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1 Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust I CLASS SHARES Large Cap Value Portfolio Prospectus May 1, 2015 These securities, like the securities of all mutual funds, have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has not determined if this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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3 Contents NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST Fund Summary Large Cap Value Portfolio...2 Descriptions of Certain Practices and Security Types...7 Additional Information about Principal Investment Risks...7 Information about Additional Risks...9 Description of Indices...10 Management of the Fund...10 Financial Highlights...11 YOUR INVESTMENT Buying and Selling Fund Shares...12 Share Prices...12 Fund Structure...14 Distributions and Taxes...14 Portfolio Holdings Policy...15 This Portfolio is offered to certain life insurance companies to serve as an investment vehicle under their variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts (each, a variable contract ) and is also offered to certain qualified pension and retirement plans.

4 Fund Summary Large Cap Value Portfolio Class I GOAL The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. FEES AND EXPENSES These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold or sell shares of the Fund. These tables do not reflect any fees and expenses charged by your insurance company under your variable contract or by your qualified plan. If the tables did reflect such fees and expenses, the overall expenseswould be higher than those shown. Please refer to the prospectus for your variable contract or your qualified plan documentation for information on their separate fees and expenses. Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) N/A Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment) Management fees 0.85 Distribution (12b-1) fees None Other expenses 0.25 Acquired fund fees and expenses 0.03 Total annual operating expenses 1.13 Expense Example The expense example can help you compare costs among mutual funds. The example assumes that you invested $10,000 for the periods shown, that you redeemed all of your shares at the end of those periods, that the Fund earned a hypothetical 5% total return each year, and that the Fund s expenses were those in the table. Actual performance and expenses may be higher or lower. 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Expenses $115 $359 $622 $1,375 Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund s portfolio turnover rate was 130% of the average value of its portfolio. PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES To pursue its goal, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large capitalization companies, which it defines as those with a market capitalization within the market capitalization range of the Russell 1000 Value Index at the time of purchase. The Portfolio Manager looks for what he believes to be well-managed companies whose stock prices are undervalued. The Portfolio Manager seeks to identify companies with catalysts that he believes have the potential to improve the companies earnings from depressed levels. Such catalysts may include: management changes, restructurings, new products, new services, or new markets. The Portfolio Manager may also look for other characteristics in a company, such as a strong market position relative to competitors, a high level of stock ownership among management, and a recent sharp decline in stock price that appears to be the result of a short-term market overreaction to negative news. Although the Fund invests primarily in domestic stocks, it may also invest in stocks of foreign companies. 2 Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)

5 The Fund seeks to reduce risk by diversifying among many companies and industries. However, at times, the Portfolio Manager may emphasize certain sectors or industries that he believes are undervalued relative to their historical valuations. The Portfolio Manager follows a disciplined selling strategy and may sell a stock when it reaches a target price, if a company s business fails to perform as expected, or when other opportunities appear more attractive. The Fund may change its goal without shareholder approval, although it does not currently intend to do so. The Fund will not change its strategy of normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large-capitalization companies, without providing shareholders at least 60 days notice. This test is applied at the time the Fund invests; later percentage changes caused by a change in Fund assets, market values or company circumstances will not require the Fund to dispose of a holding. PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS Most of the Fund s performance depends on what happens in the stock market. The market s behavior can be difficult to predict, particularly in the short term. There can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The Fund may take temporary defensive and cash management positions; in such a case, it will not be pursuing its principal investment strategies. The Fund is a mutual fund, not a bank deposit, and is not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The following factors can significantly affect the Fund s performance: Market Volatility. Markets may be volatile and values of individual securities and other investments may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment. If the Fund sells a portfolio position before it reaches its market peak, it may miss out on opportunities for better performance. Issuer-Specific Risk. An individual security or particular type of security may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the market as a whole. Mid- and Large-Cap Stock Risk. At times, mid- and large-cap companies may be out of favor with investors. Compared to smaller companies, large-cap companies may be less responsive to changes and opportunities. Compared to larger companies, mid-cap companies may depend on a more limited management group, may have a shorter history of operations, and may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources. The stocks of mid-cap companies are often more volatile and less liquid than the stocks of larger companies and may be more affected than other types of stocks by the underperformance of a sector or during market downturns. Value Stock Risk. Value stocks may remain undervalued during a given period or may not ever realize their full value. This may happen, among other reasons, because of a failure to anticipate which stocks or industries would benefit from changing market or economic conditions. Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. Individual sectors may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the broader market. The industries that constitute a sector may all react in the same way to economic, political or regulatory events. Foreign Risk. Foreign securities involve risks in addition to those associated with comparable U.S. securities. Additional risks include exposure to less developed or less efficient trading markets; social, political or economic instability; fluctuations in foreign currencies or currency redenomination; potential for default on sovereign debt; nationalization or expropriation of assets; settlement, custodial or other operational risks; and less stringent auditing and legal standards. As a result, foreign securities may fluctuate more widely in price, and may also be less liquid, than comparable U.S. securities. World markets, or 3 Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)

6 those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to important economic or political developments. In addition, foreign markets may perform differently than the U.S. market. Currency Risk. Changes in currency exchange rates could adversely impact investment gains or add to investment losses. Catalyst Risk. Investing in companies in anticipation of a catalyst carries the risk that the catalyst may not happen as anticipated or the market may react differently than expected to the catalyst. Certain catalysts, such as companies emerging from, or restructuring as a result of, bankruptcy, carry additional risks, and the securities of such companies may be more likely to lose value than the securities of more stable companies. In general, investing in anticipation of a catalyst may fail if the Portfolio Manager is unable to obtain adequate information about the catalyst or does not properly analyze the information available. The actions of other market participants may also disrupt a catalyst. Risk Management. Risk is an essential part of investing. No risk management program can eliminate the Fund s exposure to adverse events; at best, it may only reduce the possibility that the Fund will be affected by such events, and especially those risks that are not intrinsic to the Fund s investment program. Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to sell assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Heavy redemptions could hurt the Fund s performance. Recent Market Conditions. The financial crisis that started in 2008 continues to affect the U.S. and many foreign economies. The crisis and its after-effects have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign. In addition, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations. In addition, political events within the U.S. and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. High public debt in the U.S. and other countries creates ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty. Because the impact on the markets has been widespread, it may be difficult to identify both risks and opportunities using past models of the interplay of market forces, or to predict the duration of these market conditions. In addition, there is a risk that the prices of goods and services in the U.S. and many foreign economies may decline over time, known as deflation (the opposite of inflation). Deflation may have an adverse effect on stock prices and creditworthiness and may make defaults on debt more likely. Risk of Increase in Expenses. A decline in the Fund s average net assets during the current fiscal year due to market volatility or other factors could cause the Fund s expense ratios for the current fiscal year to be higher than the expense information presented in Fees and Expenses. 4 Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)

7 PERFORMANCE The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund s performance has varied from year to year. The table next to the bar chart shows what the returns would equal if you averaged out actual performance over various lengths of time and compares the returns with the returns of a broad-based market index. The index is described in Description of Index in the prospectus. The performance information does not reflect variable contract or qualified plan fees and expenses. If such fees and expenses were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Please refer to the prospectus for your variable contract or your qualified plan documentation for information on their separate fees and expenses. Past performance is not a prediction of future results. Visit or call for updated performance information. YEAR-BY-YEAR % RETURNS AS OF 12/31 EACH YEAR* AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL % RETURNS AS OF 12/31/14* 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I) Russell 1000 Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Best quarter: Q2 09, 28.06% Worst quarter: Q4 08, % * Returns would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Management LLC had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of the investment management fees during certain of the periods shown. INVESTMENT MANAGERS Neuberger Berman Management LLC (NBM) is the Fund s investment manager. Neuberger Berman LLC (NB LLC) is the Fund s sub-adviser. PORTFOLIO MANAGER The Fund is managed by Eli M. Salzmann (Managing Director of NBM and NB LLC). He has managed the Fund since December BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES The Fund is designed for use with certain variable insurance contracts and qualified plans. Because shares of the Fund are held by the insurance companies or qualified plans involved, you will need to follow the instructions provided by your insurance company or qualified plan administrators for matters involving allocations to the Fund. 5 Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)

