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: | 06/30/23 | |
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FORM N-CSR
| Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders. |
BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT June 30, 2023 |
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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, 2023, through June 30, 2023, 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 six-month period ended June 30, 2023, BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) produced a total return of 16.72% for Initial Shares, and a total return of 16.56% for Service Shares.1 In comparison, the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, produced a total return of 16.88% for the same period.2,3
U.S. stocks gained ground during the reporting period as inflationary pressures eased, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) reduced the pace of interest-rate hikes, and economic growth remained positive. 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 of the 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 Macroeconomic Concerns
Market sentiment proved volatile but positive during the reporting period, with hopes for continued economic growth outweighing concerns regarding persistently high levels of inflation and the impact of Fed rate hikes designed to curb inflation. In January 2023, as the period began, inflation averaged 6.41% on an annualized basis, down from the 9.06% peak set in June 2022 but well above the Fed target of 2%. On February 1, the Fed raised the benchmark federal funds rate from a range of 4.25%–4.50% to a range of 4.50%–4.75%, up from near zero ten months earlier. During the reporting period, the Fed raised rates two more times, totaling an additional 0.50%, while inflation steadily eased to 2.97% as of June 2023. Although U.S. economic growth and corporate profits showed signs of moderating during this time, indications generally remained positive, supported by robust consumer spending, rising wages and low levels of unemployment. These encouraging economic trends lessened concerns that rising rates might tip the economy into a sharp recession. Accordingly, while equity markets frequently dipped or spiked in response to the economic news of the day, stocks trended higher on balance, led by soaring mega-cap, growth-oriented issues in the information technology sector. Small-cap stocks lagged their large-cap counterparts by a wide margin.
Other factors aside from inflation and interest rates also played a role in market behavior during the period. A small number of high-profile, regional bank failures in the United States in March and April 2023 raised fears of possible wider banking industry contagion and future credit constraints. However, stocks remained in positive territory despite a steep decline in early March. Swift action from federal authorities and major banks eased investors’ concerns, enabling markets to gain additional ground in the closing months of the period.
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Nevertheless, financial stocks continued to lag the broader market. More positively, the reopening of the Chinese economy after lengthy COVID-19-related shutdowns generally bolstered confidence, particularly as renewed Chinese activity did not appear to cause inflation to accelerate. However, Chinese economic growth continued to falter despite the reopening.
Mega-Cap Growth Stocks Dominate Market Gains
Dramatic disparities in performance between investment style, sector and capitalization size characterized market behavior during the reporting period, with much of the market’s strength driven by a relatively small number of mega-cap growth-oriented stocks. The difference between the performance of growth-oriented shares and value-oriented shares was sharply illustrated by the performance of the S&P 500® Growth Index, which returned 21.25%, versus the S&P 500® Value Index, which returned 12.15%. The differential between large-cap and small-cap stocks proved even more stark, with the S&P SmallCap 600® Index returning just 6.03%
The top individual performer in the Index, semiconductor maker NVIDIA Corp., along with several of the other leading names, benefited from the market’s strong appetite for companies involved in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (“AI”) hardware, software and infrastructure. Given this dynamic, it is not surprising that information technology outperformed all other sectors in the Index by a sizeable margin. The consumer discretionary provided the second-strongest returns, bolstered by robust consumer spending on travel. Industrials was the only other sector to generate double-digit returns.
Also not surprisingly, value-oriented sectors lagged the overall market by a significant margin, with several producing negative absolute returns. The traditionally value-oriented utilities sector generated the weakest returns, followed by energy, which suffered due to declining oil and gas prices. Health care stocks produced the third-weakest returns, partly due to the sector’s value-oriented characteristics, and partly due to company-specific issues that created headwinds for individual names.
Continued Challenges with Potential Upside
As of the end of the reporting period, we anticipate further market volatility as the Fed struggles to constrain inflationary pressures, with the possibility of a recession still on the horizon. While many companies have effectively controlled costs and continued to report reasonably strong earnings despite those pressures, businesses may face increasing difficulties in meeting financial expectations if economic growth slows further. Nevertheless, equity investors currently appear set on discounting the likelihood of a soft economic landing, with strong recent momentum potentially setting the stage for further market
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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited) (continued)
advances. If history is a guide, we would expect to see broadening market strength if stocks do continue to rise.
July 17, 2023
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’sÒ,” “S&PÒ,” “Standard & Poor’s 500Ô,”and “S&P 500Ò” 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.
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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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 January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. 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 June 30, 2023 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | $1.45 | $2.79 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | $1,167.20 | $1,165.60 | |
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 June 30, 2023 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | $1.35 | $2.61 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | $1,023.46 | $1,022.22 | |
† | Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .27% for Initial Shares and .52% for Service Shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
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Common Stocks - 99.5% | | | | | |
Automobiles & Components - 2.3% | | | | | |
Aptiv PLC | | | | 20,147 | a | 2,056,807 | |
BorgWarner, Inc. | | | | 16,659 | | 814,792 | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | | 294,333 | | 4,453,258 | |
General Motors Co. | | | | 104,841 | | 4,042,669 | |
Tesla, Inc. | | | | 201,201 | a | 52,668,386 | |
| | | | 64,035,912 | |
Banks - 3.0% | | | | | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | | 515,142 | | 14,779,424 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | | 143,945 | | 6,627,228 | |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | | 36,391 | | 949,077 | |
Comerica, Inc. | | | | 10,329 | | 437,536 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | | 52,442 | | 1,374,505 | |
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | | | 104,858 | | 1,130,369 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | | 218,780 | | 31,819,363 | |
KeyCorp | | | | 71,204 | | 657,925 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | | | | 12,726 | | 1,574,970 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | | | | 70,006 | | 1,247,507 | |
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | 30,145 | | 3,796,763 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | | | 99,744 | | 3,027,230 | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | | 104,181 | | 3,442,140 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | | 278,383 | | 11,881,386 | |
Zions Bancorp NA | | | | 11,973 | | 321,595 | |
| | | | 83,067,018 | |
Capital Goods - 5.6% | | | | | |
3M Co. | | | | 41,384 | | 4,142,125 | |
A.O. Smith Corp. | | | | 9,055 | | 659,023 | |
Allegion PLC | | | | 6,569 | | 788,411 | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | | | 17,260 | | 2,794,049 | |
Axon Enterprise, Inc. | | | | 5,181 | a | 1,010,917 | |
Carrier Global Corp. | | | | 62,710 | | 3,117,314 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | | 38,760 | | 9,536,898 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | | 10,462 | | 2,564,864 | |
