0001707770-24-000002.txt : 20240112 0001707770-24-000002.hdr.sgml : 20240112 20240112101003 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001707770-24-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240112 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001707770 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 821995650 FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23261 FILM NUMBER: 24530902 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST PRATT STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 410-345-4981 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST PRATT STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 0001707770 S000058608 T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund C000192517 T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund TMSRX C000192519 T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund-I Class TMSSX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001707770 XXXXXXXX false false N-1A S000058608 C000192517 C000192519 T. ROWE PRICE MULTI-STRATEGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC. 811-23261 0001707770 5493003IUKLD53D0ET20 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore 21202 US-MD US 410-345-2000 JPMorgan Chase Bank, London Woolgate House, Coleman Street London GB EC2P 2HD 00 44 20 7742 4000 Records related to the custody of Registrant s portfolio securities which are purchased outside the United States. State Street Corporation 1776 Heritage Drive Quincy 02171 617-786-3000 Custodian records for the Registrant. T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund, Inc. 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore 21202 410-345-2000 All accounts, books, and other documents required to be maintained by the Registrant under Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder. T. Rowe Price Services, Inc. 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore 21202 410-345-2000 Transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder service records The Bank of New York Mellon 103 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington 19809 1-800-441-9800 Fund accounting records N N N-1A 1 Y Bruce W. Duncan N/A N David Oestreicher 004594569 Y Eric L. Veiel 003269676 Y Kellye L. Walker N/A N Mark J. Parrell N/A N Melody Bianchetto N/A N Paul F. McBride N/A N Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. N/A N Teresa Bryce Bazemore N/A N Armando Capasso 007152939 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore 21202 XXXXXX N N N N N N T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. 008-25130 000008348 N/A Y N PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 238 5493002GVO7EO8RNNS37 N N N N N N N T. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 100 East Pratt Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21202-1096
T: (410) 783 7600, www.pwc.com/us

 

 

 

 

Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of October 31, 2023.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Multi-Strategy Total Return Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Baltimore, Maryland
December 19, 2023

 

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