8 When you buy and sell shares of the Fund, the share price is the Fund s net asset value per share. When you buy shares, you will receive the next share price to be calculated after your order has been received in proper form. The Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange is open. TAX INFORMATION Distributions made by the Fund to an insurance company separate account or a qualified plan, and exchanges and redemptions of Fund shares made by a separate account or qualified plan ordinarily do not cause the contract holder or plan participant to recognize income or gain for federal income tax purposes. Please see your variable contract prospectus or the governing documents of your qualified plan for information regarding the federal income tax treatment of the distributions to the applicable separate account or qualified plan and the holders of the contracts or plan participants, respectively. PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES NBM and/or its affiliates may pay insurance companies or their affiliates, qualified plan administrators, broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries, for services to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants who choose the Fund as an investment option. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary and its employees to recommend the Fund over another investment or make the Fund available to their current or prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants. Ask your financial intermediary or visit its website for more information. 6 Large Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)

9 Descriptions of Certain Practices and Security Types Foreign Stocks. There are many promising opportunities for investment outside the United States. Foreign markets can respond to different factors and therefore may follow cycles that are different from each other. For this reason, many investors put a portion of their portfolios in foreign investments as a way of gaining further diversification. Value Investing. At any given time, there are companies whose stock prices, whether based on earnings, book value, or other financial measures, do not reflect their full economic opportunities. This happens when investors under-appreciate the business potential of these companies, or are distracted by transient or non-fundamental issues. The value investor examines these companies, searching for those that may rise in price when other investors realize their worth. Additional Information about Principal Investment Risks This section provides additional information about the Fund s principal investment risks described in the Fund Summary section. Market Volatility. Markets may be volatile and values of individual securities and other investments may decline significantly, in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer may impact a market as a whole. If the Fund sells a portfolio position before it reaches its market peak, it may miss out on opportunities for better performance. Terrorism and related geo-political risks have led, and may in the future lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally. Issuer-Specific Risk. An individual security or particular type of security may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the market as a whole. The value of an issuer s securities may deteriorate because of a variety of factors, including disappointing earnings reports by the issuer, unsuccessful products or services, loss of major customers, major litigation against the issuer, or changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or the competitive environment. Certain unanticipated events, such as natural disasters, may have a significant adverse effect on the value of an issuer s securities. Market Capitalization Risk. To the extent the Fund emphasizes small-, mid-, or large-cap stocks, it takes on the associated risks. At times, any one of these market capitalizations may be out of favor with investors. Compared to small- and mid-cap companies, large-cap companies may be less responsive to changes and opportunities. Compared to large-cap companies, small- and mid-cap companies may depend on a more limited management group, may have a shorter history of operations, and may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources. The stocks of small- and mid-cap companies may fluctuate more widely in price than the market as a whole, may be difficult to sell when the economy is not robust or during market downturns, and may be more affected than other types of stocks by the underperformance of a sector or during market downturns. There may also be less trading in small- or mid-cap stocks, which means that buy and sell transactions in those stocks could have a larger impact on a stock s price than is the case with large-cap stocks and the Fund may not be able to liquidate a position at a particular time. Value Stock Risk. Value stocks may remain undervalued during a given period, may not ever realize their full value or may be appropriately priced. This may happen because value stocks, as a category, lose favor with investors compared to growth stocks, because of a failure to anticipate which stocks or industries would benefit from changing market or economic conditions, or because the stocks worth was misgauged. Entire industries or sectors may lose favor with investors, and the Fund, in seeking value stocks, may focus its investments more heavily in those industries or sectors. Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in one sector, industry, or sub-sector of the market, it thereby presents a more concentrated risk and its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors, industries, or sub-sectors. An individual sector, industry, or sub-sector of the market may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the broader market. The industries that constitute a sector may all react in the same way to 7

