | |
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc. 6.5% 11/15/28 (b) | | 1,755,000 | 1,617,250 |
Cmg Media Corp. 8.875% 12/15/27 (b) | | 3,135,000 | 2,486,463 |
| | | 4,103,713 |
Electric Utilities No Longer Use - 0.1% | | | |
FirstEnergy Corp.: | | | |
1.6% 1/15/26 | | 167,000 | 155,319 |
2.05% 3/1/25 | | 167,000 | 161,155 |
7.375% 11/15/31 | | 167,000 | 197,012 |
| | | 513,486 |
Energy - 12.4% | | | |
Altus Midstream LP: | | | |
5.875% 6/15/30 (b) | | 890,000 | 873,136 |
6.625% 12/15/28 (b) | | 2,550,000 | 2,597,968 |
Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp.: | | | |
5.75% 3/1/27 (b) | | 532,000 | 527,870 |
7.875% 5/15/26 (b) | | 532,000 | 544,886 |
Antero Resources Corp. 7.625% 2/1/29 (b) | | 167,000 | 171,363 |
Apache Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 1/15/30 | | 612,000 | 571,835 |
5.1% 9/1/40 | | 655,000 | 561,211 |
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC 4.125% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,480,000 | 1,387,044 |
California Resources Corp. 7.125% 2/1/26 (b) | | 495,000 | 502,021 |
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp. 9.75% 7/15/28 (b) | | 590,000 | 586,053 |
Centennial Resource Production LLC: | | | |
5.875% 7/1/29 (b) | | 1,010,000 | 979,700 |
7% 1/15/32 (b) | | 1,670,000 | 1,722,893 |
7.75% 2/15/26 (b) | | 540,000 | 549,358 |
CGG SA 8.75% 4/1/27 (b) | | 855,000 | 778,802 |
Cheniere Energy Partners LP: | | | |
3.25% 1/31/32 | | 1,410,000 | 1,201,365 |
4% 3/1/31 | | 730,000 | 663,674 |
Cheniere Energy, Inc. 4.625% 10/15/28 | | 167,000 | 163,014 |
Citgo Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
6.375% 6/15/26 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,529,932 |
8.375% 1/15/29 (b) | | 755,000 | 776,389 |
CNX Resources Corp.: | | | |
7.25% 3/14/27 (b) | | 268,000 | 270,322 |
7.375% 1/15/31 (b) | | 385,000 | 387,672 |
Comstock Resources, Inc.: | | | |
5.875% 1/15/30 (b) | | 880,000 | 763,224 |
6.75% 3/1/29 (b) | | 1,180,000 | 1,079,119 |
CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC 7.5% 12/15/33 (b) | | 925,000 | 958,260 |
CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc.: | | | |
5% 5/1/29 (b) | | 920,000 | 897,000 |
5.625% 10/15/25 (b) | | 130,000 | 129,827 |
CVR Energy, Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 2/15/25 (b) | | 2,321,000 | 2,317,056 |
5.75% 2/15/28 (b) | | 1,334,000 | 1,230,615 |
8.5% 1/15/29 (b) | | 2,250,000 | 2,238,750 |
Delek Logistics Partners LP 7.125% 6/1/28 (b) | | 2,255,000 | 2,129,962 |
DT Midstream, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 6/15/29 (b) | | 935,000 | 860,184 |
4.375% 6/15/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 329,242 |
Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 5.75% 1/30/28 (b) | | 600,000 | 600,566 |
Energy Transfer LP: | | | |
5.625% 5/1/27 (b) | | 4,198,000 | 4,183,665 |
7.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 725,000 | 761,928 |
EnLink Midstream LLC: | | | |
5.625% 1/15/28 (b) | | 395,000 | 390,530 |
6.5% 9/1/30 (b) | | 660,000 | 673,841 |
EnLink Midstream Partners LP 4.85% 7/15/26 | | 650,000 | 636,802 |
EQM Midstream Partners LP: | | | |
4% 8/1/24 | | 670,000 | 663,698 |
4.75% 1/15/31 (b) | | 300,000 | 279,195 |
6% 7/1/25 (b) | | 85,000 | 84,961 |
6.5% 7/1/27 (b) | | 415,000 | 422,566 |
6.5% 7/15/48 | | 150,000 | 153,704 |
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp. 6.875% 1/15/29 | | 1,220,000 | 1,177,317 |
Harvest Midstream I LP 7.5% 9/1/28 (b) | | 645,000 | 641,181 |
Hess Midstream Partners LP: | | | |
4.25% 2/15/30 (b) | | 635,000 | 584,200 |
5.125% 6/15/28 (b) | | 2,465,000 | 2,378,225 |
5.5% 10/15/30 (b) | | 365,000 | 353,268 |
5.625% 2/15/26 (b) | | 1,710,000 | 1,697,483 |
HF Sinclair Corp. 5% 2/1/28 (b) | | 1,350,000 | 1,309,237 |
Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC 8.875% 7/15/28 (b) | | 745,000 | 781,925 |
Jonah Energy Parent LLC 12% 11/5/25 (g)(h) | | 1,295,305 | 1,361,754 |
MEG Energy Corp. 7.125% 2/1/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 169,711 |
Mesquite Energy, Inc. 7.25% (b)(e)(h) | | 5,722,000 | 1 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. 6.5% 9/30/26 (b) | | 3,695,000 | 3,548,689 |
NGL Energy Operating LLC/NGL Energy Finance Corp. 7.5% 2/1/26 (b) | | 1,030,000 | 1,040,309 |
Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.: | | | |
8.125% 3/1/28 (b) | | 1,085,000 | 1,098,563 |
8.75% 6/15/31 (b) | | 345,000 | 359,351 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
4.2% 3/15/48 | | 360,000 | 282,881 |
4.4% 8/15/49 | | 510,000 | 378,032 |
5.5% 12/1/25 | | 1,310,000 | 1,309,733 |
5.55% 3/15/26 | | 377,000 | 379,726 |
5.875% 9/1/25 | | 2,955,000 | 2,971,622 |
6.125% 1/1/31 | | 1,090,000 | 1,131,624 |
6.625% 9/1/30 | | 1,284,000 | 1,365,547 |
7.875% 9/15/31 | | 375,000 | 426,585 |
7.95% 6/15/39 | | 185,000 | 215,525 |
8.5% 7/15/27 | | 1,100,000 | 1,199,851 |
8.875% 7/15/30 | | 1,270,000 | 1,486,159 |
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp. 7.875% 9/15/30 (b) | | 1,645,000 | 1,675,268 |
Range Resources Corp.: | | | |
4.875% 5/15/25 | | 167,000 | 164,939 |
8.25% 1/15/29 | | 167,000 | 172,840 |
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC: | | | |
4.8% 5/15/30 (b) | | 250,000 | 228,750 |
4.95% 7/15/29 (b) | | 1,010,000 | 965,738 |
6.875% 4/15/40 (b) | | 385,000 | 376,648 |
Seadrill Finance Ltd. 8.375% 8/1/30 (b) | | 580,000 | 605,131 |
Sitio Royalties OP / Sitio Finance Corp. 7.875% 11/1/28 (b) | | 1,407,000 | 1,457,962 |
SM Energy Co. 5.625% 6/1/25 | | 690,000 | 681,868 |
Southwestern Energy Co. 4.75% 2/1/32 | | 925,000 | 855,821 |
Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp. 5.875% 3/1/27 | | 302,000 | 300,481 |
Sunnova Energy Corp.: | | | |
5.875% 9/1/26 (b) | | 550,000 | 468,193 |
11.75% 10/1/28 (b) | | 745,000 | 677,950 |
Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.: | | | |
4.5% 5/15/29 | | 620,000 | 575,931 |
5.875% 3/15/28 | | 500,000 | 499,334 |
Superior Plus LP / Superior General Partner, Inc. 4.5% 3/15/29 (b) | | 670,000 | 621,271 |
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.: | | | |
5.5% 1/15/28 (b) | | 2,252,000 | 2,128,159 |
6% 12/31/30 (b) | | 3,930,000 | 3,653,102 |
6% 9/1/31 (b) | | 2,100,000 | 1,942,354 |
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 4.875% 2/1/31 | | 730,000 | 709,129 |
Teine Energy Ltd. 6.875% 4/15/29 (b) | | 167,000 | 156,794 |
Transocean Poseidon Ltd. 6.875% 2/1/27 (b) | | 446,250 | 444,034 |
Transocean, Inc.: | | | |
7.5% 1/15/26 (b) | | 525,000 | 515,833 |
8% 2/1/27 (b) | | 1,275,000 | 1,243,125 |
8.75% 2/15/30 (b) | | 893,000 | 932,971 |
Valaris Ltd. 8.375% 4/30/30 (b) | | 1,320,000 | 1,352,393 |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC: | | | |
3.875% 8/15/29 (b) | | 2,305,000 | 2,091,326 |
4.125% 8/15/31 (b) | | 1,085,000 | 955,891 |
6.25% 1/15/30 (b) | | 935,000 | 929,941 |
Western Gas Partners LP: | | | |
3.95% 6/1/25 | | 365,000 | 355,875 |
5.25% 2/1/50 | | 725,000 | 650,006 |
5.3% 3/1/48 | | 365,000 | 317,984 |
5.5% 8/15/48 | | 220,000 | 196,197 |
| | | 95,682,941 |
Environmental - 0.9% | | | |
Clean Harbors, Inc. 6.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 340,000 | 345,459 |
Covanta Holding Corp. 4.875% 12/1/29 (b) | | 985,000 | 860,585 |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. 6% 6/15/30 (b) | | 510,000 | 510,377 |
GFL Environmental, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 8/1/25 (b) | | 705,000 | 688,508 |
5.125% 12/15/26 (b) | | 705,000 | 697,529 |
6.75% 1/15/31 (b) | | 555,000 | 571,806 |
Madison IAQ LLC: | | | |
4.125% 6/30/28 (b) | | 1,515,000 | 1,377,348 |
5.875% 6/30/29 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,352,463 |
Stericycle, Inc. 5.375% 7/15/24 (b) | | 325,000 | 323,375 |
| | | 6,727,450 |
Food & Drug Retail - 0.6% | | | |
Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson's, Inc./Albertson's LLC: | | | |
3.25% 3/15/26 (b) | | 195,000 | 183,984 |
3.5% 3/15/29 (b) | | 1,662,000 | 1,509,066 |
4.875% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,200,000 | 1,148,792 |
BellRing Brands, Inc. 7% 3/15/30 (b) | | 290,000 | 300,141 |
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. 3.875% 8/15/28 (b) | | 2,490,000 | 1,008,450 |
Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc. 3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 460,000 | 400,575 |
SEG Holding LLC/SEG Finance Corp. 5.625% 10/15/28 (b) | | 242,000 | 242,908 |
| | | 4,793,916 |
Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 2.3% | | | |
C&S Group Enterprises LLC 5% 12/15/28 (b) | | 1,465,000 | 1,178,329 |
Chobani LLC/Finance Corp., Inc. 4.625% 11/15/28 (b) | | 290,000 | 271,095 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 1/31/30 (b) | | 2,730,000 | 2,516,870 |
4.375% 1/31/32 (b) | | 365,000 | 332,980 |
Performance Food Group, Inc.: | | | |
4.25% 8/1/29 (b) | | 1,650,000 | 1,513,368 |
5.5% 10/15/27 (b) | | 125,000 | 123,165 |
6.875% 5/1/25 (b) | | 167,000 | 167,422 |
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.: | | | |
3.5% 3/1/32 | | 365,000 | 308,578 |
4.25% 4/15/31 | | 457,000 | 412,773 |
Post Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 4/15/30 (b) | | 1,125,000 | 1,034,823 |
5.5% 12/15/29 (b) | | 1,655,000 | 1,594,705 |
5.75% 3/1/27 (b) | | 334,000 | 331,377 |
Primo Water Holdings, Inc. 4.375% 4/30/29 (b) | | 1,815,000 | 1,672,328 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 4% 9/1/28 | | 480,000 | 424,893 |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. 6.25% 4/1/29 (b) | | 4,100,000 | 3,572,125 |
U.S. Foods, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 6/1/30 (b) | | 475,000 | 442,682 |
4.75% 2/15/29 (b) | | 1,285,000 | 1,220,421 |
7.25% 1/15/32 (b) | | 750,000 | 782,034 |
United Natural Foods, Inc. 6.75% 10/15/28 (b) | | 145,000 | 117,383 |
| | | 18,017,351 |
Gaming - 2.4% | | | |
Affinity Gaming LLC 6.875% 12/15/27 (b) | | 2,425,000 | 2,161,241 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.: | | | |
6.25% 7/1/25 (b) | | 1,210,000 | 1,213,290 |
7% 2/15/30 (b) | | 875,000 | 897,257 |
8.125% 7/1/27 (b) | | 1,700,000 | 1,742,668 |
Caesars Resort Collection LLC 5.75% 7/1/25 (b) | | 1,485,000 | 1,484,844 |
Carnival Corp. 10.5% 6/1/30 (b) | | 1,230,000 | 1,345,374 |
Churchill Downs, Inc. 5.75% 4/1/30 (b) | | 2,470,000 | 2,408,229 |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 1/15/29 (b) | | 1,847,000 | 1,675,912 |
6.75% 1/15/30 (b) | | 1,365,000 | 1,198,473 |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. 7.625% 4/15/26 (b) | | 945,000 | 947,363 |
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 6.75% 2/15/29 (b) | | 555,000 | 521,700 |
Las Vegas Sands Corp.: | | | |
2.9% 6/25/25 | | 167,000 | 160,483 |
3.5% 8/18/26 | | 167,000 | 159,191 |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP 8% 8/1/30 (b) | | 410,000 | 422,813 |
Station Casinos LLC 4.5% 2/15/28 (b) | | 750,000 | 707,122 |
Transocean, Inc. 7.25% 11/1/25 (b) | | 345,000 | 339,825 |
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co. 4.125% 8/15/30 (b) | | 730,000 | 664,975 |
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC / Wynn Resorts Capital Corp. 7.125% 2/15/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 380,119 |
| | | 18,430,879 |
Healthcare - 6.8% | | | |
1375209 BC Ltd. 9% 1/30/28 (b) | | 755,000 | 736,201 |
180 Medical, Inc. 3.875% 10/15/29 (b) | | 650,000 | 585,488 |
Amgen, Inc. 5.6% 3/2/43 | | 805,000 | 831,815 |
AMN Healthcare 4% 4/15/29 (b) | | 420,000 | 378,804 |
Avantor Funding, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/1/29 (b) | | 830,000 | 753,738 |
4.625% 7/15/28 (b) | | 548,000 | 529,632 |
Bausch Health Companies, Inc. 5.5% 11/1/25 (b) | | 1,695,000 | 1,550,535 |
Cano Health, Inc. 6.25% 10/1/28 (b) | | 335,000 | 23,475 |
Catalent Pharma Solutions 3.5% 4/1/30 (b) | | 830,000 | 722,398 |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 3/15/29 (b) | | 660,000 | 604,376 |
4% 3/15/31 (b) | | 822,000 | 742,581 |
4.25% 5/1/28 (b) | | 290,000 | 276,042 |
Community Health Systems, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 2,405,000 | 1,890,655 |
5.25% 5/15/30 (b) | | 4,605,000 | 3,851,376 |
5.625% 3/15/27 (b) | | 3,150,000 | 2,926,768 |
6% 1/15/29 (b) | | 930,000 | 837,121 |
6.125% 4/1/30 (b) | | 1,365,000 | 883,756 |
6.875% 4/15/29 (b) | | 920,000 | 593,650 |
8% 3/15/26 (b) | | 368,000 | 366,766 |
8% 12/15/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 161,167 |
10.875% 1/15/32 (b) | | 750,000 | 783,848 |
CTR Partnership LP/CareTrust Capital Corp. 3.875% 6/30/28 (b) | | 1,200,000 | 1,095,407 |
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 510,000 | 418,889 |
4.625% 6/1/30 (b) | | 2,795,000 | 2,438,343 |
Embecta Corp. 5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 620,000 | 525,909 |
Grifols SA 4.75% 10/15/28 (b) | | 935,000 | 847,923 |
HCA Holdings, Inc. 5.5% 6/15/47 | | 725,000 | 697,971 |
HealthEquity, Inc. 4.5% 10/1/29 (b) | | 1,275,000 | 1,183,849 |
Hologic, Inc. 3.25% 2/15/29 (b) | | 500,000 | 453,310 |
Humana, Inc. 5.875% 3/1/33 | | 730,000 | 777,664 |
IQVIA, Inc. 6.5% 5/15/30 (b) | | 690,000 | 707,324 |
Jazz Securities DAC 4.375% 1/15/29 (b) | | 1,250,000 | 1,164,269 |
ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc. 5% 10/1/29 (b) | | 450,000 | 367,803 |
Modivcare, Inc. 5.875% 11/15/25 (b) | | 915,000 | 903,563 |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/15/30 (b) | | 855,000 | 768,561 |
3.875% 5/15/32 (b) | | 390,000 | 340,768 |
Mozart Borrower LP 3.875% 4/1/29 (b) | | 4,200,000 | 3,797,406 |
Option Care Health, Inc. 4.375% 10/31/29 (b) | | 205,000 | 185,271 |
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co-Issuer BV: | | | |
4.125% 4/30/28 (b) | | 2,265,000 | 2,084,846 |
5.125% 4/30/31 (b) | | 730,000 | 624,037 |
Owens & Minor, Inc. 4.5% 3/31/29 (b) | | 585,000 | 516,011 |
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. 5.375% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,670,000 | 1,487,168 |
RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc. 11% 10/15/30 (b) | | 1,840,000 | 1,937,800 |
RP Escrow Issuer LLC 5.25% 12/15/25 (b) | | 995,000 | 796,092 |
Teleflex, Inc. 4.25% 6/1/28 (b) | | 535,000 | 507,065 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 6/1/29 | | 1,545,000 | 1,438,392 |
4.375% 1/15/30 | | 1,660,000 | 1,538,387 |
4.625% 6/15/28 | | 750,000 | 715,735 |
6.125% 6/15/30 | | 1,640,000 | 1,657,830 |
6.25% 2/1/27 | | 1,195,000 | 1,200,857 |
6.75% 5/15/31 (b) | | 240,000 | 245,292 |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV: | | | |
3.15% 10/1/26 | | 820,000 | 759,238 |
7.875% 9/15/29 | | 210,000 | 226,165 |
8.125% 9/15/31 | | 210,000 | 229,022 |
| | | 52,668,359 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 3.1% | | | |
Anywhere Real Estate Group LLC 7% 4/15/30 (b) | | 543,200 | 500,934 |
Ashton Woods U.S.A. LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co. 4.625% 8/1/29 (b) | | 565,000 | 502,428 |
Greystar Real Estate Partners 7.75% 9/1/30 (b) | | 345,000 | 361,388 |
HAT Holdings I LLC/HAT Holdings II LLC 8% 6/15/27 (b) | | 895,000 | 932,003 |
Howard Hughes Corp.: | | | |
4.125% 2/1/29 (b) | | 555,000 | 494,899 |
4.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 455,000 | 394,599 |
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. 4.75% 2/1/30 | | 975,000 | 790,267 |
LGI Homes, Inc. 8.75% 12/15/28 (b) | | 575,000 | 611,656 |
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp.: | | | |
3.5% 3/15/31 | | 2,877,000 | 1,797,755 |
4.625% 8/1/29 | | 1,780,000 | 1,279,928 |
5% 10/15/27 | | 5,847,000 | 4,775,936 |
5.25% 8/1/26 | | 682,000 | 609,666 |
Railworks Holdings LP 8.25% 11/15/28 (b) | | 1,160,000 | 1,148,400 |
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp. 5.75% 1/15/29 (b) | | 20,000 | 15,550 |
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp. 5.25% 4/15/30 (b) | | 16,000 | 11,942 |
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc.: | | | |
5.125% 8/1/30 (b) | | 352,000 | 340,518 |
5.875% 6/15/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 167,835 |
TopBuild Corp. 4.125% 2/15/32 (b) | | 800,000 | 711,666 |
TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Holdings, Inc. 5.875% 6/15/24 | | 15,000 | 15,000 |
TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. 5.7% 6/15/28 | | 140,000 | 138,075 |
Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 4/15/28 (b) | | 5,020,000 | 4,326,716 |
6.5% 2/15/29 (b) | | 2,975,000 | 2,146,921 |
10.5% 2/15/28 (b) | | 1,455,000 | 1,475,086 |
| | | 23,549,168 |
Hotels - 0.6% | | | |
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 2/15/32 (b) | | 2,820,000 | 2,461,039 |
3.75% 5/1/29 (b) | | 295,000 | 273,503 |
4% 5/1/31 (b) | | 1,615,000 | 1,479,219 |
| | | 4,213,761 |
Insurance - 1.5% | | | |
Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.: | | | |
4.25% 2/15/29 (b) | | 290,000 | 261,856 |
7% 11/15/25 (b) | | 145,000 | 144,655 |
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC: | | | |
5.875% 11/1/29 (b) | | 840,000 | 795,894 |
6.75% 10/15/27 (b) | | 4,250,000 | 4,234,976 |
6.75% 4/15/28 (b) | | 365,000 | 373,406 |
AmWINS Group, Inc. 4.875% 6/30/29 (b) | | 2,230,000 | 2,036,511 |
AssuredPartners, Inc. 5.625% 1/15/29 (b) | | 795,000 | 742,171 |
HUB International Ltd.: | | | |
7% 5/1/26 (b) | | 480,000 | 481,855 |
7.25% 6/15/30 (b) | | 2,210,000 | 2,334,268 |
USI, Inc. 7.5% 1/15/32 (b) | | 470,000 | 479,988 |
| | | 11,885,580 |
Leisure - 2.5% | | | |
Carnival Corp.: | | | |
5.75% 3/1/27 (b) | | 2,095,000 | 2,045,764 |
6% 5/1/29 (b) | | 1,310,000 | 1,260,096 |
6.65% 1/15/28 | | 175,000 | 166,813 |
7% 8/15/29 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,602,724 |
7.625% 3/1/26 (b) | | 2,880,000 | 2,932,073 |
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. 8.5% 9/15/25 (b) | | 195,000 | 173,550 |
MajorDrive Holdings IV LLC 6.375% 6/1/29 (b) | | 965,000 | 830,982 |
NCL Corp. Ltd.: | | | |
5.875% 3/15/26 (b) | | 525,000 | 513,008 |
7.75% 2/15/29 (b) | | 1,920,000 | 1,929,076 |
NCL Finance Ltd. 6.125% 3/15/28 (b) | | 370,000 | 354,176 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: | | | |
4.25% 7/1/26 (b) | | 2,390,000 | 2,307,817 |
5.375% 7/15/27 (b) | | 875,000 | 866,181 |
5.5% 8/31/26 (b) | | 2,375,000 | 2,351,602 |
7.25% 1/15/30 (b) | | 365,000 | 381,199 |
Viking Cruises Ltd. 9.125% 7/15/31 (b) | | 760,000 | 809,854 |
Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd. 5.625% 2/15/29 (b) | | 370,000 | 360,750 |
Voc Escrow Ltd. 5% 2/15/28 (b) | | 510,000 | 488,488 |
| | | 19,374,153 |
Metals/Mining - 1.4% | | | |
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC 8% 10/1/30 (b) | | 460,000 | 479,946 |
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. 4.875% 3/1/31 (b) | | 145,000 | 131,017 |
Constellium NV 5.875% 2/15/26 (b) | | 334,000 | 331,833 |
Eldorado Gold Corp. 6.25% 9/1/29 (b) | | 350,000 | 330,152 |
ERO Copper Corp. 6.5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 3,700,000 | 3,264,362 |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.: | | | |
6.875% 10/15/27 (b) | | 1,693,000 | 1,430,602 |
8.625% 6/1/31 (b) | | 260,000 | 218,873 |
FMG Resources Pty Ltd.: | | | |
4.375% 4/1/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 334,157 |
4.5% 9/15/27 (b) | | 422,000 | 405,511 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 5.95% 2/1/37 | | 290,000 | 302,710 |
HudBay Minerals, Inc. 4.5% 4/1/26 (b) | | 500,000 | 483,638 |
Mineral Resources Ltd.: | | | |
8.5% 5/1/30 (b) | | 790,000 | 823,438 |
9.25% 10/1/28 (b) | | 675,000 | 718,045 |
Novelis Corp.: | | | |
3.25% 11/15/26 (b) | | 205,000 | 192,987 |
3.875% 8/15/31 (b) | | 340,000 | 299,620 |
PMHC II, Inc. 9% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,185,000 | 939,612 |
| | | 10,686,503 |
Paper - 1.0% | | | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance U.S.A. LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC: | | | |
4% 9/1/29 (b) | | 1,890,000 | 1,599,841 |
6% 6/15/27 (b) | | 1,155,000 | 1,150,647 |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
6.625% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,995,000 | 1,962,222 |
8.75% 4/15/30 (b) | | 1,445,000 | 1,347,270 |
Mercer International, Inc. 5.125% 2/1/29 | | 475,000 | 408,001 |
SPA Holdings 3 OY 4.875% 2/4/28 (b) | | 1,270,000 | 1,108,960 |
| | | 7,576,941 |
Publishing/Printing - 0.1% | | | |
News Corp. 5.125% 2/15/32 (b) | | 940,000 | 892,446 |
Railroad - 0.1% | | | |
First Student Bidco, Inc./First Transit Parent, Inc. 4% 7/31/29 (b) | | 680,000 | 589,614 |
Restaurants - 0.9% | | | |
1011778 BC Unlimited Liability Co./New Red Finance, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 1/15/28 (b) | | 580,000 | 547,939 |
4% 10/15/30 (b) | | 3,200,000 | 2,870,077 |
5.75% 4/15/25 (b) | | 297,000 | 296,031 |
Garden SpinCo Corp. 8.625% 7/20/30 (b) | | 335,000 | 357,826 |
Yum! Brands, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 3/15/31 | | 365,000 | 329,174 |
4.625% 1/31/32 | | 1,985,000 | 1,856,829 |
4.75% 1/15/30 (b) | | 167,000 | 161,876 |
5.375% 4/1/32 | | 290,000 | 284,924 |
| | | 6,704,676 |
Services - 4.4% | | | |
AECOM 5.125% 3/15/27 | | 487,000 | 483,493 |
Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp.: | | | |
6% 6/1/29 (b) | | 1,265,000 | 1,031,347 |
9.75% 7/15/27 (b) | | 915,000 | 896,606 |
APX Group, Inc.: | | | |
5.75% 7/15/29 (b) | | 690,000 | 643,255 |
6.75% 2/15/27 (b) | | 837,000 | 834,908 |
ASGN, Inc. 4.625% 5/15/28 (b) | | 635,000 | 603,251 |
Atlas Luxco 4 SARL / Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp. 4.625% 6/1/28 (b) | | 1,365,000 | 1,247,426 |
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. 3.875% 9/1/28 (b) | | 2,678,000 | 2,522,667 |
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 10.375% 8/1/30 (b) | | 3,090,000 | 3,267,768 |
CoreCivic, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 10/15/27 | | 1,240,000 | 1,140,778 |
