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 | 811-05719 |
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| BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. | |
| (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) | |
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| c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. 240 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10286 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) | |
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| Deirdre Cunnane, Esq. 240 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10286 | |
| (Name and address of agent for service) | |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | (212) 922-6400 |
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Date of fiscal year end: | 12/31 | |
Date of reporting period: | 12/31/2021 | |
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FORM N-CSR
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
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ANNUAL REPORT December 31, 2021 |
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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. or any other person in the BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds. |
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Contents
THE FUND
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Back Cover
DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)
For the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, as provided by David France, CFA, Todd Frysinger, CFA, Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, Michael Stoll and Marlene Walker Smith, Portfolio Managers
Market and Fund Performance Overview
For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021, BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.’s (the “fund”) Initial Shares produced a total return of 28.40%, and its Service Shares produced a total return of 28.11%.1 In comparison, the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, produced a total return of 28.70% for the same period.2,3
U.S. equities rose during the reporting period, supported by government stimulus programs, accommodative central bank policies, strong corporate earnings and improving investor sentiment as vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic rolled out. Large-cap stocks generally outperformed their small- and mid-cap counterparts. The difference in returns between the fund and the Index was primarily the result of transaction costs and operating expenses that are not reflected in the Index’s results.
The Fund’s Investment Approach
The fund seeks to match the total return of the Index. To pursue its goal, the fund generally is fully invested in stocks included in the Index. The fund generally invests in all 500 stocks in the Index in proportion to their weighting in the Index. The fund may also use stock index futures contracts, whose performance is tied to the Index, or invest in exchange-traded funds, typically when the fund’s available cash balances cannot otherwise be efficiently or effectively invested directly.
Equities Advance Despite Pandemic-Related Challenges
In the wake of a sharp recovery from COVID-19-related losses in 2020, U.S. equities made further headway in 2021. Although fresh lockdowns were enforced in some locations, the accelerating rollout of COVID-19 vaccination programs bolstered investors’ risk appetite. By contrast, the impact of monetary accommodation, which provided critical support for financial asset prices, proved more complex. With reflation underway and an elevated pace of growth expected in the second half of the year, investors began to anticipate a dialing back of the exceptional levels of monetary stimulus provided earlier in the pandemic. This contributed to a sharp rise in government bond yields early in 2021, with the long end of the U.S. Treasury market experiencing its worst quarter since 1980. The nature of fiscal stimulus also continued to evolve as President Biden formally announced his long-awaited $2 trillion infrastructure program.
U.S. equities continued to advance during the second half of the period, albeit at a slower pace, drawing strength from an impressive slate of U.S. economic data, robust corporate earnings and further evidence that vaccination programs could be paving the way for a full reopening of economies. However, headwinds emerged as the widening scope of regulatory intervention within China unnerved investors, as did debt-related problems in the Chinese real estate industry that threatened a broader crisis in the property and financial sectors. Globally, higher energy prices, goods shortages and wage-inflation numbers led to the suggestion that monetary stimulus could be ‘tapered’ and interest rates moved higher.
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Nevertheless, U.S. equities continued on an upward trajectory, taking the prospect of monetary policy tightening and the lack of legislative progress for President Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ bill in their stride, until the new COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the United States in December. Omicron’s highly transmissible profile initially provoked draconian responses from several governments, which, in turn, undermined risk appetite. Risk assets also reacted negatively to incrementally more hawkish rhetoric regarding the tapering of the Fed’s asset-purchase program that emerged from the Fed’s December meeting. However, after a brief downturn, large-cap equities recovered into the end of the year, implying that such concerns had already been well discounted.
Market Continues to Advance Broadly
Despite the challenges described above, ten of eleven sectors in the Index generated positive returns. Of course, some sectors appreciated more strongly than others. The energy sector proved volatile, rising and falling with oil and gas prices, but leading the market’s rise for the period as a whole. Real estate benefited from robust housing demand, while commercial real estate began to rebound from pandemic-related lockdowns and work-from-home trends. Financials also outperformed the broader market as rising interest rates and a steeper yield curve improved balance sheets and enhanced revenues for diversified, regional and investment banks. Information technology stocks, which had led the market’s rise in 2020, slowed their advance; however, the communications equipment, software and semiconductor subsectors continued to outperform.
Only the communication services sector generated negative returns, pulled down by weak returns in wireless telecommunications services and, to a lesser extent, the entertainment, media and diversified telecommunication services subsectors. Utilities lagged the broader market, due to high valuations, rising interest rates and the impact of high commodity prices on the transition to green energy in the independent power and renewable energy industry. Consumer staples, another sector that had performed well in 2020, significantly trailed the Index in 2021 as investors sought greater growth opportunities in other sectors.
Expecting Moderate, Continued Growth
With the economy continuing to recover from the effects of COVID-19, despite the pandemic’s lingering impact, we expect to see further economic growth ahead, albeit at a somewhat slower pace than in 2021. At the same time, equity markets are likely to face headwinds in the coming months, making the exceptionally strong returns of the current reporting period less likely to be repeated in the near future. Increasing inflationary pressures, driven by strong demand and supply-chain disruptions, have increased the possibility that the Fed may soon taper its asset-buying program and eventually begin to raise interest rates, removing some support for equity markets and signaling a phase of slower economic growth. While inflationary pressures may moderate somewhat as the supply chain untangles, tight labor market conditions currently show no signs of easing. On the other
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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited) (continued)
hand, rising interest rates are likely to continue to constrain fixed-income markets, leaving investors with few options as attractive as equities.
January 18, 2022
1 Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Share price and investment return fluctuate such that upon redemption, fund shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. The fund’s performance does not reflect the deduction of additional charges and expenses imposed in connection with investing in variable insurance contracts, which will reduce returns.
2 Source: Lipper Inc. — The S&P 500® Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.
3 “Standard & Poor’s,” “S&P,” “Standard & Poor’s 500,”and “S&P 500” are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“Standard & Poor’s”) and have been licensed for use by the fund. The fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s, and Standard & Poor’s does not make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the fund.
Equities are subject generally to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer and investment style risks, among other factors, to varying degrees, all of which are more fully described in the fund’s prospectus.
Recent market risks include pandemic risks related to COVID-19. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically than others. To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain countries, companies, industries or market sectors, such positions will increase the fund’s exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those countries, companies, industries or sectors.
The fund may, but is not required to, use derivative instruments. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund’s performance. The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets.
The fund is only available as a funding vehicle under variable life insurance policies or variable annuity contracts issued by insurance companies. Individuals may not purchase shares of the fund directly. A variable annuity is an insurance contract issued by an insurance company that enables investors to accumulate assets on a tax-deferred basis for retirement or other long-term goals. The investment objective and policies of BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. made available through insurance products may be similar to those of other funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. However, the investment results of the fund may be higher or lower than, and may not be comparable to, those of any other BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. fund.
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FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)
Comparison of change in value of a $10,000 investment in Initial shares and Service shares of BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. with a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”).
† Source: Lipper Inc.
Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The fund’s performance does not reflect the deduction of additional charges and expenses imposed in connection with investing in variable insurance contracts which will reduce returns.
The above graph compares a hypothetical investment of $10,000 made in Initial shares and Service shares of BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. on 12/31/11 to a hypothetical investment of $10,000 made in the Index on that date.
The fund’s performance shown in the line graph above takes into account all applicable fees and expenses. The Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities. The Index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization. Unlike a mutual fund, the Index is not subject to charges, fees and other expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in any index. Further information relating to fund performance, including expense reimbursements, if applicable, is contained in the Financial Highlights section of the prospectus and elsewhere in this report.
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Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/2021 |
| 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Initial shares | 28.40% | 18.17% | 16.26% |
Service shares | 28.11% | 17.87% | 15.97% |
S&P 500® Index | 28.70% | 18.47% | 16.54% |
The performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Go to www.im.bnymellon.com for the fund’s most recent month-end returns.
The fund’s Initial shares are not subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee. The fund’s Service shares are subject to a 0.25% annual Rule 12b-1 fee. All dividends and capital gain distributions are reinvested.
The fund’s performance shown in the graph and table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)
As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads), redemption fees and expenses associated with variable annuity or insurance contracts, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.
Review your fund’s expenses
The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.
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Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment | |
Assume actual returns for the six months ended December 31, 2021 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | $1.39 | $2.72 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | $1,115.30 | $1,114.20 | |
COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES
WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited)
Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.
