UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-08314
Schwab Annuity Portfolios
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Jonathan de St. Paer
Schwab Annuity Portfolios
211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 636-7000
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2022
Item 1: Report(s) to Shareholders.
Semiannual Report | June 30, 2022
Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting Schwab’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Investment Adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Portfolio Management
 | Linda Klingman, Managing Director and Head of Money Market Strategies for Schwab Asset Management, leads the portfolio management teams for taxable and tax-exempt Schwab Money Funds, and has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 1990, she was a senior money market trader with AIM Management, Inc. for five years. She has managed money market funds since 1988. |
 | Lynn Paschen, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2011, Ms. Paschen held a number of positions at American Century Investments. She was most recently a portfolio manager and, from 2000 to 2003, worked as a fixed-income trader. She has managed money market funds since 2003. |
 | Nicole Perret-Gentil, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2016, Ms. Perret-Gentil worked at Freddie Mac for 15 years, most recently as a senior portfolio manager where she managed and executed trades for a fixed-income strategy. Prior to that role, she served as a portfolio manager performing fixed-income analysis, a senior research analyst for investor and dealer relations, a senior securities operations analyst in loan and securities operations, and a lead mortgage securities operations specialist. She also worked at Merrill Lynch for a year as a senior specialist in fixed-income global banking and investments. |
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Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
The Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio’s (the fund) goal is to seek the highest current income consistent with stability of capital and liquidity. To pursue its goal, the fund invests in U.S. government securities such as U.S. Treasury bills and notes, other obligations that are issued by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by cash and/or U.S. government securities, and obligations that are issued by private issuers that are guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities. The fund will invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. government securities and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by cash and/or U.S. government securities; under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in U.S. government securities, including repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by U.S. government securities. For more information concerning the fund’s investment objective, strategy, and risks, please see the fund’s prospectus.
Market Highlights. The six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022, was marked by a continuing imbalance in supply and demand of short-term money market securities, particularly U.S. Treasuries, with demand remaining high and supply declining as the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing needs decreased. Interest rates rose during the reporting period as a result of persistently high inflation brought on by a tight labor market, supply chain constraints, and rising energy prices in the wake of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.
After maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% through mid-March, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed increased the federal funds rate three times between March and June to end the reporting period in a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. In addition, the Fed’s bond-buying program, which had begun to scale back in November 2021, was ended altogether in early March 2022. In June, the Fed also began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets it holds on its balance sheet. Given expectations of further rate hikes throughout the remainder of the year, the yield curve steepened over the period, with longer-term yields rising more than shorter-term yields as demand increased for securities with shorter maturities. Strong demand for the Fed’s Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreement Facility drove its usage to an all-time high in June as a result of expected interest rate hikes, significant cash in the market, limited investment options, and the ongoing supply and demand imbalances for U.S. Treasuries.
Outside the United States, major central banks grappled with similar economic conditions. After holding its policy rate unchanged since March 2016, at 0.00%, the European Central Bank announced in June its intention to raise interest rates in July for the first time in 11 years. Also in June, the Bank of England raised its key official bank rate for the fifth consecutive time, to 1.25%, bringing borrowing costs to a 13-year high as the Bank of England wrestled with soaring inflation. In contrast, the Bank of Japan upheld its short-term interest rate target of -0.1%, unchanged since 2016, and vowed to defend its cap on bond yields with unlimited buying, as opposed to the monetary tightening being employed in many other countries around the globe.
Performance, Positioning, and Strategies. Throughout the reporting period, the fund’s investment adviser remained focused on ensuring liquidity and stability of capital as market conditions evolved, and on continuing a rigorous credit review process and ongoing monitoring for all issuers and regions in which the fund invests. In expectation of, and in response to, the Fed’s short-term interest rate increases, the fund’s weighted average maturity (WAM) was shortened during the reporting period to reduce NAV volatility and allow for quicker reinvestment at higher rates. The fund’s WAM began the period at 37 days and ended it at 21 days.
Portfolio Composition By Effective Maturity % of Investments1
Portfolio Composition by Security Type % of Investments3
Statistics
| Weighted Average Maturity2 | 21 Days |
Management views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
| 1 | Maturity shown is the date the interest rate on those securities is reset, or the date those securities can be redeemed through demand. |
| 2 | Money funds must maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of no longer than 60 days and cannot invest in any security whose effective maturity is longer than 397 days (approximately 13 months). |
| 3 | The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets. |
| 4 | Includes the fund’s position in money market mutual funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
| 5 | Less than 0.05% |
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Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Performance and Fund Facts as of June 30, 2022
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain more current performance information, please visit www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Seven-Day Average Yield Trend for Previous 12 Months1
Seven-Day Yields2
The seven-day yield is the income generated by the fund’s holdings minus the fund’s operating expenses. The seven-day yields are calculated using standard SEC formulas. The effective yield includes the effect of reinvesting daily dividends. Please remember that money market fund yields fluctuate.
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Ticker Symbol | SWPXX |
| Seven-Day Yield (with waivers)3 | 1.21% |
| Seven-Day Yield (without waivers)3 | 1.21% |
| Seven-Day Effective Yield (with waivers)3 | 1.22% |
You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the fund at any time.
| 1 | Due to a special distribution of ordinary income, the fund’s stated yields temporarily increased in October and December 2021. |
| 2 | Fund yields do not reflect the additional fees and expenses imposed by the insurance company under the variable insurance product contract. If those contract fees and expenses were included, the yields would be less than those shown. Please refer to the variable insurance product prospectus for a complete listing of these expenses. |
| 3 | The Seven-Day Yield (with waivers) is the average income paid out over the previous seven days assuming interest income is not reinvested and it reflects the effect of any applicable waivers. Absent such waivers, the fund’s yield would have been lower. The Seven-Day Yield (without waivers) is the yield without the effect of any applicable waivers. The Seven-Day Effective Yield is the yield with waivers assuming that all interest income is reinvested in additional shares of the fund. For additional details, see financial note 4. |
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
The Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED) 1,2 | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AT 1/1/22 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE (NET OF EXPENSES) AT 6/30/22 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/223 | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | ||||
| Actual Return | 0.19% | $1,000.00 | $1,001.20 | $0.94 |
| Hypothetical 5% Return | 0.19% | $1,000.00 | $1,023.85 | $0.95 |
| 1 | Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio. |
| 2 | Expense ratio (annualized) reflects the effect of a voluntary yield waiver. (See financial note 4) |
| 3 | Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 181 days of the period, and divided by the 365 days of the fiscal year. |
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Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| 1/1/22– 6/30/22* | 1/1/21– 12/31/21 | 1/1/20– 12/31/20 | 1/1/19– 12/31/19 | 1/1/18– 12/31/18 | 1/1/17– 12/31/17 | |
| Per-Share Data | ||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||
| Net investment income (loss)1 | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 2 |
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | (0.00) 2 | 0.00 2 |
| Total from investment operations | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.00 2 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 2 |
| Less distributions: | ||||||
| Distributions from net investment income | (0.00) 2 | (0.00) 2,3 | (0.00) 2 | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.00) 2 |
| Net asset value at end of period | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Total return | 0.12% 4 | 0.06% 3 | 0.28% | 1.91% | 1.52% | 0.45% |
| Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||
| Net operating expenses | 0.19% 5,6 | 0.06% 5 | 0.26% 7,8 | 0.35% | 0.35% | 0.46% 9 |
| Gross operating expenses | 0.26% 6 | 0.27% | 0.41% | 0.47% | 0.48% | 0.50% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 0.26% 6 | 0.06% | 0.25% | 1.88% | 1.55% | 0.44% |
| Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000) | $227 | $185 | $185 | $149 | $138 | $95 |
| * | Unaudited. |
| 1 | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period. |
| 2 | Per-share amount was less than $0.005. |
| 3 | These amounts include a non-recurring special distribution. The effect on the distributions from net investment income was less than $0.005 and the effect on the total return was 0.05%. |
| 4 | Not annualized. |
| 5 | Reflects the effect of a voluntary yield waiver. (See financial note 4) |
| 6 | Annualized. |
| 7 | Effective September 24, 2020, the contractual expense limitation changed. The ratio presented for period ended December 31, 2020 is a blended ratio. |
| 8 | Reflects the effect of a voluntary yield waiver in excess of the contractual expense limitation. |
| 9 | Effective October 3, 2017, the contractual expense limitation changed. The ratio presented for period ended December 31, 2017 is a blended ratio. |
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See financial notes
Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) monthly on Form N-MFP, which is available immediately upon filing. The fund’s Form N-MFP is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings 5 business days after month end on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
For fixed-rate obligations and repurchase agreements, the rate shown is the coupon rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued) and if the coupon rate is not available, the effective yield at the time of purchase is shown. For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate as of the report date based on each security’s rate reset date. The reference rate and spread used is shown parenthetically in the security description, if available; if not, the reference rate is described in a footnote. The date shown in the maturity date column below is either the date on which the principal amount must be paid or the date payment must be made pursuant to a demand feature. If the security’s structure includes one of a number of maturity-shortening provisions set forth in Rule 2a-7, such as an interest rate reset, demand feature or put feature, the effective maturity date is also disclosed. If the effective maturity and maturity date are the same, the date will only appear in the maturity date column.
| Issuer | Footnotes | Rate | Effective Maturity | Maturity Date | Face Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT 12.0% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||
| FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS FUNDING CORP | ||||||
| 0.07% | 07/06/22 | 100,000 | 99,999 | |||
| (SOFR + 0.04%) | (a) | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 07/08/22 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| 0.20% | 07/13/22 | 900,000 | 900,035 | |||
| 0.07% | 07/19/22 | 300,000 | 299,990 | |||
| (SOFR + 0.09%) | (a) | 1.60% | 07/01/22 | 07/25/22 | 300,000 | 299,999 |
| 0.10% | 08/02/22 | 400,000 | 400,005 | |||
| 0.09% | 08/18/22 | 200,000 | 199,976 | |||
| 0.11% | 08/31/22 | 200,000 | 199,963 | |||
| (EFFR - 0.02%) | (a) | 1.56% | 07/01/22 | 09/08/22 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
| 1.70% | 09/19/22 | 100,000 | 100,344 | |||
| 0.99% | 10/11/22 | 100,000 | 99,722 | |||
| 1.01% | 10/12/22 | 200,000 | 199,428 | |||
| 0.19% | 10/13/22 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |||
| 1.03% | 10/17/22 | 300,000 | 299,082 | |||
| (SOFR + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.57% | 07/01/22 | 10/21/22 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| 0.15% | 11/16/22 | 500,000 | 499,958 | |||
| (SOFR + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.57% | 07/01/22 | 12/28/22 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,447 |
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.02%) | (a) | 1.78% | 07/06/22 | 05/01/23 | 700,000 | 700,000 |
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.03%) | (a) | 1.78% | 07/06/22 | 07/13/23 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
| (EFFR - 0.01%) | (a) | 1.57% | 07/01/22 | 07/21/23 | 900,000 | 900,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.03%) | (a) | 1.54% | 07/01/22 | 08/28/23 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.57% | 07/01/22 | 11/07/23 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.04%) | (a) | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 11/28/23 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| (EFFR + 0.03%) | (a) | 1.61% | 07/01/22 | 12/08/23 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.12%) | (a) | 1.63% | 07/01/22 | 12/08/23 | 300,000 | 300,262 |
| (SOFR + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.57% | 07/01/22 | 12/13/23 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
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Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| Issuer | Footnotes | Rate | Effective Maturity | Maturity Date | Face Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS | ||||||
| (SOFR + 0.01%) | (a) | 1.52% | 07/01/22 | 07/18/22 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.01%) | (a) | 1.52% | 07/01/22 | 08/05/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 0.13% | 08/12/22 | 200,000 | 200,007 | |||
| 1.68% | 08/26/22 | 600,000 | 598,441 | |||
| (SOFR + 0.01%) | (a) | 1.52% | 07/01/22 | 08/30/22 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| 1.92% | 09/07/22 | 840,000 | 836,969 | |||
| 3.13% | 09/09/22 | 100,000 | 100,581 | |||
| 1.90% | 09/19/22 | 1,200,000 | 1,194,960 | |||
| 1.90% | 09/20/22 | 1,000,000 | 995,747 | |||
| 0.21% | 12/02/22 | 700,000 | 700,000 | |||
| 2.17% | 02/06/23 | 200,000 | 200,647 | |||
| 2.15% | 02/08/23 | 300,000 | 300,944 | |||
| 1.25% | 03/21/23 | 750,000 | 750,000 | |||
| 1.02% | 03/30/23 | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||
| (b) | 1.13% | 03/30/23 | 400,000 | 399,940 | ||
| (b) | 1.28% | 04/05/23 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||
| (b) | 1.60% | 05/02/23 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||
| 2.00% | 05/23/23 | 600,000 | 600,000 | |||
| (b) | 1.90% | 06/02/23 | 400,000 | 400,000 | ||
| (b) | 2.75% | 07/14/23 | 700,000 | 700,000 | ||
| FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION | ||||||
| (SOFR + 0.10%) | (a) | 1.61% | 07/01/22 | 08/19/22 | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
| (SOFR + 0.10%) | (a) | 1.61% | 07/01/22 | 09/09/22 | 800,000 | 800,000 |
| (b) | 1.40% | 04/21/23 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||
| FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION | ||||||
| 2.00% | 08/26/22 | 100,000 | 100,293 | |||
| 1.38% | 09/06/22 | 100,000 | 100,233 | |||
| 0.25% | 05/22/23 | 600,000 | 590,277 | |||
| Total U.S. Government Agency Debt (Cost $27,168,249) | 27,168,249 | |||||
| U.S. TREASURY DEBT 11.8% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||
| UNITED STATES TREASURY | ||||||
| 0.09% | 07/14/22 | 1,000,000 | 999,968 | |||
| 0.13% | 07/31/22 | 500,000 | 500,020 | |||
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.81% | 07/01/22 | 07/31/22 | 2,800,000 | 2,799,994 |
| 1.88% | 07/31/22 | 700,000 | 701,037 | |||
| 2.00% | 07/31/22 | 500,000 | 500,792 | |||
| 0.11% | 08/11/22 | 600,000 | 599,928 | |||
| 1.50% | 08/15/22 | 2,500,000 | 2,504,396 | |||
| 0.13% | 08/31/22 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,114 | |||
| 1.63% | 08/31/22 | 1,200,000 | 1,202,954 | |||
| 1.88% | 08/31/22 | 600,000 | 601,802 | |||
| 1.50% | 09/15/22 | 2,300,000 | 2,306,774 | |||
| 0.13% | 09/30/22 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,139 | |||
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| Issuer | Footnotes | Rate | Effective Maturity | Maturity Date | Face Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| 1.75% | 09/30/22 | 900,000 | 903,725 | |||
| 1.88% | 09/30/22 | 600,000 | 602,590 | |||
| 0.13% | 10/31/22 | 900,000 | 896,374 | |||
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.06%) | (a) | 1.81% | 07/01/22 | 10/31/22 | 500,000 | 499,992 |
| 1.63% | 11/15/22 | 600,000 | 602,676 | |||
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.05%) | (a) | 1.81% | 07/01/22 | 01/31/23 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,403 |
| 2.00% | 02/15/23 | 500,000 | 502,882 | |||
| 0.13% | 02/28/23 | 600,000 | 593,258 | |||
| 2.63% | 02/28/23 | 800,000 | 803,929 | |||
| 0.13% | 03/31/23 | 1,000,000 | 984,659 | |||
| 2.50% | 03/31/23 | 500,000 | 503,259 | |||
| 0.13% | 04/30/23 | 200,000 | 196,571 | |||
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.03%) | (a) | 1.79% | 07/01/22 | 04/30/23 | 700,000 | 700,053 |
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.03%) | (a) | 1.79% | 07/01/22 | 07/31/23 | 500,000 | 500,008 |
| (3 mo. US TBILL + 0.04%) | (a) | 1.79% | 07/01/22 | 10/31/23 | 400,000 | 399,995 |
| Total U.S. Treasury Debt (Cost $26,808,292) | 26,808,292 | |||||
| VARIABLE RATE DEMAND NOTES 0.4% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||
| FARR LIFE LLC | ||||||
| TAXABLE VARIABLE RATE DEMAND NOTES SERIES 2022 (LOC: FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS) | (a)(c) | 1.63% | 07/07/22 | 600,000 | 600,000 | |
| LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTH | ||||||
| RB (LOUISE S. MCGEHEE SCHOOL) SERIES 2010 (LOC: FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS) | (a)(c) | 1.05% | 07/07/22 | 5,000 | 5,000 | |
| NEW DUBLIN SQUARE | ||||||
| TAXABLE M/F HOUSING RB (DUBLIN SQUARE) SERIES 2022 (LOC: FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS) | (a)(c) | 1.64% | 07/07/22 | 300,000 | 300,000 | |
| TEXAS DEPT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS | ||||||
| M/F HOUSING RB (TOWER RIDGE APTS) SERIES 2005 (LOC: FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION) | (a)(c) | 1.05% | 07/07/22 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| Total Variable Rate Demand Notes (Cost $1,005,000) | 1,005,000 | |||||
| INVESTMENT COMPANIES 0.0% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS 0.0% | ||||||
| STATE STREET INSTITUTIONAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND, PREMIER CLASS | (d) | 1.43% | 45,600 | 45,600 | ||
| Total Investment Companies (Cost $45,600) | 45,600 | |||||
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| ISSUER | FOOTNOTES | RATE | EFFECTIVE MATURITY | MATURITY DATE | MATURITY AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
| REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS 75.8% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||
| U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS* 66.9% | ||||||
| BANCO SANTANDER SA | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.56% | 07/01/22 | 1,000,043 | 1,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $1,030,001, 2.00% - 2.98%, due 07/01/34 - 04/01/52) | ||||||
| BANK OF MONTREAL | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 20,000,861 | 20,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $20,600,887, 1.34% - 4.50%, due 09/01/28 - 07/01/52) | ||||||
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 15,000,646 | 15,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $15,750,678, 7.12%, due 09/25/31) | ||||||
| BOFA SECURITIES INC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 30,001,292 | 30,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $30,900,000, 2.92% - 3.37%, due 06/01/34 - 01/01/38) | ||||||
| DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS AMERICA INC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 10,000,431 | 10,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $10,376,857, 0.25% - 4.00%, due 03/15/24 - 04/01/52) | ||||||
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG (NEW YORK BRANCH) | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 20,000,861 | 20,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $21,000,905, 3.75%, due 11/15/46) | ||||||
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO LLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/07/22 | 1.55% | 07/07/22 | 5,001,507 | 5,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $5,100,000, 4.50%, due 06/20/52) | ||||||
| JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 20,000,861 | 20,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $20,600,000, 1.75% - 5.00%, due 06/01/33 - 01/01/52) | ||||||
| MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 20,000,861 | 20,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities valued at $20,400,068, 0.63%, due 10/15/24) | ||||||
| RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 10,000,431 | 10,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $10,200,480, 0.13% - 3.50%, due 12/31/24 - 11/20/51) | ||||||
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| ISSUER | FOOTNOTES | RATE | EFFECTIVE MATURITY | MATURITY DATE | MATURITY AMOUNT ($) | VALUE ($) |
| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES LLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.56% | 07/01/22 | 1,000,043 | 1,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Securities valued at $1,040,046, 3.50%, due 07/01/37) | ||||||
| 152,000,000 | ||||||
| U.S. TREASURY REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS 8.9% | ||||||
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 5,175,614 | 5,175,391 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities valued at $5,279,176, 2.00%, due 11/15/26) | ||||||
| FICC - BANK OF NEW YORK | ||||||
| Issued 06/30/22, repurchase date 07/01/22 | 1.55% | 07/01/22 | 15,000,646 | 15,000,000 | ||
| (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Securities valued at $15,300,025, 0.38%, due 07/31/27) | ||||||
| 20,175,391 | ||||||
| Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $172,175,391) | 172,175,391 | |||||
| Total Investments in Securities (Cost $227,202,532) | 227,202,532 | |||||
| * | Collateralized via U.S. Government Agency Securities or less frequently by higher rated U.S. Treasury Securities. |
| (a) | Variable rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. |
| (b) | Step up security that pays an initial coupon rate for a set period and increased coupon rates at one or more preset intervals. Rate shown is as of period end. |
| (c) | VRDN is a municipal security which allows holders to sell their security through a put or tender feature, at par value plus accrued interest. The interest rate resets on a periodic basis, the majority of which are weekly but may be daily or monthly. Unless a reference rate and spread is shown parenthetically, the Remarketing Agent, generally a dealer, determines the interest rate for the security at each interest rate reset date. The rate is typically based on the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index. |
| (d) | The rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| EFFR — | Effective Federal Funds Rate is published daily by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is based on the interest rate financial institutions charge each other for overnight funds. |
| FICC — | Fixed Income Clearing Corp |
| LOC — | Letter of credit |
| M/F — | Multi-family |
| RB — | Revenue bond |
| SIFMA — | Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index is a market index comprised of high-grade 7-day tax-exempt Variable Rate Demand Obligations with certain characteristics. |
| SOFR — | Secured Overnight Financing Rate is published daily by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is based on the cost of borrowing cash overnight collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. |
| US TBILL — | The reference rate is the weekly auction stop for the U.S. Treasury Bill. |
| VRDN — | Variable rate demand note |
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
| DESCRIPTION | QUOTED PRICES IN ACTIVE MARKETS FOR IDENTICAL ASSETS (LEVEL 1) | OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 2) | SIGNIFICANT UNOBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 3) | TOTAL |
| Assets | ||||
| U.S. Government Agency Debt1 | $— | $27,168,249 | $— | $27,168,249 |
| U.S. Treasury Debt1 | — | 26,808,292 | — | 26,808,292 |
| Variable Rate Demand Notes1 | — | 1,005,000 | — | 1,005,000 |
| Investment Companies1 | 45,600 | — | — | 45,600 |
| Repurchase Agreements1 | — | 172,175,391 | — | 172,175,391 |
| Total | $45,600 | $227,156,932 | $— | $227,202,532 |
| 1 | As categorized in the Portfolio Holdings. |
Fund investments in mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by the mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2022; unaudited
| Assets | ||
| Investments in securities, at cost and value - unaffiliated (Note 2a) | $55,027,141 | |
| Repurchase agreements, at cost and value — unaffiliated (Note 2a) | 172,175,391 | |
| Receivables: | ||
| Fund shares sold | 728,024 | |
| Interest | 128,643 | |
| Dividends | + | 40 |
| Total assets | 228,059,239 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payables: | ||
| Fund shares redeemed | 643,388 | |
| Distributions to shareholders | 111,135 | |
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 34,654 | |
| Due to custodian | 3,663 | |
| Accrued expenses | + | 80,365 |
| Total liabilities | 873,205 | |
| Net assets | $227,186,034 | |
| Net Assets by Source | ||
| Capital received from investors | $227,138,888 | |
| Total distributable earnings | + | 47,146 |
| Net assets | $227,186,034 | |
| Net Asset Value (NAV) | ||||
| Net Assets | ÷ | Shares Outstanding | = | NAV |
| $227,186,034 | 227,185,713 | $1.00 | ||
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Statement of Operations
| For the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022; unaudited | ||
| Investment Income | ||
| Interest received from securities - unaffiliated | $454,912 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 192,018 | |
| Portfolio accounting fees | 28,651 | |
| Professional fees | 16,290 | |
| Custodian fees | 14,509 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 6,891 | |
| Shareholder reports | 3,570 | |
| Transfer agent fees | 304 | |
| Other expenses | + | 1,359 |
| Total expenses | 263,592 | |
| Expense reduction | – | 73,813 |
| Net expenses | – | 189,779 |
| Net investment income | 265,133 | |
| REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | ||
| Net realized gains on sales of securities - unaffiliated | 306 | |
| Increase in net assets resulting from operations | $265,439 | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
| OPERATIONS | |||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||
| Net investment income | $265,133 | $111,865 | |
| Net realized gains | + | 306 | 880 |
| Increase in net assets from operations | $265,439 | $112,745 | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | |||
| Total distributions | ($264,889) | ($111,865) | |
| TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES* | |||
| Shares sold | 106,757,391 | 151,802,828 | |
| Shares reinvested | 153,753 | 111,865 | |
| Shares redeemed | + | (64,641,725) | (152,073,454) |
| Net transactions in fund shares | 42,269,419 | (158,761) | |
| NET ASSETS | |||
| Beginning of period | $184,916,065 | $185,073,946 | |
| Total increase (decrease) | + | 42,269,969 | (157,881) |
| End of period | $227,186,034 | $184,916,065 | |
| * | Transactions took place at $1.00 per share; figures for share quantities are the same as for dollars. |
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Financial Notes, unaudited
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio (the fund) is a series of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
| SCHWAB ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS (ORGANIZED JANUARY 21, 1994) | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | |
The fund in this report offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of a fund. Each share has a par value of 1/1,000 of a cent, and the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) may authorize the issuance of as many shares as necessary.
