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T. ROWE PRICE COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY FUND

March 31, 2019  (Unaudited)   
 
 
 
Portfolio of Investments  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
COMMON STOCKS 96.3%     
INTERNET 43.5%     
 
Internet Media/Advertising 16.5%     
Alphabet, Class A (1)  79,050  93,033 
Alphabet, Class C (1)  179,853  211,023 
Baidu, ADR (1)  146,496  24,150 
Facebook, Class A (1)  2,132,800  355,517 
Sea, ADR (1)  1,587,593  37,340 
Tencent Holdings (HKD)  4,989,500  229,456 
    950,519 
Internet Retail 21.1%     
Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (1)  1,774,934  323,837 
Altaba (1)(2)  839,300  62,209 
Amazon. com (1)  453,000  806,680 
Duluth Holdings, Class B (1)(3)  981,000  23,387 
Farfetch, Class A (1)  214,849  5,781 
    1,221,894 
Internet Services 5.9%     
ANGI Homeservices, Class A (1)(3)  2,093,368  32,322 
Booking Holdings (1)  124,072  216,494 
Ctrip. com International, ADR (1)  1,773,000  77,462 
Houzz, Acquisition Date: 6/3/14, Cost $1,400 (1)(4)(5)  186,860  1,241 
Redfin (1)(3)  657,781  13,333 
Uber Technologies, Class A, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,   
Cost $188 (1)(4)(5)  5,698  278 
    341,130 
Total Internet    2,513,543 
IT SERVICES 6.5%     
 
IT Services 1.6%     
Amadeus IT Group (EUR)  203,439  16,306 
Equinix, REIT  168,056  76,156 
    92,462 
 
   

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Processors 4.9%     
ANT International, Class C, Acquisition Date: 6/7/18,     
Cost $67,333 (1)(4)(5)  12,002,332  67,333 
PayPal Holdings (1)  1,875,000  194,700 
StoneCo, Class A (1)(3)  541,520  22,262 
    284,295 
Total IT Services    376,757 
MEDIA 14.9%     
 
Cable/Satellite 9.3%     
Charter Communications, Class A (1)  364,809  126,556 
Comcast, Class A  5,703,400  228,022 
Liberty Broadband, Class C (1)  756,416  69,394 
Liberty Global, Series C (1)  4,144,521  100,339 
Liberty Latin America, Class C (1)  665,156  12,937 
    537,248 
Media & Entertainment 5.6%     
Altice Europe, Class A (EUR) (1)(3)  1,372,969  3,608 
Altice Europe, Class B (EUR) (1)  753,985  1,970 
Altice USA, Class A  1,981,955  42,572 
Central European Media Enterprises, Class A (1)  1,756,526  6,991 
Fox, Class A (1)(3)  145,033  5,324 
Netflix (1)  664,180  236,820 
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, ADR (1)(3)  623,309  11,282 
Walt Disney (3)  144,810  16,078 
    324,645 
Total Media    861,893 
SEMICONDUCTORS 1.2%     
 
Digital Semiconductors 1.2%     
NVIDIA  162,900  29,250 
QUALCOMM  747,260  42,616 
Total Semiconductors    71,866 
 
 
 
      

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
SOFTWARE 7.9%     
Applications Software 3.1%     
Atlassian, Class A (1)  739,599  83,123 
Avalara (1)  71,873  4,010 
Ceridian HCM Holding (1)(3)  349,528  17,931 
salesforce. com (1)  190,900  30,233 
Workday, Class A (1)(3)  216,100  41,675 
    176,972 
Enterprise Software 1.0%     
Anaplan (1)(3)  147,364  5,800 
Coupa Software (1)(3)  593,193  53,969 
    59,769 
Infrastructure Software 0.7%     
Microsoft  322,400  38,024 
    38,024 
Software & Services 0.0%     
Toast, Acquisition Date: 11/14/18, Cost $558 (1)(4)(5)  20,287  554 
    554 
Systems Software 3.1%     
Pagerduty, Acquisition Date: 9/28/18, Cost $528 (1)(4)(5)  32,577  528 
ServiceNow (1)(3)  432,549  106,619 
VeriSign (1)  407,300  73,949 
    181,096 
Total Software    456,415 
TELECOM SERVICES 22.3%     
European Telecom 1.1%     
Iliad (EUR)  251,633  25,284 
Vodafone Group (GBP)  23,053,796  42,010 
    67,294 
Towers 14.3%     
American Tower, REIT  1,872,500  368,995 
Crown Castle International, REIT  2,389,468  305,852 
Sarana Menara Nusantara (IDR)  411,976,500  22,728 
      

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
SBA Communications, REIT (1)  646,300  129,040 
    826,615 
U. S. Wireless 6.9%     
T-Mobile US (1)  3,795,196  262,248 
Verizon Communications  2,279,676  134,797 
    397,045 
Total Telecom Services    1,290,954 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,211,831)    5,571,428 
 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 1.7%     
INTERNET 1.0%     
 
