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T. ROWE PRICE U.S. HIGH YIELD FUND
August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Portfolio of Investments  Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)     
CORPORATE BONDS 90.9%     
Automotive 2.4%     
Clarios Global, 8.50%, 5/15/27 (1)  3,066  3,242 
Ford Motor Credit, 3.815%, 11/2/27  2,840  2,773 
Ford Motor Credit, 5.113%, 5/3/29  2,575  2,697 
    8,712 
Basic Industry 8.8%     
Allegheny Technologies, 5.875%, 12/1/27  1,940  1,862 
Allegheny Technologies, 7.875%, 8/15/23  3,574  3,762 
Atotech Alpha 2, 8.75%, 6/1/23 (1)(2)  2,975  3,005 
Cleveland-Cliffs, 6.75%, 3/15/26 (1)  3,420  3,497 
Core & Main Holdings, 8.625%, 9/15/24 (1)(2)  3,395  3,471 
CVR Partners, 9.25%, 6/15/23 (1)  5,180  5,115 
Element Solutions, 3.875%, 9/1/28 (1)  1,940  1,976 
First Quantum Minerals, 7.25%, 5/15/22 (1)  2,703  2,695 
Kaiser Aluminum, 4.625%, 3/1/28 (1)  3,450  3,390 
Warrior Met Coal, 8.00%, 11/1/24 (1)  3,255  3,345 
    32,118 
Cable Operators 0.9%     
CCO Holdings, 5.00%, 2/1/28 (1)  3,245  3,440 
    3,440 
Capital Goods 3.8%     
ARD Finance, 6.50%, 6/30/27 (1)(2)  3,430  3,533 
Flex Acquisition, 6.875%, 1/15/25 (1)  1,576  1,603 
Granite U. S. Holdings, 11.00%, 10/1/27 (1)  2,945  3,092 
Mauser Packaging Solutions, 7.25%, 4/15/25 (1)  2,075  2,013 
TransDigm, 6.375%, 6/15/26  3,465  3,539 
Welbilt, 9.50%, 2/15/24  185  188 
    13,968 