Deere & Co. | | | | 20,125 | | 8,154,449 | |
Dover Corp. | | | | 10,228 | | 1,510,164 | |
Eaton Corp. PLC | | | | 29,445 | | 5,921,389 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | | | | 42,033 | | 3,799,363 | |
Fastenal Co. | | | | 42,833 | | 2,526,719 | |
Fortive Corp. | | | | 26,529 | | 1,983,573 | |
Generac Holdings, Inc. | | | | 4,979 | a | 742,518 | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | | | 16,917 | | 3,639,693 | |
General Electric Co. | | | | 81,124 | | 8,911,471 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Capital Goods - 5.6% (continued) | | | | | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | | 49,835 | | 10,340,762 | |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | | | 27,728 | | 1,374,200 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | | 2,994 | | 681,434 | |
IDEX Corp. | | | | 5,655 | | 1,217,295 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | | 20,869 | | 5,220,589 | |
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | | | | 30,440 | | 1,989,558 | |
Johnson Controls International PLC | | | | 51,662 | | 3,520,249 | |
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | | 14,313 | | 2,802,056 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | | 16,910 | | 7,785,026 | |
Masco Corp. | | | | 16,248 | | 932,310 | |
Nordson Corp. | | | | 3,916 | | 971,873 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | | 10,815 | | 4,929,477 | |
Otis Worldwide Corp. | | | | 31,188 | | 2,776,044 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | | | | 39,241 | | 3,282,510 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | | | 9,642 | | 3,760,766 | |
Pentair PLC | | | | 12,767 | | 824,748 | |
Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | 10,499 | | 2,062,529 | |
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | | 109,267 | | 10,703,795 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | | 8,629 | | 2,842,824 | |
Snap-on, Inc. | | | | 3,905 | | 1,125,382 | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | | 11,507 | | 1,078,321 | |
Textron, Inc. | | | | 16,099 | | 1,088,775 | |
The Boeing Company | | | | 42,263 | a | 8,924,255 | |
Trane Technologies PLC | | | | 17,221 | | 3,293,688 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | | 3,803 | a | 3,400,529 | |
United Rentals, Inc. | | | | 5,214 | | 2,322,159 | |
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | | 3,341 | | 2,634,679 | |
Wabtec Corp. | | | | 13,666 | | 1,498,750 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | | | 17,312 | | 1,949,677 | |
| | | | 157,137,200 | |
Commercial & Professional Services - 1.2% | | | | | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | | 30,788 | | 6,766,895 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | | | | 8,578 | | 1,420,774 | |
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. | | | | 11,062 | a | 740,822 | |
Cintas Corp. | | | | 6,493 | | 3,227,540 | |
Copart, Inc. | | | | 32,225 | a | 2,939,242 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | | 9,339 | | 2,197,467 | |
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | | | | 9,326 | | 1,108,768 | |
Leidos Holdings, Inc. | | | | 9,895 | | 875,510 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | | 24,117 | | 2,697,969 | |
Paycom Software, Inc. | | | | 3,522 | | 1,131,407 | |
Republic Services, Inc. | | | | 15,441 | | 2,365,098 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | | | | 8,109 | | 609,959 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Commercial & Professional Services - 1.2% (continued) | | | | | |
Rollins, Inc. | | | | 17,604 | | 753,979 | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | | | | 10,653 | | 2,407,898 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | | 27,921 | | 4,842,060 | |
| | | | 34,085,388 | |
Consumer Discretionary Distribution - 5.4% | | | | | |
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | | | | 4,435 | | 311,781 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. | | | | 666,784 | a | 86,921,962 | |
AutoZone, Inc. | | | | 1,382 | a | 3,445,824 | |
Bath & Body Works, Inc. | | | | 17,962 | | 673,575 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | | 14,398 | | 1,179,916 | |
CarMax, Inc. | | | | 11,587 | a | 969,832 | |
eBay, Inc. | | | | 40,301 | | 1,801,052 | |
Etsy, Inc. | | | | 9,593 | a | 811,664 | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | | 10,313 | | 1,745,269 | |
LKQ Corp. | | | | 18,600 | | 1,083,822 | |
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | | | | 44,370 | | 10,014,309 | |
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. | | | | 4,573 | a | 4,368,587 | |
Pool Corp. | | | | 2,829 | | 1,059,857 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | | 25,888 | | 2,902,821 | |
The Home Depot, Inc. | | | | 75,531 | | 23,462,950 | |
The TJX Companies, Inc. | | | | 85,879 | | 7,281,680 | |
Tractor Supply Co. | | | | 8,304 | | 1,836,014 | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc. | | | | 3,825 | a | 1,800,026 | |
| | | | 151,670,941 | |
Consumer Durables & Apparel - .8% | | | | | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | | 23,291 | | 2,834,282 | |
Garmin Ltd. | | | | 11,197 | | 1,167,735 | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | | 9,082 | | 588,241 | |
Lennar Corp., Cl. A | | | | 19,060 | | 2,388,409 | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc. | | | | 4,187 | a | 431,931 | |
Newell Brands, Inc. | | | | 28,859 | | 251,073 | |
NIKE, Inc., Cl. B | | | | 91,763 | | 10,127,882 | |
NVR, Inc. | | | | 222 | a | 1,409,838 | |
PulteGroup, Inc. | | | | 17,126 | | 1,330,348 | |
Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | | 2,765 | | 340,924 | |
Tapestry, Inc. | | | | 17,524 | | 750,027 | |
VF Corp. | | | | 25,670 | | 490,040 | |
Whirlpool Corp. | | | | 4,271 | | 635,482 | |
| | | | 22,746,212 | |
Consumer Services - 2.1% | | | | | |
Booking Holdings, Inc. | | | | 2,757 | a | 7,444,810 | |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. | | | | 15,562 | a | 793,195 | |
Carnival Corp. | | | | 75,006 | a | 1,412,363 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Consumer Services - 2.1% (continued) | | | | | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | | | | 2,076 | a | 4,440,564 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | | 9,082 | | 1,517,421 | |
Domino's Pizza, Inc. | | | | 2,650 | | 893,023 | |
Expedia Group, Inc. | | | | 11,042 | a | 1,207,884 | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | | | 19,501 | | 2,838,371 | |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | | | | 24,957 | a | 1,447,506 | |
Marriott International, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 18,998 | | 3,489,743 | |
McDonald's Corp. | | | | 54,630 | | 16,302,138 | |
MGM Resorts International | | | | 24,017 | | 1,054,827 | |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. | | | | 29,064 | a | 632,723 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | | 16,354 | a | 1,696,564 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | | 85,675 | | 8,486,965 | |
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | | | | 7,498 | | 791,864 | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | | 21,049 | | 2,916,339 | |
| | | | 57,366,300 | |
Consumer Staples Distribution - 1.8% | | | | | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | | 33,097 | | 17,818,763 | |
Dollar General Corp. | | | | 16,297 | | 2,766,905 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc. | | | | 15,630 | a | 2,242,905 | |
Sysco Corp. | | | | 38,159 | | 2,831,398 | |
Target Corp. | | | | 34,114 | | 4,499,637 | |
The Kroger Company | | | | 48,342 | | 2,272,074 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | | 52,836 | | 1,505,298 | |
Walmart, Inc. | | | | 104,597 | | 16,440,556 | |
| | | | 50,377,536 | |
Energy - 4.1% | | | | | |
APA Corp. | | | | 20,629 | | 704,893 | |
Baker Hughes Co. | | | | 75,626 | | 2,390,538 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | | 130,249 | | 20,494,680 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | | 89,694 | | 9,293,195 | |
Coterra Energy, Inc. | | | | 57,606 | | 1,457,432 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | | 48,943 | | 2,365,905 | |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | | 13,815 | | 1,814,738 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | | 43,479 | | 4,975,737 | |
EQT Corp. | | | | 26,917 | | 1,107,096 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | | 302,389 | | 32,431,220 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | | 67,653 | | 2,231,872 | |
Hess Corp. | | | | 20,827 | | 2,831,431 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | | 144,139 | | 2,482,074 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | | 47,741 | | 1,098,998 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | | 31,185 | | 3,636,171 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | | 53,355 | | 3,137,274 | |
ONEOK, Inc. | | | | 33,600 | | 2,073,792 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Energy - 4.1% (continued) | | | | | |
