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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-01685

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund

Address of Registrant:
P.O. Box 2600
Valley Forge, PA 19482

Name and address of agent for service:
Heidi Stam, Esquire
P.O. Box 876
Valley Forge, PA 19482

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders


 

 

 

Annual Report | September 30, 2012
                     
Vanguard MorganTM Growth Fund
            

 



 

> For the 12 months ended September 30, 2012, Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned about 27%.

> The fund lagged its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index, but outpaced the average return of its peers.

> Stocks in the information technology, consumer discretionary, and health care sectors helped fuel the fund’s performance.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisors’ Report. 7
Fund Profile. 11
Performance Summary. 12
Financial Statements. 14
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 28
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 29
Glossary. 31

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice.
Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: Our cover photograph shows rigging on the HMSSurprise, a replica of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate. It was featured in the 2003 movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which was based on Patrick O’Brian’s sea novels, set amid the Napoleonic Wars. Vanguard was named for another ship of that era, the HMSVanguard, which was the flagship of British Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.


 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012

  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund  
Investor Shares 27.18%
Admiral™ Shares 27.35
Russell 3000 Growth Index 29.35
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average 25.46

 

Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
September 30, 2011, Through September 30, 2012

      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending Income Capital
  Share Price Share Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund        
Investor Shares $16.06 $20.31 $0.100 $0.000
Admiral Shares 49.84 63.02 0.391 0.000

 

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developed markets of the Pacific region were the weakest performers but still recorded a modest advance.

In July, the president of the European Central Bank declared that policymakers would do whatever was needed to preserve the euro common currency. That pronouncement was encouraging to investors, but Europe’s financial troubles are by no means resolved. Vanguard economists believe the most likely scenario is that the Eurozone will “muddle through” for several years, with occasional spikes in market volatility, as fiscal tightening continues in the face of weak economic growth.

Bonds produced solid returns; future results may be more muted
Bonds once again advanced; the broad U.S. taxable market returned about 5% for the 12 months. Among U.S. Treasuries, long-term bonds were particularly strong as they benefited from the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program.

As bond prices rose, the yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to a record low in July, closing below 1.5%. (Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions.) By the end of the period, the yield had climbed, but it still remained low by historical standards.

Market Barometer      
 
    Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2012
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 30.06% 13.27% 1.22%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 31.91 12.99 2.21
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 13.29 1.53
MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) 14.48 3.17 -4.12
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 5.16% 6.19% 6.53%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 8.32 5.99 6.06
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 0.08 0.63
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.99% 2.33% 2.11%

 

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Bondholders have enjoyed years of strong returns. But as Tim Buckley, our incoming chief investment officer, has noted, investors shouldn’t be surprised if future results are much more modest. As yields tumble, the scope for further declines—and price increases—diminishes.

The Federal Reserve announced on September 13 that it would continue to hold its target for short-term interest rates between 0% and 0.25% at least through mid-2015. The exceptionally low rates, in place since late 2008, kept a tight lid on returns from money market funds and savings accounts.

Double-digit results in all sectors boosted Morgan Growth’s returns
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund seeks to outperform the Russell 3000 Growth Index through a multimanager approach that provides exposure to a broad universe of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. growth stocks. The fund’s five investment advisors use distinct approaches to manage independent subportfolios. We believe this structure provides both broad diversification and the potential for less volatility than a similar single-manager fund might experience. At the same time, it preserves each manager’s opportunity to generate superior returns.

Expense Ratios
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group

  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Morgan Growth Fund 0.42% 0.28% 1.34%

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information through year-end 2011.

Peer group: Multi-Cap Growth Funds.

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In the most recent 12 months, as I mentioned previously, the fund failed to outpace the Russell 3000 Growth Index but exceeded the average return of peers by almost 2 percentage points.

The shortfall versus the index was clearest in the tech sector. Tech stocks constituted about 35% of the fund’s holdings on average during the period and returned more than 27%. Compared with the benchmark index, however, this result came up short, as poor selection among manufacturers of computers and peripheral equipment and software companies held back returns.

The story was similar within consumer discretionary and health care. Although both sectors added to the fund’s overall performance, the advisors’ stock selection within these categories tempered results relative to the index.