The fund is available exclusively as an investment vehicle for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered by separate accounts of participating life insurance companies, and in the future may be offered to pension and retirement plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At June 30, 2022, 100% of the fund’s shares were held through separate accounts of seven insurance companies. Subscriptions and redemptions of these insurance separate accounts could have a material impact on the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the Board, the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
Securities in the fund are valued at amortized cost (which approximates fair value) as permitted in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. In the event that security valuations do not approximate fair value, securities may be fair valued as determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that a fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by an underlying fund.
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. Securities held by stable NAV money funds operating pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act are valued at amortized cost which approximates current fair value and are considered to be valued using Level 2 inputs.
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Repurchase Agreements: In a repurchase agreement, a fund buys a security from another party (the counterparty), usually a financial institution, with the agreement that it be sold back in the future. Repurchase agreements subject a fund to counterparty risk, meaning that the fund could lose money if the other party fails to perform under the terms of the agreement. The fund mitigates this risk by ensuring that a fund’s repurchase agreements are collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government securities. All collateral is held by the fund’s custodian (or, with multi-party agreements, the agent’s bank) and is monitored daily to ensure that its fair value is at least equal to the maturity amount under the agreement. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed or limited and the value of the collateral may decline. Investments in repurchase agreements are also based on a review of the credit quality of the repurchase agreement counterparty.
As of June 30, 2022, the fund had investments in repurchase agreements with a gross value of $172,175,391 as disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings and the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The value of the related collateral disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings exceeded the value of the repurchase agreements at period end.
Delayed-Delivery Transactions: The fund may buy securities at a predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place after the customary settlement period for that type of security. The fund will assume the rights and risks of ownership at the time of purchase, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. Typically, no interest will accrue to the fund until the security is delivered. The fund will earmark or segregate appropriate liquid assets to cover its delayed-delivery purchase obligations, if any.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. If the fund buys a debt security at a discount (less than face value) or a premium (more than face value), it amortizes premiums and accretes discounts from the purchase settlement date up to maturity. The fund then increases (in the case of discounts) or reduces (in the case of premiums) the income it records from the security. Certain securities may be callable (meaning that the issuer has the option to pay it off before its maturity date). The fund amortizes the premium and accretes the discount on each callable security to the security’s maturity date, except when the purchase price is higher than the call price at the security’s call date (in which case the premium is amortized to the call date). Dividends and distributions from underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date). Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Expenses that are common to more than one fund in the trusts generally are allocated among those funds in proportion to their average daily net assets.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund declares distributions from net investment income, if any, every day it is open for business. The fund makes distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to the participating insurance company’s (shareholders) separate accounts each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
(j) Recent Accounting Standards:
In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update “Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (Topic 848)” (ASU 2020-04), which provides optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered based reference rates at the end of 2021. The temporary relief provided is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. At this time, management believes the adoption of ASU 2020-04 will not have a material impact to the financial statements.
3. Risk Factors:
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics may also negatively affect the financial markets. These events could reduce consumer demand or economic output; result in market closures, low or negative interest rates, travel restrictions or quarantines; and significantly adversely impact the economy. Governmental and
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
quasi-governmental authorities and regulators throughout the world have in the past often responded to serious economic disruptions with a variety of significant fiscal and monetary policy changes which could have an unexpected impact on financial markets and the fund’s investments. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Investment Risk. You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the fund at any time.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund’s yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low or there are negative interest rates, the fund’s yield (and total return) also could be low or even negative. In addition, the fund may be unable to pay expenses out of fund assets or maintain a stable $1.00 share price. Also, a change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets. A sudden or unpredictable rise or decline in interest rates may cause volatility. Volatility in the market may decrease liquidity in the money market securities markets, making it more difficult for the fund to sell its money market investments at a time when the investment adviser might wish to sell such investments. Decreased market liquidity also may make it more difficult to value some or all of the fund’s money market securities holdings.
Stable Net Asset Value Risk. If the fund or another money market fund fails to maintain a stable net asset value (or such perception exists in the market place), the fund could experience increased redemptions, which may adversely impact the fund’s share price. The fund is permitted, among other things, to reduce or withhold any income and/or gains generated by the fund to maintain a stable $1.00 share price.
Repurchase Agreements Risk. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, the fund is exposed to the risk that the other party (i.e. the counterparty) will not fulfill its contractual obligation. In a repurchase agreement, there exists the risk that, when the fund buys a security from a counterparty that agrees to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price (usually higher) and time, the counterparty will not repurchase the security.
Credit Risk. A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Even though the fund’s investments in repurchase agreements are collateralized at all times, there is some risk to the fund if the other party should default on its obligations and the fund is delayed or prevented from recovering or disposing of the collateral. The credit quality of the fund’s portfolio holdings can change rapidly in certain market environments and any downgrade or default on the part of a single portfolio investment could cause the fund’s share price or yield to fall.
Certain U.S. government securities that the fund invests in are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, which means they are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Although maintained in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) since September 2008, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) maintain only lines of credit with the U.S. Treasury. The Federal Home Loan Banks maintain limited access to credit lines from the U.S. Treasury. Other securities, such as obligations issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, are supported solely by the credit of the issuer. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will provide financial support to securities of its agencies and instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so under law. Also, any government guarantees on securities the fund owns do not extend to the shares of the fund itself.
Management Risk. Any actively managed mutual fund is subject to the risk that its investment adviser will select investments or allocate assets in a manner that could cause the fund to underperform or otherwise not meet its investment objective. The fund’s investment adviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results. The investment adviser’s maturity decisions will also affect the fund’s yield, and potentially could affect its share price. To the extent that the investment adviser anticipates interest rate trends imprecisely, the fund’s yield at times could lag the yields of other money market funds.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
Redemption Risk. The fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the fund to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, particularly during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the fund’s ability to maintain a stable $1.00 share price. In the event any money market fund fails to maintain a stable net asset value, other money market funds, including the fund, could face a market-wide risk of increased redemption pressures, potentially jeopardizing the stability of their $1.00 share prices.
Money Market Fund Regulation Risk. The SEC and other regulatory agencies continue to review the regulation of money market funds. As of the date of this shareholder report, the SEC has proposed amendments to the rules that govern money market funds. These proposed amendments, if implemented, may affect the fund’s investment strategies, performance, yield, expenses, operations and continued viability.
Money Market Fund Risk. The fund is not designed to offer capital appreciation. In exchange for their emphasis on stability and liquidity, money market investments may offer lower long-term performance than stock or bond investments.
Tax Diversification Risk. As described above, the fund intends to operate as a government money market fund under the regulations governing money market funds. Additionally, the fund intends to meet the diversification requirements that are applicable to insurance company separate accounts under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Diversification Requirements). To satisfy the Diversification Requirements applicable to variable annuity contracts, the value of the assets of the fund invested in securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities must remain below specified thresholds. For these purposes, each U.S. government agency or instrumentality is treated as a separate issuer.
Operating as a government money market fund may make it difficult for the fund to meet the Diversification Requirements. This difficulty may be exacerbated by the potential increase in demand for the types of securities in which the fund invests as a result of changes to the rules that govern SEC registered money market funds. A failure to satisfy the Diversification Requirements could have significant adverse tax consequences for variable life insurance and variable annuity contract owners whose contract values are determined by investment in the fund.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser and administrator pursuant to an Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement between the investment adviser and the trust.
For its advisory and administrative services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, payable monthly, equal to 0.19% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Contractual Expense Limitation
The investment adviser and its affiliates have made an additional agreement with the fund, for so long as the investment adviser serves as the investment adviser to the fund, which may only be amended or terminated with the approval of the Board, to limit the total annual fund operating expenses charged, excluding interest, taxes, and certain non-routine expenses (expense limitation) to 0.34%.
During the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund waived a total of $73,813 in expenses, all of which was waived voluntarily.
Voluntary Yield Waiver/Reimbursement
The investment adviser and its affiliates may waive and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a positive net yield for the fund.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section)in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund’s total purchases and sales of securities with other funds in the Fund Complex was $0 and $2,745,673 respectively, and includes realized gains (losses) of $0.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.
5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees, but it did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted on the fund’s Statement of Operations. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
6. Borrowing from Banks
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the fund paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company, maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the fund pays interest on the amount it borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is disclosed on the fund’s Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.
7. Federal Income Taxes:
At June 30, 2022, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $227,156,932 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $45,600 and ($0), respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $45,600.
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2022. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS |
| ORDINARY INCOME |
| $111,865 |
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
7. Federal Income Taxes (continued):
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements. The fund may also designate a portion of the amount paid to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for tax purposes.
As of December 31, 2021, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
8. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Shareholder Vote Results (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the “Trust”) was held on June 1, 2022, for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval to elect the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: Walter W. Bettinger II, Richard A. Wurster, Michael J. Beer, Robert W. Burns, Nancy F. Heller, David L. Mahoney, Jane P. Moncreiff, Kiran M. Patel, Kimberly S. Patmore, and J. Derek Penn. The number of votes necessary to conduct the Special Meeting and approve the proposal was obtained. The results of the shareholder vote are listed below:
| Proposal – To elect each of the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: | For | Withheld |
| Walter W. Bettinger II | 230,987,903.571 | 12,054,386.634 |
| Richard A. Wurster | 230,979,914.087 | 12,062,376.118 |
| Michael J. Beer | 230,823,461.997 | 12,218,828.208 |
| Robert W. Burns | 231,075,703.121 | 11,966,587.084 |
| Nancy F. Heller | 231,085,949.283 | 11,956,340.922 |
| David L. Mahoney | 231,103,532.111 | 11,938,758.094 |
| Jane P. Moncreiff | 231,003,818.140 | 12,038,472.065 |
| Kiran M. Patel | 231,002,127.696 | 12,040,162.509 |
| Kimberly S. Patmore | 229,583,567.139 | 13,458,723.066 |
| J. Derek Penn | 230,848,948.394 | 12,193,341.811 |
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory and administration agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management) (the investment adviser) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by the investment adviser, including information about the investment adviser’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to the investment adviser seeking certain relevant information. The responses by the investment adviser are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of the investment adviser and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on May 16, 2022 and June 8, 2022, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 8, 2022 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
| 1. | the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund; |
| 2. | the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds and benchmark data; |
| 3. | the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar mutual funds; |
| 4. | the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the investment adviser and its affiliates; and |
| 5. | the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. |
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, the investment adviser’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by the investment adviser relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments the investment adviser has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business
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continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees considered Schwab’s overall financial condition and its reputation as a full service brokerage firm, as well as the wide range of products, services, and account features that benefit Fund shareholders who are brokerage clients of Schwab. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other mutual funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of portfolio yield and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the Fund’s operation as a government money market fund within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and the investment adviser’s profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and the Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other similar mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. The investment adviser reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by the investment adviser in the development of the Fund and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees considered the effects of the investment adviser’s and Schwab’s practice of historically using voluntary waivers (which the investment adviser will not recoup) to maintain a certain yield. The Trustees also considered fees charged by the investment adviser to other mutual funds and to other types of accounts, but, with respect to such other types of accounts, accorded less weight to such comparisons due to the different legal, regulatory, compliance and operating features of mutual funds as compared to these other types of accounts, and the unique insurance dedicated
distribution arrangements of the Fund as compared to other funds managed by the investment adviser, as well as any differences in the nature and scope of the services the investment adviser provides to these other accounts and any differences in the market for these types of accounts. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to the investment adviser and its affiliates, directly or indirectly, and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of the investment adviser relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by the investment adviser from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, the investment adviser obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that the investment adviser continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of the investment adviser is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through (i) the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by the investment adviser in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders; and (ii) pricing a fund to scale and keeping overall expenses down as the fund grows. The Trustees acknowledged that the investment adviser has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in the investment adviser’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that the investment adviser’s internal costs of providing investment management,
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technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continue to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees considered that the investment adviser and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not
identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and the related expenses borne by the investment adviser and its affiliates and such other matters as the Trustees considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Annuity Portfolios, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 104 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
| Independent Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Retired/Private Investor. | 104 | None |
| Nancy F. Heller 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Retired. | 104 | None |
| David L. Mahoney 1954 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Private Investor. | 104 | Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Director (2009 – 2021), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation |
| Jane P. Moncreiff 1961 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019) | Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). | 104 | None |
| Kiran M. Patel 1948 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Retired. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation |
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| Independent Trustees (continued) | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Kimberly S. Patmore 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). | 104 | None |
J. Derek Penn 1957 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial services). | 104 | None |
| Interested Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Chairman and Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010) | Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President (Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director (May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), and President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| Joseph R. Martinetto2 1962 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Managing Director (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2018 – Apr. 2022), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present) and Chief Financial Officer (Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. | 104 | None |
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| Officers of the Trust | |
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served3) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years |
| Jonathan de St. Paer 1973 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee (Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Director (Mar. 2019 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Managing Director (May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
| Mark Fischer 1970 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present) and Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director (July 2020 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. |
| Omar Aguilar 1970 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present) and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| Brett Wander 1961 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| William P. McMahon, Jr. 1972 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc. |
| Catherine MacGregor 1964 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009) | Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President (Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs. |
| 1 | Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first. |
| 2 | Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of Schwab. |
| 3 | The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board. |
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Notes
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Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting Schwab’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Sector/Industry classifications in this report use the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The Industry classifications used in the Portfolio Holdings are sub-categories of Sector classifications.
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The Investment Environment
For the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022, U.S. equity markets lost ground as inflation accelerated, interest rates rose, and, in late February, Russia invaded Ukraine. The commodities market was one of the few rising markets, as oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014. Economic growth slowed around the world and fears of an impending recession rose. The spread of COVID-19 continued to weigh on economic growth worldwide, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant and subvariants keeping infection rates high in many areas. For the six-month reporting period, the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, returned -19.96%.
Amid fading government stimuli, ongoing supply chain disruptions, persisting inflation, and a widening U.S. trade deficit, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annualized rate of -1.6% for the first quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate, which has fallen steadily since skyrocketing in April 2020, ended the reporting period near pre-pandemic lows. Inflation rose through the reporting period, with just a slight downtick in April, ending the reporting period at its highest level in more than 40 years, due to imbalances in the labor market, supply chain bottlenecks, and soaring energy costs.
After maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% through mid-March, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 0.25% in mid-March, 0.50% in early May, and 0.75% in mid-June in an effort to achieve a return to price stability. The federal funds rate ended the reporting period in a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. In addition, the Fed’s bond-buying program, which it had begun to scale back in November 2021, was ended altogether in early March 2022. In June, the Fed also began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets it holds on its balance sheet, vowing to be more aggressive than during its last round of quantitative tightening in 2017 through 2019.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended June 30, 2022
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
Data source: Index provider websites and Schwab Asset Management.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
| * | The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes. |
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The Investment Environment (continued)
Over the reporting period, growth stocks significantly underperformed value stocks, and small-cap stocks slightly underperformed large-cap stocks. All but one of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500® Index posted negative returns for the reporting period. The weakest sector of the index was the consumer discretionary sector. Throughout the period, earnings estimates of major retailers were revised downward as high inflation, gasoline prices, and borrowing costs impacted spending on non-essential goods. The communication services and information technology sectors were also weak, as stocks including Tesla, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Alphabet, Inc., Apple Inc., and Microsoft Corp. all posted their worst quarterly returns in years on continuing component shortages and reduced demand. The energy sector was the only sector in the index to post a positive return. Amid ongoing shortages and the continuing war in Ukraine, demand for oil outstripped supply, driving prices significantly higher.
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Portfolio Management
 | Christopher Bliss, CFA, Managing Director and Head of Passive Equity Strategies for Schwab Asset Management, is responsible for overseeing the investment process, portfolio management and implementation, and development of investment strategies for passive equity Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs. Before joining Schwab in 2016, Mr. Bliss spent 12 years at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) managing and leading institutional index teams, most recently as a managing director and the head of the Americas institutional index team. In this role, Mr. Bliss was responsible for overseeing a team of portfolio managers managing domestic, developed international and emerging markets index strategies. Prior to BlackRock, he worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Harris Bretall and before that, as a research analyst for JP Morgan. |
 | Jeremy Brown, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2017, Mr. Brown spent six years with ALPS Advisors, Inc. in Denver, most recently as a senior analyst on the ETF portfolio management and research team where he performed portfolio management, trading, and analytics/research functions for ALPS ETFs and passive funds. Additionally, Mr. Brown led a number of investment research, commentary, industry trend analysis, and sales and marketing support initiatives. |
 | Ferian Juwono, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2010, Mr. Juwono worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) where he spent more than three years as a portfolio manager, managing equity index funds for institutional clients, and two years as a senior business analyst. Prior to that, Mr. Juwono worked for more than four years as a senior financial analyst with Union Bank of California. |
 | Sabya Sinha, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2015, Mr. Sinha spent a year at F-Squared Investments on the product development and analytics team. Prior to F-Squared, he worked at IndexIQ Advisors as a senior index portfolio manager for three years and for Bank of America’s Columbia Management subsidiary as a portfolio manager for three years. Mr. Sinha also spent time as a software consultant at DPM Mellon, LLC and an equity trader at Jane Street Capital. |
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Average Annual Total Returns1
| Fund and Inception Date | 6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| Fund: Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio (11/01/96) | -19.95% | -10.60% | 11.27% | 12.81% |
| S&P 500® Index | -19.96% | -10.62% | 11.31% | 12.96% |
| Fund Category: Morningstar Large-Cap Blend2 | -19.37% | -11.24% | 10.10% | 12.17% |
| Fund Expense Ratio3: 0.03% | ||||
All total return figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
Index ownership — “Standard & Poor’s®,” “S&P®,” and “S&P 500®” are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P), and “Dow Jones®” is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones) and have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and its affiliates and sublicensed for certain purposes by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. The “S&P 500® Index” is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates, and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Managment, Inc. The Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, or their respective affiliates, and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P, nor their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the fund.
| 1 | Fund performance does not reflect the additional fees and expenses imposed by the insurance company under the variable insurance product contract. If those contract fees and expenses were included, the performance would be less than that shown. Please refer to the variable insurance product prospectus for a complete listing of these expenses. |
| 2 | Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all active and index mutual funds and ETFs within the category as of the report date. |
| 3 | As stated in the prospectus. |
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Performance and Fund Facts as of June 30, 2022
Statistics1
| Number of Holdings | 503 |
| Weighted Average Market Cap ($ x 1,000,000) | $483,540 |
| Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) | 18.5 |
| Price/Book Ratio (P/B) | 3.5 |
| Portfolio Turnover Rate | 7% 2 |
Sector Weightings % of Investments3
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets4
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
Source of Sector Classification: S& P and MSCI.
| 1 | Excludes derivatives. |
| 2 | Not annualized. |
| 3 | The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, excluding derivatives, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets. |
| 4 | This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser. |
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
The Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED) 1 | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AT 1/1/22 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE (NET OF EXPENSES) AT 6/30/22 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/222 | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | ||||
| Actual Return | 0.03% | $1,000.00 | $ 800.50 | $0.13 |
| Hypothetical 5% Return | 0.03% | $1,000.00 | $1,024.65 | $0.15 |
| 1 | Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio. |
| 2 | Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days of the period, and divided by the 365 days of the fiscal year. |
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Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| 1/1/22– 6/30/22* | 1/1/21– 12/31/21 | 1/1/20– 12/31/20 | 1/1/19– 12/31/19 | 1/1/18– 12/31/18 | 1/1/17– 12/31/17 | |
| Per-Share Data | ||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $70.41 | $55.41 | $47.48 | $37.10 | $39.51 | $33.01 |
| Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||
| Net investment income (loss)1 | 0.48 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.71 |
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) | (14.52) | 14.94 | 7.58 | 10.64 | (2.51) | 6.39 |
| Total from investment operations | (14.04) | 15.79 | 8.54 | 11.55 | (1.69) | 7.10 |
| Less distributions: | ||||||
| Distributions from net investment income | (0.77) | (0.79) | (0.53) | (0.78) | (0.68) | (0.59) |
| Distributions from net realized gains | (0.48) | — | (0.08) | (0.39) | (0.04) | (0.01) |
| Total distributions | (1.25) | (0.79) | (0.61) | (1.17) | (0.72) | (0.60) |
| Net asset value at end of period | $55.12 | $70.41 | $55.41 | $47.48 | $37.10 | $39.51 |
| Total return | (19.95%) 2 | 28.67% | 18.28% | 31.48% | (4.40%) | 21.72% |
| Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||
| Total expenses | 0.03% 3 | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.06% 4 |
| Net operating expenses | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A 5 | 0.06% 4 |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.53% 3 | 1.35% | 2.03% | 2.13% | 2.03% | 1.97% |
| Portfolio turnover rate | 7% 2 | 13% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000) | $1,401 | $1,468 | $947 | $588 | $340 | $346 |
| * | Unaudited. |
| 1 | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period. |
| 2 | Not annualized. |
| 3 | Annualized. |
| 4 | Effective March 1, 2017, the annual operating expense ratio was reduced. The ratio presented for period ended 12/31/17 is a blended ratio. |
| 5 | Effective March 1, 2017, the fund instituted a new fee structure and the contractual expense limitation was terminated. |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, typically 60-80 days after the end of the fund’s fiscal quarter.