Phillips 66 | | | | 33,629 | | 3,207,534 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | | 17,861 | | 3,700,442 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | | | 105,128 | | 5,163,887 | |
Targa Resources Corp. | | | | 17,442 | | 1,327,336 | |
The Williams Companies, Inc. | | | | 91,563 | | 2,987,701 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | | 26,610 | | 3,121,353 | |
| | | | 114,035,299 | |
Equity Real Estate Investment - 2.3% | | | | | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | | 11,841 | b | 1,343,835 | |
American Tower Corp. | | | | 34,603 | b | 6,710,906 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | | 10,663 | b | 2,018,186 | |
Boston Properties, Inc. | | | | 11,053 | b | 636,542 | |
Camden Property Trust | | | | 8,017 | b | 872,811 | |
Crown Castle, Inc. | | | | 32,609 | b | 3,715,469 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | 21,614 | b | 2,461,186 | |
Equinix, Inc. | | | | 7,016 | b | 5,500,123 | |
Equity Residential | | | | 25,849 | b | 1,705,259 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | | 4,951 | b | 1,160,019 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | | 10,032 | b | 1,493,263 | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | | 5,635 | b | 545,299 | |
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | | | | 41,016 | b | 824,422 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | | 55,140 | b | 928,006 | |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | | 42,932 | b | 1,476,861 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | | 22,339 | b | 1,269,302 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | | | | 47,468 | b | 936,069 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | | 8,616 | b | 1,308,426 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | | 69,453 | b | 8,517,021 | |
Public Storage | | | | 11,625 | b | 3,393,105 | |
Realty Income Corp. | | | | 49,792 | b | 2,977,064 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | | | | 11,470 | b | 708,502 | |
SBA Communications Corp. | | | | 8,116 | b | 1,880,964 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | | 24,578 | b | 2,838,267 | |
UDR, Inc. | | | | 23,607 | b | 1,014,157 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | | 29,285 | b | 1,384,302 | |
VICI Properties, Inc. | | | | 73,113 | b | 2,297,942 | |
Welltower, Inc. | | | | 36,811 | b | 2,977,642 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | | 54,201 | b | 1,816,276 | |
| | | | 64,711,226 | |
Financial Services - 7.3% | | | | | |
American Express Co. | | | | 44,252 | | 7,708,698 | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | | 7,916 | | 2,629,379 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B | | | | 133,458 | a | 45,509,178 | |
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Financial Services - 7.3% (continued) | | | | | |
BlackRock, Inc. | | | | 11,136 | | 7,696,535 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | | 28,621 | | 3,130,279 | |
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | | | | 7,680 | | 1,059,917 | |
CME Group, Inc. | | | | 26,624 | | 4,933,161 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | | 18,276 | | 2,135,551 | |
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | | | | 2,816 | | 1,128,230 | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | | 43,222 | | 2,364,243 | |
Fiserv, Inc. | | | | 46,350 | a | 5,847,052 | |
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. | | | | 5,399 | a | 1,355,581 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | | 21,069 | c | 562,753 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | | | | 19,777 | | 1,948,430 | |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | | 42,011 | | 4,750,604 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | | 35,223 | | 592,099 | |
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | | | | 5,578 | | 933,367 | |
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | | | | 2,704 | | 706,880 | |
Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 62,624 | | 24,630,019 | |
Moody's Corp. | | | | 11,592 | | 4,030,770 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | | 97,301 | | 8,309,505 | |
MSCI, Inc. | | | | 6,011 | | 2,820,902 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | | | | 24,660 | | 1,229,301 | |
Northern Trust Corp. | | | | 15,440 | | 1,144,722 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc. | | | | 83,227 | a | 5,553,738 | |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | | 14,841 | | 1,540,051 | |
S&P Global, Inc. | | | | 24,530 | | 9,833,832 | |
State Street Corp. | | | | 25,853 | | 1,891,923 | |
Synchrony Financial | | | | 32,854 | | 1,114,408 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | | 16,862 | | 1,888,881 | |
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | | 55,293 | | 2,461,644 | |
The Charles Schwab Corp. | | | | 110,682 | | 6,273,456 | |
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | | 24,596 | | 7,933,194 | |
Visa, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 120,835 | c | 28,695,896 | |
| | | | 204,344,179 | |
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 3.3% | | | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | | 134,227 | | 6,080,483 | |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | | | 40,098 | | 3,029,805 | |
Brown-Forman Corp., Cl. B | | | | 14,193 | | 947,809 | |
Bunge Ltd. | | | | 10,747 | | 1,013,979 | |
Campbell Soup Co. | | | | 15,344 | | 701,374 | |
Conagra Brands, Inc. | | | | 34,935 | | 1,178,008 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 12,205 | | 3,004,017 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | | 43,463 | | 3,333,612 | |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | | | 21,836 | | 878,244 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 3.3% (continued) | | | | | |
Kellogg Co. | | | | 19,700 | | 1,327,780 | |
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. | | | | 63,611 | | 1,989,116 | |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | | | | 10,449 | | 1,201,113 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | | 18,574 | | 1,620,210 | |
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Cl. B | | | | 13,404 | | 882,519 | |
Mondelez International, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 101,496 | | 7,403,118 | |
Monster Beverage Corp. | | | | 57,264 | a | 3,289,244 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | | 102,726 | | 19,026,910 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | | 115,628 | | 11,287,605 | |
The Coca-Cola Company | | | | 290,299 | | 17,481,806 | |
The Hershey Company | | | | 11,048 | | 2,758,686 | |
The J.M. Smucker Company | | | | 7,838 | | 1,157,437 | |
The Kraft Heinz Company | | | | 59,854 | | 2,124,817 | |
Tyson Foods, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 21,964 | | 1,121,043 | |
| | | | 92,838,735 | |
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.8% | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | | 130,049 | | 14,177,942 | |
Align Technology, Inc. | | | | 5,461 | a | 1,931,228 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | | 12,164 | | 2,340,719 | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | | 37,938 | | 1,728,455 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | | | | 21,033 | | 5,552,922 | |
Boston Scientific Corp. | | | | 107,673 | a | 5,824,033 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | | 19,023 | | 1,799,005 | |
Centene Corp. | | | | 41,403 | a | 2,792,632 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | | 95,430 | | 6,597,076 | |
DaVita, Inc. | | | | 3,772 | a | 378,973 | |
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. | | | | 15,670 | | 627,113 | |
DexCom, Inc. | | | | 29,048 | a | 3,732,958 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | | | | 45,299 | a | 4,273,055 | |
Elevance Health, Inc. | | | | 17,786 | | 7,902,142 | |
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | | | | 27,296 | | 2,217,527 | |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | | | | 15,479 | | 4,697,567 | |
Henry Schein, Inc. | | | | 10,414 | a | 844,575 | |
Hologic, Inc. | | | | 18,535 | a | 1,500,779 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | | 9,249 | | 4,135,505 | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | | | | 6,065 | a | 3,046,025 | |
Insulet Corp. | | | | 5,221 | a | 1,505,423 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | | | | 26,084 | a | 8,919,163 | |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | | | 6,776 | | 1,635,252 | |
McKesson Corp. | | | | 10,095 | | 4,313,694 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | | 99,135 | | 8,733,793 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. | | | | 4,329 | a | 1,304,068 | |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | | 8,344 | | 1,172,833 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.8% (continued) | | | | | |
ResMed, Inc. | | | | 10,891 | | 2,379,683 | |
Steris PLC | | | | 7,432 | | 1,672,051 | |
Stryker Corp. | | | | 25,074 | | 7,649,827 | |
Teleflex, Inc. | | | | 3,409 | | 825,080 | |
The Cigna Group | | | | 21,982 | | 6,168,149 | |
The Cooper Companies, Inc. | | | | 3,594 | | 1,378,047 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | | 69,525 | | 33,416,496 | |
