As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2020

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-04255

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)
c/o Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104-0002
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices - Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 476-8800

Joseph V. Amato
Chief Executive Officer and President
Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust
c/o Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104-0002

Arthur C. Delibert, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-1600
(Names and Addresses of agents for service)
 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2019

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Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
 
Following are copies of the annual reports transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act.

Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

International Equity Portfolio

I Class Shares

S Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

F0509 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




International Equity Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

The Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust International Equity Portfolio Class S posted a total return of 27.69% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net) (the Index), which posted a total return of 22.01% for the same period. (Performance for all share classes is provided in the table immediately following this letter.)

Global equity markets enjoyed a very strong 2019 despite a backdrop of negative earnings revisions, weakening global growth momentum and trade tensions. Monetary policy grew increasingly accommodative as the year progressed, providing a tailwind, and global economic data appeared to stabilize. Late in the year, the U.S. and China appeared to move closer to the beginnings of a trade deal, calming investor sentiment.

U.S. equities outperformed developed-market international equities, though the performance gap closed modestly toward year-end. Europe and Japan are significant beneficiaries of healthy global trade, so the improvement in trade rhetoric and stabilizing global economic data aided positive sentiment in both regions. The end of political deadlock in the UK was a further boost.

The Index was led by the Information Technology, Health Care and Industrials sectors. All sectors posted positive results, but Energy, Communication Services and Real Estate underperformed the Index as a whole. By country, New Zealand, Ireland and Switzerland led the Index. Finland, Israel and Hong Kong lagged, but again, all Index country markets were positive.

The Fund's outperformance versus the Index was primarily a result of stock selection—with Financials, Real Estate, and Communication Services among the standouts. Sector allocation was a secondary benefit. By country, our holdings in the Netherlands, UK and Switzerland added the most relative value versus the Index.

Top contributors to absolute performance included ASML, London Stock Exchange Group and Techtronic. ASML, the Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer, reported solid results, including record quarterly bookings. It also began shipping its newest extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) tool, priced at a 30% premium to the previous version. London Stock Exchange Group rose following an unsolicited takeover bid from Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Techtronic, the Hong Kong-headquartered cordless power equipment producer, rebounded. The market had penalized the company last year on tariff and raw material concerns, but management clarified the limited impact and the business performed well.

Weaker-than-expected earnings hurt the Fund's Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary holdings, which had a negative effect on relative returns. By country, holdings based in France, Denmark and Norway underperformed versus the Index.

Individual detractors included Samsonite, the Hong Kong-based luggage manufacturer, which declined on U.S.-China trade tensions. Weakness in Europe and a stronger U.S. dollar were additional headwinds. Baidu, the Chinese search leader, sold off on uncertainty about Chinese economic growth given trade tensions. This weighed on advertising revenues while expenses increased due to investments in newer initiatives. Ambu, the Danish medical equipment maker, announced the surprise resignation of its CEO, followed by a revision to longer-term guidance on product development issues and increasing competition. We exited the positions in Baidu and Ambu during the reporting period.

Developed international equity valuations remain below their historic average relative to U.S. equities, and with flows having turned positive only late in the year, we see potential for further improvements in 2020. In our view, investors appear to be shifting exposure away from U.S. companies, after a 10-year rally, and toward the improving fundamentals and much lower valuations of other developed markets.

We believe our strategy—which seeks to identify sustainably growing companies in attractive niche businesses with strong balance sheets and management teams focused on enhancing shareholder value; and buy them at reasonable valuations—should help us continue to deliver solid long-term returns with lower levels of business and market risk going forward.

Sincerely,

BENJAMIN SEGAL AND ELIAS COHEN
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio managers. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.


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International Equity Portfolio (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

Inception

  Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

 

Date

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Life of Fund

 

Class S

 

04/29/2005

   

27.69

%

   

6.03

%

   

6.83

%

   

5.14

%

 
Class I2   

01/30/2018

   

28.35

%

   

6.22

%

   

6.92

%

   

5.21

%

 
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)1,3         

22.01

%

   

5.67

%

   

5.50

%

   

5.15

%

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data, please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratios for fiscal year 2018 were 1.49% and 1.73% for Class I and Class S shares, respectively (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The expense ratios were 1.01% and 1.51% after expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers for Class I and Class S shares, respectively. The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception if it has not operated for 10 years. The graph is based on Class S shares only; the performance of the Fund's share classes will differ primarily due to different class expenses (see Performance Highlights chart above). The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices have not been reduced to reflect any of the fees and costs of investing. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is April 29, 2005, the inception date of Class S shares, the Fund's oldest share class.

2  Performance shown prior to January 30, 2018, for Class I shares is that of Class S shares, which has higher expenses and correspondingly lower returns than Class I shares.

3  The MSCI EAFE® Index (Net) (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. The index consists of the following 21 developed market country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Net total return indices reinvest dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes, using (for international indices) a tax rate applicable to non-resident institutional investors who do not benefit from double taxation treaties. Please note that the index described in this report does not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that it tracks (except the withholding taxes noted above), and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage(s) one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:

 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/19
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/19
  Expenses Paid
During the Period
7/1/19 – 12/31/19
  Expense
Ratio
 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,106.30

   

$

5.31

(a)

   

1.00

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,103.90

   

$

7.95

(a)

   

1.50

%

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,020.16

   

$

5.09

(b)

   

1.00

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,017.64

   

$

7.63

(b)

   

1.50

%

 

(a)  For each class, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratios for each class, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


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Legend International Equity Portfolio (Unaudited) December 31, 2019

Counterparties:

SSB = State Street Bank and Trust Company


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Schedule of Investments International Equity Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Common Stocks 97.9%

     

Australia 0.6%

     
 

93,272

   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

 

$

501,375

   

Austria 1.4%

     
 

24,693

   

BAWAG Group AG

   

1,116,053

*(a)   

Belgium 1.3%

     
 

14,661

   

KBC Group NV

   

1,102,818

   

Canada 3.2%

     

29,444


  Alimentation Couche-Tard,
Inc. Class B
 

934,417


 
 

12,590

   

Kinaxis, Inc.

   

969,737

*

 
 

23,059

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

755,759

   
     

2,659,913

   

China 1.7%

     
 

5,953

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR

   

1,262,631

*

 
 

49,900

   

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.

   

168,419

*(a)   
     

1,431,050

   

Finland 0.8%

     
 

13,630

   

Huhtamaki OYJ

   

632,842

   

France 4.4%

     
 

4,379

   

Air Liquide SA

   

619,885

   
 

4,783

   

Arkema SA

   

508,074

   
 

8,535

   

Pernod-Ricard SA

   

1,526,049

   
 

18,048

   

TOTAL SA

   

996,027

   
     

3,650,035

   

Germany 11.4%

     
 

18,077

   

Brenntag AG

   

980,798

   
 

4,739

   

Continental AG

   

612,422

   
 

20,902

   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

   

1,311,461

   
 

3,653

   

Deutsche Boerse AG

   

572,836

   
 

16,341

   

Gerresheimer AG

   

1,263,845

   
 

57,268

   

Infineon Technologies AG

   

1,293,933

   
  19,501    

QIAGEN NV

   

664,463

*

 
 

10,820

   

SAP SE ADR

   

1,449,772

   
 

13,047

   

Scout24 AG

   

863,362

(a)

 
 

5,921

   

Stabilus SA

   

401,610

   

   

9,414,502

   

Hong Kong 3.0%

     
 

70,800

   

AIA Group Ltd.

   

743,226

   
 

203,900

   

HKBN Ltd.

   

341,739

   
 

170,300

   

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   

1,388,880

   
     

2,473,845

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Ireland 3.1%

     
 

28,144

   

CRH PLC

 

$

1,134,043

   
 

11,107

   

Kerry Group PLC Class A

   

1,384,164

   
     

2,518,207

   

Israel 1.4%

     

10,104


  Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd.
 

1,121,140

*

 

Italy 1.1%

     
 

68,200

   

Nexi SpA

   

947,402

*(a)   

Japan 14.1%

     
 

28,000

   

Bridgestone Corp.

   

1,040,203

   
 

7,500

   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

   

1,058,173

   
 

9,500

   

Hoya Corp.

   

906,889

   
 

303,400

   

Ichigo, Inc.

   

1,277,499

(b)

 
 

7,400

   

Kao Corp.

   

610,316

   
 

1,800

   

Keyence Corp.

   

632,049

   
 

6,900

   

Kose Corp.

   

1,005,771

   
 

29,300

   

Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

549,115

   
 

95,900

   

Sanwa Holdings Corp.

   

1,074,630

   
 

16,100

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

995,970

   
 

9,700

   

TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.

   

676,973

   
 

19,800

   

Terumo Corp.

   

702,391

   
 

15,600

   

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

1,099,199

   
     

11,629,178

   

Luxembourg 0.8%

     
 

15,552

   

Befesa SA

   

661,138

(a)

 

Mexico 0.7%

     

117,758


  Infraestructura Energetica
Nova SAB de CV
 

552,932


 

Netherlands 6.6%

     
 

19,542

   

AerCap Holdings NV

   

1,201,247

*

 
 

5,656

    ASML Holding NV    

1,673,001

   
 

12,140

   

Heineken NV

   

1,292,567

   
 

30,704

   

Intertrust NV

   

596,168

(a)

 
 

5,158

   

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

656,407

   
     

5,419,390

   

Norway 0.8%

     
 

81,479

   

Sbanken ASA

   

692,348

(a)

 

Portugal 1.0%

     
 

46,974

   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

   

785,092

   

Singapore 1.1%

     
 

47,400

   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   

912,087

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments International Equity Portfolio^ (cont'd)

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Sweden 1.0%

     
 

35,240

   

Assa Abloy AB Class B

 

$

823,751

   

Switzerland 13.6%

     
 

7,127

   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

   

556,981

   
 

215

   

Givaudan SA

   

673,594

   
 

19,038

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

981,464

*

 
 

1,673

   

Lonza Group AG

   

610,323

*

 
 

12,641

   

Novartis AG

   

1,196,971

   
 

1,079

   

Partners Group Holding AG

   

988,933

(b)

 
 

4,316

   

Roche Holding AG

   

1,402,711

   
 

294

   

SGS SA

   

805,170

   
 

72,896

   

SIG Combibloc Group AG

   

1,162,910

*

 
 

5,436

   

Sonova Holding AG

   

1,242,716

   
 

3,152

   

Tecan Group AG

   

885,541

   
 

58,797

   

UBS Group AG

   

741,982

*

 
     

11,249,296

   

United Kingdom 20.0%

     
 

6,258

   

Aon PLC

   

1,303,479

   
 

22,884

   

Barratt Developments PLC

   

226,310

   
 

109,051

   

Biffa PLC

   

395,790

(a)

 
 

49,682

   

Bunzl PLC

   

1,358,951

   
 

77,190

   

Clinigen Group PLC

   

945,263

   
 

45,512

   

Compass Group PLC

   

1,139,390

   
 

9,482

   

DCC PLC

   

821,917

   
 

106,751

   

Electrocomponents PLC

   

958,142

   
 

44,325

   

Fevertree Drinks PLC

   

1,228,861

   
 

82,292

   

Ibstock PLC

   

343,363

(a)

 

9,159


  London Stock Exchange
Group PLC
 

940,231


 
 

53,453

   

Prudential PLC

   

1,025,948

   
 

11,804

   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

   

958,304

   
 

44,576

   

RELX PLC

   

1,125,109

   
 

133,280

   

Rentokil Initial PLC

   

799,738

   
 

16,344

   

Savills PLC

   

245,719

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 
 

21,699

   

Spectris PLC

 

$

835,257

   
 

70,737

   

St. James's Place PLC

   

1,091,116

   
 

109,045

   

Trainline PLC

   

732,316

*(a)   
     

16,475,204

   

United States 4.8%

     
 

2,343

   

Core Laboratories NV

   

88,261

   
 

12,914

   

Ferguson PLC

   

1,171,753

   
 

5,536

   

QIAGEN NV

   

187,117

*

 
  540,845    

Samsonite International SA

   

1,297,923

(a)

 

22,260


  Sensata Technologies
Holding PLC
 

1,199,146

*

 

   

3,944,200

   

 
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $65,810,107)
 

80,713,798


 

Short-Term Investments 2.9%

     

Investment Companies 2.9%

     

428,595


  State Street Institutional
Treasury Money Market Fund
Premier Class, 1.52%(c)
 

428,595


 

1,983,366


  State Street Navigator Securities
Lending Government Money
Market Portfolio, 1.58%(c)
 

1,983,366

(d)

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $2,411,961)
 

2,411,961


 

 
  Total Investments 100.8%
(Cost $68,222,068)
 

83,125,759


 
       

Liabilities Less Other Assets (0.8)%

   

(695,928

)

 
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

82,429,831

   

*  Non-income producing security.

(a)  Security exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve directed selling efforts in the United States and as such may have restrictions on resale. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019 amounted to $7,814,282, which represents 9.5% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)  The security or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2019. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019 amounted to $1,891,122 for the Fund (see Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements).

(c)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

(d)  Represents investment of cash collateral received from securities lending.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments International Equity Portfolio^ (cont'd)

POSITIONS BY INDUSTRY

Industry

  Investments at
Value
  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Capital Markets

 

$

5,316,562

     

6.3

%

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

   

4,712,749

     

5.7

%

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services

   

4,556,552

     

5.5

%

 

Beverages

   

4,215,896

     

5.1

%

 

Banks

   

3,823,306

     

4.6

%

 

Professional Services

   

3,752,535

     

4.6

%

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

   

3,623,341

     

4.4

%

 

Pharmaceuticals

   

3,595,652

     

4.4

%

 

Insurance

   

3,574,028

     

4.3

%

 

Software

   

3,540,649

     

4.3

%

 

Building Products

   

2,956,554

     

3.6

%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

   

2,851,996

     

3.5

%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   

2,536,878

     

3.1

%

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

   

2,425,448

     

2.9

%

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

   

1,994,947

     

2.4

%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

   

1,856,666

     

2.3

%

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

   

1,854,904

     

2.3

%

 

Chemicals

   

1,801,553

     

2.2

%

 

Containers & Packaging

   

1,795,752

     

2.2

%

 

Machinery

   

1,790,490

     

2.2

%

 

Auto Components

   

1,652,625

     

2.0

%

 

Personal Products

   

1,616,087

     

2.0

%

 

Real Estate Management & Development

   

1,523,218

     

1.8

%

 

Construction Materials

   

1,477,406

     

1.8

%

 

Food Products

   

1,384,164

     

1.7

%

 

Entertainment

   

1,311,461

     

1.6

%

 

Electrical Equipment

   

1,199,146

     

1.5

%

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   

1,139,390

     

1.4

%

 

Automobiles

   

1,099,199

     

1.3

%

 

Household Products

   

958,304

     

1.2

%

 

IT Services

   

947,402

     

1.1

%

 

Food & Staples Retailing

   

934,417

     

1.1

%

 

Interactive Media & Services

   

863,362

     

1.0

%

 

Industrial Conglomerates

   

821,917

     

1.0

%

 

Gas Utilities

   

552,932

     

0.7

%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

   

341,739

     

0.4

%

 

Household Durables

   

226,310

     

0.3

%

 

Energy Equipment & Services

   

88,261

     

0.1

%

 

Short-Term Investments and Other Liabilities—Net

   

1,716,033

     

2.1

%

 
   

$

82,429,831

     

100.0

%

 

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments International Equity Portfolio^ (cont'd)

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Investments:

 

Common Stocks

 

Austria

 

$

   

$

1,116,053

   

$

   

$

1,116,053

   

Finland

   

     

632,842

     

     

632,842

   

Germany

   

1,449,772

     

7,300,267

     

     

8,750,039

   

Italy

   

     

947,402

     

     

947,402

   

Japan

   

     

11,629,178

     

     

11,629,178

   

Luxembourg

   

     

661,138

     

     

661,138

   

Sweden

   

     

823,751

     

     

823,751

   

Switzerland

   

     

11,249,296

     

     

11,249,296

   

United States

   

2,646,277

     

1,962,386

     

     

4,608,663

   
Other Common Stocks(a)     

40,295,436

     

     

     

40,295,436

   

Total Common Stocks

   

44,391,485

     

36,322,313

     

     

80,713,798

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

2,411,961

     

     

2,411,961

   

Total Investments

 

$

44,391,485

   

$

38,734,274

   

$

   

$

83,125,759

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides a geographic categorization as well as a Positions by Industry summary.

^  A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    INTERNATIONAL
EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value*† (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

83,125,759

   
Foreign currency(b)     

263

   

Dividends and interest receivable

   

229,173

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

1,269,075

   

Receivable for securities lending income (Note A)

   

1,256

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

858

   

Total Assets

   

84,626,384

   

Liabilities

 

Payable to investment manager—net (Note B)

   

59,289

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

10,823

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

51,501

   

Payable to administrator—net (Note B)

   

10,671

   

Payable for loaned securities collateral (Note A)

   

1,983,366

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

80,903

   

Total Liabilities

   

2,196,553

   

Net Assets

 

$

82,429,831

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

62,998,625

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

19,431,206

   

Net Assets

 

$

82,429,831

   

Net Assets

 

Class I

 

$

65,928,151

   

Class S

   

16,501,680

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

 

Class I

   

4,787,355

   

Class S

   

1,195,139

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

 

Class I

 

$

13.77

   

Class S

   

13.81

   

†Securities on loan, at value:

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

1,891,122

   

*Cost of Investments:

 

(a) Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

68,222,068

   

(b) Total cost of foreign currency

 

$

262

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    INTERNATIONAL
EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
 
    For the
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Dividend income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

1,622,714

   

Interest and other income—unaffiliated issuers

   

32,772

   

Income from securities loaned—net

   

14,909

   

Foreign taxes withheld

   

(133,894

)

 

Total income

 

$

1,536,501

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

650,957

   

Administration fees (Note B):

 

Class I

   

181,709

   

Class S

   

48,041

   

Distribution fees (Note B):

 

Class S

   

40,034

   

Audit fees

   

45,156

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

95,322

   

Insurance

   

2,441

   

Legal fees

   

22,444

   

Shareholder reports

   

11,336

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

47,667

   

Miscellaneous

   

19,853

   

Total expenses

   

1,164,960

   

Expenses reimbursed by Management (Note B)

   

(316,178

)

 

Total net expenses

   

848,782

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

687,719

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

3,813,333

   

Settlement of foreign currency transactions

   

32,865

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

14,373,402

   

Foreign currency translations

   

3,181

   

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

18,222,781

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

18,910,500

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

   

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO

 
    Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

687,719

   

$

636,084

   

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

3,846,198

     

3,214,929

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

14,376,583

     

(17,080,369

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

18,910,500

     

(13,229,356

)

 

Distributions to Shareholders From (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings:

 

Class I

   

(3,127,585

)

   

(307,358

)

 

Class S

   

(680,381

)

   

(28,901

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(3,807,966

)

   

(336,259

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

 

Class I

   

266,083

     

70,742,672

   

Class S

   

922,972

     

1,590,698

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

 

Class I

   

3,127,585

     

307,358

   

Class S

   

680,381

     

28,901

   

Payments for shares redeemed:

 

Class I

   

(2,931,305

)

   

(3,438,056

)

 

Class S

   

(3,577,754

)

   

(70,383,913

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

(1,512,038

)

   

(1,152,340

)

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

13,590,496

     

(14,717,955

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

68,839,335

     

83,557,290

   

End of year

 

$

82,429,831

   

$

68,839,335

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements International Equity Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust International Equity Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers Class I and Class S shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance that rounds to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities, for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs). Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern


13



Time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

The value of the Fund's investments in foreign securities is generally determined using the same valuation methods and inputs as other Fund investments, as discussed above. Foreign security prices expressed in local currency values are normally translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time on days the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. The Board has approved the use of ICE Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC ("ICE") to assist in determining the fair value of foreign equity securities when changes in the value of a certain index suggest that the closing prices on the foreign exchanges may no longer represent the amount that the Fund could expect to receive for those securities or on days when foreign markets are closed and U.S. markets are open. In each of these events, ICE will provide adjusted prices for certain foreign equity securities using a statistical analysis of historical correlations of multiple factors (Level 2 inputs). In the absence of precise information about the market values of these foreign securities as of the time as of which the Fund's share price is calculated, the Board has determined on the basis of available data that prices adjusted or evaluated in this way are likely to be closer to the prices the Fund could realize on a current sale than are the prices of those securities established at the close of the foreign markets in which the securities primarily trade.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the NYSE is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of discount (adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable), and amortization of premium, where applicable, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations. Included in net


14



realized gain/(loss) on investments are proceeds from the settlement of class action litigation(s) in which the Fund participated as a class member. The amount of such proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $180,024.

5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost for all long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $68,316,957. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $16,992,365 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $2,183,563 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $14,808,802 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no permanent differences requiring a reclassification between total distributable earnings/(losses) and paid-in capital.

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

   

Distributions Paid From:

 
   

Ordinary Income

  Long-Term
Capital Gain
 

Total

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 
       

$

619,365

   

$

336,259

   

$

3,188,601

   

$

   

$

3,807,966

   

$

336,259

   

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

851,191

   

$

3,769,067

   

$

14,810,948

   

$

   

$

   

$

19,431,206

   

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to losses disallowed and recognized on wash sales.

6  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.


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7  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager, that are not directly attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly. The Fund's expenses (other than those specific to each class) are allocated proportionally each day among its classes based upon the relative net assets of each class.

9  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

10  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

11  Securities lending: The Fund, using State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") as its lending agent, may loan securities to qualified brokers and dealers in exchange for negotiated lender's fees. These fees, if any, would be disclosed within the Statement of Operations under the caption "Income from securities loaned-net" and are net of expenses retained by State Street as compensation for its services as lending agent. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received income under the securities lending arrangement of $14,909.

The initial cash collateral received by the Fund at the beginning of each transaction shall have a value equal to at least 102% of the prior day's market value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of international securities). Thereafter, the value of the cash collateral is monitored on a daily basis, and cash collateral is moved daily between a counterparty and the Fund until the close of the transaction. The Fund may only receive collateral in the form of cash (U.S. dollars). Cash collateral is generally invested in a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act that is managed by an affiliate of State Street. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the loaned securities. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned and any interest earned or dividends paid or owed on those securities during the term of the loan would accrue to the Fund.


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As of December 31, 2019, the Fund had outstanding loans of securities to certain brokers, with a value of $1,891,122, for which it received collateral as follows:

   

Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements

 
    Overnight and
Continuous
  Less Than
30 Days
  Between 30 &
90 Days
  Greater Than
90 Days
 

Total

 

Securities Lending Transactions(a)

 

$

1,983,366

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,983,366

   

(a)  Amounts represent the payable for loaned securities collateral received.

The Fund is required to disclose both gross and net information for assets and liabilities related to derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities lending and securities borrowing transactions, if any, that are eligible for offset or subject to an enforceable master netting or similar agreement. The Fund's securities lending assets and liabilities at fair value are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following tables present the Fund's securities lending assets and liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting or similar agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Fund for assets and pledged by the Fund for liabilities as of December 31, 2019.

Description

  Gross Amounts of
Recognized Assets
  Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

Securities Lending

 

$

1,891,122

   

$

   

$

1,891,122

   

Total

 

$

1,891,122

   

$

   

$

1,891,122

   

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Counterparty

  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
  Liabilities
Available
for Offset
  Cash
Collateral
Received(a)
 

Net Amount(b)

 

SSB

 

$

1,891,122

   

$

   

$

(1,891,122

)

 

$

   

Total

 

$

1,891,122

   

$

   

$

(1,891,122

)

 

$

   

(a)  Collateral received (or pledged) is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets (or liabilities) in the tables presented above.

(b)  Net Amount represents amounts subject to loss at December 31, 2019, in the event of a counterparty failure.

12  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

13  Other: All net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Fund are allocated, on the basis of relative net assets, pro rata among its respective classes.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.85% of the first $250 million of the Fund's


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average daily net assets, 0.825% of the next $250 million, 0.80% of the next $250 million, 0.775% of the next $250 million, 0.75% of the next $500 million, 0.725% of the next $1 billion, and 0.70% of average daily net assets in excess of $2.5 billion. Accordingly, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the investment management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.85% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. Each class pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.30% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains State Street as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays State Street a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.

NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund's Class I and Class S shares so that the total annual operating expenses of those classes do not exceed the expense limitations as detailed in the following table. These undertakings exclude interest, taxes, transaction costs, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitations. The Fund has agreed that each of its classes will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for that class provided that repayment does not cause that class's annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed, or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under these agreements.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund's contingent liabilities to NBIA under the agreements were as follows:

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ending December 31,
 
       
 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
           

Subject to Repayment until December 31,

 

Class

  Contractual
Expense
Limitation(a)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class I

   

1.00

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

   

$

262,560

(b)

 

$

281,611

   

Class S

   

1.50

%

 

12/31/22

   

198,263

     

52,969

     

34,567

   

(a)  Expense limitation per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets.

(b)  Period from January 30, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2018.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC (the "Distributor") is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class I shares without sales commission or other compensation and bears all advertising and promotion expenses incurred in the sale of those shares. The Board adopted a non-fee distribution plan for the Fund's Class I shares.

The Board has adopted a distribution and shareholder services plan (the "Plan") for Class S shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that, as compensation for administrative and other services related to the sale and distribution of Class S shares, and ongoing services provided to investors in the class, the Distributor receives from Class S a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of Class S's average daily net assets. The Distributor may pay a portion of the proceeds from the 12b-1 fee to institutions that provide such services, including insurance companies or their affiliates and qualified plan administrators ("intermediaries") for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants that invest in the Fund through the intermediaries. Those institutions may use the payments for, among other purposes, compensating employees engaged in sales and/or shareholder servicing. The amount of fees


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paid by the class during any year may be more or less than the cost of distribution and other services provided to the class. FINRA rules limit the amount of annual distribution fees that may be paid by a mutual fund and impose a ceiling on the cumulative distribution fees paid. The Plan complies with those rules.

Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities of $19,395,346 and $21,307,012, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.

Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

20,804

     

246,849

     

(223,128

)

   

44,525

   

Class S

   

72,386

     

53,489

     

(279,674

)

   

(153,799

)

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

4,979,341

     

25,255

     

(261,766

)

   

4,742,830

(a)

 

Class S

   

121,165

     

2,373

     

(4,906,033

)

   

(4,782,495

)

 

(a)  Period from January 30, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2018.

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.


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Note F—Recent Accounting Pronouncement:

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: "Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


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Financial Highlights

International Equity Portfolio

The following tables include selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class I

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Period From
January 30, 2018(a)
to December 31,
2018
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

11.30

   

$

14.42

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.13

     

0.13

   

Net Gains or Losses on Securities (both realized and unrealized)

   

3.01

     

(3.18

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

3.14

     

(3.05

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.07

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(0.55

)

   

   

Total Distributions

   

(0.67

)

   

(0.07

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

13.77

   

$

11.30

   
Total Return     

28.35

%^     

(21.20

)%*

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

65.9

   

$

53.6

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.47

%

   

1.49

%**

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.00

%

   

1.01

%**

 

Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average Net Assets

   

1.00

%

   

1.12

%**

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

26

%

   

31

%^^*  

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Financial Highlights (cont'd)

Class S

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

11.30

   

$

13.63

   

$

10.82

   

$

11.15

   

$

11.12

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.06

     

0.02

     

0.05

     

0.08

     

0.07

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

3.02

     

(2.33

)

   

2.84

     

(0.28

)

   

0.10

   

Total From Investment Operations

   

3.08

     

(2.31

)

   

2.89

     

(0.20

)

   

0.17

   

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.11

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(0.55

)

   

     

     

(0.06

)

   

(0.03

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(0.57

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.14

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

13.81

   

$

11.30

   

$

13.63

   

$

10.82

   

$

11.15

   
Total Return     

27.69

%^     

(16.95

)%

   

26.76

%

   

(1.82

)%

   

1.53

%^   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

16.5

   

$

15.2

   

$

83.6

   

$

74.8

   

$

76.5

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.72

%

   

1.73

%

   

1.74

%

   

1.78

%

   

1.73

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.50

%

   

1.51

%

   

1.50

%

   

1.50

%

   

1.50

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

0.51

%

   

0.13

%

   

0.42

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.61

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

26

%

   

31

%

   

23

%

   

28

%

   

27

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights International Equity Portfolio

(a)  The date investment operations commenced.