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Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment | |
Assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended December 31, 2021 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | $1.33 | $2.60 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | $1,023.89 | $1,022.63 | |
† | Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .26% for Initial Shares and .51% for Service Shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2021
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Description | | | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Common Stocks - 99.6% | | | | | |
Automobiles & Components - 2.7% | | | | | |
Aptiv | | | | 22,360 | a | 3,688,282 | |
BorgWarner | | | | 19,079 | | 859,891 | |
Ford Motor | | | | 321,556 | | 6,678,718 | |
General Motors | | | | 120,164 | a | 7,045,215 | |
Tesla | | | | 67,035 | a | 70,841,247 | |
| | | | 89,113,353 | |
Banks - 3.9% | | | | | |
Bank of America | | | | 591,036 | | 26,295,192 | |
Citigroup | | | | 160,831 | | 9,712,584 | |
Citizens Financial Group | | | | 36,156 | | 1,708,371 | |
Comerica | | | | 11,824 | | 1,028,688 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | | 56,560 | | 2,463,188 | |
First Republic Bank | | | | 14,565 | | 3,007,818 | |
Huntington Bancshares | | | | 121,125 | | 1,867,748 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | | 242,620 | | 38,418,877 | |
KeyCorp | | | | 77,989 | | 1,803,886 | |
M&T Bank | | | | 10,428 | | 1,601,532 | |
People's United Financial | | | | 38,126 | | 679,405 | |
Regions Financial | | | | 81,156 | | 1,769,201 | |
Signature Bank | | | | 4,844 | | 1,566,889 | |
SVB Financial Group | | | | 4,849 | a | 3,288,786 | |
The PNC Financial Services Group | | | | 35,178 | | 7,053,893 | |
Truist Financial | �� | | | 107,794 | | 6,311,339 | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | | 111,667 | | 6,272,335 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | | 327,206 | | 15,699,344 | |
Zions Bancorp | | | | 13,795 | | 871,292 | |
| | | | 131,420,368 | |
Capital Goods - 5.1% | | | | | |
3M | | | | 47,005 | | 8,349,498 | |
A.O. Smith | | | | 10,564 | | 906,919 | |
Allegion | | | | 7,481 | | 990,784 | |
AMETEK | | | | 19,062 | | 2,802,876 | |
Carrier Global | | | | 68,996 | | 3,742,343 | |
Caterpillar | | | | 44,306 | | 9,159,822 | |
Cummins | | | | 11,535 | | 2,516,245 | |
Deere & Co. | | | | 23,050 | | 7,903,614 | |
Dover | | | | 12,249 | | 2,224,418 | |
Eaton | | | | 32,979 | | 5,699,431 | |
Emerson Electric | | | | 49,443 | | 4,596,716 | |
Fastenal | | | | 47,399 | | 3,036,380 | |
Fortive | | | | 30,232 | | 2,306,399 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Capital Goods - 5.1% (continued) | | | | | |
Fortune Brands Home & Security | | | | 11,066 | | 1,182,955 | |
Generac Holdings | | | | 5,162 | a | 1,816,611 | |
General Dynamics | | | | 19,179 | | 3,998,246 | |
General Electric | | | | 90,898 | | 8,587,134 | |
Honeywell International | | | | 56,410 | | 11,762,049 | |
Howmet Aerospace | | | | 30,840 | | 981,637 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries | | | | 3,633 | | 678,426 | |
IDEX | | | | 5,896 | | 1,393,343 | |
Illinois Tool Works | | | | 23,714 | | 5,852,615 | |
Ingersoll Rand | | | | 33,163 | | 2,051,795 | |
Johnson Controls International | | | | 58,898 | | 4,788,996 | |
L3Harris Technologies | | | | 16,609 | | 3,541,703 | |
Lockheed Martin | | | | 20,399 | | 7,250,009 | |
Masco | | | | 19,908 | | 1,397,940 | |
Northrop Grumman | | | | 12,445 | | 4,817,086 | |
Otis Worldwide | | | | 35,072 | | 3,053,719 | |
PACCAR | | | | 28,619 | | 2,525,913 | |
Parker-Hannifin | | | | 10,665 | | 3,392,750 | |
Pentair | | | | 13,242 | | 967,063 | |
Quanta Services | | | | 11,904 | | 1,364,913 | |
Raytheon Technologies | | | | 122,973 | | 10,583,056 | |
Rockwell Automation | | | | 9,575 | | 3,340,239 | |
Roper Technologies | | | | 8,716 | | 4,287,052 | |
Snap-on | | | | 3,985 | | 858,289 | |
Stanley Black & Decker | | | | 13,431 | | 2,533,355 | |
Textron | | | | 19,091 | | 1,473,825 | |
The Boeing Company | | | | 45,628 | a | 9,185,829 | |
Trane Technologies | | | | 19,639 | | 3,967,667 | |
TransDigm Group | | | | 4,319 | a | 2,748,093 | |
United Rentals | | | | 5,920 | a | 1,967,157 | |
W.W. Grainger | | | | 3,561 | | 1,845,453 | |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | | | | 15,991 | | 1,472,931 | |
Xylem | | | | 15,320 | | 1,837,174 | |
| | | | 171,740,468 | |
Commercial & Professional Services - .9% | | | | | |
Cintas | | | | 7,230 | | 3,204,119 | |
Copart | | | | 17,924 | a | 2,717,637 | |
Equifax | | | | 10,048 | | 2,941,954 | |
IHS Markit | | | | 32,955 | | 4,380,379 | |
Jacobs Engineering Group | | | | 11,032 | | 1,535,985 | |
Leidos Holdings | | | | 11,995 | | 1,066,356 | |
Nielsen Holdings | | | | 32,535 | | 667,293 | |
Republic Services | | | | 16,724 | | 2,332,162 | |
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Description | | | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Commercial & Professional Services - .9% (continued) | | | | | |
Robert Half International | | | | 9,354 | | 1,043,158 | |
Rollins | | | | 18,259 | | 624,640 | |
Verisk Analytics | | | | 13,059 | | 2,986,985 | |
Waste Management | | | | 32,048 | | 5,348,811 | |
| | | | 28,849,479 | |
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 1.1% | | | | | |
D.R. Horton | | | | 26,868 | | 2,913,835 | |
Garmin | | | | 12,379 | | 1,685,648 | |
Hasbro | | | | 9,805 | | 997,953 | |
Lennar, Cl. A | | | | 22,478 | | 2,611,044 | |
Mohawk Industries | | | | 4,870 | a | 887,217 | |
Newell Brands | | | | 34,289 | | 748,872 | |
NIKE, Cl. B | | | | 104,944 | | 17,491,016 | |
NVR | | | | 261 | a | 1,542,215 | |
PulteGroup | | | | 20,773 | | 1,187,385 | |
PVH | | | | 5,827 | | 621,450 | |
Ralph Lauren | | | | 4,329 | | 514,545 | |
Tapestry | | | | 22,236 | | 902,782 | |
Under Armour, Cl. A | | | | 16,914 | a | 358,408 | |
Under Armour, Cl. C | | | | 16,990 | a | 306,500 | |
VF | | | | 26,607 | | 1,948,165 | |
Whirlpool | | | | 5,028 | | 1,179,870 | |
| | | | 35,896,905 | |
Consumer Services - 1.9% | | | | | |
Booking Holdings | | | | 3,400 | a | 8,157,382 | |
Caesars Entertainment | | | | 17,947 | a | 1,678,583 | |
Carnival | | | | 64,882 | a | 1,305,426 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill | | | | 2,323 | a | 4,061,185 | |
Darden Restaurants | | | | 10,556 | | 1,590,156 | |
Domino's Pizza | | | | 2,979 | | 1,681,139 | |
Expedia Group | | | | 12,306 | a | 2,223,940 | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings | | | | 23,027 | a | 3,591,982 | |
Las Vegas Sands | | | | 29,452 | a | 1,108,573 | |
Marriott International, Cl. A | | | | 22,013 | a | 3,637,428 | |
McDonald's | | | | 61,242 | | 16,417,143 | |
MGM Resorts International | | | | 33,375 | | 1,497,870 | |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings | | | | 30,239 | a | 627,157 | |
Penn National Gaming | | | | 12,810 | a,b | 664,199 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises | | | | 18,232 | a | 1,402,041 | |
Starbucks | | | | 97,654 | | 11,422,588 | |
Wynn Resorts | | | | 8,483 | a | 721,394 | |
Yum! Brands | | | | 24,394 | | 3,387,351 | |
| | | | 65,175,537 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Description | | | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Diversified Financials - 4.9% | | | | | |
American Express | | | | 52,288 | | 8,554,317 | |
Ameriprise Financial | | | | 9,167 | | 2,765,317 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Cl. B | | | | 150,966 | a | 45,138,834 | |
BlackRock | | | | 11,849 | | 10,848,470 | |
Capital One Financial | | | | 34,069 | | 4,943,071 | |
Cboe Global Markets | | | | 8,546 | | 1,114,398 | |
CME Group | | | | 29,722 | | 6,790,288 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | | 24,164 | | 2,792,392 | |
FactSet Research Systems | | | | 3,111 | | 1,511,977 | |
Franklin Resources | | | | 24,306 | | 814,008 | |
Intercontinental Exchange | | | | 46,604 | | 6,374,029 | |