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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  Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)     
Consumer Goods 3.2%     
Herbalife Nutrition, 7.875%, 9/1/25 (1)  3,530  3,892 
JBS Investments II, 7.00%, 1/15/26 (1)  2,720  2,934 
Sigma Holdco, 7.875%, 5/15/26 (1)  4,690  4,743 
    11,569 
Energy 14.9%     
CNX Resources, 7.25%, 3/14/27 (1)  3,595  3,739 
Comstock Resources, 9.75%, 8/15/26  3,245  3,456 
CVR Energy, 5.25%, 2/15/25 (1)  1,460  1,383 
CVR Energy, 5.75%, 2/15/28 (1)  2,175  1,968 
Harvest Midstream I, 7.50%, 9/1/28 (1)  1,455  1,506 
Hilcorp Energy I, 5.00%, 12/1/24 (1)  3,285  3,113 
MEG Energy, 7.125%, 2/1/27 (1)  3,690  3,496 
Northern Oil & Gas, 8.50%, 5/15/23 (2)  1,574  1,346 
Occidental Petroleum, 2.70%, 8/15/22  1,917  1,883 
Occidental Petroleum, 4.10%, 2/1/21  764  763 
Occidental Petroleum, 6.375%, 9/1/28  350  353 
Occidental Petroleum, 6.625%, 9/1/30  390  403 
Occidental Petroleum, 8.50%, 7/15/27  1,765  1,953 
PDC Energy, 5.75%, 5/15/26  4,045  4,111 
Rockpoint Gas Storage, 7.00%, 3/31/23 (1)  3,740  3,459 
Southwestern Energy, 8.375%, 9/15/28  1,740  1,792 
Sunoco, 5.50%, 2/15/26  2,683  2,763 
Tallgrass Energy Partners, 6.00%, 3/1/27 (1)  3,585  3,343 
Targa Resources Partners, 6.50%, 7/15/27  6,295  6,783 
Transocean Pontus, 6.125%, 8/1/25 (1)  3,237  2,865 
USA Compression Partners, 6.875%, 9/1/27  3,400  3,519 
    53,997 
Financial Services 2.3%     
Advisor Group Holdings, 10.75%, 8/1/27 (1)  3,435  3,487 
AG Issuer, 6.25%, 3/1/28 (1)  1,705  1,718 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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  Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)     
PRA Group, 7.375%, 9/1/25 (1)  2,905  3,079 
    8,284 
Health Care 4.8%     
DaVita, 3.75%, 2/15/31 (1)  3,485  3,472 
Emergent Biosolutions, 3.875%, 8/15/28 (1)  3,535  3,597 
LifePoint Health, 4.375%, 2/15/27 (1)  3,500  3,482 
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, 7.25%, 2/1/28 (1)  4,070  4,212 
Tenet Healthcare, 6.75%, 6/15/23  600  641 
Tenet Healthcare, 6.875%, 11/15/31  415  403 
Tenet Healthcare, 7.00%, 8/1/25  1,474  1,522 
    17,329 
Insurance 1.3%     
AssuredPartners, 7.00%, 8/15/25 (1)  3,950  4,029 
HUB International, 7.00%, 5/1/26 (1)  765  794 
    4,823 
Leisure 8.8%     
Boyd Gaming, 6.375%, 4/1/26  2,179  2,272 
Boyd Gaming, 8.625%, 6/1/25 (1)  1,003  1,103 
Caesars Resort Collection, 5.25%, 10/15/25 (1)  3,200  3,056 
Carnival, 11.50%, 4/1/23 (1)  3,103  3,460 
Live Nation Entertainment, 4.875%, 11/1/24 (1)  3,026  2,950 
MGM Resorts International, 6.75%, 5/1/25  3,390  3,619 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, 5.25%, 11/15/22  3,030  2,712 
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, 9.50%, 8/1/25 (1)  3,475  3,666 
Silversea Cruise Finance, 7.25%, 2/1/25 (1)  2,957  2,964 
Six Flags Entertainment, 4.875%, 7/31/24 (1)  916  887 
Station Casinos, 4.50%, 2/15/28 (1)  3,860  3,667 
Studio City Finance, 6.00%, 7/15/25 (1)  1,385  1,469 
    31,825 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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  Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)     
Lodging 1.0%     
XHR, 6.375%, 8/15/25 (1)  3,570  3,664 
