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  Sequoia Fund

   September 30, 2019  

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

September 30, 2019

(Percentages are of the Fund’s Net Assets)

Common Stocks (96.0%)

 

Shares           Value  
  

 

Aerospace & Defense (4.2%)

  
  16,675,950     

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (United Kingdom)

   $     162,472,154  
     

 

 

 
  

Application Software (5.1%)

  
  199,611     

Constellation Software, Inc. (Canada)

     199,354,866  
     

 

 

 
  

Automotive Retail (8.0%)

  
  3,559,664     

CarMax, Inc.(a)

     313,250,432  
     

 

 

 
  

Cable & Satellite (4.1%)

  
  423,063     

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class A(a)

     44,218,545  
  1,091,312     

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class C(a)

     114,227,627  
     

 

 

 
        158,446,172  
     

 

 

 
  

Construction & Engineering (5.0%)

  
  2,121,601     

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

     194,126,491  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance (4.8%)

  
  410,229     

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)

     189,242,740  
     

 

 

 
  

Data Processing & Outsourced Services (4.9%)

  
  701,051     

Mastercard, Inc.-Class A

     190,384,420  
     

 

 

 
  

Heavy Electrical Equipment (2.4%)

  
  37,857,351     

Melrose Industries plc (United Kingdom)

     93,839,274  
     

 

 

 
  

Home Furnishings (1.6%)

  
  512,559     

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

     63,593,195  
     

 

 

 
  

Interactive Media & Services (15.5%)

  
  143,715     

Alphabet, Inc.-Class A(a)

     175,496,135  
  228,578     

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C(a)

     278,636,582  
  837,473     

Facebook, Inc.-Class A(a)

     149,137,192  
     

 

 

 
        603,269,909  
     

 

 

 
  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (13.0%)

  
  78,874     

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

     136,918,165  
  63,908     

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     125,426,480  
  571,639     

Naspers Ltd.-Class N (South Africa)

     86,625,295  
  571,639     

Prosus NV (Netherlands)(a)

     41,963,101  
  1,041,526     

Wayfair, Inc.-Class A(a)

     116,775,895  
     

 

 

 
        507,708,936  
     

 

 

 
  

Investment Banking & Brokerage (3.4%)

  
  3,143,365     

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     131,486,958  
     

 

 

 
  

Movies & Entertainment (8.0%)

  
  49,478     

Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Formula One - Series A(a)

     1,958,834  
  4,551,721     

Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Formula One - Series C(a)

     189,306,076  
  4,473,446     

Vivendi SA (France)

     122,773,900  
     

 

 

 
        314,038,810  
     

 

 

 
  

Multi-Sector Holdings (8.7%)

  
  755     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class A(a)

     235,433,160  
  493,508     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B(a)

     102,659,534  
     

 

 

 
        338,092,694  
     

 

 

 
  

Packaged Foods & Meats (2.3%)

  
  10,957,493     

a2 Milk Co. Ltd. (New Zealand)(a)

     89,932,515  
     

 

 

 

 

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  Sequoia Fund

   September 30, 2019  

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

September 30, 2019

 

Shares           Value  
  

Property & Casualty Insurance (2.2%)

  
  4,168,266     

Hiscox Ltd. (Bermuda)

   $ 85,076,067  
     

 

 

 
  

Miscellaneous Securities (2.8%)(b)

     108,026,570  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,172,433,221)

     3,742,342,203  
     

 

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

             
  U.S. Government Obligations (1.9%)   
  $75,000,000     

United States Treasury Bills, 1.80% due 10/15/2019

     74,944,292  
     

 

 

 
  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

  
  

(Cost $74,944,292)

     74,944,292  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments (97.9%)

  
  

(Cost $2,247,377,513)††

     3,817,286,495  
  

Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.1%)

     80,357,283  
     

 

 

 
  

Net Assets (100.0%)

   $ 3,897,643,778  
     

 

 

 

 

††

The cost for federal income tax purposes is identical. At September 30, 2019, the aggregate gross tax basis unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities were $1,655,938,313 and $86,029,331, respectively.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

(b)

”Miscellaneous Securities“ include holdings that are not restricted, have been held for not more than one year prior to September 30, 2019, and have not previously been publicly disclosed.

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Investments are carried at fair value as determined under the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange on which the security is listed; securities traded in the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Securities for which there is no sale or Official Closing Price are valued at the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices.

Securities traded on a foreign exchange are valued at the closing price on the last business day of the period on the principal exchange on which the security is primarily traded. The value is then converted into its U.S. dollar equivalent at the foreign exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of valuation.

U.S. Treasury Bills with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at their amortized cost. U.S. Treasury Bills that when purchased have a remaining maturity in excess of 60 days are valued on the basis of market quotations and estimates until the sixtieth day prior to maturity, at which point they are valued at amortized cost. Fixed-income securities, other than U.S. Treasury Bills, are valued at the last quoted sales price or, if adequate trading volume is not present, at the mean of the last bid and asked prices.

When reliable market quotations are insufficient or not readily available at time of valuation or when Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) determines that the prices or values available do not represent the fair value of a security, such security is valued as determined in good faith by the Investment Adviser, in conformity with procedures adopted by and subject to review by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

 

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  Sequoia Fund

   September 30, 2019  

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

September 30, 2019

 

Generally accepted accounting principles establish a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value the investments at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three levels listed below:

 

Level 1

  

  

unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

 

Level 2

  

 

  

 

other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk)

 

Level 3

  

 

  

 

unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, there were no transfers between Levels. There were no Level 3 securities held by the Fund during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2019:

 

     Common Stocks      U.S.
Government
Obligations
     Total  

Level 1 - Quoted Prices

   $ 3,742,342,203      $ —              $ 3,742,342,203  

Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs

            74,944,292        74,944,292  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Total

  

 

$

 

3,742,342,203

 

 

  

 

$

 

74,944,292

 

 

  

 

$

 

3,817,286,495

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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