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T. ROWE PRICE INSTITUTIONAL MID-CAP EQUITY GROWTH FUND
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Portfolio of Investments   Shares  $ Value        Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)         (Cost and value in $000s)      
COMMON STOCKS 97.5%         Dollar Tree (1)   685,000  50,327 
                163,735 
Communication Services 2.3%                
          Specialty Retail 3.4%      
Entertainment 0.6%         Burlington Stores (1)   488,000  77,328 
Spotify Technology (1)   295,000  35,825    CarMax (1)   301,000  16,203 
      35,825    Five Below (1)   145,000  10,205 
Interactive Media & Services 1.7%         O'Reilly Automotive (1)   166,000  49,974 
IAC/InterActiveCorp (1)   545,000  97,680    Tiffany   233,000  30,174 
      97,680    Ulta Beauty (1)   108,000  18,976 
Total Communication Services     133,505          202,860 
Consumer Discretionary 13.1%         Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.9%      
          Levi Strauss, Class A   542,000  6,737 
Auto Components 1.0%         Lululemon Athletica (1)   24,000  4,549 
Aptiv   831,000  40,919    Tapestry   1,440,000  18,648 
Visteon (1)   336,000  16,121    VF   473,000  25,580 
      57,040          55,514 
Diversified Consumer Services 0.7%         Total Consumer Discretionary     774,524 
ServiceMaster Global Holdings                
(1) 1,549,000  41,823    Consumer Staples 2.4%      
      41,823    Food & Staples Retailing 1.6%      
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 4.2%         Casey's General Stores   519,519  68,831 
Chipotle Mexican Grill (1)   45,000  29,448    Sprouts Farmers Market (1)   1,358,000  25,245 
Darden Restaurants   267,000  14,541          94,076 
Dunkin' Brands Group   655,000  34,781    Food Products 0.8%      
Hilton Worldwide Holdings   718,000  48,996    Conagra Brands   331,000  9,712 
Marriott International, Class A   341,000  25,510    TreeHouse Foods (1)   810,000  35,761 
MGM Resorts International   3,566,000  42,079          45,473 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings                
(1) 827,000  9,064    Total Consumer Staples     139,549 
Vail Resorts   307,000  45,347    Energy 1.5%      
      249,766    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.5%      
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.1%         Concho Resources   1,185,000  50,777 
Chewy, Class A (1)   101,000  3,786    Continental Resources   808,000  6,173 
      3,786    Pioneer Natural Resources   334,000  23,430 
          Venture Global LNG, Series B,      
Multiline Retail 2.8%         Acquisition Date: 3/8/18, Cost      
Dollar General   751,000  113,408  $912 (1)(2)(3) 302  1,162 

 

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


 

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    Shares  $ Value    Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       (Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Venture Global LNG, Series C,       Ionis Pharmaceuticals (1)  201,120  9,509 
Acquisition Date: 10/16/17 -       Neurocrine Biosciences (1)  353,000  30,552 
3/8/18, Cost $7,718 (1)(2)(3)  2,097 8,070       
        Seattle Genetics (1)  498,000  57,459 
Total Energy     89,612       
            240,497 
Financials 7.5%            
        Health Care Equipment & Supplies 9.5%   
Banks 0.6%       Alcon (1)  769,000  39,081 
Fifth Third Bancorp   958,000  14,226  Cooper  470,000  129,565 
Webster Financial   958,000  21,938  Exact Sciences (1)  482,000  27,956 
      36,164  Hologic (1)  3,164,000  111,056 
Capital Markets 2.9%       ICU Medical (1)  185,000  37,328 
Cboe Global Markets   542,000  48,373  IDEXX Laboratories (1)  81,000  19,621 
E*TRADE Financial   193,000  6,624  Teleflex  549,000  160,780 
KKR, Class A   1,618,000  37,974  West Pharmaceutical Services  237,000  36,083 
MarketAxess Holdings   88,000  29,266      561,470 
Raymond James Financial   238,000  15,042  Health Care Providers & Services 0.4%     
Tradeweb Markets, Class A   813,000  34,179  Acadia Healthcare (1)  1,240,000  22,754 
      171,458      22,754 
Consumer Finance 0.2%       Health Care Technology 1.0%     
SLM   1,756,000  12,626  Veeva Systems, Class A (1)  372,000  58,170 
      12,626      58,170 
Insurance 3.8%       Life Sciences Tools & Services 4.9%     
Assurant   474,000  49,339  Agilent Technologies  1,523,000  109,077 
Axis Capital Holdings   809,000  31,268  Avantor (1)  2,742,000  34,248 
Fidelity National Financial   951,000  23,661  Bruker  2,228,000  79,896 
Progressive   286,000  21,118  PPD (1)  327,000  5,824 
Willis Towers Watson   586,000  99,532  PRA Health Sciences (1)  713,000  59,207 
      224,918      288,252 
Total Financials     445,166  Pharmaceuticals 3.5%     
Health Care 23.4%       Catalent (1)  1,872,000  97,250 
Biotechnology 4.1%       Elanco Animal Health (1)  2,314,000  51,811 
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (1)   241,000  10,182  Perrigo  1,188,000  57,131 
Alkermes (1)   1,724,000  24,860      206,192 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (1)   301,000  32,764  Total Health Care    1,377,335 
Amarin, ADR (1)   603,000  2,412  Industrials & Business Services 18.7%     
Argenx, ADR (1)   141,000  18,574       
        Aerospace & Defense 2.9%     
Ascendis Pharma, ADR (1)   104,000  11,712       
Incyte (1)   580,000  42,473  BWX Technologies  760,000  37,020 
        L3Harris Technologies  346,409  62,395 
     