Universal Health Services, Inc., Cl. B | | | | 4,579 | | 722,429 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | | | | 15,776 | | 2,296,986 | |
| | | | 160,193,205 | |
Household & Personal Products - 1.5% | | | | | |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | | 17,978 | | 1,801,935 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | | 61,831 | | 4,763,460 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | | 25,372 | | 3,502,858 | |
The Clorox Company | | | | 9,128 | | 1,451,717 | |
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 17,416 | | 3,420,154 | |
The Procter & Gamble Company | | | | 175,963 | | 26,700,626 | |
| | | | 41,640,750 | |
Insurance - 2.1% | | | | | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | | 42,089 | | 2,937,812 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | | 54,401 | | 3,130,234 | |
Aon PLC, Cl. A | | | | 15,210 | | 5,250,492 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. | | | | 27,805 | a | 2,081,204 | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | | 15,756 | | 3,459,545 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | | 3,877 | | 487,416 | |
Brown & Brown, Inc. | | | | 18,041 | | 1,241,942 | |
Chubb Ltd. | | | | 30,818 | | 5,934,314 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | | 11,747 | | 1,143,218 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | | 3,078 | | 1,052,245 | |
Globe Life, Inc. | | | | 7,089 | | 777,096 | |
Lincoln National Corp. | | | | 12,499 | | 321,974 | |
Loews Corp. | | | | 14,080 | | 836,070 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | | 36,781 | | 6,917,770 | |
MetLife, Inc. | | | | 49,048 | | 2,772,683 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | | 17,371 | | 1,317,417 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | | 27,664 | | 2,440,518 | |
The Allstate Corp. | | | | 19,771 | | 2,155,830 | |
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | 23,370 | | 1,683,107 | |
The Progressive Corp. | | | | 43,402 | | 5,745,123 | |
The Travelers Companies, Inc. | | | | 16,953 | | 2,944,058 | |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | | | | 15,189 | | 904,657 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Insurance - 2.1% (continued) | | | | | |
Willis Towers Watson PLC | | | | 8,025 | | 1,889,887 | |
| | | | 57,424,612 | |
Materials - 2.5% | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | | 16,695 | | 5,000,653 | |
Albemarle Corp. | | | | 8,761 | | 1,954,491 | |
Amcor PLC | | | | 111,398 | | 1,111,752 | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | | 6,029 | | 1,035,782 | |
Ball Corp. | | | | 22,967 | | 1,336,909 | |
Celanese Corp. | | | | 7,745 | | 896,871 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | | 14,710 | | 1,021,168 | |
Corteva, Inc. | | | | 53,586 | | 3,070,478 | |
Dow, Inc. | | | | 52,989 | | 2,822,194 | |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | | | | 34,439 | | 2,460,322 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | | 9,290 | | 777,759 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | | 18,182 | | 3,394,398 | |
FMC Corp. | | | | 9,318 | | 972,240 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | | 105,346 | | 4,213,840 | |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | | 19,010 | | 1,513,006 | |
International Paper Co. | | | | 25,325 | | 805,588 | |
Linde PLC | | | | 36,737 | | 13,999,736 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Cl. A | | | | 18,907 | | 1,736,230 | |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | | | 4,668 | | 2,155,169 | |
Newmont Corp. | | | | 59,669 | | 2,545,480 | |
Nucor Corp. | | | | 19,019 | | 3,118,736 | |
Packaging Corp. of America | | | | 6,956 | | 919,305 | |
PPG Industries, Inc. | | | | 17,106 | | 2,536,820 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | | 10,925 | | 437,000 | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | | 12,729 | | 1,386,570 | |
The Mosaic Company | | | | 24,926 | | 872,410 | |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | | | | 17,728 | | 4,707,139 | |
Vulcan Materials Co. | | | | 9,788 | | 2,206,607 | |
WestRock Co. | | | | 18,107 | | 526,370 | |
| | | | 69,535,023 | |
Media & Entertainment - 7.4% | | | | | |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | | | | 53,538 | | 4,513,253 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 443,583 | a | 53,096,885 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C | | | | 382,413 | a | 46,260,501 | |
Charter Communications, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 7,918 | a | 2,908,836 | |
Comcast Corp., Cl. A | | | | 309,969 | | 12,879,212 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | | | | 18,969 | | 2,460,279 | |
Fox Corp., Cl. A | | | | 22,036 | | 749,224 | |
Fox Corp., Cl. B | | | | 10,639 | | 339,278 | |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | | | | 10,512 | a | 957,748 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Media & Entertainment - 7.4% (continued) | | | | | |
Match Group, Inc. | | | | 19,817 | a | 829,341 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 165,277 | a | 47,431,193 | |
Netflix, Inc. | | | | 33,217 | a | 14,631,756 | |
News Corporation, Cl. A | | | | 29,712 | | 579,384 | |
News Corporation, Cl. B | | | | 9,399 | | 185,348 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | | 15,541 | | 1,478,726 | |
Paramount Global, Cl. B | | | | 36,618 | c | 582,592 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | | | 12,004 | a | 1,766,509 | |
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | | | | 28,382 | | 1,094,978 | |
The Walt Disney Company | | | | 136,257 | a | 12,165,025 | |
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. | | | | 165,043 | a | 2,069,639 | |
| | | | 206,979,707 | |
Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 3.2% | | | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | | 22,241 | | 2,674,480 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | | 39,812 | | 8,839,060 | |
Biogen, Inc. | | | | 10,825 | a | 3,083,501 | |
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 1,669 | a | 632,751 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | | 157,323 | | 10,060,806 | |
Catalent, Inc. | | | | 12,642 | a | 548,157 | |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | | | | 3,935 | a | 827,334 | |
Incyte Corp. | | | | 13,403 | a | 834,337 | |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. | | | | 13,960 | a | 3,137,789 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. | | | | 1,662 | a | 2,179,946 | |
Moderna, Inc. | | | | 24,198 | a | 2,940,057 | |
Organon & Co. | | | | 19,047 | | 396,368 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | | 420,969 | | 15,441,143 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | 8,086 | a | 5,810,114 | |
Revvity, Inc. | | | | 9,585 | | 1,138,602 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | | 28,911 | | 15,084,314 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | 19,103 | a | 6,722,537 | |
Viatris, Inc. | | | | 94,185 | | 939,966 | |
Waters Corp. | | | | 4,404 | a | 1,173,842 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | | 34,619 | | 5,961,738 | |
| | | | 88,426,842 | |
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 4.4% | | | | | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | | 131,907 | | 17,771,830 | |
Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | 11,768 | | 960,622 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | | 49,677 | | 11,922,480 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | 58,823 | | 27,586,811 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | | 92,765 | | 7,149,399 | |
Illumina, Inc. | | | | 11,825 | a | 2,217,069 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | | 194,500 | | 32,193,640 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 4.4% (continued) | | | | | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | | 189,109 | | 21,821,288 | |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | | | 5,565 | | 2,128,446 | |
| | | | 123,751,585 | |
Real Estate Management & Devel - .1% | | | | | |
CBRE Group, Inc., Cl. A | | | | 23,687 | a | 1,911,778 | |
Real Estate Management & Development - .1% | | | | | |
CoStar Group, Inc. | | | | 30,546 | a | 2,718,594 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.3% | | | | | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | | | | 120,262 | a | 13,699,044 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | | 38,103 | | 7,422,845 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | | 63,378 | | 9,160,656 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | | 31,169 | | 27,036,926 | |
Enphase Energy, Inc. | | | | 10,218 | a | 1,711,311 | |
First Solar, Inc. | | | | 7,453 | a | 1,416,741 | |
Intel Corp. | | | | 311,256 | | 10,408,401 | |
KLA Corp. | | | | 10,204 | | 4,949,144 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | | 9,994 | | 6,424,743 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | | | | 41,180 | | 3,689,316 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. | | | | 81,968 | | 5,173,000 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | | 3,325 | | 1,796,265 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | | 184,828 | | 78,185,941 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV | | | | 19,013 | | 3,891,581 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. | | | | 32,434 | a | 3,067,608 | |