Internet Services 1.0%     
Airbnb, Series D, Acquisition Date: 4/16/14,     
Cost $5,109 (1)(4)(5)  125,499  14,563 
Airbnb, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/14/15, Cost $3,047 (1)(4)(5)  32,734  3,799 
Houzz, Series D, Acquisition Date: 6/3/14, Cost $4,200 (1)(4)(5)  560,560  3,722 
Uber Technologies, Series A, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $27 (1)(4)(5)  812  40 
Uber Technologies, Series B, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $72 (1)(4)(5)  2,178  106 
Uber Technologies, Series C-1, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $19 (1)(4)(5)  576  28 
Uber Technologies, Series C-2, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $15 (1)(4)(5)  466  23 
Uber Technologies, Series C-3, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $— (1)(4)(5)  5   
Uber Technologies, Series D, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $17 (1)(4)(5)  518  25 
Uber Technologies, Series E, Acquisition Date: 12/5/14 -     
1/16/18, Cost $6,581 (1)(4)(5)  197,521  9,634 
Uber Technologies, Series G, Acquisition Date: 12/3/15,     
Cost $7,293 (1)(4)(5)  149,523  7,293 
Uber Technologies, Series G-1, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $61 (1)(4)(5)  1,250  61 
Uber Technologies, Series Seed, Acquisition Date: 1/16/18,     
Cost $69 (1)(4)(5)  2,079  101 
Vroom, Series F, Acquisition Date: 6/30/17 - 11/27/17, Cost     
$11,025 (1)(4)(5)  646,332  11,602 
      

 


 

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      Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)      
  Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Series A-17, Acquisition Date: 10/19/15,      
Cost $ 3,572 (1)(4)(5)  130,241  6,250 
  Total Internet     57,247 
  SOFTWARE 0.7%      
  Applications Software 0.4%      
  Aurora Innovation, Series B, Acquisition Date: 3/1/19,      
Cost $ 12,596 (1)(4)(5)  136,323  12,597 
  Plex Systems Holdings, Series B, Acquisition Date: 6/9/14,      
Cost $ 3,508 (1)(4)(5)  1,528,887  3,761 
  Seismic Software, Series E, Acquisition Date: 12/13/18,      
Cost $ 5,712 (1)(4)(5)  181,211  5,712 
  Slack Technologies, Series H, Acquisition Date: 8/17/18,      
Cost $ 3,595 (1)(4)(5)  301,988  3,595 
        25,665 
  Software & Services 0.2%      
  Toast, Series D, Acquisition Date: 6/27/18, Cost $6,343 (1)(4)(5)   366,515  10,006 
        10,006 
  Systems Software 0.1%      
  Pagerduty, Series D, Acquisition Date: 8/24/18 - 9/28/18, Cost      
$ 4,412 (1)(4)(5)  258,466  4,411 
        4,411 
  Total Software     40,082 
  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $77,273)     97,329 
 
SHORT -TERM INVESTMENTS 1.9%      
  Money Market Funds 1.9%      
  T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve Fund, 2.49% (6)(7)   109,411,438  109,412 
  Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $109,412)     109,412 
 
 
 
 
         

 


 

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  Shares    $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL 3.4%       
Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending       
Program with JPMorgan Chase Bank 0.1%       
Short-Term Funds 0.1%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 2.60% (6)(7)  271,848    2,718 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
JPMorgan Chase Bank      2,718 
Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending       
Program with State Street Bank and Trust Company 3.3%       
Short-Term Funds 3.3%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 2.60% (6)(7)  19,271,376    192,714 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company      192,714 
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $195,432)      195,432 
 
Total Investments in Securities 103.3%       
(Cost $2,593,948)    $  5,973,601 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (3.3)%      (192,704) 
Net Assets 100.0%    $  5,780,897 

 

Shares are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
(1) Non-income producing
(2) Organized as a closed-end management investment company.
(3) All or a portion of this security is on loan at March 31, 2019.
(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 $167,263 and represents 2.9% of net assets.
(5) Level 3 in fair value hierarchy.
(6) Seven-day yield
(7) Affiliated Companies
ADR American Depositary Receipts
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
HKD Hong Kong Dollar


 

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IDR Indonesian Rupiah
REIT A domestic Real Estate Investment Trust whose distributions pass-through
with original tax character to the shareholder


 

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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, 2019. 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    $    $    $  525 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund            —++ 
Totals    $  —#  $    $  525+ 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule           
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value 
Affiliate    12/31/18  Cost  Cost    3/31/19 
T. Rowe Price Treasury               
Reserve Fund  $  13,108    ¤  ¤ $    109,412 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term             
Fund    119,790    ¤  ¤    195,432 
          $    304,844^ 

 

# 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 $525 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 $304,844.

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 Communications & Technology 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 March 31, 2019 (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  $  5,160,132$  341,362$  69,934$  5,571,428 
Convertible Preferred Stocks        97,329  97,329 
Short-Term Investments    109,412      109,412 
Securities Lending Collateral    195,432      195,432 
Total  $  5,464,976$  341,362$  167,263$  5,973,601 

 

Following is a reconciliation of the fund’s Level 3 holdings for the period ended March 31, 2019. 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, 2019, totaled $713,000 for the period ended March 31, 2019.

($ 000 s)        Gain         
        Beginning    (Loss)        Ending 
        Balance    During    Total    Balance 
        1/1/19    Period                       Purchases            3/31/19 
  Investment in Securities                  
  Common Stocks   $ 70,237  $  (303)  $    $ 69,934 
  Convertible                  
  Preferred Stocks     83,717    1,016    12,596    97,329 
 
 
  Total   $ 153,954  $  713  $  12,596  $ 167,263