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T. ROWE PRICE COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY FUND
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

  Portfolio of Investments   Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)      
  COMMON STOCKS 97.0%      
  CONSUMER/RETAIL 0.7%      
  Consumer Brands 0.1%      
  Duluth Holdings, Class B (1)(2)   981,000  3,934 
        3,934 
  Consumer Services 0.6%      
  GSX Techedu, ADR (1)   440,815  18,673 
  TAL Education Group, ADR (1)   403,200  21,474 
        40,147 
  Total Consumer/Retail     44,081 
  FINANCIAL SERVICES 4.8%      
  Other Financial Services 0.1%      
  XP, Class A (1)   347,605  6,705 
        6,705 
  Payments 4.7%      
  ANT International, Class C, Acquisition Date: 6/7/18, Cost      
$ 67,333 (1)(3)(4)  12,002,332  84,256 
  One97 Communications, Series G, Acquisition Date: 12/3/19,      
Cost $8,203(1)(3)(4)   32,222  6,070 
  PayPal Holdings (1)   1,875,000  179,513 
  StoneCo, Class A (1)(2)   541,520  11,789 
        281,628 
  Total Financial Services     288,333 
  INTERNET 41.9%      
  China Internet Media/Advertising 4.1%      
  Tencent Holdings (HKD)   4,989,500  246,619 
        246,619 
  China Internet Retail 6.5%      
  Alibaba Group Holding, ADR (1)   2,021,134  393,070 
        393,070 
 
 
       
  The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.      

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
Rest of World Internet Media/Advertising 1.2%     
Sea, ADR (1)(2)  1,587,593  70,347 
    70,347 
Rest of World Internet Retail 0.0%     
Farfetch, Class A (1)  305,149  2,411 
    2,411 
Rest of World Internet Services 0.5%     
Trainline (GBP) (1)  7,264,495  30,160 
    30,160 
U. S. Internet Media/Advertising 11.3%     
Alphabet, Class A (1)  79,050  91,852 
Alphabet, Class C (1)  204,753  238,089 
Facebook, Class A (1)  2,132,800  355,751 
    685,692 
U. S. Internet Retail 15.3%     
Amazon. com (1)  453,000  883,223 
Carvana (1)(2)  478,397  26,355 
Chewy, Class A (1)  312,733  11,724 
RealReal (1)(2)  388,414  2,723 
    924,025 
U. S. Internet Services 3.0%     
Booking Holdings (1)  124,072  166,917 
Houzz, Acquisition Date: 6/3/14, Cost $1,400 (1)(3)(4)  186,860  1,114 
Redfin (1)(2)  657,781  10,143 
    178,174 
Total Internet    2,530,498 
IT SERVICES 3.1%     
Data Centers 1.7%     
Equinix, REIT  168,056  104,963 
    104,963 
IT Services 1.4%     
Amadeus IT Group, A Shares (EUR)  203,439  9,575 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
VeriSign (1)  407,300  73,351 
    82,926 
Total IT Services    187,889 
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT 5.6%     
Direct-to-Consumer Subscription Services 5.3%     
Netflix (1)(2)  775,080  291,042 
Spotify Technology (1)(2)  220,200  26,741 
    317,783 
Diversified Media 0.2%     
Walt Disney  144,810  13,989 
    13,989 
TV and Radio Broadcasting 0.1%     
Central European Media Enterprises, Class A (1)  1,379,898  4,319 
    4,319 
Total Media & Entertainment    336,091 
SEMICONDUCTORS 0.7%     
Processors 0.7%     
NVIDIA  162,900  42,940 
Total Semiconductors    42,940 
SOFTWARE 8.7%     
Back-Office Applications Software 2.4%     
Avalara (1)  71,873  5,362 
Bill. com Holdings (1)(2)  46,683  1,596 
Ceridian HCM Holding (1)  531,974  26,636 
Coupa Software (1)(2)  593,193  82,887 
Workday, Class A (1)  196,400  25,575 
    142,056 
Collaboration and Productivity Software 4.6%     
Atlassian, Class A (1)(2)  739,599  101,517 
ServiceNow (1)  446,849  128,058 
Slack Technologies, Class A (1)(2)  1,291,091  34,653 
Zoom Video Communications, Class A (1)(2)  114,570  16,741 
    280,969 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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  Shares  $ Value 
(Cost and value in $000s)     
 