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| COMMON STOCKS 99.5% OF NET ASSETS | ||
| Automobiles & Components 2.2% | ||
| Aptiv plc * | 11,836 | 1,054,232 |
| BorgWarner, Inc. | 10,463 | 349,150 |
| Ford Motor Co. | 172,506 | 1,919,992 |
| General Motors Co. * | 63,692 | 2,022,858 |
| Tesla, Inc. * | 36,659 | 24,686,904 |
| 30,033,136 | ||
| Banks 3.7% | ||
| Bank of America Corp. | 309,730 | 9,641,895 |
| Citigroup, Inc. | 84,831 | 3,901,378 |
| Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 21,426 | 764,694 |
| Comerica, Inc. | 5,712 | 419,147 |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 29,973 | 1,007,093 |
| First Republic Bank | 7,841 | 1,130,672 |
| Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 62,868 | 756,302 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 128,305 | 14,448,426 |
| KeyCorp | 40,731 | 701,795 |
| M&T Bank Corp. | 7,839 | 1,249,458 |
| Regions Financial Corp. | 40,827 | 765,506 |
| Signature Bank | 2,749 | 492,648 |
| SVB Financial Group * | 2,571 | 1,015,519 |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 18,068 | 2,850,588 |
| Truist Financial Corp. | 58,164 | 2,758,719 |
| U.S. Bancorp | 59,063 | 2,718,079 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 165,583 | 6,485,886 |
| Zions Bancorp NA | 6,613 | 336,602 |
| 51,444,407 | ||
| Capital Goods 5.2% | ||
| 3M Co. | 24,858 | 3,216,874 |
| A.O. Smith Corp. | 5,680 | 310,582 |
| Allegion plc | 3,835 | 375,447 |
| AMETEK, Inc. | 10,087 | 1,108,460 |
| Carrier Global Corp. | 37,056 | 1,321,417 |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | 23,301 | 4,165,287 |
| Cummins, Inc. | 6,164 | 1,192,919 |
| Deere & Co. | 12,196 | 3,652,336 |
| Dover Corp. | 6,297 | 763,952 |
| Eaton Corp. plc | 17,431 | 2,196,132 |
| Emerson Electric Co. | 25,949 | 2,063,983 |
| Fastenal Co. | 25,144 | 1,255,189 |
| Fortive Corp. | 15,658 | 851,482 |
| Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | 5,714 | 342,154 |
| Generac Holdings, Inc. * | 2,789 | 587,308 |
| General Dynamics Corp. | 10,069 | 2,227,766 |
| General Electric Co. | 48,083 | 3,061,445 |
| Honeywell International, Inc. | 29,738 | 5,168,762 |
| Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | 16,431 | 516,755 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 1,749 | 380,967 |
| IDEX Corp. | 3,320 | 603,012 |
| Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 12,380 | 2,256,255 |
| Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 17,734 | 746,247 |
| Johnson Controls International plc | 30,390 | 1,455,073 |
| L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 8,426 | 2,036,564 |
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 10,346 | 4,448,366 |
| Masco Corp. | 10,306 | 521,484 |
| Nordson Corp. | 2,354 | 476,544 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. | 6,383 | 3,054,712 |
| Otis Worldwide Corp. | 18,469 | 1,305,204 |
| PACCAR, Inc. | 15,188 | 1,250,580 |
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 5,608 | 1,379,848 |
| Pentair plc | 7,224 | 330,642 |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 6,278 | 786,885 |
| Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 64,967 | 6,243,978 |
| Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 5,079 | 1,012,296 |
| Snap-on, Inc. | 2,331 | 459,277 |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 6,595 | 691,552 |
| Textron, Inc. | 9,395 | 573,753 |
| The Boeing Co. * | 24,295 | 3,321,612 |
| Trane Technologies plc | 10,216 | 1,326,752 |
| TransDigm Group, Inc. * | 2,265 | 1,215,558 |
| United Rentals, Inc. * | 3,128 | 759,822 |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 1,875 | 852,056 |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 7,980 | 654,998 |
| Xylem, Inc. | 7,867 | 615,042 |
| 73,137,329 | ||
| Commercial & Professional Services 0.8% | ||
| Cintas Corp. | 3,799 | 1,419,041 |
| Copart, Inc. * | 9,338 | 1,014,667 |
| Equifax, Inc. | 5,344 | 976,776 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | 5,619 | 714,343 |
| Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 5,970 | 601,239 |
| Nielsen Holdings plc | 15,713 | 364,856 |
| Republic Services, Inc. | 9,108 | 1,191,964 |
| Robert Half International, Inc. | 4,828 | 361,569 |
| Rollins, Inc. | 9,896 | 345,568 |
| Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 6,898 | 1,193,975 |
| Waste Management, Inc. | 16,687 | 2,552,777 |
| 10,736,775 | ||
| Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.8% | ||
| D.R. Horton, Inc. | 13,995 | 926,329 |
| Garmin Ltd. | 6,665 | 654,836 |
| Hasbro, Inc. | 5,726 | 468,845 |
| Lennar Corp., Class A | 11,297 | 797,229 |
| Mohawk Industries, Inc. * | 2,248 | 278,954 |
| Newell Brands, Inc. | 16,076 | 306,087 |
| NIKE, Inc., Class B | 55,427 | 5,664,640 |
| NVR, Inc. * | 135 | 540,559 |
| PulteGroup, Inc. | 10,380 | 411,360 |
| PVH Corp. | 2,949 | 167,798 |
| Ralph Lauren Corp. | 2,022 | 181,272 |
| Tapestry, Inc. | 10,999 | 335,690 |
| VF Corp. | 14,101 | 622,841 |
| Whirlpool Corp. | 2,455 | 380,206 |
| 11,736,646 | ||
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Consumer Services 1.8% | ||
| Booking Holdings, Inc. * | 1,775 | 3,104,457 |
| Caesars Entertainment, Inc. * | 9,365 | 358,679 |
| Carnival Corp. * | 35,455 | 306,686 |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. * | 1,222 | 1,597,472 |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 5,448 | 616,278 |
| Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 1,575 | 613,793 |
| Expedia Group, Inc. * | 6,622 | 627,964 |
| Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 12,159 | 1,354,999 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. * | 15,021 | 504,555 |
| Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 12,010 | 1,633,480 |
| McDonald’s Corp. | 32,307 | 7,975,952 |
| MGM Resorts International | 15,447 | 447,191 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. * | 18,311 | 203,618 |
| Penn National Gaming, Inc. * | 7,140 | 217,199 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. * | 9,802 | 342,188 |
| Starbucks Corp. | 50,102 | 3,827,292 |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. * | 4,610 | 262,678 |
| Yum! Brands, Inc. | 12,456 | 1,413,881 |
| 25,408,362 | ||
| Diversified Financials 4.9% | ||
| American Express Co. | 26,648 | 3,693,946 |
| Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 4,804 | 1,141,815 |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B * | 79,036 | 21,578,409 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,223 | 3,790,056 |
| Capital One Financial Corp. | 17,171 | 1,789,046 |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 4,642 | 525,428 |
| CME Group, Inc. | 15,703 | 3,214,404 |
| Discover Financial Services | 12,275 | 1,160,970 |
| FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 1,656 | 636,848 |
| Franklin Resources, Inc. | 12,242 | 285,361 |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 24,392 | 2,293,824 |
| Invesco Ltd. | 14,728 | 237,563 |
| MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. | 1,649 | 422,160 |
| Moody's Corp. | 7,014 | 1,907,598 |
| Morgan Stanley | 61,140 | 4,650,308 |
| MSCI, Inc. | 3,545 | 1,461,072 |
| Nasdaq, Inc. | 5,039 | 768,649 |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 9,107 | 878,643 |
| Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 8,498 | 759,806 |
| S&P Global, Inc. | 15,164 | 5,111,178 |
| State Street Corp. | 16,042 | 988,989 |
| Synchrony Financial | 21,908 | 605,099 |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 9,933 | 1,128,488 |
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 32,479 | 1,354,699 |
| The Charles Schwab Corp. (a) | 65,701 | 4,150,989 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 15,005 | 4,456,785 |
| 68,992,133 | ||
| Energy 4.3% | ||
| APA Corp. | 14,776 | 515,682 |
| Baker Hughes Co. | 40,861 | 1,179,657 |
| Chevron Corp. | 85,833 | 12,426,902 |
| ConocoPhillips | 56,506 | 5,074,804 |
| Coterra Energy, Inc. | 35,204 | 907,911 |
| Devon Energy Corp. | 26,814 | 1,477,720 |
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 7,289 | 883,062 |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 25,588 | 2,825,939 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 184,024 | 15,759,815 |
| Halliburton Co. | 39,403 | 1,235,678 |
| Hess Corp. | 12,102 | 1,282,086 |
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 85,175 | 1,427,533 |
| Marathon Oil Corp. | 30,917 | 695,014 |
| Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 23,633 | 1,942,869 |
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 38,895 | 2,290,138 |
| ONEOK, Inc. | 19,507 | 1,082,639 |
| Phillips 66 | 21,016 | 1,723,102 |
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 9,830 | 2,192,876 |
| Schlumberger N.V. | 61,748 | 2,208,108 |
| The Williams Cos., Inc. | 53,205 | 1,660,528 |
| Valero Energy Corp. | 17,828 | 1,894,760 |
| 60,686,823 | ||
| Food & Staples Retailing 1.5% | ||
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | 19,362 | 9,279,819 |
| Sysco Corp. | 22,256 | 1,885,306 |
| The Kroger Co. | 28,661 | 1,356,525 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 31,316 | 1,186,876 |
| Walmart, Inc. | 61,330 | 7,456,502 |
| 21,165,028 | ||
| Food, Beverage & Tobacco 3.7% | ||
| Altria Group, Inc. | 79,094 | 3,303,756 |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 24,583 | 1,907,641 |
| Brown-Forman Corp., Class B | 7,985 | 560,228 |
| Campbell Soup Co. | 8,830 | 424,281 |
| Conagra Brands, Inc. | 20,962 | 717,739 |
| Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 7,110 | 1,657,057 |
| General Mills, Inc. | 26,308 | 1,984,939 |
| Hormel Foods Corp. | 12,380 | 586,317 |
| Kellogg Co. | 11,070 | 789,734 |
| Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 32,223 | 1,140,372 |
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | 6,310 | 450,913 |
| McCormick & Co, Inc. | 10,932 | 910,089 |
| Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 8,226 | 448,399 |
| Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 60,456 | 3,753,713 |
| Monster Beverage Corp. * | 16,429 | 1,522,968 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | 60,402 | 10,066,597 |
| Philip Morris International, Inc. | 67,717 | 6,686,377 |
| The Coca-Cola Co. | 170,439 | 10,722,317 |
| The Hershey Co. | 6,377 | 1,372,075 |
| The JM Smucker Co. | 4,738 | 606,511 |
| The Kraft Heinz Co. | 31,011 | 1,182,760 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 12,735 | 1,095,974 |
| 51,890,757 | ||
| Health Care Equipment & Services 6.2% | ||
| Abbott Laboratories | 76,491 | 8,310,747 |
| ABIOMED, Inc. * | 1,991 | 492,792 |
| Align Technology, Inc. * | 3,202 | 757,817 |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 6,587 | 931,929 |
| Baxter International, Inc. | 21,996 | 1,412,803 |
| Becton Dickinson & Co. | 12,453 | 3,070,038 |
| Boston Scientific Corp. * | 62,451 | 2,327,549 |
| Cardinal Health, Inc. | 11,900 | 622,013 |
| Centene Corp. * | 25,552 | 2,161,955 |
| Cigna Corp. | 13,860 | 3,652,387 |
| CVS Health Corp. | 57,285 | 5,308,028 |
| DaVita, Inc. * | 2,644 | 211,414 |
| Dentsply Sirona, Inc. | 9,411 | 336,255 |
| DexCom, Inc. * | 17,147 | 1,277,966 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp. * | 27,162 | 2,582,835 |
| Elevance Health, Inc. | 10,532 | 5,082,533 |
| HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 9,939 | 1,670,348 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. * | 6,030 | 462,742 |
| Hologic, Inc. * | 10,894 | 754,954 |
| Humana, Inc. | 5,526 | 2,586,555 |
| IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. * | 3,670 | 1,287,179 |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. * | 15,681 | 3,147,334 |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 4,049 | 948,924 |
| McKesson Corp. | 6,350 | 2,071,434 |
| Medtronic plc | 58,605 | 5,259,799 |
| Molina Healthcare, Inc. * | 2,564 | 716,920 |
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 5,127 | 681,788 |
| ResMed, Inc. | 6,391 | 1,339,745 |
| STERIS plc | 4,374 | 901,700 |
| Stryker Corp. | 14,702 | 2,924,669 |
| Teleflex, Inc. | 2,049 | 503,747 |
| The Cooper Cos., Inc. | 2,154 | 674,460 |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 40,984 | 21,050,612 |
| Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 2,932 | 295,282 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 9,155 | 961,824 |
| 86,779,077 | ||
| Household & Personal Products 1.7% | ||
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 10,606 | 982,752 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 36,603 | 2,933,364 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 14,717 | 1,989,003 |
| The Clorox Co. | 5,377 | 758,049 |
| The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | 10,127 | 2,579,043 |
| The Procter & Gamble Co. | 104,815 | 15,071,349 |
| 24,313,560 | ||
| Insurance 2.2% | ||
| Aflac, Inc. | 25,888 | 1,432,383 |
| American International Group, Inc. | 34,608 | 1,769,507 |
| Aon plc, Class A | 9,278 | 2,502,091 |
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 9,178 | 1,496,381 |
| Assurant, Inc. | 2,363 | 408,445 |
| Brown & Brown, Inc. | 10,236 | 597,168 |
| Chubb Ltd. | 18,510 | 3,638,696 |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 6,515 | 775,155 |
| Everest Re Group Ltd. | 1,723 | 482,922 |
| Globe Life, Inc. | 3,963 | 386,274 |
| Lincoln National Corp. | 7,061 | 330,243 |
| Loews Corp. | 8,490 | 503,117 |
| Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 21,927 | 3,404,167 |
| MetLife, Inc. | 30,195 | 1,895,944 |
| Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 10,265 | 685,599 |
| Prudential Financial, Inc. | 16,381 | 1,567,334 |
| The Allstate Corp. | 12,013 | 1,522,408 |
| The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 14,367 | 940,033 |
| The Progressive Corp. | 25,552 | 2,970,931 |
| The Travelers Cos., Inc. | 10,483 | 1,772,990 |
| W.R. Berkley Corp. | 9,153 | 624,784 |
| Willis Towers Watson plc | 4,870 | 961,289 |
| 30,667,861 | ||
| Materials 2.6% | ||
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 9,688 | 2,329,770 |
| Albemarle Corp. | 5,116 | 1,069,142 |
| Amcor plc | 65,651 | 816,042 |
| Avery Dennison Corp. | 3,570 | 577,876 |
| Ball Corp. | 13,971 | 960,786 |
| Celanese Corp. | 4,731 | 556,413 |
| CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 9,113 | 781,257 |
| Corteva, Inc. | 31,615 | 1,711,636 |
| Dow, Inc. | 31,806 | 1,641,508 |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 22,214 | 1,234,654 |
| Eastman Chemical Co. | 5,629 | 505,315 |
| Ecolab, Inc. | 10,857 | 1,669,372 |
| FMC Corp. | 5,502 | 588,769 |
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 63,310 | 1,852,451 |
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 11,133 | 1,326,163 |
| International Paper Co. | 16,189 | 677,186 |
| Linde plc | 21,986 | 6,321,635 |
| LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A | 11,306 | 988,823 |
| Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 2,725 | 815,429 |
| Newmont Corp. | 34,671 | 2,068,819 |
| Nucor Corp. | 11,623 | 1,213,557 |
| Packaging Corp. of America | 4,094 | 562,925 |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | 10,318 | 1,179,760 |
| Sealed Air Corp. | 6,381 | 368,311 |
| The Mosaic Co. | 15,815 | 746,942 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Co. | 10,455 | 2,340,979 |
| Vulcan Materials Co. | 5,806 | 825,033 |
| Westrock Co. | 11,132 | 443,499 |
| 36,174,052 | ||
| Media & Entertainment 7.4% | ||
| Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 34,156 | 2,659,386 |
| Alphabet, Inc., Class A * | 13,139 | 28,633,297 |
| Alphabet, Inc., Class C * | 12,047 | 26,352,210 |
| Charter Communications, Inc., Class A * | 5,060 | 2,370,762 |
| Comcast Corp., Class A | 195,296 | 7,663,415 |
| DISH Network Corp., Class A * | 10,953 | 196,387 |
| Electronic Arts, Inc. | 12,285 | 1,494,470 |
| Fox Corp., Class A | 13,611 | 437,730 |
| Fox Corp., Class B | 6,302 | 187,169 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. * | 5,983 | 494,076 |
| Match Group, Inc. * | 12,476 | 869,453 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A * | 100,192 | 16,155,960 |
| Netflix, Inc. * | 19,408 | 3,393,877 |
| News Corp., Class A | 16,985 | 264,626 |
| News Corp., Class B | 5,257 | 83,534 |
| Omnicom Group, Inc. | 8,987 | 571,663 |
| Paramount Global, Class B | 26,578 | 655,945 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. * | 6,906 | 846,192 |
| The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 17,197 | 473,433 |
| The Walt Disney Co. * | 79,572 | 7,511,597 |
| Twitter, Inc. * | 33,322 | 1,245,910 |
| Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. * | 96,482 | 1,294,789 |
| 103,855,881 | ||
| Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 8.9% | ||
| AbbVie, Inc. | 77,196 | 11,823,339 |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 13,111 | 1,557,194 |
| Amgen, Inc. | 23,336 | 5,677,649 |
| Biogen, Inc. * | 6,398 | 1,304,808 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A * | 946 | 468,270 |
| Bio-Techne Corp. | 1,714 | 594,141 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 93,006 | 7,161,462 |
| Catalent, Inc. * | 7,829 | 839,973 |
| Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. * | 2,220 | 475,013 |
| Danaher Corp. | 28,269 | 7,166,757 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 34,451 | 11,170,048 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 54,794 | 3,386,817 |
| Illumina, Inc. * | 6,863 | 1,265,263 |
| Incyte Corp. * | 8,225 | 624,853 |
| IQVIA Holdings, Inc. * | 8,269 | 1,794,290 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 114,952 | 20,405,130 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 110,470 | 10,071,550 |
| Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. * | 991 | 1,138,431 |
| Moderna, Inc. * | 15,117 | 2,159,464 |
| Organon & Co. | 11,079 | 373,916 |
| PerkinElmer, Inc. | 5,511 | 783,774 |
| Pfizer, Inc. | 245,112 | 12,851,222 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * | 4,719 | 2,789,543 |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 17,101 | 9,290,631 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * | 11,173 | 3,148,440 |
| Viatris, Inc. | 52,955 | 554,439 |
| Waters Corp. * | 2,631 | 870,808 |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 3,236 | 978,469 |
| Zoetis, Inc. | 20,559 | 3,533,887 |
| 124,259,581 | ||
| Real Estate 2.9% | ||
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 6,488 | 940,955 |
| American Tower Corp. | 20,300 | 5,188,477 |
| AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 6,108 | 1,186,479 |
| Boston Properties, Inc. | 6,229 | 554,256 |
| Camden Property Trust | 4,653 | 625,735 |
| CBRE Group, Inc., Class A * | 14,280 | 1,051,151 |
| Crown Castle International Corp. | 18,918 | 3,185,413 |
| Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 12,436 | 1,614,566 |
| Duke Realty Corp. | 16,795 | 922,885 |
| Equinix, Inc. | 3,976 | 2,612,311 |
| Equity Residential | 14,949 | 1,079,617 |
| Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 2,854 | 746,349 |
| Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 5,866 | 997,924 |
| Federal Realty OP LP | 3,121 | 298,805 |
| Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 23,567 | 610,621 |
| Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 31,227 | 489,639 |
| Iron Mountain, Inc. | 12,693 | 618,022 |
| Kimco Realty Corp. | 26,996 | 533,711 |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 5,043 | 880,861 |
| Prologis, Inc. | 32,339 | 3,804,683 |
| Public Storage | 6,671 | 2,085,822 |
| Realty Income Corp. | 26,279 | 1,793,804 |
| Regency Centers Corp. | 6,776 | 401,885 |
| SBA Communications Corp. | 4,711 | 1,507,756 |
| Simon Property Group, Inc. | 14,343 | 1,361,438 |
| UDR, Inc. | 13,073 | 601,881 |
| Ventas, Inc. | 17,460 | 897,968 |
| VICI Properties, Inc. | 42,068 | 1,253,206 |
| Vornado Realty Trust | 6,950 | 198,700 |
| Welltower, Inc. | 19,832 | 1,633,165 |
| Weyerhaeuser Co. | 32,524 | 1,077,195 |
| 40,755,280 | ||
| Retailing 5.7% | ||
| Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 2,668 | 461,804 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. * | 382,242 | 40,597,923 |
| AutoZone, Inc. * | 867 | 1,863,287 |
| Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 10,417 | 280,426 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | 8,844 | 576,540 |
| CarMax, Inc. * | 7,013 | 634,536 |
| Dollar General Corp. | 9,994 | 2,452,928 |
| Dollar Tree, Inc. * | 9,834 | 1,532,629 |
| eBay, Inc. | 24,457 | 1,019,123 |
| Etsy, Inc. * | 5,553 | 406,535 |
| Genuine Parts Co. | 6,185 | 822,605 |
| LKQ Corp. | 11,368 | 558,055 |
| Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 28,881 | 5,044,644 |
| O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. * | 2,871 | 1,813,783 |
| Pool Corp. | 1,751 | 615,004 |
| Ross Stores, Inc. | 15,350 | 1,078,031 |
| Target Corp. | 20,200 | 2,852,846 |
| The Home Depot, Inc. | 45,142 | 12,381,096 |
| The TJX Cos., Inc. | 51,305 | 2,865,384 |
| Tractor Supply Co. | 4,887 | 947,345 |
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Ulta Beauty, Inc. * | 2,281 | 879,280 |
| 79,683,804 | ||
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 5.2% | ||
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * | 70,792 | 5,413,464 |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 22,861 | 3,339,763 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 38,591 | 3,511,009 |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 17,836 | 8,664,907 |
| Enphase Energy, Inc. * | 5,899 | 1,151,721 |
| Intel Corp. | 178,625 | 6,682,361 |
| KLA Corp. | 6,520 | 2,080,402 |
| Lam Research Corp. | 6,060 | 2,582,469 |
| Microchip Technology, Inc. | 24,289 | 1,410,705 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 48,781 | 2,696,614 |
| Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,915 | 735,437 |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 109,388 | 16,582,127 |
| NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 11,470 | 1,697,904 |
| ON Semiconductor Corp. * | 18,982 | 954,984 |
| Qorvo, Inc. * | 4,737 | 446,794 |
| QUALCOMM, Inc. | 48,927 | 6,249,935 |
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 7,029 | 651,166 |
| SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. * | 2,420 | 662,306 |
| Teradyne, Inc. | 6,998 | 626,671 |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 40,283 | 6,189,483 |
| 72,330,222 | ||
| Software & Services 13.3% | ||
| Accenture plc, Class A | 27,670 | 7,682,575 |
| Adobe, Inc. * | 20,641 | 7,555,844 |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. * | 7,002 | 639,493 |
| ANSYS, Inc. * | 3,800 | 909,302 |
| Autodesk, Inc. * | 9,503 | 1,634,136 |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 18,250 | 3,833,230 |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 5,121 | 729,999 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. * | 12,047 | 1,807,411 |
| Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. * | 6,002 | 282,574 |
| Citrix Systems, Inc. | 5,448 | 529,382 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 22,768 | 1,536,612 |
| DXC Technology Co. * | 10,681 | 323,741 |
| EPAM Systems, Inc. * | 2,497 | 736,066 |
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 26,681 | 2,445,847 |
| Fiserv, Inc. * | 25,414 | 2,261,084 |
| FleetCor Technologies, Inc. * | 3,379 | 709,962 |
| Fortinet, Inc. * | 29,103 | 1,646,648 |
| Gartner, Inc. * | 3,518 | 850,758 |
| Global Payments, Inc. | 12,299 | 1,360,761 |
| International Business Machines Corp. | 39,292 | 5,547,637 |
| Intuit, Inc. | 12,355 | 4,762,111 |
| Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 3,183 | 573,004 |
| Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 37,516 | 11,835,548 |
| Microsoft Corp. | 326,721 | 83,911,754 |
| NortonLifeLock, Inc. | 25,418 | 558,179 |
| Oracle Corp. | 68,770 | 4,804,960 |
| Paychex, Inc. | 14,036 | 1,598,279 |
| Paycom Software, Inc. * | 2,104 | 589,372 |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. * | 50,590 | 3,533,206 |
| PTC, Inc. * | 4,599 | 489,058 |
| Roper Technologies, Inc. | 4,627 | 1,826,045 |
| Salesforce, Inc. * | 43,402 | 7,163,066 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. * | 8,757 | 4,164,129 |
| Synopsys, Inc. * | 6,688 | 2,031,146 |
| Tyler Technologies, Inc. * | 1,812 | 602,454 |
| VeriSign, Inc. * | 4,163 | 696,595 |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Visa, Inc., Class A | 71,894 | 14,155,210 |
| 186,317,178 | ||
| Technology Hardware & Equipment 8.2% | ||
| Amphenol Corp., Class A | 26,086 | 1,679,417 |
| Apple Inc. | 671,695 | 91,834,140 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. * | 9,832 | 921,652 |
| CDW Corp. | 5,902 | 929,919 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 181,475 | 7,738,094 |
| Corning, Inc. | 33,207 | 1,046,353 |
| F5, Inc. * | 2,642 | 404,332 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 56,794 | 753,088 |
| HP, Inc. | 46,018 | 1,508,470 |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | 14,112 | 402,192 |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. * | 7,950 | 1,095,908 |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 7,308 | 1,531,757 |
| NetApp, Inc. | 9,721 | 634,198 |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 8,634 | 616,813 |
| TE Connectivity Ltd. | 14,074 | 1,592,473 |
| Teledyne Technologies, Inc. * | 2,046 | 767,475 |
| Trimble, Inc. * | 10,928 | 636,337 |
| Western Digital Corp. * | 13,681 | 613,319 |
| Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A * | 2,294 | 674,321 |
| 115,380,258 | ||
| Telecommunication Services 1.4% | ||
| AT&T, Inc. | 312,739 | 6,555,009 |
| Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 40,614 | 443,099 |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. * | 25,740 | 3,463,060 |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | 183,462 | 9,310,696 |
| 19,771,864 | ||
| Transportation 1.8% | ||
| Alaska Air Group, Inc. * | 5,506 | 220,515 |
| American Airlines Group, Inc. * | 28,380 | 359,858 |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 5,559 | 563,516 |
| CSX Corp. | 94,983 | 2,760,206 |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. * | 28,004 | 811,276 |
| Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 7,327 | 714,090 |
| FedEx Corp. | 10,416 | 2,361,411 |
| JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 3,662 | 576,655 |
| Norfolk Southern Corp. | 10,412 | 2,366,544 |
| Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 4,011 | 1,027,939 |
| Southwest Airlines Co. * | 25,902 | 935,580 |
| Union Pacific Corp. | 27,435 | 5,851,337 |
| United Airlines Holdings, Inc. * | 14,274 | 505,585 |
| United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 32,084 | 5,856,613 |
| 24,911,125 | ||
| SECURITY | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) |
| Utilities 3.1% | ||
| Alliant Energy Corp. | 10,957 | 642,190 |
| Ameren Corp. | 11,278 | 1,019,080 |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 22,434 | 2,152,318 |
| American Water Works Co., Inc. | 7,941 | 1,181,383 |
| Atmos Energy Corp. | 6,072 | 680,671 |
| CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 27,489 | 813,125 |
| CMS Energy Corp. | 12,674 | 855,495 |
| Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 15,478 | 1,471,958 |
| Constellation Energy Corp. | 14,273 | 817,272 |
| Dominion Energy, Inc. | 35,441 | 2,828,546 |
| DTE Energy Co. | 8,462 | 1,072,558 |
| Duke Energy Corp. | 33,633 | 3,605,794 |
| Edison International | 16,653 | 1,053,136 |
| Entergy Corp. | 8,885 | 1,000,806 |
| Evergy, Inc. | 10,022 | 653,936 |
| Eversource Energy | 15,067 | 1,272,709 |
| Exelon Corp. | 42,821 | 1,940,648 |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | 24,939 | 957,408 |
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 85,821 | 6,647,695 |
| NiSource, Inc. | 17,723 | 522,651 |
| NRG Energy, Inc. | 10,366 | 395,670 |
| Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 4,935 | 360,847 |
| PPL Corp. | 32,142 | 872,012 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 21,809 | 1,380,074 |
| Sempra Energy | 13,731 | 2,063,357 |
| The AES Corp. | 29,175 | 612,967 |
| The Southern Co. | 46,419 | 3,310,139 |
| WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 13,782 | 1,387,020 |
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 23,793 | 1,683,593 |
| 43,255,058 | ||
| Total Common Stocks (Cost $976,147,739) | 1,393,686,197 | |
| Total Investments in Securities (Cost $976,147,739) | 1,393,686,197 | |
| NUMBER OF CONTRACTS | NOTIONAL AMOUNT ($) | CURRENT VALUE/ UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ($) | |
| FUTURES CONTRACTS | |||
| Long | |||
| S&P 500 Index, e-mini, expires 09/16/22 | 54 | 10,231,650 | 43,296 |
| * | Non-income producing security. |
| (a) | Issuer is affiliated with the fund’s investment adviser. |
Below is a summary of the fund’s transactions with affiliated issuers during the period ended June 30, 2022:
| SECURITY | VALUE AT 12/31/21 | PURCHASES | SALES | REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | VALUE AT 6/30/22 | BALANCE OF SHARES HELD AT 6/30/22 | DIVIDENDS RECEIVED |
| COMMON STOCKS 0.3% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||||
| Diversified Financials 0.3% | ||||||||
| The Charles Schwab Corp. | $4,552,333 | $1,050,125 | ($275,482) | ($62,972) | ($1,113,015) | $4,150,989 | 65,701 | $21,806 |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
| DESCRIPTION | QUOTED PRICES IN ACTIVE MARKETS FOR IDENTICAL ASSETS (LEVEL 1) | OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 2) | SIGNIFICANT UNOBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 3) | TOTAL |
| Assets | ||||
| Common Stocks1 | $1,393,686,197 | $— | $— | $1,393,686,197 |
| Futures Contracts2 | 43,296 | — | — | 43,296 |
| Total | $1,393,729,493 | $— | $— | $1,393,729,493 |
| 1 | As categorized in the Portfolio Holdings. |
| 2 | Futures contracts are reported at cumulative unrealized appreciation or depreciation. |
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2022; unaudited
| Assets | ||
| Investments in securities, at value - affiliated (cost $2,772,794) | $4,150,989 | |
| Investments in securities, at value - unaffiliated (cost $973,374,945) | 1,389,535,208 | |
| Cash | 3,783,603 | |
| Deposit with broker for futures contracts | 273,000 | |
| Receivables: | ||
| Fund shares sold | 230,649,400 | |
| Dividends | + | 931,715 |
| Total assets | 1,629,323,915 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payables: | ||
| Investments bought | 228,039,168 | |
| Fund shares redeemed | 161,844 | |
| Variation margin on futures contracts | 44,968 | |
| Investment adviser fees | + | 29,778 |
| Total liabilities | 228,275,758 | |
| Net assets | $1,401,048,157 | |
| Net Assets by Source | ||
| Capital received from investors | $1,008,568,006 | |
| Total distributable earnings | + | 392,480,151 |
| Net assets | $1,401,048,157 | |
| Net Asset Value (NAV) | ||||
| Net Assets | ÷ | Shares Outstanding | = | NAV |
| $1,401,048,157 | 25,417,466 | $55.12 | ||
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Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio
Statement of Operations
| For the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022; unaudited | ||
| Investment Income | ||
| Dividends received from securities - unaffiliated (net of foreign withholding tax of $2,492) | $10,290,028 | |
| Dividends received from securities - affiliated | 21,806 | |
| Interest received from securities - unaffiliated | 4,662 | |
| Securities on loan, net | + | 157 |
| Total investment income | 10,316,653 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Investment adviser fees | 197,957 | |
| Total expenses | – | 197,957 |
| Net investment income | 10,118,696 | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | ||
| Net realized losses on sales of securities - affiliated | (62,972) | |
| Net realized losses on sales of securities - unaffiliated | (16,904,909) | |
| Net realized losses on futures contracts | + | (1,604,110) |
| Net realized losses | (18,571,991) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - affiliated | (1,113,015) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - unaffiliated | (285,585,751) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts | + | (117,503) |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | + | (286,816,269) |
| Net realized and unrealized losses | (305,388,260) | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | ($295,269,564) | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
| OPERATIONS | |||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||
| Net investment income | $10,118,696 | $15,981,303 | |
| Net realized gains (losses) | (18,571,991) | 8,570,083 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | + | (286,816,269) | 272,288,798 |
| Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | ($295,269,564) | $296,840,184 | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | |||
| Total distributions | ($25,887,213) | ($15,017,859) | |
| TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | VALUE | SHARES | VALUE | ||
| Shares sold | 7,063,760 | $415,032,771 | 7,110,963 | $452,221,843 | |
| Shares reinvested | 469,652 | 25,887,213 | 238,190 | 15,017,859 | |
| Shares redeemed | + | (2,959,520) | (186,300,097) | (3,588,771) | (228,019,959) |
| Net transactions in fund shares | 4,573,892 | $254,619,887 | 3,760,382 | $239,219,743 | |
| SHARES OUTSTANDING AND NET ASSETS | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | NET ASSETS | SHARES | NET ASSETS | ||
| Beginning of period | 20,843,574 | $1,467,585,047 | 17,083,192 | $946,542,979 | |
| Total increase (decrease) | + | 4,573,892 | (66,536,890) | 3,760,382 | 521,042,068 |
| End of period | 25,417,466 | $1,401,048,157 | 20,843,574 | $1,467,585,047 | |
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Financial Notes, unaudited
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio (the fund) is a series of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
| SCHWAB ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS (ORGANIZED JANUARY 21, 1994) | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | |
The fund in this report offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of the fund. Each share has a par value of 1/1,000 of a cent, and the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) may authorize the issuance of as many shares as necessary.