@  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Total return would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed and/or waived certain expenses. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown

^  Had the Fund not received the class action proceeds listed in Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements, total return based on per share NAV for the year ended December 31, 2019 would have been 28.07% and 27.41% for Class I and Class S shares, respectively. The class action proceeds received in 2015 had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2015.

*  Not annualized.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee.

**  Annualized.

^^  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended December 31, 2018 for Class I.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of International Equity Portfolio and Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of International Equity Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 11, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

51


 

Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

51


 

Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


26



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


28



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

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Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

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Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

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None.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

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Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

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Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)
Length of
 

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)
Length of
 

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Neuberger Berman's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to International Equity Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding brokerage, commissions, other trading costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. The Board also reviewed Management's use of brokers to execute Fund transactions that provide research services to Management. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio managers' compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio managers.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered that, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was lower for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods and higher for the 10-year period; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the fourth quintile for the 1- and 3-year periods, the third quintile for the 5-year period, and the second quintile for the 10-year period. The Board also noted the Fund's outperformance versus its benchmark during the 7-month period ending July 31, 2019.

Noting that the Fund underperformed over certain periods, the Board discussed with Management the Fund's performance, potential reasons for the relative performance, and, if necessary, steps that Management had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding the Fund's relative performance.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses were higher than the peer group median, and considered whether specific portfolio management, administration or oversight needs contributed to the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments, if any) for the Fund compared to its peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. For fee comparisons and investment performance comparisons, the


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Board looked at the Fund's Class S as a proxy for both of the Fund's classes. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee and the actual management fee each ranked in the fifth quintile, and total expenses ranked in the fourth quintile. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated profit on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated profit on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated profit was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board recognized that Management and its affiliates should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for services they provide to the Fund and, based on its review, concluded that Management's reported level of estimated profitability on the Fund was reasonable.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.

Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered whether the Fund's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, the size of any breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fees, and whether any such breakpoints are set


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at appropriate asset levels. The Board also compared the breakpoint structure to that of the peer group. In addition, the Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.

Notice to Shareholders

The Fund has elected to pass through to its shareholders the credits for taxes paid to foreign countries. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund designates $99,992, or $0.02 per share outstanding, foreign taxes paid and $1,622,714, or $0.28 per share outstanding, foreign source income earned for Federal income tax purposes. The Fund designates $3,188,601 as a capital gain distribution.


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Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

I Class Shares

S Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

B1013 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

The Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Class I generated a 32.75% total return for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, trailing its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index (the Index), which returned 35.47% for the same period. (Performance for all share classes is provided in the table immediately following this letter.)

2019 proved to be a strongly positive environment for equities, thanks in part to a dovish turn by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, solid consumer confidence and continued compelling corporate fundamentals. That said, this environment was not without its challenges and worries, especially as it related to global trade, geopolitical unrest and the reality of decelerating economic growth. Those pressures were likely the catalysts behind a sudden and sharp September shift in market sentiment that ushered in a persistent stylistic rotation away from companies with higher price-to-earnings ratios to close the year. However, despite that year-end reversal and continued signs of a natural late-cycle slowdown, compelling investment opportunities could still be found across our investable universe. Favorable secular trends combined with, in our view, intriguing and potentially underappreciated catalysts continued to deliver top- and bottom-line results that exceeded the expectations of a market still largely willing to reward strong execution and positive differentiation.

During the reporting period, the Fund remained focused on Information Technology (IT), Health Care, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary names. These allocation decisions were generally reflective of the positive secular trends, intriguing catalysts and compelling underlying fundamentals that we continued to identify in those sectors. Our underperformance relative to the Index can be largely attributed to the market volatility and stylistic headwinds of the last four months of 2019, which saw the market become extremely discriminating towards the underlying fundamentals and corporate developments of higher growth and higher expectation investment stories. At the industry level, strong stock selection resulted in the Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components segment becoming the leading contributor to relative performance versus the Index, while stock specific issues within our allocation to the Entertainment industry resulted in that segment being the leading detractor. In terms of the Fund's holdings, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was the top contributor to performance while New Relic, Inc. was the leading detractor. AMD, a semiconductor company, continued to exceed expectations as performance and pricing improvements in their server-related products led to meaningful market share gains for their enterprise business. New Relic, which provides software-as-a-service digital intelligence products that allow users to monitor and adjust software and infrastructure activities and performance through desktop and mobile devices, attributed their disappointing third quarter results to sales management and execution issues. Given the lack of visibility and confidence in management, we exited our position in New Relic.

Looking ahead, we are cautiously optimistic that markets will remain constructive for small- and mid-cap growth stocks, even if the overall pace of economic growth continues to moderately decelerate. With a discriminating market and increasingly cautious commentary from more GDP-growth dependent companies underscoring the importance of balancing risk and reward, we are also going to be mindful of the potential for additional volatility either in the form of periodic valuation resets or possibly a sustained style rotation. With that in mind, we still believe that the most compelling catalysts are to be found in IT and Health Care, that secular trends continue to hold more promise than cyclical in an uncertain geopolitical environment and that if a scarcity of economic and corporate growth is looming, then the market seems likely to continue to seek out and favor higher qualitative growth companies capable of consistently exceeding expectations.

Sincerely,

KENNETH J. TUREK
PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio manager. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.


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Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (Unaudited)

SECTOR ALLOCATION

(as a % of Total Investments*)

 

Communication Services

   

5.1

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

11.6

   

Consumer Staples

   

2.5

   

Energy

   

0.7

   

Financials

   

4.6

   

Health Care

   

17.9

   

Industrials

   

18.4

   

Information Technology

   

32.4

   

Materials

   

1.6

   

Real Estate

   

0.3

   

Utilities

   

0.5

   

Short-Term Investments

   

4.4

   

Total

   

100.0

%

 

*  Derivatives, if any, are excluded from this chart.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

Inception

  Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

 

Date

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Life of Fund

 

Class I

 

11/03/1997

   

32.75

%

   

10.48

%

   

13.09

%

   

9.52

%

 
Class S2   

02/18/2003

   

32.48

%

   

10.16

%

   

12.79

%

   

9.30

%

 
Russell Midcap® Growth
Index1,3 
           

35.47

%

   

11.60

%

   

14.24

%

   

8.85

%

 
Russell Midcap® Index1,3             

30.54

%

   

9.33

%

   

13.19

%

   

9.63

%

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data, please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratios for fiscal year 2018 were 0.93% and 1.19% for Class I and Class S shares, respectively (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The expense ratio was 1.11% after expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers for Class S shares. The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception if it has not operated for 10 years. The graph is based on Class I shares only; the performance of the Fund's share classes will differ primarily due to different class expenses (see Performance Highlights chart above).The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices have not been reduced to reflect any of the fees and costs of investing. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is November 3, 1997, the inception date of Class I shares, the Fund's oldest share class.

2  Performance shown prior to February 18, 2003 for Class S shares is that of Class I shares, which has lower expenses and correspondingly higher returns than Class S shares.

3  The Russell Midcap® Growth Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes those Russell Midcap® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth rates. The index is rebalanced annually in June. The Russell Midcap Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities in the Russell 1000® Index. The index is rebalanced annually in June. Please note that the indices described in this report do not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that they track, and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage(s) one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 
Hypothetical Example for
Comparison Purposes:
 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/19
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/19
  Expenses Paid
During the Period
7/1/19 – 12/31/19
  Expense
Ratio
 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,051.60

   

$

4.71

(a)

   

0.91

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,050.40

   

$

5.68

(a)

   

1.10

%

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,020.62

   

$

4.63

(b)

   

0.91

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,019.66

   

$

5.60

(b)

   

1.10

%

 

(a)  For each class, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratios for each class, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


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Legend Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (Unaudited)
December 31, 2019

Counterparties:

SSB = State Street Bank and Trust Company


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Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Growth Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Common Stocks 97.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense 4.0%

     
 

35,000

   

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

 

$

2,564,800

*

 
 

50,000

   

HEICO Corp.

   

5,707,500

   
 

36,500

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

7,222,255

   
 

12,500

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

   

4,331,750

*

 
     

19,826,305

   

Airlines 0.8%

     
 

55,000

   

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

   

3,726,250

   

Auto Components 0.8%

     
 

40,000

   

Aptiv PLC

   

3,798,800

   

Banks 1.0%

     
 

20,000

    SVB Financial Group    

5,020,800

*

 

Biotechnology 3.9%

     
 

25,000

   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

2,703,750

*

 
 

10,000

   

Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR

   

1,391,200

*

 
 

30,000

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.

   

2,536,500

*

 
 

55,000

   

Exact Sciences Corp.

   

5,086,400

*

 
 

40,000

   

Incyte Corp.

   

3,492,800

*

 
 

13,000

   

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

   

1,397,370

*

 
 

25,000

   

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

   

2,856,500

*

 
     

19,464,520

   

Capital Markets 2.8%

     
 

40,000

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

4,800,000

   
 

10,000

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

3,791,100

   
 

57,500

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

5,143,950

   
     

13,735,050

   

Commercial Services & Supplies 3.2%

     
 

33,000

   

Cintas Corp.

   

8,879,640

   
 

75,750

   

Waste Connections, Inc.

   

6,877,342

   
     

15,756,982

   

Communications Equipment 1.6%

     
 

50,000

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

8,057,000

   

Construction & Engineering 1.0%

     
 

80,000

   

MasTec, Inc.

   

5,132,800

*

 

Consumer Finance 0.4%

     
 

50,000

   

Synchrony Financial

   

1,800,500

   

Containers & Packaging 1.6%

     
 

65,000

   

Ball Corp.

   

4,203,550

   
 

32,500

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

3,639,675

   
     

7,843,225

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Diversified Consumer Services 3.0%

     
 

53,050

    Bright Horizons Family
Solutions, Inc.
 

$

7,972,885

*

 
 

52,500

   

Chegg, Inc.

   

1,990,275

*

 
 

110,000

   

Service Corp. International

   

5,063,300

   
     

15,026,460

   

Electrical Equipment 2.2%

     
 

75,000

   

AMETEK, Inc.

   

7,480,500

   
 

34,000

   

Generac Holdings, Inc.

   

3,420,060

*

 
     

10,900,560

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 6.9%

     
 

71,000

   

Amphenol Corp. Class A

   

7,684,330

   
 

70,000

   

CDW Corp.

   

9,998,800

   
 

72,000

   

Keysight Technologies, Inc.

   

7,389,360

*

 
 

130,000

   

Trimble, Inc.

   

5,419,700

*

 
 

15,000

    Zebra Technologies Corp.
Class A
 
3,831,600

*

 
     

34,323,790

   

Entertainment 1.8%

     
 

52,500

    Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc.
 
6,427,575

*

 
 

37,500

    World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. Class A
 
2,432,625

(a)

 
     

8,860,200

   

Food & Staples Retailing 0.7%

     
 

155,000

    BJ's Wholesale Club
Holdings, Inc.
 
3,524,700

*

 

Food Products 0.9%

     
 

52,500

   

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

   

4,516,575

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 6.8%

     
 

40,000

   

Haemonetics Corp.

   

4,596,000

*

 
 

45,000

   

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

   

5,108,850

   
 

19,000

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

   

4,961,470

*

 
 

40,000

   

Insulet Corp.

   

6,848,000

*

 
 

15,000

   

Masimo Corp.

   

2,370,900

*

 
 

26,500

   

Penumbra, Inc.

   

4,353,155

*

 
 

15,000

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

5,646,600

   
     

33,884,975

   

Health Care Providers & Services 1.3%

     
 

57,500

   

Centene Corp.

   

3,615,025

*

 
 

40,000

   

Encompass Health Corp.

   

2,770,800

   
     

6,385,825

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Growth Portfolio^ (cont'd)

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Health Care Technology 2.3%

     
 

45,000

   

Teladoc Health, Inc.

 

$

3,767,400

*(a)   
 

55,000

   

Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A

   

7,736,300

*

 
     

11,503,700

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.7%

     
 

92,500

    Norwegian Cruise Line
Holdings Ltd.
 
5,402,925

*

 
 

35,000

   

Planet Fitness, Inc. Class A

   

2,613,800

*

 
 

22,500

   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

   

5,396,175

   
     

13,412,900

   

Household Products 0.9%

     
 

65,000

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

4,572,100

   
Independent Power and Renewable
Electricity Producers 0.5%
     
 

100,000

   

Vistra Energy Corp.

   

2,299,000

   

Industrial Conglomerates 1.4%

     
 

19,500

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

6,907,485

   

Insurance 0.5%

     
 

20,000

   

Assurant, Inc.

   

2,621,600

   

Interactive Media & Services 1.1%

     
 

22,500

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp

   

5,604,975

*

 

IT Services 8.5%

     
 

22,000

    Booz Allen Hamilton
Holding Corp.
 
1,564,860

 
 

32,500

   

EPAM Systems, Inc.

   

6,895,200

*

 
 

80,000

   

Fiserv, Inc.

   

9,250,400

*

 
 

62,500

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

11,410,000

   
 

32,500

   

Okta, Inc.

   

3,749,525

*

 
 

55,000

   

Square, Inc. Class A

   

3,440,800

*

 
 

37,500

   

Twilio, Inc. Class A

   

3,685,500

*

 
 

15,000

   

Wix.com Ltd.

   

1,835,700

*

 
     

41,831,985

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services 2.9%

     
 

75,000

   

Avantor, Inc.

   

1,361,250

*

 
 

21,000

    Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Class A
 
7,770,630

*

 
 

45,000

   

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.

   

5,001,750

*

 
     

14,133,630

   

Machinery 1.5%

     
 

44,000

   

IDEX Corp.

   

7,568,000

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Media 2.2%

     
 

200,000

   

Altice USA, Inc. Class A

 

$

5,468,000

*

 
 

47,500

    Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Class A
 
5,569,375

 
     

11,037,375

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.8%

     
 

22,500

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

1,702,575

   
 

150,000

   

WPX Energy, Inc.

   

2,061,000

*

 
     

3,763,575

   

Pharmaceuticals 0.9%

     
 

55,000

   

Catalent, Inc.

   

3,096,500

*

 
 

10,000

   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC

   

1,492,800

*

 
     

4,589,300

   

Professional Services 2.5%

     
 

150,000

   

Clarivate Analytics PLC

   

2,520,000

*

 
 

16,500

   

CoStar Group, Inc.

   

9,871,950

*

 
     

12,391,950

   

Real Estate Management & Development 0.4%

     
 

10,000

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

   

1,740,900

   

Road & Rail 0.6%

     
 

15,000

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

2,846,700

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 8.1%

     
 

287,500

   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

   

13,184,750

*

 
 

50,000

   

Entegris, Inc.

   

2,504,500

   
 

35,000

   

KLA Corp.

   

6,235,950

   
 

225,000

   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   

5,976,000

   
 

17,500

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

1,832,600

   
 

37,500

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

6,675,750

   
 

55,000

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

3,750,450

   
     

40,160,000

   

Software 7.8%

     
 

20,000

   

Coupa Software, Inc.

   

2,925,000

*

 
 

32,500

   

Everbridge, Inc.

   

2,537,600

*

 
 

15,000

   

HubSpot, Inc.

   

2,377,500

*

 
 

32,500

   

Paylocity Holding Corp.

   

3,926,650

*

 
 

40,000

   

Proofpoint, Inc.

   

4,591,200

*

 
 

42,500

   

Q2 Holdings, Inc.

   

3,445,900

*

 
 

37,500

   

RingCentral, Inc. Class A

   

6,325,125

*

 
 

45,000

   

Splunk, Inc.

   

6,739,650

*

 
 

11,000

   

Trade Desk, Inc. Class A

   

2,857,580

*

 
 

37,500

   

Zendesk, Inc.

   

2,873,625

*

 
     

38,599,830

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Growth Portfolio^ (cont'd)

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Specialty Retail 4.6%

     
 

37,500

   

Burlington Stores, Inc.

 

$

8,551,125

*

 
 

45,000

   

Five Below, Inc.

   

5,753,700

*

 
 

13,000

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

   

5,697,380

*

 
 

25,000

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

2,910,500

   
     

22,912,705

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.6%

     
 

30,000

   

Columbia Sportswear Co.

   

3,005,700

   

Trading Companies & Distributors 1.6%

     
 

38,000

   

AerCap Holdings NV

   

2,335,860

*

 
 

32,500

   

United Rentals, Inc.

   

5,420,025

*

 
     

7,755,885

   
        Total Common Stocks
(Cost $334,371,973)
 
480,844,612

 

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Short-Term Investments 4.5%

     

Investment Companies 4.5%

     
 

16,105,494

    State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund Premier
Class, 1.53%(b) 
 

$

16,105,494



 

6,280,563


  State Street Navigator
Securities Lending
Government Money
Market Portfolio, 1.58%(b)
 

6,280,563

(c)

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $22,386,057)
 

22,386,057


 

 
  Total Investments 101.6%
(Cost $356,758,030)
 

503,230,669


 
       

Liabilities Less Other Assets (1.6)%

   

(7,776,592

)

 
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

495,454,077

   

*  Non-income producing security.

(a)  The security or a portion of this security is on loan at December 31, 2019. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019 amounted to $6,199,347 for the Fund (see Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements).

(b)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

(c)  Represents investment of cash collateral received from securities lending.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Investments:

 
Common Stocks(a)   

$

480,844,612

   

$

   

$

   

$

480,844,612

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

22,386,057

     

     

22,386,057

   

Total Investments

 

$

480,844,612

   

$

22,386,057

   

$

   

$

503,230,669

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for the portfolio.

^  A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    MID CAP
GROWTH
PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value*† (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

503,230,669

   

Dividends and interest receivable

   

198,454

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

32,830

   

Receivable for securities lending income (Note A)

   

981

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

11,307

   

Total Assets

   

503,474,241

   

Liabilities

 

Payable to investment manager—net (Note B)

   

225,356

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

684,565

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

544,056

   

Payable to administrator—net (Note B)

   

189,711

   

Payable for loaned securities collateral (Note A)

   

6,280,563

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

95,913

   

Total Liabilities

   

8,020,164

   

Net Assets

 

$

495,454,077

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

322,117,505

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

173,336,572

   

Net Assets

 

$

495,454,077

   

Net Assets

 

Class I

 

$

114,391,302

   

Class S

   

381,062,775

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

 

Class I

   

3,843,708

   

Class S

   

14,040,684

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

 

Class I

 

$

29.76

   

Class S

   

27.14

   

†Securities on loan, at value:

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

6,199,347

   

*Cost of Investments:

 
(a) Unaffiliated issuers  

$

356,758,030

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    MID CAP
GROWTH
PORTFOLIO
 
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Dividend income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

2,371,743

   

Interest and other income—unaffiliated issuers

   

446,422

   

Income from securities loaned—net

   

19,468

   

Foreign taxes withheld

   

(7,572

)

 

Total income

 

$

2,830,061

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

2,534,913

   

Administration fees (Note B):

 

Class I

   

329,157

   

Class S

   

1,083,658

   

Distribution fees (Note B):

 

Class S

   

903,048

   

Audit fees

   

45,156

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

83,900

   

Insurance

   

14,271

   

Legal fees

   

127,887

   

Shareholder reports

   

25,113

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

48,146

   

Miscellaneous

   

41,740

   

Total expenses

   

5,236,989

   

Expenses reimbursed by Management (Note B)

   

(240,462

)

 

Total net expenses

   

4,996,527

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

(2,166,466

)

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

26,771,155

   

Settlement of foreign currency transactions

   

(93

)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

102,143,654

   

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

128,914,716

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

126,748,250

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

   

MID CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO

 
    Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal Year
Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

(2,166,466

)

 

$

(1,706,187

)

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

26,771,062

     

35,197,543

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

102,143,654

     

(60,470,760

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

126,748,250

     

(26,979,404

)

 

Distributions to Shareholders From (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings:

 

Class I

   

(7,652,681

)

   

(7,760,956

)

 

Class S

   

(27,361,448

)

   

(26,693,645

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(35,014,129

)

   

(34,454,601

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

 

Class I

   

15,626,858

     

9,929,937

   

Class S

   

17,851,730

     

25,243,644

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

 

Class I

   

7,652,681

     

7,760,956

   

Class S

   

27,361,448

     

26,693,645

   

Payments for shares redeemed:

 

Class I

   

(24,173,564

)

   

(17,280,163

)

 

Class S

   

(33,150,767

)

   

(22,456,518

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

11,168,386

     

29,891,501

   

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

102,902,507

     

(31,542,504

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

392,551,570

     

424,094,074

   

End of year

 

$

495,454,077

   

$

392,551,570

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers Class I and Class S shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance that rounds to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities, for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs). Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern


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Time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of discount (adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable), and amortization of premium, where applicable, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations. Included in net realized gain/(loss) on investments are proceeds from the settlement of class action litigation(s) in which the Fund participated as a class member. The amount of such proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $38,840.

5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns


13



filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost for all long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $356,729,951. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $150,238,495 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $3,737,777 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $146,500,718 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications related to net operating losses written off and prior year true up adjustments.

Paid-in Capital   Total Distributable
Earnings/(Losses)
 
$

(2,279,877

)

 

$

2,279,877

   

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

   

Distributions Paid From:

 
   

Ordinary Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Total

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

$

   

$

5,444,501

   

$

35,014,129

   

$

29,010,100

   

$

35,014,129

   

$

34,454,601

   

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

   

$

26,835,854

   

$

146,500,718

   

$

   

$

   

$

173,336,572

   

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to losses disallowed and recognized on wash sales and tax adjustments related to other investments.

6  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.

7  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager, that are not directly


14



attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly. The Fund's expenses (other than those specific to each class) are allocated proportionally each day among its classes based upon the relative net assets of each class.

9  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

10  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

11  Securities lending: The Fund, using State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") as its lending agent, may loan securities to qualified brokers and dealers in exchange for negotiated lender's fees. These fees, if any, would be disclosed within the Statement of Operations under the caption "Income from securities loaned-net" and are net of expenses retained by State Street as compensation for its services as lending agent. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received income under the securities lending arrangement of $19,468.

The initial cash collateral received by the Fund at the beginning of each transaction shall have a value equal to at least 102% of the prior day's market value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of international securities). Thereafter, the value of the cash collateral is monitored on a daily basis, and cash collateral is moved daily between a counterparty and the Fund until the close of the transaction. The Fund may only receive collateral in the form of cash (U.S. dollars). Cash collateral is generally invested in a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act that is managed by an affiliate of State Street. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the loaned securities. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned and any interest earned or dividends paid or owed on those securities during the term of the loan would accrue to the Fund.

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund had outstanding loans of securities to certain brokers, with a value of $6,199,347, for which it received collateral as follows:

   

Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements

 
    Overnight and
Continuous
  Less Than
30 Days
  Between
30 & 90 Days
  Greater Than
90 Days
 

Total

 

Securities Lending Transactions(a)

 

$

6,280,563

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

6,280,563

   

(a)  Amounts represent the payable for loaned securities collateral received.


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The Fund is required to disclose both gross and net information for assets and liabilities related to derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities lending and securities borrowing transactions, if any, that are eligible for offset or subject to an enforceable master netting or similar agreement. The Fund's securities lending assets and liabilities at fair value are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following tables present the Fund's securities lending assets and liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting or similar agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Fund for assets and pledged by the Fund for liabilities as of December 31, 2019.

Description

  Gross Amounts of
Recognized Assets
  Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 

Securities Lending

 

$

6,199,347

   

$

   

$

6,199,347

   

Total

 

$

6,199,347

   

$

   

$

6,199,347

   

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Counterparty

  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
  Liabilities
Available
for Offset
  Cash
Collateral
Received(a)
 

Net Amount(b)

 

SSB

 

$

6,199,347

   

$

   

$

(6,199,347

)

 

$

   

Total

 

$

6,199,347

   

$

   

$

(6,199,347

)

 

$

   

(a)  Collateral received (or pledged) is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets (or liabilities) in the tables presented above.

(b)  Net Amount represents amounts subject to loss at December 31, 2019, in the event of a counterparty failure.

12  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

13  Other: All net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Fund are allocated, on the basis of relative net assets, pro rata among its respective classes.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.55% of the first $250 million of the Fund's average daily net assets, 0.525% of the next $250 million, 0.50% of the next $250 million, 0.475% of the next $250 million, 0.45% of the next $500 million, 0.425% of the next $2.5 billion, and 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $4 billion. Accordingly, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the investment management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.54% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. Each class pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.30% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains State Street as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays State Street a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.


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NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund's Class I and Class S shares so that the total annual operating expenses of those classes do not exceed the expense limitations as detailed in the following table. These undertakings include fees payable to Management for the Fund's Class S shares but exclude such fees payable for the Fund's Class I shares and exclude, for each class, interest, taxes, transaction costs, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitations. The Fund has agreed that each of its classes will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for that class provided that repayment does not cause that class's annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed, or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under these agreements.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund's contingent liabilities to NBIA under the agreements were as follows:

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ended December 31,
 
       
 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
           

Subject to Repayment until December 31,

 

Class

  Contractual
Expense
Limitation(a)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class I

   

1.00

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

 

Class S

   

1.10

%

 

12/31/22

   

18,432

     

253,455

     

240,462

   

(a)  Expense limitation per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC (the "Distributor") is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class I shares without sales commission or other compensation and bears all advertising and promotion expenses incurred in the sale of those shares. The Board adopted a non-fee distribution plan for the Fund's Class I shares.

The Board has adopted a distribution and shareholder services plan (the "Plan") for Class S shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that, as compensation for administrative and other services related to the sale and distribution of Class S shares, and ongoing services provided to investors in the class, the Distributor receives from Class S a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of Class S's average daily net assets. The Distributor may pay a portion of the proceeds from the 12b-1 fee to institutions that provide such services, including insurance companies or their affiliates and qualified plan administrators ("intermediaries") for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants that invest in the Fund through the intermediaries. Those institutions may use the payments for, among other purposes, compensating employees engaged in sales and/or shareholder servicing. The amount of fees paid by the class during any year may be more or less than the cost of distribution and other services provided to the class. FINRA rules limit the amount of annual distribution fees that may be paid by a mutual fund and impose a ceiling on the cumulative distribution fees paid. The Plan complies with those rules.

Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities of $208,748,815 and $227,000,552, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.


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Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

537,511

     

271,372

     

(831,165

)

   

(22,282

)

 

Class S

   

690,664

     

1,063,406

     

(1,223,003

)

   

531,067

   

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

349,509

     

287,763

     

(601,330

)

   

35,942

   

Class S

   

965,788

     

1,075,923

     

(861,036

)

   

1,180,675

   

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.

Note F—Recent Accounting Pronouncement:

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: "Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


18




Financial Highlights

Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

The following tables include selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class I

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

24.09

   

$

27.79

   

$

22.61

   

$

22.73

   

$

24.50

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

(0.09

)

   

(0.07

)

   

0.01

     

(0.08

)

   

(0.14

)

 
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

7.86

     

(1.48

)

   

5.68

     

1.04

     

0.49

   

Total From Investment Operations

   

7.77

     

(1.55

)

   

5.69

     

0.96

     

0.35

   

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(2.10

)

   

(2.15

)

   

(0.51

)

   

(1.08

)

   

(2.14

)

 

Voluntary Contribution from Management

   

     

     

     

     

0.02

   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

29.76

   

$

24.09

   

$

27.79

   

$

22.61

   

$

22.73

   
Total Return     

32.75

%^     

(6.40

)%^     

25.29

%^‡     

4.40

%^     

1.28

%   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

114.4

   

$

93.2

   

$

106.4

   

$

85.8

   

$

112.6

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

0.92

%

   

0.93

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.98

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

0.92

%

   

0.93

%

   

0.65

%ß     

0.99

%

   

0.98

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

(0.32

)%

   

(0.25

)%

   

0.04

%ß     

(0.35

)%

   

(0.54

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

47

%

   

50

%

   

57

%

   

54

%

   

58

%ñ   

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Financial Highlights (cont'd)

Class S

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

22.16

   

$

25.77

   

$

21.12

   

$

21.35

   

$

23.20

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

(0.13

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.19

)

 
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

7.21

     

(1.35

)

   

5.28

     

0.97

     

0.46

   

Total From Investment Operations

   

7.08

     

(1.46

)

   

5.16

     

0.85

     

0.27

   

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(2.10

)

   

(2.15

)

   

(0.51

)

   

(1.08

)

   

(2.14

)

 

Voluntary Contribution from Management

   

     

     

     

     

0.02

   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

27.14

   

$

22.16

   

$

25.77

   

$

21.12

   

$

21.35

   
Total Return     

32.48

%^     

(6.56

)%^     

24.56

%^‡     

4.16

%^     

1.00

%   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

381.1

   

$

299.4

   

$

317.7

   

$

244.4

   

$

236.6

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.17

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.24

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.10

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.18

%ß     

1.24

%

   

1.24

%§   
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

(0.50

)%

   

(0.42

)%

   

(0.52

)%ß     

(0.59

)%

   

(0.80

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

47

%

   

50

%

   

57

%

   

54

%

   

58

%ñ   

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

@  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Total return would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed and/or waived certain expenses. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown.