8.25% 4/15/26 | | 1,450,000 | 1,475,161 |
CoreLogic, Inc. 4.5% 5/1/28 (b) | | 955,000 | 836,590 |
Fair Isaac Corp. 5.25% 5/15/26 (b) | | 167,000 | 165,811 |
Gartner, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 6/15/29 (b) | | 200,000 | 180,517 |
3.75% 10/1/30 (b) | | 287,000 | 253,700 |
Iron Mountain, Inc. 4.5% 2/15/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 330,514 |
Korn Ferry 4.625% 12/15/27 (b) | | 337,000 | 324,761 |
Legends Hospitality Holding Co. LLC/Legends Hospitality Co-Issuer, Inc. 5% 2/1/26 (b) | | 965,000 | 963,553 |
Life Time, Inc. 8% 4/15/26 (b) | | 1,030,000 | 1,039,365 |
Neptune BidCo U.S., Inc. 9.29% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,410,000 | 1,311,300 |
PowerTeam Services LLC 9.033% 12/4/25 (b) | | 1,580,000 | 1,494,696 |
Prime Securities Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc. 5.75% 4/15/26 (b) | | 705,000 | 708,820 |
Service Corp. International: | | | |
4% 5/15/31 | | 582,000 | 521,181 |
4.625% 12/15/27 | | 167,000 | 161,573 |
5.125% 6/1/29 | | 365,000 | 357,700 |
Sotheby's 7.375% 10/15/27 (b) | | 810,000 | 781,161 |
The GEO Group, Inc.: | | | |
9.5% 12/31/28 (b) | | 1,315,000 | 1,268,976 |
10.5% 6/30/28 | | 220,000 | 223,300 |
Uber Technologies, Inc.: | | | |
4.5% 8/15/29 (b) | | 4,462,000 | 4,256,599 |
8% 11/1/26 (b) | | 2,220,000 | 2,261,183 |
United Rentals North America, Inc. 6% 12/15/29 (b) | | 365,000 | 370,609 |
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc. 5.75% 4/15/26 (b) | | 2,028,000 | 1,951,741 |
| | | 33,910,310 |
Steel - 0.3% | | | |
Commercial Metals Co.: | | | |
3.875% 2/15/31 | | 440,000 | 389,300 |
4.125% 1/15/30 | | 940,000 | 861,309 |
Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc. 4.375% 10/15/29 (b) | | 912,000 | 843,992 |
| | | 2,094,601 |
Super Retail - 1.6% | | | |
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 6.694% 1/15/27 | | 375,000 | 382,886 |
Carvana Co.: | | | |
4.875% 9/1/29 (b) | | 1,170,000 | 713,700 |
5.5% 4/15/27 (b) | | 622,000 | 435,400 |
5.875% 10/1/28 (b) | | 305,000 | 189,100 |
10.25% 5/1/30 (b) | | 85,000 | 68,000 |
12% 12/1/28 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 352,000 | 298,741 |
13% 6/1/30 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 530,000 | 445,775 |
14% 6/1/31 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 628,000 | 536,416 |
EG Global Finance PLC 12% 11/30/28 (b) | | 2,500,000 | 2,662,575 |
Hanesbrands, Inc. 4.875% 5/15/26 (b) | | 167,000 | 161,090 |
LBM Acquisition LLC 6.25% 1/15/29 (b) | | 1,295,000 | 1,156,370 |
Levi Strauss & Co. 3.5% 3/1/31 (b) | | 410,000 | 354,994 |
Michaels Companies, Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 5/1/28 (b) | | 810,000 | 640,374 |
7.875% 5/1/29 (b) | | 620,000 | 390,346 |
Nordstrom, Inc.: | | | |
4.25% 8/1/31 | | 950,000 | 790,381 |
4.375% 4/1/30 | | 635,000 | 552,367 |
Sally Holdings LLC 5.625% 12/1/25 | | 775,000 | 775,193 |
The William Carter Co. 5.625% 3/15/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 164,912 |
Under Armour, Inc. 3.25% 6/15/26 | | 334,000 | 315,153 |
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 4% 8/15/29 (b) | | 1,855,000 | 1,456,175 |
| | | 12,489,948 |
Technology - 6.3% | | | |
Acuris Finance U.S. 5% 5/1/28 (b) | | 3,345,000 | 2,726,175 |
Athenahealth Group, Inc. 6.5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 450,000 | 408,230 |
Black Knight InfoServ LLC 3.625% 9/1/28 (b) | | 2,525,000 | 2,389,281 |
Block, Inc. 2.75% 6/1/26 | | 532,000 | 501,692 |
Broadcom, Inc.: | | | |
2.45% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,325,000 | 1,132,959 |
2.6% 2/15/33 (b) | | 1,015,000 | 836,207 |
Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.: | | | |
3.875% 7/1/28 (b) | | 400,000 | 377,158 |
4.875% 7/1/29 (b) | | 405,000 | 380,025 |
Cloud Software Group, Inc.: | | | |
6.5% 3/31/29 (b) | | 1,680,000 | 1,600,100 |
9% 9/30/29 (b) | | 3,160,000 | 3,003,431 |
CNT PRNT/CDK GLO II/FIN 8% 6/15/29 (b) | | 1,495,000 | 1,560,421 |
Coherent Corp. 5% 12/15/29 (b) | | 1,990,000 | 1,890,012 |
CommScope, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 9/1/29 (b) | | 825,000 | 553,910 |
6% 3/1/26 (b) | | 1,015,000 | 904,852 |
Elastic NV 4.125% 7/15/29 (b) | | 1,195,000 | 1,097,305 |
Entegris Escrow Corp.: | | | |
4.75% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,705,000 | 1,642,621 |
5.95% 6/15/30 (b) | | 2,980,000 | 2,962,233 |
Entegris, Inc. 3.625% 5/1/29 (b) | | 630,000 | 569,035 |
Gartner, Inc. 4.5% 7/1/28 (b) | | 1,470,000 | 1,394,041 |
Gen Digital, Inc.: | | | |
5% 4/15/25 (b) | | 685,000 | 678,150 |
7.125% 9/30/30 (b) | | 340,000 | 355,239 |
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc.: | | | |
3.5% 3/1/29 (b) | | 1,232,000 | 1,115,818 |
5.25% 12/1/27 (b) | | 322,000 | 315,530 |
GrafTech Global Enterprises, Inc. 9.875% 12/15/28 (b) | | 675,000 | 520,594 |
ION Trading Technologies Ltd. 5.75% 5/15/28 (b) | | 2,823,000 | 2,490,253 |
Match Group Holdings II LLC: | | | |
3.625% 10/1/31 (b) | | 220,000 | 190,084 |
4.125% 8/1/30 (b) | | 847,000 | 768,573 |
5% 12/15/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 163,069 |
MicroStrategy, Inc. 6.125% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,910,000 | 1,852,967 |
ON Semiconductor Corp. 3.875% 9/1/28 (b) | | 1,282,000 | 1,189,089 |
Open Text Corp. 3.875% 12/1/29 (b) | | 1,020,000 | 914,771 |
Open Text Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,465,000 | 1,325,934 |
4.125% 12/1/31 (b) | | 1,110,000 | 981,092 |
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 3.5% 2/15/28 (b) | | 1,695,000 | 680,720 |
Seagate HDD Cayman: | | | |
5.75% 12/1/34 | | 755,000 | 724,686 |
8.25% 12/15/29 (b) | | 345,000 | 372,092 |
8.5% 7/15/31 (b) | | 415,000 | 450,489 |
Sensata Technologies BV: | | | |
4% 4/15/29 (b) | | 2,060,000 | 1,914,577 |
5% 10/1/25 (b) | | 145,000 | 145,175 |
Sensata Technologies, Inc. 3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 365,000 | 321,467 |
SS&C Technologies, Inc. 5.5% 9/30/27 (b) | | 270,000 | 266,148 |
TTM Technologies, Inc. 4% 3/1/29 (b) | | 3,020,000 | 2,743,459 |
Veritas U.S., Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd. 7.5% 9/1/25 (b) | | 1,060,000 | 875,105 |
VM Consolidated, Inc. 5.5% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,245,000 | 1,175,763 |
| | | 48,460,532 |
Telecommunications - 5.0% | | | |
Altice Financing SA: | | | |
5% 1/15/28 (b) | | 685,000 | 620,926 |
5.75% 8/15/29 (b) | | 4,565,000 | 4,055,003 |
Altice France Holding SA 6% 2/15/28 (b) | | 1,740,000 | 835,582 |
Altice France SA: | | | |
5.125% 1/15/29 (b) | | 2,490,000 | 1,936,052 |
5.5% 1/15/28 (b) | | 1,615,000 | 1,330,084 |
5.5% 10/15/29 (b) | | 15,000 | 11,762 |
C&W Senior Financing Designated Activity Co. 6.875% 9/15/27 (b) | | 4,185,000 | 3,892,301 |
Cablevision Lightpath LLC: | | | |
3.875% 9/15/27 (b) | | 455,000 | 399,556 |
5.625% 9/15/28 (b) | | 360,000 | 283,720 |
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 5% 10/1/28 (b) | | 535,000 | 438,700 |
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC: | | | |
5% 5/1/28 (b) | | 1,360,000 | 1,256,881 |
5.875% 10/15/27 (b) | | 940,000 | 908,135 |
5.875% 11/1/29 | | 1,430,000 | 1,208,320 |
8.75% 5/15/30 (b) | | 955,000 | 982,417 |
IHS Netherlands Holdco BV 8% 9/18/27 (b) | | 415,000 | 367,923 |
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 6.5% 3/15/30 (b) | | 1,895,000 | 1,805,184 |
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC 5.125% 7/15/29 (b) | | 675,000 | 588,016 |
Level 3 Financing, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 1/15/29 (b)(h) | | 340,000 | 180,200 |
4.25% 7/1/28 (b)(h) | | 890,000 | 551,800 |
10.5% 5/15/30 (b) | | 2,370,000 | 2,298,153 |
Millicom International Cellular SA: | | | |
4.5% 4/27/31 (b) | | 2,275,000 | 1,888,091 |
5.125% 1/15/28 (b) | | 261,000 | 242,743 |
Sable International Finance Ltd. 5.75% 9/7/27 (b) | | 464,000 | 439,199 |
SBA Communications Corp.: | | | |
3.125% 2/1/29 | | 372,000 | 334,241 |
3.875% 2/15/27 | | 167,000 | 160,372 |
Telecom Italia Capital SA: | | | |
6% 9/30/34 | | 1,185,000 | 1,125,329 |
7.2% 7/18/36 | | 845,000 | 849,686 |
7.721% 6/4/38 | | 235,000 | 239,310 |
Uniti Group, Inc. 6% 1/15/30 (b) | | 2,665,000 | 1,862,595 |
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC 4.5% 8/15/30 (b) | | 3,830,000 | 3,409,849 |
VMED O2 UK Financing I PLC 4.25% 1/31/31 (b) | | 415,000 | 362,355 |
Windstream Escrow LLC 7.75% 8/15/28 (b) | | 1,380,000 | 1,208,539 |
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4% 3/1/27 (b) | | 1,600,000 | 1,282,839 |
6.125% 3/1/28 (b) | | 1,020,000 | 749,149 |
| | | 38,105,012 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.2% | | | |
Crocs, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 8/15/31 (b) | | 477,000 | 403,633 |
4.25% 3/15/29 (b) | | 167,000 | 149,588 |
Foot Locker, Inc. 4% 10/1/29 (b) | | 440,000 | 364,100 |
Kontoor Brands, Inc. 4.125% 11/15/29 (b) | | 335,000 | 302,253 |
Victoria's Secret & Co. 4.625% 7/15/29 (b) | | 505,000 | 421,825 |
| | | 1,641,399 |
Transportation Ex Air/Rail - 0.6% | | | |
Golar LNG Ltd. 7% 10/20/25 (b) | | 1,025,000 | 1,014,986 |
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. 5.25% 6/1/29 (b) | | 595,000 | 505,876 |
Seaspan Corp. 5.5% 8/1/29 (b) | | 2,170,000 | 1,815,377 |
XPO, Inc.: | | | |
6.25% 6/1/28 (b) | | 205,000 | 207,462 |
7.125% 6/1/31 (b) | | 345,000 | 357,296 |
7.125% 2/1/32 (b) | | 975,000 | 1,006,280 |
| | | 4,907,277 |
Utilities - 3.2% | | | |
Clearway Energy Operating LLC: | | | |
3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,525,000 | 1,343,236 |
3.75% 1/15/32 (b) | | 170,000 | 147,683 |
4.75% 3/15/28 (b) | | 585,000 | 563,597 |
DPL, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 7/1/25 | | 896,000 | 873,600 |
4.35% 4/15/29 | | 120,000 | 111,677 |
EnLink Midstream Partners LP 4.15% 6/1/25 | | 335,000 | 327,463 |
FirstEnergy Corp. 3.4% 3/1/50 | | 1,460,000 | 1,028,983 |
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp. 7% 8/1/27 | | 1,132,000 | 1,106,655 |
NextEra Energy Partners LP 7.25% 1/15/29 (b) | | 1,470,000 | 1,538,953 |
NRG Energy, Inc.: | | | |
3.375% 2/15/29 (b) | | 1,535,000 | 1,355,780 |
3.625% 2/15/31 (b) | | 525,000 | 451,069 |
5.25% 6/15/29 (b) | | 1,405,000 | 1,360,576 |
6.625% 1/15/27 | | 334,000 | 334,718 |
PG&E Corp.: | | | |
5% 7/1/28 | | 2,715,000 | 2,641,644 |
5.25% 7/1/30 | | 4,230,000 | 4,080,027 |
Pike Corp.: | | | |
5.5% 9/1/28 (b) | | 2,615,000 | 2,491,311 |
8.625% 1/31/31 (b) | | 850,000 | 893,215 |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC: | | | |
5% 7/31/27 (b) | | 167,000 | 162,591 |
5.5% 9/1/26 (b) | | 817,000 | 806,612 |
5.625% 2/15/27 (b) | | 1,455,000 | 1,435,203 |
7.75% 10/15/31 (b) | | 1,475,000 | 1,531,919 |
| | | 24,586,512 |
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 638,613,482 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $685,896,766) | | | 647,180,249 |
| | | |
Commercial Mortgage Securities - 0.4% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
BX Trust floater Series 2021-SOAR Class G, CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.910% 8.2765% 6/15/38 (b)(c)(d) | | 553,329 | 528,391 |
ELP Commercial Mortgage Trust floater Series 2021-ELP Class F, CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.780% 8.1435% 11/15/38 (b)(c)(d) | | 746,132 | 714,293 |
Extended Stay America Trust floater Series 2021-ESH Class F, CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.810% 9.1765% 7/15/38 (b)(c)(d) | | 304,301 | 297,759 |
Hilton U.S.A. Trust Series 2016-HHV Class F, 4.1935% 11/5/38 (b)(c) | | 475,000 | 429,515 |
Merit floater Series 2021-STOR Class F, CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.310% 7.6765% 7/15/38 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,111,000 | 1,060,770 |
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES (Cost $3,031,692) | | | 3,030,728 |
| | | |
Common Stocks - 1.7% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 0.1% | | | |
Aptiv PLC (i) | | 7,500 | 672,900 |
Capital Goods - 0.1% | | | |
Regal Rexnord Corp. | | 6,000 | 888,120 |
Energy - 1.1% | | | |
California Resources Corp. warrants 10/27/24 (i) | | 1,768 | 34,264 |
Mesquite Energy, Inc. (h)(i) | | 82,533 | 6,714,041 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. (j) | | 43,900 | 1,656,347 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 8,404,652 |
Healthcare - 0.2% | | | |
Centene Corp. (i) | | 16,800 | 1,246,728 |
Technology - 0.1% | | | |
Coherent Corp. (i) | | 21,200 | 922,836 |
Telecommunications - 0.1% | | | |
CUI Acquisition Corp. Class E (h)(i) | | 1 | 0 |
GTT Communications, Inc. (h) | | 23,507 | 825,801 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 825,801 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $8,210,967) | | | 12,961,037 |
| | | |
Bank Loan Obligations - 4.2% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Broadcasting - 0.1% | | | |
Diamond Sports Group LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.000% 15.4428% 8/24/26 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,131,410 | 820,272 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 10.6625% (c)(d)(e)(k) | | 2,551,051 | 100,767 |
TOTAL BROADCASTING | | | 921,039 |
Building Materials - 0.2% | | | |
Acproducts Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.8598% 5/17/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,330,666 | 1,163,960 |
Chemicals - 0.2% | | | |
Discovery Purchaser Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.370% 9.7651% 10/4/29 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,220,775 | 1,201,597 |
Consumer Products - 0.1% | | | |
Mattress Firm, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan 6 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.250% 9.8598% 9/24/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,031,785 | 1,021,281 |
Energy - 0.2% | | | |
EG America LLC Tranche BC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 11.2383% 2/7/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,376,259 | 1,348,734 |
Mesquite Energy, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.000% 0% (d)(e)(h)(k) | | 1,525,908 | 0 |
term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 0.000% 0% (d)(e)(h)(k) | | 658,000 | 0 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 1,348,734 |
Healthcare - 0.2% | | | |
Cano Health, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.5332% 11/23/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,468,777 | 610,365 |
Da Vinci Purchaser Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 1/8/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 73,291 | 73,360 |
Gainwell Acquisition Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4481% 10/1/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 529,541 | 513,655 |
TOTAL HEALTHCARE | | | 1,197,380 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 0.0% | | | |
Breakwater Energy Partners, LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 11.25% 9/1/26 (c)(d)(h)(k) | | 313,336 | 303,559 |
Insurance - 0.0% | | | |
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC Tranche B6 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8648% 11/6/30 (c)(d)(k) | | 105,598 | 105,941 |
Leisure - 0.6% | | | |
City Football Group Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 7/21/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 3,357,482 | 3,333,711 |
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.6098% 9/18/26 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,508,952 | 1,451,431 |
TOTAL LEISURE | | | 4,785,142 |
Paper - 0.0% | | | |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.170% 9.631% 4/13/29 (c)(d)(k) | | 206,751 | 207,439 |
Services - 1.0% | | | |
ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC Tranche B1 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 12/21/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 740,866 | 743,437 |
Ascend Learning LLC: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.750% 11.206% 12/10/29 (c)(d)(k) | | 130,000 | 111,103 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 12/10/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,278,900 | 1,255,100 |
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.8771% 8/1/30 (c)(d)(k) | | 394,013 | 391,199 |
CoreLogic, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 6/2/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,549,152 | 1,503,653 |
Finastra U.S.A., Inc. term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.250% 12.7129% 9/13/29 (c)(d)(h)(k) | | 2,027,645 | 2,011,424 |
Spin Holdco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6246% 3/4/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 2,025,263 | 1,772,834 |
TOTAL SERVICES | | | 7,788,750 |
Super Retail - 0.6% | | | |
Bass Pro Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 3/5/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,537,475 | 1,535,937 |
LBM Acquisition LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 12/18/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 3,155,322 | 3,113,925 |
TOTAL SUPER RETAIL | | | 4,649,862 |
Technology - 0.7% | | | |
Athenahealth Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.606% 2/15/29 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,171,355 | 1,164,912 |
DH Corp./Societe term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.250% 12.7129% 9/13/29 (c)(d)(h)(k) | | 47,355 | 46,976 |
Sophia LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 10/7/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 415,747 | 416,138 |
Ukg, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7643% 5/4/26 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,516,275 | 1,518,746 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7643% 5/3/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 2,110,000 | 2,110,380 |
Verscend Holding Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 8/27/25 (c)(d)(k) | | 457,713 | 458,093 |
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY | | | 5,715,245 |
Telecommunications - 0.2% | | | |
GTT Communications, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 9.000% 14.4901% 6/30/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 989,489 | 623,378 |
Gtt Remainco LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.000% 12.4484% 12/30/27 (c)(d)(k) | | 1,244,858 | 1,075,246 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 1,698,624 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.1% | | | |
Tory Burch LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.7204% 4/16/28 (c)(d)(k) | | 447,704 | 446,097 |
TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $36,665,099) | | | 32,554,650 |
| | | |
Preferred Securities - 1.3% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Air Transportation - 0.1% | | | |
AerCap Holdings NV 5.875% 10/10/79 (c) | | 760,000 | 760,548 |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.8% | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc.: | | | |
4.7% (c)(l) | | 1,120,000 | 846,792 |
4.7% (c)(l) | | 1,110,000 | 759,751 |
Bank of America Corp. 5.875% (c)(l) | | 1,360,000 | 1,325,718 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | | | |
4.6% (c)(l) | | 980,000 | 963,776 |
6.1% (c)(l) | | 1,360,000 | 1,373,163 |
Wells Fargo & Co.: | | | |
5.9% (c)(l) | | 745,000 | 739,187 |
7.625% (c)(l) | | 385,000 | 404,291 |
TOTAL BANKS & THRIFTS | | | 6,412,678 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.1% | | | |
Charles Schwab Corp. 4% (c)(l) | | 870,000 | 690,098 |
Energy - 0.3% | | | |
Energy Transfer LP 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.020% 9.6693% (c)(d)(l) | | 2,525,000 | 2,456,669 |
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Cost $9,611,194) | | | 10,319,993 |
| | | |
Other - 1.4% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Other - 1.4% | | | |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (g)(m) (Cost $10,386,774) | | 1,043,547 | 10,518,936 |
| | | |
Money Market Funds - 5.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (n) | | 41,013,940 | 41,022,143 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (n)(o) | | 1,715,053 | 1,715,225 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $42,737,368) | | | 42,737,368 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 98.6% (Cost $796,539,860) | 759,302,961 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 1.4% | 10,833,216 |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 770,136,177 |
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Legend
(a) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(b) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $517,505,715 or 67.2% of net assets. |
(c) | Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end. |
(d) | Coupon is indexed to a floating interest rate which may be multiplied by a specified factor and/or subject to caps or floors. |
(e) | Non-income producing - Security is in default. |
(f) | Security initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specified date. The rate shown is the rate at period end. |
(g) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $11,880,690 or 1.5% of net assets. |
(j) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(k) | Remaining maturities of bank loan obligations may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. |
(l) | Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date. |
(m) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. |
(n) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(o) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 4/23/22 - 12/12/23 | 10,386,777 |
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Jonah Energy Parent LLC 12% 11/5/25 | 5/05/23 | 1,269,399 |
