N-Q 1 bcgnq.htm NQ~ BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. - 3/31/08 NQ

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-7059

     T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 (Address of principal executive offices)

David Oestreicher

100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 345-2000 Date of fiscal year end: December 31 Date of reporting period: March 31, 2008

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

T. ROWE PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND     
Unaudited    March 31, 2008 
Portfolio of Investments   Shares  Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
COMMON STOCKS 99.8%     
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 8.7%     
Diversified Consumer Services 0.0%     
Apollo Group, Class A (1)  100,000  4,320 
    4,320 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 3.1%     
International Game Technology  1,150,000  46,242 
Las Vegas Sands (1)  1,135,000  83,581 
Marriott, Class A  2,230,000  76,623 
McDonald's  890,000  49,635 
MGM Mirage (1)  400,000  23,508 
Yum! Brands  1,900,000  70,699 
    350,288 
Internet & Catalog Retail 2.0%     
Amazon.com (1)  3,130,000  223,169 
Expedia (1)  500,000  10,945 
    234,114 
Media 1.7%     
Discovery Holding, Class A (1)  1,120,000  23,766 
McGraw-Hill  1,700,000  62,815 
Omnicom  1,900,000  83,942 
Shaw Communications, B Shares  1,000,000  18,180 
    188,703 
Multiline Retail 1.1%     
Kohl's (1)  2,350,000  100,792 
Target  500,000  25,340 
    126,132 
Specialty Retail 0.4%     
Bed Bath & Beyond (1)  1,400,000  41,300 
    41,300 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.4%     
Coach (1)  1,700,000  51,255 
    51,255 
Total Consumer Discretionary    996,112 
CONSUMER STAPLES 6.0%     
Beverages 0.5%     
PepsiCo  880,000  63,536 
    63,536 
Food & Staples Retailing 4.1%     
Costco Wholesale  970,000  63,021 
CVS Caremark  6,850,000  277,493 
Sysco  700,000  20,314 
Wal-Mart  1,960,000  103,253 
    464,081 
Household Products 1.4%     
Procter & Gamble  2,230,000  156,256 
    156,256 
Total Consumer Staples    683,873 
ENERGY 9.7%     
Energy Equipment & Services 5.5%     
Baker Hughes  1,500,000  102,750 
Schlumberger  3,670,000  319,290 
Smith International  3,130,000  201,040 
    623,080 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 4.2%     
Chevron  430,000  36,705 
EOG Resources  385,000  46,200 
ExxonMobil  1,730,000  146,324 
Murphy Oil  1,450,000  119,103 
Petroleo Brasileiro, ADR  460,000  38,957 
Total, ADR  1,210,000  89,552 
    476,841 
 
Total Energy    1,099,921 
 
FINANCIALS 11.2%     
 
Capital Markets 9.6%     
Ameriprise Financial  1,750,000  90,738 
Bank of New York Mellon  2,500,000  104,325 
BlackRock  130,000  26,543 
Charles Schwab  3,850,000  72,496 
Franklin Resources  1,630,000  158,094 
Goldman Sachs  730,000  120,735 
Merrill Lynch  1,030,000  41,962 
Morgan Stanley  2,260,000  103,282 
Northern Trust  1,450,000  96,381 
State Street  3,470,000  274,130 
UBS (CHF)  10,000  291 
    1,088,977 
Consumer Finance 0.3%     
American Express  700,000  30,604 
    30,604 
Diversified Financial Services 0.7%     
CME Group  170,000  79,747 
IntercontinentalExchange (1)  34,000  4,437 
    84,184 
Insurance 0.6%     
Prudential Financial  890,000  69,642 
    69,642 
 