^  The class action proceeds listed in Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2019. The class action proceeds received in 2018, 2017, and, 2015 had no impact on the Fund's total return for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2015, respectively. Had the Fund not received class action proceeds in 2016, total return based on per share NAV for the year ended December 31, 2016 would have been:

    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
 

Class I

   

4.35

%

 

Class S

   

4.11

%

 

µ  Had the Fund not received a voluntary contribution, total return based on per share NAV for the year ended December 31, 2015 would have been 1.23% and 0.95% for Class I and Class S, respectively.

  In May 2016, the Fund's custodian, State Street, announced that it had identified inconsistencies in the way in which the Fund was invoiced for categories of expenses, particularly those deemed "out-of-pocket" costs, from 1998 through November 2015, and refunded to the Fund certain expenses, plus interest, determined to be payable to the Fund for the period in question. These amounts were refunded to the Fund by State Street during the year ended December 31, 2017. These amounts had no impact on Class S's total return for the year ended December 31, 2017. Had the Fund not received the custodian expenses refund, the total return based on per share NAV for the year ended December 31, 2017 for Class I would have been 24.93%.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee and/or if the Fund had not received refunds, plus interest, from State Street noted in ‡ above for custodian out-of-pocket expenses previously paid during the year ended December 31, 2017. Management did not reimburse or waive fees during the fiscal periods shown for Class I. Management did not reimburse or waive fees during fiscal periods ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 for Class S.

§  After repayment of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management, as applicable. Had the Fund not made such repayments, the annualized ratios of net expenses to average net assets would have been:

    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
 

Class S

   

1.24

%

 


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Notes to Financial Highlights Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (cont'd)

ñ  On November 6, 2015, the Fund acquired all of the net assets of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Balanced Portfolio ("Balanced"), Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Growth Portfolio ("Growth") and Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Small Cap Growth Portfolio ("Small Cap Growth") in a tax-free exchange of shares pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization and Dissolution approved by the Board. Portfolio turnover excludes purchases and sales of securities by Balanced, Growth and Small Cap Growth (acquired funds) prior to the merger date.

ß  The custodian expenses refund noted in ‡ above is non-recurring and is included in these ratios. Had the Fund not received the refund, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets and the annualized ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets would have been:

    Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  Ratio of Net of
Investment
Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Class I

   

0.94

%

   

(0.29

)%

 

Class S

   

1.18

%

   

(0.53

)%

 


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of
Mid Cap Growth Portfolio and
Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 11, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

51


 

Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


24



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

51


 

Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


25



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


26



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


27



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


28



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

51


 

None.

 


29



Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

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Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

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Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Neuberger Berman's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding brokerage, commissions, other trading costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. The Board also reviewed Management's use of brokers to execute Fund transactions that provide research services to Management. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio manager's compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio manager.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered that, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was lower for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the fourth quintile for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods and the fifth quintile for the 10-year period. The Board also noted the Fund's outperformance versus its benchmark during the 7-month period ending July 31, 2019. Further, the Board noted the Fund's ranking exceeded the average of its Morningstar peer category for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods ending July 31, 2019.

Noting that the Fund underperformed over certain periods, the Board discussed with Management the Fund's performance, potential reasons for the relative performance, and, if necessary, steps that Management had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Board also met with the portfolio manager of the Fund during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal to discuss the Fund's performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding the Fund's relative performance.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's total expenses were higher than the peer group median, and considered whether specific portfolio management, administration or oversight needs contributed to


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the Fund's total expenses. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments, if any) for the Fund compared to its peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. For fee comparisons and investment performance comparisons, the Board looked at the Fund's Class S as a proxy for both of the Fund's classes. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee ranked in the fourth quintile, the actual management fee net of fees waived by Management ranked in the third quintile, and total expenses ranked in the fifth quintile. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated profit on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated loss on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business. The Board noted that when distribution expenses and taxes were considered, Management experienced a loss on the Fund.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated profit was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board recognized that Management and its affiliates should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for services they provide to the Fund and, based on its review, concluded that Management's reported level of estimated profitability on the Fund was reasonable.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.


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Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered whether the Fund's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, the size of any breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fees, and whether any such breakpoints are set at appropriate asset levels. The Board also compared the breakpoint structure to that of the peer group. In addition, the Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.

Notice to Shareholders

The Fund designates $35,014,129 as a capital gain distribution.


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Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio

I Class Shares

S Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

B1012 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio Class I generated a total return of 16.74%, underperforming its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Value Index (the Index), which posted a total return of 27.06% for the same period. (Performance for all share classes is provided in the table immediately following this letter.)

As interest rates declined, markets reached new highs driven primarily by prices growing faster than earnings. After 2018's year-end market rout, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and other central banks became more accommodative and interest rates fell with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield dropping significantly. Falling rates, sluggish economic growth and low inflation favored growth stocks over value, a trend we have been witnessing for more than ten years.

The Fund's underperformance in 2019 was due to several factors, which specifically impacted companies with characteristics core to our long-term philosophy:

1.  We have historically invested with strong management teams in restructurings or turnaround situations with great success. It has become difficult to undertake restructurings/turnarounds in the public markets as investors have become extremely short-term oriented. Most investors, fundamental and quantitative, have little tolerance for earnings disappointments. Turnaround situations generally take more time to show improvement and as such are subject to short-term earnings setbacks. Value stocks that miss earnings estimates can decline further despite already deeply discounted prices. Adding to this pressure, over the last 24 months companies in the portfolio with negative earnings revisions tended to experience stock declines much more severe than price increases generated by portfolio names that had upward earnings revisions. This was an unusual occurrence that we believe will reverse over time.

2.  Capital allocation and the appropriate use of leverage has long been a driver for attractive investments. When we invest in a financially leveraged company, we try to ensure that there is a margin of safety in case the company's fundamentals deteriorate. Recently, companies with leveraged balance sheets that report short-term fundamentals below expectations have frequently become more depressed in the market as compared to prior times.

3.  Being a contrarian investor has been extremely rewarding longer term; however, it has been more difficult in the current growth-oriented market. While we have largely avoided "deep" value names, some of our investments are widely out of favor and somewhat controversial. We have found that many of these investments do well over time, but can be very volatile in the short run.

When we examine the worst performers for the year, most of them had one or more of the above characteristics. On the positive side, many of the portfolio's larger positons exhibited solid fundamentals throughout 2019 and achieved strong gains.

This year's underperformance and volatility have resulted in a portfolio valuation we believe is extremely attractive. While the portfolio's consensus forward earnings growth rate is projected to be faster than the Index, at year-end, the portfolio's consensus forward P/E and price/cash flow ratios are both lower than the Index, and the portfolio is trading at a wide discount to our intrinsic value1 estimate, conditions that have, in the past, led to relative outperformance for the strategy.

Due to accommodative worldwide central bank policies, we believe the odds of a U.S. recession have receded. We believe a low growth environment with little pick-up in inflation is the most likely outcome in 2020. We anticipate corporate profit growth to rebound and further progress to be made on trade issues with China. We believe all of these factors are positives for equities, although with current market valuations at the high end of historical averages, the market is discounting many of these factors. In our opinion, the wild cards for 2020 will be the U.S. Presidential election and trade issues with China.

Sincerely,

MICHAEL C. GREENE
PORTFOLIO MANAGER

1  Intrinsic value reflects the portfolio management team's analysis and estimates of a company's value. There is no guarantee that any intrinsic values will be realized; security prices may decrease regardless of intrinsic values.

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio manager. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.


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Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (Unaudited)

SECTOR ALLOCATION

(as a % of Total Investments*)

 

Communication Services

   

1.9

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

14.2

   

Consumer Staples

   

6.5

   

Energy

   

8.6

   

Financials

   

15.2

   

Health Care

   

7.7

   

Industrials

   

19.4

   

Information Technology

   

18.3

   

Materials

   

1.9

   

Real Estate

   

0.9

   

Utilities

   

4.5

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0.9

   

Total

   

100.0

%

 

* Derivatives, if any, are excluded from this chart.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

Inception

  Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

 

Date

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Life of Fund

 

Class I

 

08/22/2001

   

16.74

%

   

4.22

%

   

10.09

%

   

7.78

%

 
Class S2   

04/29/2005

   

16.43

%

   

3.97

%

   

9.85

%

   

7.59

%

 
Russell Midcap®
Value Index1,3 
       

27.06

%

   

7.62

%

   

12.41

%

    9.72

%

 
Russell Midcap® Index1,3         

30.54

%

   

9.33

%

   

13.19

%

   

9.87

%

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data, please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") had not reimbursed certain expenses and/ or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/ or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/ or fee waiver arrangements.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratios for fiscal year 2018 were 1.00% and 1.26% for Class I and Class S shares, respectively (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The total annual operating expense ratio for Class S includes the class's repayment of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management. The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception, if it has not operated for 10 years. The graph is based on Class I shares only; the performance of the Fund's share classes will differ primarily due to different class expenses (see Performance Highlights chart above). The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices have not been reduced to reflect any of the fees and costs of investing. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is August 22, 2001, the inception date of Class I shares, the Fund's oldest share class.

2  Performance shown prior to April 29, 2005 for Class S shares is that of Class I shares, which has lower expenses and correspondingly higher returns than Class S shares.

3  The Russell Midcap® Value Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes those Russell Midcap® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth rates. The index is rebalanced annually in June. The Russell Midcap Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities in the Russell 1000® Index. The index is rebalanced annually in June. Please note that the indices described in this report do not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that they track, and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage(s) one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 
Hypothetical Example for
Comparison Purposes:
 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST MID CAP INTRINSIC VALUE PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/19
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/19
  Expenses Paid
During the Period
7/1/19 – 12/31/19
  Expense
Ratio
 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,027.30

   

$

5.16

(a)

   

1.01

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,025.50

   

$

6.38

(a)

   

1.25

%

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,020.11

   

$

5.14

(b)

   

1.01

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,018.90

   

$

6.36

(b)

   

1.25

%

 

(a)  For each class, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratios for each class, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


4




Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Common Stocks 98.9%

Aerospace & Defense 6.5%

     
 

27,550

   

General Dynamics Corp.

 

$

4,858,442

   
 

29,900

   

Hexcel Corp.

   

2,191,969

   

25,400


  Spirit AeroSystems Holdings,
Inc. Class A
 

1,851,152


 
     

8,901,563

   

Airlines 2.2%

     
 

44,500

   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

   

1,276,260

   
 

93,100

   

JetBlue Airways Corp.

   

1,742,832

*

 
     

3,019,092

   

Auto Components 1.4%

     
 

20,900

   

Aptiv PLC

   

1,984,873

   

Banks 10.2%

     
 

94,300

   

BankUnited, Inc.

   

3,447,608

   
 

52,700

   

Comerica, Inc.

   

3,781,225

   
 

175,900

   

KeyCorp

   

3,560,216

   
 

56,800

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

3,198,976

   
     

13,988,025

   

Beverages 2.1%

     

53,800


  Molson Coors Brewing
Co. Class B
 

2,899,820


 

Biotechnology 2.1%

     
 

26,200

   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

2,833,530

*

 

Building Products 1.4%

     

48,810


  Johnson Controls
International PLC
 

1,987,055


 

Capital Markets 1.5%

     
 

25,800

   

State Street Corp.

   

2,040,780

   

Chemicals 1.9%

     
 

34,400

   

Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.

   

2,632,632

   

Commercial Services & Supplies 3.1%

     
 

243,000

   

Covanta Holding Corp.

   

3,606,120

   
 

31,900

   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

   

695,101

   
     

4,301,221

   

Communications Equipment 1.6%

     
 

50,300

   

Ciena Corp.

   

2,147,307

*

 

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Construction & Engineering 1.1%

     
 

10,200

   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

 

$

1,527,756

   

Electric Utilities 2.1%

     
 

43,800

   

Evergy, Inc.

   

2,850,942

   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components 3.8%
     
 

62,700

   

Itron, Inc.

   

5,263,665

*

 

Entertainment 1.9%

     

38,150


  Lions Gate Entertainment
Corp. Class A
 

406,679

*

 

216,150


  Lions Gate Entertainment
Corp. Class B
 

2,146,370

*

 
     

2,553,049

   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.9%

     
 

69,300

   

CoreCivic, Inc.

   

1,204,434

   

Food Products 4.4%

     
 

133,300

   

Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

   

3,459,802

*

 
 

54,000

   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

   

2,619,000

*

 
     

6,078,802

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 3.7%

     
 

33,700

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

5,044,216

   

Health Care Providers & Services 1.9%

     
 

64,400

   

MEDNAX, Inc.

   

1,789,676

*

 
 

6,400

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

   

868,416

*

 
     

2,658,092

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 9.0%

     

234,400


  International Game Technology
PLC
 

3,508,968


 
 

116,600

   

MGM Resorts International

   

3,879,282

   
 

97,000

   

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.

   

5,013,930

   
     

12,402,180

   
Independent Power and Renewable
Electricity Producers 2.4%
     
 

91,200

   

AES Corp.

   

1,814,880

   
 

65,400

   

Vistra Energy Corp.

   

1,503,546

   
     

3,318,426

   

IT Services 2.6%

     
 

26,600

   

Amdocs Ltd.

   

1,920,254

   
 

276,500

   

Conduent, Inc.

   

1,714,300

*

 
     

3,634,554

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


5



Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio^ (cont'd)

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts 3.6%

     
 

197,300

   

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

 

$

4,904,878

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 8.6%

     
 

148,400

   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

   

2,583,644

   
 

105,300

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

2,734,641

   
 

49,600

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

3,753,232

   
 

118,700

   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

2,815,564

   
     

11,887,081

   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment 3.9%
     
 

106,800

   

ON Semiconductor Corp.

   

2,603,784

*

 
 

23,200

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

2,804,416

   
     

5,408,200

   

Software 4.2%

     
 

222,500

   

Nuance Communications, Inc.

   

3,967,175

*

 
 

67,100

   

Teradata Corp.

   

1,796,267

*

 
     

5,763,442

   

Specialty Retail 3.7%

     
 

15,900

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

1,396,020

   
 

362,500

   

Chico's FAS, Inc.

   

1,381,125

   
 

36,600

   

Children's Place, Inc.

   

2,288,232

   
     

5,065,377

   
Technology Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals 2.1%
     
 

46,621

   

Western Digital Corp.

   

2,959,035

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Trading Companies & Distributors 5.0%

     
 

90,900

   

AerCap Holdings NV

 

$

5,587,623

*

 
 

34,100

   

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.

   

1,371,502

*

 
     

6,959,125

   

 
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $113,213,678)
 

136,219,152


 

Short-Term Investments 0.9%

     

Investment Companies 0.9%

     

1,221,638




  State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund Premier
Class, 1.53%(a)
(Cost $1,221,638)
 
1,221,638




 

 
  Total Investments 99.8%
(Cost $114,435,316)
 

137,440,790


 
       

Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.2%

   

331,034

   
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

137,771,824

   

*  Non-income producing security.

(a)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio^ (cont'd)

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Investments:

 
Common Stocks(a)   

$

136,219,152

   

$

   

$

   

$

136,219,152

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

1,221,638

     

     

1,221,638

   

Total Investments

 

$

136,219,152

   

$

1,221,638

   

$

   

$

137,440,790

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for the portfolio.

^  A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


7




Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    MID CAP
INTRINSIC
VALUE
PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value* (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

137,440,790

   

Dividends and interest receivable

   

260,019

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

423,807

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

1,685

   

Total Assets

   

138,126,301

   

Liabilities

 

Payable to investment manager—net (Note B)

   

63,197

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

171,443

   

Payable to administrator—net (Note B)

   

43,684

   

Payable for audit fees

   

45,156

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

30,997

   

Total Liabilities

   

354,477

   

Net Assets

 

$

137,771,824

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

116,824,985

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

20,946,839

   

Net Assets

 

$

137,771,824

   

Net Assets

 

Class I

 

$

93,980,571

   

Class S

   

43,791,253

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

 

Class I

   

5,871,291

   

Class S

   

2,344,050

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

 

Class I

 

$

16.01

   

Class S

   

18.68

   

*Cost of Investments:

     
(a) Unaffiliated issuers  

$

114,435,316

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


8



Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    MID CAP
INTRINSIC
VALUE
PORTFOLIO
 
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Dividend income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

3,154,938

   

Interest and other income—unaffiliated issuers

   

99,600

   

Total income

 

$

3,254,538

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

802,081

   

Administration fees (Note B):

 

Class I

   

301,911

   

Class S

   

135,588

   

Distribution fees (Note B):

 

Class S

   

112,990

   

Audit fees

   

45,156

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

62,858

   

Insurance

   

4,867

   

Legal fees

   

40,523

   

Shareholder reports

   

17,072

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

47,758

   

Miscellaneous

   

17,844

   

Total expenses

   

1,588,648

   

Expenses reimbursed by Management (Note B)

   

(3,712

)

 

Total net expenses

   

1,584,936

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

1,669,602

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

(4,385,081

)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

25,137,645

   

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

20,752,564

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

22,422,166

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


9



Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

   

MID CAP INTRINSIC VALUE PORTFOLIO

 
    Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

1,669,602

   

$

1,145,072

   

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

(4,385,081

)

   

15,735,983

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

25,137,645

     

(41,468,712

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

22,422,166

     

(24,587,657

)

 

Distributions to Shareholders From (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings:

 

Class I

   

(12,305,037

)

   

(6,028,412

)

 

Class S

   

(4,563,564

)

   

(2,312,045

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(16,868,601

)

   

(8,340,457

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

 

Class I

   

13,886,972

     

15,254,021

   

Class S

   

3,950,675

     

5,994,307

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

 

Class I

   

12,305,037

     

6,028,412

   

Class S

   

4,563,564

     

2,312,045

   

Payments for shares redeemed:

 

Class I

   

(29,056,126

)

   

(23,823,565

)

 

Class S

   

(12,014,333

)

   

(12,617,474

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

(6,364,211

)

   

(6,852,254

)

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

(810,646

)

   

(39,780,368

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

138,582,470

     

178,362,838

   

End of year

 

$

137,771,824

   

$

138,582,470

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers Class I and Class S shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance that rounds to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities, for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs). Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern


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Time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of discount (adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable), and amortization of premium, where applicable, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations. Included in net realized gain/(loss) on investments are proceeds from the settlement of class action litigation(s) in which the Fund participated as a class member. The amount of such proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $549.

5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in


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the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost for all long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $113,580,333. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $36,171,261 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $12,310,804 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $23,860,457 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019 there were no permanent differences requiring a reclassification between total distributable earnings/(losses) and paid-in capital.

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

Distributions Paid From:

 

Ordinary Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Total

 
2019  

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 
$

2,807,684

   

$

886,885

   

$

14,060,917

   

$

7,453,572

   

$

16,868,601

   

$

8,340,457

   

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

1,503,586

   

$

   

$

23,860,457

   

$

(4,417,204

)

 

$

   

$

20,946,839

   

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to losses disallowed and recognized on wash sales and tax adjustments related to other investments.

To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carryforwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Capital loss carryforward rules allow for RICs to carry forward capital losses indefinitely and to retain the character of capital loss carryforwards as short-term or long-term. As determined at December 31, 2019, the Fund had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to offset net realized capital gains, if any, as follows:


 

Capital Loss Carryforwards

 
Long-Term  

Short-Term

 
$

4,417,204

   

$

   


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6  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.

It is the policy of the Fund to pass through to its shareholders substantially all real estate investment trust ("REIT") distributions and other income it receives, less operating expenses. The distributions the Fund receives from REITs are generally composed of income, capital gains, and/or return of REIT capital, but the REITs do not report this information to the Fund until the following calendar year. At December 31, 2019, the Fund estimated these amounts for the period January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 within the financial statements because the 2019 information is not available from the REITs until after the Fund's fiscal year-end. All estimates are based upon REIT information sources available to the Fund together with actual IRS Forms 1099-DIV received to date. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the character of distributions, if any, paid to shareholders of the Fund disclosed within the Statements of Changes in Net Assets is based on estimates made at that time. Based on past experience it is possible that a portion of the Fund's distributions during the current fiscal year, if any, will be considered tax return of capital, but the actual amount of the tax return of capital, if any, is not determinable until after the Fund's fiscal year-end. After calendar year-end, when the Fund learns the nature of the distributions paid by REITs during that year, distributions previously identified as income are often re-characterized as return of capital and/or capital gain. After all applicable REITs have informed the Fund of the actual breakdown of distributions paid to the Fund during its fiscal year, estimates previously recorded are adjusted on the books of the Fund to reflect actual results. As a result, the composition of the Fund's distributions as reported herein may differ from the final composition determined after calendar year-end and reported to Fund shareholders on IRS Form 1099-DIV.

7  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager, that are not directly attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly. The Fund's expenses (other than those specific to each class) are allocated proportionally each day among its classes based upon the relative net assets of each class.

9  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

10  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive


14



order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

11  Securities lending: The Fund, using State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") as its lending agent, may loan securities to qualified brokers and dealers in exchange for negotiated lender's fees. These fees, if any, would be disclosed within the Statement of Operations under the caption "Income from securities loaned-net" and are net of expenses retained by State Street as compensation for its services as lending agent.

The initial cash collateral received by the Fund at the beginning of each transaction shall have a value equal to at least 102% of the prior day's market value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of international securities). Thereafter, the value of the cash collateral is monitored on a daily basis, and cash collateral is moved daily between a counterparty and the Fund until the close of the transaction. The Fund may only receive collateral in the form of cash (U.S. dollars). Cash collateral is generally invested in a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act that is managed by an affiliate of State Street. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the loaned securities. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned and any interest earned or dividends paid or owed on those securities during the term of the loan would accrue to the Fund.

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not participate in securities lending.

12  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

13  Other: All net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Fund are allocated, on the basis of relative net assets, pro rata among its respective classes.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.55% of the first $250 million of the Fund's average daily net assets, 0.525% of the next $250 million, 0.50% of the next $250 million, 0.475% of the next $250 million, 0.45% of the next $500 million, 0.425% of the next $2.5 billion, and 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $4 billion. Accordingly, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the investment management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.55% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. Each class pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.30% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains State Street as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays State Street a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.

NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund's Class I and Class S shares so that the total annual operating expenses of those classes do not exceed the expense limitations as detailed in the following


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table. These undertakings exclude interest, taxes, transaction costs, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitations. The Fund has agreed that each of its classes will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for that class provided that repayment does not cause that class's annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed, or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under these agreements.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund's contingent liabilities to NBIA under the agreements were as follows:

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ended December 31,
 
           

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
           

Subject to Repayment until December 31,

 

Class

  Contractual
Expense
Limitation(a)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class I

   

1.50

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Class S

   

1.25

%

 

12/31/22

   

     

     

3,712

   

(a)  Expense limitation per annum of the respective class's average daily net assets.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC (the "Distributor") is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class I shares without sales commission or other compensation and bears all advertising and promotion expenses incurred in the sale of those shares. The Board adopted a non-fee distribution plan for the Fund's Class I shares.

The Board has adopted a distribution and shareholder services plan (the "Plan") for Class S shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that, as compensation for administrative and other services related to the sale and distribution of Class S shares, and ongoing services provided to investors in the class, the Distributor receives from Class S a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of Class S's average daily net assets. The Distributor may pay a portion of the proceeds from the 12b-1 fee to institutions that provide such services, including insurance companies or their affiliates and qualified plan administrators ("intermediaries") for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants that invest in the Fund through the intermediaries. Those institutions may use the payments for, among other purposes, compensating employees engaged in sales and/or shareholder servicing. The amount of fees paid by the class during any year may be more or less than the cost of distribution and other services provided to the class. FINRA rules limit the amount of annual distribution fees that may be paid by a mutual fund and impose a ceiling on the cumulative distribution fees paid. The Plan complies with those rules.

Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities of $18,982,120 and $30,937,381, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.


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Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

   

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 
   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

819,641

     

807,417

     

(1,732,838

)

   

(105,780

)

   

787,209

     

330,868

     

(1,225,662

)

   

(107,585

)

 

Class S

   

197,894

     

256,380

     

(604,590

)

   

(150,316

)

   

291,838

     

110,889

     

(575,057

)

   

(172,330

)

 

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.

Note F—Recent Accounting Pronouncement:

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: "Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


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Financial Highlights

Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio

The following tables include selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class I

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

15.69

   

$

19.58

   

$

16.91

   

$

15.85

   

$

17.87

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.21

     

0.15

     

0.14

     

0.18

     

0.07

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

2.31

     

(3.00

)

   

2.69

     

2.27

     

(1.53

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

2.52

     

(2.85

)

   

2.83

     

2.45

     

(1.46

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.14

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(2.07

)

   

(0.91

)

   

     

(1.28

)

   

(0.42

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(2.20

)

   

(1.04

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(1.39

)

   

(0.56

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

16.01

   

$

15.69

   

$

19.58

   

$

16.91

   

$

15.85

   
Total Return     

16.74

%^     

(15.28

)%^     

16.74

%^‡     

16.17

%^     

(8.34

)%^   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

94.0

   

$

93.8

   

$

119.1

   

$

104.7

   

$

90.7

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.01

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.99

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.03

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.01

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.97

%ß     

1.05

%

   

1.03

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

1.22

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.79

%ß     

1.12

%

   

0.42

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

14

%

   

34

%

   

35

%

   

36

%

   

41

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Financial Highlights (cont'd)

Class S

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

17.95

   

$

22.22

   

$

19.19

   

$

17.78

   

$

19.95

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.19

     

0.11

     

0.10

     

0.17

     

0.04

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

2.66

     

(3.41

)

   

3.03

     

2.57

     

(1.72

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

2.85

     

(3.30

)

   

3.13

     

2.74

     

(1.68

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.07

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(2.07

)

   

(0.91

)

   

     

(1.28

)

   

(0.42

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(2.12

)

   

(0.97

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(1.33

)

   

(0.49

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

18.68

   

$

17.95

   

$

22.22

   

$

19.19

   

$

17.78

   
Total Return     

16.43

%^     

(15.48

)%^     

16.35

%^‡     

15.98

%^     

(8.52

)%^   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

43.8

   

$

44.8

   

$

59.3

   

$

56.9

   

$

55.6

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.26

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.30

%

   

1.28

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.25

%

   

1.25

%§     

1.25

%ߧ     

1.25

%

   

1.25

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

0.98

%

   

0.49

%

   

0.49

%ß     

0.91

%

   

0.18

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

14

%

   

34

%

   

35

%

   

36

%

   

41

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio

@  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

  In May 2016, the Fund's custodian, State Street, announced that it had identified inconsistencies in the way in which the Fund was invoiced for categories of expenses, particularly those deemed "out-of-pocket" costs, from 1998 through November 2015, and refunded to the Fund certain expenses, plus interest, determined to be payable to the Fund for the period in question. These amounts were refunded to the Fund by State Street during the year ended December 31, 2017. These amounts had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2017.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee and/or if the Fund had not received refunds, plus interest, from State Street noted in above for custodian out-of-pocket expenses previously paid during the year ended December 31, 2017. Management did not reimburse or waive fees during the fiscal periods shown for Class I.

