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    Sequoia Fund    March 31, 2020    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

March 31, 2020

(Percentages are of the Fund’s Net Assets)

Common Stocks (97.5%)

 

        Shares         

                       Value                 
 

 

Aerospace & Defense (2.6%)

  
  18,298,603    

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

  

 

$

 

77,413,757

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

Application Software (5.7%)

  
  191,291    

Constellation Software, Inc. (Canada)

     173,854,199  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Automotive Retail (5.8%)

  
  3,287,359    

CarMax, Inc.(a)

     176,958,535  
    

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite (4.2%)

  
  423,063    

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class A(a)

     45,267,741  
  733,403    

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class C(a)

     81,202,380  
    

 

 

 
       126,470,121  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Communications Equipment (4.8%)

  
  712,948    

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

     144,407,618  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Construction & Engineering (3.9%)

  
  1,503,678    

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc

     119,196,555  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Consumer Finance (3.5%)

  
  418,240    

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)

     106,939,786  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services (4.8%)

  
  605,766    

Mastercard, Inc.-Class A

     146,328,835  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Heavy Electrical Equipment (1.3%)

  
  34,904,064    

Melrose Industries PLC (United Kingdom)

     39,669,128  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Interactive Media & Services (16.8%)

  
  143,715    

Alphabet, Inc.-Class A(a)

     166,989,644  
  179,229    

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C(a)

     208,409,274  
  814,141    

Facebook, Inc.-Class A(a)

     135,798,719  
    

 

 

 
       511,197,637  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (12.6%)

  
  41,386    

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

     80,691,112  
  71,748    

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     96,524,019  
  1,502,955    

Prosus NV (Netherlands)(a)

     104,678,072  
  1,860,202    

Wayfair, Inc.-Class A(a)

     99,409,195  
    

 

 

 
       381,302,398  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Investment Banking & Brokerage (4.7%)

  
  4,225,820    

The Charles Schwab Corp

     142,072,068  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (3.8%)

  
  233,110    

Eurofins Scientific SE (Luxembourg)

     115,950,822  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Managed Health Care (4.2%)

  
  504,853    

Unitedhealth Group, Inc

     125,900,241  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Movies & Entertainment (6.4%)

  
  43,582    

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One - Series A(a)

     1,125,287  
  3,577,130    

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One - Series C(a)

     97,405,250  
  4,473,446    

Vivendi SA (France)

     96,331,789  
    

 

 

 
       194,862,326  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Multi-Sector Holdings (5.6%)

  
  231    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class A(a)

     62,832,000  
  577,078    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B(a)

     105,507,171  
    

 

 

 
       168,339,171  
    

 

 

 

 

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    Sequoia Fund    March 31, 2020    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

March 31, 2020

 

        Shares         

                       Value                 
 

 

Packaged Foods & Meats (3.5%)

  
  10,433,710    

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

   $ 106,535,191  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance (1.6%)

  
  4,168,266    

Hiscox Ltd. (Bermuda)

     47,890,870  
    

 

 

 
 

 

Miscellaneous Securities (1.7%)(b)

     52,911,463  
    

 

 

 
 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,265,477,805)

     2,958,200,721  
    

 

 

 
 

Total Investments (97.5%)

  
 

(Cost $2,265,477,805)††

     2,958,200,721  
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.5%)

     76,747,743  
    

 

 

 
 

Net Assets (100.0%)

   $ 3,034,948,464  
    

 

 

 

 

††

The cost for federal income tax purposes is $2,263,625,014 .The difference between book cost and tax cost is attributable to financial and tax accounting differences on a corporate spin-off. At March 31, 2020, the aggregate gross tax basis unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities were $965,520,683 and $270,944,976, 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 March 31, 2020, 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    March 31, 2020    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

March 31, 2020

 

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. As of March 31, 2020, all financial instruments listed in the Schedule of Investments are considered Level 1. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were no transfers between Levels and there were no Level 3 securities held by the Fund.

 

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