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T. ROWE PRICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

Portfolio of Investments  Shares/Par  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
COMMON STOCKS 92.1%     
CONSUMER/RETAIL 0.2%     
Consumer Brands 0.2%     
JAND, Class A, Acquisition Date: 3/9/18, Cost $10,321 (1)(2)(3)  656,699  16,109 
Total Consumer/Retail    16,109 
HARDWARE 3.0%     
Enterprise Hardware 3.0%     
Pure Storage, Class A (2)(4)  15,095,281  232,316 
Total Hardware    232,316 
HEALTH CARE 1.5%     
Medical Devices & Equipment & Supplies 1.5%     
Intuitive Surgical (2)  168,886  119,831 
Total Health Care    119,831 
INDUSTRIALS 0.3%     
Aerospace & Defense 0.3%     
Boeing  161,500  26,690 
Total Industrials    26,690 
INTERNET 50.0%     
China Internet Media/Advertising 4.7%     
58. com, Class A (2)  8,367,978  234,303 
Baidu, ADR (2)  1,061,149  134,331 
    368,634 
China Internet Retail 1.8%     
Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (2)  473,516  139,204 
    139,204 
China Internet Services 6.7%     
Tongcheng-Elong Holdings (HKD) (2)  26,623,600  48,835 
Trip. com Group, ADR (2)  15,314,953  476,908 
    525,743 
Rest of World Internet Media/Advertising 3.5%     
Mail. Ru Group, GDR (5)  8,362,825  228,821 

 

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  Shares/Par  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
NAVER (KRW)  183,884  46,729 
    275,550 
Rest of World Internet Retail 6.0%     
Zalando (EUR) (2)  5,055,776  472,363 
    472,363 
Rest of World Internet Services 3.1%     
Delivery Hero (EUR) (2)  1,094,795  125,617 
Naspers, N Shares (ZAR)  635,762  112,291 
    237,908 
U. S. Internet Media/Advertising 15.9%     
Alphabet, Class C (2)  545,865  802,203 
Facebook, Class A (2)  1,674,629  438,586 
    1,240,789 
U. S. Internet Retail 2.7%     
Amazon. com (2)  34,301  108,005 
Etsy (2)  855,671  104,075 
    212,080 
U. S. Internet Services 5.6%     
Booking Holdings (2)  251,050  429,466 
Maplebear dba Instacart, Acquisition Date: 8/7/20,     
Cost $6,582 (1)(2)(3)  142,054  6,577 
Maplebear dba Instacart, Non-voting, Acquisition Date: 8/7/20,     
Cost $344 (1)(2)(3)  7,421  344 
    436,387 
Total Internet    3,908,658 
IT SERVICES 0.7%     
 
IT Services 0.7%     
Wix. com (2)  214,008  54,540 
Total IT Services    54,540 
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT 0.7%     
 
Publishing 0.4%     
News, Class A  2,316,500  32,477 
    32,477 

 

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  Shares/Par  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Video Gaming 0.3%     
Epic Games, Acquisition Date: 6/18/20, Cost $23,328 (1)(2)(3)  40,570  23,328 
    23,328 
Total Media & Entertainment    55,805 
SEMICONDUCTORS 17.9%     
Analog Semiconductors 1.9%     
Maxim Integrated Products  2,212,571  149,592 
    149,592 
Memory 8.3%     
Micron Technology (2)  8,510,007  399,630 
Samsung Electronics (KRW)  5,045,949  250,502 
    650,132 
Processors 3.6%     
NVIDIA  148,720  80,490 
QUALCOMM  1,699,917  200,046 
    280,536 
Semiconductor Capital Equipment 4.1%     
Applied Materials  4,029,059  239,528 
Lam Research  242,300  80,383 
    319,911 
Total Semiconductors    1,400,171 
SOFTWARE 16.6%     
Back-Office Applications Software 1.7%     
Intuit  195,477  63,767 
Workday, Class A (2)  332,256  71,478 
    135,245 
Collaboration and Productivity Software 1.7%     
Slack Technologies, Class A (2)(5)  2,485,800  66,768 
TeamViewer (EUR) (2)  1,327,161  65,456 
    132,224 
Front-Office Applications Software 6.5%     
salesforce. com (2)  2,004,468  503,763 
    503,763 

 