ß  The custodian expenses refund noted in above is non-recurring and is included in these ratios. Had the Fund not received the refund, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets and the annualized ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets would have been:

    Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
Year Ended
December 31,
2017
 

Class I

   

0.99

%

   

0.77

%

 

Class S

   

1.25

%

   

0.48

%

 

  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Total return would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed and/or waived certain expenses. Total return would have been higher if Management had not recouped previously reimbursed and/or waived expenses. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown.

^  The class action proceeds listed in Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2019. The class action proceeds received in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 had no impact on the Fund's total return for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.


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Notes to Financial Highlights Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (cont'd)

§  After repayment of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management, as applicable. Had the Fund not made such repayments, the annualized ratios of net expenses to average net assets would have been:

    Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
 

Class S

   

1.25

%

   

1.24

%

 


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio and Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 11, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

51


 

Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

51


 

Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

51


 

None.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

51


 

Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Neuberger Berman's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding brokerage, commissions, other trading costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. The Board also reviewed Management's use of brokers to execute Fund transactions that provide research services to Management. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio manager's compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio manager.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered that, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was lower for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the fifth quintile for the 1-year period, the third quintile for the 3- and 5-year periods, and the second quintile for the 10-year period.

Noting that the Fund underperformed over certain periods, the Board discussed with Management the Fund's performance, potential reasons for the relative performance, and, if necessary, steps that Management had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Board also met with the portfolio manager of the Fund during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal to discuss the Fund's performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding the Fund's relative performance.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses were higher than the peer group median, and considered whether specific portfolio management, administration or oversight needs or the Fund's relatively small size contributed to the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments,


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if any) for the Fund compared to its peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. For fee comparisons and investment performance comparisons, the Board looked at the Fund's Class I as a proxy for both of the Fund's classes. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee ranked in the fourth quintile and the actual management fee and total expenses each ranked in the fifth quintile. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated profit on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated loss on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business. The Board noted that when distribution expenses and taxes were considered, Management experienced a loss on the Fund.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated profit was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board recognized that Management and its affiliates should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for services they provide to the Fund and, based on its review, concluded that Management's reported level of estimated profitability on the Fund was reasonable.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.


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Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered whether the Fund's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, the size of any breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fees, and whether any such breakpoints are set at appropriate asset levels. The Board also compared the breakpoint structure to that of the peer group. In addition, the Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided or the Fund's relatively small size; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.

Notice to Shareholders

100.00% of the dividends earned during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders.

The Fund designates $14,060,917 as a capital gain distribution.


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Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

Short Duration Bond Portfolio

I Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

B1011 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




Short Duration Bond Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

The Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Short Duration Bond Portfolio Class I posted a 3.69% total return for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, underperforming its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index), which returned 4.03% for the same period.

Both short- and long-term U.S. Treasury yields declined during the reporting period. Concerns over the U.S. economy, the trade conflict between the U.S. and China, relatively benign inflation and several flights to quality contributed to falling yields. Perhaps the biggest factor was the "dovish pivot" by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Fed). After raising rates four times in 2018, the Fed reversed course and lowered rates three times during the second half of 2019. Against this backdrop, the spread sectors (non-U.S. Treasury fixed income securities) generally produced solid results during the reporting period.

The primary detractor from the Fund's performance during the reporting period was duration positioning. When the period began, its duration was neutral to that of the Index. During the first quarter of 2019, we tactically reduced the Fund's duration as we felt the market was overly aggressive in terms of pricing in Fed rate cuts. This detracted from results as rates declined as the Fed rates cuts were announced. We later moved back to a more neutral position and ended the period with a slightly shorter duration versus the Index. On the upside, the Fund's overweight to investment-grade corporate bonds was the largest contributor to performance. Demand was generally solid for these securities as investors looked to generate incremental yield in the low interest rate environment. The allocation to commercial mortgage-backed securities was also additive to returns.

The Fund's use of Treasury futures contributed positively to performance.

The Fund maintained an overweight to the spread sectors and an underweight to Treasuries and agency debt during the reporting period. However, several modest adjustments were made to the Fund. We actively participated in the primary and secondary bond markets, purchasing securities we found to be attractively valued. Meanwhile, we sold certain securities that we felt were fully priced.

Whereas 2019 was marked by slowing global growth and loosening of monetary policy, we anticipate the year ahead to be one of stabilizing growth and increasing focus on fiscal measures by global central banks. We believe that the consumer will continue to be a key support for the U.S. economy, so long as tight labor markets and supporting wage growth remain. Our strong conviction is that U.S. GDP growth will remain at or above 1.5% in 2020 with potential for reacceleration, particularly in the second half, as we anticipate a combination of consumer spending, housing market improvement and external market improvements to take hold. While we believe the growth outlook for 2020 will look mostly like a stabilization, we look for this year to bring a transition for central banks. Globally, we believe policy easing should generally pause after a year in which the Fed, the European Central Bank and the People's Bank of China all cut rates and monetary policy remained generally accommodative. We anticipate that a backdrop of reasonable growth, range-bound interest rates and easy monetary policy, if they continue, should create a supportive environment for credit markets. Nevertheless, we believe that bifurcation within markets will remain a dominant theme. Idiosyncratic risk is liable to rise across credit markets, and return expectations for the broad fixed income markets should be more muted given the exceptional returns generated across fixed income in 2019.

Sincerely,

THOMAS SONTAG, MICHAEL FOSTER AND MATTHEW MCGINNIS
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio managers. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.


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Short Duration Bond Portfolio (Unaudited)

PORTFOLIO BY TYPE OF SECURITY

(as a % of Total Net Assets)

 

Asset-Backed Securities

   

11.4

%

 

Corporate Bonds

   

52.9

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

31.7

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

2.7

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0.7

   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

   

0.6

*

 

Total

   

100.0

%

 

*  Percentage includes appreciation/depreciation from derivatives, if any.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

Inception

  Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

 

Date

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Life of Fund

 

Class I

 

09/10/1984

   

3.69

%

   

1.39

%

   

1.82

%

   

4.63

%

 
Bloomberg Barclays
1-3 Year U.S. Government/
Credit Bond Index1,2 
       

4.03

%

   

1.67

%

   

1.54

%

   

5.21

%

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data , please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") had not reimbursed certain expenses and/ or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements.

For the period ended December 31, 2019, the 30-day SEC yield was 1.86% for Class I shares.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio for fiscal year 2018 was 0.88% for Class I shares (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception, if it has not operated for 10 years. The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices have not been reduced to reflect any of the fees and costs of investing. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is September 10, 1984, the Fund's commencement of operations.

2  The Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index is the 1-3 year component of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index is the non-securitized component of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and includes Treasuries and government-related (agency, sovereign, supranational, and local authority debt) and corporate securities. Please note that the indices described in this report do not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that they track, and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage(s) one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 
Hypothetical Example for
Comparison Purposes:
 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST SHORT DURATION BOND PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/19
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/19
  Expenses Paid During
the Period
7/1/19 – 12/31/19
 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,011.60

   

$

4.41

(a)

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,020.82

   

$

4.43

(b)

 

(a)  Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.87%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.87%, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


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Legend Short Duration Bond Portfolio (Unaudited)
December 31, 2019

Benchmarks:

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

Currency Abbreviations:

USD = United States Dollar

Payment Frequencies:

1M = 1 Month

3M = 3 Months


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Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations 2.7%

     
       

U.S. Treasury Notes

         

$

1,755,000

   

2.13%, due 5/15/2022

 

$

1,775,956

   
 

1,075,000

   

1.38%, due 10/15/2022

   

1,067,875

   
       

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $2,844,861)

   

2,843,831

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities 31.7%

     

Adjustable Mixed Balance 0.1%

     

151,814


  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser. 2004-4, Class 3A, (1M USD LIBOR + 1.13%),
2.82%, due 6/19/2034
 

150,266

(a)

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 2.6%

     
 

1,057,850

   

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2019-6, Class A1, 2.62%, due 11/25/2059

   

1,055,699

(b)(c)

 

650,000


  Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Ser. 2017-DNA1, Class M2,
(1M USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 5.04%, due 7/25/2029
 

683,138

(a)

 
 

1,086,507

   

GCAT Trust, Ser. 2019-NQM3, Class A1, 2.69%, due 11/25/2059

   

1,085,660

(b)(c)

 
     

2,824,497

   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed 23.3%

     
 

602,684

   

BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2017-C1, Class A1, 2.01%, due 2/15/2050

   

600,665

   

741,201


  BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2018-IND, Class A, (1M USD LIBOR + 0.75%),
2.49%, due 11/15/2035
 

740,758

(a)(c)

 
       

CD Mortgage Trust

         
 

402,704

   

Ser. 2017-CD3, Class A1, 1.97%, due 2/10/2050

   

402,018

   
 

1,892,763

   

Ser. 2017-CD5, Class A1, 2.03%, due 8/15/2050

   

1,888,731

   
       

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

         
 

813,086

   

Ser. 2012-GC8, Class AAB, 2.61%, due 9/10/2045

   

817,675

   
 

1,100,000

   

Ser. 2016-P3, Class A2, 2.74%, due 4/15/2049

   

1,103,095

   
 

908,180

   

Ser. 2016-P6, Class A1, 1.88%, due 12/10/2049

   

905,819

   
 

1,293,580

   

Ser. 2018-C5, Class A1, 3.13%, due 6/10/2051

   

1,313,143

   
 

2,177,166

   

Ser. 2019-GC43, Class A1, 2.06%, due 11/10/2052

   

2,174,831

   
       

Commercial Mortgage Trust

         
 

126,000

   

Ser. 2012 -CR4, Class AM, 3.25%, due 10/15/2045

   

125,937

   
 

1,045,915

   

Ser. 2010-C1, Class A3, 4.21%, due 7/10/2046

   

1,049,881

(c)

 
 

361,820

   

Ser. 2016-CR28, Class A1, 1.77%, due 2/10/2049

   

360,885

   
       

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

         
 

21,422,969

   

Ser. 2016-C5, Class XA, 0.94%, due 11/15/2048

   

789,115

(b)(d)

 
 

992,712

   

Ser. 2017-CX10, Class A1, 2.23%, due 11/15/2050

   

992,072

   
 

720,558

   

DBJPM Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2016-C3, Class A1, 1.50%, due 8/10/2049

   

716,293

   
 

985,051

   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2011-LC1A, Class A3, 5.00%, due 11/10/2046

   

999,555

(c)

 
       

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

         
 

915,000

   

Ser. 2010-C1, Class B, 5.15%, due 8/10/2043

   

923,378

(c)

 
 

796,828

   

Ser. 2011-GC3, Class A4, 4.75%, due 3/10/2044

   

808,373

(c)

 
 

198,348

   

Ser. 2015-GS1, Class A1, 1.94%, due 11/10/2048

   

197,854

   

1,291,077


  JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser. 2013-C12, Class ASB, 3.16%,
due 7/15/2045
 

1,304,940


 

469,272


  Ladder Capital Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC, Ser. 2017-LC26, Class A1, 1.98%,
due 7/12/2050
 

467,945

(c)

 

879,035


  Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Ser. 2017-C33, Class A1, 2.03%,
due 5/15/2050
 

877,396


 
 

957,255

   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Ser. 2011-C1, Class A4, 5.03%, due 9/15/2047

   

975,146

(b)(c)

 
 

517,331

   

SG Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser. 2016-C5, Class A1, 1.35%, due 10/10/2048

   

514,110

   
 

188,439

   

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2017-C1, Class A1, 1.89%, due 6/15/2050

   

187,850

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


6



Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 
       

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

         

$

191,279

   

Ser. 2015-P2, Class A1, 1.97%, due 12/15/2048

 

$

190,983

   
 

794,677

   

Ser. 2016-NXS6, Class A1, 1.42%, due 11/15/2049

   

789,689

   
 

2,082,678

   

Ser. 2018-C45, Class A1, 3.13%, due 6/15/2051

   

2,114,164

   
 

461,190

   

Ser. 2016-NXS5, Class A1, 1.56%, due 1/15/2059

   

460,014

   
 

150,955

   

Ser. 2016-C32, Class A1, 1.58%, due 1/15/2059

   

150,701

   
     

24,943,016

   

Fannie Mae 3.3%

     
       

Pass-Through Certificates

         
 

531,874

   

3.50%, due 10/1/2025

   

550,937

   
 

1,303,987

   

3.00%, due 9/1/2027

   

1,335,804

   
 

1,538,476

   

4.50%, due 5/1/2041 – 5/1/2044

   

1,664,566

   
     

3,551,307

   

Freddie Mac 2.4%

     
       

Pass-Through Certificates

         
 

646,902

   

3.50%, due 5/1/2026

   

670,538

   
 

933,751

   

3.00%, due 1/1/2027

   

958,451

   
 

813,406

   

4.50%, due 11/1/2039

   

883,473

   
     

2,512,462

   
       

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $33,984,288)

   

33,981,548

   

Corporate Bonds 52.9%

     

Aerospace & Defense 0.2%

     
 

230,000

   

TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, due 3/15/2026

   

249,000

(c)

 

Agriculture 0.9%

     
 

1,000,000

   

BAT Capital Corp., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.88%), 2.79%, due 8/15/2022

   

1,005,053

(a)

 

Auto Manufacturers 2.0%

     
 

925,000

   

Daimler Finance N.A. LLC, (3M USD LIBOR + 0.90%), 2.81%, due 2/15/2022

   

932,135

(a)(c)

 
 

1,190,000

   

Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.50%), 2.39%, due 5/21/2020

   

1,191,273

(a)(c)

 
     

2,123,408

   

Banks 18.9%

     
       

Bank of America Corp.

         
 

2,335,000

   

5.63%, due 7/1/2020

   

2,377,806

   
 

85,000

   

(3M USD LIBOR + 1.16%), 3.13%, due 1/20/2023

   

86,232

(a)

 
 

780,000

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 1.95%, due 8/23/2022

   

781,319

   
 

1,555,000

   

Capital One N.A., (3M USD LIBOR + 1.15%), 3.09%, due 1/30/2023

   

1,572,388

(a)

 
       

Citigroup, Inc.

         
 

1,620,000

   

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.96%), 2.90%, due 4/25/2022

   

1,641,323

(a)

 
 

895,000

   

(3M USD LIBOR + 0.69%), 2.63%, due 10/27/2022

   

902,029

(a)

 
 

2,855,000

   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc, (3M USD LIBOR + 0.75%), 2.66%, due 2/23/2023

   

2,870,993

(a)

 
 

1,250,000

   

HSBC Holdings PLC, (3M USD LIBOR + 0.60%), 2.50%, due 5/18/2021

   

1,251,273

(a)

 
 

2,000,000

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., (3M USD LIBOR + 1.00%), 3.00%, due 1/15/2023

   

2,021,142

(a)

 
 

2,500,000

   

Morgan Stanley, (3M USD LIBOR + 0.93%), 2.88%, due 7/22/2022

   

2,523,663

(a)

 
 

1,995,000

   

Santander UK PLC, 2.50%, due 1/5/2021

   

2,006,872

   
 

2,125,000

   

Wells Fargo & Co., (3M USD LIBOR + 1.11%), 3.05%, due 1/24/2023

   

2,152,735

(a)

 
     

20,187,775

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 

Beverages 2.2%

     

$

1,065,000

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., (3M USD LIBOR + 1.26%), 3.16%, due 2/1/2021

 

$

1,076,626

(a)

 
 

1,245,000

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.38%, due 2/15/2021

   

1,274,045

   
     

2,350,671

   

Building Materials 0.3%

     
 

320,000

   

Masonite Int'l Corp., 5.75%, due 9/15/2026

   

340,000

(c)

 

Commercial Services 0.5%

     
 

240,000

   

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg S.a.r.l., 5.00%, due 2/1/2025

   

247,200

(c)

 
 

240,000

   

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc., 5.25%, due 4/15/2024

   

253,920

(c)

 
     

501,120

   

Distribution-Wholesale 0.3%

     
 

290,000

   

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 5.13%, due 6/1/2025

   

301,600

(c)

 

Diversified Financial Services 1.1%

     
 

1,105,000

   

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 3.63%, due 5/1/2022

   

1,132,183

(c)

 

Electric 2.5%

     
 

720,000

   

DTE Energy Co., Ser. B, 2.60%, due 6/15/2022

   

724,704

   
 

1,340,000

   

Pennsylvania Electric Co., 5.20%, due 4/1/2020

   

1,349,598

   
 

280,000

   

Talen Energy Supply LLC, 10.50%, due 1/15/2026

   

266,350

(c)

 
 

350,000

   

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.50%, due 9/1/2026

   

371,000

(c)

 
     

2,711,652

   

Electronics 0.9%

     
 

1,010,000

   

Honeywell Int'l, Inc., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.37%), 2.27%, due 8/8/2022

   

1,015,599

(a)

 

Entertainment 0.1%

     
 

90,000

   

Scientific Games Int'l, Inc., 5.00%, due 10/15/2025

   

94,275

(c)

 

Healthcare-Services 0.2%

     
 

240,000

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.63%, due 9/1/2024

   

250,224

(c)

 

Internet 0.4%

     
 

380,000

   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 6.38%, due 5/15/2025

   

391,715

   

Machinery-Construction & Mining 0.2%

     
 

240,000

   

Terex Corp., 5.63%, due 2/1/2025

   

247,800

(c)

 

Media 4.2%

     
 

920,000

   

Comcast Corp., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.44%), 2.35%, due 10/1/2021

   

924,520

(a)

 
 

470,000

   

CSC Holdings LLC, 5.50%, due 5/15/2026

   

497,608

(c)

 
 

380,000

   

Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, due 7/1/2026

   

407,075

(c)

 
 

1,660,000

   

Fox Corp., 3.67%, due 1/25/2022

   

1,713,663

(c)

 
 

180,000

   

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 6.38%, due 5/1/2026

   

195,300

   
 

230,000

   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.88%, due 3/15/2026

   

241,788

(c)

 
 

460,000

   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.38%, due 7/15/2026

   

488,606

(c)

 
     

4,468,560

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


8



Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturer 0.9%

     

$

1,000,000

   

General Electric Co., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.41%), 2.37%, due 3/28/2020

 

$

992,404

(a)

 

Oil & Gas 2.6%

     
 

1,000,000

   

BP Capital Markets America, Inc., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.65%), 2.55%, due 9/19/2022

   

1,005,018

(a)

 
 

1,750,000

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.70%, due 8/15/2022

   

1,767,771

   
     

2,772,789

   

Packaging & Containers 0.6%

     
 

250,000

   

Berry Global, Inc., 4.50%, due 2/15/2026

   

256,800

(c)

 
 

380,000

   

BWAY Holding Co., 5.50%, due 4/15/2024

   

391,438

(c)

 
     

648,238

   

Pharmaceuticals 5.6%

     
 

1,980,000

   

AbbVie, Inc., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.65%), 2.54%, due 11/21/2022

   

1,989,794

(a)(c)

 
 

100,000

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.38%), 2.28%, due 5/16/2022

   

100,323

(a)(c)

 
 

2,095,000

   

Cigna Corp., 3.20%, due 9/17/2020

   

2,111,255

   
 

1,290,000

   

CVS Health Corp., 2.80%, due 7/20/2020

   

1,293,658

(e)

 
 

470,000

   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l, Inc., 5.50%, due 11/1/2025

   

491,150

(c)

 
     

5,986,180

   

Pipelines 4.0%

     
 

340,000

   

Buckeye Partners L.P., 4.35%, due 10/15/2024

   

341,779

   
 

610,000

   

Energy Transfer Operating L.P., 7.50%, due 10/15/2020

   

633,900

   
 

210,000

   

Genesis Energy L.P./Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 6.00%, due 5/15/2023

   

207,900

   
 

490,000

   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P., 6.85%, due 2/15/2020

   

492,473

   
 

1,855,000

   

MPLX L.P., (3M USD LIBOR + 0.90%), 2.79%, due 9/9/2021

   

1,860,678

(a)

 
 

550,000

   

Regency Energy Partners L.P., 5.75%, due 9/1/2020

   

557,752

   
 

140,000

   

Targa Resources Partners L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.13%, due 2/1/2025

   

145,250

   
     

4,239,732

   

Real Estate 0.5%

     
 

500,000

   

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 4.88%, due 6/1/2023

   

491,250

(c)

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.3%

     
 

340,000

   

Iron Mountain U.S. Holdings, Inc., 5.38%, due 6/1/2026

   

355,300

(c)

 

Retail 0.5%

     
 

160,000

   

L Brands, Inc., 5.63%, due 10/15/2023

   

172,600

   
 

370,000

   

Staples, Inc., 7.50%, due 4/15/2026

   

383,875

(c)

 
     

556,475

   

Semiconductors 1.9%

     
 

2,000,000

   

Broadcom, Inc., 3.13%, due 4/15/2021

   

2,023,866

(c)

 

Telecommunications 1.1%

     
 

230,000

   

CommScope Finance LLC, 5.50%, due 3/1/2024

   

239,775

(c)

 
 

90,000

   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 9.50%, due 9/30/2022

   

101,869

(c)

 
 

450,000

   

Numericable-SFR SA, 7.38%, due 5/1/2026

   

483,138

(c)

 
 

340,000

   

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, due 9/15/2023

   

375,132

   
     

1,199,914

   
       

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $56,351,345)

   

56,636,783

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


9



Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 

Asset-Backed Securities 11.4%

     

$

655,006

   

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Ser. 2018-1, Class A3, 2.35%, due 6/15/2022

 

$

656,396

   
 

440,000

   

American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Ser. 2019-1, Class A, 2.87%, due 10/15/2024

   

449,402

   
 

800,000

   

Bank of America Credit Card Trust, Ser. 2017-A1, Class A1, 1.95%, due 8/15/2022

   

800,080

   

500,000


  Benefit Street Partners CLO XIX Ltd., Ser. 2019-19A, Class D
(3M USD LIBOR + 3.80%, 3.80% Floor), due 1/15/2033
 

500,000

(a)(c)(f)(g)(i)

 
 

1,400,000

   

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Ser. 2017-A3, Class A3, 1.92%, due 4/7/2022

   

1,399,925

   

1,500,000


  Consumer Loan Underlying Bond Club Certificate Issuer Trust I, Ser. 2019-HP1, Class A,
2.59%, due 12/15/2026
 

1,500,501

(c)

 

502,510


  Fannie Mae Grantor Trust, Ser. 2003-T4, Class 1A, (1M USD LIBOR + 0.22%),
1.92%, due 9/26/2033
 

501,064

(a)

 
 

309,859

   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Ser. 2017-A, Class A3, 1.67%, due 6/15/2021

   

309,652

   
 

434,516

   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Ser. 2019-1, Class A2A, 2.91%, due 4/20/2021

   

435,852

   
 

455,275

   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust, Ser. 2019-A, Class A2, 2.92%, due 7/15/2021

   

457,394

(c)

 

632,645


  SLM Student Loan Trust, Ser. 2013-2, Class A, (1M USD LIBOR + 0.45%),
2.24%, due 6/25/2043
 

621,131

(a)

 
 

781,247

   

SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Ser. 2017-E, Class A2A, 1.86%, due 11/26/2040

   

779,907

(c)

 
 

846,852

   

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Ser. 2018-A, Class A3, 2.35%, due 5/16/2022

   

849,060

   
       

Verizon Owner Trust

         
 

1,800,000

   

Ser. 2019-A, Class A1A, 2.93%, due 9/20/2023

   

1,828,973

   
 

1,100,000

   

Ser. 2019-C, Class A1A, 1.94%, due 4/22/2024

   

1,098,563

   
       

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $12,092,702)

   

12,187,900

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

         

Short-Term Investments 0.7%

     

Investment Companies 0.7%

     

779,907


  State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund Premier Class, 1.53%(j)
(Cost $779,907)
 

779,907

(e)

 
       

Total Investments 99.4% (Cost $106,053,103)

   

106,429,969

   
       

Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.6%

   

604,848

(h)

 
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

107,034,817

   

(a)  Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of December 31, 2019 and changes periodically.

(b)  Variable or floating rate security where the stated interest rate is not based on a published reference rate and spread. Rather, the interest rate adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates and prepayments on the underlying pool of assets. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of December 31, 2019.

(c)  Securities were purchased under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or are otherwise restricted and, unless registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or exempted from registration, may only be sold to qualified institutional investors or may have other restrictions on resale. At December 31, 2019, these securities amounted to $27,878,475, which represents 26.0% of net assets of the Fund.

(d)  Interest only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the "interest only" holding.

(e)  All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for when-issued securities and/or futures contracts with a total value of $2,073,564.

See Notes to Financial Statements


10



Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

(f)  Security fair valued as of December 31, 2019 in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019 amounted to $500,000, which represents 0.5% of net assets of the Fund.

(g)  When-issued security. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019, amounted to $500,000, which represents 0.5% of net assets of the Fund.

(h)  Includes the impact of the Fund's open positions in derivatives at December 31, 2019.

(i)  All or a portion of this security has not settled as of December 31, 2019 and thus may not have an interest rate in effect. Interest rates do not take effect until settlement.

(j)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

Derivative Instruments

Futures contracts ("futures")

At December 31, 2019, open positions in futures for the Fund were as follows:

Long Futures:

Expiration Date

  Number of
Contracts
 

Open Contracts

  Notional
Amount
  Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

3/2020

   

189

   

U.S. Treasury Note, 2 Year

 

$

40,729,500

   

$

(23,625

)

 

Total Futures

         

$

40,729,500

   

$

(23,625

)

 

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had $154,498 deposited in a segregated account to cover margin requirements on open futures.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the average notional value of futures for the Fund was $27,777,720 for long positions.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Investments:

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

$

   

$

2,843,831

   

$

   

$

2,843,831

   
Mortgage-Backed Securities(a)     

     

33,981,548

     

     

33,981,548

   
Corporate Bonds(a)     

     

56,636,783

     

     

56,636,783

   

Asset-Backed Securities

   

     

12,187,900

     

     

12,187,900

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

779,907

     

     

779,907

   

Total Investments

 

$

   

$

106,429,969

   

$

   

$

106,429,969

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry or sector categorization for the portfolio.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Short Duration Bond Portfolio^ (cont'd)

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's derivatives as of December 31, 2019:

Other Financial Instruments

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 
Futures(a)       

Liabilities

 

$

(23,625

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(23,625

)

 

Total

 

$

(23,625

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(23,625

)

 

(a)  Futures are reported at the cumulative unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of the instrument.

^   A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


12




Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SHORT DURATION
BOND PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value* (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

106,429,969

   

Cash

   

291

   

Cash collateral segregated for futures contracts (Note A)

   

154,498

   

Interest receivable

   

655,026

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

277,479

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

211,029

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

3,132

   

Total Assets

   

107,731,424

   

Liabilities

 

Payable to investment manager—net (Note B)

   

22,946

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

500,000

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

23,201

   

Payable for accumulated variation margin on futures contracts (Note A)

   

23,625

   

Payable to administrator—net (Note B)

   

36,713

   

Payable for audit fees

   

55,501

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

34,621

   

Total Liabilities

   

696,607

   

Net Assets

 

$

107,034,817

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

130,445,450

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

(23,410,633

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

107,034,817

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

   

10,128,868

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

 

$

10.57

   

*Cost of Investments:

 

(a) Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

106,053,103

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


13



Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SHORT DURATION
BOND PORTFOLIO
 
    For the
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Interest and other income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

2,879,856

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

279,537

   

Administration fees (Note B)

   

447,259

   

Audit fees

   

55,501

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

74,543

   

Insurance

   

3,616

   

Legal fees

   

30,690

   

Shareholder reports

   

31,141

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

47,716

   

Interest

   

227

   

Miscellaneous

   

14,471

   

Total expenses

   

984,701

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

1,895,155

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

515,967

   

Expiration or closing of futures contracts

   

281,782

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

1,498,349

   

Futures contracts

   

(200,688

)

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

2,095,410

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

3,990,565

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SHORT DURATION
BOND PORTFOLIO
 
    Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

1,895,155

   

$

1,663,837

   

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

797,749

     

(215,010

)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

1,297,661

     

(276,627

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

3,990,565

     

1,172,200

   

Distributions to Shareholders From (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings

   

(2,162,405

)

   

(1,914,454

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

12,077,620

     

10,414,007

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions

   

2,162,405

     

1,914,454

   

Payments for shares redeemed

   

(26,632,481

)

   

(25,632,207

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

(12,392,456

)

   

(13,303,746

)

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

(10,564,296

)

   

(14,046,000

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

117,599,113

     

131,645,113

   

End of year

 

$

107,034,817

   

$

117,599,113

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements Short Duration Bond Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Short Duration Bond Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers only Class I shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance that rounds to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in debt securities is determined by Management primarily by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on readily available bid quotations, or if quotations are not available, by methods which include various considerations based on security type (generally Level 2 inputs). In addition to the consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type, indications as to values from dealers, and general market conditions, the following is a description of other Level 2


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inputs and related valuation techniques used by independent pricing services to value certain types of debt securities held by the Fund:

Corporate Bonds. Inputs used to value corporate debt securities generally include relative credit information, observed market movements, sector news, U.S. Treasury yield curve or relevant benchmark curve, and other market information, which may include benchmark yield curves, reported trades, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads, comparable securities, and reference data, such as market research publications, when available ("Other Market Information").