The fund benefited in comparison with the index from the advisors’ choices in energy and industrials. Within the energy sector, shares of oil and gas companies boosted returns. The fund’s industrial holdings also performed well against the benchmark. A smaller allocation to consumer staples helped as well.

Total Returns
Ten Years Ended September 30, 2012

  Average
  Annual Return
Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares 8.58%
Russell 3000 Growth Index 8.57
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average 7.96
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.  

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost.

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Over a turbulent decade, the fund topped the average return of peers
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund’s long-term results remain competitive. For the ten years ended September 30, 2012, the average annual return for Investor Shares was 8.58%. The fund closely tracked its benchmark index, which returned an average of 8.57%, and was well ahead of the 7.96% average annual return of its peers.

This period included the aftermath of the bursting of the dot-com bubble and, more recently, the trauma of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. It’s a credit to the fund’s multimanager advisory team that Morgan Growth weathered these challenges to deliver solid long-term results. In addition to the advisors’ experience and talent, the fund benefited from its low investment costs, which allow investors to keep a larger proportion of returns.

The lessons of the financial crisis remain relevant four years later
In September, the end of your fund’s fiscal year, we marked the fourth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the start of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. When the Lehman news broke, I was speaking to institutional clients at an event in Washington, D.C., all of three weeks into my new role as Vanguard’s CEO.

In the ensuing months, I was struck both by how fortunate I was to work with a great team of Vanguard “crew” and by the remarkable steadiness demonstrated by our clients. Many clients experienced significant losses, but signs of panic were few. On balance, they remained committed to their long-term investment programs and managed to benefit from the financial markets’ subsequent recovery.

As the crisis recedes further in time, it’s important not to lose sight of the lessons that it illuminated about investing and sound financial practices generally. First among those lessons is that diversification does work. Diversification didn’t immunize investors from the market’s decline, but it certainly helped to insulate them from the worst of it.

Second, saving money and living within your means are critical. Investors are acting on this lesson as they pay off debt, which is a form of saving, and increase their savings rates from the dangerously low levels that prevailed before the crisis.

Third, having the courage to stick with a sound investment plan—as so many of our clients did—is important during volatile, uncertain times. Investors who resisted the urge to bail out of stocks at the depths of the crisis have largely been rewarded in the succeeding years.

I am very optimistic that, if investors embrace these lessons, they can give themselves a better chance of reaching their long-term goals. As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,

 

 

F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 16, 2012

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Advisors’ Report

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned 27.18% for Investor Shares and 27.35% for the lower-cost Admiral Shares. Your fund is managed by five independent advisors, a strategy that enhances the fund’s diversification by providing exposure to distinct yet complementary investment approaches. It’s not uncommon for different advisors to have different views about individual securities or the broader investment environment.

The advisors, the percentage of fund assets each manages, and brief descriptions of their investment strategies are presented in the table below. The advisors have also prepared a discussion

Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund Investment Advisors  
 
  Fund Assets Managed  
Investment Advisor % $ Million      Investment Strategy
Wellington Management 45 4,098 Uses traditional methods of stock selection—research
Company, LLP     and analysis—that identify companies believed to have
      above-average growth prospects, particularly those in
      industries undergoing change. Focuses on mid- and
      large-capitalization companies with proven records of
      sales and earnings growth, profitability, and cash-flow
         generation.
Jennison Associates LLC 19 1,725 Uses a research-driven, fundamental investment
      approach that relies on in-depth company knowledge
      gleaned through meetings with management,
        customers, and suppliers.
Vanguard Equity Investment 12 1,086 Employs a quantitative, fundamental management
Group     approach, using models that assess valuation, growth
      prospects, management decisions, market sentiment,
        and earnings quality of companies versus their peers.
Frontier Capital Management Co., 11 999 Uses a research-driven, fundamental investment
LLC     approach that seeks companies with above-average
      growth prospects, reasonable valuations, and
        competitive advantages.
Kalmar Investment Advisers 11 953 Employs a “growth-with-value” strategy using creative,
      bottom-up research to uncover vigorously growing,
      high-quality businesses whose stocks can also be
      bought inefficiently valued. The strategy has a dual
         objective of strong returns with lower risk.
Cash Investments 2 147 These short-term reserves are invested by Vanguard in
      equity index products to simulate investments in
      stocks. Each advisor also may maintain a modest cash
         position.