The fund is available exclusively as an investment vehicle for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered by separate accounts of participating life insurance companies, and in the future may be offered to pension and retirement plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At June 30, 2022, 100% of the fund’s shares were held through separate accounts of six insurance companies. Subscriptions and redemptions of these insurance separate accounts could have a material impact on the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the Board, the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
• Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes.
• Futures contracts: Futures contracts are valued at their settlement prices as of the close of their exchanges.
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
• Cash management sweep time deposits: Balances held in cash management sweep time deposits are accounted for on a cost basis, which approximates fair value.
• Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities and futures contracts. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by an underlying fund.
• Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
• Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are instruments that represent an agreement between two parties that obligates one party to buy, and the other party to sell, specific instruments at an agreed upon price on a stipulated future date. The fund must give the broker a deposit of cash and/or securities (initial margin) whenever it enters into a futures contract. The amount of the deposit may vary from one contract to another. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contract and are accounted for as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed, at which time the gains or losses are realized. Futures contracts are traded publicly on exchanges, and their value may change daily.
Cash Management Transactions: Effective May 23, 2022 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) was replaced by Citibank, N.A as custodian of the fund. The fund no longer subscribes to the BBH Cash Management Service Sweep (CMS Sweep). The BBH CMS Sweep was an investment product that automatically swept the fund’s cash balances into overnight offshore time deposits with either the BBH Grand Cayman branch or a branch of a pre-approved commercial bank. This fully automated program allowed the fund to earn interest on cash balances. Excess cash invested with deposit institutions domiciled outside of the U.S., as with any
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
offshore deposit, was subject to sovereign actions in the jurisdiction of the deposit institution including, but not limited to, freeze, seizure or diminution. The fund assumed the risk associated with the repayment of principal and payment of interest on such instruments by the institution with which the deposit was ultimately placed. The fund terminated the CMS Sweep program and cash was returned to the fund prior to terminating services with BBH.
Cash Investments: The fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash. Cash includes cash bank balances in an interest-bearing demand deposit account with maturity on demand by the fund.
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, the fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides the fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the fund or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreement. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between the fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 9% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by the investment adviser or any of its affiliates.
As of June 30, 2022, the fund had no securities on loan.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are reported in U.S. dollars. For assets and liabilities held on a given date, the dollar value is based on market exchange rates in effect on that date. Transactions involving foreign currencies, including purchases, sales, income receipts and expense payments, are calculated using exchange rates in effect on the transaction date. The fund does not isolate the portion of the fluctuations on investments resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
When the fund closes out a futures contract position, it calculates the difference between the value of the position at the beginning and at the end of the contract, and records a realized gain or loss accordingly.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the fund records certain foreign security dividends on the date the ex-dividend date is confirmed. Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Pursuant to an Amended and Restated Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement (Advisory Agreement) between the investment adviser and the fund, the investment adviser pays the operating expenses of the fund, excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, any brokerage expenses, and extraordinary or non-routine expenses. Taxes, any brokerage expenses and extraordinary or non-routine expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to the participating insurance company’s (shareholders) separate accounts each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
3. Risk Factors:
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
Investment Style Risk. The fund primarily follows the large-cap portion of the U.S. stock market, as measured by the index. It follows these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance may be below that of the index. Market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule which may result in the index and, in turn, the fund experiencing returns different than those that would have been achieved under a normal rebalancing schedule.
A significant percentage of the index may be composed of securities in a single industry or sector of the economy. If the fund is focused in an industry or sector, it may present more risks than if it were broadly diversified over numerous industries and sectors of the economy.
Tracking Error Risk. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of a fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted.
Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
Concentration Risk. To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector, or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector, or asset class.
Derivatives Risk. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase its volatility, and could cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on the fund.
Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser and administrator pursuant to an Advisory Agreement between the investment adviser and the trust.
For its advisory services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, payable monthly, equal to 0.03% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section) in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund’s purchases and sales of securities with other funds in the Fund Complex was $2,303,881 and $1,594,975, respectively, and includes realized losses of $613,109.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex . All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.
5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The fund does not pay any interested or non-interested (independent trustees) trustees. The independent trustees are paid by the investment adviser. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
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| 6. Borrowing from Banks: |
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the investment adviser paying the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the investment adviser paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex, in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company, maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the investment adviser pays interest on the amount the fund borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is paid by the investment adviser. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.
7. Purchases and Sales/Maturities of Investment Securities:
For the period ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
| PURCHASES OF SECURITIES | SALES OF SECURITIES |
| $342,637,222 | $101,450,544 |
8. Derivatives:
The fund entered into equity index futures contracts during the report period. The fund invested in futures contracts to equitize available cash. The value and variation margin for futures contracts held at June 30, 2022 are presented in the Portfolio Holdings and Statement of Assets and Liabilities, respectively. The net realized gains (losses) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are presented in the Statement of Operations. Refer to financial note 2(b) for the fund’s accounting policies with respect to futures contracts and financial note 3 for disclosures concerning the risks of investing in futures contracts. During the period ended June 30, 2022, the month-end average notional amounts of futures contracts held by the fund and the month-end average number of contracts held were as follows:
| Notional Amount | Number of Contracts |
| $6,999,357 | 33 |
9. Federal Income Taxes:
As of June 30, 2022, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| TAX COST | GROSS UNREALIZED APPRECIATION | GROSS UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION | NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
| $1,000,417,286 | $411,298,752 | ($17,986,545) | $393,312,207 |
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2022. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS |
| ORDINARY INCOME |
| $15,017,859 |
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
9. Federal Income Taxes (continued):
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements. The fund may also designate a portion of the amount paid to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for tax purposes.
As of December 31, 2021, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
10. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Shareholder Vote Results (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the “Trust”) was held on June 1, 2022, for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval to elect the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: Walter W. Bettinger II, Richard A. Wurster, Michael J. Beer, Robert W. Burns, Nancy F. Heller, David L. Mahoney, Jane P. Moncreiff, Kiran M. Patel, Kimberly S. Patmore, and J. Derek Penn. The number of votes necessary to conduct the Special Meeting and approve the proposal was obtained. The results of the shareholder vote are listed below:
| Proposal – To elect each of the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: | For | Withheld |
| Walter W. Bettinger II | 230,987,903.571 | 12,054,386.634 |
| Richard A. Wurster | 230,979,914.087 | 12,062,376.118 |
| Michael J. Beer | 230,823,461.997 | 12,218,828.208 |
| Robert W. Burns | 231,075,703.121 | 11,966,587.084 |
| Nancy F. Heller | 231,085,949.283 | 11,956,340.922 |
| David L. Mahoney | 231,103,532.111 | 11,938,758.094 |
| Jane P. Moncreiff | 231,003,818.140 | 12,038,472.065 |
| Kiran M. Patel | 231,002,127.696 | 12,040,162.509 |
| Kimberly S. Patmore | 229,583,567.139 | 13,458,723.066 |
| J. Derek Penn | 230,848,948.394 | 12,193,341.811 |
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the amended and restated investment advisory and administration agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management) (the investment adviser) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by the investment adviser, including information about the investment adviser’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to the investment adviser seeking certain relevant information. The responses by the investment adviser are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of the investment adviser and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on
May 16, 2022 and June 8, 2022, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 8, 2022 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
| 1. | the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund; |
| 2. | the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds and benchmark data; |
| 3. | the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar mutual funds; |
| 4. | the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the investment adviser and its affiliates; and |
| 5. | the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. |
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, the investment adviser’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by the investment adviser relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments the investment adviser has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees considered Schwab’s overall financial condition and its reputation as a full service brokerage firm, as well as the wide range of products, services, and
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account features that benefit Fund shareholders who are brokerage clients of Schwab. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other mutual funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the Fund’s demonstrated performance in tracking its benchmark index. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and the investment adviser’s profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement in comparison to that of other similar mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. The investment adviser reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by the investment adviser in the development of the Fund and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees also considered fees charged by the investment adviser to other mutual funds and the unique insurance dedicated distribution arrangements of the Fund as compared to other funds managed by the investment adviser. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to the investment adviser and its affiliates, directly or indirectly, and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of the investment adviser relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees
also considered any other benefits derived by the investment adviser from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, the investment adviser obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that the investment adviser continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of the investment adviser is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale by way of the relatively low advisory fee and unitary fee structure of the Fund and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by the investment adviser in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees acknowledged that the investment adviser has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in the investment adviser’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that the investment adviser’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continue to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and the related expenses borne by the investment adviser and its affiliates and such other matters as the Trustees considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Annuity Portfolios, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 104 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
| Independent Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Retired/Private Investor. | 104 | None |
| Nancy F. Heller 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Retired. | 104 | None |
| David L. Mahoney 1954 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Private Investor. | 104 | Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Director (2009 – 2021), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation |
| Jane P. Moncreiff 1961 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019) | Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). | 104 | None |
| Kiran M. Patel 1948 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Retired. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation |
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| Independent Trustees (continued) | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Kimberly S. Patmore 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). | 104 | None |
J. Derek Penn 1957 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial services). | 104 | None |
| Interested Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Chairman and Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010) | Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President (Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director (May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), and President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| Joseph R. Martinetto2 1962 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Managing Director (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2018 – Apr. 2022), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present) and Chief Financial Officer (Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. | 104 | None |
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| Officers of the Trust | |
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served3) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years |
| Jonathan de St. Paer 1973 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee (Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Director (Mar. 2019 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Managing Director (May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
| Mark Fischer 1970 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present) and Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director (July 2020 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. |
| Omar Aguilar 1970 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present) and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| Brett Wander 1961 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| William P. McMahon, Jr. 1972 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc. |
| Catherine MacGregor 1964 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009) | Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President (Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs. |
| 1 | Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first. |
| 2 | Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of Schwab. |
| 3 | The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board. |
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Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting Schwab’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Investment Adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
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The Investment Environment
For the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022, U.S. and international equity and bond markets lost ground as inflation accelerated, interest rates rose, and, in late February, Russia invaded Ukraine. The commodities market was one of the few rising markets, as oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014. Economic growth slowed around the world and fears of an impending recession rose. The spread of COVID-19 continued to weigh on economic growth worldwide, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant and subvariants keeping infection rates high in many areas. Over the reporting period, the U.S. dollar strengthened against a basket of international currencies, generally decreasing the returns on overseas investments in U.S. dollar terms. For the six-month reporting period, the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, returned -19.96%. U.S. small-cap stocks underperformed U.S. large-cap stocks, with the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 1000® Index returning -23.43% and -20.94%, respectively. Outside the U.S., the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)*, a broad measure of developed international equity performance, returned -19.57% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)* returned -17.63% for the reporting period. U.S. and international bonds were also weak, with the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, representing the broad U.S. bond market, returning -10.35% and the FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index returning -18.74%.
In the United States, amid fading government stimuli, ongoing supply chain disruptions, persisting inflation, and a widening U.S. trade deficit, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annualized rate of -1.6% for the first quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate, which has fallen steadily since skyrocketing in April 2020, ended the reporting period near pre-pandemic lows. Inflation rose through the reporting period, with just a slight downtick in April, ending the reporting period at its highest level in more than 40 years, due to imbalances in the labor market, supply chain bottlenecks, and soaring energy costs.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended June 30, 2022
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Data source: Index provider websites and Schwab Asset Management.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
| * | The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes. |
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The Investment Environment (continued)
Outside the United States, global economies continued to wrestle with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergence and spread of COVID-19 variant and subvariants, as well as steepening energy costs, rising inflation, and the war in Ukraine. After spiking to over $120 per barrel in early March as sanctions were imposed on Russian imports, oil prices ended the reporting period at just under $110 per barrel. The eurozone posted a small gain in GDP growth for the first quarter of 2022 but was heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine and associated spikes in commodity prices. The United Kingdom also posted positive GDP growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven, in part, by increases in COVID-19 testing and tracing and an expansion of its COVID-19 vaccination program. Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter of 2022 as a result of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, geopolitical turmoil, and supply chain issues. Among emerging markets, China’s GDP growth rate remained positive, increasing slightly for the first quarter of 2022 over the previous quarter, but has slowed, a reflection of the prolonged impact of strict COVID-19 protocols including varying degrees of lockdowns and quarantines. China faced other headwinds as well, including the political landscape and an emphasis on domestic consumption over globalization, as well as a property downturn and supply chain constraints. India’s economy also expanded in the first quarter of 2022, albeit at a slowing pace, on rising consumer demand and a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases.
Monetary policies around the world varied. In the United States, after maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% through mid-March, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 0.25% in mid-March, 0.50% in early May, and 0.75% in mid-June in an effort to achieve a return to price stability. The federal funds rate ended the reporting period in a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. In addition, the Fed’s bond-buying program, which it had begun to scale back in November 2021, was ended altogether in early March 2022. In June, the Fed also began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets it holds on its balance sheet, vowing to be more aggressive than during its last round of quantitative tightening in 2017 through 2019. Outside the United States, after holding its policy rate unchanged since March 2016, at 0.00%, the European Central Bank announced in June its intention to raise interest rates in July for the first time in 11 years. The European Central Bank also intended to end its long-running asset purchase program and downgraded its growth forecasts. Also in June, the Bank of England raised its key official bank rate for the fifth consecutive time, to 1.25%, bringing borrowing costs to a 13-year high as the Bank of England wrestles with soaring inflation. In contrast, the Bank of Japan upheld its short-term interest rate target of -0.1%, also unchanged since 2016, and vowed to defend its cap on bond yields with unlimited buying, as opposed to the monetary tightening being employed in many other countries around the globe. Monetary policies in emerging markets were also mixed. China cut its interest rate in February, following a previous rate cut in December 2021. Indonesia maintained its policy rate but indicated it was monitoring growing inflation risks. Central banks in India, Mexico, Brazil, and Pakistan raised their rates multiple times over the reporting period to counteract the impacts of inflation. Russia, notably, raised its interest rate to 20% in late February amid the broadening fallout of Western sanctions in retaliation against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but subsequently reduced it several times.
Bond markets were volatile during the reporting period, particularly as the Fed’s tightening cycle accelerated. As inflation continued to rise and Fed monetary policy shifted, bond yields began to rise in early 2022, exerting downward pressure on bond prices. Yields touched reporting-period highs in mid-June before falling back slightly. (Bond yields and bond prices typically move in opposite directions.) During the reporting period, portions of the yield curve inverted, which is often an indicator of a possible recession. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury began the reporting period at 1.52%, hit a reporting-period high of 3.49% in mid-June, and ended the reporting period at 2.98% as concerns about slowing economic growth mounted. Short-term rates also rose, with the yield on the three-month U.S. Treasury climbing from 0.06% to 1.72% over the reporting period.
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Portfolio Management
 | Zifan Tang, Ph.D., CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2012, Ms. Tang was a product manager at Thomson Reuters and from 1997 to 2009 worked as a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (now known as BlackRock). |
 | Drew Hayes, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Mr. Hayes has been with Schwab since 2006. Before becoming a portfolio manager, he spent seven years as a senior fixed income specialist for Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory, Inc. Prior to that, he worked as a bond investment specialist for two years and as a registered representative for two years for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
 | Patrick Kwok, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Previously, Mr. Kwok served as an associate portfolio manager from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, he worked as a fund administration manager, where he was responsible for oversight of sub-advisers, trading, cash management, and fund administration supporting the Charles Schwab Trust Bank Collective Investment Trusts and multi-asset Schwab Funds. Prior to joining Schwab Asset Management in 2008, Mr. Kwok spent two years as an asset operations specialist at Charles Schwab Trust Company. He also worked for one year at State Street Bank & Trust as a portfolio accountant and pricing specialist. |
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Average Annual Total Returns1
| Fund and Inception Date | 6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Fund: Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio (07/25/12) | -13.95% | -11.89% | 2.85% | 3.81% |
| S&P 500® Index | -19.96% | -10.62% | 11.31% | 13.24% |
| Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index | -10.35% | -10.29% | 0.88% | 1.40% |
| VIT Balanced Composite Index | -13.89% | -11.45% | 3.43% | 4.46% |
| Fund Category: Morningstar Allocation – 30% to 50% Equity2 | -14.17% | -11.77% | 3.40% | N/A |
| Fund Expense Ratio3: 0.57% | ||||
All total return figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The components that make up the composite index may vary over time. For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
| 1 | Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. Fund performance does not reflect the additional fees and expenses imposed by the insurance company under the variable insurance product contract. If those contract fees and expenses were included, the performance would be less than that shown. Please refer to the variable insurance product prospectus for a complete listing of these expenses. |
| 2 | Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all active and index mutual funds and ETFs within the category as of the report date. |
| 3 | As stated in the prospectus. Includes 0.05% of acquired fund fees and expenses (AFFE), which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Reflects the total annual operating expenses without contractual fee waivers. For actual expense ratios during the period, not including AFFE, refer to the Financial Highlights section of the financial statements. |
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Performance and Fund Facts as of June 30, 2022
Statistics
| Number of Holdings | 10 |
| Portfolio Turnover Rate | 11% 1 |
Asset Class Weightings % of Investments2,3
Top Holdings % of Net Assets2,4,5
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
| 1 | Not annualized. |
| 2 | The fund intends to primarily invest in affiliated Schwab ETFs and may also invest in affiliated Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as “underlying funds”). The fund may also invest directly in equity, fixed-income, or other securities or investments, as appropriate, consistent with its investment objectives, strategies, and policies. |
| 3 | The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets. |
| 4 | This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser. |
| 5 | The holdings listed exclude any temporary liquidity investments. |
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
The Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)1,2 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)3,4 | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AT 1/1/22 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE (NET OF EXPENSES) AT 6/30/222 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/222,5 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/224,5 | |
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| Actual Return | 0.52% | 0.58% | $1,000.00 | $ 860.50 | $2.40 | $2.68 |
| Hypothetical 5% Return | 0.52% | 0.58% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.22 | $2.61 | $2.91 |
| 1 | Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio. |
| 2 | Excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 3 | Based on the most recent six-month acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio; may differ from the acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio in the prospectus. |
| 4 | Includes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 5 | Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days of the period, and divided by the 365 days of the fiscal year. |
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Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| 1/1/22– 6/30/22* | 1/1/21– 12/31/21 | 1/1/20– 12/31/20 | 1/1/19– 12/31/19 | 1/1/18– 12/31/18 | 1/1/17– 12/31/17 | |
| Per-Share Data | ||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $14.99 | $14.04 | $13.25 | $11.82 | $12.58 | $11.66 |
| Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||
| Net investment income (loss)1 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.18 |
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) | (2.16) | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.42 | (0.80) | 0.98 |
| Total from investment operations | (2.09) | 1.14 | 1.06 | 1.67 | (0.57) | 1.16 |
| Less distributions: | ||||||
| Distributions from net investment income | (0.21) | (0.19) | (0.24) | (0.22) | (0.17) | (0.15) |
| Distributions from net realized gains | (0.25) | (0.00) 2 | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.09) |
| Total distributions | (0.46) | (0.19) | (0.27) | (0.24) | (0.19) | (0.24) |
| Net asset value at end of period | $12.44 | $14.99 | $14.04 | $13.25 | $11.82 | $12.58 |
| Total return | (13.95%) 3 | 8.19% | 8.23% | 14.24% | (4.63%) | 10.00% |
| Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||
| Net operating expenses4 | 0.52% 5 | 0.52% | 0.54% | 0.56% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| Gross operating expenses4 | 0.52% 5 | 0.52% | 0.54% | 0.56% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.01% 5 | 1.42% | 1.53% | 1.97% | 1.87% | 1.50% |
| Portfolio turnover rate | 11% 3 | 13% | 38% | 15% | 9% | 9% |
| Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000) | $78 | $93 | $84 | $76 | $66 | $64 |
| * | Unaudited. |
| 1 | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period. |
| 2 | Per-share amount was less than $0.005. |
| 3 | Not annualized. |
| 4 | Ratio excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 5 | Annualized. |
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date, including a summary of the fund’s transactions with its affiliated underlying funds during the period.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, typically 60-80 days after the end of the fund’s fiscal quarter.