    3,664 
Media 8.9%     
Clear Channel International, 6.625%, 8/1/25 (1)  405  419 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, 9.25%, 2/15/24  4,022  3,942 
Diamond Sports Group, 6.625%, 8/15/27 (1)  1,160  652 
Entercom Media, 7.25%, 11/1/24 (1)  3,010  2,408 
iHeartCommunications, 8.375%, 5/1/27  4,360  4,393 
Lions Gate Capital Holdings, 6.375%, 2/1/24 (1)  1,335  1,365 
Meredith, 6.875%, 2/1/26  3,760  3,285 
Nexstar Broadcasting, 5.625%, 7/15/27 (1)  4,515  4,769 
Sinclair Television Group, 5.50%, 3/1/30 (1)  3,440  3,354 
Terrier Media Buyer, 8.875%, 12/15/27 (1)  4,300  4,440 
Univision Communications, 9.50%, 5/1/25 (1)  3,150  3,449 
    32,476 
Metals & Mining 0.1%     
Novelis, 4.75%, 1/30/30 (1)  388  393 
    393 
Real Estate 0.9%     
RHP Hotel Properties, 4.75%, 10/15/27  2,150  1,972 
RHP Hotel Properties, 5.00%, 4/15/23  1,215  1,191 
    3,163 
Retail 9.4%     
Carvana, 8.875%, 10/1/23 (1)  3,380  3,519 
eG Global Finance, 6.75%, 2/7/25 (1)  3,515  3,634 
G-III Apparel Group, 7.875%, 8/15/25 (1)  1,935  1,937 
Gap, 8.625%, 5/15/25 (1)  3,185  3,555 
IRB Holding, 6.75%, 2/15/26 (1)  6,775  6,885 
Lithia Motors, 4.625%, 12/15/27 (1)  3,450  3,631 
Macy's, 8.375%, 6/15/25 (1)  3,610  3,791 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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  Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)     
Macy's Retail Holdings, 3.875%, 1/15/22  1,676  1,573 
Parkland, 5.875%, 7/15/27 (1)  2,450  2,625 
WW International, 8.625%, 12/1/25 (1)  2,651  2,800 
    33,950 
Services 4.9%     
Allied Universal Holdco, 9.75%, 7/15/27 (1)  1,074  1,189 
Capitol Investment Merger Sub 2, 10.00%, 8/1/24 (1)  3,765  3,944 
H&E Equipment Services, 5.625%, 9/1/25  3,015  3,121 
Herc Holdings, 5.50%, 7/15/27 (1)  3,525  3,684 
Iron Mountain, 4.875%, 9/15/27 (1)  2,073  2,153 
Iron Mountain, 5.00%, 7/15/28 (1)  1,450  1,504 
Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital, 10.125%, 8/1/24 (1)  2,300  2,280 
    17,875 
Technology & Electronics 3.0%     
NCR, 5.00%, 10/1/28 (1)  1,435  1,442 
NCR, 5.75%, 9/1/27 (1)  2,249  2,367 
Veritas U. S. , 7.50%, 9/1/25 (1)  3,575  3,709 
Xerox Holdings, 5.00%, 8/15/25 (1)  3,495  3,530 
    11,048 
Telecommunications 9.6%     
Altice France Holding, 6.00%, 2/15/28 (1)  3,339  3,331 
C&W Senior Financing, 6.875%, 9/15/27 (1)  1,000  1,050 
Consolidated Communications, 6.50%, 10/1/22  4,045  3,964 
DKT Finance, 9.375%, 6/17/23 (1)  3,500  3,561 
LCPR Senior Secured Financing, 6.75%, 10/15/27 (1)  4,530  4,836 
Level 3 Financing, 3.625%, 1/15/29 (1)  2,905  2,920 
Sable International Finance, 5.75%, 9/7/27 (1)  2,210  2,336 
Telesat Canada, 6.50%, 10/15/27 (1)  3,654  3,754 
Viasat, 6.50%, 7/15/28 (1)  3,045  3,140 
Windstream Escrow, 7.75%, 8/15/28 (1)  5,820  5,820 
    34,712 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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    Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)      
Transportation 1.9%      
Delta Air Lines, 7.375%, 1/15/26   1,815  1,888 
Teekay Offshore Partners, 8.50%, 7/15/23 (1)   3,348  2,946 
United Airlines Holdings, 4.875%, 1/15/25   2,235  1,933 
      6,767 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $318,349)     330,113 
 