U.S. Treasury Obligations. Inputs used to value U.S. Treasury securities generally include quotes from several inter-dealer brokers and Other Market Information.

Asset-Backed Securities and Mortgage-Backed Securities. Inputs used to value asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities generally include models that consider a number of factors, which may include the following: prepayment speeds, cash flows, spread adjustments and Other Market Information.

The value of futures is determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services at the settlement price at the market close (Level 1 inputs).

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Interest income, including accretion of discount (adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable) is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations. Included in net realized gain/(loss) on investments are proceeds from the settlement of class action litigation(s) in which the Fund participated as a class member. The amount of such proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $40,039.


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5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost for all long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $106,550,272. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $392,044 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $512,347 resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $120,303 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications primarily related to deemed distributions on shareholder redemptions:

Paid-in Capital

  Total Distributable
Earnings/(Losses)
 

$

5,748

   

$

(5,748

)

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

Distributions Paid From:

 

Ordinary Income

 

Total

 
2019  

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 
$

2,162,405

   

$

1,914,454

   

$

2,162,405

   

$

1,914,454

   

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income/(Loss)
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

2,399,432

   

$

   

$

(120,303

)

 

$

(25,689,762

)

 

$

   

$

(23,410,633

)

 

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to amortization of bond premium and mark-to-market adjustments on futures.

To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carryforwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Capital loss carryforward rules allow for RICs to carry forward capital


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losses indefinitely and to retain the character of capital loss carryforwards as short-term or long-term. As determined at December 31, 2019, the Fund had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to offset net realized capital gains, if any, as follows:

Capital Loss Carryforwards

 

Long-Term

 

Short-Term

 

$

23,616,184

   

$

2,073,578

   

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund had utilized capital loss carryforwards of $38,968.

6  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.

7  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager, that are not directly attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly.

9  Dollar rolls: The Fund may enter into dollar roll transactions with respect to mortgage-backed securities. In a dollar roll transaction, the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously agrees to repurchase substantially similar (i.e., same type and coupon) securities on a specified future date from the same party. During the period before this repurchase, the Fund forgoes principal and interest payments on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the "drop"), as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Dollar rolls may increase fluctuations in the Fund's NAV and may be viewed as a form of leverage. There is a risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to complete the transaction as scheduled, which may result in losses to the Fund.

10  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

11  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors,


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markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

12  Derivative instruments: The Fund's use of derivatives during the year ended December 31, 2019, is described below. Please see the Schedule of Investments for the Fund's open positions in derivatives, if any, at December 31, 2019. The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" ("ASC 815"). The disclosure requirements of ASC 815 distinguish between derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting and those that do not. Because investment companies value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting. Accordingly, even though the Fund's investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are considered non-hedge transactions for purposes of this disclosure.

Futures contracts: During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage the duration of the Fund.

At the time the Fund enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with the futures commission merchant a specified amount of cash or liquid securities, known as "initial margin," which is a percentage of the value of the futures contract being traded that is set by the exchange upon which the futures contract is traded. Each day, the futures contract is valued at the official settlement price of the board of trade or U.S. commodity exchange on which such futures contract is traded. Subsequent payments, known as "variation margin," to and from the broker are made on a daily basis, or as needed, as the market price of the futures contract fluctuates. Daily variation margin adjustments, arising from this "mark to market," are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses.

Although some futures by their terms call for actual delivery or acquisition of the underlying securities or currency, in most cases the contracts are closed out prior to delivery by offsetting purchases or sales of matching futures. When the contracts are closed, the Fund recognizes a gain or loss. Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility there may be an illiquid market, possibly at a time of rapidly declining prices, and/or a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying securities. Futures executed on regulated futures exchanges have minimal counterparty risk to the Fund because the exchange's clearinghouse assumes the position of the counterparty in each transaction. Thus, the Fund is exposed to risk only in connection with the clearinghouse and not in connection with the original counterparty to the transaction.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the futures transactions undertaken by the Fund may cause the Fund to recognize gains or losses from marking contracts to market even though its positions have not been sold or terminated, may affect the character of the gains or losses recognized as long-term or short-term, and may affect the timing of some capital gains and losses realized by the Fund. Also, the Fund's losses on transactions involving futures contracts may be deferred rather than being taken into account currently in calculating the Fund's taxable income.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had the following derivatives (which did not qualify as hedging instruments under ASC 815), grouped by primary risk exposure:

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
Location
  Interest
Rate Risk
 

Total

 

Futures

  Receivable/Payable
for accumulated variation
margin on futures contracts
 

$

(23,625

)

 

$

(23,625

)

 

Total Value—Liabilities

     

$

(23,625

)

 

$

(23,625

)

 


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The impact of the use of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2019, was as follows:

Realized Gain/(Loss)

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Operations Location
  Interest
Rate Risk
 

Total

 

Futures

  Net realized gain/(loss)
on: expiration or closing
of futures contracts
 

$

281,782


 

$

281,782


 

Total Realized Gain/(Loss)

     

$

281,782

   

$

281,782

   

Change in Appreciation/(Depreciation)

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Operations Location
  Interest
Rate Risk
 

Total

 

Futures

  Change in net unrealized
appreciation/(depreciation)
in value of: futures contracts
 

$

(200,688

)

 

$

(200,688

)

 

Total Change in Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     

$

(200,688

)

 

$

(200,688

)

 

While the Fund may receive rights and warrants in connection with its investments in securities, these rights and warrants are not considered "derivative instruments" under ASC 815.

13  Securities lending: The Fund, using State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") as its lending agent, may loan securities to qualified brokers and dealers in exchange for negotiated lender's fees. These fees, if any, would be disclosed within the Statement of Operations under the caption "Income from securities loaned—net" and are net of expenses retained by State Street as compensation for its services as lending agent.

The initial cash collateral received by the Fund at the beginning of each transaction shall have a value equal to at least 102% of the prior day's market value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of international securities). Thereafter, the value of the cash collateral is monitored on a daily basis, and cash collateral is moved daily between a counterparty and the Fund until the close of the transaction. The Fund may only receive collateral in the form of cash (U.S. dollars). Cash collateral is generally invested in a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act that is managed by an affiliate of State Street. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the loaned securities. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned and any interest earned or dividends paid or owed on those securities during the term of the loan would accrue to the Fund.

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not participate in securities lending.

14  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions With Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the first $500 million of the Fund's average daily net assets, 0.225% of the next $500 million, 0.20% of the next $500 million, 0.175% of the next $500 million, and 0.15% of average daily net assets in excess of $2 billion. Accordingly, for the year ended


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December 31, 2019, the investment management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. The Fund pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.40% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains State Street as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays State Street a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.

NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund so that the total annual operating expenses do not exceed the expense limitation as detailed in the following table. This undertaking excludes fees payable to Management, interest, taxes, transaction costs, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitation. The Fund has agreed that it will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed provided that repayment does not cause the annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed, or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under this agreement.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had no contingent liabilities to Management under the agreement.

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ended December 31,
 
           

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
           

Subject to Repayment until December 31,

 

Class

  Contractual
Expense
Limitation(a)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class I

   

1.00

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

(a)  Expense limitation per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class I shares without sales commission or other compensation and bears all advertising and promotion expenses incurred in the sale of those shares. The Board adopted a non-fee distribution plan for the Fund's Class I shares.

Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities (excluding futures) as follows:

Purchases of
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Purchases excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Sales and Maturities
of U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Sales and Maturities
excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
 
$

15,995,688

   

$

81,754,125

   

$

14,100,102

   

$

95,312,997

   

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.


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Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

   

For the Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

Shares Sold

   

1,144,266

     

997,021

   

Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Dividends and Distributions

   

205,552

     

185,509

   

Shares Redeemed

   

(2,524,513

)

   

(2,458,654

)

 

Total

   

(1,174,695

)

   

(1,276,124

)

 

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.

Note F—Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In March 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-08, "Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities" ("ASU 2017-08"). ASU 2017-08 shortens the amortization period to the earliest call date for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. The guidance went into effect for fiscal years starting after December 15, 2018. The cumulative effect impacted net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses but did not impact net assets or NAV per share. Management has evaluated the impact of applying this guidance and the cumulative effect did not have a material impact on the Fund.

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: "Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


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Financial Highlights

Short Duration Bond Portfolio

The following table includes selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class I

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

10.40

   

$

10.46

   

$

10.52

   

$

10.52

   

$

10.66

   
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.18

     

0.14

     

0.11

     

0.07

     

0.02

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

0.20

     

(0.03

)

   

(0.02

)

   

0.06

     

0.00

   

Total From Investment Operations

   

0.38

     

0.11

     

0.09

     

0.13

     

0.02

   

Net Investment Income

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.16

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

10.57

   

$

10.40

   

$

10.46

   

$

10.52

   

$

10.52

   
Total Return     

3.69

%^     

1.02

%^     

0.89

%‡^     

1.22

%^     

0.18

%^   

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

107.0

   

$

117.6

   

$

131.6

   

$

143.0

   

$

160.0

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

0.88

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.84

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

0.88

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.75

%ß     

0.88

%

   

0.84

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

1.69

%

   

1.34

%

   

1.03

%ß     

0.68

%

   

0.19

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

91

%

   

60

%

   

87

%

   

79

%

   

65

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights Short Duration Bond Portfolio

@  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown.

^  The class action proceeds listed in Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2019. The class action proceeds received in 2017 had no impact on the Fund's total return for the years ended December 31, 2017. Had the Fund not received class action proceeds in 2018, 2016, and 2015, total return based on per share NAV for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, would have been:

   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2018

 

2016

 

2015

 

Class I

   

0.92

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.09

%

 

  In May 2016, the Fund's custodian, State Street, announced that it had identified inconsistencies in the way in which the Fund was invoiced for categories of expenses, particularly those deemed "out-of-pocket" costs, from 1998 through November 2015, and refunded to the Fund certain expenses, plus interest, determined to be payable to the Fund for the period in question. These amounts were refunded to the Fund by State Street during the year ended December 31, 2017. These amounts had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2017.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee and/or if the Fund had not received refunds, plus interest, from State Street noted in above for custodian out-of-pocket expenses previously paid during the year ended December 31, 2017. Management did not reimburse or waive fees during the fiscal periods shown.

ß  The custodian expenses refund noted in above is non-recurring and is included in these ratios. Had the Fund not received the refund, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets and the annualized ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets would have been:

    Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Class I

   

0.85

%

   

0.92

%

 


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of Short Duration Bond Portfolio and Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Short Duration Bond Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 11, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

51


 

Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

51


 

Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

51


 

None.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

51


 

Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Neuberger Berman's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to Short Duration Bond Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, including the use of derivatives, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding trade execution, transaction costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio managers' compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions, such as regulatory concerns about changes in fixed-income market liquidity and potential volatility, and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio managers.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered that, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was lower for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods and higher for the 10-year period; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the fourth quintile for the 1-year period, the third quintile for the 3- and 5-year periods, and the first quintile for the 10-year period.

Noting that the Fund underperformed over certain periods, the Board discussed with Management the Fund's performance, potential reasons for the relative performance, and, if necessary, steps that Management had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Board also met with the portfolio managers of the Fund during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal to discuss the Fund's performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding the Fund's relative performance.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses were higher than the peer group median, and considered whether specific portfolio management, administration or oversight needs contributed to the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments, if any) for the Fund compared to its


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peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee, the actual management fee, and total expenses each ranked in the fifth quintile. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated loss on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated loss on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business. The Board noted that when distribution expenses and taxes were considered, Management experienced a loss on the Fund.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated loss was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board noted that Management incurred a loss on its management of the Fund during the review period.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.

Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered whether the Fund's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, the size of any breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fees, and whether any such breakpoints are set at appropriate asset levels. The Board also compared the breakpoint structure to that of the peer group. In addition, the


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Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.


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Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

Sustainable Equity Portfolio

I Class Shares

S Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

B1017 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




Sustainable Equity Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

The Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Sustainable Equity Portfolio Class I generated a total return of 25.88% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, trailing the 31.49% total return of its benchmark, the S&P 500® Index (the Index), for the same period. (Performance for all share classes is provided in the table immediately following this letter.)

The Index returns outpaced earnings growth this year as valuation multiples continued to expand within a backdrop of steady, albeit slow, economic growth, less slack in the economy, low inflation, a de-escalation in trade tensions, and supportive monetary policy.

The Information Technology (IT) sector was the biggest driver of Index returns. Growth-focused investors created a narrow market, where the value-versus-growth dispersion continued, and stocks with high revenue growth surged past those of more established businesses. Although this backdrop was a headwind given our valuation-sensitive discipline, the market's volatility allowed us to opportunistically add high quality names at valuations we consider attractive.

By sector, Financials and Utilities contributed most to the Fund's relative returns versus the Index. Danaher and Aptiv were our top individual contributors. Danaher announced plans to acquire GE's healthcare assets, further positioning the diversified life sciences company for strong organic growth in the fast growing biopharma business. Aptiv outperformed as the company continued to capture the secular growth in autonomous technology, electrification and enhanced safety of automobiles.

IT and Consumer Staples sectors were our largest areas of underperformance. EQT Corp. and Premier Inc. were our largest absolute detractors. EQT, a natural gas exploration and delivery company, underperformed around concerns related to oversupply in U.S. natural gas. We sold Premier believing uncertainty in the healthcare regulatory backdrop could undermine the company's future growth potential.

In addition to Premier, sales included Cimarex Energy, Schlumberger, Equitrans Midstream Corp., eBay, ManpowerGroup and 3M. Purchases included National Grid, an investor-owned utility facilitating de-carbonization of the grid. The company is investing in safety, reliability and modernization, including the ability to help deliver smart grid technology, renewable energy connections and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Volatility allowed our entry at a discounted price-to-earnings ratio relative to the overall market and sector. Other new holdings include Stanley Black & Decker, Vestas Wind Systems, United Rentals, Microsoft, CSX, Arista Networks and Zebra Technologies.

Despite current healthy economic fundamentals, we anticipate the slow growth environment to continue, with U.S. GDP in the 2% range. However, we believe a tight labor market and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's need to monetize growing fiscal deficits could result in inflation. While currently subdued, we are mindful of the potential impact of inflation across our portfolio.

Globally, geopolitical issues—including the Chinese economic slowdown, Hong Kong unrest, Brexit, and any re-escalation of global trade conflicts—could fuel market volatility and weigh on global economic growth.

We continue to focus on owning best-in-class businesses exposed to secular growth trends (energy efficiency, health and nutrition, accelerating innovation, etc.) that we believe will enable them to grow and increase market share even within a slower growth backdrop.

We believe the fundamentals of the businesses the Fund owns can translate such top-line growth into stronger, advantaged bottom-line growth, supported by competitive advantages, attractive return on capital profiles and demonstrated leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices—in fact, 63% of the companies in our portfolio by weight this year ranked as either Trendsetters or First Tier by the CPA-Zicklin Index*. We believe our portfolio holdings also have the balance sheet strength and free cash flow generation that could enable them to weather global economic turmoil, should it occur.


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We look forward to continuing to serve your investment needs.

Sincerely,

INGRID S. DYOTT AND SAJJAD S. LADIWALA
CO-PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

* The CPA-Zicklin Index benchmarks the political disclosure and accountability policies and practices for election-related spending of leading U.S. public companies. Issued annually, it is produced by the Center for Political Accountability in conjunction with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Companies receiving a score of 90% or higher for political disclosure and accountability received the "Trendsetter" designation, while companies that scored between 80-100% were ranked in the "First Tier."

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio managers. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.

To read more on how we integrate sustainability issues into our investment process and a recent engagement on a portfolio company's commitment to climate change, please visit www.nb.com/sustainableequity.


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Sustainable Equity Portfolio (Unaudited)

SECTOR ALLOCATION

(as a % of Total Investments*)

 

Communication Services

   

7.1

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

10.6

   

Consumer Staples

   

5.1

   

Energy

   

2.3

   

Financials

   

13.5

   

Health Care

   

18.7

   

Industrials

   

15.3

   

Information Technology

   

18.0

   

Materials

   

4.7

   

Real Estate

   

1.6

   

Utilities

   

1.6

   

Short-Term Investments

   

1.5

   

Total

   

100.0

%

 

*  Derivatives, if any, are excluded from this chart.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

Inception

  Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

 

Date

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Life of Fund

 

Class I

 

02/18/1999

   

25.88

%

   

8.98

%

   

11.92

%

   

7.54

%

 
Class S2   

05/01/2006

   

25.58

%

   

8.74

%

   

11.72

%

   

7.42

%

 
S&P 500® Index1,3         

31.49

%

   

11.70

%

   

13.56

%

   

6.78

%

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data, please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratios for fiscal year 2018 were 0.95% and 1.20% for Class I and Class S shares, respectively (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The expense ratio was 1.18% for Class S shares after expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers. The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception, if it has not operated for 10 years. The graph is based on Class I shares only; the performance of the Fund's share classes will differ primarily due to different class expenses (see Performance Highlights chart above). The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices have not been reduced to reflect any of the fees and costs of investing. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is February 18, 1999, the inception date of Class I shares, the Fund's oldest share class.

2  Performance shown prior to May 1, 2006 for Class S shares is that of Class I shares, which has lower expenses and correspondingly higher returns than Class S shares.

3  The S&P 500® Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity market, and includes a significant portion of the total value of the market. Please note that the index described in this report does not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that it tracks, and that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage(s) one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 
Hypothetical Example for
Comparison Purposes:
 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST SUSTAINABLE EQUITY PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/19
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/19
  Expenses Paid
During the Period
7/1/19 – 12/31/19
  Expense
Ratio
 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,106.30

   

$

4.88

(a)

   

0.92

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,104.50

   

$

6.21

(a)

   

1.17

%

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class I

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,020.57

   

$

4.69

(b)

   

0.92

%

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,019.31

   

$

5.96

(b)

   

1.17

%

 

(a)  For each class, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratios for each class, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


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Schedule of Investments Sustainable Equity Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Common Stocks 98.5%

     

Airlines 2.2%

     
 

153,453

   

Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR

 

$

13,444,017

*

 

Auto Components 3.4%

     
 

216,903

   

Aptiv PLC

   

20,599,278

   

Banks 6.3%

     
 

158,403

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

22,081,378

   
 

281,448

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

16,687,052

   
     

38,768,430

   

Capital Markets 3.7%

     
 

245,308

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

22,703,255

   

Communications Equipment 1.8%

     
 

53,636

   

Arista Networks, Inc.

   

10,909,562

*

 

Consumer Finance 1.8%

     
 

87,284

   

American Express Co.

   

10,865,985

   

Electrical Equipment 2.9%

     
 

178,803

   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

   

18,060,252

   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components 1.7%
     

39,988


  Zebra Technologies Corp.
Class A
 

10,214,535

*

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 1.6%

     
 

328,439

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

9,918,858

   

Food & Staples Retailing 2.2%

     
 

465,664

   

Kroger Co.

   

13,499,599

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 9.7%

     
 

73,779

   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

   

20,065,675

   
 

126,548

   

Danaher Corp.

   

19,422,587

   
 

175,576

   

Medtronic PLC

   

19,919,097

   
     

59,407,359

   

Health Care Providers & Services 6.1%

     
 

195,147

   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

16,591,398

   
 

102,779

   

Cigna Corp.

   

21,017,278

   
     

37,608,676

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 2.4%

     
 

587,053

   

Compass Group PLC

   

14,696,834

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Insurance 1.7%

     
 

147,440

   

Progressive Corp.

 

$

10,673,182

   

Interactive Media & Services 3.4%

     
 

15,609

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A

   

20,906,538

*

 

IT Services 4.5%

     

192,228


  Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp. Class A
 

11,921,980


 
 

51,552

   

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

   

15,392,912

   
     

27,314,892

   

Machinery 3.8%

     
 

139,870

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

23,182,054

   

Materials 2.7%

     
  27,877    

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

16,267,345


 

Media 3.7%

     
 

501,443

   

Comcast Corp. Class A

   

22,549,892

   

Multi-Utilities 1.6%

     
 

763,373

   

National Grid PLC

   

9,548,419

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 2.3%

     
 

399,418

   

EQT Corp.

   

4,353,656

   
 

400,609

   

Noble Energy, Inc.

   

9,951,128

   
     

14,304,784

   

Personal Products 2.9%

     
 

305,869

   

Unilever NV

   

17,575,233

   

Pharmaceuticals 2.8%

     
 

53,042

   

Roche Holding AG

   

17,238,791

   

Road & Rail 1.5%

     
 

127,834

   

CSX Corp.

   

9,250,068

   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment 4.0%
     
 

191,291

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

24,540,722

   

Software 6.1%

     
 

45,884

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

12,018,396

   
 

162,208

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

25,580,202

   
     

37,598,598

   

Specialty Chemicals 2.0%

     
 

255,332

   

Novozymes A/S B Shares

   

12,497,748

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Sustainable Equity Portfolio^ (cont'd)

NUMBER OF SHARES

     

VALUE

 

Specialty Retail 3.6%

     
 

138,093

   

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

 

$

22,116,975

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.2%

     
 

247,696

   

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

   

7,314,463

   

Trading Companies & Distributors 4.9%

     
 

94,035

   

United Rentals, Inc.

   

15,682,217

*

 
 

42,346

   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

14,334,968

   
     

30,017,185

   

 
  Total Common Stocks
(Cost $430,453,043)
 

603,593,529


 

Short-Term Investments 1.4%

     

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

         
Certificates of Deposit 0.0%(a)       
$

100,000


  Self Help Credit Union,
0.25%, due 1/29/2020
 

100,000


 

100,000


  Self Help Federal Credit
Union, 0.25%,
due 3/18/2020
 

100,000


 
     

200,000

   

NUMBER OF SHARES

         

Investment Companies 1.4%

     

8,686,349


  State Street Institutional
Treasury Money Market Fund
Premier Class, 1.52%(b)
 

8,686,349


 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $8,886,349)
 

8,886,349


 

 
  Total Investments 99.9%
(Cost $439,339,392)
 

612,479,878


 
       

Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.1%

   

332,706

   
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

612,812,584

   

 

*  Non-income producing security.

(a)  Represents less than 0.05% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments Sustainable Equity Portfolio^ (cont'd)

POSITIONS BY COUNTRY

Country   Investments at
Value
  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Canada

 

$

7,314,463

     

1.2

%

 

Denmark

   

30,558,000

     

5.0

%

 

Ireland

   

13,444,017

     

2.2

%

 

Switzerland

   

17,238,791

     

2.8

%

 

United Kingdom

   

41,820,486

     

6.8

%

 

United States

   

493,217,772

     

80.5

%

 

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets-Net

   

9,219,055

     

1.5

%

 

 

$

612,812,584

     

100.0

%

 

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Investments:

 

Common Stocks

 

Electrical Equipment

 

$

   

$

18,060,252

   

$

   

$

18,060,252

   

Pharmaceuticals

   

     

17,238,791

     

     

17,238,791

   

Specialty Chemicals

   

     

12,497,748

     

     

12,497,748

   
Other Common Stocks(a)     

555,796,738

     

     

     

555,796,738

   

Total Common Stocks

   

555,796,738

     

47,796,791

     

     

603,593,529

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

8,886,349

     

     

8,886,349

   

Total Investments

 

$

555,796,738

   

$

56,683,140

   

$

   

$

612,479,878

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry categorization as well as a Positions by Country summary.

^  A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SUSTAINABLE
EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value* (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

612,479,878

   
Foreign currency(b)     

11

   

Dividends and interest receivable

   

682,945

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

157,198

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

177,798

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

19,415

   

Total Assets

   

613,517,245

   

Liabilities

 

Payable to investment manager—net (Note B)

   

273,160

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

152,531

   

Payable to administrator—net (Note B)

   

178,829

   

Payable for audit fees

   

46,156

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

53,985

   

Total Liabilities

   

704,661

   

Net Assets

 

$

612,812,584

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

413,021,024

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

199,791,560

   

Net Assets

 

$

612,812,584

   

Net Assets

 

Class I

 

$

491,329,839

   

Class S

   

121,482,745

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

     

Class I

   

18,273,732

   

Class S

   

4,504,040

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

     

Class I

 

$

26.89

   

Class S

   

26.97

   

*Cost of Investments:

 

(a) Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

439,339,392

   

(b) Total cost of foreign currency

 

$

11

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SUSTAINABLE
EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
 
    For the
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Dividend income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

8,520,966

   

Interest and other income—unaffiliated issuers

   

185,011

   

Foreign taxes withheld

   

(188,340

)

 

Total income

 

$

8,517,637

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

2,865,478

   

Administration fees (Note B):

 

Class I

   

1,300,373

   

Class S

   

309,061

   

Distribution fees (Note B):

 

Class S

   

257,551

   

Audit fees

   

46,156

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

90,224

   

Insurance

   

14,916

   

Legal fees

   

139,490

   

Shareholder reports

   

110,850

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

48,214

   

Interest

   

36

   

Miscellaneous

   

45,140

   

Total expenses

   

5,227,489

   

Expenses reimbursed by Management (Note B)

   

(1,611

)

 

Total net expenses

   

5,225,878

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

3,291,759

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

23,859,791

   

Settlement of foreign currency transactions

   

(5,638

)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

86,942,639

   

Foreign currency translations

   

7,813

   

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

110,804,605

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

114,096,364

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    SUSTAINABLE EQUITY
PORTFOLIO
 
    Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

3,291,759

   

$

2,253,151

   

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

23,854,153

     

31,779,438

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

86,950,452

     

(57,486,060

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

114,096,364

     

(23,453,471

)

 

Distributions to Shareholders From (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings:

 

Class I

   

(27,383,729

)

   

(22,066,494

)

 

Class S

   

(6,650,912

)

   

(4,403,246

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(34,034,641

)

   

(26,469,740

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

 

Class I

   

50,062,884

     

8,513,562

   

Class S

   

48,642,200

     

5,816,916

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions:

 

Class I

   

27,383,729

     

22,066,494

   

Class S

   

6,650,912

     

4,403,246

   

Proceeds from shares issued in connection with tax-free reorganizations (Note F):

 

Class I

   

51,104,256

     

   

Class S

   

125,163

     

   

Payments for shares redeemed:

 

Class I

   

(42,305,183

)

   

(29,595,142

)

 

Class S

   

(17,528,030

)

   

(17,992,156

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

124,135,931

     

(6,787,080

)

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

204,197,654

     

(56,710,291

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

408,614,930

     

465,325,221

   

End of year

 

$

612,812,584

   

$

408,614,930

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements Sustainable Equity Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Sustainable Equity Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers Class I and Class S shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance that rounds to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in equity securities, for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs). Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern


12



Time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Certificates of deposit are valued at amortized cost (Level 2 inputs).