Invesco | | | | 29,757 | | 685,006 | |
MarketAxess Holdings | | | | 3,053 | | 1,255,607 | |
Moody's | | | | 12,984 | | 5,071,291 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | | 117,933 | | 11,576,303 | |
MSCI | | | | 6,817 | | 4,176,708 | |
Nasdaq | | | | 9,918 | | 2,082,879 | |
Northern Trust | | | | 17,747 | | 2,122,719 | |
Raymond James Financial | | | | 14,977 | | 1,503,691 | |
S&P Global | | | | 19,955 | b | 9,417,363 | |
State Street | | | | 30,183 | | 2,807,019 | |
Synchrony Financial | | | | 46,449 | | 2,154,769 | |
T. Rowe Price Group | | | | 18,760 | | 3,688,966 | |
The Bank of New York Mellon | | | | 61,161 | | 3,552,231 | |
The Charles Schwab | | | | 123,926 | | 10,422,177 | |
The Goldman Sachs Group | | | | 27,918 | | 10,680,031 | |
| | | | 162,843,861 | |
Energy - 2.7% | | | | | |
APA | | | | 30,031 | | 807,534 | |
Baker Hughes | | | | 71,352 | | 1,716,729 | |
Chevron | | | | 158,854 | | 18,641,517 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | | 108,660 | | 7,843,079 | |
Coterra Energy | | | | 63,379 | | 1,204,201 | |
Devon Energy | | | | 51,656 | | 2,275,447 | |
Diamondback Energy | | | | 13,759 | | 1,483,908 | |
EOG Resources | | | | 48,285 | | 4,289,157 | |
Exxon Mobil | | | | 348,068 | | 21,298,281 | |
Halliburton | | | | 72,525 | | 1,658,647 | |
Hess | | | | 21,683 | | 1,605,192 | |
Kinder Morgan | | | | 160,719 | | 2,549,003 | |
Marathon Oil | | | | 67,602 | | 1,110,025 | |
Marathon Petroleum | | | | 52,736 | | 3,374,577 | |
Occidental Petroleum | | | | 75,152 | | 2,178,656 | |
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Description | | | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Energy - 2.7% (continued) | | | | | |
ONEOK | | | | 37,997 | | 2,232,704 | |
Phillips 66 | | | | 36,122 | | 2,617,400 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources | | | | 18,747 | | 3,409,704 | |
Schlumberger | | | | 115,588 | | 3,461,861 | |
The Williams Companies | | | | 100,204 | | 2,609,312 | |
Valero Energy | | | | 32,628 | | 2,450,689 | |
| | | | 88,817,623 | |
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.4% | | | | | |
Costco Wholesale | | | | 36,326 | | 20,622,270 | |
Sysco | | | | 42,267 | | 3,320,073 | |
The Kroger Company | | | | 56,029 | | 2,535,873 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance | | | | 59,287 | | 3,092,410 | |
Walmart | | | | 117,251 | | 16,965,047 | |
| | | | 46,535,673 | |
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 2.9% | | | | | |
Altria Group | | | | 151,169 | | 7,163,899 | |
Archer-Daniels-Midland | | | | 46,150 | | 3,119,278 | |
Brown-Forman, Cl. B | | | | 14,720 | | 1,072,499 | |
Campbell Soup | | | | 15,925 | | 692,101 | |
Conagra Brands | | | | 41,304 | | 1,410,532 | |
Constellation Brands, Cl. A | | | | 13,883 | | 3,484,217 | |
General Mills | | | | 50,032 | | 3,371,156 | |
Hormel Foods | | | | 22,655 | | 1,105,791 | |
Kellogg | | | | 21,651 | | 1,394,757 | |
Lamb Weston Holdings | | | | 13,124 | | 831,799 | |
McCormick & Co. | | | | 20,203 | | 1,951,812 | |
Molson Coors Beverage, Cl. B | | | | 16,874 | | 782,110 | |
Mondelez International, Cl. A | | | | 115,705 | | 7,672,399 | |
Monster Beverage | | | | 31,892 | a | 3,062,908 | |
PepsiCo | | | | 113,553 | | 19,725,292 | |
Philip Morris International | | | | 127,339 | | 12,097,205 | |
The Coca-Cola Company | | | | 318,967 | | 18,886,036 | |
The Hershey Company | | | | 11,884 | | 2,299,197 | |
The J.M. Smucker Company | | | | 9,235 | | 1,254,298 | |
The Kraft Heinz Company | | | | 56,202 | | 2,017,652 | |
Tyson Foods, Cl. A | | | | 25,227 | | 2,198,785 | |
| | | | 95,593,723 | |
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.8% | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | | 145,678 | | 20,502,722 | |
ABIOMED | | | | 3,909 | a | 1,403,996 | |
Align Technology | | | | 6,075 | a | 3,992,368 | |
AmerisourceBergen | | | | 12,156 | | 1,615,411 | |
Anthem | | | | 19,790 | | 9,173,457 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.8% (continued) | | | | | |
Baxter International | | | | 41,300 | | 3,545,192 | |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | | | | 23,763 | | 5,975,919 | |
Boston Scientific | | | | 117,776 | a | 5,003,124 | |
Cardinal Health | | | | 24,950 | | 1,284,676 | |
Centene | | | | 48,186 | a | 3,970,526 | |
Cerner | | | | 24,088 | | 2,237,053 | |
Cigna | | | | 27,236 | | 6,254,203 | |
CVS Health | | | | 109,071 | | 11,251,764 | |
DaVita | | | | 5,804 | a | 660,263 | |
Dentsply Sirona | | | | 18,394 | | 1,026,201 | |
DexCom | | | | 8,003 | a | 4,297,211 | |
Edwards Lifesciences | | | | 51,582 | a | 6,682,448 | |
HCA Healthcare | | | | 19,652 | | 5,048,992 | |
Henry Schein | | | | 11,736 | a | 909,892 | |
Hologic | | | | 20,489 | a | 1,568,638 | |
Humana | | | | 10,628 | | 4,929,904 | |
IDEXX Laboratories | | | | 7,035 | a | 4,632,266 | |
Intuitive Surgical | | | | 29,540 | a | 10,613,722 | |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | | | 7,908 | a | 2,484,773 | |
McKesson | | | | 12,487 | | 3,103,894 | |
Medtronic | | | | 109,871 | | 11,366,155 | |
Quest Diagnostics | | | | 9,869 | | 1,707,436 | |
ResMed | | | | 12,007 | | 3,127,583 | |
Steris | | | | 8,137 | | 1,980,627 | |
Stryker | | | | 27,782 | | 7,429,462 | |
Teleflex | | | | 3,567 | | 1,171,688 | |
The Cooper Companies | | | | 4,164 | | 1,744,466 | |
UnitedHealth Group | | | | 77,523 | | 38,927,399 | |
Universal Health Services, Cl. B | | | | 5,999 | | 777,830 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings | | | | 17,082 | | 2,170,097 | |
| | | | 192,571,358 | |
Household & Personal Products - 1.6% | | | | | |
Church & Dwight | | | | 19,482 | | 1,996,905 | |
Colgate-Palmolive | | | | 69,786 | | 5,955,537 | |
Kimberly-Clark | | | | 27,835 | | 3,978,178 | |
The Clorox Company | | | | 9,955 | | 1,735,754 | |
The Estee Lauder Companies, Cl. A | | | | 19,182 | | 7,101,176 | |
The Procter & Gamble Company | | | | 199,574 | | 32,646,315 | |
| | | | 53,413,865 | |
Insurance - 1.8% | | | | | |
Aflac | | | | 49,834 | | 2,909,807 | |
American International Group | | | | 67,782 | | 3,854,085 | |
Aon, Cl. A | | | | 18,020 | | 5,416,091 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Insurance - 1.8% (continued) | | | | | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | | 17,245 | | 2,925,959 | |
Assurant | | | | 4,641 | | 723,346 | |
Brown & Brown | | | | 18,715 | | 1,315,290 | |
Chubb | | | | 35,460 | | 6,854,773 | |
Cincinnati Financial | | | | 12,123 | | 1,381,173 | |
Everest Re Group | | | | 3,167 | | 867,505 | |
Globe Life | | | | 7,353 | | 689,123 | |
Lincoln National | | | | 14,784 | | 1,009,156 | |
Loews | | | | 17,703 | | 1,022,525 | |
Marsh & McLennan | | | | 41,933 | | 7,288,794 | |
MetLife | | | | 60,204 | | 3,762,148 | |
Principal Financial Group | | | | 20,144 | | 1,457,016 | |
Prudential Financial | | | | 31,964 | | 3,459,783 | |
The Allstate | | | | 23,813 | | 2,801,599 | |
The Hartford Financial Services Group | | | | 28,356 | | 1,957,698 | |
The Progressive | | | | 48,394 | | 4,967,644 | |
The Travelers Companies | | | | 20,591 | | 3,221,050 | |
W.R. Berkley | | | | 10,409 | | 857,598 | |
Willis Towers Watson | | | | 10,564 | | 2,508,844 | |
| | | | 61,251,007 | |
Materials - 2.6% | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals | | | | 18,317 | | 5,573,130 | |
Albemarle | | | | 9,548 | | 2,232,036 | |
Amcor | | | | 130,865 | | 1,571,689 | |
Avery Dennison | | | | 6,703 | | 1,451,669 | |
Ball | | | | 26,738 | | 2,574,067 | |
Celanese | | | | 8,989 | | 1,510,691 | |
CF Industries Holdings | | | | 17,236 | | 1,219,964 | |
Corteva | | | | 60,559 | | 2,863,230 | |
Dow | | | | 61,634 | | 3,495,880 | |
DuPont de Nemours | | | | 43,222 | | 3,491,473 | |
Eastman Chemical | | | | 11,525 | | 1,393,488 | |
Ecolab | | | | 19,888 | | 4,665,526 | |
FMC | | | | 10,315 | | 1,133,515 | |
Freeport-McMoRan | | | | 121,406 | | 5,066,272 | |
International Flavors & Fragrances | | | | 20,552 | | 3,096,159 | |
International Paper | | | | 33,054 | | 1,552,877 | |
