Vice Chairman
President
Executive Vice President
Chairman
| Sequoia Fund, Inc. | 767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4701 New York, NY 10153 (800) 686-6884 |
QUARTERLY REPORT
For the Period Ended March 31, 2003
Dear Shareholder:
Sequoia Fund's results for the first quarter of 2003 are shown below with comparable results for the leading market indexes:
| To March 31, 2003 | Sequoia Fund |
Dow Jones Industrials |
Standard & Poor's 500 |
| 3 Months | -7.42% | -3.46% | -3.15% |
| 1 Year | -10.73% | -21.43% | -24.76% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 2.54% | -0.14% | -3.77% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 14.08% | 11.10% | 8.53% |
| The S&P 500
Index is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index of the common stocks of 500 major US
corporations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged, price-weighted index of 30
actively traded blue chip stocks. The performance data quoted represents past performance
and assumes reinvestment of dividends. The investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be
worth more or less than their original cost. |
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The Sequoia Fund annual meeting was held on May 9th in New York. Enclosed is a summary of our comments at the meeting. We thought it would be useful to provide all of our stockholders with this review.
We are also enclosing our Privacy Notice describing our policies relating to personal client information as required by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Sincerely,
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| Richard T. Cunniff Vice Chairman |
Robert D. Goldfarb President |
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| David M. Poppe Executive Vice President |
William J. Ruane Chairman |
July 17, 2003
SEQUOIA FUND, INC.
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2003 (UNAUDITED)
COMMON STOCKS (81.54%)
| Shares | Value (a) | ||
| BANK HOLDING COMPANIES (11.78%) | |||
| 7,909,993 | Fifth Third Bancorp | $397,318,948 | |
| 211,400 | Mercantile Bankshares Corporation | 7,174,916 | |
| 404,493,864 | |||
| BUILDING MATERIALS (2.66%) | |||
| 3,244,100 | Fastenal Company | 91,451,179 | |
| DIVERSIFIED COMPANIES (33.16%) | |||
| 17,854 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A (c) | 1,139,085,200 | |
| FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION (2.43%) | |||
| 2,322,900 | Expeditors International, Inc. | 83,508,255 | |
| HOME FURNISHINGS (1.88%) | |||
| 2,192,200 | Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (b) | 64,516,446 | |
| INSURANCE (11.43%) | |||
| 6,621,500 | Progressive Corporation | 392,721,165 | |
| LAUNDRY SERVICES (0.36%) | |||
| 376,400 | Cintas Corporation | 12,383,560 | |
| MANUFACTURING (1.60%) | |||
| 1,916,000 | Dover Corporation | 46,405,520 | |
| 218,400 | Harley Davidson, Inc. | 8,672,664 | |
| 55,078,184 | |||
| PROCESS CONTROL INSTRUMENTS (0.46%) | |||
| 239,500 | Danaher Corporation | 15,749,520 | |
| RETAILING (10.08%) | |||
| 49,600 | Costco Wholesale Corporation (c) | 1,489,488 | |
| 1,453,000 | Tiffany & Company | 36,325,000 | |
| 14,336,900 | TJX Companies, Inc. | 252,329,440 | |
| 1,898,400 | Walgreen Company | 55,964,832 | |
| 346,108,760 | |||
| TEXTILE - CARPETS (5.70%) | |||
| 4,083,200 | Mohawk Industries Inc. (c) | 195,748,608 | |
| TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | $2,800,844,741 | ||
| Principal Amount |
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| U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (18.49%) | |||
| $635,500,000 | U.S. Treasury Bills due 04/03/03 through 05/22/03 | $635,027,338 | |
| TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS | $635,027,338 | ||
| SUMMARY | |||
| Common Stocks | 81.54% | $2,800,844,741 | |
| U.S. Government Obligations | 18.49% | 635,027,338 | |
| Net Liabilities | (0.03%) | (629,106) | |
| Net Assets | $3,435,242,973 | ||
| Number of Shares Outstanding | 29,303,627 | ||
| Net Asset Value Per Share | $117.23 | ||
| (a) | Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange on which the security is listed on the last business day of the period; securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the last reported sales price on the NASDAQ National Market System on the last business day of the period; securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices; U.S. Treasury Bills with remaining maturities of sixty days or less are valued at their amortized cost. U.S. Treasury Bills that when purchased have a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are stated at their discounted value based upon the mean between the bid and asked discount rates until the sixtieth day prior to maturity, at which point they are valued at amortized cost. |
| (b) | Affiliated Companies: Investment in portfolio companies 5% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are held by the Fund are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 as "affiliated companies." |
| (c) | Non-income producing. |
SEQUOIA FUND, INC.
767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4701
New York, New York 10153-4798
Website : www.sequoiafund.com
DIRECTORS
William J. Ruane
Richard T. Cunniff
Robert D. Goldfarb
David M. Poppe
Vinod Ahooja
Roger Lowenstein
Francis P. Matthews
C. William Neuhauser
Robert L. Swiggett
OFFICERS
William J. Ruane — Chairman of the Board Richard T. Cunniff — Vice Chairman Robert D. Goldfarb — President David M. Poppe — Executive Vice President Joseph Quinones, Jr. — Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer
INVESTMENT ADVISER& DISTRIBUTOR
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4701
New York, New York 10153-4798
CUSTODIAN
The Bank of New York
MF Custody Administration Department
100 Church Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10286
REGISTRAR AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING AGENT
DST Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 219477
Kansas City, Missouri 64121
LEGAL COUNSEL
Seward & Kissel
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, New York 10004
This report has been prepared for the information of shareholders of Sequoia Fund, Inc.