 

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of the investment environment that existed during the fiscal period and of how portfolio positioning reflects this assessment. These comments were prepared on October 17, 2012.

Wellington Management Company, LLP

Portfolio Manager:
Paul E. Marrkand, CFA, Senior Vice President

Our portion of the Morgan Growth Fund utilizes traditional methods of stock selection—research and analysis—to identify companies that we believe have above-average growth prospects, particularly those in industries undergoing change. Research focuses on mid- and large-cap companies with a proven record of sales and earnings growth, profitability, and cash-flow generation.

The fiscal year saw some challenging, sometimes choppy conditions in the markets. The investment environment was characterized by capital flights to safe-haven asset classes, extreme volatility and high correlations among riskier securities, and a fickle sentiment that seemed to reflect tentativeness among market participants collectively. Regardless, we remained true to our process of selecting stocks to construct a portfolio with an attractive balance of favorable growth, quality, and valuation characteristics.

Sector allocation, which tends to be an aggregate result of our individual stock-selection decisions, contributed favorably to results. Our greater-than-benchmark weightings in the information technology and health care sectors helped relative returns, as did our underweight allocations to industrials and consumer staples. Apple was the top individual contributor; our large position in the stock benefited the portfolio as favorable business momentum and operating results pushed the share price up by more than 70% during the year.

On balance, the information technology stocks that we held underperformed relative to their peers. ITT Educational Services was the portfolio’s most substantial detractor. This provider of postsecondary degree programs in the United States has been weak at least in part because of government regulatory uncertainty. Management has taken aggressive action to meet government regulations, and this has negatively affected earnings.

Jennison Associates LLC

Portfolio Manager:
Kathleen A. McCarragher, Managing Director

Equity markets were highly volatile during the fiscal year, up strongly in the first six months, down sharply in May, then back on an upward trajectory beginning in June. The gyrations reflected swings in sentiment concerning European sovereign-debt issues and uncertainty about global growth. U.S. economic growth was subpar, and unemployment remained high.

Our portfolio holdings in the consumer discretionary and health care sectors lagged market returns in these groups. Consumer holdings Amazon.com, Ralph

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Lauren, and Coach, which coming into the period had performed solidly on strong company-specific fundamentals, rose during the past 12 months but failed to keep pace with the meaningful rebound in economically sensitive specialty retail and media stocks.

In the health care sector, biotechnology stocks, including our holding in Alexion Pharmaceuticals, benefited more than other subsectors from the revival of investors’ appetite for risk. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Shire, which earlier had been rewarded for attractive business opportunities, lagged the biotech surge.

Consumer staples stocks, especially Whole Foods and Estee Lauder, contributed significantly to portfolio performance. Information technology holdings also did well, with Apple, Google, and LinkedIn posting strong advances.

Vanguard Equity Investment Group

Portfolio Managers:
James P. Stetler, Principal

James D. Troyer, CFA, Principal Michael R. Roach, CFA

Over the 12-month period our stock selection models produced mixed results. Our valuation and quality models were effective in distinguishing the outperformers from the underperformers. On the other hand, our models based on management decisions, sentiment, and growth were either neutral or ineffective and detracted from our results.

Our stock selections had a positive impact in seven of ten sectors and a negative effect in three. Choices within the energy and materials sectors added the most to our relative returns. In energy, Tesoro, Williams, and Marathon Petroleum benefited us most in relative terms; in materials, the top contributors were CF Industries, PPG Industries, and Monsanto. Selections were most disappointing in health care and information technology. Humana and Celgene in health care and Advanced Micro Devices and Electronic Arts in technology did not perform as expected and detracted from our results.

Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC

Portfolio Managers:
Stephen Knightly, CFA, President

Christopher J. Scarpa, Vice President

Equities registered strong gains over the fiscal year, with the Russell Midcap Growth Index rising 26.7%. The market advance was driven by the actions of European authorities to prevent a broad financial crisis, by strong corporate earnings, and by signs of recovery in the U.S. housing market.