Front-Office Applications Software 0.5%     
salesforce. com (1)  190,900  27,486 
    27,486 
Industry-Specific Software 0.1%     
nCino, Acquisition Date: 9/16/19, Cost $8,417 (1)(3)(4)  386,987  6,229 
Toast, Acquisition Date: 11/14/18, Cost $558 (1)(3)(4)  20,287  682 
    6,911 
Infrastructure and Developer Tool Software 1.1%     
Datadog, Class A (1)  322,499  11,604 
Microsoft  322,400  50,846 
PagerDuty (1)(2)  372,996  6,445 
Snowflake, Class B, Acquisition Date: 3/17/20,     
Cost $633 (1)(3)(4)  16,324  633 
    69,528 
Total Software    526,950 
TELECOM SERVICES 31.1%     
Towers 16.2%     
American Tower, REIT  1,872,500  407,737 
Crown Castle International, REIT  2,389,468  345,039 
Helios Towers (GBP) (1)  18,559,030  31,909 
Sarana Menara Nusantara (IDR)  411,976,500  17,000 
SBA Communications, REIT  646,300  174,482 
    976,167 
U. S. Cable/Satellite 7.9%     
Altice USA, Class A (1)  1,779,555  39,666 
Charter Communications, Class A (1)  364,809  159,170 
Comcast, Class A  5,703,400  196,083 
Liberty Broadband, Class C (1)  756,416  83,750 
    478,669 
U. S. Wireless 7.0%     
T-Mobile US (1)(2)  3,556,980  298,431 
Verizon Communications  2,279,676  122,487 
    420,918 
Total Telecom Services    1,875,754 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.     

 


 

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      Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)      
 
  Total Miscellaneous Common Stocks 0.4% (7)     25,800 
  Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,115,790)     5,858,336 
 
  CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 1.7%      
  INDUSTRIALS 0.2%      
  Transportation Technology Services 0.2%      
  Aurora Innovation, Series B, Acquisition Date: 3/1/19, Cost      
$ 12,597 (1)(3)(4)  1,363,230  9,321 
  Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Series A-17, Acquisition Date: 10/19/15, Cost      
$ 3,572 (1)(3)(4)  130,241  4,909 
  Total Industrials     14,230 
  INTERNET 1.0%      
  China Internet Media/Advertising 0.3%      
  ByteDance, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/8/19,      
Cost $12,010 (1)(3)(4)  243,670  16,626 
        16,626 
  U. S. Internet Services 0.7%      
  Airbnb, Series D, Acquisition Date: 4/16/14,      
Cost $5,109 (1)(3)(4)  125,499  9,553 
  Airbnb, Series E, Acquisition Date: 7/14/15,      
Cost $3,047 (1)(3)(4)  32,734  2,492 
  Doordash, Series G, Acquisition Date: 11/12/19,      
Cost $13,568 (1)(3)(4)  71,526  10,041 
  Houzz, Series D, Acquisition Date: 6/3/14, Cost $4,200 (1)(3)(4)   560,560  3,343 
  Vroom, Series F, Acquisition Date: 6/30/17 - 11/27/17, Cost      
$ 11,025 (1)(3)(4)  646,332  13,006 
  Vroom, Series H, Acquisition Date: 11/21/19,      
Cost $3,061 (1)(3)(4)  112,567  2,265 
        40,700 
  Total Internet     57,326 
  SOFTWARE 0.5%      
Back -Office Applications Software 0.1%      
  Plex Systems Holdings, Series B, Acquisition Date: 6/9/14, Cost      
$ 3,508 (1)(3)(4)  1,528,887  3,292 
        3,292 
 
  The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Portfolio of Investments.      

 


 

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      Shares  $ Value 
  (Cost and value in $000s)      
 
  Collaboration and Productivity Software 0.1%      
  Uipath, Series D-1, Acquisition Date: 4/26/19,      
Cost $10,489 (1)(3)(4)  266,532  7,762 
  Uipath, Series D-2, Acquisition Date: 4/26/19,      
Cost $1,761 (1)(3)(4)  44,756  1,303 
        9,065 
Front -Office Applications Software 0.1%      
  Seismic Software, Series E, Acquisition Date: 12/13/18, Cost      
$ 5,712 (1)(3)(4)  181,211  4,749 
        4,749 
  Industry-Specific Software 0.2%      
  Toast, Series D, Acquisition Date: 6/27/18,      
Cost $6,343 (1)(3)(4)  366,515  12,327 
  Toast, Series F, Acquisition Date: 2/14/20,      
Cost $1,556 (1)(3)(4)  34,233  1,151 
        13,478 
  Total Software     30,584 
  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $97,558)     102,140 
 
SHORT -TERM INVESTMENTS 1.0%      
  Money Market Funds 1.0%      
  T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve Fund, 0.93% (5)(6)   60,810,306  60,810 
  Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $60,810)     60,810 

 

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 3.0%       
Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending       
Program with State Street Bank and Trust Company 3.0%       
Short-Term Funds 3.0%       
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund, 1.28% (5)(6)  18,211,501    182,115 
Total Investments in a Pooled Account through Securities Lending Program with     
State Street Bank and Trust Company      182,115 
Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $182,115)      182,115 
 
