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Series Fund - Calibrated Dividend Growth Portfolio

Summary

Summary

The Fund seeks to deliver total return by investing primarily in stocks of large U.S. companies that have a history of increasing their dividends.

Holding Sector Assets
Chevron Corp. Energy 2.9%
Microsoft Corp. Information Technology 2.6%
Abbott Laboratories Health Care 2.4%
Union Pacific Corp. Industrials 2.4%
McDonald's Corp. Consumer Discretionary 2.3%
Verizon Communications, Inc. Telecommunication Services 2.3%
Coca-Cola Co. Consumer Staples 2.2%
FedEx Corp. Industrials 2.0%
3M Co. Industrials 2.0%
NIKE, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 2.0%
% of Total Assets 23.1%

Ten largest holdings are presented to illustrate examples of the securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of the areas in which the Fund may invest, and may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments. The figures presented are as of the date shown, do not include the Fund’s entire investment portfolio, and may change at any given time.

Holding Sector Assets
Chevron Corp. Energy 3.1%
Microsoft Corp. Information Technology 2.5%
Abbott Laboratories Health Care 2.5%
McDonald's Corp. Consumer Discretionary 2.4%
Union Pacific Corp. Industrials 2.4%
Verizon Communications, Inc. Telecommunication Services 2.3%
Coca-Cola Co. Consumer Staples 2.2%
NIKE, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 2.2%
International Business Machines Corp. Information Technology 2.0%
FedEx Corp. Industrials 2.0%
Accenture Ltd. Information Technology 1.9%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Consumer Staples 1.9%
Medtronic, Inc. Health Care 1.9%
3M Co. Industrials 1.9%
AbbVie, Inc. Health Care 1.9%
Costco Wholesale Corp. Consumer Staples 1.8%
Duke Energy Corp. Utilities 1.8%
Texas Instruments, Inc. Information Technology 1.7%
Lowe's Cos, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 1.7%
Occidental Petroleum Corp. Energy 1.7%
Kimberly-Clark Corp. Consumer Staples 1.7%
Sysco Corp. Consumer Staples 1.6%
AT&T, Inc. Telecommunication Services 1.6%
Dominion Resources, Inc. Utilities 1.6%
Lockheed Martin Corp. Industrials 1.6%
Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Health Care 1.6%
PepsiCo, Inc. Consumer Staples 1.5%
QUALCOMM, Inc. Information Technology 1.5%
Raytheon Co. Industrials 1.5%
CVS Caremark Corp. Health Care 1.4%
Northrop Grumman Corp. Industrials 1.4%
Caterpillar, Inc. Industrials 1.4%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Information Technology 1.3%
Roper Industries, Inc. Industrials 1.3%
Procter & Gamble Co. Consumer Staples 1.2%
Analog Devices, Inc. Information Technology 1.2%
TJX Cos., Inc. Consumer Discretionary 1.1%
Robert Half International, Inc. Industrials 1.1%
Becton, Dickinson & Co. Health Care 1.1%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Consumer Staples 1.1%
Target Corp. Consumer Discretionary 1.1%
Ross Stores, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 1.1%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Financials 1.0%
Cummins, Inc. Industrials 1.0%
PPG Industries, Inc. Materials 0.9%
Eversource Energy Utilities 0.9%
Ecolab, Inc. Materials 0.9%
AmerisourceBergen Corp. Health Care 0.9%
Alliant Energy Corp. Utilities 0.9%
Sherwin-Williams Co. Materials 0.9%
Travelers Cos, Inc. Financials 0.8%
Fastenal Co. Industrials 0.8%
Waste Management, Inc. Industrials 0.8%
RPM International, Inc. Materials 0.8%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Financials 0.7%
People's United Financial, Inc. Financials 0.7%
UGI Corp. Utilities 0.7%
General Dynamics Corp. Industrials 0.7%
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Industrials 0.7%
Old Republic International Corp. Financials 0.6%
Torchmark Corp. Financials 0.6%
Consolidated Edison, Inc. Utilities 0.6%
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. Financials 0.6%
Harris Corp. Industrials 0.6%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Industrials 0.6%
ONEOK, Inc. Energy 0.5%
Walgreen Co. Consumer Staples 0.5%
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Financials 0.5%
ACE Ltd. Financials 0.5%
General Mills, Inc. Consumer Staples 0.5%
Exxon Mobil Corp. Energy 0.5%
J.M. Smucker Co. Consumer Staples 0.5%
Hormel Foods Corp. Consumer Staples 0.4%
Xcel Energy, Inc. Utilities 0.4%
Sonoco Products Co. Materials 0.4%
Microchip Technology, Inc. Information Technology 0.4%
Hubbell, Inc. Industrials 0.4%
Southern Co. Utilities 0.4%
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Materials 0.4%
McCormick & Co., Inc. Consumer Staples 0.4%
Emerson Electric Co. Industrials 0.4%
Evergy Inc Utilities 0.4%
Eaton Vance Corp. Financials 0.3%
Nucor Corp. Materials 0.3%
Ryder System, Inc. Industrials 0.3%
Brown & Brown, Inc. Financials 0.2%
NextEra Energy, Inc. Utilities 0.2%
Flowers Foods, Inc. Consumer Staples 0.2%
VF Corp. Consumer Discretionary 0.2%
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. Financials 0.2%
Call Money Futures Undefined 0.0%
S&P500 EMINI FUT SEP18 Undefined 0.0%

Aggregate holdings are updated monthly, 30 days after month end. Aggregate holdings are presented to illustrate examples of the securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of the areas in which the Fund may invest, and may not be representative of the Fund's current or future investments. The figures presented are as of the date shown and may change at any time.

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