Linde | | | | 42,287 | | 14,649,485 | |
LyondellBasell Industries, Cl. A | | | | 21,751 | | 2,006,095 | |
Martin Marietta Materials | | | | 5,306 | | 2,337,399 | |
Newmont | | | | 66,055 | | 4,096,731 | |
Nucor | | | | 23,305 | | 2,660,266 | |
Packaging Corp. of America | | | | 7,196 | | 979,735 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Materials - 2.6% (continued) | | | | | |
PPG Industries | | | | 19,586 | | 3,377,410 | |
Sealed Air | | | | 12,815 | | 864,628 | |
The Mosaic Company | | | | 30,949 | | 1,215,986 | |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | | | | 20,048 | | 7,060,104 | |
Vulcan Materials | | | | 10,570 | | 2,194,121 | |
WestRock | | | | 23,557 | | 1,044,989 | |
| | | | 85,378,615 | |
Media & Entertainment - 9.0% | | | | | |
Activision Blizzard | | | | 63,465 | | 4,222,326 | |
Alphabet, Cl. A | | | | 24,754 | a | 71,713,328 | |
Alphabet, Cl. C | | | | 23,103 | a | 66,850,610 | |
Charter Communications, Cl. A | | | | 10,140 | a | 6,610,976 | |
Comcast, Cl. A | | | | 376,463 | | 18,947,383 | |
Discovery, Cl. A | | | | 14,333 | a,b | 337,399 | |
Discovery, Cl. C | | | | 26,606 | a | 609,277 | |
DISH Network, Cl. A | | | | 20,675 | a | 670,697 | |
Electronic Arts | | | | 23,511 | | 3,101,101 | |
Fox, Cl. A | | | | 27,874 | | 1,028,551 | |
Fox, Cl. B | | | | 13,885 | | 475,839 | |
Live Nation Entertainment | | | | 10,908 | a,b | 1,305,579 | |
Match Group | | | | 23,050 | a | 3,048,363 | |
Meta Platforms, Cl. A | | | | 195,064 | a | 65,609,776 | |
Netflix | | | | 36,552 | a | 22,020,387 | |
News Corporation, Cl. A | | | | 30,833 | | 687,884 | |
News Corporation, Cl. B | | | | 9,746 | | 219,285 | |
Omnicom Group | | | | 18,009 | | 1,319,519 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software | | | | 9,823 | a | 1,745,744 | |
The Interpublic Group of Companies | | | | 31,591 | | 1,183,083 | |
The Walt Disney Company | | | | 149,397 | a | 23,140,101 | |
Twitter | | | | 65,937 | a | 2,849,797 | |
ViacomCBS, Cl. B | | | | 50,676 | | 1,529,402 | |
| | | | 299,226,407 | |
Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 7.5% | | | | | |
AbbVie | | | | 145,091 | | 19,645,321 | |
Agilent Technologies | | | | 25,085 | | 4,004,820 | |
Amgen | | | | 47,024 | | 10,578,989 | |
Biogen | | | | 12,301 | a | 2,951,256 | |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cl. A | | | | 1,731 | a | 1,307,892 | |
Bio-Techne | | | | 3,056 | | 1,580,991 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | | | | 182,841 | | 11,400,136 | |
Catalent | | | | 13,871 | a | 1,775,904 | |
Charles River Laboratories International | | | | 4,081 | a | 1,537,639 | |
Danaher | | | | 52,830 | | 17,381,598 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 7.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | 65,538 | | 18,102,906 | |
Gilead Sciences | | | | 103,779 | | 7,535,393 | |
Illumina | | | | 12,874 | a | 4,897,785 | |
Incyte | | | | 14,987 | a | 1,100,046 | |
IQVIA Holdings | | | | 15,841 | a | 4,469,380 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | | 216,433 | | 37,025,193 | |
Merck & Co. | | | | 207,548 | | 15,906,479 | |
Mettler-Toledo International | | | | 1,907 | a | 3,236,579 | |
Moderna | | | | 29,064 | a | 7,381,675 | |
Organon & Co. | | | | 22,483 | | 684,607 | |
PerkinElmer | | | | 10,518 | | 2,114,749 | |
Pfizer | | | | 463,057 | | 27,343,516 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | | | | 8,696 | a | 5,491,698 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific | | | | 32,341 | | 21,579,209 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals | | | | 21,447 | a | 4,709,761 | |
Viatris | | | | 97,671 | | 1,321,489 | |
Waters | | | | 4,818 | a | 1,795,187 | |
West Pharmaceutical Services | | | | 6,097 | | 2,859,554 | |
Zoetis | | | | 39,240 | | 9,575,737 | |
| | | | 249,295,489 | |
Real Estate - 2.7% | | | | | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities | | | | 11,541 | c | 2,573,181 | |
American Tower | | | | 37,467 | c | 10,959,097 | |
AvalonBay Communities | | | | 11,514 | c | 2,908,321 | |
Boston Properties | | | | 11,462 | c | 1,320,193 | |
CBRE Group, Cl. A | | | | 27,695 | a | 3,005,184 | |
Crown Castle International | | | | 35,554 | c | 7,421,542 | |
Digital Realty Trust | | | | 23,355 | c | 4,130,799 | |
Duke Realty | | | | 30,823 | c | 2,023,222 | |
Equinix | | | | 7,426 | c | 6,281,208 | |
Equity Residential | | | | 28,079 | c | 2,541,150 | |
Essex Property Trust | | | | 5,140 | c | 1,810,462 | |
Extra Space Storage | | | | 10,935 | c | 2,479,293 | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | | 5,840 | c | 796,109 | |
Healthpeak Properties | | | | 45,490 | c | 1,641,734 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts | | | | 62,747 | a,c | 1,091,170 | |
Iron Mountain | | | | 24,628 | b,c | 1,288,783 | |
Kimco Realty | | | | 52,812 | c | 1,301,816 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities | | | | 9,466 | c | 2,171,879 | |
Prologis | | | | 60,840 | c | 10,243,022 | |
Public Storage | | | | 12,604 | c | 4,720,954 | |
Realty Income | | | | 45,195 | c | 3,235,510 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Real Estate - 2.7% (continued) | | | | | |
Regency Centers | | | | 13,123 | c | 988,818 | |
SBA Communications | | | | 9,040 | c | 3,516,741 | |
Simon Property Group | | | | 27,174 | c | 4,341,590 | |
UDR | | | | 21,518 | c | 1,290,865 | |
Ventas | | | | 33,713 | c | 1,723,409 | |
Vornado Realty Trust | | | | 14,071 | c | 589,012 | |
Welltower | | | | 34,075 | c | 2,922,613 | |
Weyerhaeuser | | | | 63,899 | c | 2,631,361 | |
| | | | 91,949,038 | |
Retailing - 6.8% | | | | | |
Advance Auto Parts | | | | 5,625 | | 1,349,325 | |
Amazon.com | | | | 35,965 | a | 119,919,538 | |
AutoZone | | | | 1,780 | a | 3,731,574 | |
Bath & Body Works | | | | 21,095 | | 1,472,220 | |
Best Buy | | | | 17,859 | | 1,814,474 | |
CarMax | | | | 13,980 | a | 1,820,615 | |
Dollar General | | | | 19,531 | | 4,605,996 | |
Dollar Tree | | | | 18,952 | a | 2,663,135 | |
eBay | | | | 51,236 | | 3,407,194 | |
Etsy | | | | 10,515 | a,b | 2,302,154 | |
Genuine Parts | | | | 12,092 | | 1,695,298 | |
LKQ | | | | 20,737 | | 1,244,842 | |
Lowe's | | | | 56,829 | | 14,689,160 | |
O'Reilly Automotive | | | | 5,699 | a | 4,024,805 | |
Pool | | | | 3,170 | | 1,794,220 | |
Ross Stores | | | | 29,511 | | 3,372,517 | |
Target | | | | 40,192 | | 9,302,036 | |
The Gap | | | | 19,500 | | 344,175 | |
The Home Depot | | | | 86,929 | | 36,076,404 | |
The TJX Companies | | | | 99,859 | | 7,581,295 | |
Tractor Supply | | | | 9,336 | | 2,227,570 | |
Ulta Beauty | | | | 4,310 | a | 1,777,185 | |
| | | | 227,215,732 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.3% | | | | | |
Advanced Micro Devices | | | | 99,796 | a | 14,360,644 | |
Analog Devices | | | | 43,647 | | 7,671,833 | |
Applied Materials | | | | 75,048 | | 11,809,553 | |
Broadcom | | | | 33,708 | | 22,429,640 | |
Enphase Energy | | | | 11,097 | a | 2,030,085 | |
Intel | | | | 332,984 | | 17,148,676 | |
KLA | | | | 12,635 | | 5,434,440 | |
Lam Research | | | | 11,654 | | 8,380,974 | |
Microchip Technology | | | | 45,298 | | 3,943,644 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.3% (continued) | | | | | |
Micron Technology | | | | 92,025 | | 8,572,129 | |
Monolithic Power Systems | | | | 3,420 | | 1,687,189 | |
NVIDIA | | | | 206,250 | | 60,660,187 | |
NXP Semiconductors | | | | 21,928 | | 4,994,760 | |
Qorvo | | | | 8,970 | a | 1,402,818 | |
Qualcomm | | | | 92,532 | | 16,921,327 | |
Skyworks Solutions | | | | 13,497 | | 2,093,925 | |
SolarEdge Technologies | | | | 4,302 | a | 1,207,012 | |
Teradyne | | | | 13,458 | | 2,200,787 | |
Texas Instruments | | | | 75,655 | | 14,258,698 | |
Xilinx | | | | 20,459 | | 4,337,922 | |
| | | | 211,546,243 | |
Software & Services - 13.9% | | | | | |
Accenture, Cl. A | | | | 52,100 | | 21,598,055 | |
Adobe | | | | 39,168 | a | 22,210,606 | |
Akamai Technologies | | | | 12,613 | a | 1,476,226 | |
Ansys | | | | 7,040 | a | 2,823,885 | |
Autodesk | | | | 18,204 | a | 5,118,783 | |