| SECURITY | VALUE AT 12/31/21 | PURCHASES | SALES | REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | VALUE AT 6/30/22 | BALANCE OF SHARES HELD AT 6/30/22 | DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED* |
| AFFILIATED UNDERLYING FUNDS 99.1% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||||
| U.S. Stocks 22.8% | ||||||||
| Large-Cap 18.8% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | $17,744,083 | $2,572,755 | ($1,781,009) | $104,384 | ($3,933,318) | $14,706,895 | 329,308 | $107,571 |
| Small-Cap 4.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 3,732,787 | 573,166 | (297,403) | (31,470) | (878,350) | 3,098,730 | 79,475 | 16,401 |
| 17,805,625 | ||||||||
| International Stocks 17.9% | ||||||||
| Developed Markets 12.9% | ||||||||
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 10,229,845 | 1,417,833 | (1,176,551) | (94,175) | (1,837,648) | 8,539,304 | 271,520 | 71,165 |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 1,865,262 | 269,308 | (130,408) | (9,569) | (441,556) | 1,553,037 | 49,729 | — |
| 10,092,341 | ||||||||
| Emerging Markets 5.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 4,572,025 | 415,193 | (399,104) | (36,871) | (616,886) | 3,934,357 | 155,018 | 11,688 |
| 14,026,698 | ||||||||
| Real Estate 5.9% | ||||||||
| U.S. REITs 5.9% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 5,680,561 | 692,718 | (648,943) | 59,860 | (1,143,637) | 4,640,559 | 220,036 | 38,403 |
| Fixed Income 49.4% | ||||||||
| Inflation-Protected Bond 3.7% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | 3,402,978 | 211,122 | (355,235) | (12,798) | (361,430) | 2,884,637 | 51,696 | 78,881 |
| Intermediate-Term Bond 36.6% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 33,519,116 | 2,849,131 | (4,014,134) | (350,210) | (3,422,832) | 28,581,071 | 597,056 | 297,467 |
| Treasury Bond 9.1% | ||||||||
| Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 8,325,874 | 479,124 | (1,427,431) | (44,257) | (223,928) | 7,109,382 | 144,529 | 17,885 |
| 38,575,090 | ||||||||
| Money Market Funds 3.1% | ||||||||
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares, 1.38% (a) | 2,403,051 | 2,878 | — | — | (721) | 2,405,208 | 2,405,208 | 4,173 |
| Total Affiliated Underlying Funds (Cost $70,743,124) | $91,475,582 | $9,483,228 | ($10,230,218) | ($415,106) | ($12,860,306) | $77,453,180 | $643,634 | |
| Total Investments in Securities (Cost $70,743,124) | $77,453,180 | |||||||
| * | Distributions received include distributions from net investment income and capital gains, if any, from the underlying funds. |
| (a) | The rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| ETF | Exchange traded fund |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
| TIPS | Treasury Inflation Protected Securities |
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
At June 30, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1. Fund investments in underlying mutual funds and ETFs are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds and ETFs, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3. (See financial note 2(a) for additional information)
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2022; unaudited
| Assets | ||
| Investments in securities, at value - affiliated (cost $70,743,124) | $77,453,180 | |
| Cash | 1,008,514 | |
| Receivables: | ||
| Investments sold | 960,103 | |
| Dividends | + | 1,294 |
| Total assets | 79,423,091 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payables: | ||
| Investments bought | 1,227,541 | |
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 29,239 | |
| Fund shares redeemed | 11,641 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 49 | |
| Accrued expenses | + | 22,526 |
| Total liabilities | 1,290,996 | |
| Net assets | $78,132,095 | |
| Net Assets by Source | ||
| Capital received from investors | $72,085,096 | |
| Total distributable earnings | + | 6,046,999 |
| Net assets | $78,132,095 | |
| Net Asset Value (NAV) | ||||
| Net Assets | ÷ | Shares Outstanding | = | NAV |
| $78,132,095 | 6,278,489 | $12.44 | ||
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Statement of Operations
| For the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022; unaudited | ||
| Investment Income | ||
| Dividends received from securities - affiliated | $643,634 | |
| Interest received from securities - unaffiliated | + | 887 |
| Total investment income | 644,521 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 189,688 | |
| Professional fees | 11,251 | |
| Portfolio accounting fees | 6,269 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 5,701 | |
| Shareholder reports | 2,828 | |
| Custodian fees | 1,253 | |
| Transfer agent fees | 298 | |
| Other expenses | + | 927 |
| Total expenses | – | 218,215 |
| Net investment income | 426,306 | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | ||
| Net realized losses on sales of securities - affiliated | (415,106) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - affiliated | + | (12,860,306) |
| Net realized and unrealized losses | (13,275,412) | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | ($12,849,106) | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
| OPERATIONS | |||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||
| Net investment income | $426,306 | $1,257,633 | |
| Net realized gains (losses) | (415,106) | 1,491,073 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | + | (12,860,306) | 4,105,072 |
| Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | ($12,849,106) | $6,853,778 | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | |||
| Total distributions | ($2,780,277) | ($1,172,672) | |
| TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | VALUE | SHARES | VALUE | ||
| Shares sold | 558,581 | $7,853,928 | 1,041,182 | $15,151,379 | |
| Shares reinvested | 223,496 | 2,780,277 | 80,101 | 1,172,672 | |
| Shares redeemed | + | (693,524) | (9,649,882) | (883,201) | (12,804,877) |
| Net transactions in fund shares | 88,553 | $984,323 | 238,082 | $3,519,174 | |
| SHARES OUTSTANDING AND NET ASSETS | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | NET ASSETS | SHARES | NET ASSETS | ||
| Beginning of period | 6,189,936 | $92,777,155 | 5,951,854 | $83,576,875 | |
| Total increase (decrease) | + | 88,553 | (14,645,060) | 238,082 | 9,200,280 |
| End of period | 6,278,489 | $78,132,095 | 6,189,936 | $92,777,155 | |
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Financial Notes, unaudited
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio (the fund) is a series of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
| SCHWAB ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS (ORGANIZED JANUARY 21, 1994) | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | |
The fund is a “fund of funds” which primarily invests in affiliated Schwab Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The fund may also invest in affiliated mutual funds from Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as "underlying funds"). The fund may also invest directly in equity or fixed-income securities, including bonds, cash equivalents, money market funds and money market investments, to achieve its investment objectives.
The fund in this report offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of the fund. Each share has a par value of 1/1,000 of a cent, and the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) may authorize the issuance of as many shares as necessary.
The fund is available exclusively as an investment vehicle for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered by separate accounts of participating life insurance companies, and in the future may be offered to pension and retirement plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At June 30, 2022, 100% of the fund’s shares were held through separate accounts of five insurance companies. Subscriptions and redemptions of these insurance separate accounts could have a material impact on the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The financial statements of the fund should be read in conjunction with the underlying funds’ financial statements. For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the Board, the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
• Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes.
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
• Cash management sweep time deposits: Balances held in cash management sweep time deposits are accounted for on a cost basis, which approximates fair value.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
• Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities, mutual funds and ETFs. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, and investments in ETFs are valued daily at the last reported sale price or the official closing price, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by an underlying fund.
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, a fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides the fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the fund or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreement. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between the fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 9% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by the investment adviser or any of its affiliates.
As of June 30, 2022, the fund had no securities on loan.
Cash Management Transactions: Effective May 23, 2022 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) was replaced by Citibank, N.A as custodian of the fund. The fund no longer subscribes to the BBH Cash Management Service Sweep (CMS Sweep). The BBH CMS Sweep was an investment product that automatically swept the fund’s cash balances into overnight offshore time deposits with either the BBH Grand Cayman branch or a branch of a pre-approved commercial bank. This fully automated program allowed the fund to earn interest on cash balances. Excess cash invested with deposit institutions domiciled outside of the U.S., as with any offshore deposit, was subject to sovereign actions in the jurisdiction of the deposit institution including, but not limited to, freeze, seizure or diminution. The fund assumed the risk associated with the repayment of principal and payment of interest on such instruments by the institution with which the deposit was ultimately placed. The fund terminated the CMS Sweep program and cash was returned to the fund prior to terminating services with BBH.
Cash Investments: The fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash. Cash includes cash bank balances in an interest-bearing demand deposit account with maturity on demand by the fund.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date). Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Expenses that are common to more than one fund in the trusts generally are allocated among those funds in proportion to their average daily net assets. The fund bears its share of the acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Such expenses are reflected in the net asset values of the underlying funds.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to the participating insurance company’s (shareholders) separate accounts each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Asset Allocation Risk. The fund is subject to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
Conflicts of Interest Risk. The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
ETF Risk. When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
Direct Investment Risk. The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in the same securities.
Underlying Fund Investment Risk. Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
• Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
• Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Foreign Investment Risk. An underlying fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment being adversely affected.
• Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements and greater risk associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result, there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
• Growth Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds pursue a “growth style” of investing. Growth investing focuses on a company’s prospects for growth of revenue and earnings. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically. Growth stocks also can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and can be more volatile than other types of stocks. Since growth companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their business, they may lack the dividends of value stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. Growth stocks may also be more expensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to value or other stocks.
• Value Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may pursue a “value style” of investing. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued in light of factors such as the company’s earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow. If an underlying fund’s investment adviser’s (or sub-adviser’s) assessment of a company’s value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the underlying fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, “value stocks” can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
• Fixed-Income Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
• Interest Rate Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, an underlying fund’s yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, an underlying fund’s yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect an underlying fund’s share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The longer an underlying fund’s portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the underlying fund invests.
• Credit Risk. A decline in the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment could cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Prepayment and Extension Risk. Certain fixed income securities are subject to the risk that the securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected, especially during periods of falling or rising interest rates, respectively. Prepayments of obligations could cause an underlying fund to forgo future interest income on the portion of the security’s principal repaid early and force the underlying fund to reinvest that money at the lower prevailing interest rates. Extensions of obligations could cause the fund to exhibit additional volatility and hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest. Either case could hurt the underlying fund’s performance.
• U.S. Government Securities Risk. Some of the U.S. government securities that the underlying funds invest in are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, which means they are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Issuers such as the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) maintain limited access to credit lines from the U.S. Treasury. Certain securities, such as obligations issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, are supported solely by the credit of the issuer. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will provide financial support to securities of its agencies and instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so under law. Also, any government guarantees on securities the underlying funds own do not extend to shares of the underlying funds themselves.
• Real Estate Investment Risk. An underlying fund in which the fund may invest may have a policy of concentrating its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and the fund’s investment in such an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the underlying fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others, declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Risk. An underlying fund may invest in REITs. An underlying fund’s investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions. REITs are also subject to certain additional risks. For example, equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts, and mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Further, REITs may have their investments in relatively few properties, a small geographic area or a single property type. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the underlying fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.
• Mortgage-Backed and Mortgage Pass-Through Securities Risk. Mortgage-backed securities tend to increase in value less than other debt securities when interest rates decline, but are subject to similar or greater risk of decline in fair value during periods of rising interest rates. Certain of the mortgage-backed securities in which an underlying fund may invest are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities where it was not obligated to do so which can cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. The risks of investing in mortgage-backed securities include, among others, interest rate risk, credit risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. Transactions in mortgage pass-through securities often occur through to-be-announced (TBA) transactions. An underlying fund could lose money or underperform if a TBA counterparty defaults or goes bankrupt.
• Portfolio Turnover Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
• Liquidity Risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
• Derivatives Risk. An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase volatility, and could cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund.
• Securities Lending Risk. Certain underlying funds engage in securities lending, which involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Management Risk. An underlying fund may be an actively managed mutual fund. Any actively managed mutual fund is subject to the risk that its investment adviser (or sub-adviser(s)) will make poor security selections. An underlying fund’s adviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results.
• Investment Style Risk. Certain underlying funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
• Tracking Error Risk. An underlying fund may seek to track the performance of its benchmark index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of a fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
• Concentration Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political, or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
• Commodity Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, it may subject the underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Also, commodity-linked investments may be more volatile and less liquid than the underlying commodity. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and other regulatory and market developments. The use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return, but also creates the possibility for a greater loss.
• Money Market Fund Risk. The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that either seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value (“stable share price money market funds”) or that have a share price that fluctuates (“variable share price money market funds”). Although an underlying stable share price money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. Because the share price of an underlying variable share price money market fund will fluctuate, when the fund sells the shares it owns they may be worth more or less than what the fund originally paid for them. In addition, neither type of money market fund is designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability to sell shares if such fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser and administrator pursuant to an Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement between the investment adviser and the trust.
For its advisory and administrative services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, equal to 0.45% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Expense Limitation
The investment adviser and its affiliates have agreed with the fund, for so long as the investment adviser serves as the investment adviser to the fund, which may only be amended or terminated with approval of the fund’s Board, to limit the total annual fund operating expenses charged, excluding interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses to 0.58%.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
The agreement to limit the fund’s total expenses charged is limited to the fund’s direct operating expenses and, therefore, does not apply to acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds.
Investments in Affiliates
The fund may engage in certain transactions involving related parties. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may invest in other related ETFs and mutual funds. As of June 30, 2022, the Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio’s ownership percentages of other related funds’ shares are:
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.4% |
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares | 0.1% |
| * | Less than 0.05% |
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section) in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund’s purchases and sales of securities with other funds in the Fund Complex was $290,151 and $155,742 respectively, and includes realized losses of $4,146.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.
5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees, but it did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted on the fund’s Statement of Operations. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
6. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the fund paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
6. Borrowing from Banks (continued):
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company, maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the fund pays interest on the amount it borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is disclosed on the fund’s Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
| PURCHASES OF SECURITIES | SALES OF SECURITIES |
| $9,483,228 | $10,230,218 |
8. Federal Income Taxes:
As of June 30, 2022, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| TAX COST | GROSS UNREALIZED APPRECIATION | GROSS UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION | NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
| $71,737,705 | $9,116,719 | ($3,401,244) | $5,715,475 |
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2022. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS | |
| ORDINARY INCOME | |
| $1,172,672 |
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of December 31, 2021, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
9. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Shareholder Vote Results (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the “Trust”) was held on June 1, 2022, for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval to elect the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: Walter W. Bettinger II, Richard A. Wurster, Michael J. Beer, Robert W. Burns, Nancy F. Heller, David L. Mahoney, Jane P. Moncreiff, Kiran M. Patel, Kimberly S. Patmore, and J. Derek Penn. The number of votes necessary to conduct the Special Meeting and approve the proposal was obtained. The results of the shareholder vote are listed below:
| Proposal – To elect each of the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: | For | Withheld |
| Walter W. Bettinger II | 230,987,903.571 | 12,054,386.634 |
| Richard A. Wurster | 230,979,914.087 | 12,062,376.118 |
| Michael J. Beer | 230,823,461.997 | 12,218,828.208 |
| Robert W. Burns | 231,075,703.121 | 11,966,587.084 |
| Nancy F. Heller | 231,085,949.283 | 11,956,340.922 |
| David L. Mahoney | 231,103,532.111 | 11,938,758.094 |
| Jane P. Moncreiff | 231,003,818.140 | 12,038,472.065 |
| Kiran M. Patel | 231,002,127.696 | 12,040,162.509 |
| Kimberly S. Patmore | 229,583,567.139 | 13,458,723.066 |
| J. Derek Penn | 230,848,948.394 | 12,193,341.811 |
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory and administration agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management) (the investment adviser) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by the investment adviser, including information about the investment adviser’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to the investment adviser seeking certain relevant information. The responses by the investment adviser are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of the investment adviser and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on May 16, 2022 and June 8, 2022, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 8, 2022 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
| 1. | the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund; |
| 2. | the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds and benchmark data; |
| 3. | the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar mutual funds; |
| 4. | the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the investment adviser and its affiliates; and |
| 5. | the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. |
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, the investment adviser’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by the investment adviser relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments the investment adviser has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business
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continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees considered Schwab’s overall financial condition and its reputation as a full service brokerage firm, as well as the wide range of products, services, and account features that benefit Fund shareholders who are brokerage clients of Schwab. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other mutual funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of the Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and the investment adviser’s profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Although the Fund had performance that ranked in the fourth quartile of a relevant peer group for more than one performance period considered, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to this Fund including that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions by the investment adviser that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies and that the investment adviser had taken steps designed to help improve performance. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and the Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other similar mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. The investment adviser reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by the investment adviser in the development of the Fund and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial
products. The Trustees also considered the investment adviser’s contractual commitment to keep the expense cap for so long as the investment adviser serves as the adviser to the Fund. The Trustees also considered fees charged by the investment adviser to other mutual funds and the unique insurance dedicated distribution arrangements of the Fund as compared to other funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees noted that shareholders of the Fund indirectly pay their pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to the investment adviser and its affiliates, directly or indirectly, and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of the investment adviser relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by the investment adviser from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, the investment adviser obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. Also, because the Fund invests a portion of its assets in other funds within the Schwab fund complex, the Trustees considered that the investment adviser indirectly benefits from the Fund’s investments in other underlying funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that the investment adviser continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of the investment adviser is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by the investment adviser in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving
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business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees acknowledged that the investment adviser has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in the investment adviser’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that the investment adviser’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continue to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees considered that the investment adviser and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based
on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and the related expenses borne by the investment adviser and its affiliates and such other matters as the Trustees considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Annuity Portfolios, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 104 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
| Independent Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Retired/Private Investor. | 104 | None |
| Nancy F. Heller 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Retired. | 104 | None |
| David L. Mahoney 1954 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Private Investor. | 104 | Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Director (2009 – 2021), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation |
| Jane P. Moncreiff 1961 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019) | Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). | 104 | None |
| Kiran M. Patel 1948 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Retired. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation |
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| Independent Trustees (continued) | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Kimberly S. Patmore 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). | 104 | None |
J. Derek Penn 1957 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial services). | 104 | None |
| Interested Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Chairman and Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010) | Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President (Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director (May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), and President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| Joseph R. Martinetto2 1962 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Managing Director (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2018 – Apr. 2022), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present) and Chief Financial Officer (Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. | 104 | None |
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| Officers of the Trust | |
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served3) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years |
| Jonathan de St. Paer 1973 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee (Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Director (Mar. 2019 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Managing Director (May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
| Mark Fischer 1970 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present) and Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director (July 2020 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. |
| Omar Aguilar 1970 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present) and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| Brett Wander 1961 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| William P. McMahon, Jr. 1972 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc. |
| Catherine MacGregor 1964 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009) | Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President (Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs. |
| 1 | Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first. |
| 2 | Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of Schwab. |
| 3 | The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board. |
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Glossary
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index An index that is a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance of the U.S. investment grade, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities that are publicly available for sale in the United States. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, securities must be fixed rate, non-convertible, U.S. dollar-denominated with at least $300 million or more of outstanding face value and have one or more years remaining to maturity. The index excludes certain types of securities, including tax-exempt state and local government series bonds, structured notes embedded with swaps or other special features, private placements, floating rate securities, inflation-linked bonds and Eurobonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury 1–3 Year Index An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to one year and less than three years, are rated investment grade, and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. The securities in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index excludes state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury 3–10 Year Index An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to three years and less than ten years, are rated investment grade, and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. The securities in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index excludes state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1–3 Month Index An index that includes all publicly issued zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months but more than 1 month, are rated investment grade and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. It excludes zero-coupon STRIPS.
Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L) An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) that have at least one year remaining to maturity, are rated investment grade and have $500 million or more of outstanding face value. The TIPS in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index is market capitalization weighted and the TIPS in the index are updated on the last business day of each month. TIPS are publicly issued, dollar denominated U.S. Government securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that have principal and interest payments linked to an official inflation measure (as measured by the Consumer Price Index, or CPI) and their payments are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index A float-adjusted market cap weighted index that is designed to measure all equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, as defined by the S&P Dow Jones Indices REIT/RESI Industry Classification Hierarchy, that meet the minimum float market capitalization (FMC) and liquidity thresholds. The aggregate weight of
all companies weighing more than 4.5% cannot exceed 22.5%, and no single company’s weight can exceed 10%. The index is reviewed daily based on each company’s capped market capitalization weight. Daily capping is only performed when the sum of companies with weights great than 5% exceeds 25%.
Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of large-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index An index that is a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index comprised of income-producing commercial and/or residential real estate investment trusts (REITs). The index excludes mortgage REITs, net-lease REITs, real estate finance companies, mortgage brokers and bankers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and estate agents, homebuilders, large landowners and sub-dividers of unimproved land, hybrid REITs, timber REITs and companies that have more than 25% of their assets in direct mortgage investments.
Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of small-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index An index which includes all U.S. equity issues with readily available prices. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that reflects the shares of securities actually available to investors in the marketplace.
FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net) An index comprised of small-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the small-capitalization universe as approximately the bottom 10% of the eligible universe with a minimum free float capitalization of $150 million. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Emerging Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in emerging market countries, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index A market capitalization index that measures the total rate of return performance for the government bonds of 22 countries, excluding the U.S., with a remaining maturity of at least 1 year.
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MSCI EAFE Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes; returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment. The returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
Russell 1000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 2000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
S&P 500 Index An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
VIT Balanced Composite Index A custom blended index developed by Schwab Asset Management based on a comparable portfolio asset allocation and calculated using the following portion allocations effective July 1, 2020: 36.3% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 9.0% Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 3.7% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 6.0% Dow Jones Equity All REIT
Capped Index, 19.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 4.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 5.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 11.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), and 2.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From April 29, 2020 through June 30, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 36.3% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 9.0% Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 3.7% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 6.0% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 19.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 4.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 5.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 11.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), and 2.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From June 8, 2016 through April 28, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 2% Bloomberg Global Treasury ex-US Capped Index, 34% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 15% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 2% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 3% Bloomberg Commodity Index, 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 15% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 4% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 5% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 11% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 2% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), and 1% Russell Microcap Index. Prior to June 8, 2016, the composite index was derived using the following allocations: 15% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 4% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 1% Russell Microcap Index, 11% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 2% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), 5% FTSE Emerging Index (Net), 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 3% Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index, 2% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 12% Bloomberg US Treasury 3-10 Year Index, 2% Bloomberg US Aggregate: Agencies Index, 6% Bloomberg US Credit Index, 13% Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index, 2% Bloomberg Global Treasury ex-US Capped Index, 1% Bloomberg High Yield Bond Very Liquid Index, and 15% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1–3 Month Index.
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Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting Schwab’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Investment Adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
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The Investment Environment
For the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022, U.S. and international equity and bond markets lost ground as inflation accelerated, interest rates rose, and, in late February, Russia invaded Ukraine. The commodities market was one of the few rising markets, as oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014. Economic growth slowed around the world and fears of an impending recession rose. The spread of COVID-19 continued to weigh on economic growth worldwide, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant and subvariants keeping infection rates high in many areas. Over the reporting period, the U.S. dollar strengthened against a basket of international currencies, generally decreasing the returns on overseas investments in U.S. dollar terms. For the six-month reporting period, the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, returned -19.96%. U.S. small-cap stocks underperformed U.S. large-cap stocks, with the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 1000® Index returning -23.43% and -20.94%, respectively. Outside the U.S., the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)*, a broad measure of developed international equity performance, returned -19.57% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)* returned -17.63% for the reporting period. U.S. and international bonds were also weak, with the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, representing the broad U.S. bond market, returning -10.35% and the FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index returning -18.74%.