10 economic, political or regulatory events. The Fund s performance could also be affected if the sectors, industries, or subsectors do not perform as expected. Alternatively, the lack of exposure to one or more sectors or industries may adversely affect performance. Foreign Risk. Foreign securities involve risks in addition to those associated with comparable U.S. securities. Additional risks include exposure to less developed or less efficient trading markets; social, political or economic instability; fluctuations in foreign currencies or currency redenomination; potential for default on sovereign debt; nationalization or expropriation of assets; settlement, custodial or other operational risks; and less stringent auditing and legal standards. In addition, key information about the issuer, the markets or the local government or economy may be unavailable, incomplete or inaccurate. As a result, foreign securities may fluctuate more widely in price, and may also be less liquid, than comparable U.S. securities. World markets, or those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to important economic or political developments. In addition, securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations may involve risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions in foreign countries. In addition, foreign markets may perform differently than the U.S. market. Over a given period of time, foreign securities may underperform U.S. securities sometimes for years. The Fund could also underperform if it invests in countries or regions whose economic performance falls short. To the extent that the Fund invests a portion of its assets in one country, state, region or currency, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Fund s investments more than if its investments were not so invested. Investing in foreign securities may also involve a greater risk for excessive trading due to time-zone arbitrage. If an event occurring after the close of a foreign market, but before the time the Fund computes its current net asset value, causes a change in the price of the foreign securities and such price is not reflected in the Fund s current net asset value, investors may attempt to take advantage of anticipated price movements in securities held by the Fund based on such pricing discrepancies. The effect of recent, worldwide economic instability on specific foreign markets or issuers may be difficult to predict or evaluate. Some national economies continue to show profound instability, which may in turn affect their international trading and financial partners or other members of their currency bloc. Currency Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests in securities or other investments denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, changes in currency exchange rates could adversely impact investment gains or add to investment losses. Although the Fund may attempt to hedge against currency risk, the hedging instruments may not perform as expected and could produce losses. Suitable hedging instruments may not be available for all foreign currencies. The Fund may not hedge currency risks in particular situations, even if suitable instruments are available. Catalyst Risk. Investing in companies in anticipation of a catalyst carries the risk that the catalyst may not happen as anticipated or may happen in modified or conditional form, or the market may react differently than expected to the catalyst. Furthermore, a catalyst, such as a pending restructuring or spin-off, may be renegotiated or terminated or involve a longer time frame than originally contemplated. In addition, certain catalysts, such as companies emerging from, or restructuring as a result of, bankruptcy, carry additional risks, and the securities of such companies may be more likely to lose value than the securities of more stable companies. It also may be difficult to obtain complete financial information about companies involved in certain situations and management of such companies may be addressing a situation with which it has little experience. In general, investing in anticipation of a catalyst may fail if the Portfolio Manager is unable to obtain adequate information about the catalyst or does not properly analyze the information available. The actions of other market participants may also disrupt a catalyst. Risk Management. Management undertakes certain analyses with the intention of identifying particular types of risks and reducing the Fund s exposure to them. However, risk is an essential part of investing, and the degree of return an investor might expect is often tied to the degree of risk the investor is willing to accept. By its very nature, risk involves exposure to the possibility of adverse events. Accordingly, no risk management program can eliminate the Fund s exposure to such events; at best, it may only reduce the possibility that the Fund will be affected by adverse events, and especially those risks that are not intrinsic to the Fund s investment program. While the prospectus describes material risk factors associated with the Fund s investment program, there is no assurance that as a particular situation unfolds in the markets, management will identify all of the risks that might affect the Fund, rate their probability or potential magnitude correctly, or be able to take appropriate 8