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Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 46,606,159 | 276,645,529 | 282,229,545 | 1,568,030 | - | - | 41,022,143 | 0.1% |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 7,033,396 | 3,312,218 | - | 1,301,052 | 12,341 | 160,981 | 10,518,936 | 1.6% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | - | 14,560,095 | 12,844,870 | 647 | - | - | 1,715,225 | 0.0% |
Total | 53,639,555 | 294,517,842 | 295,074,415 | 2,869,729 | 12,341 | 160,981 | 53,256,304 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | - | - | - | - |
Consumer Discretionary | 672,900 | 672,900 | - | - |
Energy | 8,404,652 | 1,690,611 | - | 6,714,041 |
Health Care | 1,246,728 | 1,246,728 | - | - |
Industrials | 888,120 | 888,120 | - | - |
Information Technology | 1,748,637 | 922,836 | - | 825,801 |
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Corporate Bonds | 647,180,249 | - | 645,086,494 | 2,093,755 |
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Commercial Mortgage Securities | 3,030,728 | - | 3,030,728 | - |
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Bank Loan Obligations | 32,554,650 | - | 30,192,691 | 2,361,959 |
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Preferred Securities | 10,319,993 | - | 10,319,993 | - |
|
Other | 10,518,936 | - | 10,518,936 | - |
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Money Market Funds | 42,737,368 | 42,737,368 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 759,302,961 | 48,158,563 | 699,148,842 | 11,995,556 |
The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:
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Investments in Securities: | |
Energy | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 8,212,552 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 1,827,890 | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (693,986) | |
Cost of Purchases | | - | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (2,632,415) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | - | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 6,714,041 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2023 | $ | 1,796,739 | |
Corporate Bonds | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 11,280,376 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (1,175,270) | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (9,066,756) | |
Cost of Purchases | | 1,269,399 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (3,296,806) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | 6,007 | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | 3,076,805 | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 2,093,755 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2023 | $ | 443,483 | |
Other Investments in Securities | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 2,903,158 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (24,165) | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 553,532 | |
Cost of Purchases | | 2,411,456 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (1,474,514) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | 9,625 | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | (1,191,332) | |
Ending Balance | $ | 3,187,760 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2023 | $ | 506,475 | |
The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Cost of purchases and proceeds of sales may include securities received and/or delivered through in-kind transactions, corporate actions or exchanges. Transfers into Level 3 were attributable to a lack of observable market data resulting from decreases in market activity, decreases in liquidity, security restructurings or corporate actions. Transfers out of Level 3 were attributable to observable market data becoming available for those securities. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations. | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
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Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $1,648,801) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $743,415,718) | $ | 706,046,657 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $53,124,142) | | 53,256,304 | | |
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Total Investment in Securities (cost $796,539,860) | | | $ | 759,302,961 |
Cash | | | | 11,858 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 324,838 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 1,296,247 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 2,101 |
Interest receivable | | | | 11,454,427 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 351,004 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 770 |
Other receivables | | | | 93 |
Total assets | | | | 772,744,299 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ | 350,294 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 345,005 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 32,058 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 77,161 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 88,379 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 1,715,225 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 2,608,122 |
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note) | | | | |
Net Assets | | | $ | 770,136,177 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 960,415,577 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | (190,279,400) |
Net Assets | | | $ | 770,136,177 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($239,269,007 ÷ 52,022,444 shares) | | | $ | 4.60 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($64,790,111 ÷ 14,218,292 shares) | | | $ | 4.56 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($128,067,042 ÷ 29,248,840 shares) | | | $ | 4.38 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($338,010,017 ÷ 74,055,736 shares) | | | $ | 4.56 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 1,370,646 |
Interest | | | | 46,517,423 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $647 from security lending) | | | | 2,859,459 |
Total Income | | | | 50,747,528 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 4,078,885 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 621,104 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 359,585 | | |
Accounting fees | | 281,637 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 12,574 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 4,658 | | |
Audit | | 93,250 | | |
Legal | | 27,180 | | |
Interest | | 19,053 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 3,618 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 5,501,544 | | |
Expense reductions | | (63,962) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 5,437,582 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 45,309,946 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | (50,507,096) | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 12,341 | | |
Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds | | 10,270 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | (50,484,485) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 76,783,171 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 160,981 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 76,944,152 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 26,459,667 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 71,769,613 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 45,309,946 | $ | 41,888,073 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (50,484,485) | | (25,101,677) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 76,944,152 | | (125,003,877) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 71,769,613 | | (108,217,481) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (42,281,263) | | (40,140,205) |
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Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | (2,892,847) | | (83,467,685) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 26,595,503 | | (231,825,371) |
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Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 743,540,674 | | 975,366,045 |
End of period | $ | 770,136,177 | $ | 743,540,674 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP High Income Portfolio Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 4.41 | $ | 5.25 | $ | 5.31 | $ | 5.43 | $ | 4.97 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .281 | | .251 | | .245 | | .266 | | .286 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .175 | | (.842) | | (.016) | | (.121) | | .457 |
Total from investment operations | | .456 | | (.591) | | .229 | | .145 | | .743 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.266) | | (.249) | | (.289) | | (.265) | | (.283) |
Total distributions | | (.266) | | (.249) | | (.289) | | (.265) | | (.283) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 4.60 | $ | 4.41 | $ | 5.25 | $ | 5.31 | $ | 5.43 |
Total Return C,D | | 10.48% | | (11.37)% | | 4.41% | | 2.75% | | 15.11% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .68% | | .72% | | .67% | | .67% | | .67% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .67% | | .71% | | .66% | | .67% | | .67% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .67% | | .71% | | .66% | | .67% | | .67% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 6.15% | | 5.22% | | 4.57% | | 5.14% | | 5.31% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 239,269 | $ | 235,522 | $ | 312,771 | $ | 313,973 | $ | 327,442 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 48% | | 32% | | 66% | | 72% | | 30% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP High Income Portfolio Service Class |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 4.37 | $ | 5.21 | $ | 5.26 | $ | 5.38 | $ | 4.93 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .274 | | .244 | | .238 | | .259 | | .279 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .179 | | (.840) | | (.007) | | (.120) | | .449 |
Total from investment operations | | .453 | | (.596) | | .231 | | .139 | | .728 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.263) | | (.244) | | (.281) | | (.259) | | (.278) |
Total distributions | | (.263) | | (.244) | | (.281) | | (.259) | | (.278) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 4.56 | $ | 4.37 | $ | 5.21 | $ | 5.26 | $ | 5.38 |
Total Return C,D | | 10.50% | | (11.56)% | | 4.50% | | 2.65% | | 14.92% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .78% | | .81% | | .77% | | .77% | | .77% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .77% | | .81% | | .76% | | .77% | | .77% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .77% | | .81% | | .76% | | .77% | | .77% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 6.05% | | 5.12% | | 4.47% | | 5.04% | | 5.21% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 64,790 | $ | 43,707 | $ | 53,927 | $ | 53,326 | $ | 66,123 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 48% | | 32% | | 66% | | 72% | | 30% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP High Income Portfolio Service Class 2 |
|
Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 4.21 | $ | 5.03 | $ | 5.09 | $ | 5.22 | $ | 4.79 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .257 | | .228 | | .222 | | .244 | | .262 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .168 | | (.809) | | (.009) | | (.121) | | .438 |
Total from investment operations | | .425 | | (.581) | | .213 | | .123 | | .700 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.255) | | (.239) | | (.273) | | (.253) | | (.270) |
Total distributions | | (.255) | | (.239) | | (.273) | | (.253) | | (.270) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 4.38 | $ | 4.21 | $ | 5.03 | $ | 5.09 | $ | 5.22 |
Total Return C,D | | 10.24% | | (11.67)% | | 4.29% | | 2.42% | | 14.77% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .93% | | .96% | | .92% | | .92% | | .92% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .92% | | .96% | | .91% | | .92% | | .92% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .92% | | .96% | | .91% | | .92% | | .92% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 5.90% | | 4.97% | | 4.32% | | 4.89% | | 5.06% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 128,067 | $ | 127,406 | $ | 166,773 | $ | 170,257 | $ | 187,747 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 48% | | 32% | | 66% | | 72% | | 30% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP High Income Portfolio Investor Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 4.38 | $ | 5.22 | $ | 5.27 | $ | 5.39 | $ | 4.94 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .278 | | .248 | | .242 | | .263 | | .283 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .167 | | (.840) | | (.004) | | (.119) | | .448 |
Total from investment operations | | .445 | | (.592) | | .238 | | .144 | | .731 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.265) | | (.248) | | (.288) | | (.264) | | (.281) |
Total distributions | | (.265) | | (.248) | | (.288) | | (.264) | | (.281) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 4.56 | $ | 4.38 | $ | 5.22 | $ | 5.27 | $ | 5.39 |
Total Return C,D | | 10.30% | | (11.46)% | | 4.63% | | 2.74% | | 14.94% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .71% | | .75% | | .70% | | .71% | | .70% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .70% | | .75% | | .70% | | .71% | | .70% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .70% | | .75% | | .70% | | .71% | | .70% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 6.12% | | 5.19% | | 4.53% | | 5.11% | | 5.28% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 338,010 | $ | 336,906 | $ | 441,896 | $ | 431,557 | $ | 462,593 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 48% | | 32% | | 66% | | 72% | | 30% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP High Income Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (formerly Fidelity Direct Lending Fund, LP), which is a limited liability company available only to certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. On June 1, 2023, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC). Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. The Fund has no redemption rights under Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's limited liability company agreement. There will be no trading market for the units.
Based on its investment objective, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC may invest or participate in various investments or strategies that are similar to those in which the Fund may invest or participate. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC and thus a decline in the value of the Fund. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC intends to invest primarily in directly originated loans to private companies but also with liquid credit investments, like broadly syndicated loans, and other select private credit investments.
The Schedule of Investments lists Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC represented less than 5% of the Fund's net assets at period end. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. The annualized expense ratio for Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC for the nine month period ended September 30, 2023 was 9.63%.
4. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds, preferred securities and bank loan obligations are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. Commercial mortgage securities are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. Securities, including private placements or other restricted securities, for which observable inputs are not available are valued using alternate valuation approaches, including the market approach, the income approach and cost approach, and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. The market approach considers factors including the price of recent investments in the same or a similar security or financial metrics of comparable securities. The income approach considers factors including expected future cash flows, security specific risks and corresponding discount rates. The cost approach considers factors including the value of the security's underlying assets and liabilities.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC is valued at its net asset value (NAV) each month end and is categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
The following provides information on Level 3 securities held by the Fund that were valued at period end based on unobservable inputs. These amounts exclude valuations provided by a broker and valuations using NAV as a practical expedient.
Asset Type | Fair Value | Valuation Technique(s) | Unobservable Input | Amount or Range/Weighted Average | Impact to Valuation from an Increase in InputA |
Equities | $7,539,842 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 7.3 | Increase |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | 11.4% | Decrease |
Corporate Bonds | $2,093,755 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 6.0 | Increase |
| | | Enterprise value/Proved reserves multiple (EV/PR) | 0.8 | Increase |
| | | Enterprise value/PV10 multiple (EV/PV10) | 0.3 | Increase |
| | | Daily production multiple ($/Million cubic feet per day) | $3,600.00 | Increase |
| | Indicative market price | Evaluated bid | $53.00 - $62.00 / $59.78 | Increase |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Yield | 18.3% | Decrease |
Bank Loan Obligations | $2,361,959 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 3.0 | Increase |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Yield | 11.7% - 14.7% / 12.1% | Decrease |
A Represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that could have resulted from an increase in the corresponding input as of period end. A decrease to the unobservable input would have had the opposite effect. Significant changes in these inputs may have resulted in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement at period end.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Paid in Kind (PIK) income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to the short-term gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, market discount, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $23,509,350 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (54,303,235) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $(30,793,885) |
Tax Cost | $790,096,846 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $21,262 |
Capital loss carryforward | $(159,506,776) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $(30,793,885) |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
Short-term | $(52,044,772) |
Long-term | (107,462,004) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(159,506,776) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $42,281,263 | $40,140,205 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments. Direct debt instruments are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate a fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Loans may be acquired through assignment, participation, or may be made directly to a borrower. Such instruments are presented in the Bank Loan Obligations section in the Schedule of Investments. Certain funds may also invest in unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Information regarding unfunded commitments is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. The amount of commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. These commitments are not included in the net assets of the Fund at period end.
| Investment to be Acquired | Commitment Amount |
VIP High Income Portfolio | Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | $2,111,010 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | Level 3 Financing, INC. 1LN note 11% 11/15/29 | $668,710 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2022-03 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. The amendments in this ASU clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. They also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. They also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. ASU 2022-03 will be effective for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2023, and allows for early adoption. ASU 2022-03 will only be applicable to an equity security in which the contractual arrangement that restricts its sale is executed or modified on or after the adoption date. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2022-03 to the financial statements.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP High Income Portfolio | 339,366,809 | 336,810,775 |
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .10% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $54,937 |
Service Class 2 | 304,648 |
| $359,585 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $160,083 | .07 |
Service Class | 37,357 | .07 |
Service Class 2 | 82,864 | .07 |
Investor Class | 340,800 | .10 |
| $621,104 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP High Income Portfolio | 0.0375% |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP High Income Portfolio | .04 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | .63 |
Service Class | .63 |
Service Class 2 | .63 |
Investor Class | .67 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP High Income Portfolio | $165 |
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
| Borrower or Lender | Average Loan Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Interest Expense |
VIP High Income Portfolio | Borrower | $ 10,473,167 | 5.46% | $19,053 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. During the period, there were no interfund trades.
