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T. ROWE PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

Portfolio of Investments  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
COMMON STOCKS 100.0%     
COMMUNICATION SERVICES 19.8%     
 
Entertainment 3.8%     
Electronic Arts (1)  174,277  22,727 
Netflix (1)  4,144,245  2,072,247 
Sea, ADR (1)(2)  5,499,200  847,097 
Spotify Technology (1)  1,657,165  401,979 
    3,344,050 
Interactive Media & Services 15.9%     
Alphabet, Class A (1)  640,158  938,216 
Alphabet, Class C (1)  2,865,678  4,211,400 
Facebook, Class A (1)  22,023,360  5,767,918 
Match Group (1)  6,464,470  715,294 
Snap, Class A (1)  5,196,400  135,678 
Tencent Holdings (HKD)  34,131,000  2,305,323 
    14,073,829 
Media 0.1%     
Charter Communications, Class A (1)  224,000  139,852 
    139,852 
Total Communication Services    17,557,731 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 21.9%     
 
Auto Components 0.0%     
Aptiv  169,041  15,498 
    15,498 
Automobiles 0.0%     
Tesla (1)  58,000  24,882 
    24,882 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 1.0%     
Chipotle Mexican Grill (1)  432,898  538,400 
Domino's Pizza  133,000  56,562 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings  185,129  15,795 
Marriott International, Class A  311,119  28,803 
McDonald's  139,300  30,575 
   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.   

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Yum! Brands  2,136,796  195,090 
    865,225 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 17.7%     
Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (1)  14,822,487  4,357,515 
Amazon.com (1)  3,321,720  10,459,199 
Booking Holdings (1)  411,658  704,215 
Etsy (1)  974,400  118,516 
Trip.com Group, ADR (1)  336,059  10,465 
    15,649,910 
Multiline Retail 1.3%     
Dollar General  5,382,576  1,128,296 
Dollar Tree (1)  81,489  7,443 
    1,135,739 
Specialty Retail 0.7%     
Carvana (1)(2)  198,000  44,166 
Lowe's  484,000  80,276 
Ross Stores  5,110,920  476,951 
TJX  738,590  41,103 
    642,496 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.2%     
Lululemon Athletica (1)  1,734,205  571,195 
NIKE, Class B  3,546,963  445,286 
    1,016,481 
Total Consumer Discretionary    19,350,231 
ENERGY 0.0%     
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%     
Pioneer Natural Resources  187,434  16,118 
Total Energy    16,118 
FINANCIALS 2.7%     
 
Capital Markets 2.1%     
Charles Schwab  2,599,211  94,169 
Goldman Sachs Group  2,171,208  436,348 
Intercontinental Exchange  2,930,325  293,179 
Morgan Stanley  5,085,918  245,904 

 

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


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
MSCI  325,993  116,308 
S&P Global  1,810,023  652,694 
State Street  427,204  25,346 
    1,863,948 
Insurance 0.6%     
Chubb  75,424  8,758 
Marsh & McLennan  1,411,698  161,922 
Willis Towers Watson  1,885,682  393,768 
    564,448 
Total Financials    2,428,396 
HEALTH CARE 13.0%     
 
Biotechnology 2.1%     
AbbVie  94,984  8,320 
Incyte (1)  4,157,959  373,135 
Seattle Genetics (1)  427,634  83,684 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (1)  5,045,312  1,372,930 
    1,838,069 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.2%     
Align Technology (1)  54,700  17,906 
Becton Dickinson & Company  39,131  9,105 
Danaher  5,452,613  1,174,111 
Edwards Lifesciences (1)  10,000  798 
Exact Sciences (1)  1,374,670  140,148 
Intuitive Surgical (1)  1,791,167  1,270,905 
Stryker  5,314,295  1,107,340 
    3,720,313 
Health Care Providers & Services 4.7%     
Anthem  2,380,294  639,323 
Centene (1)  8,047,090  469,387 
Cigna  5,945,664  1,007,255 
HCA Healthcare  1,104,248  137,677 
Humana  582,888  241,251 
UnitedHealth Group  5,239,589  1,633,547 
    4,128,440 

 

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 Technology 0.4%     
GoodRx Holdings, Class A (1)  464,121  25,805 
Veeva Systems, Class A (1)  1,086,998  305,653 
    331,458 
Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.3%     
Agilent Technologies  64,190  6,480 
PPD (1)  2,089,276  77,282 
Thermo Fisher Scientific  2,408,378  1,063,347 
    1,147,109 
Pharmaceuticals 0.3%     
Zoetis  1,855,022  306,765 
    306,765 
Total Health Care    11,472,154 
INDUSTRIALS & BUSINESS SERVICES 3.1%     
Aerospace & Defense 0.0%     
L3Harris Technologies  40,339  6,851 
Northrop Grumman  32,942  10,393 
    17,244 
Airlines 0.0%     
United Airlines Holdings (1)  25,000  869 
    869 
Building Products 0.1%     
Johnson Controls International  1,500,000  61,275 
    61,275 
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.4%     
Cintas  1,009,308  335,928 
    335,928 
Industrial Conglomerates 0.5%     
Honeywell International  33,878  5,577 
Roper Technologies  1,191,824  470,901 
    476,478 
Machinery 0.3%     
Fortive  3,021,707  230,284 