Total Financials    1,273,407 
HEALTH CARE 16.9%     
 
Biotechnology 4.8%     
Celgene (1)  2,100,000  128,709 
Genentech (1)  2,300,000  186,714 
Gilead Sciences (1)  4,480,000  230,854 
    546,277 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.7%     
Alcon  541,000  76,957 
Baxter International  820,000  47,412 
Becton, Dickinson & Company  275,000  23,609 
Intuitive Surgical (1)  103,000  33,408 
Medtronic  2,750,000  133,018 
St. Jude Medical (1)  2,800,000  120,932 
Stryker  1,585,000  103,104 
    538,440 
Health Care Providers & Services 4.9%     
Aetna  2,950,000  124,166 
Cardinal Health  220,000  11,552 
Express Scripts (1)  1,300,000  83,616 
Humana (1)  950,000  42,617 
Laboratory Corporation of America (1)  1,600,000  117,888 
McKesson  1,300,000  68,081 
Medco (1)  2,000,000  87,580 
WellPoint (1)  500,000  22,065 
    557,565 
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.2%     
Thermo Fisher Scientific (1)  430,000  24,441 
    24,441 
Pharmaceuticals 2.3%     
Allergan  1,630,000  91,916 
Merck  910,000  34,535 
Novartis, Regulation D Shares (CHF)  10,000  513 
Roche Holding - Genusscheine (CHF)  460,000  86,687 
Schering-Plough  2,500,000  36,025 
Wyeth  300,000  12,528 
    262,204 
Total Health Care    1,928,927 
INDUSTRIALS & BUSINESS SERVICES 12.0%     
Aerospace & Defense 3.2%     
General Dynamics  2,050,000  170,908 
Lockheed Martin  640,000  63,552 
Rockwell Collins  770,000  44,006 
United Technologies  1,240,000  85,337 
    363,803 
Air Freight & Logistics 0.4%     
Expeditors International of Washington  890,000  40,210 
    40,210 
Construction & Engineering 0.8%     
Foster Wheeler (1)  1,670,000  94,556 
    94,556 
Industrial Conglomerates 4.0%     
GE  8,600,000  318,286 
McDermott International (1)  1,475,000  80,859 
Tyco International  1,210,000  53,301 
    452,446 
Machinery 3.3%     
Danaher  3,800,000  288,914 
Illinois Tool Works  925,000  44,613 
Joy Global  665,000  43,331 
PACCAR  40,000  1,800 
    378,658 
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.3%     
Fastenal  700,000  32,151 
    32,151 
Total Industrials & Business Services    1,361,824 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 26.7%     
Communications Equipment 5.7%     
Cisco Systems (1)  7,000,000  168,630 
Corning  4,000,000  96,160 
Juniper Networks (1)  6,310,000  157,750 
Nokia, ADR  3,950,000  125,729 
QUALCOMM  2,525,000  103,525 
    651,794 
Computers & Peripherals 4.2%     
Apple (1)  1,675,000  240,362 
Dell (1)  3,700,000  73,704 
EMC (1)  5,000,000  71,700 
Hewlett-Packard  1,925,000  87,896 
    473,662 
Internet Software & Services 4.2%     
eBay (1)  2,620,000  78,181 
Google, Class A (1)  676,000  297,758 
Monster Worldwide (1)  1,500,000  36,315 
VeriSign (1)  1,839,800  61,155 
    473,409 
IT Services 3.4%     
Accenture, Class A  2,260,000  79,484 
Automatic Data Processing  3,000,000  127,170 
Fiserv (1)  845,000  40,636 
Mastercard, Class A  235,000  52,403 
Visa, Class A (1)  1,401,400  87,391 
    387,084 
Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment 3.0%     
Analog Devices  1,400,000  41,328 
Applied Materials  1,810,000  35,313 
Broadcom, Class A (1)  1,000,000  19,270 
Intel  3,800,000  80,484 
Marvell Technology Group (1)  6,560,000  71,373 
Xilinx  4,030,000  95,712 
    343,480 
Software 6.2%     
Adobe Systems (1)  1,500,000  53,385 
Autodesk (1)  1,780,000  56,034 
Electronic Arts (1)  2,100,000  104,832 
Intuit (1)  770,000  20,798 
McAfee (1)  1,000,000  33,090 
Microsoft  10,330,000  293,165 
Nintendo (JPY)  160,000  82,737 
Oracle (1)  3,300,000  64,548 
    708,589 
 
Total Information Technology    3,038,018 
MATERIALS 4.2%     
Chemicals 2.7%     
Monsanto  1,730,000  192,895 
Praxair  1,385,000  116,658 
    309,553 
Metals & Mining 1.5%     
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold  1,640,000  157,801 
Nucor  100,000  6,774 
    164,575 
Total Materials    474,128 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 4.4%     
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.4%     
AT&T  1,400,000  53,620 
    53,620 
Wireless Telecommunication Services 4.0%     
America Movil, ADR  3,220,000  205,082 
American Tower Systems, Class A (1)  3,950,000  154,879 
Bharti Airtel (INR) (1)  640,000  13,093 
MetroPCS Communications (1)  770,000  13,090 
Rogers Communications, Class B  1,850,000  66,452 
    452,596 
Total Telecommunication Services    506,216 
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $9,393,122)    11,362,426 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.2%     
Money Market Funds 0.2%     
T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund, 3.29% (2)(3)  22,755,362  22,755 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $22,755) 

  22,755 
Total Investments in Securities     
100.0% of Net Assets (Cost $9,415,877)                           $  11,385,181 


 

 
 
  Denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 
(1)  Non-income producing 
(2)  Seven-day yield 
(3)  Affiliated Companies 
ADR  American Depository Receipts 
CHF  Swiss Franc 
INR  Indian Rupee 
JPY  Japanese Yen 




(3) 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 which is under common 
ownership or control.               
 