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP High Income Portfolio | $1,364 |
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP High Income Portfolio | $69 | $- | $- |
9. Expense Reductions.
The investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive the Fund's management fee with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets invested in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC until April 30, 2025. During the period, this waiver reduced the Fund's management fee by $30,308.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $9,657.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $23,997.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $ 13,114,360 | $12,725,157 |
Service Class | 3,543,798 | 2,297,407 |
Service Class 2 | 7,099,148 | 6,951,637 |
Investor Class | 18,523,957 | 18,166,004 |
Total | $42,281,263 | $40,140,205 |
11. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 4,085,545 | 8,972,527 | $18,635,821 | $43,454,864 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,913,457 | 2,812,389 | 13,114,360 | 12,725,094 |
Shares redeemed | (8,388,864) | (17,891,419) | (38,240,085) | (86,649,158) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,389,862) | (6,106,503) | $(6,489,904) | $(30,469,200) |
Service Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 14,002,336 | 9,351,371 | $63,721,950 | $44,866,682 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 794,336 | 512,294 | 3,543,798 | 2,297,407 |
Shares redeemed | (10,574,975) | (10,213,228) | (47,263,576) | (47,686,210) |
Net increase (decrease) | 4,221,697 | (349,563) | $20,002,172 | $(522,121) |
Service Class 2 | | | | |
Shares sold | 9,151,684 | 14,698,776 | $40,144,654 | $67,799,017 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,658,293 | 1,607,586 | 7,099,148 | 6,951,637 |
Shares redeemed | (11,824,363) | (19,191,491) | (51,160,252) | (88,751,788) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,014,386) | (2,885,129) | $(3,916,450) | $(14,001,134) |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 12,415,738 | 15,127,519 | $56,409,510 | $72,075,364 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 4,151,973 | 4,041,803 | 18,523,957 | 18,165,818 |
Shares redeemed | (19,458,901) | (26,866,685) | (87,422,132) | (128,716,412) |
Net increase (decrease) | (2,891,190) | (7,697,363) | $(12,488,665) | $(38,475,230) |
12. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | Affiliated % | Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders | Unaffiliated Shareholders % |
VIP High Income Portfolio | 49% | 1 | 14% |
13. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP High Income Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP High Income Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities, and agent banks. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 14, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .65% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,060.80 | | $ 3.38 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.93 | | $ 3.31 |
Service Class | | | | .75% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,060.60 | | $ 3.90 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.42 | | $ 3.82 |
Service Class 2 | | | | .89% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,059.10 | | $ 4.62 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,020.72 | | $ 4.53 |
Investor Class | | | | .68% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,058.70 | | $ 3.53 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.78 | | $ 3.47 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
A total of 0.16% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is generally exempt from state income tax.
The fund designates $39,414,678 of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended 2023 as qualifying to be taxed as section 163(j) interest dividends.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP High Income Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Investor Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance. The fund underperformed its benchmark and peers for the one- and three-year periods ended February 28, 2023, and as a result, the Board continues to engage in discussions with FMR about the steps it is taking to address the fund's performance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Investor Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of Investor Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Investor Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Investor Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Investor Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and above the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both Fidelity's and competitor's VIP classes and that the servicing component of Investor Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further, based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
1.540029.126
VIPHI-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Life of Fund A |
Initial Class | 12.29% | 5.62% | 4.07% |
Investor Class | 12.22% | 5.61% | 4.04% |
A From April 9, 2014
$10,000 Over Life of Fund |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on April 9, 2014, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Morningstar® LSTA® US Performing Loans performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
Floating-rate bank loans gained 13.72% for the 12 months ending December 31, 2023, as measured by the Morningstar LSTA US Performing Loans Index. It was a robust period for loans. The asset class finished only slightly behind high-yield credit, while outpacing all other U.S. fixed-income categories and posting a gain in 10 out of 12 months. Key factors fueling loan performance included a sharp rise in short- and longer-term interest rates, expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep rates higher for longer than originally anticipated, and generally favorable corporate earnings. Additional supportive factors were a decline in inflation from the highs reached in 2022, reduced net new loan supply and strong retail fund inflows late in the period. Within the Morningstar index, every industry registered a gain in 2023, led by home furnishings (+24%), publishing and surface transport (+17% each). A number of other groups rose 15% to 16% and topped the broader market. These included leisure goods/activities/movies, insurance, automotive, industrial equipment, business equipment & services and electronics/electrical. Health care and building & development each returned about 14% and also topped the benchmark. On the downside, radio & television (+7%), all telecom (+10%), utilities, food products and lodging & casinos (11% each) were the biggest relative laggards. Oil & gas and chemicals & plastics each gained about 12% and also underperformed. From a credit-rating perspective, loans rated CCC and B gained roughly 19% and 15%, respectively, and outperformed the market, while higher-quality credits trailed.
Comments from Co-Managers Eric Mollenhauer, Kevin Nielsen and Chandler Perine:
For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 12%, versus 13.72% for the benchmark Morningstar LSTA US Performing Loans Index. The fund's core investment in floating-rate leveraged loans rose 13.54% and slightly detracted from performance versus the benchmark. By industry, investment choices and an underweight in the electronics/electrical category hurt most. Picks in the home furnishings segment also hampered the portfolio's relative result. Further detracting was outsized exposure to the lodging & casinos group. Lastly, the fund's position in cash notably weighed on performance as well. The fund's non-benchmark stake in Chesapeake Energy returned roughly -15% and was the largest individual relative detractor in 2023. An out-of-benchmark position stake in BYJU'S (-29%) also hurt, as did an overweight in Diamond Sports (-37%). In contrast, the biggest contributor to performance versus the benchmark was security selection in the all telecom industry. Investment choices and an overweight in insurance also boosted relative performance, as did an outsized allocation to the chemicals & plastics segment. The top individual relative contributor was an overweight in Asurion (+28%), one of our largest holdings at year-end. An underweight in CenturyLink (-10%) also proved advantageous. Avoiding Magenta Buyer, a benchmark component that returned -12%, was another plus. From a credit quality standpoint, positioning in bonds rated BB added the most value, whereas unrated bonds hurt the most. Notable changes in positioning include increased exposure to the chemicals & plastics industry and a lower allocation to the all telecom group.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets) |
(with maturities greater than one year) |
Bass Pro Group LLC | 2.3 | |
Asurion LLC | 2.2 | |
Acrisure LLC | 1.4 | |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC NV | 1.2 | |
Polaris Newco LLC | 1.0 | |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc. | 0.9 | |
Ukg, Inc. | 0.9 | |
Hunter Douglas, Inc. | 0.9 | |
Peraton Corp. | 0.8 | |
MH Sub I LLC | 0.8 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Technology | 14.8 | |
Services | 10.3 | |
Insurance | 5.6 | |
Healthcare | 5.6 | |
Gaming | 4.2 | |
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Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes. |
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Bank Loan Obligations - 84.8% |
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Aerospace - 0.8% | | | |
ADS Tactical, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.750% 11.2204% 3/19/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 301,875 | 297,851 |
Gemini HDPE LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.000% 8.6448% 12/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 141,468 | 140,902 |
TransDigm, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.5981% 8/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,722,198 | 1,728,656 |
Tranche H 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.5981% 2/22/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 123,750 | 124,181 |
Tranche J 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.5981% 2/28/31 (b)(c)(d) | | 420,000 | 421,575 |
TOTAL AEROSPACE | | | 2,713,165 |
Air Transportation - 1.3% | | | |
AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.4274% 4/20/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 702,000 | 720,210 |
Air Canada Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 9.1393% 8/11/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 275,800 | 276,230 |
American Airlines, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8694% 6/4/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 380,000 | 380,475 |
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9536% 11/23/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 493,236 | 481,314 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.1981% 11/23/28 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 399,938 | 399,938 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.000% 12.4832% 11/23/29 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 175,000 | 174,300 |
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7704% 7/2/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 399,000 | 412,111 |
Rand Parent LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6401% 3/17/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 203,911 | 202,841 |
SkyMiles IP Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1658% 10/20/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 396,000 | 405,033 |
STG Logistics, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.000% 11.4981% 3/24/28 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 251,175 | 234,849 |
United Airlines, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2198% 4/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 746,940 | 748,598 |
TOTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION | | | 4,435,899 |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 1.1% | | | |
American Trailer World Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 3/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 454,171 | 443,889 |
Belron Finance U.S. LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 4/28/28 (c)(d)(f) | | 145,000 | 145,363 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.750% 7.995% 4/18/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 114,425 | 114,568 |
Clarios Global LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 4/20/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 598,500 | 599,248 |
CWGS Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9723% 6/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 746,057 | 727,689 |
Driven Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4698% 12/17/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 103,163 | 102,474 |
Ls Group Opco Acquistion LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7096% 11/2/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 457,076 | 456,504 |
PECF USS Intermediate Holding III Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.8948% 12/17/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 509,862 | 395,036 |
Power Stop LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.206% 1/26/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 412,356 | 384,180 |
Rough Country LLC: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 6.500% 11.7332% 7/28/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 100,000 | 96,000 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8948% 7/28/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 108,958 | 108,141 |
RVR Dealership Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 1 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.000% 9.206% 2/8/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 174,555 | 149,768 |
TOTAL AUTOMOTIVE & AUTO PARTS | | | 3,722,860 |
Banks & Thrifts - 1.1% | | | |
Blackstone CQP Holdco LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3481% 12/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,427,401 | 1,429,185 |
Citadel Securities LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 7/25/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,427,125 | 1,428,909 |
Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.0981% 4/9/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 413,738 | 409,257 |
Novae LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.000% 10.5211% 12/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 388,088 | 379,356 |
Superannuation & Investments U.S. LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 12/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 142,100 | 142,144 |
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.456% 12/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 104,213 | 103,691 |
TOTAL BANKS & THRIFTS | | | 3,892,542 |
Broadcasting - 1.4% | | | |
AppLovin Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.556% 10/25/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 146,807 | 146,807 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.100% 8.556% 8/15/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 652,632 | 652,632 |
Diamond Sports Group LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.000% 15.4428% 8/24/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 198,680 | 144,043 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 10.6625% (b)(c)(d)(g) | | 1,616,944 | 63,869 |
Dotdash Meredith, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4428% 12/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,103,794 | 1,092,756 |
Nexstar Media, Inc. Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 9/19/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 351,322 | 351,294 |
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. Tranche B4 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 9.206% 4/21/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 269,995 | 219,101 |
Univision Communications, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 3/24/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 273,597 | 273,838 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 1/31/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,838,888 | 1,834,861 |
TOTAL BROADCASTING | | | 4,779,201 |
Building Materials - 2.8% | | | |
Acproducts Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.8598% 5/17/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,149,721 | 1,005,684 |
APi Group DE, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 1/3/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 691,920 | 691,920 |
Emerson Climate Technologies Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.356% 5/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 616,254 | 618,028 |
Foley Products Co. LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.2481% 12/29/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 195,569 | 195,743 |
Hunter Douglas, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8797% 2/25/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,916,197 | 2,900,887 |
Ingersoll-Rand Services Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.206% 2/28/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 64,994 | 65,109 |
Janus International Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7643% 8/3/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 159,600 | 159,750 |
Oscar AcquisitionCo LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9481% 4/29/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,239,209 | 1,225,268 |
Smyrna Ready Mix LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8579% 4/2/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 213,027 | 213,383 |
Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 9.206% 10/15/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 266,322 | 265,657 |
SRS Distribution, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 6/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 726,496 | 726,802 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 6/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 235,800 | 235,505 |
Standard Industries, Inc./New Jersey Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.7214% 9/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 220,189 | 220,523 |
Traverse Midstream Partners Ll Tranche B, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 4.250% 9.24% 2/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 266,201 | 266,089 |
USIC Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 9.1098% 5/14/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 254,150 | 251,736 |
White Capital Buyer LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 1 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.000% 9.106% 10/19/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 375,843 | 376,470 |
TOTAL BUILDING MATERIALS | | | 9,418,554 |
Cable/Satellite TV - 2.3% | | | |
Charter Communication Operating LLC: | | | |
Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.1332% 2/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,001,052 | 1,999,812 |
Tranche B4 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.3596% 12/9/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 225,000 | 224,062 |
Coral-U.S. Co.-Borrower LLC Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.7927% 1/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,735,000 | 1,720,686 |
CSC Holdings LLC Tranche B6 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8618% 1/18/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,881,560 | 1,814,539 |
DIRECTV Financing LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.6498% 8/2/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 427,714 | 427,235 |
Neptune Finco Corp. Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.7263% 7/17/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 89,773 | 88,171 |
Virgin Media Bristol LLC: | | | |
Tranche N, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9763% 1/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 653,534 | 650,175 |
Tranche Y 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7899% 3/6/31 (b)(c)(d) | | 855,000 | 850,486 |
TOTAL CABLE/SATELLITE TV | | | 7,775,166 |
Capital Goods - 0.6% | | | |
Ali Group North America Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4704% 7/22/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 359,000 | 359,248 |
Chart Industries, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.691% 3/17/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 533,531 | 533,974 |
CPM Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8428% 9/28/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 344,776 | 345,638 |
Griffon Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 7.7481% 1/24/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 396,318 | 396,647 |
TNT Crane & Rigging LLC 2LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.750% 14.4064% 4/16/25 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 43,896 | 41,539 |
Vertical U.S. Newco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 3.500% 9.3811% 7/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 257,752 | 258,075 |
TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS | | | 1,935,121 |
Chemicals - 3.9% | | | |
A-Gas Finco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 12/13/29 (c)(d)(f) | | 455,000 | 416,325 |
ARC Falcon I, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 8.956% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 992,859 | 980,449 |
Aruba Investment Holdings LLC: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.750% 13.206% 11/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 410,000 | 382,838 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.456% 11/24/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 440,837 | 433,951 |
Avient Corp. Tranche B7 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.8902% 8/29/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 487,196 | 487,805 |
Bakelite U.S. Holding Ltd. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4981% 5/27/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 399,735 | 397,489 |
Consolidated Energy Finance SA: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 5/7/25 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 258,375 | 250,624 |
Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.956% 5/7/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 223,079 | 215,829 |
Cyanco Intermediate 2 Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.106% 7/7/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 124,688 | 124,896 |
Derby Buyer LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.5928% 11/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 450,000 | 450,000 |
Discovery Purchaser Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.370% 9.7651% 10/4/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,323,466 | 1,302,674 |
Groupe Solmax, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.2953% 5/27/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 650,994 | 623,327 |
Herens U.S. Holdco Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.920% 9.3731% 7/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 214,560 | 193,748 |
Hexion Holdings Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 10.0215% 3/15/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,322,209 | 1,267,668 |
Hexion, Inc. 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.430% 12.8935% 3/15/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 170,000 | 142,163 |
ICP Group Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 12/29/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 147,791 | 118,454 |
INEOS U.S. Finance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 2/10/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 159,200 | 159,200 |
INEOS U.S. Petrochem LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 3/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 169,150 | 165,767 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.706% 4/2/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 536,490 | 531,125 |
Koppers, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.96% 4/10/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 399,000 | 400,496 |
Manchester Acquisition Sub LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.750% 11.2771% 12/1/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 249,280 | 218,537 |
Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.3481% 11/9/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 365,085 | 366,454 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 11/9/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,261,026 | 1,257,167 |
Starfruit U.S. Holdco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.441% 4/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 213,925 | 214,406 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4671% 4/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 615,058 | 616,786 |
The Chemours Co. LLC Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.856% 8/18/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,327,464 | 1,323,482 |
W.R. Grace Holding LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 9/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 174,112 | 174,392 |
TOTAL CHEMICALS | | | 13,216,052 |
Consumer Products - 1.9% | | | |
19Th Holdings Golf LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.6959% 2/7/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 645,175 | 638,723 |
Aip Rd Buyer Corp.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.606% 12/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 383,175 | 381,022 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.356% 12/23/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 164,175 | 163,765 |
BCPE Empire Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.106% 12/10/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 712,418 | 713,664 |
Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.456% 5/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 171,082 | 170,013 |
Tranche B3 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.106% 12/13/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 439,454 | 438,356 |
CNT Holdings I Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9258% 11/8/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 505,700 | 506,261 |
Gloves Buyer, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 1/6/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 117,000 | 115,830 |
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 12/22/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 548,154 | 547,162 |
Mattress Firm, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan 6 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.250% 9.8598% 9/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 683,196 | 676,241 |
Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.8598% 3/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 492,368 | 464,451 |
Runner Buyer, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.500% 11.0027% 10/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 334,050 | 261,117 |
Sweetwater Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7204% 8/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 642,297 | 639,085 |
Windsor Holdings III, LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 9.841% 8/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 478,800 | 481,342 |
Woof Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3595% 12/21/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 291,750 | 235,171 |
TOTAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS | | | 6,432,203 |
Containers - 1.7% | | | |
AOT Packaging Products AcquisitionCo LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 3/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 647,693 | 643,036 |
Berlin Packaging, LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.6041% 3/11/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 528,642 | 526,284 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.21% 3/11/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 769,253 | 769,337 |
Berry Global, Inc. Tranche AA 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.2219% 7/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 538,685 | 538,992 |
Canister International Group, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.206% 12/20/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 120,313 | 120,488 |
Charter NEX U.S., Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 12/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 655,503 | 657,758 |
Graham Packaging Co., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 8/4/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 425,624 | 425,909 |
Kloeckner Pentaplast of America, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 4.750% 10.476% 2/9/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 189,638 | 177,905 |
Pregis TopCo Corp. 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 8/1/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 97,750 | 97,669 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.106% 7/31/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 499,325 | 500,029 |
Reynolds Consumer Products LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.206% 1/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 517,968 | 518,569 |
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 2/5/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 116,015 | 116,294 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 9/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 316,875 | 317,563 |
Ring Container Technologies Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 8/12/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 264,600 | 264,986 |
TOTAL CONTAINERS | | | 5,674,819 |
Diversified Financial Services - 3.4% | | | |
AlixPartners LLP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 2/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 586,360 | 587,497 |
AVSC Holding Corp. Tranche B2 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 5.500% 10.9484% 10/15/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 372,285 | 363,600 |
BCP Renaissance Parent LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8711% 10/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 213,197 | 213,397 |
Broadstreet Partners, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 1/27/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 219,938 | 219,817 |
Tranche B3 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.106% 1/26/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 464,413 | 465,137 |
Clue Opco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.856% 9/22/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 690,000 | 652,623 |
DXP Enterprises, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.2906% 10/6/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 204,488 | 204,999 |
Eagle 4 Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 7/12/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 142,038 | 141,860 |
FinCo I LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3832% 6/27/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 201,095 | 201,682 |
Focus Financial Partners LLC: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.856% 6/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 390,183 | 389,793 |
Tranche B5 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.606% 6/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 227,125 | 227,314 |
Fugue Finance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3882% 1/26/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 268,647 | 269,445 |
GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 9/21/30 (c)(d)(f) | | 2,070,000 | 2,077,763 |
HarbourVest Partners LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.3481% 4/20/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 566,458 | 567,875 |
Heubach Holding U.S.A. LLC Tranche CME, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 10.000% 15.6477% 4/30/24 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 81,540 | 69,679 |
Hightower Holding LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6412% 4/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 693,299 | 690,124 |
LSF11 Trinity Bidco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3583% 6/17/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 98,076 | 98,566 |
Nexus Buyer LLC: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.250% 11.706% 11/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 335,000 | 325,788 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 11/8/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 583,748 | 576,585 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8598% 12/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 300,000 | 297,189 |
RCS Capital Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.956% 8/9/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 852,545 | 850,704 |
Recess Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3882% 3/24/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 169,575 | 170,423 |
TransUnion LLC: | | | |
Tranche B5 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.206% 11/16/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 165,048 | 165,158 |
Tranche B6 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.7204% 12/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 471,371 | 472,611 |
UFC Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.3991% 4/29/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 264,790 | 265,489 |
WH Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.8913% 2/15/27 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 667,070 | 663,734 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.9028% 2/9/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 472,800 | 469,490 |
TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES | | | 11,698,342 |
Diversified Media - 0.9% | | | |
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 10.1759% 10/28/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 400,769 | 397,575 |
Allen Media LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.500% 10.9981% 2/10/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 962,342 | 851,673 |
Cmg Media Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9481% 12/17/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,887,533 | 1,741,249 |
TOTAL DIVERSIFIED MEDIA | | | 2,990,497 |
Energy - 2.4% | | | |
Apro LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2096% 11/14/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 392,460 | 392,460 |
Array Technologies, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.9274% 10/14/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 457,375 | 456,803 |
BW Gas & Convenience Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 3/17/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 419,250 | 412,961 |
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.606% 7/20/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 324,188 | 323,944 |
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 11/19/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 653,524 | 653,831 |
EG America LLC: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 9.6645% 2/7/28 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 349,500 | 339,015 |
Tranche BC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 11.2383% 2/7/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 865,713 | 848,399 |
Esdec Solar Group BV Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.3598% 8/27/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 376,613 | 359,665 |
GIP II Blue Holding LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9704% 9/29/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,131,296 | 1,134,599 |