In the United States, amid fading government stimuli, ongoing supply chain disruptions, persisting inflation, and a widening U.S. trade deficit, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annualized rate of -1.6% for the first quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate, which has fallen steadily since skyrocketing in April 2020, ended the reporting period near pre-pandemic lows. Inflation rose through the reporting period, with just a slight downtick in April, ending the reporting period at its highest level in more than 40 years, due to imbalances in the labor market, supply chain bottlenecks, and soaring energy costs.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended June 30, 2022
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Data source: Index provider websites and Schwab Asset Management.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
| * | The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes. |
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The Investment Environment (continued)
Outside the United States, global economies continued to wrestle with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergence and spread of COVID-19 variant and subvariants, as well as steepening energy costs, rising inflation, and the war in Ukraine. After spiking to over $120 per barrel in early March as sanctions were imposed on Russian imports, oil prices ended the reporting period at just under $110 per barrel. The eurozone posted a small gain in GDP growth for the first quarter of 2022 but was heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine and associated spikes in commodity prices. The United Kingdom also posted positive GDP growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven, in part, by increases in COVID-19 testing and tracing and an expansion of its COVID-19 vaccination program. Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter of 2022 as a result of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, geopolitical turmoil, and supply chain issues. Among emerging markets, China’s GDP growth rate remained positive, increasing slightly for the first quarter of 2022 over the previous quarter, but has slowed, a reflection of the prolonged impact of strict COVID-19 protocols including varying degrees of lockdowns and quarantines. China faced other headwinds as well, including the political landscape and an emphasis on domestic consumption over globalization, as well as a property downturn and supply chain constraints. India’s economy also expanded in the first quarter of 2022, albeit at a slowing pace, on rising consumer demand and a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases.
Monetary policies around the world varied. In the United States, after maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% through mid-March, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 0.25% in mid-March, 0.50% in early May, and 0.75% in mid-June in an effort to achieve a return to price stability. The federal funds rate ended the reporting period in a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. In addition, the Fed’s bond-buying program, which it had begun to scale back in November 2021, was ended altogether in early March 2022. In June, the Fed also began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets it holds on its balance sheet, vowing to be more aggressive than during its last round of quantitative tightening in 2017 through 2019. Outside the United States, after holding its policy rate unchanged since March 2016, at 0.00%, the European Central Bank announced in June its intention to raise interest rates in July for the first time in 11 years. The European Central Bank also intended to end its long-running asset purchase program and downgraded its growth forecasts. Also in June, the Bank of England raised its key official bank rate for the fifth consecutive time, to 1.25%, bringing borrowing costs to a 13-year high as the Bank of England wrestles with soaring inflation. In contrast, the Bank of Japan upheld its short-term interest rate target of -0.1%, also unchanged since 2016, and vowed to defend its cap on bond yields with unlimited buying, as opposed to the monetary tightening being employed in many other countries around the globe. Monetary policies in emerging markets were also mixed. China cut its interest rate in February, following a previous rate cut in December 2021. Indonesia maintained its policy rate but indicated it was monitoring growing inflation risks. Central banks in India, Mexico, Brazil, and Pakistan raised their rates multiple times over the reporting period to counteract the impacts of inflation. Russia, notably, raised its interest rate to 20% in late February amid the broadening fallout of Western sanctions in retaliation against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but subsequently reduced it several times.
Bond markets were volatile during the reporting period, particularly as the Fed’s tightening cycle accelerated. As inflation continued to rise and Fed monetary policy shifted, bond yields began to rise in early 2022, exerting downward pressure on bond prices. Yields touched reporting-period highs in mid-June before falling back slightly. (Bond yields and bond prices typically move in opposite directions.) During the reporting period, portions of the yield curve inverted, which is often an indicator of a possible recession. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury began the reporting period at 1.52%, hit a reporting-period high of 3.49% in mid-June, and ended the reporting period at 2.98% as concerns about slowing economic growth mounted. Short-term rates also rose, with the yield on the three-month U.S. Treasury climbing from 0.06% to 1.72% over the reporting period.
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Portfolio Management
 | Zifan Tang, Ph.D., CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2012, Ms. Tang was a product manager at Thomson Reuters and from 1997 to 2009 worked as a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (now known as BlackRock). |
 | Drew Hayes, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Mr. Hayes has been with Schwab since 2006. Before becoming a portfolio manager, he spent seven years as a senior fixed income specialist for Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory, Inc. Prior to that, he worked as a bond investment specialist for two years and as a registered representative for two years for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
 | Patrick Kwok, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Previously, Mr. Kwok served as an associate portfolio manager from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, he worked as a fund administration manager, where he was responsible for oversight of sub-advisers, trading, cash management, and fund administration supporting the Charles Schwab Trust Bank Collective Investment Trusts and multi-asset Schwab Funds. Prior to joining Schwab Asset Management in 2008, Mr. Kwok spent two years as an asset operations specialist at Charles Schwab Trust Company. He also worked for one year at State Street Bank & Trust as a portfolio accountant and pricing specialist. |
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Average Annual Total Returns1
| Fund and Inception Date | 6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Fund: Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio (07/25/12) | -16.06% | -13.51% | 3.87% | 5.19% |
| S&P 500® Index | -19.96% | -10.62% | 11.31% | 13.24% |
| Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index | -10.35% | -10.29% | 0.88% | 1.40% |
| VIT Balanced with Growth Composite Index | -16.13% | -13.16% | 4.43% | 5.86% |
| Fund Category: Morningstar Allocation – 50% to 70% Equity2 | -16.50% | -13.00% | 4.85% | N/A |
| Fund Expense Ratio3: 0.54% | ||||
All total return figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The components that make up the composite index may vary over time. For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
| 1 | Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. Fund performance does not reflect the additional fees and expenses imposed by the insurance company under the variable insurance product contract. If those contract fees and expenses were included, the performance would be less than that shown. Please refer to the variable insurance product prospectus for a complete listing of these expenses. |
| 2 | Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all active and index mutual funds and ETFs within the category as of the report date. |
| 3 | As stated in the prospectus. Includes 0.05% of acquired fund fees and expenses (AFFE), which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without contractual fee waivers. For actual expense ratios during the period, not including AFFE, refer to the Financial Highlights section of the financial statements. |
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Performance and Fund Facts as of June 30, 2022
Statistics
| Number of Holdings | 10 |
| Portfolio Turnover Rate | 5% 1 |
Asset Class Weightings % of Investments2,3
Top Holdings % of Net Assets2,4,5
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
| 1 | Not annualized. |
| 2 | The fund intends to primarily invest in affiliated Schwab ETFs and may also invest in affiliated Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as “underlying funds”). The fund may also invest directly in equity, fixed-income, or other securities or investments, as appropriate, consistent with its investment objectives, strategies, and policies. |
| 3 | The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets. |
| 4 | This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser. |
| 5 | The holdings listed exclude any temporary liquidity investments. |
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
The Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)1,2 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)3,4 | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AT 1/1/22 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE (NET OF EXPENSES) AT 6/30/222 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/222,5 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/224,5 | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | ||||||
| Actual Return | 0.49% | 0.54% | $1,000.00 | $ 839.40 | $2.23 | $2.46 |
| Hypothetical 5% Return | 0.49% | 0.54% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.36 | $2.46 | $2.71 |
| 1 | Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio. |
| 2 | Excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 3 | Based on the most recent six-month acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio; may differ from the acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio in the prospectus. |
| 4 | Includes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 5 | Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days of the period, and divided by the 365 days of the fiscal year. |
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Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| 1/1/22– 6/30/22* | 1/1/21– 12/31/21 | 1/1/20– 12/31/20 | 1/1/19– 12/31/19 | 1/1/18– 12/31/18 | 1/1/17– 12/31/17 | |
| Per-Share Data | ||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $17.24 | $15.68 | $14.59 | $12.66 | $13.80 | $12.38 |
| Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||
| Net investment income (loss)1 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.22 |
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) | (2.84) | 1.53 | 1.20 | 1.99 | (1.16) | 1.46 |
| Total from investment operations | (2.77) | 1.78 | 1.42 | 2.27 | (0.91) | 1.68 |
| Less distributions: | ||||||
| Distributions from net investment income | (0.25) | (0.22) | (0.29) | (0.26) | (0.21) | (0.18) |
| Distributions from net realized gains | (0.30) | — | (0.04) | (0.08) | (0.02) | (0.08) |
| Total distributions | (0.55) | (0.22) | (0.33) | (0.34) | (0.23) | (0.26) |
| Net asset value at end of period | $13.92 | $17.24 | $15.68 | $14.59 | $12.66 | $13.80 |
| Total return | (16.06%) 2 | 11.42% | 10.09% | 18.05% | (6.70%) | 13.70% |
| Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||
| Net operating expenses3 | 0.49% 4 | 0.49% | 0.50% | 0.51% | 0.50% | 0.51% |
| Gross operating expenses3 | 0.49% 4 | 0.49% | 0.50% | 0.51% | 0.50% | 0.51% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 0.92% 4 | 1.48% | 1.56% | 2.04% | 1.87% | 1.65% |
| Portfolio turnover rate | 5% 2 | 8% | 21% | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000) | $153 | $184 | $164 | $162 | $140 | $150 |
| * | Unaudited. |
| 1 | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period. |
| 2 | Not annualized. |
| 3 | Ratio excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date, including a summary of the fund’s transactions with its affiliated underlying funds during the period.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, typically 60-80 days after the end of the fund’s fiscal quarter.
| SECURITY | VALUE AT 12/31/21 | PURCHASES | SALES | REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | VALUE AT 6/30/22 | BALANCE OF SHARES HELD AT 6/30/22 | DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED* |
| AFFILIATED UNDERLYING FUNDS 99.3% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||||
| U.S. Stocks 32.8% | ||||||||
| Large-Cap 26.8% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | $49,940,687 | $3,643,107 | ($1,754,054) | $106,712 | ($10,913,205) | $41,023,247 | 918,568 | $302,506 |
| Small-Cap 6.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 11,102,413 | 878,791 | (162,758) | (14,201) | (2,691,775) | 9,112,470 | 233,713 | 48,768 |
| 50,135,717 | ||||||||
| International Stocks 26.0% | ||||||||
| Developed Markets 19.9% | ||||||||
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 31,394,366 | 1,328,585 | (735,555) | (77,712) | (5,916,510) | 25,993,174 | 826,492 | 222,762 |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 5,553,873 | 351,594 | — | — | (1,341,702) | 4,563,765 | 146,134 | — |
| 30,556,939 | ||||||||
| Emerging Markets 6.1% | ||||||||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 10,893,792 | 528,651 | (572,553) | (86,426) | (1,477,379) | 9,286,085 | 365,882 | 28,467 |
| 39,843,024 | ||||||||
| Real Estate 5.9% | ||||||||
| U.S. REITs 5.9% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 11,277,189 | 996,063 | (1,034,047) | 109,829 | (2,282,359) | 9,066,675 | 429,904 | 74,057 |
| Fixed Income 31.4% | ||||||||
| Inflation-Protected Bond 1.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | 1,776,580 | — | — | — | (200,286) | 1,576,294 | 28,249 | 42,441 |
| Intermediate-Term Bond 26.4% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 47,709,154 | 1,989,483 | (3,940,692) | (502,231) | (4,867,939) | 40,387,775 | 843,697 | 424,858 |
| Treasury Bond 4.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 7,156,171 | — | (846,218) | (31,790) | (197,639) | 6,080,524 | 123,613 | 15,454 |
| 48,044,593 | ||||||||
| Money Market Funds 3.2% | ||||||||
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares, 1.38% (a) | 4,911,439 | 5,884 | — | — | (1,473) | 4,915,850 | 4,915,850 | 8,529 |
| Total Affiliated Underlying Funds (Cost $127,921,406) | $181,715,664 | $9,722,158 | ($9,045,877) | ($495,819) | ($29,890,267) | $152,005,859 | $1,167,842 | |
| Total Investments in Securities (Cost $127,921,406) | $152,005,859 | |||||||
| * | Distributions received include distributions from net investment income and capital gains, if any, from the underlying funds. |
| (a) | The rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| ETF | Exchange traded fund |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
| TIPS | Treasury Inflation Protected Securities |
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Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)
At June 30, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1. Fund investments in underlying mutual funds and ETFs are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds and ETFs, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3. (See financial note 2(a) for additional information)
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2022; unaudited
| Assets | ||
| Investments in securities, at value - affiliated (cost $127,921,406) | $152,005,859 | |
| Cash | 1,574,628 | |
| Receivables: | ||
| Investments sold | 2,076,462 | |
| Dividends | + | 2,647 |
| Total assets | 155,659,596 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payables: | ||
| Investments bought | 2,435,008 | |
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 57,930 | |
| Fund shares redeemed | 29,921 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 70 | |
| Accrued expenses | + | 23,998 |
| Total liabilities | 2,546,927 | |
| Net assets | $153,112,669 | |
| Net Assets by Source | ||
| Capital received from investors | $129,680,742 | |
| Total distributable earnings | + | 23,431,927 |
| Net assets | $153,112,669 | |
| Net Asset Value (NAV) | ||||
| Net Assets | ÷ | Shares Outstanding | = | NAV |
| $153,112,669 | 11,001,713 | $13.92 | ||
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Statement of Operations
| For the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022; unaudited | ||
| Investment Income | ||
| Dividends received from securities - affiliated | $1,167,842 | |
| Interest received from securities - unaffiliated | + | 1,520 |
| Total investment income | 1,169,362 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 373,249 | |
| Professional fees | 12,412 | |
| Portfolio accounting fees | 6,751 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 6,736 | |
| Shareholder reports | 2,894 | |
| Custodian fees | 1,678 | |
| Transfer agent fees | 180 | |
| Other expenses | + | 1,244 |
| Total expenses | – | 405,144 |
| Net investment income | 764,218 | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | ||
| Net realized losses on sales of securities - affiliated | (495,819) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - affiliated | + | (29,890,267) |
| Net realized and unrealized losses | (30,386,086) | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | ($29,621,868) | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
| OPERATIONS | |||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||
| Net investment income | $764,218 | $2,609,162 | |
| Net realized gains (losses) | (495,819) | 3,443,646 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | + | (29,890,267) | 12,728,493 |
| Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | ($29,621,868) | $18,781,301 | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | |||
| Total distributions | ($5,827,177) | ($2,357,386) | |
| TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | VALUE | SHARES | VALUE | ||
| Shares sold | 325,308 | $5,220,233 | 875,732 | $14,657,809 | |
| Shares reinvested | 418,619 | 5,827,177 | 140,908 | 2,357,386 | |
| Shares redeemed | + | (419,930) | (6,589,688) | (791,626) | (13,183,009) |
| Net transactions in fund shares | 323,997 | $4,457,722 | 225,014 | $3,832,186 | |
| SHARES OUTSTANDING AND NET ASSETS | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | NET ASSETS | SHARES | NET ASSETS | ||
| Beginning of period | 10,677,716 | $184,103,992 | 10,452,702 | $163,847,891 | |
| Total increase (decrease) | + | 323,997 | (30,991,323) | 225,014 | 20,256,101 |
| End of period | 11,001,713 | $153,112,669 | 10,677,716 | $184,103,992 | |
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Financial Notes, unaudited
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio (the fund) is a series of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
| SCHWAB ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS (ORGANIZED JANUARY 21, 1994) | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | |
The fund is a “fund of funds” which primarily invests in affiliated Schwab Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The fund may also invest in affiliated mutual funds from Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as "underlying funds"). The fund may also invest directly in equity or fixed-income securities, including bonds, cash equivalents, money market funds and money market investments, to achieve its investment objectives.
The fund in this report offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of the fund. Each share has a par value of 1/1,000 of a cent, and the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) may authorize the issuance of as many shares as necessary.
The fund is available exclusively as an investment vehicle for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered by separate accounts of participating life insurance companies and in the future may be offered to pension and retirement plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At June 30, 2022, 100% of the fund’s shares were held through separate accounts of five insurance companies. Subscriptions and redemptions of these insurance separate accounts could have a material impact on the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The financial statements of the fund should be read in conjunction with the underlying funds’ financial statements. For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the Board, the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
• Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes.
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
• Cash management sweep time deposits: Balances held in cash management sweep time deposits are accounted for on a cost basis, which approximates fair value.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
• Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities, mutual funds and ETFs. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, and investments in ETFs are valued daily at the last reported sale price or the official closing price, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by an underlying fund.
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, a fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides the fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the fund or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreement. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between the fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 9% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by the investment adviser or any of its affiliates.
As of June 30, 2022, the fund had no securities on loan.
Cash Management Transactions: Effective May 23, 2022 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) was replaced by Citibank, N.A as custodian of the fund. The fund no longer subscribes to the BBH Cash Management Service Sweep (CMS Sweep). The BBH CMS Sweep was an investment product that automatically swept the fund’s cash balances into overnight offshore time deposits with either the BBH Grand Cayman branch or a branch of a pre-approved commercial bank. This fully automated program allowed the fund to earn interest on cash balances. Excess cash invested with deposit institutions domiciled outside of the U.S., as with any offshore deposit, was subject to sovereign actions in the jurisdiction of the deposit institution including, but not limited to, freeze, seizure or diminution. The fund assumed the risk associated with the repayment of principal and payment of interest on such instruments by the institution with which the deposit was ultimately placed. The fund terminated the CMS Sweep program and cash was returned to the fund prior to terminating services with BBH.
Cash Investments: The fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash. Cash includes cash bank balances in an interest-bearing demand deposit account with maturity on demand by the fund.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date). Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Expenses that are common to more than one fund in the trusts generally are allocated among those funds in proportion to their average daily net assets. The fund bears its share of the acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Such expenses are reflected in the net asset values of the underlying funds.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to the participating insurance company’s (shareholders) separate accounts each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Asset Allocation Risk. The fund is subject to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
Conflicts of Interest Risk. The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
ETF Risk. When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
Direct Investment Risk. The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in the same securities.
Underlying Fund Investment Risk. Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
• Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
• Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Foreign Investment Risk. An underlying fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment being adversely affected.
• Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements and greater risk associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result, there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
• Growth Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds pursue a “growth style” of investing. Growth investing focuses on a company’s prospects for growth of revenue and earnings. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically. Growth stocks also can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and can be more volatile than other types of stocks. Since growth companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their business, they may lack the dividends of value stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. Growth stocks may also be more expensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to value or other stocks.
• Value Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may pursue a “value style” of investing. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued in light of factors such as the company’s earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow. If an underlying fund’s investment adviser’s (or sub-adviser’s) assessment of a company’s value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the underlying fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, “value stocks” can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
• Fixed-Income Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
• Interest Rate Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, an underlying fund’s yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, an underlying fund’s yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect an underlying fund’s share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The longer an underlying fund’s portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the underlying fund invests.
• Credit Risk. A decline in the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment could cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Prepayment and Extension Risk. Certain fixed income securities are subject to the risk that the securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected, especially during periods of falling or rising interest rates, respectively. Prepayments of obligations could cause an underlying fund to forgo future interest income on the portion of the security’s principal repaid early and force the underlying fund to reinvest that money at the lower prevailing interest rates. Extensions of obligations could cause the fund to exhibit additional volatility and hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest. Either case could hurt the underlying fund’s performance.
• U.S. Government Securities Risk. Some of the U.S. government securities that the underlying funds invest in are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, which means they are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Issuers such as the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) maintain limited access to credit lines from the U.S. Treasury. Certain securities, such as obligations issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, are supported solely by the credit of the issuer. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will provide financial support to securities of its agencies and instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so under law. Also, any government guarantees on securities the underlying funds own do not extend to shares of the underlying funds themselves.
• Real Estate Investment Risk. An underlying fund in which the fund may invest may have a policy of concentrating its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and the fund’s investment in such an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the underlying fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others, declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Risk. An underlying fund may invest in REITs. An underlying fund’s investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions. REITs are also subject to certain additional risks. For example, equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts, and mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Further, REITs may have their investments in relatively few properties, a small geographic area or a single property type. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the underlying fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.
• Mortgage-Backed and Mortgage Pass-Through Securities Risk. Mortgage-backed securities tend to increase in value less than other debt securities when interest rates decline, but are subject to similar or greater risk of decline in fair value during periods of rising interest rates. Certain of the mortgage-backed securities in which an underlying fund may invest are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities where it was not obligated to do so which can cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. The risks of investing in mortgage-backed securities include, among others, interest rate risk, credit risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. Transactions in mortgage pass-through securities often occur through to-be-announced (TBA) transactions. An underlying fund could lose money or underperform if a TBA counterparty defaults or goes bankrupt.
• Portfolio Turnover Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
• Liquidity Risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
• Derivatives Risk. An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase volatility, and could cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund.
• Securities Lending Risk. Certain underlying funds engage in securities lending, which involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Management Risk. An underlying fund may be an actively managed mutual fund. Any actively managed mutual fund is subject to the risk that its investment adviser (or sub-adviser(s)) will make poor security selections. An underlying fund’s adviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results.
• Investment Style Risk. Certain underlying funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
• Tracking Error Risk. An underlying fund may seek to track the performance of its benchmark index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of a fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
• Concentration Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political, or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
• Commodity Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, it may subject the underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Also, commodity-linked investments may be more volatile and less liquid than the underlying commodity. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and other regulatory and market developments. The use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return, but also creates the possibility for a greater loss.
• Money Market Fund Risk. The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that either seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value (“stable share price money market funds”) or that have a share price that fluctuates (“variable share price money market funds”). Although an underlying stable share price money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. Because the share price of an underlying variable share price money market fund will fluctuate, when the fund sells the shares it owns they may be worth more or less than what the fund originally paid for them. In addition, neither type of money market fund is designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability to sell shares if such fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser and administrator pursuant to an Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement between the investment adviser and the trust.
For its advisory and administrative services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, equal to 0.45% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Expense Limitation
The investment adviser and its affiliates have agreed with the fund, for so long as the investment adviser serves as the investment adviser to the fund, which may only be amended or terminated with approval of the fund’s Board, to limit the total annual fund operating expenses charged, excluding interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses to 0.58%.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
The agreement to limit the fund’s total expenses charged is limited to the fund’s direct operating expenses and, therefore, does not apply to acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds.
Investments in Affiliates
The fund may engage in certain transactions involving related parties. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may invest in other related ETFs and mutual funds. As of June 30, 2022, the Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio’s ownership percentages of other related funds’ shares are:
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.5% |
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | 0.2% |
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 0.2% |
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | 0.0%* |
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares | 0.2% |
| * | Less than 0.05% |
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section) in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund’s purchases and sales of securities with other funds in the Fund Complex was $465,527 and $2,278 respectively, and includes realized losses of $368.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section). All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.