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  Shares/Par  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Infrastructure and Developer Tool Software 5.2%     
Citrix Systems  1,349,248  185,805 
Microsoft  1,044,200  219,626 
    405,431 
Security Software 1.5%     
NortonLifeLock  5,642,359  117,587 
    117,587 
Total Software    1,294,250 
TELECOM EQUIPMENT 1.2%     
Wireline Equipment 1.2%     
Cisco Systems  2,334,100  91,940 
Total Telecom Equipment    91,940 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,204,639)    7,200,310 
 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 2.1%     
CONSUMER/RETAIL 0.3%     
Consumer Brands 0.3%     
JAND, Series E, Acquisition Date: 3/9/18,     
Cost $12,732 (1)(2)(3)  810,105  19,872 
Total Consumer/Retail    19,872 
INDUSTRIALS 0.7%     
Transportation Technology Services 0.7%     
GM Cruise Holding, Class F, Acquisition Date: 5/7/19,     
Cost $21,889 (1)(2)(3)  1,199,400  21,889 
Waymo, Series A-2, Acquisition Date: 5/8/20,     
Cost $25,610 (1)(2)(3)  298,258  25,611 
Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Series A-17, Acquisition Date: 10/19/15,     
Cost $3,833 (1)(2)(3)  139,768  6,354 
Total Industrials    53,854 
INTERNET 0.9%     
Rest of World Internet Retail 0.2%     
Coupang, Series G, Acquisition Date: 1/9/15,     
Cost $6,174 (1)(2)(3)  2,183,050  16,373 
    16,373 

 

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  Shares/Par  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
Rest of World Internet Services 0.4%     
Rappi, Series E, Acquisition Date: 9/8/20,     
Cost $33,354 (1)(2)(3)  558,273  33,354 
    33,354 
U. S. Internet Services 0.3%     
Airbnb, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/14/15,     
Cost $12,110 (1)(2)(3)  130,085  10,282 
Maplebear dba Instacart, Series G, Acquisition Date: 7/2/20,     
Cost $14,085 (1)(2)(3)  292,877  14,085 
    24,367 
Total Internet    74,094 
SOFTWARE 0.2%     
Infrastructure and Developer Tool Software 0.2%     
Mesosphere, Series D, Acquisition Date: 5/4/18,     
Cost $22,330 (1)(2)(3)  2,019,933  13,124 
Total Software    13,124 
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $152,117)    160,944 
 
BANK LOANS 0.2% (6)     
Airbnb, FRN, 1M USD LIBOR + 7.50%, 8.50%, 4/17/25  15,052,275  16,181 
Total Bank Loans (Cost $14,696)    16,181 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 5.6%     
MONEY MARKET FUNDS 5.6%     
T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve Fund, 0.12% (4)(7)  441,186,848  441,187 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $441,187)    441,187 

 

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      Shares/Par  $ Value  
(Cost and value in $000s)       
 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL 3.0%       
 
INVESTMENTS IN A POOLED ACCOUNT THROUGH       
SECURITIES LENDING PROGRAM WITH JPMORGAN CHASE       
BANK 2.3%          
 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 0.13% (4)(7)  17,622,000  176,220  
 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
JPMorgan Chase Bank    176,220  
INVESTMENTS IN A POOLED ACCOUNT THROUGH       
SECURITIES LENDING PROGRAM WITH STATE STREET       
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 0.7%       
 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 0.13% (4)(7)  5,704,992  57,050  
 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company    57,050  
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $233,270)    233,270  
 
 
Total Investments in Securities 103.0%       
(Cost $6,045,909)     $  8,051,892  
 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (3.0)%    (234,096 ) 
 
Net Assets 100.0%     $  7,817,796  
 
 
  Shares/Par are denominated in U. S. dollars unless otherwise noted.     
(1 )  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy.       
(2 )  Non-income producing       
(3 )  Security cannot be offered for public resale without first being registered  
    under the Securities Act of 1933 and related rules ("restricted security").  
    Acquisition date represents the day on which an enforceable right to acquire  
    such security is obtained and is presented along with related cost in the  
    security description. The fund has registration rights for certain restricted  
    securities. Any costs related to such registration are borne by the issuer. The  
    aggregate value of restricted securities (excluding 144A holdings) at period-  
  end amounts to $207,302 and represents 2.7% of net assets.       
(4 )  Affiliated Companies       
(5 )  All or a portion of this security is on loan at September 30, 2020.     
(6 )  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.       
(7 )  Seven-day yield       