GIP III Stetson I LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.706% 10/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 444,430 | 444,061 |
Natgasoline LLC Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 11/14/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 296,536 | 294,682 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.39% 10/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,410,000 | 1,385,325 |
Par Petroleum LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7382% 2/14/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 512,471 | 512,087 |
Rockwood Service Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.7204% 1/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 293,006 | 293,519 |
Win Waste Innovations Holdings Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 3/25/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 263,250 | 246,665 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 8,098,016 |
Entertainment/Film - 0.3% | | | |
AP Core Holdings II LLC: | | | |
Tranche B1 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.9704% 9/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 359,799 | 351,704 |
Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.9704% 9/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 850,000 | 828,487 |
TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT/FILM | | | 1,180,191 |
Environmental - 0.4% | | | |
Clean Harbors, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4698% 10/8/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 223,911 | 224,232 |
Covanta Holding Corp.: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.856% 11/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 241,446 | 241,144 |
Tranche C 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.856% 11/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 18,408 | 18,385 |
Madison IAQ LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7214% 6/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 897,739 | 893,654 |
TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL | | | 1,377,415 |
Food & Drug Retail - 0.6% | | | |
Cardenas Merger Sub, LLC 1LN, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 6.750% 12.1981% 8/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 659,746 | 658,757 |
Froneri U.S., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.706% 1/29/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 280,037 | 280,149 |
JP Intermediate B LLC term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 11.1448% 11/20/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 286,257 | 51,615 |
Northeast Grocery, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.500% 12.8618% 12/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 305,000 | 301,188 |
Primary Products Finance LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.5455% 4/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 246,250 | 246,405 |
Upfield U.S.A. Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.2236% 1/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 560,000 | 548,520 |
TOTAL FOOD & DRUG RETAIL | | | 2,086,634 |
Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 1.4% | | | |
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 10/1/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 117,891 | 112,782 |
Aspire Bakeries Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6069% 12/16/30 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 170,000 | 170,000 |
Bengal Debt Merger Sub LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.6981% 1/24/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 839,432 | 809,960 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 6.000% 11.4481% 1/24/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 170,000 | 136,000 |
Chobani LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 10/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 442,880 | 443,101 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1118% 10/25/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 265,000 | 265,220 |
Del Monte Foods, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7111% 5/16/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,060,691 | 990,420 |
Shearer's Foods, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 9/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 444,163 | 444,341 |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.8598% 3/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,435,258 | 1,420,188 |
TOTAL FOOD/BEVERAGE/TOBACCO | | | 4,792,012 |
Gaming - 3.8% | | | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.706% 1/26/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,352,225 | 2,355,542 |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC NV Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.356% 1/27/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 4,165,670 | 4,164,795 |
Flutter Financing B.V. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.5984% 11/25/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,020,000 | 1,020,847 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.8627% 7/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 152,400 | 152,739 |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.206% 5/26/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 562,175 | 561,416 |
GVC Holdings Gibraltar Ltd.: | | | |
Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 3.500% 8.9481% 10/31/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 418,439 | 418,874 |
Tranche B4 1LN, term loan CME TERM SOFR 6 MONTH INDEX + 2.250% 7.9481% 3/16/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 195,500 | 195,780 |
J&J Ventures Gaming LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6098% 4/26/28 (c)(d) | | 322,575 | 319,465 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 9.7204% 4/26/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 88,929 | 87,372 |
Tranche DD2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 4/26/28 (c)(d)(f) | | 160,071 | 157,270 |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.5981% 8/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 225,000 | 225,763 |
PCI Gaming Authority 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 5/29/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 138,389 | 138,753 |
Scientific Games Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4648% 4/14/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 640,250 | 641,249 |
Scientific Games Holdings LP term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.6643% 4/4/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,612,390 | 1,611,583 |
Station Casinos LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.706% 2/7/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 962,160 | 963,180 |
TOTAL GAMING | | | 13,014,628 |
Healthcare - 5.6% | | | |
Accelerated Health Systems LLC Tranche B1 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7481% 2/15/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 334,900 | 279,956 |
AHP Health Partners, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 8/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 250,001 | 250,549 |
Avantor Funding, Inc. Tranche B5 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.706% 11/6/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 252,908 | 253,260 |
Catalent Pharma Solutions Tranche B4 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3558% 2/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 290,000 | 290,000 |
Charlotte Buyer, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.250% 10.6074% 2/12/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 641,991 | 644,039 |
Da Vinci Purchaser Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 1/8/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 898,440 | 899,285 |
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.1928% 8/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 869,676 | 863,519 |
Electron BidCo, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 11/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 260,363 | 260,724 |
Embecta Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.356% 3/31/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 684,093 | 670,603 |
Gainwell Acquisition Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4481% 10/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,618,964 | 2,540,395 |
HAH Group Holding Co. LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.45% 10/29/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 39,843 | 39,420 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.000% 10.45% 10/29/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 228,849 | 227,133 |
Tranche DD 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.000% 10.45% 10/29/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 5,042 | 4,988 |
ICU Medical, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9981% 1/6/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 434,619 | 433,806 |
Insulet Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 5/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,588,874 | 1,591,988 |
Jazz Financing Lux SARL Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 5/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,006,110 | 1,010,718 |
Maravai Intermediate Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3968% 10/19/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 268,293 | 260,693 |
MED ParentCo LP: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7204% 8/31/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 397,795 | 393,272 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.250% 13.7204% 8/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 180,000 | 164,475 |
Mozart Borrower LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.4704% 10/23/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,262,092 | 2,271,276 |
Organon & Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4719% 6/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 742,454 | 742,922 |
Packaging Coordinators Midco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 9.1098% 11/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 622,649 | 622,301 |
Pathway Vet Alliance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 3/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 220,213 | 193,512 |
Perrigo Investments LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.706% 4/20/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 461,813 | 460,081 |
Phoenix Newco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 11/15/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,317,099 | 1,324,013 |
Pluto Acquisition I, Inc. term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6498% 6/20/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 341,397 | 265,152 |
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.250% 7.8598% 7/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 264,017 | 264,759 |
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8558% 12/5/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 652,621 | 654,526 |
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7073% 10/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 111,959 | 102,038 |
U.S. Radiology Specialists, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 5.250% 10.7481% 12/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 336,814 | 332,883 |
Upstream Newco, Inc. 1LN, term loan 1 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.250% 9.8948% 11/20/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 110,789 | 104,073 |
Vetstrategy Canada Holdings In Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.866% 11/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 725,000 | 725,602 |
TOTAL HEALTHCARE | | | 19,141,961 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 0.7% | | | |
Breakwater Energy Partners, LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 11.25% 9/1/26 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 516,082 | 499,980 |
DTZ U.S. Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 8/21/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 42,096 | 41,990 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.706% 1/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 428,352 | 424,068 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.356% 1/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 175,000 | 174,563 |
Fluidra Finco SL Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.381% 1/27/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 262,863 | 262,261 |
Greystar Real Estate Partners 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1246% 8/21/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 219,450 | 219,450 |
Jones DesLauriers Insurance Management, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6245% 3/15/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 245,000 | 245,715 |
Ryan Specialty Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.456% 9/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 440,358 | 439,257 |
TOTAL HOMEBUILDERS/REAL ESTATE | | | 2,307,284 |
Hotels - 1.8% | | | |
ASP LS Acquisition Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 10.3958% 5/7/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 391,000 | 358,090 |
Carnival Finance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 10/18/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,710,204 | 1,710,923 |
Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.956% 11/30/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 620,708 | 622,415 |
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.2204% 8/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,647,030 | 1,647,030 |
Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.206% 8/31/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 635,145 | 635,145 |
Oravel Stays Singapore Pte Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 8.250% 13.8827% 6/23/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 113,935 | 103,680 |
Playa Resorts Holding BV Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 8.6083% 1/5/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 531,345 | 531,345 |
Travelport Finance Luxembourg SARL 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 8.750% 12.6517% 2/28/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 410,034 | 395,797 |
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.706% 5/25/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 141,954 | 142,257 |
TOTAL HOTELS | | | 6,146,682 |
Insurance - 5.5% | | | |
Acrisure LLC: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 9.1498% 2/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 3,622,695 | 3,610,414 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.8998% 2/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 510,845 | 511,484 |
Tranche B5 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8882% 11/6/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 730,122 | 730,728 |
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC Tranche B6 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8648% 11/6/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,202,469 | 1,206,377 |
AmWINS Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.7204% 2/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 534,702 | 534,847 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 2/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 168,300 | 168,589 |
Amynta Agency Borrower, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.606% 2/28/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 537,802 | 537,727 |
AssuredPartners, Inc.: | | | |
1 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.856% 2/13/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 255,450 | 255,833 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 2/13/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 14,625 | 14,643 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 2/13/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 360,000 | 360,587 |
Tranche B4 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 2/13/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 164,588 | 164,882 |
Asurion LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.456% 8/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,451,054 | 1,443,117 |
Tranche B11 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.706% 8/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 897,773 | 893,446 |
Tranche B3 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7204% 1/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,400,000 | 1,331,162 |
Tranche B4 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7204% 1/20/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,545,000 | 1,452,779 |
Tranche B8 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 12/23/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,701,344 | 1,695,678 |
Tranche B9 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 7/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 559,675 | 554,778 |
HUB International Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6619% 7/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,831,926 | 1,838,832 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3691% 11/10/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 207,900 | 208,559 |
USI, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3481% 11/22/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 896,944 | 897,643 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.5981% 9/27/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 458,850 | 458,992 |
TOTAL INSURANCE | | | 18,871,097 |
Leisure - 2.3% | | | |
Alterra Mountain Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 8/17/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 125,487 | 125,487 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 5/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 388,050 | 389,990 |
Arcis Golf LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 11/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 308,747 | 309,263 |
Carnival Finance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3574% 8/8/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 648,371 | 648,909 |
City Football Group Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 7/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,482,832 | 1,472,333 |
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.6098% 9/18/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 675,446 | 649,698 |
Crown Finance U.S., Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.500% 14.3811% 7/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 216,900 | 219,882 |
Delta 2 SARL Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 7.5981% 1/15/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 765,000 | 766,438 |
Equinox Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche 2LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 7.000% 12.6098% 9/8/24 (b)(c)(d) | | 115,000 | 106,848 |
Tranche B-1, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 3.000% 8.6098% 3/8/24 (b)(c)(d) | | 591,447 | 577,234 |
Herschend Entertainment Co. LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2128% 8/27/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 141,375 | 141,419 |
Lids Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.500% 11.0277% 12/14/26 (b)(c)(d)(e) | | 285,156 | 275,176 |
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 8/25/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 219,938 | 220,102 |
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 3/9/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 949,259 | 948,272 |
United PF Holdings LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6448% 12/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 815,829 | 725,476 |
2LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.500% 14.1448% 12/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 100,000 | 71,000 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.500% 14.1448% 12/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 82,238 | 73,191 |
TOTAL LEISURE | | | 7,720,718 |
Metals/Mining - 0.2% | | | |
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.856% 8/18/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 374,063 | 375,114 |
U.S. Silica Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.206% 3/23/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 255,850 | 255,942 |
TOTAL METALS/MINING | | | 631,056 |
Paper - 1.0% | | | |
Ahlstrom-Munksjo OYJ 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6098% 2/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 163,415 | 162,598 |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.170% 9.631% 4/13/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 3,197,370 | 3,208,017 |
TOTAL PAPER | | | 3,370,615 |
Publishing/Printing - 0.4% | | | |
Century DE Buyer LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.39% 10/30/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 440,000 | 441,100 |
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.750% 13.3598% 6/16/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 168,351 | 156,426 |
Learning Care Group (U.S.) No 2, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.1302% 8/11/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 289,275 | 290,577 |
MJH Healthcare Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 1/28/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 383,175 | 380,780 |
RLG Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7204% 7/8/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 200,900 | 188,243 |
TOTAL PUBLISHING/PRINTING | | | 1,457,126 |
Railroad - 0.4% | | | |
AIT Worldwide Logistics Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.2074% 4/6/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 347,013 | 343,542 |
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4448% 12/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 459,673 | 460,381 |
Wwex Unified Topco Holdings LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6098% 7/26/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 551,018 | 538,620 |
TOTAL RAILROAD | | | 1,342,543 |
Restaurants - 1.0% | | | |
Burger King Worldwide, Inc. Tranche B5 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.250% 7.606% 9/21/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 597,500 | 597,285 |
Dave & Buster's, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.25% 6/29/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 532,167 | 533,024 |
Flynn Restaurant Group LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7204% 12/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 232,133 | 233,235 |
Pacific Bells LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 10.1098% 10/20/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 282,915 | 281,235 |
PFC Acquisition Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 6.250% 11.7832% 3/1/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 357,188 | 352,723 |
Restaurant Technologies, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.5981% 4/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 503,593 | 497,928 |
Whatabrands LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 8/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 869,138 | 869,529 |
TOTAL RESTAURANTS | | | 3,364,959 |
Services - 10.1% | | | |
ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC Tranche B1 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 12/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,155,968 | 2,163,450 |
AEA International Holdings Luxembourg SARL Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 9/7/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 156,800 | 156,996 |
AI Aqua Merger Sub, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 7/30/28 (c)(d)(f) | | 1,080,000 | 1,083,715 |
All-Star Bidco AB: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.900% 8.96% 11/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 132,638 | 132,030 |
Tranche B1 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.46% 11/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 639,333 | 637,204 |
Allied Universal Holdco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 5/14/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,342,942 | 1,335,744 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.106% 5/14/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 389,025 | 388,476 |
APX Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.9244% 7/9/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 648,238 | 647,732 |
Aramark Services, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 4/6/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 90,000 | 89,986 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 6/22/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 120,942 | 121,074 |
Tranche B-4 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.2204% 1/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 116,563 | 116,307 |
Archkey Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7204% 6/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 570,341 | 558,935 |
Ascend Learning LLC: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.750% 11.206% 12/10/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 255,000 | 217,933 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 12/10/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,633,312 | 1,602,916 |
Avis Budget Group, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.2128% 8/6/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 159,584 | 159,066 |
Tranche C 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.456% 3/16/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 147,258 | 147,397 |
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.8771% 8/1/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,426,425 | 1,416,240 |
Cast & Crew Payroll LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 9.2204% 2/7/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 676,536 | 675,622 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 12/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 492,880 | 491,032 |
CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 480,301 | 480,354 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1448% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 200,000 | 200,126 |
Congruex Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.750% 11.2832% 5/3/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 369,375 | 350,906 |
CoreLogic, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 6/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,403,548 | 1,362,326 |
EAB Global, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 8/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 505,037 | 503,648 |
EmployBridge LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.4071% 7/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 732,128 | 596,684 |
Ensemble RCM LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2332% 8/1/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 529,726 | 530,293 |
Filtration Group Corp.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7204% 10/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 320,539 | 321,607 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 10/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 259,038 | 259,126 |
Flexera Software LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 3/3/28 (c)(d)(f) | | 165,000 | 164,665 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 3/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 645,185 | 643,875 |
Franchise Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.3944% 3/10/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 193,538 | 153,620 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.4374% 3/10/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 730,004 | 579,623 |
Galaxy U.S. Opco, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.1332% 4/29/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 500,900 | 410,738 |
GEMS MENASA Cayman Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.3998% 7/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 261,565 | 262,057 |
Greeneden U.S. Holdings II LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 12/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 400,297 | 401,582 |
Hertz Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1083% 6/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 360,000 | 359,251 |
HomeServe U.S.A. Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3579% 10/13/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 580,000 | 581,543 |
Indy U.S. Bidco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 3/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 199,386 | 190,513 |
Ion Trading Finance Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.1981% 3/26/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 541,224 | 540,889 |
KNS Acquisitions, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.250% 11.7204% 4/21/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 445,452 | 392,554 |
KUEHG Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.3481% 6/12/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,162,088 | 1,165,783 |
Life Time, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 10.1113% 1/15/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 60,000 | 60,270 |
Maverick Purchaser Sub LLC: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3579% 2/15/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,132,800 | 1,131,101 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 1/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 712,878 | 712,208 |
Tranche B 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.750% 14.2204% 1/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 290,000 | 287,463 |
Neptune BidCo U.S., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.5067% 4/11/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,110,560 | 1,923,247 |
Omnia Partners LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6282% 7/25/30 (c)(d) | | 653,601 | 657,281 |
Tranche DD 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 7/25/30 (c)(d)(h) | | 61,399 | 61,745 |
Optiv Security, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 10.6296% 8/14/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 508,725 | 484,052 |
Pilot Travel Centers LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.456% 8/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 635,375 | 636,830 |
PowerTeam Services LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9481% 3/6/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 346,406 | 325,081 |
R1 RCM, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 6/21/29 (c)(d)(f) | | 310,000 | 309,709 |
Sabert Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2195% 12/16/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 310,928 | 312,678 |
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 2/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 253,424 | 254,022 |
Sitel Worldwide Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 8/27/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 68,961 | 66,064 |
Sotheby's Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 10.1555% 1/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 559,311 | 551,274 |
Spin Holdco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6246% 3/4/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,816,055 | 2,465,062 |
SuperMoose Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2481% 8/29/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 546,655 | 526,156 |
The GEO Group, Inc. Tranche 1B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.120% 12.481% 3/23/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 30,000 | 30,552 |
Uber Technologies, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.1346% 3/3/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 757,528 | 759,346 |
WMB Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.706% 11/3/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 197,340 | 197,587 |
TOTAL SERVICES | | | 34,345,346 |
Specialty Retailing - 0.1% | | | |
New SK Holdco Sub LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 8.350% 13.7069% 6/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 342,972 | 339,886 |
Steel - 0.1% | | | |
JMC Steel Group, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4763% 1/24/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 381,611 | 381,692 |
Super Retail - 3.2% | | | |
Academy Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2073% 11/6/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 347,632 | 347,417 |
At Home Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.7055% 7/24/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 427,014 | 184,329 |
Bass Pro Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 3/5/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 7,975,467 | 7,967,481 |
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.3598% 2/3/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 217,778 | 218,732 |
Empire Today LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.4704% 4/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 532,707 | 412,469 |
Harbor Freight Tools U.S.A., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 10/19/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 522,594 | 521,523 |
LBM Acquisition LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 12/18/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 471,191 | 465,009 |
Michaels Companies, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.8598% 4/15/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 531,542 | 439,586 |
RH Tranche B2 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.706% 10/20/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 493,750 | 480,789 |
TOTAL SUPER RETAIL | | | 11,037,335 |
Technology - 14.7% | | | |
A&V Holdings Midco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.370% 10.987% 3/10/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 207,560 | 203,927 |
Acuris Finance U.S., Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4981% 2/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 270,573 | 269,980 |
AI Aqua Merger Sub, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.0928% 7/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,057,374 | 1,056,782 |
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9938% 10/8/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 187,824 | 188,241 |
Anastasia Parent LLC Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3598% 8/10/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 947,500 | 568,500 |
Applied Systems, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8481% 9/19/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 501,213 | 502,977 |
Aptean, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.706% 4/23/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 371,547 | 370,462 |
Athenahealth Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.606% 2/15/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,144,188 | 2,132,395 |
AZZ, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 5/13/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 372,475 | 373,738 |
Byju's Alpha, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.000% 15.5% 11/24/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 501,507 | 173,857 |
Camelot Finance SA: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 10/31/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 578,813 | 579,391 |
Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 10/31/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 589,888 | 590,183 |