Total Investments in Securities 102.7%       
(Cost $2,456,273)    $  6,203,401 
Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.7)%      (161,265) 
Net Assets 100.0%    $  6,042,136 

 

  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 $201,124 and represents 3.3% of net assets. 
(4 )  Level 3 in fair value hierarchy. 
(5 )  Seven-day yield 
(6 )  Affiliated Companies 
(7 )  The identity of certain securities has been concealed to protect the fund while 
    it completes a purchase or selling program for the securities. 
ADR   American Depositary Receipts 
EUR   Euro 
GBP   British Pound 
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar 
IDR   Indonesian Rupiah 
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 Treasury Reserve             
Fund    $    $    $  177 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Fund            —++ 
Totals    $  —#  $    $  177+ 
 
 
Supplementary Investment Schedule           
    Value  Purchase  Sales    Value 
Affiliate    12/31/19  Cost  Cost    3/31/20 
T. Rowe Price Treasury               
Reserve Fund  $  20,714    ¤  ¤ $    60,810 
T. Rowe Price Short-Term             
Fund    127,534    ¤  ¤    182,115 
          $    242,925^ 

 

# 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 $177 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 $242,925.

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, 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  $  5,424,089$  335,263$  98,984$  5,858,336 
Convertible Preferred Stocks        102,140  102,140 
Short-Term Investments    60,810      60,810 
Securities Lending Collateral    182,115      182,115 
Total  $  5,667,014$  335,263$  201,124$  6,203,401 

 

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 $(18,924,000) for the period ended March 31, 2020.

($ 000 s)    Beginning    Gain (Loss)        Ending 
        Balance    During    Total    Balance 
        1/1/20    Period    Purchases    3/31/20 
  Investment in Securities                  
  Common Stocks   $  95,860  $  2,491  $  633  $  98,984 
  Convertible Preferred                  
  Stocks     121,999    (21,415)    1,556    102,140 
 
  Total   $  217,859  $  (18,924)  $  2,189  $  201,124 

 

In accordance with GAAP, the following table provides quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs
used to determine the fair valuations of the fund’s Level 3 assets, by class of financial instrument. Because the Valuation
Committee considers a wide variety of factors and inputs, both observable and unobservable, in determining fair values,
the unobservable inputs presented do not reflect all inputs significant to the fair value determination.


 

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                  Impact to 
        Significant  Value or   Weighted   Valuation from 
Investments in    Market  Valuation  Unobservable  Range of   Average of   an Increase 
Securities    Value ($000s)  Technique(s)+  Input(s)  Input(s)   Input(s) *   in Input** 
 
Common Stocks  $  98,984  Recent comparable  —#  —#   —#   —# 
      transaction price(s)             
 
 
        Market performance  26 %  26 %  Decrease 
        adjustment           
 
      Market comparable  Enterprise Value to  4.7 x  4.7 x  Increase 
        Sales Multiple           
 
        Discount for lack of  10 %  10 %  Decrease 
        marketability           
 
        Enterprise Value to  0.8 x  0.8 x  Increase 
        Gross Merchandise           
        Value Multiple           
 
        Enterprise Value to  6.3 x  6.3 x  Increase 
        Gross Profit Multiple           
 
        Market performance  26 %  26 %  Decrease 
        adjustment           
 
Convertible  $  102,140  Recent comparable  —#  —#   —#   —# 
Preferred Stocks      transaction price(s)             
 
 
        Market performance  26 %  26 %  Decrease 
        adjustment           
 
      Market Comparable  Sales Growth Rate  12% - 40%    24 %  Increase 
 
        EBIT Growth Rate  40 %  40 %  Increase 
 
        Enterprise Value to  14.6x – 21.4x   18.0 x  Increase 
        EBIT Multiple           
 
        Enterprise Value to  3.0x – 12.1x   4.5 x  Increase 
        Sales Multiple           
 
        Enterprise Value to  0.8 x  0.8 x  Increase 
        Gross Merchandise           
        Value Multiple           
 
        Discount for lack of  10 %  10 %  Decrease 
        marketability           
 
        Enterprise Value to  3.4x – 8.2x   4.8 x  Increase 
        Gross Profit Multiple           
 
        Gross Profit  15% - 25%    22 %  Increase 
        Growth Rate           
 
        Market performance  26 %  26 %  Decrease 
        adjustment           

 

# No quantitative unobservable inputs significant to the valuation technique were created by the fund’s management.

* Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instruments.


 

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** Represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investment(s) that would have resulted from an
increase in the corresponding input at period end. A decrease in the unobservable input would have had the
opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases in these inputs in isolation could result in significantly higher or
lower fair value measurements.

+ Valuation techniques may change in order to reflect management’s judgment of current market participant
assumptions.