Purchase    Sales    Investment  Value   
Affiliate  Cost    Cost    Income  3/31/08  12/31/07 
T. Rowe Price Reserve               
Investment Fund               
3.29%  ¤    ¤    $356  $ 22,755  $ 20,767 
 
Totals          $356   $22,755  $ 20,767 
 
¤ Purchase and sale information not shown for cash management funds.     
 
 
Other information for the period ended March 31, 2008 related to affiliated companies is as follows: 
 
Investment in securities, at cost    $  22,755       
     Dividend income      356       
     Interest income        -       
Investment income    $  356       
Realized gain (loss) on securities    $    -       
Capital gain distributions from               
mutual funds    $    -       

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




T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund   
Unaudited  March 31, 2008 
Notes to Portfolio of Investments   

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. (the fund), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.

NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation

The accompanying Portfolio of Investments was prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of estimates made by fund management. Fund management believes that estimates and security valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the security valuations reflected in the Portfolio of Investments may differ from the value the fund receives upon sale of the securities.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date.

Currency Translation

Assets, including investments, and liabilities 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. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction.

New Accounting Pronouncement

On January 1, 2008, the fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value Measurements. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes the framework for measuring fair value, and expands the disclosures of fair value measurements in the financial statements. Adoption of FAS 157 did not have a material impact on the fund’s net assets or results of operations.

NOTE 2 – VALUATION

The fund’s investments are reported at fair value as defined under FAS 157. The fund values its investments and computes its net asset value per share at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET, each day that the NYSE is open for business.

Valuation Methods

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, except for OTC Bulletin Board securities, which are valued at the mean of the latest 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 latest bid and asked prices for domestic securities and the last quoted sale price for international securities.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing net asset value per share on the day of valuation.

Other investments, including restricted securities, 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 T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee, established by the fund’s Board of Directors.

For valuation purposes, the last quoted prices of non-U.S. equity securities may be adjusted under the circumstances described below. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market and the close of the NYSE will, in its judgment, materially affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, the fund will adjust the previous closing 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 closing 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. A 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 closing prices and information to evaluate and/or adjust those prices. The fund cannot predict how often it will use closing 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 closing prices, the next day’s opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Valuation Inputs Various inputs are used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1    quoted prices in active markets for identical securities 
Level 2    observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices (including, but not limited to, 
    quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk) 
Level 3    unobservable inputs 

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from sources independent of the fund, and unobservable inputs reflect the fund’s own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, non-U.S. equity securities actively traded in foreign markets generally are reflected in Level 2 despite the availability of closing prices, because the fund evaluates and determines whether those closing prices reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment, as described above. The following table summarizes the fund’s investments, based on the inputs used to determine their values on March 31, 2008:

                                     Valuation Inputs    Investments in 
    Securities 
Level 1 – quoted prices  $  11,179,105,000 
Level 2 – significant other observable inputs    206,076,000 
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs    0 
Total  $  11,385,181,000 

NOTE 3 - FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

At March 31, 2008, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $9,415,877,000. Net unrealized gain aggregated $1,969,612,000 at period-end, of which $2,448,299,000 related to appreciated investments and $478,687,000 related to depreciated investments.

NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The fund may invest in the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund and the T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund (collectively, the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds), open-end management investment companies managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates), and considered affiliates of the fund. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds are offered as cash management options to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by Price Associates and/or its affiliates and are not

available for direct purchase by members of the public. The T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds pay no

investment management fees.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Separate certifications by the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.





SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  May 20, 2008 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By  /s/ Edward C. Bernard 
  Edward C. Bernard 
  Principal Executive Officer 
 
Date  May 20, 2008 

By  /s/ Gregory K. Hinkle 
  Gregory K. Hinkle 
  Principal Financial Officer 
 
Date  May 20, 2008