 

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


 

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      Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)      
 
  Parker-Hannifin   171,000  34,600 
        264,884 
  Professional Services 1.1%      
  CoStar Group (1)   706,491  599,465 
  Equifax   2,037,419  319,671 
  IHS Markit   246,209  19,330 
        938,466 
  Road & Rail 0.7%      
  Canadian Pacific Railway (2)   460,589  140,217 
  Kansas City Southern   439,059  79,395 
  Norfolk Southern   632,104  135,264 
  Union Pacific   1,558,872  306,895 
        661,771 
  Total Industrials & Business Services     2,756,915 
  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 39.0%      
 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.2%      
  TE Connectivity   1,377,000  134,588 
        134,588 
  IT Services 13.7%      
  ANT International, Class C, Acquisition Date: 6/7/18, Cost      
$104,886 (1)(3)(4)   18,696,173  169,013 
  Fidelity National Information Services   9,113,727  1,341,632 
  Fiserv (1)   9,531,721  982,244 
  Global Payments   8,950,461  1,589,423 
  Mastercard, Class A   7,107,127  2,403,417 
  PayPal Holdings (1)   11,754,197  2,315,929 
  Shopify, Class A (1)   135,507  138,620 
  Twilio, Class A (1)   51,800  12,799 
  Visa, Class A   13,627,990  2,725,189 
  Wix.com (1)   1,685,900  429,652 
        12,107,918 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 4.5%      
  Advanced Micro Devices (1)   8,968,511  735,328 
  Applied Materials   2,409,466  143,243 
  KLA   10,000  1,937 

 

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


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Lam Research  347,100  115,151 
Marvell Technology Group  16,065,670  637,807 
Maxim Integrated Products  2,917,849  197,276 
NVIDIA  2,700,882  1,461,771 
QUALCOMM  4,163,387  489,947 
Texas Instruments  1,179,926  168,482 
    3,950,942 
Software 15.9%     
Atlassian, Class A (1)(2)  1,078,410  196,044 
Coupa Software (1)(2)  174,574  47,875 
DocuSign (1)  2,028,655  436,648 
Intuit  5,274,942  1,720,739 
Microsoft  22,032,830  4,634,165 
Paycom Software (1)  546,372  170,086 
salesforce.com (1)  8,682,232  2,182,019 
ServiceNow (1)  4,463,966  2,165,023 
Snowflake, Class A (1)(2)  238,797  59,938 
Splunk (1)(2)  4,033,819  758,882 
Synopsys (1)  2,830,105  605,586 
Workday, Class A (1)  3,379,324  726,994 
Zoom Video Communications, Class A (1)  815,600  383,422 
    14,087,421 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 4.7%     
Apple  36,120,952  4,183,167 
    4,183,167 
Total Information Technology    34,464,036 
MATERIALS 0.5%     
 
Chemicals 0.5%     
Air Products & Chemicals  33,766  10,058 
Linde  1,135,424  270,378 
PPG Industries  353,000  43,094 
Sherwin-Williams  150,040  104,539 
Total Materials    428,069 

 

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


 

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(Cost and value in $000s)

  Shares    $ Value 
 
UTILITIES 0.0%       
Multi-Utilities 0.0%       
Sempra Energy  350,617    41,499 
Total Utilities      41,499 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $38,180,628)      88,515,149 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.0%       
MONEY MARKET FUNDS 0.0%       
T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Fund, 0.09% (5)(6)  24,284,608    24,284 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $24,284)      24,284 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL 0.1%       
INVESTMENTS IN A POOLED ACCOUNT THROUGH       
SECURITIES LENDING PROGRAM WITH STATE STREET       
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 0.1%       
Short-Term Funds 0.1%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 0.13% (5)(6)  6,509,461    65,095 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company      65,095 
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $65,095)      65,095 
 
Total Investments in Securities 100.1%       
(Cost $38,270,007)    $  88,604,528 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.1)%      (115,311) 
Net Assets 100.0%    $  88,489,217 

 

  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 September 30, 2020. 
(3)  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 

 

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


 

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(4)   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 $169,013 and represents 0.2% of net assets. 
(5) Seven-day yield 
(6) Affiliated Companies 
ADR   American Depositary Receipts 
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar 

 

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      
T. Rowe Price Government             
Reserve Fund    $     $    $  235    
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund             —++ 
Totals    $  —#  $    $  235+    
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule           
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value   
Affiliate    12/31/19  Cost  Cost    9/30/20 
T. Rowe Price Government             
Reserve Fund  $  29,638    ¤  ¤   $  24,284 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term             
Fund    178,775    ¤  ¤    65,095 
Total            $  89,379^ 

 

#  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 $235 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 $89,379. 

 

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.

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.

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
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


 

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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  $  86,040,813                 $  2,305,323                  $  169,013                $  88,515,149 
Short-Term Investments    24,284      24,284 
Securities Lending Collateral    65,095      65,095 
Total  $  86,130,192                 $  2,305,323                  $  169,013                $  88,604,528