Relative to our benchmark, we added value through strong selection among energy, consumer discretionary, and financial stocks. In the energy sector, our focus on reliable, high-growth domestic exploration companies proved sound. In the consumer category, niche auto services companies supported results.

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Our financial holdings did well thanks to an emphasis on processing-oriented providers with recurring business.

Small holdings of cash restrained the portfolio’s returns. A slowdown in European capital spending created challenges for our technology stocks, and the absence of a few biotech winners challenged our relative performance in health care.

Kalmar Investment Advisers

Portfolio Manager:
Ford B. Draper, Jr., President and Chief Investment Officer

Despite substantial uncertainties related to the slowing global economy and the Eurozone sovereign-debt and banking crisis, the U.S. equity market has reached five-year highs. It appears to anticipate significant future improvement in the big picture from unprecedented supportive actions taken by central banks here and abroad, but that improvement is not yet evident. Our earlier optimism about decent returns in calendar 2012 has been borne out so far, but in the face of weakening corporate earnings, we think a concentration on high-quality growth businesses remains essential.

Over the past 12 months, our portfolio’s biggest detractors were technology and health care holdings. These included Rovi and Atmel in IT and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and Salix Pharmaceuticals.

Our biggest successes came from a variety of sectors and included Alliance Data Systems, W.R. Grace, LKQ, Discovery, Express Scripts, and Tractor Supply.

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Morgan Growth Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2012

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VMRGX VMRAX
Expense Ratio1 0.42% 0.28%
30-Day SEC Yield 0.78% 0.92%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
    Russell DJ
    3000 U.S. Total
    Growth Market
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 318 1,679 3,638
Median Market Cap $33.2B $47.1B $35.6B
Price/Earnings Ratio 19.2x 19.8x 17.0x
Price/Book Ratio 3.5x 4.3x 2.2x
Return on Equity 22.4% 23.7% 18.0%
Earnings Growth Rate 19.3% 17.9% 10.4%
Dividend Yield 1.1% 1.5% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 3.4% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 49%
Short-Term Reserves 1.0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
    Russell DJ
    3000 U.S. Total
    Growth Market
  Fund Index Index
Consumer Discretionary 16.6% 16.4% 12.0%
Consumer Staples 8.4 12.1 9.5
Energy 6.8 4.2 10.4
Financials 4.7 4.5 16.0
Health Care 14.3 12.6 11.9
Industrials 9.2 12.1 10.6
Information Technology 34.9 31.8 19.2
Materials 3.7 3.9 3.9
Telecommunication      
Services 1.4 2.2 2.9
Utilities 0.0 0.2 3.6

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  Russell 3000 Market
  Growth Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.96
Beta 1.09 1.08

These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Computer Hardware 6.8%
Google Inc. Class A Internet Software &  
  Services 2.4
Cisco Systems Inc. Communications  
  Equipment 2.4
International Business IT Consulting &  
Machines Corp. Other Services 2.3
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 2.3
Philip Morris    
International Inc. Tobacco 1.5
EMC Corp. Computer Storage &  
  Peripherals 1.5
Coca-Cola Co. Soft Drinks 1.4
Amazon.com Inc. Internet Retail 1.3
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Hypermarkets &  
  Super Centers 1.3
Top Ten   23.2%

The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the expense ratios were 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares.

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Morgan Growth Fund

Performance Summary

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2002, Through September 30, 2012
Initial Investment of $10,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
  Periods Ended September 30, 2012  
        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $10,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares 27.18% 1.07% 8.58% $22,768
Russell 3000 Growth Index 29.35 3.22 8.57 22,750
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average 25.46 0.31 7.96 21,516
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
Index 30.00 1.53 8.77 23,184

Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $50,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Morgan Growth Fund Admiral Shares 27.35% 1.23% 8.74% $115,567
Russell 3000 Growth Index 29.35 3.22 8.57 113,751
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 1.53 8.77 115,920

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Morgan Growth Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2002, Through September 30, 2012


Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares
Russell 3000 Growth Index

 

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Morgan Growth Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2012