11 measures to reduce the Fund s exposure to them. Measures taken with the intention of decreasing exposure to identified risks might have the unintended effect of increasing exposure to other risks. Redemption Risk. The Fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to sell assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that one or more investors or intermediaries control a large percentage of investments in the Fund, have short investment horizons, or have unpredictable cash flow needs. In addition, redemption risk is heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets. Heavy redemptions, whether by a few large investors or many smaller investors, could hurt the Fund s performance. Recent Market Conditions. The financial crisis that started in 2008 continues to affect the U.S. and many foreign economies. The crisis and its after-effects have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign. Reduced liquidity in fixed income and credit markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide. In addition, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. In response to the crisis, the U.S. and other governments and the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have taken steps to support financial markets. In some countries where economic conditions are recovering, they are nevertheless perceived as still fragile. Withdrawal of government support, failure of efforts in response to the crisis, or investor perception that such efforts are not succeeding, could adversely impact the value and liquidity of certain securities. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations, including changes in tax laws. The impact of new financial regulation legislation on the markets and the practical implications for market participants may not be fully known for some time. Regulatory changes are causing some financial services companies to exit long-standing lines of business, resulting in dislocations for other market participants. In addition, political events within the U.S. and abroad, such as the U.S. government s recent inability to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan, the 2013 federal government shutdown and threats not to increase the federal government s debt limit, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. High public debt in a number of countries creates ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty. The election in Greece of a populist government intent on changing the terms of the nation s austerity and bail-out plan has brought to the forefront tension within the European economic structure that, if not handled skillfully, could result in economic disruption in the eurozone, which could occur abruptly. Because the impact on the markets has been widespread, it may be difficult to identify both risks and opportunities using past models of the interplay of market forces, or to predict the duration of these market conditions. Changes in market conditions will not have the same impact on all types of securities. Interest rates have been unusually low in recent years in the U.S. and abroad. An increase in interest rates may impact various markets. For example, because investors may buy securities or other investments with borrowed money, an increase in interest rates may cause a decline in the markets for those investments. In addition, there is a risk that the prices of goods and services in the U.S. and many foreign economies may decline over time, known as deflation (the opposite of inflation). Deflation may have an adverse effect on stock prices and creditworthiness and may make defaults on debt more likely. If a country s economy slips into a deflationary pattern, it could last for a prolonged period and may be difficult to reverse. Information about Additional Risks The Fund may engage in certain practices and invest in certain securities in addition to those described as its principal investment strategies in the Fund Summary section. For example, to the extent that the Fund engages in borrowing or uses derivatives or invests in foreign securities, it will be subject to the additional risks associated with these practices and securities. Borrowing and using derivatives could create investment leverage, meaning that certain gains or losses could be amplified, increasing share price movements. If the Fund were to use certain derivatives to gain stock market exposure for excess cash holdings, it would increase its risk of loss. 9

12 Foreign securities, including the securities issued by foreign governments, involve risks in addition to those associated with comparable U.S. securities, and can fluctuate more widely in price, and may also be less liquid, than comparable U.S. securities. Securities issued by U.S. entities with substantialforeign operations may involve risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions in foreign countries. When the Fund anticipates adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, or receives large cash inflows, it may temporarily depart from its goal and use a different investment strategy (including leaving a significant portion of its assets uninvested) for defensive purposes. Doing so could help the Fund avoid losses, but may mean lost opportunities. In addition, different factors could affect the Fund s performance and the Fund may not achieve its goal. Please see the Statement of Additional Information for more information. Description of Indices The Russell 1000 Value Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity market. It includes those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth rates. The index is rebalanced annually in June. The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity market, and includes approximately 1,000 of the largest securities in the Russell 3000 Index (which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. public companies based on total market capitalization). Management of the Fund Investment Managers Neuberger Berman Management LLC (the Manager ), located at 605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10158, is the Fund s investment manager, administrator, and distributor. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, the Manager is responsible for choosing the Fund s investments and handling its day-to-day business. The Manager carries out its duties subject to the policies established by the Board of Trustees. The investment advisory agreement establishes the fees the Fund pays to the Manager for its services as the Fund s investment manager and the expenses paid directly by the Fund. The Manager engages Neuberger Berman LLC ( NB LLC ), located at 605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10158, as subadviser to provide investment research and related services. Together, the Neuberger Berman affiliates manage approximately $250 billion in total assets (as of 12/31/2014) and continue an asset management history that began in For the 12 months ended 12/31/2014, the management/administration fees paid to the Manager were 0.85% of the Fund s average net assets for Class I. A discussion regarding the basis for the approval of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements by the Board of Trustees is available in the Fund s annual report to shareholders dated December 31, Portfolio Manager Please see the Statement of Additional Information for additional information about the Portfolio Manager s compensation, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager, and the Portfolio Manager s ownership of shares in the Fund. Eli M. Salzmann is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman Management LLC and Neuberger Berman LLC. Mr. Salzmann has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Salzmann spent nearly 14 years at another investment manager where he was a Partner, Director of Large-Cap Value and a portfolio manager specializing in U.S. Large-Cap Value strategies. 10

13 Financial Highlights Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust - Large Cap Value Portfolio I Class Shares All figures have been derived from the financial statements audited by Ernst & Young LLP, the Fund s independent registered public accounting firm. Their report, along with full financial statements, appears in the Fund s most recent annual shareholder report (see back cover). This information does not reflect variable contract or qualified plan fees and expenses. If such fees and expenses were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Please refer to the prospectus for your variable contract or your qualified plan documentation for information on their separate fees and expenses. YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, PER-SHARE DATA ($) Data apply to a single share throughout each year indicated. You can see what the Fund earned (or lost), what it distributed to investors, and how its share price changed. Share price (NAV) at beginning of year Plus: Income from investment operations Net investment income (loss) (4) Net gains (losses) - realized and unrealized 1.52 (1.31) Subtotal: income (loss) from investment operations 1.52 (1.28) Minus: Distributions to shareholders Income dividends Capital gain distributions Subtotal: distributions to shareholders Equals: Share price (NAV) at end of year RATIOS (% OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS) The ratios show the Fund s expenses and net investment income (loss), as they actually are as well as how they would have been if certain expense reimbursement and/or waiver and/or offset arrangements had not been in effect. Net expenses - actual 1.11 (1) 1.13 (1) 1.15 (1) Gross expenses Net investment income (loss) - actual (0.02) OTHER DATA Total return shows how an investment in the Fund would have performed over each year, assuming all distributions were reinvested. The turnover rate reflects how actively the Fund bought and sold securities. Total return (%) (2)(3) (11.36) Net assets at end of year (in millions of dollars) Portfolio turnover rate (%) (1) (2) (3) (4) Prior to January 1, 2013, the Fund had an expense offset arrangement in connection with its custodian contract. The impact of expense reductions related to expense offset arrangements, if any, was less than.01%. Does not reflect charges and other expenses that apply to the separate account or the related insurance policies. Qualified plans that are direct shareholders of the Fund are not affected by insurance related expenses. Would have been lower if Neuberger Berman Management LLC had not reimbursed certain expenses and/or waived a portion of investment management fees. Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding during each fiscal period. 11

14 Your Investment Buying and Selling Fund Shares The Fund described in this prospectus is designed for use with certain variable insurance contracts and qualified plans. Because shares of the Fund are held by the insurance company or qualified plans involved, you will need to follow the instructions provided by your insurance company or qualified plan for matters involving allocations to this Fund. Under certain circumstances, the Fund reserves the right to: suspend the offering of shares reject any exchange or investment order satisfy an order to sell Fund shares with securities rather than cash, for certain very large orders change, suspend, or revoke the exchange privilege suspend or postpone the redemption of shares on days when trading on the New York Stock Exchange ( Exchange ) is restricted, or as otherwise permitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) Frequent purchases, exchanges and redemptions of Fund shares ( market-timing activities ) can interfere with effective Fund management and adversely affect Fund performance in various ways, including by requiring a portfolio manager