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

The value of the Fund's investments in foreign securities is generally determined using the same valuation methods and inputs as other Fund investments, as discussed above. Foreign security prices expressed in local currency values are normally translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time on days the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. The Board has approved the use of ICE Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC ("ICE") to assist in determining the fair value of foreign equity securities when changes in the value of a certain index suggest that the closing prices on the foreign exchanges may no longer represent the amount that the Fund could expect to receive for those securities or on days when foreign markets are closed and U.S. markets are open. In each of these events, ICE will provide adjusted prices for certain foreign equity securities using a statistical analysis of historical correlations of multiple factors (Level 2 inputs). In the absence of precise information about the market values of these foreign securities as of the time as of which the Fund's share price is calculated, the Board has determined on the basis of available data that prices adjusted or evaluated in this way are likely to be closer to the prices the Fund could realize on a current sale than are the prices of those securities established at the close of the foreign markets in which the securities primarily trade.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the NYSE is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of discount


13



(adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable), and amortization of premium, where applicable, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations. Included in net realized gain/(loss) on investments are proceeds from the settlement of class action litigation(s) in which the Fund participated as a class member. The amount of such proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $596.

5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost for all long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $440,307,172. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $184,681,851 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $12,509,145 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $172,172,706 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications primarily related to book to tax differences transferred to a surviving fund due to a reorganization. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications:

Paid-in Capital   Total Distributable
Earnings/(Losses)
 
$

137,842

   

$

(137,842

)

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

Distributions Paid From:

 

Ordinary Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Total

 
2019  

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 
$

2,241,408

   

$

4,303,645

   

$

31,793,233

   

$

22,166,095

   

$

34,034,641

   

$

26,469,740

   


14



As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

3,284,616

   

$

24,327,166

   

$

172,179,778

   

$

   

$

   

$

199,791,560

   

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to: losses disallowed and recognized on wash sales and tax adjustments related to other investments.

6  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.

It is the policy of the Fund to pass through to its shareholders substantially all real estate investment trust ("REIT") distributions and other income it receives, less operating expenses. The distributions the Fund receives from REITs are generally composed of income, capital gains, and/or return of REIT capital, but the REITs do not report this information to the Fund until the following calendar year. At December 31, 2019, the Fund estimated these amounts for the period January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 within the financial statements because the 2019 information is not available from the REITs until after the Fund's fiscal year-end. All estimates are based upon REIT information sources available to the Fund together with actual IRS Forms 1099-DIV received to date. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the character of distributions, if any, paid to shareholders of the Fund disclosed within the Statements of Changes in Net Assets is based on estimates made at that time. Based on past experience it is possible that a portion of the Fund's distributions during the current fiscal year, if any, will be considered tax return of capital, but the actual amount of the tax return of capital, if any, is not determinable until after the Fund's fiscal year-end. After calendar year-end, when the Fund learns the nature of the distributions paid by REITs during that year, distributions previously identified as income are often re-characterized as return of capital and/or capital gain. After all applicable REITs have informed the Fund of the actual breakdown of distributions paid to the Fund during its fiscal year, estimates previously recorded are adjusted on the books of the Fund to reflect actual results. As a result, the composition of the Fund's distributions as reported herein may differ from the final composition determined after calendar year-end and reported to Fund shareholders on IRS Form 1099-DIV.

7  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which NBIA serves as investment manager, that are not directly attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly. The Fund's expenses (other than those specific to each class) are allocated proportionally each day among its classes based upon the relative net assets of each class.

9  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain


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financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

10  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

11  Securities lending: The Fund, using State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") as its lending agent, may loan securities to qualified brokers and dealers in exchange for negotiated lender's fees. These fees, if any, would be disclosed within the Statement of Operations under the caption "Income from securities loaned-net" and are net of expenses retained by State Street as compensation for its services as lending agent.

The initial cash collateral received by the Fund at the beginning of each transaction shall have a value equal to at least 102% of the prior day's market value of the loaned securities (105% in the case of international securities). Thereafter, the value of the cash collateral is monitored on a daily basis, and cash collateral is moved daily between a counterparty and the Fund until the close of the transaction. The Fund may only receive collateral in the form of cash (U.S. dollars). Cash collateral is generally invested in a money market fund registered under the 1940 Act that is managed by an affiliate of State Street. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the loaned securities. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned and any interest earned or dividends paid or owed on those securities during the term of the loan would accrue to the Fund.

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not participate in securities lending.

12  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

13  Other: All net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Fund are allocated, on the basis of relative net assets, pro rata among its respective classes.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.55% of the first $250 million of the Fund's average daily net assets, 0.525% of the next $250 million, 0.50% of the next $250 million, 0.475% of the next $250 million, 0.45% of the next $500 million, 0.425% of the next $2.5 billion, and 0.40% of average daily net assets in excess of $4 billion. Accordingly, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the investment management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.53% of the Fund's average daily net assets.


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The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. Each class pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.30% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains State Street as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays State Street a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.

NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund's Class I and Class S shares so that the total annual operating expenses of those classes do not exceed the expense limitations as detailed in the following table. These undertakings exclude interest, taxes, transaction costs, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitations. The Fund has agreed that each of its classes will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed for that class provided that repayment does not cause that class's annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed, or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made within three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under these agreements.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund's contingent liabilities to NBIA under the agreements were as follows:

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ended December 31,
 
       
 

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
           

Subject to Repayment until December 31,

 

Class

  Contractual
Expense
Limitation(a)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class I

   

1.30

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Class S

   

1.17

%

 

12/31/22

   

15,076

     

20,826

     

1,611

   

(a)  Expense limitation per annum of the respective class's average daily net assets.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC (the "Distributor") is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class I shares without sales commission or other compensation and bears all advertising and promotion expenses incurred in the sale of those shares. The Board adopted a non-fee distribution plan for the Fund's Class I shares.

The Board has adopted a distribution and shareholder services plan (the "Plan") for Class S shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that, as compensation for administrative and other services related to the sale and distribution of Class S shares, and ongoing services provided to investors in the class, the Distributor receives from Class S a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of Class S's average daily net assets. The Distributor may pay a portion of the proceeds from the 12b-1 fee to institutions that provide such services, including insurance companies or their affiliates and qualified plan administrators ("intermediaries") for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants that invest in the Fund through the intermediaries. Those institutions may use the payments for, among other purposes, compensating employees engaged in sales and/or shareholder servicing. The amount of fees paid by the class during any year may be more or less than the cost of distribution and other services provided to the class. FINRA rules limit the amount of annual distribution fees that may be paid by a mutual fund and impose a ceiling on the cumulative distribution fees paid. The Plan complies with those rules.


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Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities of $108,454,406 and $131,799,460, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.

Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares Issued in
Connection With
Tax-Free
Reorganization (see
Note F)
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

1,935,571

     

1,095,787

     

1,956,524

     

(1,650,810

)

   

3,337,072

   

Class S

   

1,862,001

     

265,188

     

4,775

     

(680,000

)

   

1,451,964

   

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class I

   

335,290

     

891,936

     

(1,116,631

)

   

110,595

   

Class S

   

221,485

     

177,122

     

(681,518

)

   

(282,911

)

 

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.

Note F—Reorganizations:

At a meeting held on December 13, 2018, the Board of the Trust approved two separate tax-free reorganizations of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Guardian Portfolio ("Guardian Portfolio") and Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Large Cap Value Portfolio ("Large Cap Value Portfolio") (each, a "Merging Portfolio") into the Fund (the "Surviving Portfolio," and together with the Merging Portfolios, the "Reorganization Portfolios"). All Reorganization Portfolios are series of the Trust. After the close of business on April 30, 2019, the


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Surviving Portfolio acquired all of the net assets of the Merging Portfolios in a tax-free exchange of shares pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and Dissolution approved by the Board. Accordingly, shareholders of each Merging Portfolio became shareholders of the Surviving Portfolio.

Guardian Portfolio   Shares Prior to
Reorganization
  Shares Issued by
the Surviving
Portfolio
  Net Assets Prior
to Reorganization
 

Class I

   

743,986

     

308,792

   

$

8,065,623

   

Class S

   

11,758

     

4,775

     

125,163

   
Large Cap
Value Portfolio
  Shares Prior to
Reorganization
  Shares Issued by
the Surviving
Portfolio
  Net Assets Prior
to Reorganization
 

Class I

   

3,418,695

     

1,647,732

   

$

43,038,633

   

The appreciation of Guardian Portfolio and Large Cap Value Portfolio were $2,282,095 and $389,841, respectively, as of the date of the reorganization. The combined net assets of the Surviving Portfolio immediately after the reorganization were $594,631,684. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Surviving Portfolio were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Merging Portfolios were carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Surviving Portfolio's realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

Assuming the reorganization had been completed on January 1, 2019, the beginning of the reporting period of the Surviving Portfolio, the Surviving Portfolio's pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, were as follows:

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

 

$

3,884,108

   

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions

 

$

127,335,428

   

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets resulting from Operations

 

$

131,219,536

   

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Merging Portfolios that have been included in the Surviving Portfolio's Statement of Operations as of December 31, 2019.

Note G—Recent Accounting Pronouncement:

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: "Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


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Financial Highlights

Sustainable Equity Portfolio

The following tables include selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class I

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

22.70

   

$

25.61

   

$

22.57

   

$

21.46

   

$

23.88

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.17

     

0.14

     

0.12

     

0.13

     

0.16

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

5.59

     

(1.48

)

   

3.99

     

1.94

     

(0.28

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

5.76

     

(1.34

)

   

4.11

     

2.07

     

(0.12

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.14

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(1.46

)

   

(1.44

)

   

(0.94

)

   

(0.80

)

   

(2.16

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(1.57

)

   

(1.57

)

   

(1.07

)

   

(0.96

)

   

(2.30

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

26.89

   

$

22.70

   

$

25.61

   

$

22.57

   

$

21.46

   
Total Return     

25.88

%^     

(5.73

)%^     

18.43

%^‡     

9.86

%

   

(0.46

)%^   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

491.3

   

$

339.0

   

$

379.6

   

$

329.1

   

$

307.6

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

0.93

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.94

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.98

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

0.93

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.93

%ß     

1.00

%

   

0.98

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

0.67

%

   

0.53

%

   

0.50

%ß     

0.59

%

   

0.70

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

21

%ñ     

13

%

   

18

%

   

31

%

   

24

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Financial Highlights (cont'd)

Class S

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

22.79

   

$

25.69

   

$

22.66

   

$

21.54

   

$

23.93

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)@     

0.10

     

0.08

     

0.06

     

0.09

     

0.12

   
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

5.61

     

(1.48

)

   

3.99

     

1.94

     

(0.27

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

5.71

     

(1.40

)

   

4.05

     

2.03

     

(0.15

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Net Investment Income

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.08

)

 

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

(1.46

)

   

(1.44

)

   

(0.94

)

   

(0.80

)

   

(2.16

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(1.53

)

   

(1.50

)

   

(1.02

)

   

(0.91

)

   

(2.24

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

26.97

   

$

22.79

   

$

25.69

   

$

22.66

   

$

21.54

   
Total Return     

25.58

%^     

(5.94

)%^     

18.11

%^‡     

9.64

%

   

(0.59

)%^   

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of Year (in millions)

 

$

121.5

   

$

69.6

   

$

85.7

   

$

78.2

   

$

74.9

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.18

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.23

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.17

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.17

%ß     

1.17

%

   

1.17

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
   

0.39

%

   

0.31

%

   

0.25

%ß     

0.42

%

   

0.52

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

   

21

%ñ     

13

%

   

18

%

   

31

%

   

24

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights Sustainable Equity Portfolio

@  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Total return would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed and/or waived certain expenses. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown.

^  The class action proceeds listed in Note A of the Notes to Financial Statements had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2019. The class action proceeds received in 2018, 2017 and 2015 had no impact on the Fund's total return for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2015, respectively.

  In May 2016, the Fund's custodian, State Street, announced that it had identified inconsistencies in the way in which the Fund was invoiced for categories of expenses, particularly those deemed "out-of-pocket" costs, from 1998 through November 2015, and refunded to the Fund certain expenses, plus interest, determined to be payable to the Fund for the period in question. These amounts were refunded to the Fund by State Street during the year ended December 31, 2017. These amounts had no impact on the Fund's total return for the year ended December 31, 2017.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee and/or if the Fund had not received refunds, plus interest, from State Street noted in above for custodian out-of-pocket expenses previously paid during the year ended December 31, 2017. Management did not reimburse or waive fees during the fiscal periods shown for Class I.

ß  The custodian expenses refund noted in ‡ above is non-recurring and is included in these ratios. Had the Fund not received the refund, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets and the annualized ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets would have been:

    Ratio of Net
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Class I

   

0.94

%

   

0.48

%

 

Class S

   

1.17

%

   

0.25

%

 

ñ  After the close of business on April 30, 2019, the Fund acquired all of the net assets of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Guardian Portfolio ("Guardian") and Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Large Cap Value Portfolio ("Large Cap Value") in a tax-free exchange of shares pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization and Dissolution approved by the Board. Portfolio turnover excludes purchases of $114,219,008 of securities acquired pursuant to the reorganization, and there were no sales made following a purchase-of-assets transaction relative to the reorganization.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of
Sustainable Equity Portfolio and
Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Sustainable Equity Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 11, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

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Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

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Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

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Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

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Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

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Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

51


 

None.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

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Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

51


 

Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Neuberger Berman's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to Sustainable Equity Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding brokerage, commissions, other trading costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. The Board also reviewed Management's use of brokers to execute Fund transactions that provide research services to Management. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio managers' compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-, intermediate- and long-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio managers.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above, and the risk/return ratio referenced is the Sharpe ratio provided by the consulting firm. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered that, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was lower for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the second quintile for the 1-year period and the third quintile for the 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods. In determining to renew the Agreement, the Board took into account that the Fund showed a risk/return ratio that was better than the median of its Performance Universe for the 5-year period, meaning that per unit of risk taken versus a presumed risk-free investment, the Fund achieved a higher level of return than the median of its Performance Universe for that period.

Noting that the Fund underperformed over certain periods, the Board discussed with Management the Fund's performance, potential reasons for the relative performance, and, if necessary, steps that Management had taken, or intended to take, to improve performance. The Board also met with the portfolio managers of the Fund during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal to discuss the Fund's performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement notwithstanding the Fund's relative performance.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses


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were higher than the peer group median, and considered whether specific portfolio management, administration or oversight needs contributed to the Fund's actual management fee and total expenses. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments, if any) for the Fund compared to its peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. For fee comparisons and investment performance comparisons, the Board looked at the Fund's Class I as a proxy for both of the Fund's classes. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee, the actual management fee, and total expenses each ranked in the fifth quintile. The Board considered Management's representations regarding the resources devoted to the sustainable equity strategy that are available to the portfolio management team. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated profit on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated profit on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated profit was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board recognized that Management and its affiliates should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for services they provide to the Fund and, based on its review, concluded that Management's reported level of estimated profitability on the Fund was reasonable.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.


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Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered whether the Fund's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, the size of any breakpoints in the Fund's advisory fees, and whether any such breakpoints are set at appropriate asset levels. The Board also compared the breakpoint structure to that of the peer group. In addition, the Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.

Notice to Shareholders

100.00% of the dividends earned during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders.

The Fund designates $31,793,233 as a capital gain distribution.


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Neuberger Berman
Advisers Management Trust

U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio

S Class Shares

Annual Report

December 31, 2019

S0324 02/20

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you may no longer receive paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports by mail from the insurance company that issued your variable annuity and variable life insurance contract or from the financial intermediary that administers your qualified pension or retirement plan, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your insurance company or financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website www.nb.com/AMTliterature, and may also be available on a website from the insurance company or financial intermediary that offers your contract or administers your retirement plan, and such insurance company or financial intermediary will notify you by mail each time a report is posted and provide you with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the insurance company or financial intermediary electronically by following the instructions provided by the insurance company or financial intermediary. If offered by your insurance company or financial intermediary, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper and free of charge from the insurance company or financial intermediary. You can contact your insurance company or financial intermediary if you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds available under your contract or retirement plan.




U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio Commentary (Unaudited)

The Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio Class S generated a total return of 15.26% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019, outperforming its primary benchmark, a blend of 42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index/42.5% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT)/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (PUTR) (collectively, the Index), which posted a total return of 14.01% for the same period.

As of February 28, 2019, the Fund's benchmark was adjusted to include the CBOE One-Week Indices to create a fairer representation of the Fund's investment universe. For the 10 month period from the benchmark change through December 31, 2019, the Fund's Class S had a total return of 9.28%, outperforming the Index, which returned 8.12% during the same period. For the full 12 month fiscal period, the Fund's Class S returned 15.26% versus a 13.66% total return for the prior benchmark.

In 2019, the Fund benefited from strong equity market returns led by the 31.49% return of the S&P 500® Index, falling short-term U.S. Treasury rates and relatively low S&P 500 realized volatility levels. Somewhat surprisingly, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) averaged 15.4 for the year, which was slightly lower than its 2018 average of 16.6. Yet, the implied volatility premium earned in 2019 was markedly higher. Thus, an important year-over-year differentiator was the 30-day realized volatility levels of the S&P 500 Index. Comparatively, the S&P 500's average 30-day realized volatility for 2019 was approximately 11.4 while 2018's average was 15.0. This lower realized volatility environment in 2019 yielded an attractive average S&P 500 implied volatility premium of 4.2 versus the 2018 average of just 1.0. Implied volatility levels give a rough estimate of the premiums that the strategy can collect, similar to yields in the bond space.

Over the year, the S&P 500 put writing strategy was the strongest contributor to the Fund's performance, achieving a better result than the PUT but lacking the full equity exposure to keep pace with the S&P 500 Index. The Fund's Russell 2000 put writing strategy was also a positive contributor to overall performance, outperforming the return posted by the PUTR but underperforming the Russell 2000® Index. In addition to the Fund's put writing strategies, the collateral also contributed positively to performance during the year.

Both index exposures and collateral were positive absolute contributors, thus there were no detractors from the Fund's performance for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019. For the period, average option notional exposure remained consistent with our strategic targets of 85% S&P 500 Index and 15% Russell 2000 Index.

Historically speaking, 2019 was not a particularly exceptional year even though there were only three years in the past 30 that have seen higher S&P 500 calendar year returns. In our opinion, what made it seem so exceptional was how few investors anticipated the spectacular returns. Given the persistent outflows from equity mutual funds and exchange traded funds in 2019, participation in S&P 500 gains in 2019 may not have been as widespread as most investors might perceive. While it may seem like 'all investors' were earning windfall profits in 2019, many may have left more than a few scraps on their plates.

Overall, in the wake of the challenges presented in 2018 that contributed to modest losses, strong positive returns in 2019 proved that our systematic strategies can maintain a constructive balance between downside mitigation and upside participation. While seeking to limit losses is essential to compounding capital efficiently, compounding capital at attractive long-term levels requires the ability to capture market gains.

Sincerely,

DEREK DEVENS AND RORY EWING
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Information about principal risks of investing in the Fund is set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

The portfolio composition, industries and holdings of the Fund are subject to change without notice.

The opinions expressed are those of the Fund's portfolio managers. The opinions are as of the date of this report and are subject to change without notice.


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U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (Unaudited)

PORTFOLIO BY TYPE OF SECURITY

(as a % of Total Net Assets)

 

Rights

   

0.0

%

 

U.S. Government Agency Securities

   

66.1

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

28.1

   

Put Options Written

   

(0.6

)

 

Short-Term Investments

   

5.3

   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

   

1.1

   

Total

   

100.0

%

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS1


      Average Annual Total Return
Ended 12/31/2019
 

  Inception
Date
 

1 Year

 

5 Years

  Life of
Fund
 

Class S*

 

05/01/2014

   

15.26

%

   

1.55

%

   

1.39

%

 
42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week
PutWrite Index/42.5% CBOE S&P 500
PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000
One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE
Russell 2000® PutWrite Index**2,3 
       

14.01

%

   

4.45

%

   

4.23

%

 
85% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite
Index/15% CBOE Russell 2000
PutWrite Index#2,3 
 
    13.66%       6.09%       5.87%    
85% S&P 500® Index/15% Russell 2000®
Index2,3 
 
   

30.61

%

   

11.22

%

   

11.77

%

 

*  Prior to May 1, 2017, the Fund had different investment goals, fees and expenses, principal investment strategies and portfolio managers. Please also see Endnote 1.

**  On February 28, 2019, the Fund began comparing its performance to the 42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index/42.5%CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index rather than the 85% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/15% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index because Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") believes the 42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index/42.5% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index is a fairer representation of the Fund's investment universe.

#  Prior to February 28, 2019, the Fund compared its performance to the Blended Benchmark composed of 85% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/15% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index.

The performance data quoted represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For current performance data, please visit http://www.nb.com/amtportfolios/performance.

The results shown in the table reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Returns would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. Repayment by a class (of expenses previously reimbursed and/or fees previously waived by Management) will decrease the class's returns. Please see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements for specific information regarding expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements.

As stated in the Fund's most recent prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio for fiscal year 2018 was 2.60% for Class S shares (before expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, if any). The total annual operating expense ratio for fiscal year 2018 was 1.06% for Class S shares after expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers. The expense ratios for the annual period ended December 31, 2019 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.


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U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (Unaudited)

COMPARISON OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund over the past 10 fiscal years, or since the Fund's inception if it has not operated for 10 years. The result is compared with benchmarks, which include a broad-based market index and may include a more narrowly based index. Market indices described in this report do not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that they track. The results shown in the graph reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The results do not reflect the effect of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The results do not reflect fees and expenses of the variable annuity and variable life insurance policies or the qualified pension and retirement plans whose proceeds are invested in the Fund. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results.

Please see Endnotes for additional information.


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Endnotes

1  The Fund was relatively small prior to December 31, 2014, which could have impacted Fund performance. The same techniques used to produce returns in a small fund may not work to produce similar returns in a larger fund. Effective May 1, 2017, Absolute Return Multi-Manager Portfolio changed its name to the U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio and changed its investment goal, fees and expenses, principal investment strategies, risks and portfolio manager(s). Prior to that date, the Fund had a higher management fee, different expenses, a different goal and principal investment strategies, which included a multi-manager strategy, and different risks. Its performance prior to that date might have been different if the current fees and expenses, goal, and principal investment strategies had been in effect.

2  The date used to calculate Life of Fund performance for the index is May 1, 2014, the Fund's commencement of operations.

3  The 42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index/42.5% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index is a blended index composed of 42.5% CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index/42.5% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 One-Week PutWrite Index/7.5% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index, and is rebalanced monthly. The CBOE S&P 500® One-Week PutWrite Index is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical strategy that sells an at-the- money (ATM) S&P 500 Index (SPX) put option on a weekly basis. The maturity of the written SPX put option is one week to expiry. The written SPX put option is collateralized by a money market account invested in one-month Treasury bills. The index rolls on a weekly basis, typically every Friday. The CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT) is designed to represent a proposed hypothetical short put strategy. PUT is an award-winning benchmark index that measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that sells SPX put options against collateralized cash reserves held in a money market account. The PUT strategy is designed to sell a sequence of one-month, ATM SPX puts and invest cash at one- and three-month Treasury Bill rates. The CBOE Russell 2000® One-Week PutWrite Index is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical strategy that sells an ATM Russell 2000 Index put option on a weekly basis. The maturity of the written Russell 2000 put option is one week to expiry. The written Russell 2000 put option is collateralized by a money market account invested in one-month Treasury bills. The index rolls on a weekly basis, typically every Friday. The CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index is designed to represent a proposed hypothetical short put strategy that sells a monthly ATM Russell 2000 Index put option. The written Russell 2000 put option is collateralized by a money market account invested in one-month Treasury bills. The 85% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index/15% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index is a blended index composed of 85% CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (as described above) and 15% CBOE Russell 2000 PutWrite Index (as described above), and is rebalanced monthly. The 85% S&P 500® Index/15% Russell 2000® Index is a blended index composed of 85% S&P 500 Index and 15% Russell 2000 Index, and is rebalanced monthly. The S&P 500 Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity market, and includes a significant portfolio of the total value of the market. The Russell 2000 Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities in the Russell 3000® Index (which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. public companies based on total market capitalization). The index is rebalanced annually in June. Please note that individuals cannot invest directly in any index. The indices described in this report do not take into account any fees, expenses or tax consequences of investing in the individual securities that they track. Data about the performance of an index are prepared or obtained by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") and reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and other distributions, if any. The Fund may invest in securities not included in a described index and generally does not invest in all securities included in a described index.


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Endnotes (cont'd)

The investments for the Fund are managed by the same portfolio manager(s) who manage one or more other registered funds that have names, investment objectives and investment styles that are similar to those of the Fund. You should be aware that the Fund is likely to differ from those other mutual fund(s) in size, cash flow pattern and tax matters. Accordingly, the holdings and performance of the Fund can be expected to vary from those of the other mutual fund(s).

Shares of the separate Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Portfolios, including the Fund, are not available to the general public. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by life insurance companies to be held in their separate accounts, which fund variable annuity and variable life insurance policies, and by qualified pension and retirement plans.

Statistics and projections in this report are derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be regarded as a representation of future results of the Fund. This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders and is not an offer of shares of the Fund. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report.

The "Neuberger Berman" name and logo and "Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC" name are registered service marks of Neuberger Berman Group LLC. The individual Fund name in this piece is either a service mark or registered service mark of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor, member FINRA.

© 2020 Neuberger Berman BD LLC, distributor. All rights reserved.


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Information About Your Fund's Expenses (Unaudited)

As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs such as fees and expenses that are, or may be, imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees (if applicable), and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in U.S. dollars) of investing in the Fund and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This table is designed to provide information regarding costs related to your investments. The following examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six month period ended December 31, 2019 and held for the entire period. The table illustrates the Fund's costs in two ways:

Actual Expenses and Performance:

 

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses in dollars, based on the Fund's actual performance during the period indicated. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section of the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period" to estimate the expenses you paid over the period.

 
Hypothetical Example for
Comparison Purposes:
 

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return at 5% per year before expenses. This return is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in this Fund versus other funds. To do so, Compare the expenses shown in this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not include any transaction costs, such as fees and expenses that are, or may be imposed under your variable contract or qualified pension plan. Therefore, the information under the heading "Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)" is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST U.S. EQUITY INDEX PUTWRITE STRATEGY PORTFOLIO

Actual

  Beginning Account
Value
7/1/2019
  Ending Account
Value
12/31/2019
  Expenses Paid During
the Period
7/1/2019 – 12/31/2019
 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,062.40

   

$

5.46

(a)

 

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

 

Class S

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,019.91

   

$

5.35

(b)

 

(a)  Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

(b)  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period (assuming a 5% annual return), multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).


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Schedule of Investments U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio^ December 31, 2019

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

     

VALUE

 

U.S. Government Agency Securities 66.1%

     

$

4,000,000

  Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corp.,
1.64%, 4/17/2020
 

$

3,998,879

 
 

500,000

   

FFCB,

   

504,050

   
         2.23%, 4/5/2021(a)           
 

5,500,000

   

FHLB,

   

5,571,223

   
        

2.38%, 9/10/2021

         
 

6,200,000

   

FHLMC,

   

6,199,390

   
        

1.50%, 1/17/2020

         
 

6,500,000

   

FNMA,

   

6,608,373

   
         2.75%, 6/22/2021(b)           
        Total U.S. Government Agency Securities
(Cost $22,845,660)
 
22,881,915

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations 28.1%

     
       

U.S. Treasury Notes,

         
 

2,000,000

    1.63%, 3/15/2020(b)     

1,999,844

   
 

2,900,000

    1.63%, 6/30/2020(b)     

2,900,000

   
 

1,800,000

    1.88%, 12/15/2020(b)     

1,803,798

   
 

1,500,000

    2.38%, 3/15/2021(b)     

1,512,879

   
 

1,500,000

   

2.63%, 6/15/2021

   

1,521,530

   
        Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $9,706,309)
 
9,738,051

 

NO. OF RIGHTS

 
Rights 0.0%(c)       
Biotechnology 0.0%(c)       
 

225

   

Tobira Therapeutics,

   

13

   
        Inc., CVR*(d)(e)           

NO. OF RIGHTS

     

VALUE

 

Media 0.0%

     
 

2,550

    Media General, Inc., CVR*(d)(e)    $              

 
        Total Rights
(Cost $7,172)
 
13

 

SHARES

         

Short-Term Investments 5.3%

     

Investment Companies 5.3%

     

1,824,569



  Invesco Government &
Agency Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 1.51%(a)(f)
 

1,824,569


 

54




  Morgan Stanley Institutional
Liquidity Funds Treasury
Portfolio Institutional
Class, 1.49%(a)(f)
 

54


 

 
  Total Investment Companies
(Cost $1,824,623)
 

1,824,623


 

 
  Total Investments 99.5%
(Cost $34,383,764)
 

34,444,602


 
        Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.5%(g)     

173,483

   
       

Net Assets 100.0%

 

$

34,618,085

   

*  Non-income producing security.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for options written with a total value of $2,309,297.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is pledged with the custodian for options written.