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (98.5%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (16.2%)  
* Amazon.com Inc. 460,606 117,141
  Comcast Corp. Class A 2,066,887 73,933
  Coach Inc. 1,088,770 60,993
* O’Reilly Automotive Inc. 680,703 56,920
  Home Depot Inc. 899,483 54,302
* Lululemon Athletica Inc. 690,782 51,076
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 1,650,592 49,914
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 789,708 49,752
  Omnicom Group Inc. 945,470 48,748
* Dollar Tree Inc. 925,833 44,695
  TJX Cos. Inc. 973,787 43,616
  PetSmart Inc. 625,923 43,176
  Ralph Lauren Corp.    
  Class A 272,195 41,164
  News Corp. Class A 1,595,549 39,139
  NIKE Inc. Class B 406,793 38,609
  Yum! Brands Inc. 553,859 36,743
* Inditex SA ADR 1,292,283 32,158
* Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. 591,825 31,473
  Ross Stores Inc. 480,975 31,071
* LKQ Corp. 1,577,282 29,180
  Starwood Hotels &    
  Resorts Worldwide Inc. 448,300 25,983
* BorgWarner Inc. 373,697 25,826
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc. 432,415 24,233
* Urban Outfitters Inc. 640,730 24,066
^ Buckle Inc. 522,063 23,717
* Sirius XM Radio Inc. 8,817,672 22,926
* CarMax Inc. 747,025 21,141
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 466,700 19,774
* priceline.com Inc. 29,008 17,948
* ITT Educational    
  Services Inc. 547,526 17,647
  Tractor Supply Co. 169,540 16,766
  Prada SPA 2,216,385 16,466
*,^ Tesla Motors Inc. 552,527 16,178
  Gentex Corp. 893,865 15,205
  VF Corp. 95,216 15,174

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc.    
  Class A 244,400 14,574
  Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 276,600 14,516
* DIRECTV 213,700 11,211
  Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. 215,800 11,189
  Chico’s FAS Inc. 575,945 10,430
* Steven Madden Ltd. 231,276 10,111
  McDonald’s Corp. 104,600 9,597
  CBS Corp. Class B 256,800 9,330
*,^ Imax Corp. 448,720 8,934
  Gap Inc. 213,100 7,625
  Family Dollar Stores Inc. 113,200 7,505
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 185,500 7,253
* Panera Bread Co. Class A 38,800 6,631
  Virgin Media Inc. 222,200 6,542
* Cabela’s Inc. 116,100 6,348
  Garmin Ltd. 147,790 6,169
  Comcast Corp. 176,500 6,142
  Service Corp. International 447,920 6,029
  Advance Auto Parts Inc. 85,000 5,817
* AutoZone Inc. 14,700 5,434
  PVH Corp. 55,800 5,230
* PulteGroup Inc. 267,000 4,138
  Interpublic Group    
  of Cos. Inc. 135,900 1,511
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 10,500 1,212
  Starbucks Corp. 16,700 847
  Viacom Inc. Class B 14,400 772
  Target Corp. 7,000 444
      1,462,394
Consumer Staples (8.2%)    
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 1,518,923 136,612
  Coca-Cola Co. 3,439,023 130,442
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1,575,632 116,282
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 889,084 89,019
  Whole Foods Market Inc. 619,093 60,300
  Mead Johnson    
  Nutrition Co. 675,038 49,467

 

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Morgan Growth Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  CVS Caremark Corp. 818,347 39,624
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.    
  Class A 600,854 36,995
  Herbalife Ltd. 465,955 22,086
  Brown-Forman Corp.    
  Class B 151,479 9,884
* Monster Beverage Corp. 174,976 9,477
*,^ Green Mountain Coffee    
  Roasters Inc. 332,552 7,898
  Kroger Co. 327,500 7,709
  Beam Inc. 99,900 5,748
  Casey’s General Stores Inc. 93,634 5,350
  Ingredion Inc. 68,800 3,795
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 30,000 3,217
  Hillshire Brands Co. 60,000 1,607
  General Mills Inc. 28,400 1,132
  PepsiCo Inc. 12,700 899
      737,543
Energy (6.6%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 882,936 80,745
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 750,578 60,129
* Concho Resources Inc. 423,787 40,154
  Diamond Offshore    
  Drilling Inc. 594,760 39,141
  Valero Energy Corp. 1,183,611 37,497
  Oceaneering    
  International Inc. 630,625 34,842
  Core Laboratories NV 281,069 34,144
  Noble Energy Inc. 266,241 24,683
  Transocean Ltd. 548,362 24,616
  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 465,175 20,886
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 242,581 20,877
* McDermott    
  International Inc. 1,595,166 19,493
* Cameron International Corp. 333,360 18,691
*,^ InterOil Corp. 217,000 16,765
* Continental Resources Inc. 195,200 15,011
* Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 1,295,217 12,123
  Ensco plc Class A 205,063 11,188
* Superior Energy    
  Services Inc. 523,030 10,733
* SandRidge Energy Inc. 1,480,760 10,321
  Williams Cos. Inc. 277,500 9,704
  Schlumberger Ltd. 130,100 9,410
* Weatherford    
  International Ltd. 556,960 7,062
  HollyFrontier Corp. 156,808 6,471
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 115,400 6,300
  Tesoro Corp. 149,000 6,243
* Southwestern Energy Co. 178,780 6,218
  Helmerich & Payne Inc. 122,600 5,837
* Plains Exploration &    
  Production Co. 99,000 3,710
  EOG Resources Inc. 20,300 2,275
      595,269