to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time or price, by increasing costs (such as brokerage costs) to the Fund by requiring a portfolio manager to effect more frequent purchases and sales of portfolio securities, and possibly by requiring a portfolio manager to keep a larger portion of Fund assets in cash, all of which could adversely affect the interests of long-term shareholders. To discourage market-timing activities by Fund shareholders, the Board of Trustees has adopted market-timing policies and has approved the procedures of the principal underwriter for implementing those policies. As described earlier in this prospectus, pursuant to such policies, the exchange privilege can be withdrawn from any investor that is believed to be timing the market or is otherwise making exchanges judged to be excessive. In furtherance of these policies, under certain circumstances, the Fund reserves the right to reject any exchange or purchase order; change, suspend or revoke the exchange privilege. Neuberger Berman Management LLC applies the Fund s policies and procedures with respect to market-timing activities by monitoring trading activity in the Fund, identifying excessive trading patterns, and warning or prohibiting shareholders who trade excessively from making further purchases or exchanges of Fund shares. These policies and procedures are applied consistently to all shareholders. Although the Fund makes efforts to monitor for market-timing activities, the ability of the Fund to monitor trades that are placed by the underlying shareholders of omnibus accounts maintained by brokers, retirement plan accounts and other approved intermediaries may be limited in those instances in which the investment intermediary maintains the underlying shareholder accounts. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to eliminate all market-timing activities. Because the Fund is offered to different insurance companies, and for different types of variable contracts annuities and life insurance and to qualified plans, groups with different interests will share the Fund. Due to differences of tax treatment and other considerations among these shareholders, it is possible (although not likely) that the interests of the shareholders might sometimes be in conflict. For these reasons, the trustees of the Fund watch for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflicts and will determine what action, if any, should be taken in the event of a conflict. If there is a conflict, it is possible that to resolve it, one or more insurance company separate accounts or qualified plans might be compelled to withdraw its investment in the Fund. While this might resolve the conflict, it also might force the Fund to sell securities at disadvantageous prices. Share Prices When you buy and sell shares of the Fund, the share price is the Fund s net asset value per share. 12

15 The Fund is open for business every day the Exchange is open. The Exchange is generally closed on all national holidays and Good Friday; Fund shares will not be priced on those days or other days on which the Exchange is closed. The Fund may decide to remain open on a day when the Exchange is closed for unusual reasons. In such a case, the Fund would post a notice on The Fund calculates its share price as of the end of regular trading on the Exchange on business days, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. In general, every buy or sell order you place will go through at the next share price to be calculated after your request has been received in proper form; check with your insurance company or qualified plan administrator to find out by what time your order must be received in order to be processed the same day. Depending on when your insurance company or qualified plan accepts transaction requests, it is possible that the Fund s share price could change on days when you are unable to buy or sell shares. Because foreign markets may be open on days when U.S. markets are closed, the value of foreign securities owned by the Fund could change on days when you cannot buy or sell Fund shares. Remember, though, any purchase or sale takes place at the next share price calculated after you send your order to your insurance company or qualified plan administrator and it is received in proper form. Share Price Calculations The net asset value per share of each class of the Fund is the total value of Fund assets attributable to shares of that class minus the liabilities attributable to that class, divided by the total number of shares outstanding for that class. Because the value of the Fund s portfolio securities changes every business day, its share price usually changes as well. Equity securities (including securities issued by ETFs) held by the Fund generally are valued by one or more independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees at the last reported sale price or official closing price or, if there is no reported sale or official closing price on the basis of market quotations. Debt securities (other than short-term securities) held by the Fund generally are valued by one or more independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees on the basis of market quotations. Shortterm securities held by the Fund may be valued on the basis of amortized cost. If a valuation for a security is not available from an independent pricing service or if Neuberger Berman Management LLC believes in good faith that the valuation does not reflect the amount the Fund would receive on a current sale of that security, the Fund seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers. If such quotations are not readily available, the Fund may use a fair value estimate made according to methods approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also use these methods to value certain types of illiquid securities. Fair value pricing generally will be used if the market in which a portfolio security