 

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

 

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    Shares  $ Value    Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       (Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Textron   2,668,000  71,155  Road & Rail 1.2%     
      170,570  JB Hunt Transport Services  762,000  70,279 
Airlines 0.4%           70,279 
Alaska Air Group   348,000  9,907  Total Industrials & Business Services    1,103,882 
United Airlines Holdings (1)   532,000  16,785  Information Technology 20.2%     
      26,692       
        Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 3.6%   
Building Products 0.3%            
        Cognex  301,000  12,708 
Allegion   163,000  14,999  Corning  2,695,000  55,355 
      14,999  FLIR Systems  548,000  17,476 
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.5%       Keysight Technologies (1)  996,000  83,345 
Waste Connections   357,000  27,668  National Instruments  1,276,000  42,210 
      27,668      211,094 
Electrical Equipment 1.0%       IT Services 5.3%     
Sensata Technologies Holding       Black Knight (1)  655,000  38,029 
(1) 2,023,000  58,526  Fidelity National Information     
      58,526  Services  54,000  6,569 
Industrial Conglomerates 1.2%       Fiserv (1)  817,000  77,607 
Roper Technologies   234,000  72,964  FleetCor Technologies (1)  303,000  56,522 
        Gartner (1)  241,000  23,996 
      72,964  Global Payments  626,000  90,288 
Machinery 4.9%       WEX (1)  200,000  20,910 
Colfax (1)   1,970,000  39,006      313,921 
Fortive   1,070,000  59,053       
        Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 6.0%   
IDEX   605,000  83,557       
Ingersoll Rand (1)   3,071,464  76,172  Entegris  740,000  33,130 
Xylem   472,240  30,757  Marvell Technology Group  3,212,000  72,688 
        Maxim Integrated Products  947,000  46,034 
      288,545  Microchip Technology  1,328,000  90,038 
Professional Services 6.3%       Skyworks Solutions  590,000  52,734 
Clarivate Analytics (1)   2,373,000  49,240  Xilinx  782,000  60,949 
CoreLogic   1,396,000  42,634      355,573 
CoStar Group (1)   95,000  55,785       
        Software 5.3%     
Equifax   417,000  49,811       
IHS Markit   641,000  38,460  Atlassian, Class A (1)  396,000  54,355 
TransUnion   992,000  65,650  Ceridian HCM Holding (1)  950,000  47,567 
Verisk Analytics   517,000  72,059  DocuSign (1)  823,501  76,091 
        Slack Technologies, Class A (1)  595,000  15,970 
      373,639  Splunk (1)  408,000  51,502 
        SS&C Technologies Holdings  396,000  17,353 

 

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


 

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      Shares  $ Value        Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)         (Cost and value in $000s)      
 
