C000021475 Fees and Costs — Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP, Initial Class
Data updated: 2026-08-26
The net expense ratio is 0.83%: a 0.78% management fee plus 0.05% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $200K in broker commissions, 0.0312% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 51%.
C000021475 Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000021475. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.78% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.05% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.83% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.83% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
C000021475 Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in C000021475, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $540 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.90% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.83%) | $87 | $272 | $473 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $3 | $10 | $18 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $14 | $49 |
| Total costs | $90 | $297 | $540 |
| Value after costs | $10,410 | $11,280 | $12,223 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
C000021475 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): 0.0312%
- Total broker commissions: $200K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $952.8M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 51%
- Securities on loan, average value: $14.2M
- Net income from securities lending: $70K (0.011% of average net assets)
C000021475 Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $22K | 16.78% |
| Jefferies LLC | $16K | 12.08% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $15K | 11.37% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $14K | 10.21% |
| Evercore Group L.L.C. | $13K | 9.94% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $13K | 9.36% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $12K | 9.28% |
| Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated | $10K | 7.28% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $10K | 7.20% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $9K | 6.50% |
C000021475 Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Bank and Trust Company | $880.2M | 92.40% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $43.6M | 4.58% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $10.6M | 1.11% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $10.2M | 1.07% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $4.4M | 0.46% |
| Jefferies LLC | $2.0M | 0.21% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $798K | 0.08% |
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $310K | 0.03% |
| Leerink Partners LLC | $304K | 0.03% |
| Piper Sandler & Co. | $203K | 0.02% |
Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| C000021475 | Initial Class | 0.83% | none |
| C000021476 | Service Class | 1.08% | none |
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.