5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees, but it did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted on the fund’s Statement of Operations. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
6. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the fund paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
6. Borrowing from Banks (continued):
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company, maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the fund pays interest on the amount it borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is disclosed on the fund’s Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
| PURCHASES OF SECURITIES | SALES OF SECURITIES |
| $9,722,158 | $9,045,877 |
8. Federal Income Taxes:
As of June 30, 2022, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| TAX COST | GROSS UNREALIZED APPRECIATION | GROSS UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION | NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
| $128,936,679 | $27,762,209 | ($4,693,029) | $23,069,180 |
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2022. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS |
| ORDINARY INCOME |
| $2,357,386 |
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of December 31, 2021, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
9. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Shareholder Vote Results (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the “Trust”) was held on June 1, 2022, for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval to elect the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: Walter W. Bettinger II, Richard A. Wurster, Michael J. Beer, Robert W. Burns, Nancy F. Heller, David L. Mahoney, Jane P. Moncreiff, Kiran M. Patel, Kimberly S. Patmore, and J. Derek Penn. The number of votes necessary to conduct the Special Meeting and approve the proposal was obtained. The results of the shareholder vote are listed below:
| Proposal – To elect each of the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: | For | Withheld |
| Walter W. Bettinger II | 230,987,903.571 | 12,054,386.634 |
| Richard A. Wurster | 230,979,914.087 | 12,062,376.118 |
| Michael J. Beer | 230,823,461.997 | 12,218,828.208 |
| Robert W. Burns | 231,075,703.121 | 11,966,587.084 |
| Nancy F. Heller | 231,085,949.283 | 11,956,340.922 |
| David L. Mahoney | 231,103,532.111 | 11,938,758.094 |
| Jane P. Moncreiff | 231,003,818.140 | 12,038,472.065 |
| Kiran M. Patel | 231,002,127.696 | 12,040,162.509 |
| Kimberly S. Patmore | 229,583,567.139 | 13,458,723.066 |
| J. Derek Penn | 230,848,948.394 | 12,193,341.811 |
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory and administration agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management) (the investment adviser) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by the investment adviser, including information about the investment adviser’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to the investment adviser seeking certain relevant information. The responses by the investment adviser are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of the investment adviser and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on May 16, 2022 and June 8, 2022, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 8, 2022 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
| 1. | the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund; |
| 2. | the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds and benchmark data; |
| 3. | the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar mutual funds; |
| 4. | the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the investment adviser and its affiliates; and |
| 5. | the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. |
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, the investment adviser’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by the investment adviser relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments the investment adviser has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business
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continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees considered Schwab’s overall financial condition and its reputation as a full service brokerage firm, as well as the wide range of products, services, and account features that benefit Fund shareholders who are brokerage clients of Schwab. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other mutual funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of the Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and the investment adviser’s profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Although the Fund had performance that lagged that of a relevant peer group for certain periods considered, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to this Fund including that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions by the investment adviser that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies and that the investment adviser had taken steps designed to help improve performance. Following such evaluation the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and the Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other similar mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. The investment adviser reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by the investment adviser in the development of the Fund and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees also considered the investment
adviser’s contractual commitment to keep the expense cap for so long as the investment adviser serves as the adviser to the Fund. The Trustees also considered fees charged by the investment adviser to other mutual funds and the unique insurance dedicated distribution arrangements of the Fund as compared to other funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees noted that shareholders of the Fund indirectly pay their pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to the investment adviser and its affiliates, directly or indirectly, and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of the investment adviser relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by the investment adviser from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, the investment adviser obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. Also, because the Fund invests a portion of its assets in other funds within the Schwab fund complex, the Trustees considered that the investment adviser indirectly benefits from the Fund’s investments in other underlying funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that the investment adviser continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of the investment adviser is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by the investment adviser in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence and
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information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees acknowledged that the investment adviser has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in the investment adviser’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that the investment adviser’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continue to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees considered that the investment adviser and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based
on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and the related expenses borne by the investment adviser and its affiliates and such other matters as the Trustees considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Annuity Portfolios, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 104 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
| Independent Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Retired/Private Investor. | 104 | None |
| Nancy F. Heller 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Retired. | 104 | None |
| David L. Mahoney 1954 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Private Investor. | 104 | Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Director (2009 – 2021), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation |
| Jane P. Moncreiff 1961 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019) | Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). | 104 | None |
| Kiran M. Patel 1948 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Retired. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation |
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| Independent Trustees (continued) | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Kimberly S. Patmore 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). | 104 | None |
J. Derek Penn 1957 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial services). | 104 | None |
| Interested Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Chairman and Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010) | Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President (Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director (May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), and President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| Joseph R. Martinetto2 1962 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Managing Director (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2018 – Apr. 2022), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present) and Chief Financial Officer (Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. | 104 | None |
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| Officers of the Trust | |
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served3) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years |
| Jonathan de St. Paer 1973 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee (Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Director (Mar. 2019 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Managing Director (May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
| Mark Fischer 1970 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present) and Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director (July 2020 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. |
| Omar Aguilar 1970 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present) and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| Brett Wander 1961 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| William P. McMahon, Jr. 1972 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc. |
| Catherine MacGregor 1964 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009) | Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President (Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs. |
| 1 | Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first. |
| 2 | Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of Schwab. |
| 3 | The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board. |
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Glossary
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index An index that is a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance of the U.S. investment grade, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities that are publicly available for sale in the United States. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, securities must be fixed rate, non-convertible, U.S. dollar-denominated with at least $300 million or more of outstanding face value and have one or more years remaining to maturity. The index excludes certain types of securities, including tax-exempt state and local government series bonds, structured notes embedded with swaps or other special features, private placements, floating rate securities, inflation-linked bonds and Eurobonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury 1–3 Year Index An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to one year and less than three years, are rated investment grade, and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. The securities in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index excludes state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury 3–10 Year Index An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to three years and less than ten years, are rated investment grade, and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. The securities in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index excludes state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1–3 Month Index An index that includes all publicly issued zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months but more than 1 month, are rated investment grade and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. It excludes zero-coupon STRIPS.
Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L) An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) that have at least one year remaining to maturity, are rated investment grade and have $500 million or more of outstanding face value. The TIPS in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index is market capitalization weighted and the TIPS in the index are updated on the last business day of each month. TIPS are publicly issued, dollar denominated U.S. Government securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that have principal and interest payments linked to an official inflation measure (as measured by the Consumer Price Index, or CPI) and their payments are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index A float-adjusted market cap weighted index that is designed to measure all equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, as defined by the S&P Dow Jones Indices REIT/RESI Industry Classification Hierarchy, that meet the minimum float market capitalization (FMC) and liquidity thresholds. The aggregate weight of
all companies weighing more than 4.5% cannot exceed 22.5%, and no single company’s weight can exceed 10%. The index is reviewed daily based on each company’s capped market capitalization weight. Daily capping is only performed when the sum of companies with weights great than 5% exceeds 25%.
Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of large-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index An index that is a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index comprised of income-producing commercial and/or residential real estate investment trusts (REITs). The index excludes mortgage REITs, net-lease REITs, real estate finance companies, mortgage brokers and bankers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and estate agents, homebuilders, large landowners and sub-dividers of unimproved land, hybrid REITs, timber REITs and companies that have more than 25% of their assets in direct mortgage investments.
Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of small-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index An index which includes all U.S. equity issues with readily available prices. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that reflects the shares of securities actually available to investors in the marketplace.
FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net) An index comprised of small-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the small-capitalization universe as approximately the bottom 10% of the eligible universe with a minimum free float capitalization of $150 million. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Emerging Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in emerging market countries, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index A market capitalization index that measures the total rate of return performance for the government bonds of 22 countries, excluding the U.S., with a remaining maturity of at least 1 year.
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MSCI EAFE Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes; returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment. The returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
Russell 1000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 2000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
S&P 500 Index An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
VIT Balanced with Growth Composite Index A custom blended index developed by Schwab Asset Management based on a comparable portfolio asset allocation and calculated using the following portion allocations effective July 1, 2020: 26.1% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 3.9% Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 1.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 6.0% Dow Jones
Equity All REIT Capped Index, 27.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 17.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 3.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From April 29, 2020 through June 30, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 26.1% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 3.9% Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 1.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 6.0% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 27.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 17.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 3.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From June 8, 2016 through April 28, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 1% Bloomberg Global Treasury ex-US Capped Index, 27% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 5% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 2% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 4% Bloomberg Commodity Index, 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 22% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 17% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 3% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), and 1% Russell Microcap Index. Prior to June 8, 2016, the composite index was derived using the following allocations: 22% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 6% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 1% Russell Microcap Index, 17% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 3% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), 6% FTSE Emerging Index (Net), 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 4% Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index, 2% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 9% Bloomberg US Treasury 3-10 Year Index, 2% Bloomberg US Aggregate: Agencies Index, 4% Bloomberg US Credit Index, 11% Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index, 1% Bloomberg Global Treasury ex-US Capped Index, 1% Bloomberg High Yield Bond Very Liquid Index, and 5% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index.
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Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Results
A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
Information regarding how a fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by visiting Schwab’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Investment Adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
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The Investment Environment
For the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022, U.S. and international equity and bond markets lost ground as inflation accelerated, interest rates rose, and, in late February, Russia invaded Ukraine. The commodities market was one of the few rising markets, as oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014. Economic growth slowed around the world and fears of an impending recession rose. The spread of COVID-19 continued to weigh on economic growth worldwide, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant and subvariants keeping infection rates high in many areas. Over the reporting period, the U.S. dollar strengthened against a basket of international currencies, generally decreasing the returns on overseas investments in U.S. dollar terms. For the six-month reporting period, the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, returned -19.96%. U.S. small-cap stocks underperformed U.S. large-cap stocks, with the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 1000® Index returning -23.43% and -20.94%, respectively. Outside the U.S., the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)*, a broad measure of developed international equity performance, returned -19.57% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)* returned -17.63% for the reporting period. U.S. and international bonds were also weak, with the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, representing the broad U.S. bond market, returning -10.35% and the FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index returning -18.74%.
In the United States, amid fading government stimuli, ongoing supply chain disruptions, persisting inflation, and a widening U.S. trade deficit, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annualized rate of -1.6% for the first quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate, which has fallen steadily since skyrocketing in April 2020, ended the reporting period near pre-pandemic lows. Inflation rose through the reporting period, with just a slight downtick in April, ending the reporting period at its highest level in more than 40 years, due to imbalances in the labor market, supply chain bottlenecks, and soaring energy costs.
Asset Class Performance Comparison % returns during the 6 months ended June 30, 2022
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Data source: Index provider websites and Schwab Asset Management.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
| * | The net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes. |
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The Investment Environment (continued)
Outside the United States, global economies continued to wrestle with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergence and spread of COVID-19 variant and subvariants, as well as steepening energy costs, rising inflation, and the war in Ukraine. After spiking to over $120 per barrel in early March as sanctions were imposed on Russian imports, oil prices ended the reporting period at just under $110 per barrel. The eurozone posted a small gain in GDP growth for the first quarter of 2022 but was heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine and associated spikes in commodity prices. The United Kingdom also posted positive GDP growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven, in part, by increases in COVID-19 testing and tracing and an expansion of its COVID-19 vaccination program. Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter of 2022 as a result of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, geopolitical turmoil, and supply chain issues. Among emerging markets, China’s GDP growth rate remained positive, increasing slightly for the first quarter of 2022 over the previous quarter, but has slowed, a reflection of the prolonged impact of strict COVID-19 protocols including varying degrees of lockdowns and quarantines. China faced other headwinds as well, including the political landscape and an emphasis on domestic consumption over globalization, as well as a property downturn and supply chain constraints. India’s economy also expanded in the first quarter of 2022, albeit at a slowing pace, on rising consumer demand and a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases.
Monetary policies around the world varied. In the United States, after maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% through mid-March, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 0.25% in mid-March, 0.50% in early May, and 0.75% in mid-June in an effort to achieve a return to price stability. The federal funds rate ended the reporting period in a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. In addition, the Fed’s bond-buying program, which it had begun to scale back in November 2021, was ended altogether in early March 2022. In June, the Fed also began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets it holds on its balance sheet, vowing to be more aggressive than during its last round of quantitative tightening in 2017 through 2019. Outside the United States, after holding its policy rate unchanged since March 2016, at 0.00%, the European Central Bank announced in June its intention to raise interest rates in July for the first time in 11 years. The European Central Bank also intended to end its long-running asset purchase program and downgraded its growth forecasts. Also in June, the Bank of England raised its key official bank rate for the fifth consecutive time, to 1.25%, bringing borrowing costs to a 13-year high as the Bank of England wrestles with soaring inflation. In contrast, the Bank of Japan upheld its short-term interest rate target of -0.1%, also unchanged since 2016, and vowed to defend its cap on bond yields with unlimited buying, as opposed to the monetary tightening being employed in many other countries around the globe. Monetary policies in emerging markets were also mixed. China cut its interest rate in February, following a previous rate cut in December 2021. Indonesia maintained its policy rate but indicated it was monitoring growing inflation risks. Central banks in India, Mexico, Brazil, and Pakistan raised their rates multiple times over the reporting period to counteract the impacts of inflation. Russia, notably, raised its interest rate to 20% in late February amid the broadening fallout of Western sanctions in retaliation against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but subsequently reduced it several times.
Bond markets were volatile during the reporting period, particularly as the Fed’s tightening cycle accelerated. As inflation continued to rise and Fed monetary policy shifted, bond yields began to rise in early 2022, exerting downward pressure on bond prices. Yields touched reporting-period highs in mid-June before falling back slightly. (Bond yields and bond prices typically move in opposite directions.) During the reporting period, portions of the yield curve inverted, which is often an indicator of a possible recession. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury began the reporting period at 1.52%, hit a reporting-period high of 3.49% in mid-June, and ended the reporting period at 2.98% as concerns about slowing economic growth mounted. Short-term rates also rose, with the yield on the three-month U.S. Treasury climbing from 0.06% to 1.72% over the reporting period.
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Portfolio Management
 | Zifan Tang, Ph.D., CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Prior to joining Schwab in 2012, Ms. Tang was a product manager at Thomson Reuters and from 1997 to 2009 worked as a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (now known as BlackRock). |
 | Drew Hayes, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Mr. Hayes has been with Schwab since 2006. Before becoming a portfolio manager, he spent seven years as a senior fixed income specialist for Schwab Private Client Investment Advisory, Inc. Prior to that, he worked as a bond investment specialist for two years and as a registered representative for two years for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
 | Patrick Kwok, CFA, Portfolio Manager, is responsible for the co-management of the fund. Previously, Mr. Kwok served as an associate portfolio manager from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, he worked as a fund administration manager, where he was responsible for oversight of sub-advisers, trading, cash management, and fund administration supporting the Charles Schwab Trust Bank Collective Investment Trusts and multi-asset Schwab Funds. Prior to joining Schwab Asset Management in 2008, Mr. Kwok spent two years as an asset operations specialist at Charles Schwab Trust Company. He also worked for one year at State Street Bank & Trust as a portfolio accountant and pricing specialist. |
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Average Annual Total Returns1
| Fund and Inception Date | 6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
| Fund: Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio (07/25/12) | -17.93% | -14.88% | 4.69% | 6.51% |
| S&P 500® Index | -19.96% | -10.62% | 11.31% | 13.24% |
| Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index | -10.35% | -10.29% | 0.88% | 1.40% |
| VIT Growth Composite Index | -18.12% | -14.67% | 5.20% | 7.11% |
| Fund Category: Morningstar Allocation – 70% to 85% Equity2 | -17.65% | -13.70% | 5.46% | N/A |
| Fund Expense Ratio3: 0.55% | ||||
All total return figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
The components that make up the composite index may vary over time. For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
| 1 | Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. Fund performance does not reflect the additional fees and expenses imposed by the insurance company under the variable insurance product contract. If those contract fees and expenses were included, the performance would be less than that shown. Please refer to the variable insurance product prospectus for a complete listing of these expenses. |
| 2 | Source for category information: Morningstar, Inc. The Morningstar Category return represents all active and index mutual funds and ETFs within the category as of the report date. |
| 3 | As stated in the prospectus. Includes 0.06% of acquired fund fees and expenses (AFFE), which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without contractual fee waivers. For actual expense ratios during the period, not including AFFE, refer to the Financial Highlights section of the financial statements. |
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Performance and Fund Facts as of June 30, 2022
Statistics
| Number of Holdings | 8 |
| Portfolio Turnover Rate | 7% 1 |
Asset Class Weightings % of Investments2,3
Top Holdings % of Net Assets2,4,5
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
| 1 | Not annualized. |
| 2 | The fund intends to primarily invest in affiliated Schwab ETFs and may also invest in affiliated Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as “underlying funds”). The fund may also invest directly in equity, fixed-income, or other securities or investments, as appropriate, consistent with its investment objectives, strategies, and policies. |
| 3 | The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets. |
| 4 | This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser. |
| 5 | The holdings listed exclude any temporary liquidity investments. |
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses.
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for six months beginning January 1, 2022 and held through June 30, 2022.
The Actual Return line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical return lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)1,2 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSE RATIO (ANNUALIZED)3,4 | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AT 1/1/22 | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE (NET OF EXPENSES) AT 6/30/222 | EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/222,5 | EFFECTIVE EXPENSES PAID DURING PERIOD 1/1/22-6/30/224,5 | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | ||||||
| Actual Return | 0.49% | 0.55% | $1,000.00 | $ 820.70 | $2.21 | $2.48 |
| Hypothetical 5% Return | 0.49% | 0.55% | $1,000.00 | $1,022.36 | $2.46 | $2.76 |
| 1 | Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio; may differ from the expense ratio provided in the Financial Highlights. |
| 2 | Excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 3 | Based on the most recent six-month acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio; may differ from the acquired fund fees and expenses and the expense ratio in the prospectus. |
| 4 | Includes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 5 | Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days of the period, and divided by the 365 days of the fiscal year. |
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Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| 1/1/22– 6/30/22* | 1/1/21– 12/31/21 | 1/1/20– 12/31/20 | 1/1/19– 12/31/19 | 1/1/18– 12/31/18 | 1/1/17– 12/31/17 | |
| Per-Share Data | ||||||
| Net asset value at beginning of period | $19.83 | $17.52 | $16.24 | $13.75 | $15.28 | $13.26 |
| Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||
| Net investment income (loss)1 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) | (3.63) | 2.27 | 1.51 | 2.54 | (1.53) | 2.02 |
| Total from investment operations | (3.56) | 2.56 | 1.75 | 2.84 | (1.26) | 2.25 |
| Less distributions: | ||||||
| Distributions from net investment income | (0.29) | (0.25) | (0.32) | (0.27) | (0.22) | (0.19) |
| Distributions from net realized gains | (0.42) | — | (0.15) | (0.08) | (0.05) | (0.04) |
| Total distributions | (0.71) | (0.25) | (0.47) | (0.35) | (0.27) | (0.23) |
| Net asset value at end of period | $15.56 | $19.83 | $17.52 | $16.24 | $13.75 | $15.28 |
| Total return | (17.93%) 2 | 14.67% | 11.34% | 20.84% | (8.35%) | 17.14% |
| Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||
| Net operating expenses3 | 0.49% 4 | 0.49% | 0.50% | 0.51% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| Gross operating expenses3 | 0.49% 4 | 0.49% | 0.50% | 0.51% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 0.80% 4 | 1.53% | 1.55% | 1.98% | 1.78% | 1.61% |
| Portfolio turnover rate | 7% 2 | 13% | 18% | 5% | 9% | 6% |
| Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000) | $151 | $187 | $165 | $160 | $140 | $150 |
| * | Unaudited. |
| 1 | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period. |
| 2 | Not annualized. |
| 3 | Ratio excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in underlying funds. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
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Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio
Portfolio Holdings as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date, including a summary of the fund’s transactions with its affiliated underlying funds during the period.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, typically 60-80 days after the end of the fund’s fiscal quarter.
| SECURITY | VALUE AT 12/31/21 | PURCHASES | SALES | REALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | VALUE AT 6/30/22 | BALANCE OF SHARES HELD AT 6/30/22 | DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED* |
| AFFILIATED UNDERLYING FUNDS 99.1% OF NET ASSETS | ||||||||
| U.S. Stocks 41.8% | ||||||||
| Large-Cap 34.8% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | $65,622,693 | $4,270,838 | ($3,261,476) | $237,088 | ($14,359,612) | $52,509,531 | 1,175,762 | $394,102 |
| Small-Cap 7.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 13,081,088 | 1,265,389 | (667,844) | (63,244) | (3,121,932) | 10,493,457 | 269,132 | 56,858 |
| 63,002,988 | ||||||||
| International Stocks 33.9% | ||||||||
| Developed Markets 25.8% | ||||||||
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 39,478,393 | 1,516,592 | (2,082,501) | (226,363) | (7,193,789) | 31,492,332 | 1,001,346 | 270,101 |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 9,337,320 | 375,491 | — | — | (2,238,629) | 7,474,182 | 239,327 | — |
| 38,966,514 | ||||||||
| Emerging Markets 8.1% | ||||||||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 14,764,415 | 987,910 | (1,438,808) | (186,279) | (1,897,175) | 12,230,063 | 481,878 | 37,273 |
| 51,196,577 | ||||||||
| Real Estate 6.0% | ||||||||
| U.S. REITs 6.0% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 11,638,115 | 971,551 | (1,388,276) | 203,629 | (2,403,371) | 9,021,648 | 427,769 | 75,031 |
| Fixed Income 14.3% | ||||||||
| Intermediate-Term Bond 14.3% | ||||||||
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 25,639,152 | 1,664,829 | (2,867,609) | (278,864) | (2,616,678) | 21,540,830 | 449,986 | 228,523 |
| Money Market Funds 3.1% | ||||||||
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares, 1.38% (a) | 4,635,380 | 5,553 | — | — | (1,390) | 4,639,543 | 4,639,543 | 8,050 |
| Total Affiliated Underlying Funds (Cost $116,241,191) | $184,196,556 | $11,058,153 | ($11,706,514) | ($314,033) | ($33,832,576) | $149,401,586 | $1,069,938 | |
| Total Investments in Securities (Cost $116,241,191) | $149,401,586 | |||||||
| * | Distributions received include distributions from net investment income and capital gains, if any, from the underlying funds. |
| (a) | The rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
| ETF | Exchange traded fund |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
At June 30, 2022, all of the fund’s investment securities were classified as Level 1. Fund investments in underlying mutual funds and ETFs are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the investments held by the underlying mutual funds and ETFs, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3. (See financial note 2(a) for additional information)
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Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2022; unaudited
| Assets | ||
| Investments in securities, at value - affiliated (cost $116,241,191) | $149,401,586 | |
| Cash | 1,514,010 | |
| Receivables: | ||
| Investments sold | 1,298,019 | |
| Fund shares sold | 71,078 | |
| Dividends | + | 2,498 |
| Total assets | 152,287,191 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Payables: | ||
| Investments bought | 1,391,356 | |
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 57,547 | |
| Fund shares redeemed | 3,916 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 75 | |
| Accrued expenses | + | 23,988 |
| Total liabilities | 1,476,882 | |
| Net assets | $150,810,309 | |
| Net Assets by Source | ||
| Capital received from investors | $118,389,544 | |
| Total distributable earnings | + | 32,420,765 |
| Net assets | $150,810,309 | |
| Net Asset Value (NAV) | ||||
| Net Assets | ÷ | Shares Outstanding | = | NAV |
| $150,810,309 | 9,693,578 | $15.56 | ||
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Statement of Operations
| For the period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022; unaudited | ||
| Investment Income | ||
| Dividends received from securities - affiliated | $1,069,938 | |
| Interest received from securities - unaffiliated | + | 1,892 |
| Total investment income | 1,071,830 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Investment adviser and administrator fees | 374,428 | |
| Professional fees | 12,377 | |
| Independent trustees’ fees | 6,753 | |
| Portfolio accounting fees | 6,750 | |
| Shareholder reports | 2,769 | |
| Custodian fees | 1,744 | |
| Transfer agent fees | 213 | |
| Other expenses | + | 1,249 |
| Total expenses | – | 406,283 |
| Net investment income | 665,547 | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) | ||
| Net realized losses on sales of securities - affiliated | (314,033) | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - affiliated | + | (33,832,576) |
| Net realized and unrealized losses | (34,146,609) | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | ($33,481,062) | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
Figures for the current period are unaudited
| OPERATIONS | |||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||
| Net investment income | $665,547 | $2,698,202 | |
| Net realized gains (losses) | (314,033) | 4,656,115 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | + | (33,832,576) | 16,406,347 |
| Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | ($33,481,062) | $23,760,664 | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | |||
| Total distributions | ($6,624,352) | ($2,315,222) | |
| TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | VALUE | SHARES | VALUE | ||
| Shares sold | 503,597 | $9,312,019 | 1,044,962 | $19,957,820 | |
| Shares reinvested | 425,730 | 6,624,352 | 121,089 | 2,315,222 | |
| Shares redeemed | + | (665,718) | (12,058,684) | (1,184,544) | (22,175,070) |
| Net transactions in fund shares | 263,609 | $3,877,687 | (18,493) | $97,972 | |
| SHARES OUTSTANDING AND NET ASSETS | |||||
| 1/1/22-6/30/22 | 1/1/21-12/31/21 | ||||
| SHARES | NET ASSETS | SHARES | NET ASSETS | ||
| Beginning of period | 9,429,969 | $187,038,036 | 9,448,462 | $165,494,622 | |
| Total increase (decrease) | + | 263,609 | (36,227,727) | (18,493) | 21,543,414 |
| End of period | 9,693,578 | $150,810,309 | 9,429,969 | $187,038,036 | |
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Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio
Financial Notes, unaudited
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio (the fund) is a series of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The list below shows all the funds in the trust as of the end of the period, including the fund discussed in this report, which is highlighted:
| SCHWAB ANNUITY PORTFOLIOS (ORGANIZED JANUARY 21, 1994) | |
| Schwab Government Money Market Portfolio | |
| Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Balanced with Growth Portfolio | |
| Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio | |
The fund is a “fund of funds” which primarily invests in affiliated Schwab Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The fund may also invest in affiliated mutual funds from Schwab Funds and unaffiliated third-party ETFs and mutual funds (all such ETFs and mutual funds referred to as "underlying funds"). The fund may also invest directly in equity or fixed-income securities, including bonds, cash equivalents, money market funds and money market investments, to achieve its investment objectives.
The fund in this report offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of the fund. Each share has a par value of 1/1,000 of a cent, and the fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) may authorize the issuance of as many shares as necessary.
The fund is available exclusively as an investment vehicle for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts offered by separate accounts of participating life insurance companies, and in the future may be offered to pension and retirement plans qualified under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. At June 30, 2022, 100% of the fund’s shares were held through separate accounts of five insurance companies. Subscriptions and redemptions of these insurance separate accounts could have a material impact on the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The financial statements of the fund should be read in conjunction with the underlying funds’ financial statements. For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Under procedures approved by the Board, the investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. Among other things, these procedures allow the fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
The fund values the securities in its portfolio every business day. The fund uses the following policies to value various types of securities:
• Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes.