(c)  Represents less than 0.05% of net assets of the Fund.

(d)  Security fair valued as of December 31, 2019 in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total value of all such securities at December 31, 2019 amounted to $13, which represents 0.0% of net assets of the Fund.

(e)  Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(f)  Represents 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2019.

(g)  Includes the impact of the Fund's open positions in derivatives at December 31, 2019.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio^ (cont'd)

Abbreviations

CVR  Contingent Value Rights

FFCB  Federal Farm Credit Bank

FHLB  Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA  Federal National Mortgage Association

Written option contracts ("options written")

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had outstanding options written as follows:

Description

  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
 

Value

 

Puts

 

Index

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

3

   

$

(500,541

)

 

$

1,635

   

1/3/2020

 

$

(360

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

1

     

(166,847

)

   

1,665

   

1/3/2020

   

(560

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

1

     

(166,847

)

   

1,625

   

1/10/2020

   

(415

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

2

     

(333,694

)

   

1,630

   

1/10/2020

   

(940

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

2

     

(333,694

)

   

1,635

   

1/10/2020

   

(1,080

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

2

     

(333,694

)

   

1,640

   

1/10/2020

   

(1,220

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

4

     

(667,388

)

   

1,650

   

1/17/2020

   

(4,680

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

3

     

(500,541

)

   

1,660

   

1/17/2020

   

(4,365

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

1

     

(166,847

)

   

1,670

   

1/17/2020

   

(1,805

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

3

     

(500,541

)

   

1,670

   

1/24/2020

   

(6,600

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

4

     

(667,388

)

   

1,675

   

1/24/2020

   

(9,620

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

3

     

(500,541

)

   

1,665

   

1/31/2020

   

(7,200

)

 

Russell 2000 Index

   

2

     

(333,694

)

   

1,670

   

1/31/2020

   

(5,170

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

1

     

(323,078

)

   

3,145

   

1/3/2020

   

(123

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

1

     

(323,078

)

   

3,200

   

1/3/2020

   

(335

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

13

     

(4,200,014

)

   

3,210

   

1/3/2020

   

(5,980

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

2

     

(646,156

)

   

3,215

   

1/3/2020

   

(1,090

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

5

     

(1,615,390

)

   

3,220

   

1/3/2020

   

(3,275

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

11

     

(3,553,858

)

   

3,160

   

1/10/2020

   

(7,425

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

12

     

(3,876,936

)

   

3,165

   

1/10/2020

   

(8,640

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

18

     

(5,815,404

)

   

3,190

   

1/17/2020

   

(29,070

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

2

     

(646,156

)

   

3,195

   

1/17/2020

   

(3,430

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

1

     

(323,078

)

   

3,200

   

1/17/2020

   

(1,820

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

7

     

(2,261,546

)

   

3,220

   

1/24/2020

   

(20,755

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

4

     

(1,292,312

)

   

3,225

   

1/24/2020

   

(12,460

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

6

     

(1,938,468

)

   

3,230

   

1/24/2020

   

(19,710

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

6

     

(1,938,468

)

   

3,240

   

1/24/2020

   

(21,870

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

2

     

(646,156

)

   

3,215

   

1/31/2020

   

(6,950

)

 

S&P 500 Index

   

1

     

(323,078

)

   

3,225

   

1/31/2020

   

(3,775

)

 

Total options written (premium received $331,081)

                 

$

(190,723

)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Schedule of Investments U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio^ (cont'd)

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund had an average market value of $(277,138) in options written. At December 31, 2019, the Fund had securities pledged in the amount of $14,824,894 to cover collateral requirements for options written.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of December 31, 2019:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3*

 

Total

 

Investments:

 

U.S. Government Agency Securities

 

$

   

$

22,881,915

   

$

   

$

22,881,915

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

9,738,051

     

     

9,738,051

   
Rights(a)     

     

     

13

     

13

   

Short-Term Investments

   

     

1,824,623

     

     

1,824,623

   

Total Investments

 

$

   

$

34,444,589

   

$

13

   

$

34,444,602

   

(a)  The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for the portfolio.

*  The following is a reconciliation between the beginning and ending balances of investments in which unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

    Beginning
balance as
of 1/1/2019
  Accrued
discounts/
(premiums)
  Realized
gain/loss
and change
in unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
 

Purchases

 

Sales

  Transfers
into
Level 3
  Transfers
out of
Level 3
  Balance as
of 12/31/2019
  Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
from
investments
still held as of
12/31/2019
 

Investments in Securities:

 
Rights(a)   

Biotechnology

 

$

13

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

13

   

$

   

Media

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total

 

$

13

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

13

   

$

   

(a)  As of the year ended December 31, 2019, these investments were fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. These investments did not have a material impact on the Fund's net assets; therefore, disclosure of unobservable inputs used in formulating valuations is not presented.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level (see Note A of Notes to Financial Statements), of inputs used to value the Fund's derivatives as of December 31, 2019:

Other Financial Instruments

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Options Written

 

Liabilities

 

$

(190,723

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(190,723

)

 

^  A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or an amount that rounds to less than 1.

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    U.S. EQUITY INDEX
PUTWRITE
STRATEGY
PORTFOLIO
 
   

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

Investments in securities, at value* (Note A)—see Schedule of Investments:

 
Unaffiliated issuers(a)   

$

34,444,602

   

Cash

   

322,624

   

Dividends and interest receivable

   

129,609

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

13,630

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

4,117

   

Receivable from Management—net (Note B)

   

6,022

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

452

   

Total Assets

   

34,921,056

   

Liabilities

 
Options contracts written, at value(b) (Note A)    

190,723

   

Payable to investment manager (Note B)

   

13,138

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

521

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

4,484

   

Payable to trustees

   

9,696

   

Payable for audit fee

   

42,851

   

Payable for custody fee

   

28,391

   

Other accrued expenses and payables

   

13,167

   

Total Liabilities

   

302,971

   

Net Assets

 

$

34,618,085

   

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

32,005,834

   

Total distributable earnings/(losses)

   

2,612,251

   

Net Assets

 

$

34,618,085

   

Shares Outstanding ($.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized)

   

3,362,445

   

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share

     

Class S

 

$

10.30

   

*Cost of Investments:

     

(a) Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

34,383,764

   

(b) Premium received from option contracts written

 

$

331,081

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statement of Operations

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    U.S. EQUITY INDEX
PUTWRITE
STRATEGY
PORTFOLIO
 
    For the
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

Investment Income:

 

Income (Note A):

 

Interest income—unaffiliated issuers

 

$

577,927

   

Total income

 

$

577,927

   

Expenses:

 

Investment management fees (Note B)

   

128,907

   

Administration fees (Note B)

   

85,938

   

Distribution fees (Note B)

   

71,614

   

Audit fees

   

42,851

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

83,694

   

Insurance expense

   

703

   

Legal fees

   

10,568

   

Shareholder reports

   

18,518

   

Trustees' fees and expenses

   

45,464

   

Miscellaneous

   

5,365

   

Total expenses

   

493,622

   

Expenses reimbursed by Management (Note B)

   

(192,742

)

 

Total net expenses

   

300,880

   

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

277,047

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments (Note A):

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

 

Transactions in investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

12,736

   

Settlement of foreign currency transactions

   

2

   

Expiration or closing of option contracts written

   

3,139,436

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in value of:

 

Investment securities of unaffiliated issuers

   

190,549

   

Foreign currency translations

   

(19

)

 

Option contracts written

   

(14,768

)

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

   

3,327,936

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

3,604,983

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

    U.S. EQUITY INDEX
PUTWRITE STRATEGY PORTFOLIO
 
    Fiscal
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Fiscal
Year Ended
December 31,
2018
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations (Note A):

 

Net investment income/(loss)

 

$

277,047

   

$

52,561

   

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments

   

3,152,174

     

(997,812

)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments

   

175,762

     

155,652

   

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

3,604,983

     

(789,599

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from (Note A):

 

Distributable earnings

   

(50,670

)

   

(325,613

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(50,670

)

   

(325,613

)

 

From Fund Share Transactions (Note D):

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

22,945,885

     

8,121,437

   

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends and distributions

   

50,670

     

325,613

   

Payments for shares redeemed

   

(3,976,405

)

   

(7,455,985

)

 

Net increase/(decrease) from Fund share transactions

   

19,020,150

     

991,065

   

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets

   

22,574,463

     

(124,147

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

12,043,622

     

12,167,769

   

End of year

 

$

34,618,085

   

$

12,043,622

   

See Notes to Financial Statements


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Notes to Financial Statements U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio

Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

1  General: Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Instrument dated March 27, 2014. The Trust is currently comprised of six separate operating series (each individually a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") each of which is diversified. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (the "Fund") currently offers only Class S shares. The Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") may establish additional series or classes of shares without the approval of shareholders.

A balance indicated with a "—", reflects either a zero balance or a balance rounding to less than 1.

The assets of each Fund belong only to that Fund, and the liabilities of each Fund are borne solely by that Fund and no other.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 "Financial Services—Investment Companies."

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management" or "NBIA") to make estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Shares of the Fund are not available to the general public and may be purchased only by life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle for premiums paid under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts and to certain qualified pension and other retirement plans.

2  Portfolio valuation: In accordance with ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by the Fund are carried at the value that Management believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

•  Level 2—other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

•  Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in exchange traded options written and rights for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs).


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Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern Time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

The value of the Fund's investments in debt securities is determined by Management primarily by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on readily available bid quotations, or if quotations are not available, by methods which include various considerations based on security type (generally Level 2 inputs). In addition to the consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type, indications as to values from dealers, and general market conditions, the following is a description of other Level 2 inputs and related valuation techniques used by independent pricing services to value certain types of debt securities held by the Fund:

U.S. Treasury Obligations. Inputs used to value U.S. Treasury securities generally include quotes from several inter-dealer brokers and other market information which may include benchmark yield curves, reported trades, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads, comparable securities and reference data, such as market research publications, when available ("Other Market Information").

U.S. Government Agency Securities. Inputs used to value U.S. Government Agency securities generally include obtaining benchmark quotes and Other Market Information.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value ("NAV") per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

3  Foreign currency translations: The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are normally translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for business, to determine the value of investments, other assets and liabilities. Purchase and sale prices of securities, and income and expenses, are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Net unrealized foreign currency gain/(loss), if any, arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates and is stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

4  Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of discount


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(adjusted for original issue discount, where applicable) and amortization of premium, where applicable, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and foreign currency transactions, if any, are recorded on the basis of identified cost and stated separately in the Statement of Operations.

5  Income tax information: The Fund is treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") by complying with the requirements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to its shareholders. To the extent the Fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains to shareholders, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 740 "Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax positions as an income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not yet expired. As of December 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax positions.

At December 31, 2019, the cost of long security positions for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $34,383,764. Gross unrealized appreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $72,009 and gross unrealized depreciation of long security positions and derivative instruments, if any, was $11,174, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $60,835 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund. The Fund may also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of their shares as a part of the dividends-paid deduction for income tax purposes.

Any permanent differences resulting from different book and tax treatment are reclassified at year-end and have no impact on net income, NAV, or NAV per share of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no permanent differences requiring a reclassification between total distributable earnings/(losses) and paid-in capital.

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, was as follows:

   

Distributions Paid From:

 
   

Ordinary Income

 

Tax-Exempt Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Return of Capital

 

Total

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 
   

$

50,670

   

$

26,332

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

299,281

   

$

   

$

   

$

50,670

   

$

325,613

   

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a U.S. federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income/(Loss)
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Loss
Carryforwards
and Deferrals
  Other
Temporary
Differences
 

Total

 
$

1,201,426

   

$

1,354,433

   

$

60,835

   

$

   

$

(4,443

)

 

$

2,612,251

   

The temporary differences between book basis and tax basis distributable earnings are primarily due to mark-to-market adjustments on option contracts and unamortized organization expenses.


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To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carryforwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Capital loss carryforward rules allow for RICs to carry forward capital losses indefinitely and to retain the character of capital loss carryforwards as short-term or long-term.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund utilized short-term capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $337,502 and long-term capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $520,368, resulting in no capital loss carryforwards at year end.

6  Foreign taxes: Foreign taxes withheld, if any, represent amounts withheld by foreign tax authorities, net of refunds recoverable.

7  Distributions to shareholders: The Fund may earn income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed once a year (usually in October) and are recorded on the ex-date.

8  Expense allocation: Certain expenses are applicable to multiple funds within the complex of related investment companies. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not directly attributable to a particular series of the Trust (e.g., the Fund) are allocated among the series of the Trust, on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the series can otherwise be made fairly. Expenses borne by the complex of related investment companies, which includes open-end and closed-end investment companies for which Management serves as investment manager, that are not directly attributable to a particular investment company in the complex (e.g., the Trust) or series thereof are allocated among the investment companies in the complex or series thereof on the basis of relative net assets, except where a more appropriate allocation of expenses to each of the investment companies in the complex or series thereof can otherwise be made fairly.

9  Investments in foreign securities: Investing in foreign securities may involve sovereign and other risks, in addition to the credit and market risks normally associated with domestic securities. These additional risks include the possibility of adverse political and economic developments (including political instability, nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation) and the potentially adverse effects of unavailability of public information regarding issuers, less governmental supervision and regulation of financial markets, reduced liquidity of certain financial markets, and the lack of uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards or the application of standards that are different or less stringent than those applied in the United States. Foreign securities also may experience greater price volatility, higher rates of inflation, and delays in settlement.

10  Investment company securities and exchange-traded funds: The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), within the limitations prescribed by (a) the 1940 Act, (b) the exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that permits the Fund to invest in both affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs, in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, subject to the terms and conditions of such order, or (c) the ETF's exemptive order or other relief. Some ETFs seek to track the performance of a particular market index. These indices include both broad-based market indices and more narrowly-based indices, including those relating to particular sectors, markets, regions or industries. However, some ETFs have an actively-managed investment objective. ETF shares are traded like traditional equity securities on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, which will decrease returns.

11  Derivative instruments: The Fund's use of derivatives during the year ended December 31, 2019, is described below. Please see the Schedule of Investments for the Fund's open positions in derivatives, if any, at December 31, 2019. The Fund has adopted the provisions of ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" ("ASC 815"). The disclosure requirements of ASC 815 distinguish between derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting and those that do not.


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Because investment companies value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting. Accordingly, even though the Fund's investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are considered non-hedge transactions for purposes of this disclosure.

Options: During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund used options written to manage or adjust the risk profile of the Fund or the risk of individual index exposures and to gain exposure more efficiently than through a direct purchase of the underlying security or to gain exposure to securities, markets, sectors or geographical areas. Options written were also used to generate incremental returns.

Premiums paid by the Fund upon purchasing a call or put option are recorded in the asset section of the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are subsequently adjusted to the current market value. When an option is exercised, closed, or expired, the Fund realizes a gain or loss and the asset is eliminated. For purchased call options, the Fund's loss is limited to the amount of the option premium paid.

Premiums received by the Fund upon writing a call option or a put option are recorded in the liability section of the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are subsequently adjusted to the current market value. When an option is exercised, closed, or expired, the Fund realizes a gain or loss and the liability is eliminated.

When the Fund writes a call option on an underlying asset it does not own, its exposure on such an option is theoretically unlimited. When writing a covered call option, the Fund, in return for the premium, gives up the opportunity for profit from a price increase in the underlying security above the exercise price, but conversely retains the risk of loss should the price of the security decline. When writing a put option, the Fund, in return for the premium, takes the risk that it must purchase the underlying security at a price that may be higher than the current market price of the security. If a call or put option that the Fund has written expires unexercised, the Fund will realize a gain in the amount of the premium. All securities covering outstanding written options are held in escrow by the custodian bank.

The Fund (as the seller of a put option) receives premiums from the purchaser of the option in exchange for providing the purchaser with the right to sell the underlying instrument to the Fund at a specific price (i.e., the exercise price or strike price). If the market price of the instrument underlying the option exceeds the strike price, it is anticipated that the option would go unexercised and the Fund would earn the full premium upon the option's expiration or a portion of the premium upon the option's early termination. If the market price of the instrument underlying the option drops below the strike price, it is anticipated that the option would be exercised and the Fund would pay the option buyer the difference between the market value of the underlying instrument and the strike price.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had the following derivatives (which did not qualify as hedging instruments under ASC 815), grouped by primary risk exposure:

Liability Derivatives

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities Location
 

Equity Risk

 

Options written

  Option contracts written,
at value
 

$

190,723


 


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The impact of the use of these derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, was as follows:

Realized Gain/(Loss)

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Operations Location
 

Equity Risk

 

Options written

  Net realized gain/(loss) on:
Expiration or closing of option contracts
written
 

$

3,139,436


 

Change in Appreciation /
(Depreciation)

Derivative Type

  Statement of
Operations Location
 

Equity Risk

 

Options written

  Change in net unrealized
appreciation/(depreciation)
in value of: Option
contracts written
 

$

(14,768

)

 

While the Fund may receive rights and warrants in connection with its investments in securities, these rights and warrants are not considered "derivative instruments" under ASC 815.

12  Indemnifications: Like many other companies, the Trust's organizational documents provide that its officers ("Officers") and trustees ("Trustees") are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, both in some of its principal service contracts and in the normal course of its business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide indemnifications to other parties for certain types of losses or liabilities. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims against the Trust.

Note B—Investment Management Fees, Administration Fees, Distribution Arrangements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund retains NBIA as its investment manager under a Management Agreement. For such investment management services, the Fund pays NBIA a fee at the annual rate of 0.450% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

The Fund retains NBIA as its administrator under an Administration Agreement. The Fund pays NBIA an administration fee at the annual rate of 0.30% of its average daily net assets under this agreement. Additionally, NBIA retains JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA ("JPM") as its sub-administrator under a Sub-Administration Agreement. NBIA pays JPM a fee for all services received under the Sub-Administration Agreement.

NBIA has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse the Fund for its total annual operating expenses so that the total annual operating expenses do not exceed the expense limitations as detailed in the following table. These undertakings exclude interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses, if any (commitment fees relating to borrowings are treated as interest for purposes of this exclusion) ("annual operating expenses"); consequently, net expenses may exceed the contractual expense limitation. The Fund has agreed that it will repay NBIA for fees and expenses waived or reimbursed provided that repayment does not cause the annual operating expenses to exceed its contractual expense limitation in place at the time the fees and expenses were waived or reimbursed or the expense limitation in place at the time the Fund repays NBIA, whichever is lower. Any such repayment must be made with three years after the year in which NBIA incurred the expense.


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During the year ended December 31, 2019, there was no repayment to NBIA under this agreement.

At December 31, 2019, contingent liabilities to NBIA under the agreement were as follows:

            Expenses Reimbursed in
Year Ending, December 31,
 
           

2017

 

2018

 

2019

 
            Subject to Repayment
Until December 31,
 
    Contractual
Expense
Limitation(1)
 

Expiration

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

Class S

   

1.05

%

 

12/31/22

 

$

286,458

   

$

176,764

   

$

192,742

   

(1)  Expense limitation per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC (the "Distributor") is the Fund's "principal underwriter" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. It acts as agent in arranging for the sale of the Fund's Class S shares. The Board has adopted a distribution and shareholder services plan (the "Plan") for Class S shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that, as compensation for administrative and other services related to the sale and distribution of Class S shares, and ongoing services provided to investors in the class, the Distributor receives from Class S a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of Class S's average daily net assets. The Distributor may pay a portion of the proceeds from the 12b-1 fee to institutions that provide such services, including insurance companies or their affiliates and qualified plan administrators ("intermediaries") for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants that invest in the Fund through the intermediaries. Those institutions may use the payments for, among other purposes, compensating employees engaged in sales and/or shareholder servicing. The amount of fees paid by the class during any year may be more or less than the cost of distribution and other services provided to the class. FINRA rules limit the amount of annual distribution fees that may be paid by a mutual fund and impose a ceiling on the cumulative distribution fees paid. The Plan complies with those rules.

Note C—Securities Transactions:

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were purchase and sale transactions of long-term securities (excluding written option contracts) as follows:

Purchases of
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Purchases excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Sales and Maturities
of U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
  Sales and Maturities
excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
 
$

21,353,359

   

$

142

   

$

5,110,859

   

$

221

   

During the year ended December 31, 2019, no brokerage commissions on securities transactions were paid to affiliated brokers.


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Note D—Fund Share Transactions:

Share activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

   

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 
   

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Shares Sold

  Shares Issued on
Reinvestment of
Dividends and
Distributions
  Shares
Redeemed
 

Total

 

Class S

   

2,422,391

     

5,113

     

(410,612

)

   

2,016,892

     

839,784

     

34,566

     

(758,082

)

   

116,268

   

Other: At December 31, 2019, affiliated persons, as defined in the 1940 Act, owned 0.08% of the Fund's outstanding shares.

Note E—Line of Credit:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund was a participant in a syndicated committed, unsecured $700,000,000 line of credit (the "Credit Facility"), to be used only for temporary or emergency purposes. Series of other investment companies managed by NBIA also participate in this line of credit on substantially the same terms. Interest is charged on borrowings under this Credit Facility at the highest of (a) a federal funds effective rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar rate for a one-month period plus 1.00% per annum, and (c) an overnight bank funding rate plus 1.00% per annum. The Credit Facility has an annual commitment fee of 0.15% per annum of the available line of credit, which is paid quarterly. The Fund has agreed to pay its pro rata share of the annual commitment fee, based on the ratio of its individual net assets to the net assets of all participants at the time the fee is due, and interest charged on any borrowing made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund. Because several mutual funds participate in the Credit Facility, there is no assurance that the Fund will have access to all or any part of the $700,000,000 at any particular time. There were no loans outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not utilize the Credit Facility.

Note F—Recent Accounting Pronouncement:

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820: Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement") ("ASU 2018-13"). ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will require the need to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and the changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 will also require that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and allows for early adoption of either the entire standard or only the provisions that eliminate or modify the disclosure requirements. Management has elected to adopt early the provisions that eliminate the disclosure requirements. Management is still currently evaluating the impact of applying the rest of the guidance.


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Financial Highlights

U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio

The following table includes selected data for a share outstanding throughout each year and other performance information derived from the Financial Statements. Amounts that do not round to $0.01 or $(0.01) per share are presented as $0.00 or $(0.00), respectively. Ratios that do not round to 0.01% or (0.01)% are presented as 0.00% or (0.00)%, respectively. A "—" indicates that the line item was not applicable in the corresponding period.

Class S

 
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2019

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

8.95

   

$

9.90

   

$

9.28

   

$

9.39

   

$

10.01

   

Income From Investment Operations:

 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)     

0.09

     

0.04

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.13

)

 
Net Gains or Losses on Securities
(both realized and unrealized)
   

1.28

     

(0.70

)

   

0.64

     

0.06

     

(0.38

)

 

Total From Investment Operations

   

1.37

     

(0.66

)

   

0.62

     

(0.06

)

   

(0.51

)

 

Less Distributions From:

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

   

(0.02

)

   

     

     

     

   

Net Realized Capital Gains

   

     

(0.29

)

   

     

(0.05

)

   

(0.11

)

 

Total Distributions

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.29

)

   

     

(0.05

)

   

(0.11

)

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

10.30

   

$

8.95

   

$

9.90

   

$

9.28

   

$

9.39

   
Total Return††     

15.26

%

   

(6.78

)%

   

6.68

%

   

(0.65

)%

   

(5.15

)%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, End of the Year (in millions)

 

$

34.6

   

$

12.0

   

$

12.2

   

$

14.5

   

$

13.2

   
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets#     

1.72

%

   

2.59

%

   

3.68

%

   

6.83

%

   

7.20

%

 
Ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets
(excluding dividend and interest expense
relating to short sales)# 
   

     

     

3.50

%

   

5.99

%

   

6.38

%

 

Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets

   

1.05

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.72

%

   

3.24

%

   

3.22

%

 
Ratio of Net Expenses to Average Net Assets
(excluding dividend and interest expense
relating to short sales)
   

     

     

1.54

%

   

2.40

%

   

2.40

%

 
Ratio of Net Investment Income/(Loss) to
Average Net Assets
   

0.97

%

   

0.46

%

   

(0.24

)%

   

(1.33

)%

   

(1.30

)%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate (including securities sold short)

   

     

     

368

%

   

547

%

   

490

%

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate (excluding securities sold short)

   

26

%

   

23

%

   

342

%

   

546

%

   

517

%

 

See Notes to Financial Highlights


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Notes to Financial Highlights U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio

††  Total return based on per share NAV reflects the effects of changes in NAV on the performance of the Fund during each fiscal period. Returns assume income dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. Current returns may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate and shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than original cost. Total return would have been lower if Management had not reimbursed and/or waived certain expenses. The total return information shown does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate accounts or the related insurance policies or other qualified pension or retirement plans, and the inclusion of these charges and other expenses would reduce the total return for all fiscal periods shown.

  Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period.

#  Represents the annualized ratios of net expenses to average daily net assets if Management had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fee.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of
U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio and
Board of Trustees of the Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (the "Portfolio") (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust")), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust) at December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Neuberger Berman investment companies since 1954.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 18, 2020


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Trustees and Officers

The following tables set forth information concerning the Trustees and Officers of the Fund. All persons named as Trustees and Officers also serve in similar capacities for other funds administered or managed by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA"). The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees as of the time of the Fund's most recent public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling (800) 877-9700.

Information about the Board of Trustees

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Independent Fund Trustees

 

Michael J. Cosgrove (1949)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

President, Carragh Consulting USA, since 2014; formerly, Executive, General Electric Company, 1970 to 2014, including President, Mutual Funds and Global Investment Programs, GE Asset Management, 2011 to 2014, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Funds and Intermediary Business, GE Asset Management, 2007 to 2011, President, Institutional Sales and Marketing, GE Asset Management, 1998 to 2007, and Chief Financial Officer, GE Asset Management, and Deputy Treasurer, GE Company, 1988 to 1993.

 

51


 

Director, America Press, Inc. (not-for-profit Jesuit publisher), since 2015; formerly, Director, Fordham University, 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, June 2015 to June 2016; formerly, Director, Skin Cancer Foundation (not-for-profit), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, GE Investments Funds, Inc., 1997 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Institutional Funds, 1997 to 2014; formerly, Director, GE Asset Management, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Director, Elfun Trusts, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Trustee, GE Pension & Benefit Plans, 1988 to 2014; formerly, Member of Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Marc Gary (1952)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2004 to 2007; formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation, 2000 to 2004; formerly, Associate, Partner, and National Litigation Practice Co-Chair, Mayer, Brown LLP, 1981 to 2000; formerly, Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1990 to 1992.