BANK LOANS 1.7% (3)      
Consumer Goods 0.8%      
Coty, FRN, 3M USD LIBOR + 2.25%, 2.405%, 4/7/25 3M USD      
LIBOR   3,477  3,047 
      3,047 
Financial Services 0.6%      
Tutor Perini, FRN, 1M USD LIBOR + 4.75%, 3/20/25 (4)   2,320  2,283 
      2,283 
Leisure 0.3%      
Caesars Resort Collection, FRN, 1M USD LIBOR + 4.50%,      
7/21/25 (4)  935  905 
      905 
Total Bank Loans (Cost $6,628)     6,235 
 
COMMON STOCKS 0.2%      
Transportation 0.2%      
Delta Air Lines   20  617 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $928)     617 
 
PREFERRED STOCKS 1.2%      
Energy 0.7%      
Crestwood Equity Partners, 9.25% (5)   396  2,486 
      2,486 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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    Par/Shares  $ Value 
(Amounts in 000s)        
 
Financial Services 0.5%     
 
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, 6.50%, 11/30/27  110  1,729 
 
        1,729 
 
 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $4,794)    4,215 
 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 5.9%     
 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS 5.9%     
 
T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Fund, 0.11% (6)(7)  21,323  21,323 
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $21,323)    21,323 
 
 
Total Investments in Securities 99.9%     
(Cost $352,022)     $  362,503 
Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.1%    502 
Net Assets 100.0%     $  363,005 
 
 
  Par/Shares are denominated in U. S. dollars unless otherwise noted.   
(1 )  Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 
    1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration only to   
    qualified institutional buyers. Total value of such securities at period-end   
    amounts to $247,736 and represents 68.2% of net assets.   
(2 )  Security has the ability to pay in-kind or pay in cash. When applicable,   
    separate rates of such payments are disclosed.     
(3 )  Bank loan positions may involve multiple underlying tranches. In those   
    instances, the position presented reflects the aggregate of those respective 
    underlying tranches and the rate presented reflects the weighted average rate 
    of the settled positions.     
(4 )  All or a portion of this loan is unsettled as of August 31, 2020. The interest rate 
    for unsettled loans will be determined upon settlement after period end.   
(5 )  Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.     
(6 )  Affiliated Companies     
(7 )  Seven-day yield     
1M USD LIBOR   One month USD LIBOR (London interbank offered rate)     
3M USD LIBOR   Three month USD LIBOR (London interbank offered rate)     
FRN   Floating Rate Note     

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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Affiliated Companies
($000s)

The fund may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined
by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the
outstanding voting securities, or a company that is under common ownership or control. The
following securities were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the three
months ended August 31, 2020. Net realized gain (loss), investment income, change in net
unrealized gain/loss, and purchase and sales cost reflect all activity for the period then ended.

          Change in Net       
      Net Realized Gain    Unrealized  Investment  
Affiliate      (Loss)    Gain/Loss    Income  
T. Rowe Price Government               
Reserve Fund    $  —#  $    $  5 + 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule             
      Value  Purchase  Sales    Value  
Affiliate    5/31/20  Cost  Cost    8/31/20  
T. Rowe Price Government               
Reserve Fund  $  11,203    ¤  ¤   $  21,323 ^ 
 
#  Capital gain distributions from mutual funds represented $0 of the net realized gain (loss) .  
+  Investment income comprised $5 of dividend income and $0 of interest income.  
¤  Purchase and sale information not shown for cash management funds.       
^  The cost basis of investments in affiliated companies was $21,323.       

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.


 

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Unaudited
NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS

T. Rowe Price U.S. High Yield Fund (the fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as
an open-end management investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946. The accompanying Portfolio of Investments
was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). For
additional information on the fund’s significant accounting policies and investment related disclosures, please refer to the
fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report and its prospectus.

VALUATION

The fund’s financial instruments are valued at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET,
each day the NYSE is open for business.

Fair Value
The fund’s financial instruments are reported at fair value, which GAAP defines as the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. The T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee (the Valuation Committee) is an internal committee that has been
delegated certain responsibilities by the fund’s Board of Directors (the Board) to ensure that financial instruments are
appropriately priced at fair value in accordance with GAAP and the 1940 Act. Subject to oversight by the Board, the
Valuation Committee develops and oversees pricing-related policies and procedures and approves all fair value
determinations. Specifically, the Valuation Committee establishes procedures to value securities; determines pricing
techniques, sources, and persons eligible to effect fair value pricing actions; oversees the selection, services, and
performance of pricing vendors; oversees valuation-related business continuity practices; and provides guidance on
internal controls and valuation-related matters. The Valuation Committee reports to the Board and has representation
from legal, portfolio management and trading, operations, risk management, and the fund’s treasurer.

