C000007912 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value V.I. Fund, Class II

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.75%: a 0.75% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.34% other expenses, less a 0.49% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $20K in broker commissions, 0.0195% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 128%.

C000007912 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000007912. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.34%
Gross expense ratio1.24%
Fee waiver−0.49%
Net expense ratio0.75%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000007912 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000007912, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $484 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.81% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.75%)$79$246$428
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$11
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$44
Total costs$81$265$484
Value after costs$10,419$11,311$12,279
Impact on return, per year0.81%0.81%0.81%

C000007912 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0195%
  • Total broker commissions: $20K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $35.1M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 128%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $3.3M
  • Net income from securities lending: $5K (0.005% of average net assets)

C000007912 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$3K14.62%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3K14.30%
UBS Securities LLC$2K12.34%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K11.51%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$2K11.22%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$2K9.87%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K9.64%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$2K9.12%
Jefferies LLC$6673.80%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$6313.59%

C000007912 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$21.3M60.77%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$13.0M36.96%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$454K1.29%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$195K0.56%
Jefferies LLC$68K0.19%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$41K0.12%
BofA Securities, Inc.$17K0.05%
Pershing LLC$16K0.04%
UBS Securities LLC$4K0.01%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$1K0.00%

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value V.I. Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000007911Class I0.60%—
C000007912Class II0.75%—
C000007913Class III0.85%—

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.