Automatic Data Processing | | | | 34,770 | | 8,573,587 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions | | | | 9,421 | | 1,722,347 | |
Cadence Design Systems | | | | 22,883 | a | 4,264,247 | |
Ceridian HCM Holding | | | | 10,800 | a | 1,128,168 | |
Citrix Systems | | | | 10,680 | | 1,010,221 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Cl. A | | | | 43,433 | | 3,853,376 | |
DXC Technology | | | | 21,582 | a | 694,725 | |
EPAM Systems | | | | 4,675 | a | 3,125,004 | |
Fidelity National Information Services | | | | 51,113 | | 5,578,984 | |
Fiserv | | | | 49,297 | a | 5,116,536 | |
FLEETCOR Technologies | | | | 6,694 | a | 1,498,385 | |
Fortinet | | | | 11,204 | a | 4,026,718 | |
Gartner | | | | 7,127 | a | 2,382,699 | |
Global Payments | | | | 24,242 | | 3,277,034 | |
International Business Machines | | | | 74,216 | | 9,919,711 | |
Intuit | | | | 23,224 | | 14,938,141 | |
Jack Henry & Associates | | | | 6,240 | | 1,042,018 | |
Mastercard, Cl. A | | | | 71,623 | | 25,735,576 | |
Microsoft | | | | 619,325 | | 208,291,384 | |
NortonLifeLock | | | | 46,686 | | 1,212,902 | |
Oracle | | | | 133,146 | | 11,611,663 | |
Paychex | | | | 26,458 | | 3,611,517 | |
Paycom Software | | | | 3,922 | a | 1,628,375 | |
PayPal Holdings | | | | 96,494 | a | 18,196,839 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Software & Services - 13.9% (continued) | | | | | |
PTC | | | | 8,297 | a | 1,005,182 | |
salesforce.com | | | | 80,581 | a | 20,478,050 | |
ServiceNow | | | | 16,373 | a | 10,627,878 | |
Synopsys | | | | 12,615 | a | 4,648,627 | |
Tyler Technologies | | | | 3,328 | a | 1,790,298 | |
Verisign | | | | 7,935 | a | 2,014,062 | |
Visa, Cl. A | | | | 137,697 | b | 29,840,317 | |
| | | | 466,072,126 | |
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 8.7% | | | | | |
Amphenol, Cl. A | | | | 49,454 | | 4,325,247 | |
Apple | | | | 1,285,421 | | 228,252,207 | |
Arista Networks | | | | 18,816 | a | 2,704,800 | |
CDW | | | | 11,710 | | 2,397,974 | |
Cisco Systems | | | | 346,373 | | 21,949,657 | |
Corning | | | | 63,336 | | 2,357,999 | |
F5 | | | | 4,598 | a | 1,125,177 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | | | | 110,380 | | 1,740,693 | |
HP | | | | 94,927 | | 3,575,900 | |
IPG Photonics | | | | 3,099 | a | 533,462 | |
Juniper Networks | | | | 25,773 | | 920,354 | |
Keysight Technologies | | | | 15,193 | a | 3,137,506 | |
Motorola Solutions | | | | 13,992 | | 3,801,626 | |
NetApp | | | | 18,900 | | 1,738,611 | |
Seagate Technology Holdings | | | | 16,500 | b | 1,864,170 | |
TE Connectivity | | | | 27,122 | | 4,375,863 | |
Teledyne Technologies | | | | 3,779 | a | 1,651,007 | |
Trimble | | | | 20,716 | a | 1,806,228 | |
Western Digital | | | | 24,726 | a | 1,612,382 | |
Zebra Technologies, Cl. A | | | | 4,402 | a | 2,620,070 | |
| | | | 292,490,933 | |
Telecommunication Services - 1.2% | | | | | |
AT&T | | | | 584,609 | | 14,381,381 | |
Lumen Technologies | | | | 79,771 | | 1,001,126 | |
T-Mobile US | | | | 48,532 | a | 5,628,741 | |
Verizon Communications | | | | 339,887 | | 17,660,529 | |
| | | | 38,671,777 | |
Transportation - 1.7% | | | | | |
Alaska Air Group | | | | 9,730 | a | 506,933 | |
American Airlines Group | | | | 51,934 | a | 932,735 | |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide | | | | 11,018 | | 1,185,867 | |
CSX | | | | 181,172 | | 6,812,067 | |
Delta Air Lines | | | | 54,478 | a | 2,129,000 | |
Expeditors International of Washington | | | | 13,838 | | 1,858,305 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Transportation - 1.7% (continued) | | | | | |
FedEx | | | | 20,102 | | 5,199,181 | |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services | | | | 6,783 | | 1,386,445 | |
Norfolk Southern | | | | 20,434 | | 6,083,406 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line | | | | 7,744 | | 2,775,295 | |
Southwest Airlines | | | | 48,425 | a | 2,074,527 | |
Union Pacific | | | | 53,366 | | 13,444,496 | |
United Airlines Holdings | | | | 26,794 | a,b | 1,173,041 | |
United Parcel Service, Cl. B | | | | 60,012 | | 12,862,972 | |
| | | | 58,424,270 | |
Utilities - 2.5% | | | | | |
Alliant Energy | | | | 20,078 | | 1,234,195 | |
Ameren | | | | 20,336 | | 1,810,107 | |
American Electric Power | | | | 41,338 | | 3,677,842 | |
American Water Works | | | | 14,961 | | 2,825,534 | |
Atmos Energy | | | | 11,178 | | 1,171,119 | |
CenterPoint Energy | | | | 48,866 | | 1,363,850 | |
CMS Energy | | | | 23,397 | | 1,521,975 | |
Consolidated Edison | | | | 28,269 | | 2,411,911 | |
Dominion Energy | | | | 66,878 | | 5,253,936 | |
DTE Energy | | | | 16,468 | | 1,968,585 | |
Duke Energy | | | | 63,670 | | 6,678,983 | |
Edison International | | | | 30,125 | | 2,056,031 | |
Entergy | | | | 17,174 | | 1,934,651 | |
Evergy | | | | 18,429 | | 1,264,414 | |
Eversource Energy | | | | 28,119 | | 2,558,267 | |
Exelon | | | | 80,858 | | 4,670,358 | |
FirstEnergy | | | | 46,018 | | 1,913,889 | |
NextEra Energy | | | | 163,341 | | 15,249,516 | |
NiSource | | | | 35,072 | | 968,338 | |
NRG Energy | | | | 21,813 | | 939,704 | |
Pinnacle West Capital | | | | 10,098 | | 712,818 | |
PPL | | | | 65,411 | | 1,966,255 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group | | | | 41,680 | | 2,781,306 | |
Sempra Energy | | | | 25,933 | | 3,430,417 | |
The AES | | | | 51,515 | | 1,251,815 | |
The Southern Company | | | | 87,604 | | 6,007,882 | |
WEC Energy Group | | | | 25,808 | | 2,505,183 | |
Xcel Energy | | | | 43,538 | | 2,947,523 | |
| | | | 83,076,404 | |
Total Common Stocks (cost $737,375,264) | | | | 3,326,570,254 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Description | | 1-Day Yield (%) | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Investment Companies - .4% | | | | | |
Registered Investment Companies - .4% | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares (cost $13,913,417) | | 0.07 | | 13,913,417 | d | 13,913,417 | |
| | | | | | | |
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .0% | | | | | |
Registered Investment Companies - .0% | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares (cost $298,650) | | 0.07 | | 298,650 | d | 298,650 | |
Total Investments (cost $751,587,331) | | 100.0% | | 3,340,782,321 | |
Cash and Receivables (Net) | | .0% | | 712,236 | |
Net Assets | | 100.0% | | 3,341,494,557 | |
a Non-income producing security.
b Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At December 31, 2021, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $38,935,837 and the value of the collateral was $39,942,510, consisting of cash collateral of $298,650 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $39,643,860. In addition, the value of collateral may include pending sales that are also on loan.
c Investment in real estate investment trust within the United States.
d Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.
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Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) † | Value (%) |
Information Technology | 29.0 |
Health Care | 13.2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 12.5 |
Financials | 10.6 |
Communication Services | 10.1 |
Industrials | 7.7 |
Consumer Staples | 5.9 |
Real Estate | 2.8 |
Energy | 2.7 |
Materials | 2.6 |
Utilities | 2.5 |
Investment Companies | .4 |
| 100.0 |
† Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
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Description | Value ($) 12/31/2020 | Purchases ($)† | Sales ($) | Value ($) 12/31/2021 | Dividends/ Distributions ($) | |
Registered Investment Companies - .4% | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares - .4% | 25,721,600 | 406,192,949 | (418,001,132) | 13,913,417 | 14,989 | |
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .0% | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares - .0% | 1,462,673 | 19,812,748 | (20,976,771) | 298,650 | 96,148 | †† |
Total - .4% | 27,184,273 | 426,005,697 | (438,977,903) | 14,212,067 | 111,137 | |
† Includes reinvested dividends/distributions.
†† Represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF FUTURES
December 31, 2021
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Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration | Notional Value ($) | Market Value ($) | Unrealized Appreciation ($) | |
Futures Long | | |
Standard & Poor's 500 E-mini | 69 | 3/18/2022 | 16,129,194 | 16,416,825 | 287,631 | |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | 287,631 | |
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
December 31, 2021
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| | | Cost | | Value | |
Assets ($): | | | | |
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including securities on loan, valued at $38,935,837)—Note 1(c): | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | 737,375,264 | | 3,326,570,254 | |
Affiliated issuers | | 14,212,067 | | 14,212,067 | |
Dividends and securities lending income receivable | | 2,007,745 | |
Cash collateral held by broker—Note 4 | | 1,213,087 | |
Receivable for shares of Common Stock subscribed | | 55,482 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 8,955 | |
| | | | | 3,344,067,590 | |
Liabilities ($): | | | | |
Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates—Note 3(c) | | 708,701 | |
Cash overdraft due to Custodian | | | | | 41,703 | |
Payable for shares of Common Stock redeemed | | 1,304,956 | |
Liability for securities on loan—Note 1(c) | | 298,650 | |
Payable for futures variation margin—Note 4 | | 46,993 | |
Directors’ fees and expenses payable | | 16,000 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | | | 156,030 | |
| | | | | 2,573,033 | |
Net Assets ($) | | | 3,341,494,557 | |
Composition of Net Assets ($): | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | | 534,620,752 | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | 2,806,873,805 | |
Net Assets ($) | | | 3,341,494,557 | |
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Net Asset Value Per Share | Initial Shares | Service Shares | |
Net Assets ($) | 3,272,702,200 | 68,792,357 | |
Shares Outstanding | 42,058,357 | 881,996 | |
Net Asset Value Per Share ($) | 77.81 | 78.00 | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | | |
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2021
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Investment Income ($): | | | | |
Income: | | | | |
Cash dividends (net of $5,878 foreign taxes withheld at source): | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | | 44,726,905 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 14,989 | |
Income from securities lending—Note 1(c) | | | 96,148 | |
Total Income | | | 44,838,042 | |
Expenses: | | | | |
Management fee—Note 3(a) | | | 7,829,228 | |
Distribution fees—Note 3(b) | | | 462,788 | |
Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 3(d) | | | 181,222 | |
Professional fees | | | 103,034 | |
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports | | | 85,154 | |
Loan commitment fees—Note 2 | | | 63,953 | |
Chief Compliance Officer fees—Note 3(c) | | | 14,276 | |
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 3(c) | | | 12,487 | |
Interest expense—Note 2 | | | 1,265 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 123,946 | |
Total Expenses | | | 8,877,353 | |
Investment Income—Net | | | 35,960,689 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($): | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 236,911,672 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | 8,018,087 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | 244,929,759 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 515,196,819 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | (161,242) | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | 515,035,577 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | | | 759,965,336 | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | 795,926,025 | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | | | | |
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Year Ended December 31, |
| | | | 2021 | | 2020 | |
Operations ($): | | | | | | | | |
Investment income—net | | | 35,960,689 | | | | 39,743,050 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | | 244,929,759 | | | | 142,547,472 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 515,035,577 | | | | 254,958,429 | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 795,926,025 | | | | 437,248,951 | |
Distributions ($): | |
Distributions to shareholders: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | (165,835,297) | | | | (190,467,079) | |
Service Shares | | | (10,649,916) | | | | (13,439,481) | |
Total Distributions | | | (176,485,213) | | | | (203,906,560) | |
Capital Stock Transactions ($): | |
Net proceeds from shares sold: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | 361,901,511 | | | | 531,679,211 | |
Service Shares | | | 1,664,847 | | | | 7,861,241 | |
Distributions reinvested: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | 165,835,297 | | | | 190,467,079 | |
Service Shares | | | 10,649,916 | | | | 13,439,481 | |
Cost of shares redeemed: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | (555,803,244) | | | | (668,391,379) | |
Service Shares | | | (176,299,575) | | | | (35,899,939) | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Stock Transactions | (192,051,248) | | | | 39,155,694 | |
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 427,389,564 | | | | 272,498,085 | |
Net Assets ($): | |
Beginning of Period | | | 2,914,104,993 | | | | 2,641,606,908 | |
End of Period | | | 3,341,494,557 | | | | 2,914,104,993 | |
Capital Share Transactions (Shares): | |
Initial Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 5,234,761 | | | | 9,433,682 | |
Shares issued for distributions reinvested | | | 2,513,684 | | | | 4,161,926 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (7,986,642) | | | | (12,123,173) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (238,197) | | | | 1,472,435 | |
Service Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 23,886 | | | | 154,812 | |
Shares issued for distributions reinvested | | | 162,645 | | | | 294,503 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,346,881) | | | | (640,318) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (2,160,350) | | | | (191,003) | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | | | | | | | |
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The following tables describe the performance for each share class for the fiscal periods indicated. All information (except portfolio turnover rate) reflects financial results for a single fund share. Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. The fund’s total returns do not reflect expenses associated with variable annuity or insurance contracts. These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.
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| | Year Ended December 31, |
Initial Shares | | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Per Share Data ($): | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | 64.27 | 59.95 | 48.98 | 53.48 | 45.86 |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | |
Investment income—neta | | .80 | .88 | .96 | .89 | .85 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | 16.71 | 8.01 | 13.79 | (3.27) | 8.79 |
Total from Investment Operations | | 17.51 | 8.89 | 14.75 | (2.38) | 9.64 |
Distributions: | | | | | | |
Dividends from investment income—net | | (.81) | (.90) | (.95) | (.90) | (.85) |
Dividends from net realized gain on investments | | (3.16) | (3.67) | (2.83) | (1.22) | (1.17) |
Total Distributions | | (3.97) | (4.57) | (3.78) | (2.12) | (2.02) |
Net asset value, end of period | | 77.81 | 64.27 | 59.95 | 48.98 | 53.48 |
Total Return (%) | | 28.40 | 18.01 | 31.18 | (4.63) | 21.53 |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | | .26 | .27 | .27 | .27 | .27 |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.75 | 1.65 | 1.71 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | | 3.62 | 3.58 | 2.94 | 3.69 | 2.90 |
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) | | 3,272,702 | 2,718,274 | 2,447,498 | 2,089,485 | 2,344,944 |
a Based on average shares outstanding.
See notes to financial statements.
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| | Year Ended December 31, |
Service Shares | | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Per Share Data ($): | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | 64.37 | 60.03 | 49.05 | 53.54 | 45.91 |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | |
Investment income—neta | | .63 | .74 | .82 | .76 | .72 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | 16.75 | 8.02 | 13.80 | (3.27) | 8.81 |
Total from Investment Operations | | 17.38 | 8.76 | 14.62 | (2.51) | 9.53 |
Distributions: | | | | | | |
Dividends from investment income—net | | (.59) | (.75) | (.81) | (.76) | (.73) |
Dividends from net realized gain on investments | | (3.16) | (3.67) | (2.83) | (1.22) | (1.17) |
Total Distributions | | (3.75) | (4.42) | (3.64) | (1.98) | (1.90) |
Net asset value, end of period | | 78.00 | 64.37 | 60.03 | 49.05 | 53.54 |
Total Return (%) | | 28.11 | 17.71 | 30.84 | (4.85) | 21.22 |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | | |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | | .51 | .52 | .52 | .52 | .52 |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | .89 | 1.32 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.46 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | | 3.62 | 3.58 | 2.94 | 3.69 | 2.90 |
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) | | 68,792 | 195,831 | 194,109 | 172,424 | 208,762 |
a Based on average shares outstanding.
See notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:
BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. (the “fund”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), is a diversified open-end management investment company. The fund is only offered to separate accounts established by insurance companies to fund variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies. The fund’s investment objective is to seek to match the total return of the S&P 500® Index. BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. Mellon Investments Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the Adviser, which serves as the fund’s index manager (the “Index Manager”).
BNY Mellon Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, is the distributor of the fund’s shares, which are sold without a sales charge. The fund is authorized to issue 400 million shares of $.001 par value Common Stock in each of the following classes of shares: Initial shares (250 million shares authorized) and Service shares (150 million shares authorized). Initial shares are subject to a Shareholder Services Plan fee and Service shares are subject to a Distribution Plan fee. Each class of shares has identical rights and privileges, except with respect to the Distribution Plan, Shareholder Services Plan and the expenses borne by each class, the allocation of certain transfer agency costs, and certain voting rights. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. The
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fund does not anticipate recognizing any loss related to these arrangements.
(a) Portfolio valuation: The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed 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, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:
Investments in equity securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.
For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Futures, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2021 in valuing the fund’s investments:
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| | | | | | |
| Level 1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs | | Level 3-Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | |
Assets ($) | | |
Investments in Securities:† | | |
Equity Securities - Common Stocks | 3,326,570,254 | - | | - | 3,326,570,254 | |
Investment Companies | 14,212,067 | - | | - | 14,212,067 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | |
Futures†† | 287,631 | - | | - | 287,631 | |
† See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.
†† Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end, but only variation margin on exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives, if any, are reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(b) Foreign taxes: The fund may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, realized and unrealized capital gains on investments or certain foreign currency transactions. Foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the fund and are reflected in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Foreign taxes payable or deferred or those subject to reclaims as of December 31, 2021, if any, are disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(c) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income, including, where applicable, accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is recognized on the accrual basis.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the Adviser, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Adviser, or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely
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manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis. During the period ended December 31, 2021, The Bank of New York Mellon earned $13,108 from the lending of the fund’s portfolio securities, pursuant to the securities lending agreement.
(d) Affiliated issuers: Investments in other investment companies advised by the Adviser are considered “affiliated” under the Act.
(e) Risk: Certain events particular to the industries in which the fund’s investments conduct their operations, as well as general economic, political and public health conditions, may have a significant negative impact on the investee’s operations and profitability. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund. Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies world-wide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak of an infectious disease or other serious public health concern could have, a significant negative impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger a prolonged period of global economic slowdown. To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain countries, companies, industries or market sectors, such positions will increase the fund’s exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those countries, companies, industries or sectors.
(f) Dividends and distributions to shareholders: Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net are normally declared and paid quarterly. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid
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annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
(g) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income and net realized capital gain sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.
As of and during the period ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Each tax year in the four-year period ended December 31, 2021 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
At December 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows: undistributed ordinary income $6,380,369, undistributed capital gains $235,746,637 and unrealized appreciation $2,564,746,799.
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal periods ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: ordinary income $35,819,844 and $43,438,887, and long-term capital gains $140,665,369 and $160,467,673, respectively.
NOTE 2—Bank Lines of Credit:
The fund participates with other long-term open-end funds managed by the Adviser in a $823.5 million unsecured credit facility led by Citibank, N.A. (the “Citibank Credit Facility”) and a $300 million unsecured credit facility provided by The Bank of New York Mellon (the “BNYM Credit Facility”), each to be utilized primarily for temporary or emergency purposes, including the financing of redemptions (each, a “Facility”). The Citibank Credit Facility is available in two tranches: (i) Tranche A is in an amount equal to $688.5 million and is available to all long-term open-ended funds, including the fund, and (ii) Tranche B is an amount equal to
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
$135 million and is available only to BNY Mellon Floating Rate Income Fund, a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds IV, Inc. In connection therewith, the fund has agreed to pay its pro rata portion of commitment fees for Tranche A of the Citibank Credit Facility and the BNYM Credit Facility. Interest is charged to the fund based on rates determined pursuant to the terms of the respective Facility at the time of borrowing.
The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Facilities during the period ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $104,384 with a related weighted average annualized rate of 1.21%.
NOTE 3—Management Fee, Index-Management Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
(a) Pursuant to a management agreement with the Adviser, the management fee is computed at the annual rate of .245% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets and is payable monthly.
Pursuant to an index-management agreement (the “Index Agreement”), the Adviser has agreed to pay the Index Manager a monthly index-management fee at the annual rate of ..095% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to the Index Agreement, the Index Manager pays the custodian for its services to the fund.
(b) Under the Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act, Service shares pay the Distributor for distributing its shares, for servicing and/or maintaining Service shares’ shareholder accounts and for advertising and marketing for Service shares. The Distribution Plan provides for payments to be made at an annual rate of .25% of the value of the Service shares’ average daily net assets. The Distributor may make payments to Participating Insurance Companies and to brokers and dealers acting as principal underwriter for their variable insurance products. The fees payable under the Distribution Plan are payable without regard to actual expenses incurred. During the period ended December 31, 2021, Service shares were charged $462,788 pursuant to the Distribution Plan.
(c) Under the Shareholder Services Plan, Initial shares reimburse the Distributor at an amount not to exceed an annual rate of .25% of the value of its average daily net assets for certain allocated expenses with respect to servicing and/or maintaining Initial shares’ shareholder accounts. During the period ended December 31, 2021, Initial shares were charged 8,459 pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.
The fund has an arrangement with the transfer agent whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset transfer agency fees. For financial reporting
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purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits, if any, as shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.
The fund has an arrangement with the custodian whereby the fund will receive interest income or be charged overdraft fees when cash balances are maintained. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes this interest income and overdraft fees, if any, as interest income in the Statement of Operations.
The fund compensates BNY Mellon Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under a transfer agency agreement for providing transfer agency and cash management services inclusive of earnings credits, if any, for the fund. The majority of transfer agency fees are comprised of amounts paid on a per account basis, while cash management fees are related to fund subscriptions and redemptions. During the period ended December 31, 2021, the fund was charged $3,502 for transfer agency services, inclusive of earnings credit, if any. These fees are included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.
During the period ended December 31, 2021, the fund was charged $14,276 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer and his staff. These fees are included in Chief Compliance Officer fees in the Statement of Operations.
The components of “Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: management fees of $684,780, Distribution Plan fees of $14,416, Shareholder Services Plan fees of $1,000, Chief Compliance Officer fees of $3,627 and transfer agency fees of $4,878.
(d) Each Board member also serves as a Board member of other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.
NOTE 4—Securities Transactions:
The aggregate amount of purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and futures, during the period ended December 31, 2021, amounted to $113,612,367 and $376,876,504, respectively.
Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund during the period ended December 31, 2021 is discussed below.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Futures: In the normal course of pursuing its investment objective, the fund is exposed to market risk, including equity price risk, as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund invests in futures in order to manage its exposure to or protect against changes in the market. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or a sale of an asset at a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, these investments require initial margin deposits with a counterparty, which consist of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange or Board of Trade on which the contract is traded and is subject to change. Accordingly, variation margin payments are received or made to reflect daily unrealized gains or losses which are recorded in the Statement of Operations. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss which is reflected in the Statement of Operations. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since they are exchange traded, and the exchange guarantees the futures against default. Futures open at December 31, 2021 are set forth in the Statement of Futures.
The following summarizes the average market value of derivatives outstanding during the period ended December 31, 2021:
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Equity futures | | 25,029,278 |
At December 31, 2021, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $776,035,522; accordingly, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $2,564,746,799, consisting of $2,610,150,000 gross unrealized appreciation and $45,403,201 gross unrealized depreciation.
NOTE 5—Pending Legal Matters:
The fund and many other entities have been named as defendants in numerous pending litigations as a result of their participation in the leveraged buyout transaction (“LBO”) of the Tribune Company (“Tribune”).
The FitzSimons Litigation: On November 1, 2010, a case now styled, Mark S. Kirchner, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. FitzSimons, et al., S.D.N.Y. No. 12-cv-2652 (RJS) was filed (“the FitzSimons Litigation”). Among other things, the complaint sought recovery of alleged “fraudulent conveyances” from more than 5,000 Tribune shareholders (“Shareholder Defendants”), including the fund, that participated in the Tribune LBO. On May 23, 2014, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the Court granted on January 9, 2017. The plaintiff then sought leave to file an
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interlocutory appeal. On February 23, 2017, the Court entered an order stating that it would permit the plaintiff to file an interlocutory appeal after the Court decided other pending motions.
Effective November 1, 2018, Judge Denise Cote was assigned to the case when Judge Richard Sullivan was elevated to the Second Circuit.
On November 30, 2018, the Court issued an Opinion and Order resolving the remaining motions by dismissing most, but not all, of the claims asserted against the individual defendants.
In January 2019, various state law claims asserted against certain individual defendants were dismissed.
Between February and early April 2019, plaintiffs and certain defendants attempted to resolve the dispute through mediation, but ultimately decided to await the Second Circuit’s review of its May 29, 2016 decision before attempting to negotiate a settlement.
On April 4, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion to amend the FitzSimons complaint to add a claim for constructive fraudulent transfer from defendants subject to clawback under the Bankruptcy Code. On April 10, 2019, the affected defendants opposed the motion.
On April 23, 2019, Judge Cote denied plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint to add a new constructive fraudulent transfer claim because such amendment would be futile and would result in substantial prejudice to the shareholder defendants given that the only claim against the shareholder defendants in FitzSimons has been dismissed for over two years, subject to appeal. Judge Cote considered the amendment futile on the ground that constructive fraudulent transfer claims are barred by the safe harbor provision of Section 546(e), which defines “financial institution” to include, in certain circumstances, the customers of traditional financial institutions, including Tribune.
On July 12, 2019, the Trustee filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit from the April 23, 2019, decision denying leave to amend the complaint to add constructive fraudulent transfer claims. On July 15, 2019, the Trustee filed a corrected notice of appeal to remedy technical errors with the notice filed on July 12, 2019. Briefing on these matters began in January 2020, and was completed and fully submitted to the Second Circuit by June 2020. Oral argument occurred in August 2020. In December 2020, Second Circuit Judge and panel member Ralph Winter, Jr., passed away. A decision is still expected in 2021, though it is unknown whether a third panel member will be sought to decide the pending appeal, whether additional briefing or oral argument will be requested or required by a third panel
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member, if any, or whether any such request will impact the timing to a final decision.