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
• Cash management sweep time deposits: Balances held in cash management sweep time deposits are accounted for on a cost basis, which approximates fair value.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
• Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Board has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, the fund may fair value a security when it is de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. The fund makes fair value determinations in good faith in accordance with the fund’s valuation procedures. The Pricing Committee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Pricing Committee may employ techniques such as the review of related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. The Pricing Committee regularly reviews these inputs and assumptions to calibrate the valuations. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security. The Board convenes on a regular basis to review fair value determinations made by the fund pursuant to the valuation procedures.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If the fund determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and management judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets, and whose values are therefore classified as Level 1 prices, include active listed equities, mutual funds and ETFs. Investments in mutual funds are valued daily at their NAVs, and investments in ETFs are valued daily at the last reported sale price or the official closing price, which are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held by an underlying fund.
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations.
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all. When observable prices are not available for these securities, the fund uses one or more valuation techniques for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used by the fund in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated by the fund in the absence of market information. Assumptions used by the fund due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of June 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Portfolio Holdings.
(b) Accounting Policies for certain Portfolio Investments (if held):
Securities Lending: Under the trust’s Securities Lending Program, a fund (lender) may make short-term loans of its securities to another party (borrower) to generate additional revenue for the fund. The borrower pledges collateral in the form of cash, securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. government or foreign governments, or letters of credit issued by a bank. Collateral at the individual loan level is required to be maintained on a daily marked-to-market basis in an amount at least equal to the current value of the securities loaned. The lending agent provides the fund with indemnification against borrower default (the borrower fails to
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
return the security on loan) reducing the risk of loss as a result of default. The cash collateral of securities loaned is currently invested in money market portfolios operating pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. The terms of the securities lending agreement allow the fund or the lending agent to terminate any loan at any given time and the securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period or the specified time period under the relevant securities lending agreement. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if applicable, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral plus any fees paid by borrowers, less the fees paid to the lending agent and broker rebates which are subject to adjustments pursuant to the securities lending agreement. On loans not collateralized by cash, a fee is received from the borrower, and is allocated between the fund and the lending agent. The aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed one-third of the total assets of the fund, including collateral received from the loan. Securities lending fees paid to the unaffiliated lending agents start at 9% of gross lending revenue, with subsequent breakpoints to a low of 5%. In this context, the gross lending revenue equals the income received from the investment of cash collateral and fees paid by borrowers less any rebates paid to the borrowers. Any expenses charged by the cash collateral fund are in addition to these fees. All remaining revenue is retained by the fund, as applicable. No portion of lending revenue is paid to or retained by the investment adviser or any of its affiliates.
As of June 30, 2022, the fund had no securities on loan.
Cash Management Transactions: Effective May 23, 2022 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) was replaced by Citibank, N.A as custodian of the fund. The fund no longer subscribes to the BBH Cash Management Service Sweep (CMS Sweep). The BBH CMS Sweep was an investment product that automatically swept the fund’s cash balances into overnight offshore time deposits with either the BBH Grand Cayman branch or a branch of a pre-approved commercial bank. This fully automated program allowed the fund to earn interest on cash balances. Excess cash invested with deposit institutions domiciled outside of the U.S., as with any offshore deposit, was subject to sovereign actions in the jurisdiction of the deposit institution including, but not limited to, freeze, seizure or diminution. The fund assumed the risk associated with the repayment of principal and payment of interest on such instruments by the institution with which the deposit was ultimately placed. The fund terminated the CMS Sweep program and cash was returned to the fund prior to terminating services with BBH.
Cash Investments: The fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash. Cash includes cash bank balances in an interest-bearing demand deposit account with maturity on demand by the fund.
(c) Security Transactions:
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
(d) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date). Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
(e) Expenses:
Expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Expenses that are common to more than one fund in the trusts generally are allocated among those funds in proportion to their average daily net assets. The fund bears its share of the acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds. Such expenses are reflected in the net asset values of the underlying funds.
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(g) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(h) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to the participating insurance company’s (shareholders) separate accounts each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Asset Allocation Risk. The fund is subject to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
Conflicts of Interest Risk. The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
ETF Risk. When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
Direct Investment Risk. The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in the same securities.
Underlying Fund Investment Risk. Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
• Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
• Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Foreign Investment Risk. An underlying fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment being adversely affected.
• Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements and greater risk associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result, there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
• Growth Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds pursue a “growth style” of investing. Growth investing focuses on a company’s prospects for growth of revenue and earnings. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically. Growth stocks also can perform differently from the market as a whole and other types of stocks and can be more volatile than other types of stocks. Since growth companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their business, they may lack the dividends of value stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. Growth stocks may also be more expensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to value or other stocks.
• Value Investing Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may pursue a “value style” of investing. Value investing focuses on companies whose stocks appear undervalued in light of factors such as the company’s earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow. If an underlying fund’s investment adviser’s (or sub-adviser’s) assessment of a company’s value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the underlying fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, “value stocks” can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
• Fixed-Income Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
• Interest Rate Risk. Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, an underlying fund’s yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, an underlying fund’s yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect an underlying fund’s share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The longer an underlying fund’s portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the underlying fund invests.
• Credit Risk. A decline in the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment could cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Prepayment and Extension Risk. Certain fixed income securities are subject to the risk that the securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected, especially during periods of falling or rising interest rates, respectively. Prepayments of obligations could cause an underlying fund to forgo future interest income on the portion of the security’s principal repaid early and force the underlying fund to reinvest that money at the lower prevailing interest rates. Extensions of obligations could cause the fund to exhibit additional volatility and hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest. Either case could hurt the underlying fund’s performance.
• U.S. Government Securities Risk. Some of the U.S. government securities that the underlying funds invest in are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, which means they are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Issuers such as the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) maintain limited access to credit lines from the U.S. Treasury. Certain securities, such as obligations issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, are supported solely by the credit of the issuer. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will provide financial support to securities of its agencies and instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so under law. Also, any government guarantees on securities the underlying funds own do not extend to shares of the underlying funds themselves.
• Real Estate Investment Risk. An underlying fund in which the fund may invest may have a policy of concentrating its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and the fund’s investment in such an underlying fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the underlying fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others, declines in the value of real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Risk. An underlying fund may invest in REITs. An underlying fund’s investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, including fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions. REITs are also subject to certain additional risks. For example, equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts, and mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Further, REITs may have their investments in relatively few properties, a small geographic area or a single property type. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the underlying fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses.
• Mortgage-Backed and Mortgage Pass-Through Securities Risk. Mortgage-backed securities tend to increase in value less than other debt securities when interest rates decline, but are subject to similar or greater risk of decline in fair value during periods of rising interest rates. Certain of the mortgage-backed securities in which an underlying fund may invest are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities where it was not obligated to do so which can cause an underlying fund to lose money or underperform. The risks of investing in mortgage-backed securities include, among others, interest rate risk, credit risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. Transactions in mortgage pass-through securities often occur through to-be-announced (TBA) transactions. An underlying fund could lose money or underperform if a TBA counterparty defaults or goes bankrupt.
• Portfolio Turnover Risk. Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
• Liquidity Risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
• Derivatives Risk. An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase volatility, and could cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund.
• Securities Lending Risk. Certain underlying funds engage in securities lending, which involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
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3. Risk Factors (continued):
• Management Risk. An underlying fund may be an actively managed mutual fund. Any actively managed mutual fund is subject to the risk that its investment adviser (or sub-adviser(s)) will make poor security selections. An underlying fund’s adviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results.
• Investment Style Risk. Certain underlying funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
• Tracking Error Risk. An underlying fund may seek to track the performance of its benchmark index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of a fund and its benchmark index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
• Concentration Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political, or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
• Commodity Risk. To the extent that an underlying fund invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, it may subject the underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Also, commodity-linked investments may be more volatile and less liquid than the underlying commodity. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and other regulatory and market developments. The use of leveraged commodity-linked derivatives creates an opportunity for increased return, but also creates the possibility for a greater loss.
• Money Market Fund Risk. The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that either seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value (“stable share price money market funds”) or that have a share price that fluctuates (“variable share price money market funds”). Although an underlying stable share price money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. Because the share price of an underlying variable share price money market fund will fluctuate, when the fund sells the shares it owns they may be worth more or less than what the fund originally paid for them. In addition, neither type of money market fund is designed to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of shares or may temporarily suspend the ability to sell shares if such fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.
4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser and administrator pursuant to an Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement between the investment adviser and the trust.
For its advisory and administrative services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, equal to 0.45% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Expense Limitation
The investment adviser and its affiliates have agreed with the fund, for so long as the investment adviser serves as the investment adviser to the fund, which may only be amended or terminated with approval of the fund’s Board, to limit the total annual fund operating expenses charged, excluding interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses to 0.58%.
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4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
The agreement to limit the fund’s total expenses charged is limited to the fund’s direct operating expenses and, therefore, does not apply to acquired fund fees and expenses, which are indirect expenses incurred by the fund through its investments in the underlying funds.
Investments in Affiliates
The fund may engage in certain transactions involving related parties. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may invest in other related ETFs and mutual funds. As of June 30, 2022, the Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio’s ownership percentages of other related funds’ shares are:
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab International Equity ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 0.2% |
| Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.3% |
| Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF | 0.2% |
| Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | 0.2% |
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | 0.1% |
| Schwab Variable Share Price Money Fund, Ultra Shares | 0.2% |
Interfund Transactions
The fund may engage in transactions with certain other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section) in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When one fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended June 30, 2022, the fund’s purchases and sales of securities with other funds in the Fund Complex was $477,933 and $292,947 respectively, and includes realized losses of $15,037.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex (for definition refer to the Trustees and Officers section). All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.
5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The trust did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees, but it did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted on the fund’s Statement of Operations. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to the Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
6. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the fund paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on the fund’s proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company, maturing on September 29, 2022. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the fund pays interest on the amount it borrows. There were no borrowings from either line of credit during the period.
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
6. Borrowing from Banks (continued):
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is disclosed on the fund’s Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
| PURCHASES OF SECURITIES | SALES OF SECURITIES |
| $11,058,153 | $11,706,514 |
8. Federal Income Taxes:
As of June 30, 2022, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| TAX COST | GROSS UNREALIZED APPRECIATION | GROSS UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION | NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) |
| $117,556,710 | $34,326,312 | ($2,481,436) | $31,844,876 |
The tax-basis components of distributions and components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2022. The tax-basis components of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:
| PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS | |
| ORDINARY INCOME | |
| $2,315,222 |
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of December 31, 2021, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
9. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Shareholder Vote Results (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the “Trust”) was held on June 1, 2022, for the purpose of seeking shareholder approval to elect the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: Walter W. Bettinger II, Richard A. Wurster, Michael J. Beer, Robert W. Burns, Nancy F. Heller, David L. Mahoney, Jane P. Moncreiff, Kiran M. Patel, Kimberly S. Patmore, and J. Derek Penn. The number of votes necessary to conduct the Special Meeting and approve the proposal was obtained. The results of the shareholder vote are listed below:
| Proposal – To elect each of the following individuals as trustees of the Trust: | For | Withheld |
| Walter W. Bettinger II | 230,987,903.571 | 12,054,386.634 |
| Richard A. Wurster | 230,979,914.087 | 12,062,376.118 |
| Michael J. Beer | 230,823,461.997 | 12,218,828.208 |
| Robert W. Burns | 231,075,703.121 | 11,966,587.084 |
| Nancy F. Heller | 231,085,949.283 | 11,956,340.922 |
| David L. Mahoney | 231,103,532.111 | 11,938,758.094 |
| Jane P. Moncreiff | 231,003,818.140 | 12,038,472.065 |
| Kiran M. Patel | 231,002,127.696 | 12,040,162.509 |
| Kimberly S. Patmore | 229,583,567.139 | 13,458,723.066 |
| J. Derek Penn | 230,848,948.394 | 12,193,341.811 |
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), requires that the continuation of a fund’s investment advisory agreement must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
The Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory and administration agreement (the Agreement) between Schwab Annuity Portfolios (the Trust) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management) (the investment adviser) with respect to the existing funds in the Trust, including Schwab VIT Growth Portfolio (the Fund), and to review certain other agreements pursuant to which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services to certain other registered investment companies. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by the investment adviser, including information about the investment adviser’s affiliates, personnel, business goals and priorities, profitability, third-party oversight, corporate structure and operations. As part of the renewal process, the Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, sends an information request letter to the investment adviser seeking certain relevant information. The responses by the investment adviser are provided to the Trustees in the Board materials for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees are provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials. The Board also receives data provided by an independent provider of investment company data. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Fund that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to the Fund’s operations and performance, legal and compliance matters, risk management, portfolio turnover, and sales and marketing activity. In considering the renewal, the Independent Trustees receive advice from Independent Trustees’ legal counsel, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of the investment adviser and meet in executive session outside the presence of Fund management.
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund at meetings held on May 16, 2022 and June 8, 2022, and approved the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund for an additional one-year term at the meeting on June 8, 2022 called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board’s approval of the continuance of the Agreement with respect to the Fund was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at these meetings and at prior meetings, including:
| 1. | the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund; |
| 2. | the Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds and benchmark data; |
| 3. | the Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other similar mutual funds; |
| 4. | the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), with respect to the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the investment adviser and its affiliates; and |
| 5. | the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels in the Agreement reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. |
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, the investment adviser’s experience, track record, compliance program, resources dedicated to hiring and retaining skilled personnel and specialized talent, and information security resources. The Trustees also considered information provided by the investment adviser relating to services and support provided with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team, portfolio strategy, and internal investment guidelines, as well as trading infrastructure, liquidity management, product design and analysis, shareholder communications, securities valuation, fund accounting and custody, and vendor and risk oversight. The Trustees also considered investments the investment adviser has made in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise in key areas (including portfolio management and trade operations), and improving business
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continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence, risk management processes, and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees considered Schwab’s overall financial condition and its reputation as a full service brokerage firm, as well as the wide range of products, services, and account features that benefit Fund shareholders who are brokerage clients of Schwab. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the investment adviser to the Fund and the resources of the investment adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Performance. The Board considered the Fund’s performance in determining whether to renew the Agreement with respect to the Fund. Specifically, the Trustees considered the Fund’s performance relative to a peer category of other mutual funds and applicable indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends, as well as in consideration of the Fund’s investment style and strategy attributes and disclosures. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the independent provider of investment company data who prepared the peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees considered the risk profile for the Fund and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of the Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of their review of Fund expenses and the investment adviser’s profitability discussed below and also noted that the Board and a designated committee of the Board review performance throughout the year. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Fund’s expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreement and the Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other similar mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent provider of investment company data. The investment adviser reported to the Board, and the Board took into account, the risk assumed by the investment adviser in the development of the Fund and provision of services as well as the competitive marketplace for financial products. The Trustees also considered the investment adviser’s contractual commitment to keep the expense cap for so long as the investment adviser serves as the adviser to the Fund. The Trustees also considered fees charged by the investment adviser to other mutual funds and the unique insurance dedicated distribution arrangements of the Fund as compared to other funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees noted that shareholders of the Fund indirectly pay their pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Following such
evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Profitability. The Trustees considered the compensation flowing to the investment adviser and its affiliates, directly or indirectly, and reviewed profitability on a pre-tax basis, without regard to distribution expenses. In this connection, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses. The Trustees also reviewed profitability of the investment adviser relating to the Schwab fund complex as a whole, noting the benefits to Fund shareholders of being part of the Schwab fund complex, including the allocations of certain fixed costs across the Fund and other funds in the complex. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by the investment adviser from its relationship with the Fund, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Fund, the investment adviser obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. Also, because the Fund invests a portion of its assets in other funds within the Schwab fund complex, the Trustees considered that the investment adviser indirectly benefits from the Fund’s investments in other underlying funds managed by the investment adviser. The Trustees considered whether the compensation and profitability with respect to the Fund under the Agreement and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to the Fund by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees noted that the investment adviser continues to invest substantial sums in its business in order to provide enhanced research capabilities, services and systems to benefit the Fund. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of the investment adviser is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund.
Economies of Scale. Although the Trustees recognized the difficulty of determining economies of scale with precision, the Trustees considered the potential existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through the enhancement of services provided to the Fund in return for fees paid, including through investments by the investment adviser in its infrastructure, including modernizing the investment adviser’s technology and use of data, increasing expertise and capabilities in key areas (including portfolio and trade operations), and improving business continuity, cybersecurity, due diligence and information security programs, which are designed to provide enhanced services to the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees acknowledged that the investment adviser has shared any economies of scale with the Fund by investing in the investment adviser’s infrastructure, as discussed above, over time and that the investment adviser’s internal costs of providing investment management, technology, administrative, legal and compliance services to the Fund continue to increase as a result of regulatory or other developments. The Trustees
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considered that the investment adviser and its affiliates may employ contractual expense caps to protect shareholders from high fees when fund assets are relatively small, for example, in the case of newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, because, among other reasons, shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Fund obtains reasonable benefits from economies of scale.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees may have accorded different weights to various factors and did not
identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement with respect to the Fund and concluded that the compensation under the Agreement with respect to the Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and the related expenses borne by the investment adviser and its affiliates and such other matters as the Trustees considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Schwab Annuity Portfolios, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 104 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
| Independent Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Robert W. Burns 1959 Trustee (Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Retired/Private Investor. | 104 | None |
| Nancy F. Heller 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Retired. | 104 | None |
| David L. Mahoney 1954 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Private Investor. | 104 | Director (2004 – present), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Director (2009 – 2021), Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Director (2003 – 2019), Symantec Corporation |
| Jane P. Moncreiff 1961 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2019) | Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare). | 104 | None |
| Kiran M. Patel 1948 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2016) | Retired. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), KLA-Tencor Corporation |
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| Independent Trustees (continued) | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Kimberly S. Patmore 1956 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting (management consulting). | 104 | None |
J. Derek Penn 1957 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial services). | 104 | None |
| Interested Trustees | |||
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by the Trustee | Other Directorships |
| Walter W. Bettinger II2 1960 Chairman and Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since 2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009; Laudus Trust since 2010) | Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President (Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director (May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director (May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present), and President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director (July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 104 | Director (2008 – present), The Charles Schwab Corporation |
| Joseph R. Martinetto2 1962 Trustee (Trustee of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2016) | Managing Director (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Feb. 2018 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2018 – Apr. 2022), The Charles Schwab Corporation; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Senior Executive Vice President (July 2015 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (May 2007 – present), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director (Apr. 2010 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director (Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2020), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director (May 2007 – present), Senior Executive Vice President (Feb. 2016 – present) and Chief Financial Officer (Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2017), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director (Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. | 104 | None |
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| Officers of the Trust | |
| Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust (Terms of office, and length of Time Served3) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years |
| Jonathan de St. Paer 1973 President and Chief Executive Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2018) | Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee (Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Director (Mar. 2019 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited; Managing Director (May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
| Mark Fischer 1970 Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2013) | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2016 – present) and Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director (July 2020 – Apr. 2022), Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. |
| Omar Aguilar 1970 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present) and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| Brett Wander 1961 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2011) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs. |
| William P. McMahon, Jr. 1972 Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since 2021) | Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc. |
| Catherine MacGregor 1964 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and Schwab ETFs Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust (Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic Trust since 2009) | Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President (Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President (Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs. |
| 1 | Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first. |
| 2 | Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Martinetto are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust. Mr. Martinetto is an Interested Trustee because he owns stock of CSC and is an employee and director of Schwab. |
| 3 | The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board. |
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Glossary
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index An index that is a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance of the U.S. investment grade, taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate bonds, mortgage pass-through securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities that are publicly available for sale in the United States. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, securities must be fixed rate, non-convertible, U.S. dollar-denominated with at least $300 million or more of outstanding face value and have one or more years remaining to maturity. The index excludes certain types of securities, including tax-exempt state and local government series bonds, structured notes embedded with swaps or other special features, private placements, floating rate securities, inflation-linked bonds and Eurobonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury 1–3 Year Index An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to one year and less than three years, are rated investment grade, and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. The securities in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index excludes state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The index is market capitalization weighted and the securities in the index are updated on the last business day of each month.
Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1–3 Month Index An index that includes all publicly issued zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Bills that have a remaining maturity of less than 3 months but more than 1 month, are rated investment grade and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value. It excludes zero-coupon STRIPS.
Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L) An index which includes all publicly-issued U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) that have at least one year remaining to maturity, are rated investment grade and have $500 million or more of outstanding face value. The TIPS in the index must be denominated in U.S. dollars and must be fixed-rate and non-convertible. The index is market capitalization weighted and the TIPS in the index are updated on the last business day of each month. TIPS are publicly issued, dollar denominated U.S. Government securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that have principal and interest payments linked to an official inflation measure (as measured by the Consumer Price Index, or CPI) and their payments are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States.
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index A float-adjusted market cap weighted index that is designed to measure all equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, as defined by the S&P Dow Jones Indices REIT/RESI Industry Classification Hierarchy, that meet the minimum float market capitalization (FMC) and liquidity thresholds. The aggregate weight of all companies weighing more than 4.5% cannot exceed 22.5%, and no single company’s weight can exceed 10%. The index is reviewed daily based on each company’s capped market capitalization weight. Daily capping is only performed when the sum of companies with weights great than 5% exceeds 25%.
Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of large-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index An index that is a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index comprised of income-producing commercial and/or residential real estate investment trusts (REITs). The index excludes mortgage REITs, net-lease REITs, real estate finance companies, mortgage brokers and bankers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and estate agents, homebuilders, large landowners and sub-dividers of unimproved land, hybrid REITs, timber REITs and companies that have more than 25% of their assets in direct mortgage investments.
Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index An index that is a subset of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, and is designed to measure the performance of small-cap U.S. equity securities. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index An index which includes all U.S. equity issues with readily available prices. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that reflects the shares of securities actually available to investors in the marketplace.
FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net) An index comprised of small-capitalization companies in developed countries outside the United States, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the small-capitalization universe as approximately the bottom 10% of the eligible universe with a minimum free float capitalization of $150 million. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE Emerging Index (Net) An index that is comprised of large- and mid-capitalization companies in emerging market countries, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large- and mid-capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes.
FTSE non-US Dollar World Government Bond Index A market capitalization index that measures the total rate of return performance for the government bonds of 22 countries, excluding the U.S., with a remaining maturity of at least 1 year.
MSCI EAFE Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The Net version of the index reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deductions for expenses or other taxes; returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) A free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment. The returns are calculated applying dividend withholding rates applicable to non-resident persons who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.
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Russell 1000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 2000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
S&P 500 Index An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
VIT Growth Composite Index A custom blended index developed by Schwab Asset Management based on a comparable portfolio asset allocation and calculated using the following portion allocations effective July 1, 2020: 14.0% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 6.0% Dow Jones Equity All REIT Capped Index, 35.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 7.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 8.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 21.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 5.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From April 29, 2020 through June 30, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 14.0%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 4.0% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 6.0% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 35.0% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 7.0% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 8.0% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 21.0% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 5.0% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net). From June 8, 2016 through April 28, 2020, the blended index was derived using the following allocations: 12% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, 5% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index, 1% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 4% Bloomberg Commodity Index, 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 29% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 7% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 8% FTSE All Emerging Index (Net), 21% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 5% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), and 2% Russell Microcap Index. Prior to June 8, 2016, the composite index was derived using the following allocations: 29% Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 7% Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index, 2% Russell Microcap Index, 21% FTSE Developed ex US Index (Net), 5% FTSE Developed Small Cap ex US Liquid Index (Net), 8% FTSE Emerging Index (Net), 6% Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index, 4% Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index, 1% Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (Series-L), 5% Bloomberg US Treasury 3-10 Year Index, 2% Bloomberg US Credit Index, 5% Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index, and 5% Bloomberg US Treasury Bills 1-3 Month Index.
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Notes
Item 2: Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 6: Schedule of Investments.
The schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
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 Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 11: Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan de St. Paer and Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, Mark Fischer, have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above. |
| (b) | During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that the above officers believe to have materially affected, or to be reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12: Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13: Exhibits.
| (a) | (1) Code of ethics – not applicable to this semi-annual report. |
| (2) |
| (3) | Not applicable. |
| (b) |
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.
(Registrant) Schwab Annuity Portfolios
| By: | /s/ Jonathan de St. Paer | |
Jonathan de St. Paer Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | August 16, 2022 | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By: | /s/ Jonathan de St. Paer | |
Jonathan de St. Paer Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | August 16, 2022 | |
| By: | /s/ Mark Fischer | |
Mark Fischer Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: | August 16, 2022 | |