Central Parent, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3481% 7/6/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 643,645 | 646,207 |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. Tranche B, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9704% 4/30/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 410,691 | 410,839 |
Cloud Software Group, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche A 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9481% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 139,213 | 135,450 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9481% 3/30/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,049,615 | 1,998,129 |
Coherent Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 7/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 966,450 | 968,064 |
CommScope, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 4/4/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 652,064 | 581,152 |
ConnectWise LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 965,462 | 962,141 |
Constant Contact, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6874% 2/10/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 403,691 | 393,598 |
DCert Buyer, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.356% 10/16/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,711,761 | 1,693,874 |
Tranche B 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.000% 12.356% 2/19/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 595,000 | 539,094 |
DG Investment Intermediate Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.750% 12.2204% 3/31/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 60,000 | 53,900 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 3/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 393,038 | 388,829 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.106% 3/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 109,446 | 108,989 |
ECL Entertainment LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.106% 8/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 184,538 | 184,676 |
Entegris, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 7.8483% 7/6/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 332,162 | 333,268 |
Eos U.S. Finco LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 6.000% 11.0981% 10/6/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 184,132 | 168,481 |
Epicor Software Corp.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 7/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 90,000 | 90,720 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 7/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 577,701 | 579,198 |
Gen Digital, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.456% 9/12/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,101,079 | 1,101,420 |
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4628% 8/10/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 120,625 | 120,764 |
GoDaddy, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 7.856% 11/9/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 462,294 | 463,491 |
Helios Software Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6981% 7/18/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 104,738 | 104,476 |
Hunter U.S. Bidco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6981% 8/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 661,156 | 657,850 |
Icon Luxembourg Sarl Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.250% 7.8598% 7/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,059,668 | 1,062,646 |
Imprivata, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2204% 12/1/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 282,025 | 282,679 |
McAfee Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1928% 3/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,772,023 | 1,759,849 |
MH Sub I LLC: | | | |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.606% 5/3/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,678,925 | 2,629,445 |
Tranche B 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.250% 11.606% 2/23/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 225,000 | 208,847 |
MKS Instruments, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.841% 8/17/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 696,188 | 697,058 |
NCR Atleos Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.206% 3/27/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 705,000 | 700,009 |
Open Text Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.1984% 1/31/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,092,073 | 1,093,853 |
Park Place Technologies LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.456% 11/10/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 653,369 | 648,933 |
Peraton Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 2/1/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,890,836 | 2,894,450 |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 3/19/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 169,564 | 166,068 |
Polaris Newco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 6/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 3,422,783 | 3,372,297 |
Project Alpha Intermediate Holding, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.0929% 10/26/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 835,000 | 837,781 |
Project Boost Purchaser LLC: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 5/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 415,157 | 415,061 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 6.6153% 5/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 30,000 | 29,975 |
Proofpoint, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7128% 8/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 841,726 | 840,851 |
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2303% 2/15/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 761,426 | 329,317 |
RealPage, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4628% 4/22/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 849,521 | 841,773 |
Red Planet Borrower LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.206% 9/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 816,764 | 783,383 |
Renaissance Holdings Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.0984% 4/7/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 932,663 | 934,864 |
Roper Industrial Products Investment Co. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.3481% 11/22/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 188,577 | 188,860 |
Sophia LP Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.956% 10/7/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 562,698 | 563,227 |
Sovos Compliance LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9704% 8/11/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 630,755 | 622,082 |
SS&C Technologies, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche B 3LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 1.750% 7.2204% 4/16/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 194,737 | 194,965 |
Tranche B 4LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.2204% 4/16/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 183,875 | 184,091 |
Tranche B 5LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.2204% 4/16/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 786,742 | 787,450 |
Tempo Acquisition LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.106% 8/31/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 320,252 | 321,395 |
TTM Technologies, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.0928% 5/30/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 363,515 | 363,515 |
Ukg, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.9882% 5/4/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 238,800 | 239,397 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7643% 5/4/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,392,010 | 1,394,279 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.750% 9.2332% 5/4/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 785,150 | 786,414 |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7643% 5/3/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 600,000 | 600,108 |
Veritas U.S., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.4704% 9/1/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 554,615 | 459,521 |
Verscend Holding Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4704% 8/27/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 517,841 | 518,271 |
VFH Parent LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.456% 1/13/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 674,858 | 675,364 |
VM Consolidated, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 3/27/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 386,862 | 388,217 |
VS Buyer LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.706% 2/28/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 747,666 | 748,601 |
Weber-Stephen Products LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 10/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 202,450 | 176,348 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.706% 10/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 117,900 | 102,647 |
Zelis Payments Buyer, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 9/30/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 712,144 | 712,878 |
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY | | | 50,251,812 |
Telecommunications - 3.5% | | | |
Altice Financing SA Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.3939% 10/31/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 469,250 | 466,026 |
Altice France SA Tranche B14 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.8939% 8/15/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,439,620 | 2,184,485 |
Aventiv Technologies LLC Tranche B, term loan: | | | |
3 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.500% 10.231% 11/1/24 (b)(c)(d) | | 474,448 | 365,031 |
3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.250% 13.981% 11/1/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 685,000 | 342,500 |
Cablevision Lightpath LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7263% 11/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 125,526 | 125,033 |
Ciena Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.3579% 10/24/30 (b)(c)(d) | | 134,325 | 134,549 |
Connect U.S. Finco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.856% 12/12/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 110,962 | 110,885 |
Consolidated Communications, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9704% 10/2/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 318,651 | 295,402 |
Crown Subsea Communications Holding, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 10.7073% 4/27/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 346,125 | 347,278 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.4573% 4/27/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 140,240 | 140,906 |
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 3.750% 9.2204% 10/8/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,615,461 | 1,605,364 |
GTT Communications, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 9.000% 14.4901% 6/30/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 101,753 | 64,104 |
Gtt Remainco LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.000% 12.4484% 12/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 128,013 | 110,571 |
Lumen Technologies, Inc. Tranche A 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4704% 1/31/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 0 | 0 |
Northwest Fiber LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.3898% 4/30/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 667,978 | 666,809 |
Patagonia Holdco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.750% 11.1157% 8/1/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,013,708 | 917,406 |
Radiate Holdco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 1 month U.S. LIBOR + 3.250% 8.7204% 9/25/26 (b)(c)(d) | | 919,773 | 733,160 |
SBA Senior Finance II, LLC Tranche B, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 1.750% 7.21% 4/11/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 447,763 | 448,121 |
Windstream Services LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 6.250% 11.706% 9/21/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 485,027 | 456,934 |
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 3/9/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 2,235,347 | 1,913,501 |
CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.320% 9.681% 3/9/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 579,675 | 495,842 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 11,923,907 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.4% | | | |
Crocs, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4981% 2/19/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 507,650 | 508,985 |
Fanatics Commerce Intermediate Holdco LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 11/23/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 290,076 | 288,263 |
Jo-Ann Stores LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.3912% 7/7/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 229,859 | 10,507 |
Tory Burch LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.7204% 4/16/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 525,033 | 523,148 |
Victoria's Secret & Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.8878% 8/2/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 195,302 | 193,349 |
TOTAL TEXTILES/APPAREL | | | 1,524,252 |
Transportation Ex Air/Rail - 0.1% | | | |
ASP LS Acquisition Corp. 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.500% 13.3958% 5/7/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 230,000 | 190,134 |
Utilities - 1.6% | | | |
Brookfield WEC Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.106% 8/1/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 162,938 | 163,345 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.2204% 8/1/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,398,503 | 1,401,188 |
ExGen Renewables IV, LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 2.500% 8.1498% 12/15/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 160,940 | 160,713 |
Generation Bridge Northeast LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.606% 8/7/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 259,440 | 260,198 |
Limetree Bay Terminals LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.000% 10.6098% 2/15/24 (b)(c)(d) | | 215,488 | 192,459 |
Luxembourg Investment Co. 428 SARL Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.000% 10.4338% 1/3/29 (b)(c)(d) | | 329,136 | 145,369 |
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.7204% 6/23/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 322,575 | 322,010 |
PG&E Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 7.856% 6/23/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 395,000 | 395,063 |
Pike Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4704% 1/21/28 (b)(c)(d) | | 239,726 | 240,225 |
Vertiv Group Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9743% 3/2/27 (b)(c)(d) | | 1,160,304 | 1,163,645 |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC Tranche B 3LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 1.750% 7.356% 12/31/25 (b)(c)(d) | | 995,883 | 995,594 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | | 5,439,809 |
TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $293,873,638) | | | 289,021,531 |
| | | |
Nonconvertible Bonds - 3.6% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Aerospace - 0.1% | | | |
TransDigm, Inc. 6.25% 3/15/26 (i) | | 500,000 | 499,136 |
Air Transportation - 0.0% | | | |
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. 5.5% 4/20/26 (i) | | 87,500 | 86,869 |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd. 4.5% 10/20/25 (i) | | 46,605 | 45,897 |
TOTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION | | | 132,766 |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 0.7% | | | |
Clarios Global LP / Clarios U.S. Finance Co. 6.75% 5/15/28 (i) | | 175,000 | 178,538 |
Rivian Holdco & Rivian LLC & Rivian Automotive LLC 6 month U.S. LIBOR + 5.620% 11.4932% 10/15/26 (b)(c)(i) | | 2,065,000 | 2,058,816 |
TOTAL AUTOMOTIVE & AUTO PARTS | | | 2,237,354 |
Broadcasting - 0.2% | | | |
DISH Network Corp. 11.75% 11/15/27 (i) | | 415,000 | 433,201 |
Univision Communications, Inc.: | | | |
6.625% 6/1/27 (i) | | 105,000 | 104,714 |
8% 8/15/28 (i) | | 150,000 | 154,743 |
TOTAL BROADCASTING | | | 692,658 |
Building Materials - 0.1% | | | |
Smyrna Ready Mix LLC 8.875% 11/15/31 (i) | | 300,000 | 315,353 |
Cable/Satellite TV - 0.1% | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: | | | |
5% 2/1/28 (i) | | 170,000 | 162,653 |
5.375% 6/1/29 (i) | | 330,000 | 311,053 |
TOTAL CABLE/SATELLITE TV | | | 473,706 |
Capital Goods - 0.0% | | | |
Chart Industries, Inc. 7.5% 1/1/30 (i) | | 35,000 | 36,584 |
Chemicals - 0.1% | | | |
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc. 5% 12/31/26 (i) | | 5,000 | 4,875 |
Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp. 9.75% 11/15/28 (i) | | 200,000 | 212,279 |
TOTAL CHEMICALS | | | 217,154 |
Containers - 0.1% | | | |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings U.S.A., Inc. 4.125% 8/15/26 (i) | | 260,000 | 237,250 |
Energy - 0.4% | | | |
Citgo Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
6.375% 6/15/26 (i) | | 45,000 | 44,851 |
7% 6/15/25 (i) | | 130,000 | 129,788 |
8.375% 1/15/29 (i) | | 290,000 | 298,216 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc.: | | | |
6.5% 9/30/26 (i) | | 642,000 | 616,579 |
6.75% 9/15/25 (i) | | 218,300 | 216,558 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 1,305,992 |
Gaming - 0.4% | | | |
Affinity Gaming LLC 6.875% 12/15/27 (i) | | 150,000 | 133,685 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. 7% 2/15/30 (i) | | 160,000 | 164,070 |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc. 4.625% 1/15/29 (i) | | 795,000 | 721,359 |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. 7.625% 4/15/26 (i) | | 145,000 | 145,363 |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP 8% 8/1/30 (i) | | 15,000 | 15,469 |
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co.: | | | |
3.5% 2/15/25 (i) | | 30,000 | 29,233 |
4.25% 12/1/26 (i) | | 45,000 | 43,306 |
4.625% 12/1/29 (i) | | 25,000 | 23,556 |
TOTAL GAMING | | | 1,276,041 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 0.3% | | | |
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp. 5% 10/15/27 | | 640,000 | 522,764 |
Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. 10.5% 2/15/28 (i) | | 400,000 | 405,522 |
TOTAL HOMEBUILDERS/REAL ESTATE | | | 928,286 |
Insurance - 0.1% | | | |
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC 6.75% 4/15/28 (i) | | 355,000 | 363,176 |
Leisure - 0.1% | | | |
Carnival Corp. 7.625% 3/1/26 (i) | | 95,000 | 96,718 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: | | | |
8.25% 1/15/29 (i) | | 160,000 | 170,032 |
11.625% 8/15/27 (i) | | 105,000 | 114,256 |
TOTAL LEISURE | | | 381,006 |
Metals/Mining - 0.0% | | | |
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC 8% 10/1/30 (i) | | 15,000 | 15,650 |
Paper - 0.0% | | | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance U.S.A. LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC 3.25% 9/1/28 (i) | | 80,000 | 69,986 |
Restaurants - 0.0% | | | |
CEC Entertainment LLC 6.75% 5/1/26 (i) | | 95,000 | 92,727 |
Services - 0.2% | | | |
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 10.375% 8/1/30 (i) | | 110,000 | 116,328 |
GEMS MENASA Cayman Ltd. 7.125% 7/31/26 (i) | | 115,000 | 112,700 |
Neptune BidCo U.S., Inc. 9.29% 4/15/29 (i) | | 145,000 | 134,850 |
PowerTeam Services LLC 9.033% 12/4/25 (i) | | 390,000 | 368,944 |
TOTAL SERVICES | | | 732,822 |
Super Retail - 0.2% | | | |
EG Global Finance PLC 12% 11/30/28 (i) | | 520,000 | 553,816 |
Technology - 0.1% | | | |
Cloud Software Group, Inc. 9% 9/30/29 (i) | | 190,000 | 180,586 |
CNT PRNT/CDK GLO II/FIN 8% 6/15/29 (i) | | 90,000 | 93,938 |
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY | | | 274,524 |
Telecommunications - 0.4% | | | |
Altice Financing SA 5.75% 8/15/29 (i) | | 225,000 | 199,863 |
Altice France SA: | | | |
5.125% 1/15/29 (i) | | 170,000 | 132,180 |
5.125% 7/15/29 (i) | | 155,000 | 120,372 |
5.5% 1/15/28 (i) | | 95,000 | 78,240 |
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC 5% 5/1/28 (i) | | 100,000 | 92,418 |
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 6.5% 3/15/30 (i) | | 465,000 | 442,961 |
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC 6.75% 10/15/27 (i) | | 170,000 | 166,508 |
Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc. 4.75% 4/30/27 (i) | | 15,000 | 14,325 |
Windstream Escrow LLC 7.75% 8/15/28 (i) | | 250,000 | 218,938 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 1,465,805 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.0% | | | |
Victoria's Secret & Co. 4.625% 7/15/29 (i) | | 80,000 | 66,824 |
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS (Cost $12,412,150) | | | 12,368,616 |
| | | |
Common Stocks - 1.1% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Capital Goods - 0.0% | | | |
TNT Crane & Rigging LLC (e)(j) | | 5,338 | 39,288 |
TNT Crane & Rigging LLC warrants 10/31/25 (e)(j) | | 1,797 | 36 |
TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS | | | 39,324 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.1% | | | |
ACNR Holdings, Inc. (e) | | 6,090 | 517,285 |
Carnelian Point Holdings LP warrants (e)(j) | | 329 | 961 |
Lime Tree Bay Ltd. (e)(j) | | 38 | 2,887 |
TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES | | | 521,133 |
Energy - 0.7% | | | |
California Resources Corp. | | 16,696 | 912,937 |
California Resources Corp. warrants 10/27/24 (j) | | 885 | 17,151 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (k) | | 11,625 | 894,428 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (l) | | 103 | 7,925 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 4,943 | 494,201 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 2,326,642 |
Entertainment/Film - 0.1% | | | |
New Cineworld Ltd. (e) | | 9,899 | 194,911 |
Hotels - 0.1% | | | |
Travelport Finance Luxembourg SARL (e)(j) | | 85 | 202,383 |
Restaurants - 0.1% | | | |
CEC Entertainment, Inc. (e) | | 15,069 | 274,256 |
Super Retail - 0.0% | | | |
David's Bridal, Inc. rights (e)(j) | | 347 | 0 |
Telecommunications - 0.0% | | | |
GTT Communications, Inc. (e) | | 2,417 | 84,909 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $2,106,106) | | | 3,643,558 |
| | | |
Preferred Securities - 0.7% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.4% | | | |
Bank of America Corp.: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.390% 8.7737% (b)(c)(m) | | 165,000 | 166,314 |
6.25% (b)(m) | | 730,000 | 738,067 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.560% 8.9387% (b)(c)(m) | | 155,000 | 158,704 |
6.1% (b)(m) | | 179,000 | 180,732 |
6.75% (b)(m) | | 266,000 | 272,926 |
TOTAL BANKS & THRIFTS | | | 1,516,743 |
Energy - 0.3% | | | |
Energy Transfer LP 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.020% 9.6693% (b)(c)(m) | | 1,120,000 | 1,089,691 |
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Cost $2,548,439) | | | 2,606,434 |
| | | |
Other - 0.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Other - 0.6% | | | |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (l)(n) (Cost $1,985,223) | | 199,454 | 2,010,491 |
| | | |
Money Market Funds - 11.4% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (o) | | 37,983,977 | 37,991,574 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% (o)(p) | | 919,208 | 919,300 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $38,910,874) | | | 38,910,874 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 102.2% (Cost $351,836,430) | 348,561,504 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (2.2)% | (7,599,948) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 340,961,556 |
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Legend
(a) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(b) | Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end. |
(c) | Coupon is indexed to a floating interest rate which may be multiplied by a specified factor and/or subject to caps or floors. |
(d) | Remaining maturities of bank loan obligations may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. |
(f) | The coupon rate will be determined upon settlement of the loan after period end. |
(g) | Non-income producing - Security is in default. |
(h) | Position or a portion of the position represents an unfunded loan commitment. At period end, the total principal amount and market value of unfunded commitments totaled $42,507 and $42,746, respectively. |
(i) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $11,845,852 or 3.5% of net assets. |
(k) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(l) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $2,018,416 or 0.6% of net assets. |
(m) | Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date. |
(n) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. |
(o) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(p) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 2/10/21 | 975 |
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Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 4/28/22 - 12/12/23 | 1,985,223 |
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Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 13,650,593 | 115,677,819 | 91,336,838 | 1,282,032 | - | - | 37,991,574 | 0.1% |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 1,344,405 | 632,967 | - | 248,685 | 2,345 | 30,774 | 2,010,491 | 0.3% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | - | 6,243,209 | 5,323,909 | 376 | - | - | 919,300 | 0.0% |
Total | 14,994,998 | 122,553,995 | 96,660,747 | 1,531,093 | 2,345 | 30,774 | 40,921,365 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 194,911 | - | - | 194,911 |
Consumer Discretionary | 476,639 | - | - | 476,639 |
Energy | 2,326,642 | 2,326,642 | - | - |
Financials | 521,133 | - | - | 521,133 |
Industrials | 39,324 | - | - | 39,324 |
Information Technology | 84,909 | - | - | 84,909 |
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Bank Loan Obligations | 289,021,531 | - | 285,902,697 | 3,118,834 |
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Corporate Bonds | 12,368,616 | - | 12,368,616 | - |
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Preferred Securities | 2,606,434 | - | 2,606,434 | - |
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Other | 2,010,491 | - | 2,010,491 | - |
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Money Market Funds | 38,910,874 | 38,910,874 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 348,561,504 | 41,237,516 | 302,888,238 | 4,435,750 |
The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:
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Investments in Securities: | |
Bank Loan Obligations | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 4,120,090 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 7,547 | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 57,118 | |
Cost of Purchases | | 1,761,785 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (1,240,874) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | 11,715 | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | 243,576 | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | (1,842,123) | |
Ending Balance | $ | 3,118,834 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2023 | $ | 43,510 | |
Other Investments in Securities | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 950,906 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (7,861) | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (464,995) | |
Cost of Purchases | | 1,450,057 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (611,191) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | - | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 1,316,916 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2023 | $ | (96,550) | |
The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Cost of purchases and proceeds of sales may include securities received and/or delivered through in-kind transactions, corporate actions or exchanges. Transfers into Level 3 were attributable to a lack of observable market data resulting from decreases in market activity, decreases in liquidity, security restructurings or corporate actions. Transfers out of Level 3 were attributable to observable market data becoming available for those securities. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations. | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | December 31, 2023 |
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Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $892,504) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $310,940,333) | $ | 307,640,139 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $40,896,097) | | 40,921,365 | | |
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Total Investment in Securities (cost $351,836,430) | | | $ | 348,561,504 |
Cash | | | | 490,077 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 2,471,669 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 1,028,452 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 12,241 |
Interest receivable | | | | 2,719,421 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 202,958 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 261 |
Total assets | | | | 355,486,583 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ | 13,047,156 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | 268,010 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 153,759 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 40,736 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 96,066 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 919,300 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 14,525,027 |
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note) | | | | |
Net Assets | | | $ | 340,961,556 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 358,438,874 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | (17,477,318) |
Net Assets | | | $ | 340,961,556 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($53,563,889 ÷ 5,433,620 shares) | | | $ | 9.86 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($287,397,667 ÷ 29,159,477 shares) | | | $ | 9.86 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 206,873 |
Interest | | | | 23,607,111 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $376 from security lending) | | | | 1,529,130 |
Total Income | | | | 25,343,114 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 1,519,319 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 275,048 | | |
Accounting fees | | 131,199 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 68,966 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 1,638 | | |
Audit | | 75,958 | | |
Legal | | 5,604 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 1,027 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 2,078,759 | | |
Expense reductions | | (24,498) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 2,054,261 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 23,288,853 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | (1,198,564) | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 2,345 | | |
Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds | | 1,963 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | (1,194,256) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 9,723,967 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 30,774 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 9,754,741 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 8,560,485 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 31,849,338 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 23,288,853 | $ | 12,584,563 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (1,194,256) | | (1,096,547) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 9,754,741 | | (13,697,792) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 31,849,338 | | (2,209,776) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (21,840,921) | | (10,589,026) |
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Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | 84,387,688 | | 15,559,097 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 94,396,105 | | 2,760,295 |
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Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 246,565,451 | | 243,805,156 |
End of period | $ | 340,961,556 | $ | 246,565,451 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.90 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 9.85 | $ | 9.55 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .832 | | .477 | | .323 | | .376 | | .505 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .307 | | (.529) | | .177 | | (.104) | | .325 |
Total from investment operations | | 1.139 | | (.052) | | .500 | | .272 | | .830 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.709) | | (.418) | | (.260) | | (.462) | | (.530) |
Total distributions | | (.709) | | (.418) | | (.260) | | (.462) | | (.530) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 9.86 | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.90 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 9.85 |
Total Return C,D | | 12.29% | | (.52)% | | 5.21% | | 2.82% | | 8.79% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .72% | | .72% | | .72% | | .73% | | .71% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .71% | | .72% | | .72% | | .73% | | .71% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .71% | | .72% | | .72% | | .73% | | .70% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 8.42% | | 4.93% | | 3.26% | | 3.95% | | 5.06% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 53,564 | $ | 12,480 | $ | 9,840 | $ | 7,689 | $ | 12,292 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 31% | | 26% | | 37% | | 40% | | 29% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio Investor Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.89 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 9.85 | $ | 9.54 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .826 | | .474 | | .319 | | .373 | | .502 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | .307 | | (.520) | | .169 | | (.105) | | .335 |
Total from investment operations | | 1.133 | | (.046) | | .488 | | .268 | | .837 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.703) | | (.414) | | (.258) | | (.458) | | (.527) |
Total distributions | | (.703) | | (.414) | | (.258) | | (.458) | | (.527) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 9.86 | $ | 9.43 | $ | 9.89 | $ | 9.66 | $ | 9.85 |
Total Return C,D | | 12.22% | | (.46)% | | 5.08% | | 2.78% | | 8.88% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .75% | | .75% | | .76% | | .76% | | .74% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .75% | | .75% | | .76% | | .76% | | .74% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .74% | | .75% | | .76% | | .76% | | .74% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 8.39% | | 4.90% | | 3.23% | | 3.91% | | 5.03% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 287,398 | $ | 234,086 | $ | 233,965 | $ | 160,929 | $ | 253,710 |
Portfolio turnover rate G | | 31% | | 26% | | 37% | | 40% | | 29% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (formerly Fidelity Direct Lending Fund, LP), which is a limited liability company available only to certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. On June 1, 2023, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC). Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. The Fund has no redemption rights under Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's limited liability company agreement. There will be no trading market for the units.