 

51


 

Trustee, Jewish Theological Seminary, since 2015; Director, Legility, Inc. (privately held for-profit company), since 2012; Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (not-for-profit), since 2005; formerly, Director, Equal Justice Works (not-for-profit), 2005 to 2014; formerly, Director, Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007 to 2012; formerly, Director, Greater Boston Legal Services (not-for-profit), 2007 to 2012.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Martha C. Goss (1949)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President, Woodhill Enterprises Inc./Chase Hollow Associates LLC (personal investment vehicle), since 2006; formerly, Consultant, Resources Global Professionals (temporary staffing), 2002 to 2006; formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 1995 to 1999; formerly, Enterprise Risk Officer, Prudential Insurance, 1994 to1995; formerly, President, Prudential Asset Management Company, 1992 to 1994; formerly, President, Prudential Power Funding (investments in electric and gas utilities and alternative energy projects), 1989 to 1992; formerly, Treasurer, Prudential Insurance Company, 1983 to 1989.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2003; Director, Allianz Life of New York (insurance), since 2005; Director, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. (engineering consulting firm), since 2013; Director, Financial Women's Association of New York (not-for-profit association), since 2003; Trustee Emerita, Brown University, since 1998; Director, Museum of American Finance (not-for-profit), since 2013; formerly, Non-Executive Chair and Director, Channel Reinsurance (financial guaranty reinsurance), 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Ocwen Financial Corporation (mortgage servicing), 2005 to 2010; formerly, Director, Claire's Stores, Inc. (retailer), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (engineering consulting firm), 2007 to 2010; formerly, Director, Bank Leumi (commercial bank), 2005 to 2007; formerly, Advisory Board Member, Attensity (software developer), 2005 to 2007.

 

Michael M. Knetter (1960)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Foundation, since 2010; formerly, Dean, School of Business, University of Wisconsin—Madison; formerly, Professor of International Economics and Associate Dean, Amos Tuck School of Business—Dartmouth College, 1998 to 2002.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Board Member, American Family Insurance (a mutual company, not publicly traded), since March 2009; formerly, Trustee, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc., 2007 to 2011; formerly, Director, Wausau Paper, 2005 to 2011; formerly, Director, Great Wolf Resorts, 2004 to 2009.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Deborah C. McLean (1954)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Member, Circle Financial Group (private wealth management membership practice), since 2011; Managing Director, Golden Seeds LLC (an angel investing group), since 2009; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2008; formerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fall 2007; formerly, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2007.

 

51


 

Board member, Norwalk Community College Foundation, since 2014; Dean's Advisory Council, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, since 2014; formerly, Director and Treasurer, At Home in Darien (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2014; formerly, Director, National Executive Service Corps (not-for-profit), 2012 to 2013; formerly, Trustee, Richmond, The American International University in London, 1999 to 2013.

 

George W. Morriss (1947)

 

Trustee since 2007

 

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 2012; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, People's United Bank, Connecticut (a financial services company), 1991 to 2001.

 

51


 

Director, 1 William Street Credit Income Fund, since 2018; Director and Chair, Thrivent Church Loan and Income Fund, since 2018; formerly, Trustee, Steben Alternative Investment Funds, Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund, and Steben Select Multi-Strategy Master Fund, 2013 to 2017; formerly, Treasurer, National Association of Corporate Directors, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 to 2015; formerly, Manager, Larch Lane Multi-Strategy Fund complex (which consisted of three funds), 2006 to 2011; formerly, Member, NASDAQ Issuers' Affairs Committee, 1995 to 2003.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Tom D. Seip (1950)

 

Trustee since 2000; Chairman of the Board since 2008; formerly Lead Independent Trustee from 2006 to 2008

 

Formerly, Managing Member, Ridgefield Farm LLC (a private investment vehicle), 2004 to 2016; formerly, President and CEO, Westaff, Inc. (temporary staffing), May 2001 to January 2002; formerly, Senior Executive, The Charles Schwab Corporation, 1983 to 1998, including Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Trustee, Schwab Family of Funds and Schwab Investments, 1997 to 1998; and Executive Vice President-Retail Brokerage, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1994 to 1997.

 

51


 

Formerly, Director, H&R Block, Inc. (tax services company), 2001 to 2018; formerly, Director, Talbot Hospice Inc., 2013 to 2016; formerly, Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2011 to 2015; formerly, Chairman, Compensation Committee, H&R Block, Inc., 2006 to 2010; formerly, Director, Forward Management, Inc. (asset management company), 1999 to 2006.

 

James G. Stavridis (1955)

 

Trustee since 2015

 

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, since 2018; Commentator, NBC News, since 2015; formerly, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 to 2018; formerly, Admiral, United States Navy, 1976 to 2013, including Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and Commander, European Command, 2009 to 2013, and Commander, United States Southern Command, 2006 to 2009.

 

51


 

Director, American Water (water utility), since 2018; Director, NFP Corp. (insurance broker and consultant), since 2017; Director, U.S. Naval Institute, since 2014; Director, Onassis Foundation, since 2014; Director, BMC Software Federal, LLC, since 2014; Director, Vertical Knowledge, LLC, since 2013; formerly, Director, Navy Federal Credit Union, 2000-2002.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Candace L. Straight (1947)

 

Trustee since 1999

 

Private investor and consultant specializing in the insurance industry; formerly, Advisory Director, Securitas Capital LLC (a global private equity investment firm dedicated to making investments in the insurance sector), 1998 to 2003.

 

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Director, ERA Coalition (not-for-profit), since January 2019; Director, Re belle Media (a privately held TV and film production company), since 2018; formerly, Public Member, Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, Rutgers University, 2011 to 2016; formerly, Director, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance company), 2006 to 2015; formerly, Director, National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, The Proformance Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 2004 to 2008; formerly, Director, Providence Washington Insurance Company (property and casualty insurance company), 1998 to 2006; formerly, Director, Summit Global Partners (insurance brokerage firm), 2000 to 2005.

 

Peter P. Trapp (1944)

 

Trustee since 1984

 

Retired; formerly, Regional Manager for Mid-Southern Region, Ford Motor Credit Company, September 1997 to 2007; formerly, President, Ford Life Insurance Company, April 1995 to August 1997.

 

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None.


 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Fund Trustees who are "Interested Persons"

 

Joseph V. Amato* (1962)

 

Chief Executive Officer and President since 2018 and Trustee since 2009

 

President and Director, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer, Neuberger Berman BD LLC ("Neuberger Berman") and Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (including its predecessor, Neuberger Berman Inc.), since 2007; Chief Investment Officer (Equities) and President (Equities), Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("NBIA") (formerly, Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC and including predecessor entities), since 2007, and Board Member of NBIA since 2006; formerly, Global Head of Asset Management of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s ("LBHI") Investment Management Division, 2006 to 2009; formerly, member of LBHI's Investment Management Division's Executive Management Committee, 2006 to 2009; formerly, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Inc. ("LBI"), 2006 to 2008; formerly, Chief Recruiting and Development Officer, LBI, 2005 to 2006; formerly, Global Head of LBI's Equity Sales and a Member of its Equities Division Executive Committee, 2003 to 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

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Member of Board of Advisors, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, since 2001; Member of New York City Board of Advisors, Teach for America, since 2005; Trustee, Montclair Kimberley Academy (private school), since 2007; Member of Board of Regents, Georgetown University, since 2013.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)    Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Fund Trustee
  Other Directorships
Held Outside Fund
Complex by Fund
Trustee(3) 
 

Robert Conti* (1956)

 

Trustee since 2008; formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President 2008 to 2018

 

Retired; formerly, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2018; formerly, President—Mutual Funds, NBIA, 2008 to 2018; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2003 to 2006; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 1999 to 2003.

 

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Director, Staten Island Mental Health Society, since 1994; formerly, Chairman of the Board, Staten Island Mental Health Society, 2008 to 2011; formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the Trust's Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, subject to any limitations on the term of service imposed by the By-Laws or any retirement policy adopted by the Fund Trustees, each Fund Trustee shall hold office for life or until his or her successor is elected or the Trust terminates; except that (a) any Fund Trustee may resign by delivering a written resignation; (b) any Fund Trustee may be removed with or without cause at any time by a written instrument signed by at least two-thirds of the other Fund Trustees; (c) any Fund Trustee who requests to be retired, or who has become unable to serve, may be retired by a written instrument signed by a majority of the other Fund Trustees; and (d) any Fund Trustee may be removed at any shareholder meeting by a vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.

*  Indicates a Fund Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Amato is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates. Mr. Conti is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he was an officer of NBIA and/or its affiliates until June 2018.


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Information about the Officers of the Trust

Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Claudia A. Brandon (1956)

 

Executive Vice President since 2008 and Secretary since 1985

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 1999; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2008 and Assistant Secretary since 2004; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2002 to 2006; formerly, Vice President—Mutual Fund Board Relations, NBIA, 2000 to 2008; formerly, Vice President, NBIA, 1986 to 1999 and Employee, 1984 to 1999; Executive Vice President and Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Agnes Diaz (1971)

 

Vice President since 2013

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2012; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2012 and Employee since 1996; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007 to 2012; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony DiBernardo (1979)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2011

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014, and Employee since 2003; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2009 to 2014; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Savonne L. Ferguson (1973)

 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (Mutual Funds) and Associate General Counsel, NBIA, since November 2018; formerly, Vice President T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (2018), Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (2014-2018), Vice President and Director of Regulatory Fund Administration, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC (2009-2014), Secretary, PNC Funds and PNC Advantage Funds (2010-2014); Chief Compliance Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Corey A. Issing (1978)

 

Chief Legal Officer since 2016 (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

 

General Counsel and Head of Compliance—Mutual Funds since 2016 and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2017; formerly, Associate General Counsel (2015 to 2016), Counsel (2007 to 2015), Senior Vice President (2013-2016), Vice President (2009-2013); Chief Legal Officer (only for purposes of sections 307 and 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Sheila R. James (1965)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2002

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2008 and Employee since 1999; Vice President, NBIA, since 2008; formerly, Assistant Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2007; Employee, NBIA, 1991 to 1999; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 


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Name, (Year of Birth),
and Address(1) 
  Position(s) and
Length of
Time Served(2) 
  Principal Occupation(s)(3)   

Brian Kerrane (1969)

 

Chief Operating Officer since 2015 and Vice President since 2008

 

Managing Director, Neuberger Berman, since 2013; Chief Operating Officer—Mutual Funds and Managing Director, NBIA, since 2015; formerly, Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2006 to 2014; Vice President, NBIA, 2008 to 2015 and Employee since 1991; Chief Operating Officer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator; Vice President, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Anthony Maltese (1959)

 

Vice President since 2015

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2014 and Employee since 2000; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2014; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Josephine Marone (1963)

 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Senior Paralegal, Neuberger Berman, since 2007 and Employee since 2007; Assistant Secretary, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Owen F. McEntee, Jr. (1961)

 

Vice President since 2008

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1992; Vice President, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

John M. McGovern (1970)

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since 2005

 

Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2007; Senior Vice President, NBIA, since 2007 and Employee since 1993; formerly, Vice President, Neuberger Berman, 2004 to 2006; formerly, Assistant Treasurer, 2002 to 2005; Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, twenty-nine registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Frank Rosato (1971)

 

Assistant Treasurer since 2005

 

Vice President, Neuberger Berman, since 2006; Vice President, NBIA, since 2006 and Employee since 1995; Assistant Treasurer, ten registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

Niketh Velamoor (1979)

 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Neuberger Berman, since July 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009 to 2018; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, four registered investment companies for which NBIA acts as investment manager and/or administrator.

 

(1)  The business address of each listed person is 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.

(2)  Pursuant to the By-Laws of the Trust, each officer elected by the Fund Trustees shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, inability to serve, or resignation. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Fund Trustees and may be removed at any time with or without cause.

(3)  Except as otherwise indicated, each individual has held the positions shown during at least the last five years.


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free) and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is also available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll-free), on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and on Management's website at www.nb.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Trust files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Fund with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2019). The Trust's Forms N-Q and N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The portfolio holdings information on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT is available upon request, without charge, by calling 800-877-9700 (toll free).

Board Consideration of the Management Agreement

On an annual basis, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (the "Trust"), including the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or of Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC ("Management") (including its affiliates) ("Independent Fund Trustees"), considers whether to continue the management agreement with Management (the "Agreement") with respect to U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (the "Fund"). Throughout the process, the Independent Fund Trustees are advised by counsel that is experienced in Investment Company Act of 1940 matters and that is independent of Management ("Independent Counsel"). At a meeting held on September 12, 2019, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, approved the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Fund Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by Management in response to questions submitted by the Independent Fund Trustees and Independent Counsel, and met with senior representatives of Management regarding its personnel, operations, and financial condition as they relate to the Fund. The annual contract review extends over at least two regular meetings of the Board to ensure that Management has time to respond to any questions the Independent Fund Trustees may have on their initial review of the materials and that the Independent Fund Trustees have time to consider those responses.

In connection with its deliberations, the Board also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance, portfolio risk, and other portfolio information for the Fund, including the use of derivatives, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation; quality and cost of portfolio trade execution; compliance; and shareholder and other services provided by Management and its affiliates. The Contract Review Committee, which is comprised of Independent Fund Trustees, was established by the Board to assist in its deliberations regarding the annual contract review. The Board has also established other committees that focus throughout the year on specific areas relevant to the annual contract review, such as Fund performance or compliance matters, and that are charged with specific responsibilities regarding the annual contract review. Those committees provide reports to the Contract Review Committee and the full Board, which consider that information as part of the annual contract review process. The Board's Contract Review Committee annually considers and updates the questions it asks of Management in light of legal advice furnished to them by Independent Counsel; their own business judgment; and developments in the industry, in the markets, in mutual fund regulation and litigation, and in Management's business model.

The Independent Fund Trustees received from Independent Counsel a memorandum discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed continuation of the Agreement. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the annual contract review, the Contract Review Committee and the Independent Fund Trustees met with Independent Counsel separately from representatives of Management.


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Provided below is a description of the Board's contract approval process and material factors that the Board considered at its meetings regarding renewal of the Agreement and the compensation to be paid thereunder. In connection with its approval of the continuation of the Agreement, the Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of the Agreement to the Fund, and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically in connection with the annual contract review. The Board considered the Fund's investment management agreement separately from those of other funds of the Trust.

This description is not intended to include all of the factors considered by the Board. The Board members did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board focused on the costs and benefits of the Agreement to the Fund and, through the Fund, its shareholders.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the investment philosophy and decision-making processes of, and the qualifications, experience, and capabilities of, and the resources available to, the portfolio management personnel of Management who perform services for the Fund. The Board noted that Management also provides certain administrative services, including fund accounting and compliance services. The Board also considered Management's policies and practices regarding brokerage, commissions, other trading costs, and allocation of portfolio transactions and reviewed the quality of the execution services that Management had provided. The Board also reviewed Management's use of brokers to execute Fund transactions that provide research services to Management. Moreover, the Board considered Management's approach to potential conflicts of interest both generally and between the Fund's investments and those of other funds or accounts managed by Management. The Board also noted that Management had increased its research capabilities with respect to environmental, social, and corporate governance matters and how those factors may relate to investment performance.

The Board noted the extensive range of services that Management provides to the Fund beyond the investment management services. The Board noted that Management is also responsible for monitoring compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, as well as compliance with applicable law, including implementing rulemaking initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board considered that Management assumes significant ongoing risks with respect to all Funds, for which it is entitled to reasonable compensation. Specifically, Management's responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Fund, and the Board considers on a regular basis information regarding Management's processes for monitoring and managing risk. In addition, the Board also noted that when Management launches a new fund or share class, it assumes entrepreneurial risk with respect to that fund or share class, and that some funds and share classes have been liquidated without ever having been profitable to Management.

The Board also noted Management's activities under its contractual obligation to oversee the Fund's various outside service providers, including its renegotiation of certain service providers' fees and its evaluation of service providers' infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Board also considered Management's ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology to support the Fund through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management. In addition, the Board noted the positive compliance history of Management, as no significant compliance problems were reported to the Board with respect to Management. The Board also considered the general structure of the portfolio managers' compensation and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the Fund. The Board also considered the ability of Management to attract and retain qualified personnel to service the Fund.

As in past years, the Board also considered the manner in which Management addressed various matters that arose during the year, some of them a result of developments in the broader fund industry or the regulations governing it. In addition, the Board considered actions taken by Management in response to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of Management in this context.


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Fund Performance

The Board requested a report from an outside consulting firm that specializes in the analysis of fund industry data that compared the Fund's performance, along with its fees and other expenses, to a group of industry peers and a broader universe of funds pursuing generally similar strategies with the same investment classification and/or objective. The Board considered the Fund's performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for constructing such comparative groups and determining which investment companies should be included in the comparative groups.

With respect to investment performance, the Board considered information regarding the Fund's short-term performance, net of the Fund's fees and expenses on an absolute basis and relative to a benchmark index that does not deduct the fees or expenses of investing, and compared to the performance of the industry peer group and a broader universe of funds, each constructed by the consulting firm. The Board also reviewed performance in relation to certain measures of the degree of investment risk undertaken by the portfolio managers.

The broader universe of funds referenced in this section was identified by the consulting firm, as discussed above. For any period of underperformance, the Board considered the magnitude and duration of that underperformance relative to the broader universe, as defined below, and/or the benchmark (e.g., the amount by which a Fund underperformed, including, for example, whether the Fund slightly underperformed or significantly underperformed its benchmark). With respect to performance quintile rankings for the Fund compared to its broader universe ("Performance Universe"), the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. With regard to performance, the Board considered that the Fund adopted an entirely new investment strategy in May 2017. The Board considered that, for its new investment strategy since May 2017, based on performance data for the periods ended December 31, 2018: (1) as compared to its benchmark, the Fund's performance was higher for the 1-year period; and (2) as compared to its Performance Universe, the Fund's performance was in the third quintile for the 1-year period.

The Board met with the portfolio managers of the Fund during the 12 months prior to voting on the contract renewal to discuss the Fund's performance. The Board also considered Management's responsiveness to the Fund's relative performance. In this regard, the Board noted that performance, especially short-term performance, is only one of the factors that it deems relevant to its consideration of the Agreement and that, after considering all relevant factors, it determined to approve the continuation of the Agreement.

Fee Rates, Profitability, and Fall-out Benefits

With respect to the overall fairness of the Agreement, the Board considered the fee structure for the Fund under the Agreement as compared to the peer group provided by the consulting firm. The Board reviewed a comparison of the Fund's management fee to a peer group of comparable funds. The Board noted that the comparative management fee analysis includes, in the Fund's management fee, the separate administrative fees paid to Management. However, the Board noted that some funds in the peer group pay directly from fund assets for certain services that Management covers out of the administration fees for the Fund. Accordingly, the Board also considered the Fund's total expense ratio as compared with its peer group as a way of taking account of these differences.

The Board compared the Fund's contractual and actual management fees to the median of the contractual and actual management fees, respectively, of the Fund's peer group. (The actual management fees are the contractual management fees reduced by any fee waivers or other adjustments.) The Board also compared the Fund's total expenses to the median of the total expenses of the Fund's peer group. The Board noted that the Fund's actual management fee was lower than the peer group median and its total expenses were equal to the peer group median. With respect to the quintile rankings for fees and total expenses (net of waivers or other adjustments, if any) for the Fund compared to its peer group ("Expense Group"), the first quintile represents the lowest fees and/or total expenses and the fifth quintile represents the highest fees and/or total expenses. For fee comparisons and investment performance comparisons, the Board looked at the Fund's Class S as a proxy for both of the Fund's classes. The Board considered that, as compared to its Expense Group, the Fund's contractual management fee and total expenses each ranked in the second quintile and the actual


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management fee net of fees waived by Management ranked in the first quintile. In addition to considering the above-referenced factors, the Board took note of its ongoing dialogue with Management regarding the dynamics of the insurance/annuity marketplace, including the specific challenges facing that market generally, which assisted the Board in understanding the context for the Fund's expense ratio and performance.

In concluding that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund, the Board reviewed specific data as to Management's estimated loss on the Fund for a recent period on a pre-tax basis without regard to distribution expenses, including year-over-year changes in each of Management's reported expense categories. (The Board also reviewed data on Management's estimated loss on the Fund after distribution/servicing expenses and taxes were factored in, as indicators of the health of the business and the extent to which Management is directing its profits into the growth of the business. The Board noted that when distribution expenses and taxes were considered, Management experienced a loss on the Fund.) The Board considered the cost allocation methodology that Management used in developing its estimated profitability figures. In recent years, the Board engaged an independent forensic accountant to review the profitability methodology utilized by Management when preparing this information and discussed with the consultant its conclusion that Management's process for calculating and reporting its estimated loss was not unreasonable.

Recognizing that there is no uniform methodology within the asset management industry for determining profitability for this purpose and that the use of different reasonable methodologies can give rise to different profit and loss results, the Board, in recent years, requested from Management examples of profitability calculated by different methods and noted that the estimated profitability levels were still reasonable when calculated by these other methods. The Board further noted Management's representation that its estimate of profitability is derived using methodology that is consistent with the methodology used to assess and/or report measures of profitability elsewhere at the firm. In addition, the Board recognized that Management's calculations regarding its costs may not reflect all risks, including regulatory, legal, operational, reputational, and, where appropriate, entrepreneurial risks, associated with offering and managing a mutual fund in the current regulatory and market environment. The Board also considered any fall-out (i.e., indirect) benefits likely to accrue to Management or its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund. The Board noted that Management incurred a loss on its management of the Fund during the review period.

Information Regarding Services to Other Clients

The Board also considered other funds and separate accounts that were advised or sub-advised by Management or its affiliates with investment objectives, policies and strategies that were similar to those of the Fund, and compared the fees charged to the Fund to the fees charged to such comparable funds and separate accounts. The Board considered the appropriateness and reasonableness of any differences between the fees charged to a Fund and such comparable funds and/or separate accounts, and determined that differences in fees and fee structures were consistent with the differences in the management and other services provided. The Board explored with Management its assertion that although, generally, the rates of fees paid by such accounts (other than mutual funds) were lower than the fee rates paid by the corresponding Fund, the differences reflected Management's greater level of responsibilities and significantly broader scope of services regarding the Fund, the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Fund, and other financial considerations with respect to creation and sponsorship of the Fund.

Economies of Scale

The Board also evaluated apparent or anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services Management provides to the Fund. The Board considered that the Fund's fee structure does not provide for a reduction of payments resulting from the use of breakpoints, and concluded that the lack of breakpoints was reasonable based on the consideration that setting competitive fee rates and pricing the Fund to scale are other means of sharing potential economies of scale with shareholders. In addition, the Board considered the expense limitation and/or fee waiver arrangements that reduces Fund expenses at all asset levels which can have an effect similar to breakpoints in sharing economies of scale with


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shareholders and provide protection from an increase in expenses if the Fund's assets decline. The Board also considered that Management has provided, at no added cost to the Fund, certain additional services, including but not limited to, services required by new regulations or regulatory interpretations, services impelled by changes in the securities markets or the business landscape, and/or services requested by the Board. The Board considered that this is a way of sharing economies of scale with the Fund and its shareholders.

Conclusions

In approving the continuation of the Agreement, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the continuation of the Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In reaching this determination, the Board considered that Management could be expected to continue to provide a high level of service to the Fund; that the Board retained confidence in Management's capabilities to manage the Fund; that the Fund's fee structure appeared to the Board to be reasonable given the nature, extent, and quality of services provided or the Fund's relatively small size; and that the benefits accruing to Management and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the Fund were reasonable in light of the costs of providing the investment advisory and other services and the benefits accruing to the Fund. The Board's conclusions may be based in part on its consideration of materials prepared in connection with the approval or continuance of the Agreement in prior years and on the Board's ongoing regular review of Fund performance and operations throughout the year, in addition to material prepared specifically for the most recent annual review of the Agreement.


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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The Board of Trustees (“Board”) of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (“Registrant”) has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions (“Code of Ethics”). During the period covered by this Form N-CSR, there were no substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics and there were no waivers from the Code of Ethics granted to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.

A copy of the Code of Ethics is incorporated by reference to Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc.’s Form N-CSR, Investment Company Act file number 811-21168 (filed January 7, 2019).  The Code of Ethics is also available, without charge, by calling 1-800-877-9700 (toll-free).

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
 
The Board has determined that the Registrant has three audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee. The Registrant's audit committee financial experts are Michael J. Cosgrove, Martha C. Goss, and Deborah C. McLean. Mr. Cosgrove, Ms. Goss, and Ms. McLean are independent trustees as defined by Form N-CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) serves as independent registered public accounting firm to  International Equity Portfolio, Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, Mid Cap Intrinsic Value Portfolio, Short Duration Bond Portfolio, Sustainable Equity Portfolio, and U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio (collectively, the “Funds”).  The Funds commenced operations on, respectively, April 29, 2005, November 3, 1997, August 22, 2001, July 12, 2002, February 18, 1999, and May 1, 2014.

(a) Audit Fees
 
The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by E&Y for the audit of the annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by E&Y in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $307,130 and $226,600 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.
 
(b) Audit-Related Fees
 
The aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for assurance and related services by E&Y that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported above in Audit Fees were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

The fees billed to other entities in the investment company complex for assurance and related services by E&Y that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit that the Audit Committee was required to approve because the engagement related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

(c) Tax Fees
 
The aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for professional services rendered by E&Y for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $71,600 and $69,040 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The nature of the services provided includes preparation of the Federal and State tax extensions and tax returns, review of annual excise tax calculations, and preparation of form 8613, in addition to assistance with the identification of Passive Foreign Investment Companies ("PFICs"), assistance with determination of various foreign withholding taxes, and assistance with Internal Revenue Code and tax regulation requirements for fund investments. The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
 
The fees billed to other entities in the investment company complex for professional services rendered by E&Y for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning that the Audit Committee was required to approve because the engagement related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

(d) All Other Fees

The aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for products and services provided by E&Y, other than services reported in Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, and Tax Fees were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

The fees billed to other entities in the investment company complex for products and services provided by E&Y, other than services reported in Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, and Tax Fees, that the Audit Committee was required to approve because the engagement related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.  The Audit Committee approved 0% and 0% of these services provided by E&Y for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively, pursuant to the waiver provisions of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

(e) Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
 
(1) The Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures for the Registrant to engage an accountant to render audit and non-audit services delegate to each member of the Committee the power to pre-approve services between meetings of the Committee.
 

(2) None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) above were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
 
(f) Hours Attributed to Other Persons
 
Not applicable.
 
(g) Non-Audit Fees

Non-audit fees billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant were $71,600 and $69,040 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.
 
Non-audit fees billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended 2018 and 2019, respectively.
 
 (h) The Audit Committee of the Board considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved by the Audit Committee because the engagement did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant is compatible with maintaining E&Y’s independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
 
The complete schedule of investments for each series is disclosed in the Registrant's applicable annual report included as Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
 
Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
There were no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Board.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Chief Executive Officer and President and the Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Registrant have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)
There were no significant changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to the Registrant.
 
Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)
(1)
A copy of the Code of Ethics is incorporated by reference to Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc.’s Form N-CSR, Investment Company Act file number 811-21168 (filed January 7, 2019).  
     
(a)
(2)
The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) are filed herewith.
     
(a)
(3)
Not applicable to the Registrant.
     
(a)
(4)
Not applicable to the Registrant.
     
(b)
 
The certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is furnished herewith.

The certification furnished pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.  Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST

By:
/s/ Joseph V. Amato
 

Joseph V. Amato
 

Chief Executive Officer and President
 

Date: February 26, 2020

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/ Joseph V. Amato
 
  Joseph V. Amato
 
  Chief Executive Officer and President
 
     

Date: February 26, 2020


By:
/s/ John M. McGovern
 
  John M. McGovern
 
  Treasurer and Principal Financial
 
  and Accounting Officer
 

Date: February 26, 2020



EXHIBIT 99-CERT
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Joseph V. Amato, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (“Registrant”);
 
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:
 
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal half-year period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: February 26, 2020

By: 
/s/ Joseph V. Amato
   
Joseph V. Amato
Chief Executive Officer and President
 



I, John M. McGovern, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (“Registrant”);
 
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:
 
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal half-year period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of trustees (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: February 26, 2020

By:  
/s/ John M. McGovern
   
John M. McGovern
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer



EXHIBIT – 99.906CERT
 
Section 906 Certification
 
We, Joseph V. Amato, Chief Executive Officer and President, and John M. McGovern, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, of Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust (“Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 enacted under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to our knowledge:
 

1.
The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2019, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and
 

2.
The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
 
Date: February 26, 2020
 
 
  By:
/s/ Joseph V. Amato
   
Joseph V. Amato
   
Chief Executive Officer and President
     
     
  By:
/s/ John M. McGovern
   
John M. McGovern
   
      Treasurer and Principal Financial
   
      and Accounting Officer



A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
 
This certification is being furnished to the Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.