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T. ROWE PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Portfolio of Investments  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
COMMON STOCKS 99.9%     
COMMUNICATION SERVICES 19.1%     
Entertainment 2.9%     
Electronic Arts (1)  1,253,630  125,576 
Netflix (1)(2)  3,892,429  1,461,607 
Spotify Technology (1)(2)  1,344,322  163,255 
    1,750,438 
Interactive Media & Services 16.2%     
Alphabet, Class A (1)  640,558  744,296 
Alphabet, Class C (1)  2,867,378  3,334,216 
Facebook, Class A (1)  22,106,460  3,687,357 
IAC/InterActiveCorp (1)  1,671,769  299,631 
Match Group (1)(2)  71,410  4,716 
Tencent Holdings (HKD)  34,151,200  1,688,012 
    9,758,228 
Total Communication Services    11,508,666 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 20.5%     
Auto Components 0.0%     
Aptiv  169,028  8,323 
    8,323 
Automobiles 0.0%     
Ferrari  27,983  4,269 
    4,269 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.9%     
Chipotle Mexican Grill (1)  167,000  109,285 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings (2)  1,865,383  127,294 
Marriott International, Class A (2)  1,758,856  131,580 
McDonald's  520,000  85,982 
Restaurant Brands International (2)  137,714  5,513 
Wynn Resorts  350,857  21,118 
Yum! Brands  636,999  43,653 
    524,425 
 
   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 16.4%     
Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (1)  14,443,540  2,808,980 
Amazon. com (1)  3,323,720  6,480,323 
Booking Holdings (1)  398,567  536,200 
Trip. com Group, ADR (1)  1,220,477  28,620 
    9,854,123 
Multiline Retail 1.3%     
Dollar General  5,094,490  769,319 
Dollar Tree (1)  624,190  45,859 
    815,178 
Specialty Retail 1.0%     
Ross Stores  5,641,776  490,666 
TJX  2,599,690  124,291 
    614,957 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.9%     
Lululemon Athletica (1)  1,646,268  312,050 
NIKE, Class B  2,538,263  210,016 
    522,066 
Total Consumer Discretionary    12,343,341 
CONSUMER STAPLES 0.1%     
Beverages 0.1%     
Constellation Brands, Class A  273,430  39,199 
    39,199 
Tobacco 0.0%     
Philip Morris International  24,930  1,819 
    1,819 
Total Consumer Staples    41,018 
ENERGY 0.0%     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%     
Concho Resources (2)  55,235  2,367 
Pioneer Natural Resources  187,442  13,149 
Total Energy    15,516 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
FINANCIALS 4.1%     
 
Banks 0.0%     
Citigroup  260,411  10,969 
JPMorgan Chase  101,336  9,123 
    20,092 
Capital Markets 2.5%     
Charles Schwab (2)  2,234,725  75,131 
Goldman Sachs Group  954,640  147,578 
Intercontinental Exchange  4,199,144  339,081 
Morgan Stanley  6,570,378  223,393 
MSCI  349,000  100,847 
S&P Global  1,718,057  421,010 
State Street  1,581,499  84,246 
TD Ameritrade Holding  2,580,011  89,423 
    1,480,709 
Insurance 1.6%     
American International Group  917,131  22,240 
Chubb  1,204,217  134,499 
Marsh & McLennan  2,434,631  210,498 
Willis Towers Watson  3,310,831  562,345 
    929,582 
Total Financials    2,430,383 
HEALTH CARE 16.3%     
 