Based on its investment objective, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC may invest or participate in various investments or strategies that are similar to those in which the Fund may invest or participate. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC and thus a decline in the value of the Fund. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC intends to invest primarily in directly originated loans to private companies but also with liquid credit investments, like broadly syndicated loans, and other select private credit investments.
The Schedule of Investments lists Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC represented less than 5% of the Fund's net assets at period end. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. The annualized expense ratio for Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC for the nine month period ended September 30, 2023 was 9.63%.
4.Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds, bank loan obligations and preferred securities are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC is valued at its net asset value (NAV) each month end and is categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
The following provides information on Level 3 securities held by the Fund that were valued at period end based on unobservable inputs. These amounts exclude valuations provided by a broker and valuations using NAV as a practical expedient.
Asset Type | Fair Value | Valuation Technique(s) | Unobservable Input | Amount or Range/Weighted Average | Impact to Valuation from an Increase in InputA |
Equities | $1,316,916 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 1.9 - 10.3 / 4.2 | Increase |
| | Market approach | Transaction price | $2.92 | Increase |
| | | Parity price | $2,380.97 | Increase |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
| | Black scholes | Discount rate | 4.5% - 5.0% / 4.9% | Increase |
| | | Volatility | 27.5% - 42.5% / 27.7% | Increase |
| | | Term | 1.0 - 1.8 / 1.0 | Increase |
Bank Loan Obligations | $3,118,834 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 3.0 | Increase |
| | Market approach | Transaction price | $85.45 | Increase |
| | Indicative market price | Evaluated bid | $96.50 - $100.00 / $98.20 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Yield | 8.2% - 15.1% / 12.0% | Decrease |
A Represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that could have resulted from an increase in the corresponding input as of period end. A decrease to the unobservable input would have had the opposite effect. Significant changes in these inputs may have resulted in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement at period end.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The Fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, consent fees and prepayment fees. These fees are recorded as Interest in the accompanying financial statements.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to Short-term gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, market discount, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $5,966,577 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (8,359,713) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $(2,393,136) |
Tax Cost | $350,954,640 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $3,925,728 |
Capital loss carryforward | $(19,009,910) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $(2,393,136) |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
Short-term | $(3,778,233) |
Long-term | (15,231,677) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(19,009,910) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $21,840,921 | $10,589,026 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments. Direct debt instruments are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate a fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Loans may be acquired through assignment, participation, or may be made directly to a borrower. Such instruments are presented in the Bank Loan Obligations section in the Schedule of Investments. Certain funds may also invest in unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Information regarding unfunded commitments is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. The amount of commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. These commitments are not included in the net assets of the Fund at period end.
| Investment to be Acquired | Commitment Amount |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | $400,985 |
LIBOR Accounting Pronouncement. In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU), ASU 2020-04, which provides optional, temporary relief with respect to the financial reporting of contracts subject to certain types of modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other IBOR-based reference rates. The temporary relief provided by ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2024. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 2020-04 to have a material impact on the Fund's financial statements.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | 148,966,220 | 80,107,006 |
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .10% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $17,073 | .07 |
Investor Class | 257,975 | .10 |
| $275,048 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | 0.0471% |
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | .05 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | .63 |
Investor Class | .67 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. During the period, there were no interfund trades.
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | $472 |
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | $37 | $- | $- |
9. Expense Reductions.
The investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive the Fund's management fee with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets invested in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC until April 30, 2025. During the period, this waiver reduced the Fund's management fee by $5,793.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $10,154.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $8,551.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $2,844,454 | $532,009 |
Investor Class | 18,996,467 | 10,057,017 |
Total | $21,840,921 | $10,589,026 |
11. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 4,882,950 | 919,892 | $48,824,679 | $8,982,533 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 293,402 | 56,333 | 2,844,454 | 532,009 |
Shares redeemed | (1,065,518) | (647,612) | (10,549,011) | (6,279,623) |
Net increase (decrease) | 4,110,834 | 328,613 | $41,120,122 | $3,234,919 |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 7,581,221 | 6,591,415 | $75,336,182 | $64,685,388 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,961,066 | 1,064,107 | 18,990,942 | 10,053,763 |
Shares redeemed | (5,211,557) | (6,482,331) | (51,059,558) | (62,414,973) |
Net increase (decrease) | 4,330,730 | 1,173,191 | $43,267,566 | $12,324,178 |
12. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | | | Affiliated % |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | | | 89% |
13. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities, agent banks, and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 15, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .71% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,057.50 | | $ 3.68 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.63 | | $ 3.62 |
Investor Class | | | | .74% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,056.90 | | $ 3.84 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.48 | | $ 3.77 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
The fund designates $21,840,920 of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended 2023 as qualifying to be taxed as section 163(j) interest dividends.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Investor Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Investor Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of Investor Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Investor Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Investor Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Investor Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and above the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both Fidelity's and competitor's VIP classes and that the servicing component of Investor Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
1.9859331.109
VIPFHI-ANN-0224
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
VIP Overseas Portfolio
Annual Report
December 31, 2023
Contents
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns |
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Periods ended December 31, 2023 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
Initial Class | 20.55% | 9.99% | 4.91% |
Service Class | 20.41% | 9.87% | 4.80% |
Service Class 2 | 20.22% | 9.71% | 4.65% |
Investor Class | 20.41% | 9.90% | 4.83% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years |
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Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Overseas Portfolio - Initial Class, a class of the fund, on December 31, 2013. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI EAFE Index performed over the same period. |
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Market Recap:
International (non-U.S.) equities gained 15.82% in 2023, according to the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index, as global economic expansion and a slowing in the pace of inflation in some markets provided a favorable backdrop for risk assets. After returning -15.86% in 2022, the index's sharp reversal the past year was driven by a narrow set of companies in the information technology sector, in part due to excitement for generative artificial intelligence. Following historic global monetary tightening in some countries throughout 2022 and for most of 2023, investor sentiment shifted in the fourth quarter of last year to a view that policy rates had peaked and that some policymakers would likely cut rates in 2024. This view provided support for international stocks, with the index gaining 9.78% in the fourth quarter, reversing a three-month decline (-3.75%) at the end of September amid a stalling pattern in disinflationary trends, heightened geopolitical risk, soaring yields on longer-term U.S. government bonds, and weak economic conditions in the eurozone and China. For the year, each of six regions advanced, with Europe ex U.K. (+23%) and Japan (+21%) leading, whereas Asia Pacific ex Japan (+7%) lagged by the widest margin. All 11 sectors advanced, with information technology (+37%) and industrials (+24%) registering the largest gains. Conversely, consumer staples (+5%) stocks lagged most, followed by real estate (+6%).
Comments from Portfolio Manager Vincent Montemaggiore:
For the year ending December 31, 2023, the fund's share classes gained about 20% to 21%, versus 18.49% for the benchmark MSCI EAFE Index (Net MA). From a geographic standpoint, an overweight in Europe ex the U.K. and stock picks in the U.K. contributed to the fund's performance versus the benchmark. By sector, an overweight in information technology led the way, especially outsized exposure to semiconductors & semiconductor equipment firms. Investment choices in materials and health care firms also helped. Topping the list of relative contributors was an overweight in ASM International (+110%). A non-benchmark stake in Constellation Software advanced roughly 61% and notably aided performance compared with the benchmark in 2023. An outsized holding in Partners Group (+69%) also helped. In contrast, on a geographic basis, a sizable underweight in Japan and stock picks in Europe ex the U.K. - primarily France and Germany - detracted from the fund's relative return. By sector, stock picking in financials hurt the most, followed by investment choices among consumer staples and consumer discretionary firms. The largest individual relative detractor was an overweight in Merck KGaA (-17%). Larger-than-benchmark exposure to Diageo (-16%), one of the fund's biggest holdings this period, proved detrimental as well. A stake in AIA Group returned approximately -24% and also notably hurt, though the stock was no longer held at period end. Meaningful changes in positioning include increased exposure to equities in Denmark and a lower allocation to Swiss stocks. By sector, noteworthy shifts include increased exposure to information technology and materials.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets) |
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ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) (Netherlands, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) | 3.4 | |
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (Denmark, Pharmaceuticals) | 3.1 | |
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Pharmaceuticals) | 2.7 | |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods) | 2.4 | |
RELX PLC (London Stock Exchange) (United Kingdom, Professional Services) | 2.0 | |
Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands, Professional Services) | 1.8 | |
Compass Group PLC (United Kingdom, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure) | 1.8 | |
SAP SE (Germany, Software) | 1.8 | |
Sika AG (Switzerland, Chemicals) | 1.8 | |
Safran SA (France, Aerospace & Defense) | 1.7 | |
| 22.5 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Financials | 21.0 | |
Industrials | 21.0 | |
Information Technology | 18.0 | |
Health Care | 14.0 | |
Consumer Discretionary | 9.2 | |
Materials | 6.9 | |
Consumer Staples | 5.6 | |
Energy | 1.4 | |
Real Estate | 1.3 | |
Communication Services | 0.4 | |
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Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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* Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities). Percentages are adjusted for the effect of derivatives, if applicable. |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.7% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Australia - 0.2% | | | |
Flutter Entertainment PLC (a) | | 22,190 | 3,942,857 |
Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.3% | | | |
JTC PLC (b) | | 601,600 | 6,253,494 |
Belgium - 0.6% | | | |
Azelis Group NV | | 224,300 | 5,492,123 |
KBC Group NV | | 96,771 | 6,273,078 |
TOTAL BELGIUM | | | 11,765,201 |
Canada - 2.7% | | | |
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.) | | 289,100 | 17,024,620 |
Constellation Software, Inc. | | 12,695 | 31,475,418 |
Constellation Software, Inc. warrants 8/22/28 (a)(c) | | 13,095 | 1 |
Lumine Group, Inc. | | 40,190 | 906,895 |
TOTAL CANADA | | | 49,406,934 |
China - 0.0% | | | |
Chervon Holdings Ltd. | | 137,100 | 418,753 |
Denmark - 5.1% | | | |
Carlsberg A/S Series B | | 69,500 | 8,721,149 |
DSV A/S | | 156,872 | 27,563,472 |
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B | | 542,000 | 56,168,103 |
TOTAL DENMARK | | | 92,452,724 |
Finland - 1.1% | | | |
Nordea Bank Abp | | 1,601,803 | 19,807,246 |
France - 13.2% | | | |
Air Liquide SA | | 148,220 | 28,857,755 |
ALTEN | | 112,381 | 16,698,880 |
Antin Infrastructure Partners SA | | 40,800 | 620,667 |
Capgemini SA | | 137,765 | 28,706,170 |
Edenred SA | | 151,342 | 9,045,386 |
EssilorLuxottica SA | | 137,205 | 27,506,491 |
L'Oreal SA | | 56,300 | 28,065,592 |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | 54,764 | 44,497,783 |
Safran SA | | 179,400 | 31,630,088 |
TotalEnergies SE | | 379,212 | 25,787,675 |
TOTAL FRANCE | | | 241,416,487 |
Germany - 9.4% | | | |
Allianz SE | | 98,286 | 26,266,079 |
Deutsche Borse AG | | 123,239 | 25,379,200 |
Hannover Reuck SE | | 106,725 | 25,484,263 |
Infineon Technologies AG | | 523,300 | 21,854,376 |
Merck KGaA | | 126,800 | 20,188,404 |
SAP SE | | 214,800 | 33,062,360 |
Siemens Healthineers AG (b) | | 335,900 | 19,504,964 |
TOTAL GERMANY | | | 171,739,646 |
India - 1.7% | | | |
HCL Technologies Ltd. | | 467,200 | 8,230,984 |
HDFC Bank Ltd. | | 1,140,591 | 23,353,714 |
TOTAL INDIA | | | 31,584,698 |
Indonesia - 0.7% | | | |
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk | | 20,486,400 | 12,507,122 |
Ireland - 1.0% | | | |
Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland) | | 209,600 | 18,140,813 |
Italy - 3.3% | | | |
FinecoBank SpA | | 1,045,599 | 15,681,016 |
GVS SpA (a)(b) | | 109,736 | 675,373 |
Industrie de Nora SpA | | 79,500 | 1,377,018 |
Recordati SpA | | 378,719 | 20,415,180 |
UniCredit SpA | | 818,100 | 22,276,610 |
TOTAL ITALY | | | 60,425,197 |
Japan - 12.4% | | | |
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. | | 261,500 | 5,229,541 |
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | | 144,200 | 5,063,363 |
Capcom Co. Ltd. | | 253,600 | 8,194,338 |
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | | 225,000 | 13,484,201 |
Hoya Corp. | | 194,211 | 24,186,890 |
Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd. | | 97,729 | 2,564,520 |
Misumi Group, Inc. | | 284,760 | 4,825,773 |
NOF Corp. | | 183,411 | 9,113,315 |
Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 5,035,030 | 8,645,254 |
Relo Group, Inc. | | 391,074 | 4,713,690 |
Renesas Electronics Corp. (a) | | 702,100 | 12,554,226 |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. | | 635,100 | 26,561,892 |
Sony Group Corp. | | 325,033 | 30,758,820 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | 32,100 | 1,561,981 |
Suzuki Motor Corp. | | 322,176 | 13,730,031 |
TIS, Inc. | | 276,574 | 6,094,436 |
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | | 1,190,200 | 29,637,164 |
Tokyo Electron Ltd. | | 111,696 | 19,852,833 |
TOTAL JAPAN | | | 226,772,268 |
Netherlands - 7.6% | | | |
ASM International NV (Netherlands) | | 34,300 | 17,794,885 |
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) | | 82,739 | 62,458,623 |
IMCD NV | | 136,526 | 23,745,602 |
Topicus.Com, Inc. (a) | | 23,814 | 1,603,835 |
Wolters Kluwer NV | | 237,517 | 33,746,027 |
TOTAL NETHERLANDS | | | 139,348,972 |
Spain - 1.1% | | | |
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A | | 149,907 | 10,736,980 |
CaixaBank SA | | 2,458,800 | 10,126,171 |
TOTAL SPAIN | | | 20,863,151 |
Sweden - 4.0% | | | |
Addlife AB | | 541,224 | 5,870,475 |
AddTech AB (B Shares) | | 752,251 | 16,512,745 |
Atlas Copco AB (A Shares) | | 1,610,576 | 27,752,018 |
Indutrade AB | | 878,756 | 22,809,556 |
Kry International AB (a)(c)(d) | | 587 | 34,300 |
TOTAL SWEDEN | | | 72,979,094 |
Switzerland - 5.1% | | | |
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A | | 174,570 | 24,112,328 |
Julius Baer Group Ltd. | | 260,235 | 14,598,682 |
Partners Group Holding AG | | 15,190 | 21,907,699 |
Sika AG | | 99,564 | 32,465,451 |
TOTAL SWITZERLAND | | | 93,084,160 |
Taiwan - 0.6% | | | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | 586,600 | 11,244,383 |
United Kingdom - 16.0% | | | |
3i Group PLC | | 684,700 | 21,074,738 |
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) | | 362,700 | 48,924,570 |
BAE Systems PLC | | 1,507,200 | 21,333,203 |
Beazley PLC | | 519,001 | 3,453,263 |
Compass Group PLC | | 1,222,039 | 33,439,060 |
Diageo PLC | | 813,022 | 29,508,778 |
Diploma PLC | | 305,335 | 13,940,974 |
Halma PLC | | 374,200 | 10,894,087 |
Hiscox Ltd. | | 470,645 | 6,323,027 |
InterContinental Hotel Group PLC | | 30,000 | 2,705,277 |
London Stock Exchange Group PLC | | 219,500 | 25,947,435 |
RELX PLC (London Stock Exchange) | | 931,748 | 36,966,002 |
Rentokil Initial PLC | | 1,886,989 | 10,635,571 |
Sage Group PLC | | 1,276,400 | 19,076,144 |
Volution Group PLC | | 1,405,597 | 7,768,569 |
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM | | | 291,990,698 |
United States of America - 12.6% | | | |
CBRE Group, Inc. (a) | | 186,200 | 17,333,358 |
CDW Corp. | | 55,700 | 12,661,724 |
Experian PLC | | 480,200 | 19,589,922 |
Ferguson PLC | | 116,300 | 22,362,275 |
Fiserv, Inc. (a) | | 32,200 | 4,277,448 |
ICON PLC (a) | | 69,300 | 19,616,751 |
Linde PLC | | 67,968 | 27,915,137 |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | 139,276 | 26,388,624 |
Nestle SA (Reg. S) | | 156,975 | 18,196,524 |
S&P Global, Inc. | | 58,721 | 25,867,775 |
Schneider Electric SA | | 114,300 | 23,009,293 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | 24,300 | 12,898,197 |
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | | | 230,117,028 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $1,243,403,040) | | | 1,806,260,926 |
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Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Sweden - 0.0% | | | |
Kry International AB Series E (a)(c)(d) (Cost $1,550,731) | | 3,392 | 198,202 |
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Money Market Funds - 1.6% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% (e) (Cost $28,301,785) | | 28,296,126 | 28,301,785 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.3% (Cost $1,273,255,556) | 1,834,760,913 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)% | (5,517,227) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 1,829,243,686 |
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Legend
(b) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $26,433,831 or 1.4% of net assets. |
(d) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $232,502 or 0.0% of net assets. |
(e) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
Kry International AB | 5/14/21 | 254,938 |
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Kry International AB Series E | 5/14/21 | 1,550,731 |
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Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 20,313,080 | 328,166,387 | 320,177,682 | 1,036,294 | - | - | 28,301,785 | 0.1% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.40% | 13,289,712 | 57,771,304 | 71,061,016 | 67,850 | - | - | - | 0.0% |
Total | 33,602,792 | 385,937,691 | 391,238,698 | 1,104,144 | - | - | 28,301,785 | |
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Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2023, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
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Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 8,194,338 | 8,194,338 | - | - |
Consumer Discretionary | 169,571,430 | 15,098,590 | 154,472,840 | - |
Consumer Staples | 101,516,663 | 17,024,620 | 84,492,043 | - |
Energy | 25,787,675 | 25,787,675 | - | - |
Financials | 384,111,882 | 183,890,108 | 200,221,774 | - |
Health Care | 255,280,025 | 105,812,058 | 149,467,967 | - |
Industrials | 383,585,034 | 185,105,465 | 198,479,569 | - |
Information Technology | 331,451,483 | 156,707,978 | 174,511,002 | 232,503 |
Materials | 124,913,550 | 37,028,452 | 87,885,098 | - |
Real Estate | 22,047,048 | 22,047,048 | - | - |
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Money Market Funds | 28,301,785 | 28,301,785 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 1,834,760,913 | 784,998,117 | 1,049,530,293 | 232,503 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
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Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,244,953,771) | $ | 1,806,459,128 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $28,301,785) | | 28,301,785 | | |
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Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,273,255,556) | | | $ | 1,834,760,913 |
Cash | | | | 14,879 |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $26,287) | | | | 26,574 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 76,906 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 166,137 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 211,469 |
Reclaims receivable | | | | 6,578,084 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 100,582 |
Prepaid expenses | | | | 1,809 |
Other receivables | | | | 111,976 |
Total assets | | | | 1,842,049,329 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ | 10,475,860 | | |
Accrued management fee | | 963,730 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | | 77,934 | | |
Other affiliated payables | | 182,831 | | |
Deferred taxes | | 990,329 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 114,959 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 12,805,643 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 1,829,243,686 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 1,268,118,985 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | 561,124,701 |
Net Assets | | | $ | 1,829,243,686 |
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Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | | | | |
Initial Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($944,202,012 ÷ 36,561,445 shares) | | | $ | 25.83 |
Service Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($141,806,757 ÷ 5,521,205 shares) | | | $ | 25.68 |
Service Class 2 : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($327,990,598 ÷ 12,857,151 shares) | | | $ | 25.51 |
Investor Class : | | | | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($415,244,319 ÷ 16,148,794 shares) | | | $ | 25.71 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 34,006,427 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $67,850 from security lending) | | | | 1,104,144 |
Income before foreign taxes withheld | | | $ | 35,110,571 |
Less foreign taxes withheld | | | | (3,359,030) |
Total Income | | | | 31,751,541 |
Expenses | | | | |
Management fee | $ | 11,099,718 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 1,381,700 | | |
Distribution and service plan fees | | 930,061 | | |
Accounting fees | | 728,090 | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | | 88,167 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 10,468 | | |
Audit | | 116,891 | | |
Legal | | 4,388 | | |
Interest | | 9,344 | | |
Miscellaneous | | 7,839 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 14,376,666 | | |
Expense reductions | | (102,841) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 14,273,825 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 17,477,716 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $26,175) | | 50,598,348 | | |
Foreign currency transactions | | (295,733) | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | 50,302,615 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers(net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $411,829) | | 254,875,740 | | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 325,555 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 255,201,295 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 305,503,910 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 322,981,626 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Year ended December 31, 2023 | | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 17,477,716 | $ | 17,404,913 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | 50,302,615 | | (43,067,351) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 255,201,295 | | (500,493,944) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 322,981,626 | | (526,156,382) |
Distributions to shareholders | | (21,533,349) | | (32,358,063) |
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Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | | (75,417,700) | | 49,313,373 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 226,030,577 | | (509,201,072) |
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Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 1,603,213,109 | | 2,112,414,181 |
End of period | $ | 1,829,243,686 | $ | 1,603,213,109 |
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Financial Highlights
VIP Overseas Portfolio Initial Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 21.70 | $ | 29.28 | $ | 26.52 | $ | 23.13 | $ | 19.13 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .26 | | .25 | | .15 | | .13 | | .40 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 4.19 | | (7.37) | | 4.91 | | 3.46 | | 4.74 |
Total from investment operations | | 4.45 | | (7.12) | | 5.06 | | 3.59 | | 5.14 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.26) | | (.25) | | (.14) C | | (.10) | | (.38) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.07) | | (.21) | | (2.16) C | | (.10) | | (.77) |
Total distributions | | (.32) D | | (.46) | | (2.30) | | (.20) | | (1.14) D |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 25.83 | $ | 21.70 | $ | 29.28 | $ | 26.52 | $ | 23.13 |
Total Return E,F | | 20.55% | | (24.48)% | | 19.70% | | 15.61% | | 27.77% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .77% | | .77% | | .77% | | .79% | | .79% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .76% | | .77% | | .77% | | .79% | | .79% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .76% | | .77% | | .77% | | .77% | | .78% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.09% | | 1.10% | | .51% | | .59% | | 1.87% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 944,202 | $ | 798,673 | $ | 1,034,416 | $ | 872,019 | $ | 826,554 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 31% | | 33% | | 26% | | 47% | | 38% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Overseas Portfolio Service Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 21.58 | $ | 29.13 | $ | 26.40 | $ | 23.03 | $ | 19.05 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .24 | | .23 | | .12 | | .11 | | .37 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 4.16 | | (7.35) | | 4.88 | | 3.44 | | 4.73 |
Total from investment operations | | 4.40 | | (7.12) | | 5.00 | | 3.55 | | 5.10 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.23) | | (.23) | | (.11) C | | (.08) | | (.36) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.07) | | (.21) | | (2.16) C | | (.10) | | (.77) |
Total distributions | | (.30) | | (.43) D | | (2.27) | | (.18) | | (1.12) D |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 25.68 | $ | 21.58 | $ | 29.13 | $ | 26.40 | $ | 23.03 |
Total Return E,F | | 20.41% | | (24.58)% | | 19.57% | | 15.49% | | 27.67% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .87% | | .87% | | .87% | | .89% | | .89% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .86% | | .87% | | .87% | | .89% | | .89% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .86% | | .87% | | .87% | | .87% | | .88% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .99% | | 1.00% | | .41% | | .49% | | 1.77% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 141,807 | $ | 125,827 | $ | 168,369 | $ | 151,886 | $ | 134,648 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 31% | | 33% | | 26% | | 47% | | 38% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Overseas Portfolio Service Class 2 |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 21.44 | $ | 28.94 | $ | 26.25 | $ | 22.90 | $ | 18.95 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .20 | | .19 | | .07 | | .08 | | .34 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 4.13 | | (7.29) | | 4.86 | | 3.42 | | 4.71 |
Total from investment operations | | 4.33 | | (7.10) | | 4.93 | | 3.50 | | 5.05 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.19) | | (.19) | | (.08) C | | (.05) | | (.33) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.07) | | (.21) | | (2.16) C | | (.10) | | (.77) |
Total distributions | | (.26) | | (.40) | | (2.24) | | (.15) | | (1.10) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 25.51 | $ | 21.44 | $ | 28.94 | $ | 26.25 | $ | 22.90 |
Total Return D,E | | 20.22% | | (24.68)% | | 19.39% | | 15.33% | | 27.50% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | 1.04% | | 1.04% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | 1.01% | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | 1.04% | | 1.04% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | 1.01% | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | 1.03% |
Net investment income (loss) | | .84% | | .85% | | .26% | | .34% | | 1.62% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 327,991 | $ | 306,315 | $ | 398,271 | $ | 352,459 | $ | 331,113 |
Portfolio turnover rate H | | 31% | | 33% | | 26% | | 47% | | 38% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
FFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
GExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
HAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
VIP Overseas Portfolio Investor Class |
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Years ended December 31, | | 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 21.61 | $ | 29.16 | $ | 26.42 | $ | 23.05 | $ | 19.06 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | .24 | | .23 | | .12 | | .11 | | .38 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 4.16 | | (7.34) | | 4.90 | | 3.44 | | 4.74 |
Total from investment operations | | 4.40 | | (7.11) | | 5.02 | | 3.55 | | 5.12 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (.24) | | (.23) | | (.12) C | | (.08) | | (.36) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | (.07) | | (.21) | | (2.16) C | | (.10) | | (.77) |
Total distributions | | (.30) D | | (.44) | | (2.28) | | (.18) | | (1.13) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 25.71 | $ | 21.61 | $ | 29.16 | $ | 26.42 | $ | 23.05 |
Total Return E,F | | 20.41% | | (24.54)% | | 19.63% | | 15.49% | | 27.74% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | .84% | | .84% | | .85% | | .87% | | .87% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | .84% | | .84% | | .84% | | .86% | | .87% |
Expenses net of all reductions | | .84% | | .84% | | .84% | | .85% | | .86% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 1.02% | | 1.02% | | .43% | | .51% | | 1.79% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 415,244 | $ | 372,398 | $ | 511,358 | $ | 419,888 | $ | 421,140 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 31% | | 33% | | 26% | | 47% | | 38% |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