In April 2021, the United States Supreme Court denied Plaintiffs’ petition for a writ of certiorari to review legal issues raised in cases filed by Tribune creditors beginning in June 2011, arising under state and/or federal law, and alleging that payments made to shareholders in the LBO were “fraudulent conveyances,” which payments should have been returned to the shareholders for their shares (collectively, “the state law cases”). The state law cases had been consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, under the caption In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation (S.D.N.Y. Nos. 11-md-2296 and 12-mc-2296 (RJS). The Tribune defendants advised the Second Circuit of the denial of cert in the state law cases, and urged the Second Circuit to affirm denial of the Trustee’s motion for leave to amend in light of the Supreme Court’s decision.
In August 2021, the Second Circuit affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the Trustee's intentional fraudulent conveyance claims against the shareholder defendants, and also affirmed denial of the Trustee’s request for leave to amend the complaint to add federal constructive conveyance claims against the shareholder defendants. In September 2021, the Trustee sought to have its appeal re-heard by some or all of the Second Circuit's judges, which the Second Circuit denied.
The Trustee petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari in early 2022, in which the Trustee challenged only the Second Circuit’s decision to affirm dismissal of the Trustee’s intentional fraudulent conveyance claims. The writ of certiorari did not challenge the Second Circuit’s decision to affirm the trial court’s denial of the Trustee’s motion to add constructive fraudulent conveyance claims against the shareholder defendants. Having declined to petition for cert. review of that decision, denial of the Trustee’s motion to add constructive fraudulent conveyance claims is now final.
The shareholder defendants believe the Trustee’s cert. petition does not warrant any further response, and have therefore informed the Supreme Court that they are waiving their right to file a response unless and until a response is requested from the Court.
At this stage in the proceedings, management does not believe that a loss is probable and, in any event, is unable to reasonably estimate the possible loss that may result.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the statements of investments, investments in affiliated issuers and futures, as of December 31, 2021, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements 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 (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 at December 31, 2021, 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 its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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 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. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s 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, 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 procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds since at least 1957, but we are unable to determine the specific year.
New York, New York
February 8, 2022
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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
For federal tax purposes, the fund hereby reports 100% of the ordinary dividends paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 as qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction. Shareholders will receive notification in early 2022 of the percentage applicable to the preparation of their 2021 income tax returns. Also, the fund hereby reports $.0016 per share as a short-term capital gain distribution and $3.1578 per share as a long-term capital gain distribution paid on March 31, 2021.
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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Independent Board Members
Joseph S. DiMartino (78)
Chairman of the Board (1995)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Director or Trustee of funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and certain other entities (as described in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information) (1995-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, Director (1997-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 96
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Peggy C. Davis (78)
Board Member (2006)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Shad Professor of Law, New York University School of Law (1983-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 34
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Gina D. France (63)
Board Member (2019)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· France Strategic Partners, a strategy and advisory firm serving corporate clients across the United States, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer (2003-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· Huntington Bancshares, a bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Director (2016-Present)
· Cedar Fair, L.P., a publicly-traded partnership that owns and operates amusement parks and hotels in the U.S. and Canada, Director (2011-Present)
· CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, Director (2015-Present)
· FirstMerit Corporation, a diversified financial services company, Director (2004-2016)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 24
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Joan Gulley (74)
Board Member (2017)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Nantucket Atheneum, public library, Chair (2018-June 2021) and Director (2015-June 2021)
· Orchard Island Club, golf and beach club, Governor (2016-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 42
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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Robin A. Melvin (58)
Board Member (2012)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Westover School, a private girls’ boarding school in Middlebury, Connecticut, Trustee (2019-Present)
· Mentor Illinois, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality of mentoring services in Illinois, Co-Chair (2014–2020); Board Member, Mentor Illinois (2013-2020)
· JDRF, a non-profit juvenile diabetes research foundation, Board Member (June 2021-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· HPS Corporate Lending Fund, a closed-end management investment company regulated as a business development company, Trustee (August 2021-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 74
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Once elected all Board Members serve for an indefinite term, but achieve Emeritus status upon reaching age 80. The address of the Board Members and Officers is c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. Additional information about the Board Members is available in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information which can be obtained from the Adviser free of charge by calling this toll free number: 1-800-373-9387.
David P. Feldman, Emeritus Board Member
Ehud Houminer, Emeritus Board Member
Lynn Martin, Emeritus Board Member
Dr. Martin Peretz, Emeritus Board Member
Philip L. Toia, Emeritus Board Member
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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited)
DAVID DIPETRILLO, President since January 2021.
Vice President and Director of the Adviser since February 2021; Head of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Director of Product Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2016 to December 2017. He is an officer of 56 investment companies (comprised of 109 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 43 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since 2005.
JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since September 2003.
Vice President of the Adviser since September 2020; Director–BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 63 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1985.
PETER M. SULLIVAN, Chief Legal Officer since July 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Chief Legal Officer of the Adviser and Associate General Counsel of BNY Mellon since July 2021; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2020 to July 2021; Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from March 2009 to December 2020, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 53 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since April 2004.
JAMES BITETTO, Vice President since August 2005 and Secretary since February 2018.
Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since December 2019; Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from April 2014 to December 2019; Secretary of the Adviser, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 55 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since December 1996.
DEIRDRE CUNNANE, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since December 2021, Counsel of BNY Mellon from August 2018 to December 2021; and Senior Regulatory Specialist at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from February 2016 to August 2018. She is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 31 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since August 2018.
SARAH S. KELLEHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since April 2014.
Vice President of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser; LLC since February 2020; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since September 2021; Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2017 to September 2021; and Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon from March 2013 to December 2017. She is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since March 2013.
JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since September 2003.
Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since October 1990.
AMANDA QUINN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2020.
Counsel of BNY Mellon since June 2019; Regulatory Administration Manager at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from September 2018 to May 2019; and Senior Regulatory Specialist at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from April 2015 to August 2018. She is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 36 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since June 2019.
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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited) (continued)
NATALYA ZELENSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2017.
Chief Compliance Officer since August 2021 and Vice President since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC; Chief Compliance Officer since August 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Trust; Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2019 to August 2021; Counsel of BNY Mellon from May 2016 to December 2019; Assistant Secretary of the Adviser from April 2018 to August 2021. She is an officer of 56 investment companies (comprised of 129 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 36 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since May 2016.
GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005.
Tax Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 53 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1991.
ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 54 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since June 1989.
ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since September 2003.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 54 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since November 1990.
JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004.
Chief Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust since 2004; Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser from 2004 until June 2021. He is an officer of 56 investment companies (comprised of 117 portfolios) managed by the Adviser. He is 64 years old.
CARIDAD M. CAROSELLA, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since January 2016.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust. She is an officer of 49 investment companies (comprised of 122 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 53 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since 1997.
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BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Adviser
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Index Manager
Mellon Investments Corporation
BNY Mellon Center
One Boston Place
Boston, MA 02108-4408
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Transfer Agent &
Dividend Disbursing Agent
BNY Mellon Transfer, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Distributor
BNY Mellon Securities Corporation
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Telephone 1-800-258-4260 or 1-800-258-4261
Mail The BNY Mellon Family of Funds, 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, NY 11556-0144 Attn: Institutional Services Department
E-mail Send your request to info@bnymellon.com
Internet Information can be viewed online or downloaded at www.im.bnymellon.com
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
A description of the policies and procedures that the fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the fund voted these proxies for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at www.im.bnymellon.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-373-9387.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There have been no amendments to, or waivers in connection with, the Code of Ethics during the period covered by this Report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The Registrant's Board has determined that Gina D. France, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Ms. France is "independent" as defined by the SEC for purposes of audit committee financial expert determinations.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the "Reporting Periods") for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal accountant (the "Auditor") for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $34,853 in 2020 and $34,853 in 2021.
(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were $10,485 in 2020 and $7,080 in 2021. These services consisted of one or more of the following: (i) agreed upon procedures related to compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 817(h), (ii) security counts required by Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) advisory services as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of Registrant transactions or events and (iv) advisory services to the accounting or disclosure treatment of the actual or potential impact to the Registrant of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies.
The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for non-audit assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant ("Service Affiliates"), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the Service Affiliate, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2020 and $0 in 2021.
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning ("Tax Services") were $3,104 in 2020 and $4,763 in 2021. These services consisted of: (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments; (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held, and (iv) determination of Passive Foreign Investment Companies. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Tax Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2020 and $2,737 in 2021.
(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, were $0 in 2020 and $80 in 2021. These services consisted of a review of the Registrant's anti-money laundering program.
The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Non-Audit Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, other than the services reported in paragraphs (b) through (c) of this Item, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee, were $0 in 2020 and $0 in 2021.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant's Audit Committee has established policies and procedures (the "Policy") for pre-approval (within specified fee limits) of the Auditor's engagements for non-audit services to the Registrant and Service Affiliates without specific case-by-case consideration. The pre-approved services in the Policy can include pre-approved audit services, pre-approved audit-related services, pre-approved tax services and pre-approved all other services. Pre-approval considerations include whether the proposed services are compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence. Pre-approvals pursuant to the Policy are considered annually.
(e)(2) Note. None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) None of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to Service Affiliates, for the Reporting Periods were $1,264,899 in 2020 and $3,095,435 in 2021.
Auditor Independence. The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) 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. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable.
| Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There have been no material changes to the procedures applicable to Item 10.
| Item 11. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| Item 12. | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.
(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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.
BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ David DiPetrillo
David DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: February 7, 2022
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ David DiPetrillo
David DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: February 7, 2022
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: February 7, 2022
EXHIBIT INDEX
(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.
(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)
(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.906CERT)