Biotechnology 3.0%     
AbbVie  563,000  42,895 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (1)  1,868,620  167,784 
Amgen  267,000  54,129 
Biogen (1)  304,557  96,356 
Incyte (1)  1,104,398  80,875 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (1)  109,724  53,577 
Seattle Genetics (1)  443,659  51,189 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1)  5,161,068  1,228,076 
    1,774,881 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 5.6%     
Abbott Laboratories  583,418  46,038 
Becton Dickinson & Company  2,512,724  577,349 
Danaher  5,544,411  767,402 
Exact Sciences (1)(2)  1,623,709  94,175 
Intuitive Surgical (1)  1,755,121  869,153 
Stryker  5,805,595  966,573 
Teleflex  64,830  18,986 
    3,339,676 
Health Care Providers & Services 6.1%     
Anthem  2,128,348  483,220 
Centene (1)  9,506,737  564,795 
Cigna  6,885,034  1,219,891 
HCA Healthcare  2,122,772  190,731 
UnitedHealth Group  4,977,750  1,241,351 
    3,699,988 
Health Care Technology 0.1%     
Veeva Systems, Class A (1)  508,309  79,484 
    79,484 
Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.2%     
Agilent Technologies  64,190  4,597 
Thermo Fisher Scientific  2,429,244  688,934 
    693,531 
Pharmaceuticals 0.3%     
Zoetis  1,576,940  185,590 
    185,590 
Total Health Care    9,773,150 
INDUSTRIALS & BUSINESS SERVICES 3.8%     
Aerospace & Defense 1.1%     
Boeing  1,786,066  266,374 
L3Harris Technologies  1,045,763  188,363 
Northrop Grumman  752,456  227,655 
    682,392 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
Airlines 0.0%     
United Airlines Holdings (1)  249,123  7,860 
    7,860 
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.1%     
Cintas (2)  268,500  46,510 
    46,510 
Industrial Conglomerates 0.9%     
General Electric  5,379,342  42,712 
Honeywell International  665,878  89,088 
Roper Technologies  1,268,743  395,606 
    527,406 
Machinery 0.0%     
Fortive  322,189  17,782 
    17,782 
Professional Services 0.9%     
CoStar Group (1)  576,508  338,531 
Equifax (2)  1,614,530  192,856 
IHS Markit  246,097  14,766 
    546,153 
Road & Rail 0.8%     
Canadian Pacific Railway (2)  583,589  128,150 
Kansas City Southern (2)  755,263  96,054 
Norfolk Southern  662,404  96,711 
Union Pacific  1,124,890  158,655 
    479,570 
Total Industrials & Business Services    2,307,673 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 35.4%     
Communications Equipment 0.0%     
Motorola Solutions  35,870  4,768 
    4,768 
IT Services 13.9%     
ANT International, Class C, Acquisition Date: 6/7/18,     
Cost $104,886 (1)(3)(4)  18,696,173  131,247 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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Automatic Data Processing  216,186  29,548 
  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Fidelity National Information Services  8,723,144  1,061,083 
Fiserv (1)  9,657,200  917,338 
FleetCor Technologies (1)  591,726  110,381 
Global Payments  7,573,461  1,092,320 
Mastercard, Class A  7,444,427  1,798,276 
PayPal Holdings (1)  10,435,597  999,104 
Visa, Class A (2)  13,778,990  2,220,071 
    8,359,368 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.0%     
Advanced Micro Devices (1)  5,978,700  271,911 
Applied Materials  5,225,297  239,423 
KLA (2)  177,325  25,489 
Lam Research  800,003  192,001 
Marvell Technology Group (2)  11,476,376  259,710 
Maxim Integrated Products  1,110,145  53,964 
NVIDIA  2,327,937  613,644 
QUALCOMM  1,115,493  75,463 
Texas Instruments  1,007,931  100,723 
    1,832,328 
Software 15.3%     
Atlassian, Class A (1)(2)  1,377,548  189,082 
Citrix Systems  214,000  30,292 
Coupa Software (1)(2)  154,673  21,612 
DocuSign (1)  2,266,641  209,438 
Intuit  5,166,775  1,188,358 
Microsoft  22,045,930  3,476,863 
Paycom Software (1)(2)  571,287  115,406 
salesforce. com (1)  8,083,032  1,163,795 
ServiceNow (1)  4,707,337  1,349,029 
Splunk (1)(2)  3,615,888  456,433 
Synopsys (1)  1,811,450  233,297 
VMware, Class A (1)(2)  1,774,667  214,912 
Workday, Class A (1)  4,321,324  562,723 
    9,211,240 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 3.2%     
Apple  7,474,960  1,900,808 
    1,900,808 
Total Information Technology    21,308,512 
MATERIALS 0.5%     
Chemicals 0.5%     
Air Products & Chemicals  33,766  6,740 
Linde  1,034,428  178,956 
Sherwin-Williams  232,042  106,628 
Total Materials    292,324 
REAL ESTATE 0.0%     
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.0%     
American Tower, REIT  97,020  21,126 
Total Real Estate    21,126 
UTILITIES 0.1%     
Electric Utilities 0.0%     
NextEra Energy  27,723  6,671 
    6,671 
Multi-Utilities 0.1%     
Sempra Energy  602,922  68,124 
    68,124 
Total Utilities    74,795 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $35,613,068)    60,116,504 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.1%     
Money Market Funds 0.1%     
T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Fund, 0.95% (5)(6)  53,160,186  53,160 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $53,160)    53,160 

 

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


 

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  Shares    $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL 0.3%       
Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending       
Program with State Street Bank and Trust Company 0.3%       
Short-Term Funds 0.3%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 1.28% (5)(6)  18,691,314    186,913 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company      186,913 
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $186,913)      186,913 
 
Total Investments in Securities 100.3%       
(Cost $35,853,141)    $  60,356,577 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.3)%      (186,062) 
Net Assets 100.0%    $  60,170,515 

 

  Shares are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 
(1 )  Non-income producing 
(2 )  All or a portion of this security is on loan at March 31, 2020. 
(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 $131,247 and represents 0.2% of net assets. 
(4 )  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 
(5 )  Seven-day yield 
(6 )  Affiliated Companies 
ADR   American Depositary Receipts 
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar 
REIT   A domestic Real Estate Investment Trust whose distributions pass-through 
    with original tax character to the shareholder 

 

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 March 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    $    $    $  190 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund            —++ 
Totals    $  —#  $    $  190+ 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule           
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value 
Affiliate    12/31/19  Cost  Cost    3/31/20 
T. Rowe Price Government             
Reserve Fund  $  29,638    ¤  ¤ $    53,160 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term             
Fund    178,775    ¤  ¤    186,913 
          $    240,073^ 

 

# 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 $190 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 $240,073.

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 Blue Chip Growth 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.


 

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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
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.

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
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


 

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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 March 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           
Common Stocks  $  58,297,245$  1,688,012$  131,247$  60,116,504 
Short-Term Investments    53,160      53,160 
Securities Lending Collateral    186,913      186,913 
Total  $  58,537,318$  1,688,012$  131,247$  60,356,577 

 

Following is a reconciliation of the fund’s Level 3 holdings for the period ended March 31, 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 March 31, 2020, totaled $11,031,000 for the period ended March 31, 2020.

($ 000 s)             
 
        Beginning Balance    Gain (Loss) During    Ending Balance 
        1/1/20    Period    3/31/20 
  Investment in Securities              
  Common Stocks   $  120,216  $  11,031  $  131,247