Qorvo, Inc. | | | | 7,063 | a | 720,638 | |
Qualcomm, Inc. | | | | 83,091 | | 9,891,153 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | | 11,532 | | 1,276,477 | |
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | | | | 4,155 | a | 1,117,903 | |
Teradyne, Inc. | | | | 11,416 | | 1,270,943 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | | 67,592 | | 12,167,912 | |
| | | | 204,478,548 | |
Software & Services - 11.4% | | | | | |
Accenture PLC, Cl. A | | | | 46,971 | | 14,494,311 | |
Adobe, Inc. | | | | 34,146 | a | 16,697,053 | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc. | | | | 12,149 | a | 1,091,831 | |
Ansys, Inc. | | | | 6,548 | a | 2,162,608 | |
Autodesk, Inc. | | | | 15,820 | a | 3,236,930 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | | | | 20,622 | a | 4,836,271 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Cl. A | | | | 38,264 | | 2,497,874 | |
DXC Technology Co. | | | | 17,969 | a | 480,132 | |
EPAM Systems, Inc. | | | | 4,233 | a | 951,367 | |
Fair Isaac Corp. | | | | 1,845 | a | 1,492,992 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Software & Services - 11.4% (continued) | | | | | |
Fortinet, Inc. | | | | 48,745 | a | 3,684,635 | |
Gartner, Inc. | | | | 5,938 | a | 2,080,141 | |
Gen Digital, Inc. | | | | 40,590 | | 752,944 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | | 67,331 | | 9,009,561 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | | 20,937 | | 9,593,124 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | | 555,215 | | 189,072,916 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | | 114,631 | | 13,651,406 | |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | | 22,709 | a,c | 5,802,377 | |
PTC, Inc. | | | | 7,994 | a | 1,137,546 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | | 7,972 | | 3,832,938 | |
Salesforce, Inc. | | | | 73,338 | a | 15,493,386 | |
ServiceNow, Inc. | | | | 15,085 | a | 8,477,317 | |
Synopsys, Inc. | | | | 11,458 | a | 4,988,928 | |
Tyler Technologies, Inc. | | | | 3,209 | a | 1,336,452 | |
Verisign, Inc. | | | | 6,872 | a | 1,552,866 | |
| | | | 318,407,906 | |
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 9.4% | | | | | |
Amphenol Corp., Cl. A | | | | 44,655 | | 3,793,442 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | | 1,104,914 | | 214,320,169 | |
Arista Networks, Inc. | | | | 18,745 | a | 3,037,815 | |
CDW Corp. | | | | 10,287 | | 1,887,664 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | | 306,413 | | 15,853,809 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | | 56,572 | | 1,982,283 | |
F5, Inc. | | | | 4,423 | a | 646,908 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | | 95,494 | | 1,604,299 | |
HP, Inc. | | | | 64,972 | | 1,995,290 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | | 24,841 | | 778,269 | |
Keysight Technologies, Inc. | | | | 13,407 | a | 2,245,002 | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | | 12,550 | | 3,680,664 | |
NetApp, Inc. | | | | 15,809 | | 1,207,808 | |
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | | | | 14,788 | | 914,934 | |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | | | | 23,789 | | 3,334,266 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. | | | | 3,461 | a | 1,422,852 | |
Trimble, Inc. | | | | 18,657 | a | 987,702 | |
Western Digital Corp. | | | | 23,826 | a | 903,720 | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Cl. A | | | | 3,726 | a | 1,102,263 | |
| | | | 261,699,159 | |
Telecommunication Services - .9% | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | | 531,316 | | 8,474,490 | |
T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | | 43,354 | a | 6,021,871 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | | 313,259 | | 11,650,102 | |
| | | | 26,146,463 | |
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Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Transportation - 1.6% | | | | | |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | | 9,367 | a | 498,137 | |
American Airlines Group, Inc. | | | | 50,066 | a | 898,184 | |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | | 8,843 | | 834,337 | |
CSX Corp. | | | | 149,855 | | 5,110,055 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | | 47,914 | | 2,277,832 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | | | | 11,945 | | 1,446,898 | |
FedEx Corp. | | | | 17,118 | | 4,243,552 | |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | | 6,100 | | 1,104,283 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | | 17,123 | | 3,882,811 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | | 6,756 | | 2,498,031 | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | | 44,295 | | 1,603,922 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | | 45,612 | | 9,333,127 | |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | | | | 24,105 | a | 1,322,641 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Cl. B | | | | 53,881 | | 9,658,169 | |
| | | | 44,711,979 | |
Utilities - 2.6% | | | | | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | | | | 19,357 | | 1,015,855 | |
Ameren Corp. | | | | 19,434 | | 1,587,175 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | | 38,629 | | 3,252,562 | |
American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | | 14,506 | | 2,070,731 | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | | 10,784 | | 1,254,611 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | | 47,325 | | 1,379,524 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | | 21,297 | | 1,251,199 | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | | 26,565 | | 2,401,476 | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | | | | 24,064 | | 2,203,059 | |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | | | | 62,837 | | 3,254,328 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | | 15,231 | | 1,675,715 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | | 57,884 | | 5,194,510 | |
Edison International | | | | 28,155 | | 1,955,365 | |
Entergy Corp. | | | | 15,791 | | 1,537,570 | |
Evergy, Inc. | | | | 16,528 | | 965,566 | |
Eversource Energy | | | | 26,138 | | 1,853,707 | |
Exelon Corp. | | | | 74,252 | | 3,025,026 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | | 40,486 | | 1,574,096 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | | 152,089 | | 11,285,004 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | | 30,322 | | 829,307 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | | | 16,523 | | 617,795 | |
PG&E Corp. | | | | 119,174 | a,c | 2,059,327 | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | | | 8,714 | | 709,842 | |
PPL Corp. | | | | 53,626 | | 1,418,944 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | | 37,508 | | 2,348,376 | |
Sempra Energy | | | | 23,135 | | 3,368,225 | |
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Description | | | | Shares | | Value ($) | |
Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued) | | | | | |
Utilities - 2.6% (continued) | | | | | |
The AES Corp. | | | | 49,717 | | 1,030,633 | |
The Southern Company | | | | 81,840 | | 5,749,260 | |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | | 23,713 | | 2,092,435 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | | 41,139 | | 2,557,612 | |
| | | | 71,518,835 | |
Total Common Stocks (cost $661,874,015) | | | | 2,775,960,932 | |
| | 1-Day Yield (%) | | | | | |
Investment Companies - .5% | | | | | |
Registered Investment Companies - .5% | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares (cost $12,371,981) | | 5.17 | | 12,371,981 | d | 12,371,981 | |
| | | | | | | |
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .0% | | | | | |
Registered Investment Companies - .0% | | | | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares (cost $592,704) | | 5.17 | | 592,704 | d | 592,704 | |
Total Investments (cost $674,838,700) | | 100.0% | | 2,788,925,617 | |
Cash and Receivables (Net) | | .0% | | 836,711 | |
Net Assets | | 100.0% | | 2,789,762,328 | |
a Non-income producing security.
b Investment in real estate investment trust within the United States.
c Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At June 30, 2023, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $35,727,206 and the value of the collateral was $36,016,120, consisting of cash collateral of $592,704 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $35,423,416. In addition, the value of collateral may include pending sales that are also on loan.
d Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| |
Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) † | Value (%) |
Information Technology | 28.1 |
Health Care | 13.3 |
Financials | 12.4 |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.6 |
Industrials | 8.5 |
Communication Services | 8.3 |
Consumer Staples | 6.6 |
Energy | 4.1 |
Utilities | 2.6 |
Materials | 2.5 |
Real Estate | 2.5 |
Investment Companies | .5 |
| 100.0 |
† Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.