Various valuation techniques and inputs are used to determine the fair value of financial instruments. GAAP
establishes the following fair value hierarchy that categorizes the inputs used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical financial instruments that the fund can access at
the reporting date

Level 2 - inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly (including, but not
limited to, quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or
similar financial instruments in inactive markets, interest rates and yield curves, implied volatilities, and
credit spreads)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs

Observable inputs are developed using market data, such as publicly available information about actual events or
transactions, and reflect the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument.
Unobservable inputs are those for which market data are not available and are developed using the best information
available about the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument. GAAP requires
valuation techniques to maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
When multiple inputs are used to derive fair value, the financial instrument is assigned to the level within the fair value
hierarchy based on the lowest-level input that is significant to the fair value of the financial instrument. Input levels are
not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level but rather the
degree of judgment used in determining those values.

Valuation Techniques
Debt securities generally are traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market and are valued at prices furnished by
independent pricing services or by broker dealers who make markets in such securities. When valuing securities, the
independent pricing services consider the yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as


 

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well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Generally, debt securities are categorized in Level
2 of the fair value hierarchy; however, to the extent the valuations include significant unobservable inputs, the securities
would be categorized in Level 3.

Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the OTC market are valued at the last quoted
sale price or, for certain markets, the official closing price at the time the valuations are made. OTC Bulletin Board
securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. A security that is listed or traded on more than one
exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Listed
securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Actively traded
equity securities listed on a domestic exchange generally are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. OTC
Bulletin Board securities, certain preferred securities, and equity securities traded in inactive markets generally are
categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing NAV per share on the day of valuation and are
categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Thinly traded financial instruments and those for which the above valuation procedures are inappropriate or are
deemed not to reflect fair value are stated at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. The
objective of any fair value pricing determination is to arrive at a price that could reasonably be expected from a current
sale. Financial instruments fair valued by the Valuation Committee are primarily private placements, restricted
securities, warrants, rights, and other securities that are not publicly traded.

Subject to oversight by the Board, the Valuation Committee regularly makes good faith judgments to establish and
adjust the fair valuations of certain securities as events occur and circumstances warrant. For instance, in determining
the fair value of troubled or thinly traded debt instruments, the Valuation Committee considers a variety of factors,
which may include, but are not limited to, the issuer’s business prospects, its financial standing and performance, recent
investment transactions in the issuer, strategic events affecting the company, market liquidity for the issuer, and general
economic conditions and events. In consultation with the investment and pricing teams, the Valuation Committee will
determine an appropriate valuation technique based on available information, which may include both observable and
unobservable inputs. The Valuation Committee typically will afford greatest weight to actual prices in arm’s length
transactions, to the extent they represent orderly transactions between market participants, transaction information can
be reliably obtained, and prices are deemed representative of fair value. However, the Valuation Committee may also
consider other valuation methods such as a discount or premium from market value of a similar, freely traded security
of the same issuer; discounted cash flows; yield to maturity; or some combination. Fair value determinations are
reviewed on a regular basis and updated as information becomes available, including actual purchase and sale
transactions of the issue. Because any fair value determination involves a significant amount of judgment, there is a
degree of subjectivity inherent in such pricing decisions, and fair value prices determined by the Valuation Committee
could differ from those of other market participants. Depending on the relative significance of unobservable inputs,
including the valuation technique(s) used, fair valued securities may be categorized in Level 2 or 3 of the fair value
hierarchy.


 

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Valuation Inputs
The following table summarizes the fund’s financial instruments, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values
on August 31, 2020 (for further detail by category, please refer to the accompanying Portfolio of Investments):

($000s)    Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total Value 
Assets           
Fixed Income Securities1      336,348    336,348 
Common Stocks    617      617 
Preferred Stocks    2,486  1,729    4,215 
Short-Term Investments    21,323      21,323 
Total  $  24,426  $         338,077  $          $          362,503 
 
1 Includes Corporate Bonds and Bank Loans.