trades closes early or if trading in a particular security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the Fund s net asset value calculation. The Fund may also fair value securities that trade in a foreign market if significant events that appear likely to affect the value of those securities occur between the time the foreign market closes and the time the Exchange closes. Significant events may include (1) corporate actions or announcements that affect a single issuer, (2) governmental actions that affect securities in one sector, country or region, (3) natural disasters or armed conflicts that affect a country or region, or (4) significant domestic or foreign market fluctuations. The effect of using fair value pricing is that a portfolio security will be priced based on the subjective judgment of Neuberger Berman Management LLC, operating under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, instead of being priced using valuations from an independent pricing service. Fair value pricing can help to protect the Fund by reducing arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing will completely prevent dilution of the Fund s net asset value by such traders. 13

16 Fund Structure While Neuberger Berman Management LLC and Neuberger Berman LLC may serve as the adviser or sub-adviser of other mutual funds that have similar names, goals, and strategies as the Fund, there may be certain differences between the Fund and these other mutual funds in matters such as size, cash flow patterns and tax matters, among others. As a result, there could also be differences in performance. Distributions and Taxes Distributions. The Fund pays out to shareholders of record any net income and net realized capital gains. Ordinarily, the Fund makes distributions once a year, in October. All dividends and other distributions received by shareholders of record are automatically reinvested in Fund shares. Taxes. The information below is only a summary of some of the important federal tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders; for a more detailed discussion, request a copy of the Statement of Additional Information. Also, you may want to consult your tax professional. Everyone s tax situation is different, and your professional should be able to help you answer any questions you may have. How distributions and transactions are taxed. Dividends and other distributions made by the Fund, as well as transactions in Fund shares, generally are not taxable, except to the extent described in your qualified plan documentation or variable contract prospectus. Please consult such documents for more information. Other tax-related considerations. The Fund intends to continue to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company for federal tax purposes ( RIC ) by satisfying the requirements under Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A ( Subchapter M ) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ( Code ). As a RIC, the Fund is not subject to federal income tax on its ordinary income and net realized capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders. It is the Fund s intention to distribute all such income and gains for each taxable year. Because the Fund is offered to, among others, insurance company separate accounts (each, a Separate Account ) to fund variable contracts, it must meet special diversification standards beyond those that apply to RICs under Subchapter M. That is so because Section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations thereunder require that a Separate Account be adequately diversified (see the next paragraph for certain rules regarding that term) in order for the tax deferral for variable contracts based thereon to apply. In determining whether a Separate Account is so diversified, the Separate Account may look-through a RIC that satisfies certain criteria which the Fund has done for each past taxable year and intends to continue to do and treat the RIC s assets as its own. If the Fund s assets failed to meet those diversification standards, you could be subject to adverse tax consequences for example, distributions of the income earned and gains realized by the Fund to the Separate Accounts that are invested in the Fund ( Fund Accounts ) would generate a current tax liability for you instead of the tax deferral mentioned above. Accordingly, the Fund intends to continue to comply with the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) and the regulations so that owners of the variable contracts based on the Fund Accounts will not be subject to federal tax on distributions from the Fund to those Accounts. Under the relevant regulations, a Fund Account is deemed to be adequately diversified if (1) no more than 55% of the value of the Fund s total assets is represented by any one investment, (2) no more than 70% of that value is represented by any two investments, (3) no more than 80% of that value is represented by any three investments, and (4) no more than 90% of that value is represented by any four investments. Section 817(h) also provides, as a safe harbor, that a Fund Account will be treated as being adequately diversified if the diversification requirements under Subchapter M are satisfied and no more than 55% of the value of the Fund s total assets is represented by cash and cash items, government securities, and securities of other RICs. For purposes of those regulations, all securities of the same issuer are treated as a single investment, but each U.S. government agency or instrumentality is treated as a separate issuer. It is possible that complying with these requirements may at times call for decisions that could reduce investment performance. The foregoing is only a summary of some of the important federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and you. Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for more information about the taxation of the Fund. You should 14