| | | | | | |
Affiliated Issuers | | | |
Description | Value ($) 12/31/2022 | Purchases ($)† | Sales ($) | Value ($) 6/30/2023 | Dividends/ Distributions ($) | |
Registered Investment Companies - .5% | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares - .5% | 25,041,446 | 196,026,481 | (208,695,946) | 12,371,981 | 571,982 | |
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .0% | | |
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund, SL Shares - .0% | 684,394 | 5,353,940 | (5,445,630) | 592,704 | 20,923 | †† |
Total - .5% | 25,725,840 | 201,380,421 | (214,141,576) | 12,964,685 | 592,905 | |
† 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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Futures | | | |
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration | Notional Value ($) | Market Value ($) | Unrealized Appreciation ($) | |
Futures Long | | |
Standard & Poor's 500 E-mini | 66 | 9/15/2023 | 14,379,448 | 14,811,225 | 431,777 | |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | 431,777 | |
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | Cost | | Value | |
Assets ($): | | | | |
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including securities on loan, valued at $35,727,206)—Note 1(c): | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | 661,874,015 | | 2,775,960,932 | |
Affiliated issuers | | 12,964,685 | | 12,964,685 | |
Dividends and securities lending income receivable | | 1,870,216 | |
Cash collateral held by broker—Note 4 | | 915,000 | |
Receivable for shares of Common Stock subscribed | | 576,775 | |
Receivable for futures variation margin—Note 4 | | 194,254 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 13,586 | |
| | | | | 2,792,495,448 | |
Liabilities ($): | | | | |
Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates—Note 3(c) | | 572,317 | |
Payable for shares of Common Stock redeemed | | 1,372,057 | |
Liability for securities on loan—Note 1(c) | | 592,704 | |
Directors’ fees and expenses payable | | 19,287 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | | | 176,755 | |
| | | | | 2,733,120 | |
Net Assets ($) | | | 2,789,762,328 | |
Composition of Net Assets ($): | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | | 565,028,299 | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | 2,224,734,029 | |
Net Assets ($) | | | 2,789,762,328 | |
| | | |
Net Asset Value Per Share | Initial Shares | Service Shares | |
Net Assets ($) | 2,733,307,154 | 56,455,174 | |
Shares Outstanding | 42,396,708 | 873,264 | |
Net Asset Value Per Share ($) | 64.47 | 64.65 | |
| | | |
See notes to financial statements. | | | |
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Investment Income ($): | | | | |
Income: | | | | |
Cash dividends (net of $5,977 foreign taxes withheld at source): | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | | 22,270,928 | |
Affiliated issuers | | | 571,982 | |
Income from securities lending—Note 1(c) | | | 20,923 | |
Interest | | | 27 | |
Total Income | | | 22,863,860 | |
Expenses: | | | | |
Management fee—Note 3(a) | | | 3,241,362 | |
Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 3(d) | | | 100,134 | |
Distribution fees—Note 3(b) | | | 66,271 | |
Professional fees | | | 47,013 | |
Interest expense—Note 2 | | | 39,659 | |
Loan commitment fees—Note 2 | | | 34,072 | |
Chief Compliance Officer fees—Note 3(c) | | | 13,216 | |
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports | | | 13,115 | |
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 3(c) | | | 7,656 | |
Registration fees | | | 4,412 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 86,433 | |
Total Expenses | | | 3,653,343 | |
Less—reduction in fees due to earnings credits—Note 3(c) | | | (684) | |
Net Expenses | | | 3,652,659 | |
Net Investment Income | | | 19,211,201 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($): | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 129,349,406 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | 2,364,984 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | 131,714,390 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 264,815,022 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures | 1,035,486 | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | 265,850,508 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | | | 397,564,898 | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | 416,776,099 | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | | | | |
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended December 31, 2022 | |
Operations ($): | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 19,211,201 | | | | 37,752,308 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | | 131,714,390 | | | | 103,287,975 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 265,850,508 | | | | (740,814,435) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 416,776,099 | | | | (599,774,152) | |
Distributions ($): | |
Distributions to shareholders: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | (118,938,446) | | | | (272,332,432) | |
Service Shares | | | (2,340,506) | | | | (5,530,339) | |
Total Distributions | | | (121,278,952) | | | | (277,862,771) | |
Capital Stock Transactions ($): | |
Net proceeds from shares sold: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | 187,809,179 | | | | 401,040,791 | |
Service Shares | | | 814,177 | | | | 3,140,416 | |
Distributions reinvested: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | 118,938,446 | | | | 272,332,432 | |
Service Shares | | | 2,340,506 | | | | 5,530,339 | |
Cost of shares redeemed: | | | | | | | | |
Initial Shares | | | (403,078,951) | | | | (546,336,348) | |
Service Shares | | | (3,723,755) | | | | (8,399,685) | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Stock Transactions | (96,900,398) | | | | 127,307,945 | |
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 198,596,749 | | | | (750,328,978) | |
Net Assets ($): | |
Beginning of Period | | | 2,591,165,579 | | | | 3,341,494,557 | |
End of Period | | | 2,789,762,328 | | | | 2,591,165,579 | |
Capital Share Transactions (Shares): | |
Initial Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 3,115,239 | | | | 6,250,717 | |
Shares issued for distributions reinvested | | | 1,986,495 | | | | 4,077,795 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (6,641,529) | | | | (8,450,366) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (1,539,795) | | | | 1,878,146 | |
Service Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 13,501 | | | | 47,117 | |
Shares issued for distributions reinvested | | | 39,012 | | | | 82,290 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (61,145) | | | | (129,507) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | (8,632) | | | | (100) | |
| | | | | | | | | |
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.
| | | | | | |
| | |
Six Months Ended | |
June 30, 2023 | Year Ended December 31, |
Initial Shares | (Unaudited) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
Per Share Data ($): | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | 57.81 | 77.81 | 64.27 | 59.95 | 48.98 | 53.48 |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | |
Net investment incomea | .44 | .85 | .80 | .88 | .96 | .89 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 9.01 | (14.27) | 16.71 | 8.01 | 13.79 | (3.27) |
Total from Investment Operations | 9.45 | (13.42) | 17.51 | 8.89 | 14.75 | (2.38) |
Distributions: | | | | | | |
Dividends from net investment income | (.45) | (.85) | (.81) | (.90) | (.95) | (.90) |
Dividends from net realized gain on investments | (2.34) | (5.73) | (3.16) | (3.67) | (2.83) | (1.22) |
Total Distributions | (2.79) | (6.58) | (3.97) | (4.57) | (3.78) | (2.12) |
Net asset value, end of period | 64.47 | 57.81 | 77.81 | 64.27 | 59.95 | 48.98 |
Total Return (%) | 16.72b | (18.31) | 28.40 | 18.01 | 31.18 | (4.63) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | .27c | .26 | .26 | .27 | .27 | .27 |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | .27c | .26 | .26 | .27 | .27 | .27 |
Ratio of net investment income | | | | | |
to average net assets | 1.46c | 1.35 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.75 | 1.65 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | .67b | 1.85 | 3.62 | 3.58 | 2.94 | 3.69 |
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) | 2,733,307 | 2,540,045 | 3,272,702 | 2,718,274 | 2,447,498 | 2,089,485 |
a Based on average shares outstanding.
b Not annualized.
c Annualized.