ETotal returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
GFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
HExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
For the period ended December 31, 2023
1. Organization.
VIP Overseas Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV)each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of December 31, 2023 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in foreign taxes withheld. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in reclaims receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $10,820 |
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Deferred taxes on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $582,092,311 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (26,915,614) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $555,176,697 |
Tax Cost | $1,279,584,216 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $4,318,698 |
Undistributed long-term capital gain | $2,549,837 |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments | $555,246,494 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income | $16,934,937 | $16,968,384 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 4,598,412 | 15,389,679 |
Total | $21,533,349 | $32,358,063 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | 517,609,724 | 593,971,939 |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .424% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .65% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class | $134,121 |
Service Class 2 | 795,940 |
| $930,061 |
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
| Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets |
Initial Class | $543,134 | .06 |
Service Class | 84,496 | .06 |
Service Class 2 | 200,577 | .06 |
Investor Class | 553,493 | .14 |
| $1,381,700 | |
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | 0.0424% |
During November 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
| % of Average Net Assets |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | .04 |
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
| Maximum Management Fee Rate % |
Initial Class | .72 |
Service Class | .72 |
Service Class 2 | .72 |
Investor Class | .80 |
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreement with FIL Investment Advisors (FIA) will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay FIA monthly fees at an annual rate of 0.44% with respect to the average daily net assets of the Fund managed by FIA. FIA in turn pays FIA(UK).
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
| Amount |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $194 |
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
| Borrower or Lender | Average Loan Balance | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Interest Expense |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | Borrower | $ 8,294,125 | 5.07% | $9,344 |
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) | Realized Gain (Loss) ($) |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | 14,840,621 | 15,641,655 | 645,073 |
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
| Amount |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $3,052 |
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $7,172 | $- | $- |
8. Expense Reductions.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $466.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $102,375.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | |
Initial Class | $11,730,141 | $16,648,031 |
Service Class | 1,621,178 | 2,512,372 |
Service Class 2 | 3,306,521 | 5,481,619 |
Investor Class | 4,875,509 | 7,716,041 |
Total | $21,533,349 | $32,358,063 |
10. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
| Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 | Year ended December 31, 2023 | Year ended December 31, 2022 |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 7,131,371 | 15,978,609 | $169,104,395 | $369,361,688 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 465,297 | 687,470 | 11,730,141 | 16,648,031 |
Shares redeemed | (7,840,714) | (15,186,615) | (188,695,511) | (345,432,431) |
Net increase (decrease) | (244,046) | 1,479,464 | $(7,860,975) | $40,577,288 |
Service Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 388,571 | 646,505 | $9,278,175 | $14,653,527 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 64,640 | 103,833 | 1,621,178 | 2,512,372 |
Shares redeemed | (761,886) | (700,870) | (18,219,563) | (15,950,114) |
Net increase (decrease) | (308,675) | 49,468 | $(7,320,210) | $1,215,785 |
Service Class 2 | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,483,415 | 2,262,090 | $35,056,314 | $50,339,427 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 132,739 | 226,690 | 3,306,521 | 5,481,619 |
Shares redeemed | (3,046,710) | (1,964,135) | (71,642,550) | (45,187,038) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,430,556) | 524,645 | $(33,279,715) | $10,634,008 |
Investor Class | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,883,573 | 3,140,368 | $44,451,343 | $72,621,907 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 194,166 | 318,283 | 4,875,509 | 7,716,041 |
Shares redeemed | (3,163,504) | (3,761,171) | (76,283,652) | (83,451,656) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,085,765) | (302,520) | $(26,956,800) | $(3,113,708) |
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund | Affiliated % | Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders | Unaffiliated Shareholders % |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | 17% | 1 | 14% |
Mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates, in aggregate, were the owners of record of more than 20% of the total outstanding shares.
Fund | % of shares held |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | 40% |
12. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
To the Board of Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund and Shareholders of VIP Overseas Portfolio
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of VIP Overseas Portfolio (one of the funds constituting Variable Insurance Products Fund, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian and issuers of privately offered securities. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 12, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 322 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 192 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chair, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chair and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's alternative investment, investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Jonathan Chiel (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is General Counsel (2012-present) and Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance (2022-present). Mr Chiel serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present) and Director and President for OH Company LLC (holding company, 2018-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance & Sustainability Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present), as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present), as a member of the Board of Allonnia (biotechnology and engineering solutions, 2022-present) and on the Advisory Board of Solugen, Inc. (specialty bio-based chemicals manufacturer, 2022-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York. Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and as a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-2022).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2022-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-2021). Mr. Kennedy serves as a Director of the Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (aerospace and defense, 2023-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Archer Aviation Inc. (2021-present), a member of the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense (2021-present) and a member of the Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2022-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Lead Director of the Board of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Vijay C. Advani (1960)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Advani also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Mr. Advani served as Executive Chairman (2020-2022), Chief Executive Officer (2017-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2016-2017) of Nuveen (global investment manager). He also served in various capacities at Franklin Resources (global investment manager), including Co-President (2015-2016), Executive Vice President, Global Advisory Services (2008-2015), Head of Global Retail Distribution (2005-2008), Executive Managing Director, International Retail Development (2002-2005), Managing Director, Product Developments, Sales & Marketing, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa (2000-2002) and President, Templeton Asset Management India (1995-2000). Mr. Advani also served as Senior Investment Officer of International Finance Corporation (private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank, 1984-1995). Mr. Advani is Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. India Business Council (2018-present), a Director of The Global Impact Investing Network (2019-present), a Director of LOK Capital (Mauritius) (2022-present), a member of the Advisory Council of LOK Capital (2022-present), a Senior Advisor of Neuberger Berman (2021-present), a Senior Advisor of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd (Temasek-Singapore) (2021-present), a Director of Seviora Capital (Singapore) (2021-present) and an Advisor of EQUIAM (2021-present). Mr. Advani formerly served as a member of the Board of BowX Acquisition Corp. (special purpose acquisition company, 2020-2021), a member of the Board of Intellecap (advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, 2018-2020), a member of the Board of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (2017-2020) and a member of the Board of Docusign (software, 2016-2019).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Karen B. Peetz (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Member of the Advisory Board
Ms. Peetz also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Previously, Ms. Peetz served as Chief Administration Officer (2020-2023) of Citigroup Inc. (a diversified financial service company). She also served in various capacities at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, including President (2013-2016), Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Markets & Treasury Services (2010-2013), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Corporate Trust (2003-2008), Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Global Payments & Trade Services (2002-2003) and Senior Vice President and Division Manager of Domestic Corporate Trust (1998-2002). Ms. Peetz also served in various capacities at Chase Manhattan Corporation (1982-1998), including Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Trust International Business (1996-1998), Managing Director and Manager of Corporate Trust Services (1994-1996) and Managing Director and Group Manager of Financial Institution Sales (1990-1993). Ms. Peetz currently serves as Chair of Amherst Holdings Advisory Council (2018-present), Trustee of Johns Hopkins University (2016-present), Chair of the Carey Business School Advisory Council, Member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board and Finance Committee and Chair of the Lyme and Tick Related Disease Institute Advisory Council. Ms. Peetz previously served as a member of the Board of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (2019-2023), a member of the Board of Trane Technologies (2018-2022), a member of the Board of Wells Fargo Corp. (2017-2019), a member of the Board of SunCoke Energy Inc. (2012-2016), a member of the Board of Private Export Funding Corporation (2010-2016) and as a Trustee of Penn State University (2010-2014) and the United Way of New York City (2008-2010).
Heather Bonner (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Bonner also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Bonner is a Senior Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2022-present). Ms. Bonner serves as Vice President, Treasurer, or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Prior to joining Fidelity, Ms. Bonner served as Managing Director at AQR Capital Management (2013-2022) and was the Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the AQR Funds (2013-2022).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2022
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown is a Vice President (2015-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Brown served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2022).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke is Head of Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Burke serves as President, Executive Vice President, or Director of certain Fidelity entities. Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
Margaret Carey (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2023
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Carey also serves as an officer of other funds and as CLO of certain Fidelity entities. Ms. Carey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2019-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Coffey is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, or Senior Vice President of certain Fidelity entities and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Cohen serves as Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present). Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis is a Vice President (2006-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities.
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is a Senior Vice President (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Del Prato serves as Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding is Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher is a Vice President (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a Senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2020-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Pogorelec serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2023-present) and Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (2023-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as a Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as AML Officer of other funds. Mr. Segaloff is a Vice President (2022-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Segaloff serves as Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer or Anti Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Officer of certain Fidelity entities.
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith is a Senior Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity entities and has served in other fund officer roles.
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is a Vice President (2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2019-2021).
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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 this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value July 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value December 31, 2023 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | | | | | | | | | | |
Initial Class | | | | .76% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,049.80 | | $ 3.93 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.37 | | $ 3.87 |
Service Class | | | | .86% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,048.60 | | $ 4.44 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,020.87 | | $ 4.38 |
Service Class 2 | | | | 1.01% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,048.20 | | $ 5.21 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,020.11 | | $ 5.14 |
Investor Class | | | | .83% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,048.80 | | $ 4.29 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,021.02 | | $ 4.23 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, $7,148,248, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
The fund designates $335,010 of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended 2023 as qualifying to be taxed as section 163(j) interest dividends.
Initial Class designates 4%; Service Class designates 4%; Service Class 2 designates 5%; and Investor Class designates 4% of the dividend distributed in December 2023 during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:
| Pay Date | Income | Taxes |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | | | |
Initial Class | 12/13/2023 | $0.2840 | $0.0406 |
Service Class | 12/13/2023 | $0.2602 | $0.0406 |
Service Class 2 | 12/13/2023 | $0.2239 | $0.0406 |
Investor Class | 12/13/2023 | $0.2659 | $0.0406 |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Overseas Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), considers the renewal of the fund's management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees (each of which is composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees), requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
At its July 2023 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class, which was selected because it is the largest class without 12b-1 fees); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by FMR and its affiliates (Fidelity) from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders. The Board also considered the broad range of investment choices available to shareholders from FMR's competitors and that the fund's shareholders have chosen to invest in the fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor.
The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds and experience of investment personnel of the Investment Advisers, and also considered the Investment Advisers' implementation of the fund's investment program. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Fidelity's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted by Fidelity to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered the fund's securities lending activities and any payments made to Fidelity relating to securities lending.
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds and/or the Fidelity funds in general.
Investment Performance. The Board took into account discussions that occur with representatives of the Investment Advisers, and reports that it receives, at Board meetings throughout the year, relating to fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considered annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also considered information about performance attribution. In its ongoing evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gives particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of the funds over different time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. The Independent Trustees generally give greater weight to fund performance over longer time periods than over shorter time periods. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board was provided with information regarding industry trends in management fees and expenses. In its review of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of Initial Class, the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund.
Comparisons of Management Fees and Total Expense Ratios. Among other things, the Board reviewed data for selected groups of competitive funds and classes (referred to as "mapped groups") that were compiled by Fidelity based on combining similar investment objective categories (as classified by Lipper) that have comparable investment mandates. The data reviewed by the Board included (i) gross management fee comparisons (before taking into account expense reimbursements or caps) relative to the total universe of funds within the mapped group; (ii) gross management fee comparisons relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds in the mapped group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "asset size peer group"); (iii) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the mapped group that have a similar sales load structure to Initial Class of the fund (referred to as the "similar sales load structure group"); and (iv) total expense comparisons of Initial Class of the fund relative to funds and classes in the similar sales load structure group that are similar in size and management fee structure to the fund (referred to as the "total expense asset size peer group"). The total expense asset size peer group comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
The information provided to the Board indicated that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the competitive median of the mapped group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and below the competitive median of the asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Further, the information provided to the Board indicated that the total expense ratio of Initial Class of the fund ranked below the competitive median of the similar sales load structure group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022 and above the competitive median of the total expense asset size peer group for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both Fidelity's and competitor's VIP classes and that the servicing component of Initial Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered. Further, based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees and competitor use of performance fees; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable in light of all of the surrounding circumstances and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed through July 31, 2024.
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Item 2.
Code of Ethics
As of the end of the period, December 31, 2023, Variable Insurance Products Fund (the trust) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
Item 3.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Board of Trustees of the trust has determined that Donald F. Donahue is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mr. Donahue is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Fees and Services
The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, “Deloitte Entities”) in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to VIP Value Portfolio (the “Fund”):
Services Billed by Deloitte Entities
December 31, 2023 FeesA
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| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
VIP Value Portfolio | $41,600 | $- | $13,100 | $1,100 |
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| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
VIP Value Portfolio | $41,000 | $- | $11,600 | $1,100 |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
The following table presents fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to VIP Equity-Income Portfolio, VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio, VIP Growth Portfolio, VIP High Income Portfolio, VIP Overseas Portfolio and VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio (the “Funds”):
Services Billed by PwC
December 31, 2023 FeesA
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| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $62,700 | $5,100 | $20,200 | $1,700 |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | $63,100 | $5,200 | $10,600 | $1,700 |
VIP Growth Portfolio | $56,100 | $4,400 | $12,000 | $1,500 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | $73,500 | $5,800 | $9,500 | $1,900 |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $57,800 | $4,900 | $20,600 | $1,600 |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | $36,900 | $3,100 | $7,700 | $1,000 |
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| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio | $59,400 | $5,200 | $10,600 | $1,800 |
VIP Floating Rate High Income Portfolio | $60,300 | $5,200 | $10,100 | $1,800 |
VIP Growth Portfolio | $53,000 | $4,500 | $7,700 | $1,500 |
VIP High Income Portfolio | $70,000 | $5,900 | $9,000 | $2,000 |
VIP Overseas Portfolio | $55,000 | $4,900 | $11,200 | $1,700 |
VIP Stock Selector All Cap Portfolio | $39,700 | $3,100 | $22,100 | $1,100 |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
The following table(s) present(s) fees billed by Deloitte Entities and PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund(s) and that are rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC ("FMR") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund(s) (“Fund Service Providers”):
Services Billed by Deloitte Entities
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| December 31, 2023A | December 31, 2022A |
Audit-Related Fees | $- | $- |
Tax Fees | $- | $- |
All Other Fees | $- | $- |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
Services Billed by PwC
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| December 31, 2023A | December 31, 2022 A |
Audit-Related Fees | $8,284,200 | $7,914,600 |
Tax Fees | $1,000 | $1,000 |
All Other Fees | $- | $- |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
“Audit-Related Fees” represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the fund audit or the review of the fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.
“Tax Fees” represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund.
“All Other Fees” represent fees billed for services provided to the fund or Fund Service Provider, a significant portion of which are assurance related, that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.
Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.
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The aggregate non-audit fees billed by Deloitte Entities and PwC for services rendered to the Fund(s), FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider for each of the last two fiscal years of the Fund(s) are as follows:
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Billed By | December 31, 2023A | December 31, 2022A |
Deloitte Entities | $256,800 | $470,300 |
PwC | $13,706,300 | $12,992,400 |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by Deloitte Entities and PwC to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte Entities and PwC in its(their) audit of the Fund(s), taking into account representations from Deloitte Entities and PwC, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Fund(s) and its(their) related entities and FMR’s review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund(s) Service Providers.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The trust’s Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a fund’s independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the fund. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.
The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee’s consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to a Fidelity fund and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund (“Covered Service”) are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.
All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair’s absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.
Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund are reported to the Audit Committee periodically.
Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X (“De Minimis Exception”)
There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Fund’s(s’) last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Fund(s) or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund(s).
The Registrant has not retained, for the preparation of the audit report on the financial statements included in the Form N-CSR, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) has determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction.
The Registrant is not a “foreign issuer,” as defined in 17 CFR 240.3b-4.
Item 5.
Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Investments
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
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 Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9.
Purchase 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
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the trust’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11.
Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(a)(ii) There was no change in the trust’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trust’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12.
Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 18.
Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
Item 19.
Exhibits
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Variable Insurance Products Fund
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By: | /s/Stacie M. Smith |
| Stacie M. Smith |
| President and Treasurer |
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Date: | February 22, 2024 |
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.
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By: | /s/Stacie M. Smith |
| Stacie M. Smith |
| President and Treasurer |
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Date: | February 22, 2024 |
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By: | /s/John J. Burke III |
| John J. Burke III |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: | February 22, 2024 |