 

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1M USD LIBOR  One month USD LIBOR (London interbank offered rate) 
ADR  American Depositary Receipts 
EUR  Euro 
FRN  Floating Rate Note 
GDR  Global Depositary Receipts 
HKD  Hong Kong Dollar 
KRW  South Korean Won 
ZAR  South African Rand 

 

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 nine
months ended September 30, 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 
Pure Storage, Class A    $    $   (18,020)  $   
T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve               
Fund                3,317 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund              —++ 
Totals    $  —#  $   (18,020)  $  3,317+ 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule             
      Value  Purchase   Sales    Value 
Affiliate    12/31/19  Cost   Cost    9/30/20 
 
Pure Storage, Class A  $  $          122,772 $    $  232,316 
T. Rowe Price Treasury                 
Reserve Fund    863,196    ¤   ¤    441,187 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term               
Fund    9,945    ¤   ¤    233,270 
Total            $ 906,773^ 
#  Capital gain distributions from mutual funds represented $0 of the net realized gain (loss) . 
  ++     Excludes earnings on securities lending collateral, which are subject to rebates and fees. 
+  Investment income comprised $3,317 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 $921,580.     
*  On the date indicated, issuer was held but not considered an affiliated company. 

 

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Unaudited
NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS

T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund, Inc. (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
Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter (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


 

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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 for
domestic securities and the last quoted sale or closing price for international securities.

For valuation purposes, the last quoted prices of non-U.S. equity securities may be adjusted to reflect the fair value of
such securities at the close of the NYSE. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market
and the close of the NYSE will affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, the fund will adjust the previous
quoted prices to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE. In deciding
whether it is necessary to adjust quoted prices to reflect fair value, the fund reviews a variety of factors, including
developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments
trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. The fund may also fair value
securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the fund is open. The fund uses
outside pricing services to provide it with quoted prices and information to evaluate or adjust those prices. The fund
cannot predict how often it will use quoted prices and how often it will determine it necessary to adjust those prices to
reflect fair value. As a means of evaluating its security valuation process, the fund routinely compares quoted prices, the
next day’s opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Actively traded equity securities listed on a domestic exchange generally are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value
hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy despite the
availability of quoted prices because, as described above, the fund evaluates and determines whether those quoted prices
reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment. 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.

Debt securities generally are traded in the 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 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.

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day at the prevailing exchange
rate, using the mean of the bid and asked prices of such currencies against U.S. dollars as quoted by a major bank.

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 an equity investment with limited market activity, such as a private placement or a thinly traded public
company stock, 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, new
rounds of financing, negotiated transactions of significant size between other investors in the company, relevant market
valuations of peer companies, 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


 

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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 market-based valuation multiples; a discount or premium from market value
of a similar, freely traded security of the same issuer; 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.

Valuation Inputs
The following table summarizes the fund’s financial instruments, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values
on September 30, 2020 (for further detail by category, please refer to the accompanying Portfolio of Investments):

($000s)    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total Value 
Assets           
Common Stocks  $  5,569,035  $       1,584,917  $       46,358  $       7,200,310 
Convertible Preferred Stocks        160,944  160,944 
Fixed Income Securities1      16,181    16,181 
Short-Term Investments    441,187      441,187 
Securities Lending Collateral    233,270      233,270 
Total  $  6,243,492  $       1,601,098  $       207,302  $          8,051,892 
 
1 Includes Bank Loans.           

 

Following is a reconciliation of the fund’s Level 3 holdings for the period ended September 30, 2020. Gain (loss) reflects
both realized and change in unrealized gain/loss on Level 3 holdings during the period, if any. The change in unrealized
gain/loss on Level 3 instruments held at September 30, 2020, totaled $6,257,000 for the period ended September 30,
2020.

($000s)        Gain             
        Beginning    (Loss)            Ending 
        Balance    During    Total    Total    Balance 
        1/1/20    Period    Purchases    Sales    9/30/20 
  Investment in Securities                      
  Common Stocks   $  11,927  $  4,177  $ 30,254  $    $ 46,358 
  Convertible                      
  Preferred Stocks     85,816    2,080    73,050    (2)    160,944 
  Total   $  97,743  $  6,257  $ 103,304  $  (2)  $ 207,302