See notes to financial statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
| | | | | | |
| | |
| Six Months Ended | |
| June 30, 2023 | Year Ended December 31, |
Service Shares | (Unaudited) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
Per Share Data ($): | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | 57.97 | 78.00 | 64.37 | 60.03 | 49.05 | 53.54 |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | |
Net investment incomea | .36 | .69 | .63 | .74 | .82 | .76 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 9.03 | (14.30) | 16.75 | 8.02 | 13.80 | (3.27) |
Total from Investment Operations | 9.39 | (13.61) | 17.38 | 8.76 | 14.62 | (2.51) |
Distributions: | | | | | | |
Dividends from net investment income | (.37) | (.69) | (.59) | (.75) | (.81) | (.76) |
Dividends from net realized gain on investments | (2.34) | (5.73) | (3.16) | (3.67) | (2.83) | (1.22) |
Total Distributions | (2.71) | (6.42) | (3.75) | (4.42) | (3.64) | (1.98) |
Net asset value, end of period | 64.65 | 57.97 | 78.00 | 64.37 | 60.03 | 49.05 |
Total Return (%) | 16.56b | (18.52) | 28.11 | 17.71 | 30.84 | (4.85) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | | |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | .52c | .51 | .51 | .52 | .52 | .52 |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | .52c | .51 | .51 | .52 | .52 | .52 |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.21c | 1.10 | .89 | 1.32 | 1.50 | 1.40 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | .67b | 1.85 | 3.62 | 3.58 | 2.94 | 3.69 |
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) | 56,455 | 51,121 | 68,792 | 195,831 | 194,109 | 172,424 |
a Based on average shares outstanding.
b Not annualized.
c Annualized.
See notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
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, an indirect 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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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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:
The fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has designated the Adviser as the fund’s valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight and pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act.
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
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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 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 Depositary 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, 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 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 June 30, 2023 in valuing the fund’s investments:
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | |
| 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 | 2,775,960,932 | - | | - | 2,775,960,932 | |
Investment Companies | 12,964,685 | - | | - | 12,964,685 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | |
Futures†† | 431,777 | - | | - | 431,777 | |
† 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 June 30, 2023, 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 BNY Mellon, 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 manner, BNY Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of
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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 June 30, 2023, BNY Mellon earned $2,852 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) Market Risk: The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market. The value of a security may also decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company or industry, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, changes to inflation, adverse changes to credit markets or adverse investor sentiment generally. 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.
Indexing Strategy Risk: The fund uses an indexing strategy. It does not attempt to manage market volatility, use defensive strategies or reduce the effects of any long-term periods of poor index performance. The correlation between fund and index performance may be affected by the fund's expenses and/or use of sampling techniques, changes in securities markets, changes in the composition of the index and the timing of purchases and redemptions of fund shares.
(f) Dividends and distributions to shareholders: Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment income 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 June 30, 2023, 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 June 30, 2023, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Each tax year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows: ordinary income $42,112,124 and long-term capital gains $235,750,647. The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.
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 BNY 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 $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
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fund based on rates determined pursuant to the terms of the respective Facility at the time of borrowing.
During the period ended June 30, 2023, the fund was charged $39,659 for interest expense. These fees are included in Interest expense in the Statement of Operations. The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Facilities during the period ended June 30, 2023 was approximately $1,374,586 with a related weighted average annualized rate of 5.82%.
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 Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”), a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the Adviser, 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 June 30, 2023, Service shares were charged $66,271 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 June 30, 2023, Initial shares were charged 6,719 pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.
The fund has an arrangement with BNY Mellon Transfer, Inc., (the “Transfer Agent”), a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the
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Adviser, whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset Transfer Agent fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes transfer agent net earnings credits, if any, as an expense offset 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 the Transfer Agent, under a transfer agency agreement, for providing transfer agency and cash management services for the fund. The majority of Transfer Agent 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 June 30, 2023, the fund was charged $928 for transfer agency services. These fees are included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations. These fees were partially offset by earnings credits of $684.
During the period ended June 30, 2023, the fund was charged $13,216 for services performed by the fund’s 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 fee of $549,754, Distribution Plan fees of $11,391, Shareholder Services Plan fees of $1,000, Chief Compliance Officer fees of $7,386 and Transfer Agent fees of $2,786.
(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 June 30, 2023, amounted to $17,626,707 and $198,615,110, respectively.
Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The SEC adopted Rule 18f-4 under the Act, which regulates the use of derivatives transactions for certain funds registered under the Act. The fund is deemed a “limited” derivatives user under the rule and is required to limit its derivatives exposure so that the total notional value of derivatives does not exceed
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10% of fund’s net assets, and is subject to certain reporting requirements. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund during the period ended June 30, 2023 is discussed below.
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 June 30, 2023 are set forth in the Statement of Investments.
The following summarizes the average market value of derivatives outstanding during the period ended June 30, 2023:
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Equity futures | | 28,371,752 |
At June 30, 2023, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments inclusive of derivative contracts was $2,114,518,694, consisting of $2,141,140,113 gross unrealized appreciation and $26,621,419 gross unrealized depreciation.
At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT AND INDEX MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS (Unaudited)
At a meeting of the fund’s Board of Directors held on March 14-15, 2023, the Board considered the renewal of the fund’s Management Agreement, pursuant to which the Adviser provides the fund with investment advisory and administrative services, and the Index Management Agreement (together with the Management Agreement, the “Agreements”), pursuant to which Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Index Manager”) provides day-to-day management of the fund’s investments. The Board members, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the fund, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of the Adviser and Index Manager. In considering the renewal of the Agreements, the Board considered several factors that it believed to be relevant, including those discussed below. The Board did not identify any one factor as dispositive, and each Board member may have attributed different weights to the factors considered.
Analysis of Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided to the Fund. The Board considered information provided to it at the meeting and in previous presentations from representatives of the Adviser regarding the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex, including the fund. The Adviser provided the number of open accounts in the fund, the fund’s asset size and the allocation of fund assets among distribution channels. The Adviser also had previously provided information regarding the diverse intermediary relationships and distribution channels of funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex (such as retail direct or intermediary, in which intermediaries typically are paid by the fund and/or the Adviser) and the Adviser’s corresponding need for broad, deep, and diverse resources to be able to provide ongoing shareholder services to each intermediary or distribution channel, as applicable to the fund.
The Board also considered research support available to, and portfolio management capabilities of, the fund’s portfolio management personnel and that the Adviser also provides oversight of day-to-day fund operations, including fund accounting and administration and assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements. The Board also considered the Adviser’s extensive administrative, accounting and compliance infrastructures, as well as the Adviser’s supervisory activities over the Index Manager.
Comparative Analysis of the Fund’s Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board reviewed reports prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data based on classifications provided by Thomson Reuters Lipper (“Lipper”), which included information comparing (1) the performance of the fund’s Initial shares with the performance of a group of S&P 500 index funds underlying variable insurance products (“VIPs”) selected by Broadridge as comparable to the fund (the “Performance Group”) and with a broader group of funds consisting of all S&P 500 index funds underlying VIPs (the “Performance Universe”), all for various periods ended December 31, 2022,
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and (2) the fund’s actual and contractual management fees and total expenses with those of the same group of funds in the Performance Group (the “Expense Group”) and with a broader group of all S&P 500 index funds underlying VIPs with similar 12b-1/non-12b-1 structures, excluding outliers (the “Expense Universe”), the information for which was derived in part from fund financial statements available to Broadridge as of the date of its analysis. The Adviser previously had furnished the Board with a description of the methodology Broadridge used to select the Performance Group and Performance Universe and the Expense Group and Expense Universe.
Performance Comparisons. Representatives of the Adviser stated that the usefulness of performance comparisons may be affected by a number of factors, including different investment limitations and policies that may be applicable to the fund and comparison funds and the end date selected. The Board also considered the fund’s performance in light of overall financial market conditions. The Board discussed with representatives of the Adviser the results of the comparisons and considered that the fund’s total return performance was above the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for all periods. The Adviser also provided a comparison of the fund’s calendar year total returns to the returns of the fund’s benchmark index. The Board noted that the fund had a four star rating for the ten-year period and a four star overall rating from Morningstar based on Morningstar’s risk-adjusted return measures.