  Workday, Class A (1)   356,000  46,358  Multi-Utilities 1.0%      
        309,196    Sempra Energy   525,000  59,320 
  Total Information Technology     1,189,784          59,320 
  Materials 6.6%         Total Utilities     105,695 
  Chemicals 1.4%         Total Common Stocks      
            (Cost $4,960,632)     5,749,702 
  Air Products & Chemicals   178,000  35,531           
  RPM International   832,000  49,504    CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 0.4%   
        85,035           
  Construction Materials 0.3%         Consumer Discretionary 0.4%      
  Martin Marietta Materials   96,000  18,166    Automobiles 0.3%      
        18,166    Rivian Automotive, Series D,      
            Acquisition Date: 12/23/19,      
  Containers & Packaging 4.3%       Cost $14,152 (1)(2)(3) 1,317,224  14,152 
  Avery Dennison   474,000  48,286          14,152 
  Ball   2,229,000  144,127    Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.1%   
  Packaging Corp. of America   121,000  10,506           
            Roofoods, Series F, Acquisition      
  Reynolds Consumer Products   692,000  20,186  Date: 9/12/17, Cost $9,756    
  Sealed Air   1,270,000  31,382  (1)(2)(3) 27,594  7,936 
        254,487    Roofoods, Series G, Acquisition      
          Date: 5/16/19, Cost $328    
  Metals & Mining 0.6%       (1)(2)(3) 784  243 
  Kirkland Lake Gold   1,108,000  32,797          8,179 
        32,797    Total Consumer Discretionary     22,331 
  Total Materials     390,485    Real Estate 0.0%      
  Real Estate 0.0%         Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%   
  Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%      WeWork, Series D-1, Acquisition      
  WeWork, Class A, Acquisition       Date: 12/9/14, Cost $4,367    
Date: 5/26/15, Cost $651     (1)(2)(3) 262,263  944 
(1)(2)(3) 45,981  165    WeWork, Series D-2, Acquisition      
          Date: 12/9/14, Cost $3,431    
  Total Real Estate     165  (1)(2)(3) 206,064  742 
  Utilities 1.8%         Total Real Estate     1,686 
  Electric Utilities 0.3%         Total Convertible Preferred Stocks      
            (Cost $32,034)     24,017 
  Eversource Energy   258,000  20,178           
        20,178  v-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.1%   
  Gas Utilities 0.5%                
  Atmos Energy   264,000  26,197    Money Market Funds 2.1%      
            T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve      
        26,197    Fund, 0.93% (4)(5)   122,108,061  122,108 

 

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


 

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  $ Value      $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)    (Cost and value in $000s)     
 
 
Total Short-Term Investments    Total Investments in Securities 100.0%     
(Cost $122,108)  122,108       
    (Cost $5,114,774)  $ 5,895,827 
    Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.0%    2,333 
    Net Assets 100%  $ 5,898,160 

 

  Shares are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. 
(1)  Non-income producing 
(2)  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 $33,414 and represents 0.6% of net assets. 
(3)  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 
(4)  Seven-day yield 
(5)  Affiliated Companies 
ADR  American Depositary Receipts 

 

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 Treasury Reserve Fund     $ —# $    $ 513+ 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule               
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value   
Affiliate    12/31/19  Cost  Cost    3/31/20 
T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve Fund  $  167,059   ¤  ¤  $ 122,108^ 

 

# Capital gain distributions from mutual funds represented $0 of the net realized gain (loss).
+ Investment income comprised $513 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 $122,108.

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 Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund (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.
Actively traded equity securities listed on a domestic exchange generally are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value
hierarchy. 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 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
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  $  5,740,305   $                     $                    9,397            $     5,749,702 
Convertible Preferred Stocks        24,017  24,017 
Short-Term Investments    122,108      122,108 
Total  $  5,862,413  $                     $                    33,414  $    5,895,827 

 


 

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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 $(11,507,000) for the period ended March 31, 2020.

($000s)            
        Beginning    Gain (Loss)    Ending 
        Balance    During    Balance 
        1/1/20    Period    3/31/20 
  Investment in Securities              
  Common Stocks   $  13,123  $  (3,726)  $  9,397 
 
  Convertible Preferred Stocks     31,798    (7,781)    24,017 
 
  Total   $  44,921  $  (11,507)  $  33,414