Management Fee and Expense Ratio Comparisons. The Board reviewed and considered the contractual management fee rate payable by the fund to the Adviser in light of the nature, extent and quality of the management services and index management services provided by the Adviser and Index Manager, respectively. In addition, the Board reviewed and considered the actual management fee rate paid by the fund over the fund’s last fiscal year. The Board also reviewed the range of actual and contractual management fees and total expenses as a percentage of average net assets of the Expense Group and Expense Universe funds and discussed the results of the comparisons.
The Board considered that the fund’s contractual management fee was higher than the Expense Group median contractual management fee, the fund’s actual management fee was higher than the Expense Group median and higher than the Expense Universe median actual management fee, and the fund’s total expenses were lower than the Expense Group median and lower than the Expense Universe median total expenses. The Board noted, however, that the Expense Group included funds that charged 12b-1 fees and/or non-12b-1 service fees, whereas, the fund’s Initial shares are not subject to such fees. Had the 12b-1/non-12b-1 fees applicable to the fund’s Service shares been included in the comparison with the Expense Group, the fund’s total expenses would have been slightly higher than the Expense Group and the Expense Universe median total expenses.
Representatives of the Adviser reviewed with the Board the management or investment advisory fees paid to the Adviser or the Index Manager or its affiliates for advising any separate accounts and/or other types of client portfolios that are considered to have similar investment strategies and policies as the fund (the “Similar Clients”), and
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT AND INDEX MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
explained the nature of the Similar Clients. They discussed differences in fees paid and the relationship of the fees paid in light of any differences in the services provided and other relevant factors. The Board considered the relevance of the fee information provided for the Similar Clients to evaluate the appropriateness of the fund’s management fee. Representatives of the Adviser noted that there were no other funds advised by the Adviser that are in the same Lipper category as the fund.
The Board considered the fee payable to the Index Manager in relation to the fee payable to the Adviser by the fund and the respective services provided by the Index Manager and the Adviser. The Board also took into consideration that the Index Manager’s fee is paid by the Adviser, out of its fee from the fund, and not the fund.
Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale. Representatives of the Adviser reviewed the expenses allocated and profit received by the Adviser and its affiliates and the resulting profitability percentage for managing the fund and the aggregate profitability percentage to the Adviser and its affiliates for managing the funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex, and the method used to determine the expenses and profit. The Board concluded that the profitability results were not excessive, given the services rendered and service levels provided by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board also had been provided with information prepared by an independent consulting firm regarding the Adviser’s approach to allocating costs to, and determining the profitability of, individual funds and the entire BNY Mellon fund complex. The consulting firm also had analyzed where any economies of scale might emerge in connection with the management of a fund.
The Board considered, on the advice of its counsel, the profitability analysis (1) as part of its evaluation of whether the fees under the Agreements, considered in relation to the mix of services provided by the Adviser and the Index Manager, including the nature, extent and quality of such services, supported the renewal of the Agreements and (2) in light of the relevant circumstances for the fund and the extent to which economies of scale would be realized if the fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of fund shareholders. Since the Adviser, and not the fund, pays the Index Manager pursuant to the Index Management Agreement, the Board did not consider the Index Manager’s profitability to be relevant to its deliberations. Representatives of the Adviser also stated that, as a result of shared and allocated costs among funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex, the extent of economies of scale could depend substantially on the level of assets in the complex as a whole, so that increases and decreases in complex-wide assets can affect potential economies of scale in a manner that is disproportionate to, or even in the opposite direction from, changes in the fund’s asset level. The Board also considered potential benefits to the Adviser and the Index Manager from acting as investment adviser and index manager, respectively, and took into consideration that there were no soft dollar arrangements in effect for trading the fund’s investments.
At the conclusion of these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an informed business decision with respect to the
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renewal of the Agreements. Based on the discussions and considerations as described above, the Board concluded and determined as follows.
· The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and the Index Manager are adequate and appropriate.
· The Board was satisfied with the fund’s relative performance.
· The Board concluded that the fees paid to the Adviser and the Index Manager continued to be appropriate under the circumstances and in light of the factors and the totality of the services provided as discussed above.
· The Board determined that the economies of scale which may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with the management of the fund had been adequately considered by the Adviser in connection with the fee rate charged to the fund pursuant to the Management Agreement and that, to the extent in the future it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the fund, the Board would seek to have those economies of scale shared with the fund.
In evaluating the Agreements, the Board considered these conclusions and determinations and also relied on its previous knowledge, gained through meetings and other interactions with the Adviser and its affiliates and the Index Manager, of the Adviser and the Index Manager and the services provided to the fund by the Adviser and the Index Manager. The Board also relied on information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year relating to the operations of the fund and the investment management and other services provided under the Agreements, including information on the investment performance of the fund in comparison to similar mutual funds and benchmark performance indices; general market outlook as applicable to the fund; and compliance reports. In addition, the Board’s consideration of the contractual fee arrangements for the fund had the benefit of a number of years of reviews of the Agreements for the fund, or substantially similar agreements for other BNY Mellon funds that the Board oversees, during which lengthy discussions took place between the Board and representatives of the Adviser. Certain aspects of the arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than in others, and the Board’s conclusions may be based, in part, on its consideration of the fund’s arrangements, or substantially similar arrangements for other BNY Mellon funds that the Board oversees, in prior years. The Board determined to renew the Agreements.
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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (Unaudited)
The fund adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Liquidity Risk Management Program”) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Rule 22e-4 requires registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds but not money market funds, to establish liquidity risk management programs in order to effectively manage fund liquidity and shareholder redemptions. The rule is designed to mitigate the risk that a fund could not meet redemption requests without significantly diluting the interests of remaining investors.
The rule requires the fund to assess, manage and review their liquidity risk at least annually considering applicable factors such as investment strategy and liquidity during normal and foreseeable stressed conditions, including whether the strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund and whether the fund has a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers. The fund must also assess its use of borrowings and derivatives, short-term and long-term cash flow projections in normal and stressed conditions, holdings of cash and cash equivalents, and borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.
The rule also requires the fund to classify its investments as highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid or illiquid based on the number of days the fund expects it would take to liquidate the investment, and to review these classifications at least monthly or more often under certain conditions. The periods range from three or fewer business days for a highly liquid investment to greater than seven calendar days for settlement of a less liquid investment. Illiquid investments are those a fund does not expect to be able to sell or dispose of within seven calendar days without significantly changing the market value. The fund is prohibited from acquiring an investment if, after the acquisition, its holdings of illiquid assets will exceed 15% of its net assets. In addition, if a fund permits redemptions in-kind, the rule requires the fund to establish redemption in-kind policies and procedures governing how and when it will engage in such redemptions.
Pursuant to the rule’s requirements, the Liquidity Risk Management Program has been reviewed and approved by the Board. Furthermore, the Board has received a written report prepared by the Program’s Administrator that addresses the operation of the Program, assesses its adequacy and effectiveness and describes any material changes made to the Program.
Assessment of Program
In the opinion of the Program Administrator, the Program approved by the Board continues to be adequate for the fund and the Program has been implemented effectively. The Program Administrator has monitored the fund’s liquidity risk and the liquidity classification of the securities held by the fund and has determined that the Program is operating effectively.
During the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, there were no material changes to the Program and no material liquidity events that impacted the fund. During the period, the fund held sufficient highly liquid assets to meet fund redemptions.
Under normal expected foreseeable fund redemption forecasts and foreseeable stressed fund redemption forecasts, the Program Administrator believes that the fund maintains sufficient highly liquid assets to meet expected fund redemptions.
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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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Not applicable.
| Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
Not applicable.
| Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
Not applicable.
(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) Not applicable.
(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 J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: August 7, 2023
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 J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: August 7, 2023
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: August 8, 2023
EXHIBIT INDEX
(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)