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Exchange-Traded Fund (0.9%)  
^,2 Vanguard Growth ETF 1,044,900 75,651
 
Financials (4.5%)    
  American Express Co. 1,613,160 91,724
  American    
  Tower Corporation 984,254 70,266
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 333,050 37,861
  T. Rowe Price Group Inc. 500,990 31,713
  Bank of America Corp. 3,142,901 27,752
  Raymond James    
  Financial Inc. 612,100 22,434
* Affiliated Managers    
  Group Inc. 168,250 20,695
  Fidelity National    
  Financial Inc. Class A 726,809 15,547
  Allied World Assurance    
  Co. Holdings AG 183,800 14,199
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 354,880 12,712
  Moody’s Corp. 248,990 10,998
  Simon Property Group Inc. 63,600 9,655
  Jefferies Group Inc. 606,083 8,297
* American International    
  Group Inc. 204,800 6,715
  Discover Financial Services 151,200 6,007
  US Bancorp 115,600 3,965
  General Growth    
  Properties Inc. 184,500 3,594
  Public Storage 22,600 3,145
  Digital Realty Trust Inc. 36,900 2,578
  Weingarten    
  Realty Investors 90,800 2,552
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 124,500 1,998
* Arch Capital Group Ltd. 21,600 900
  Equity Residential 6,300 362
      405,669
Health Care (14.0%)    
  Amgen Inc. 1,331,888 112,305
* Biogen Idec Inc. 656,049 97,902
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1,605,451 88,958
* Gilead Sciences Inc. 1,179,842 78,259
* Celgene Corp. 903,955 69,062
  Abbott Laboratories 954,038 65,409
* Express Scripts    
  Holding Co. 965,455 60,505
* Alexion    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 381,415 43,634
  Allergan Inc. 458,345 41,975
  Shire plc ADR 467,311 41,450
* Watson    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 478,100 40,715
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 370,462 39,776
  Cooper Cos. Inc. 421,027 39,770
  Novo Nordisk A/S ADR 236,578 37,334
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 860,125 33,072
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. 581,160 32,516

 

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Morgan Growth Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Zimmer Holdings Inc. 451,667 30,542
  Merck & Co. Inc. 664,180 29,955
* Hologic Inc. 1,434,588 29,036
* Catamaran Corp. 260,223 25,494
  ResMed Inc. 624,180 25,261
  Aetna Inc. 629,945 24,946
* Life Technologies Corp. 270,864 13,240
* Bruker Corp. 992,758 12,995
* Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 290,490 12,299
* MEDNAX Inc. 157,396 11,718
  Baxter International Inc. 185,100 11,154
  Patterson Cos. Inc. 319,900 10,953
* DaVita Inc. 99,707 10,331
* Myriad Genetics Inc. 374,980 10,121
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. 17,772 8,808
  McKesson Corp. 101,100 8,698
* Centene Corp. 207,800 7,774
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.    
  Class A 189,300 7,328
  Thermo Fisher    
  Scientific Inc. 121,170 7,128
* Mylan Inc. 291,800 7,120
* Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. 73,600 6,219
  Perrigo Co. 51,400 5,971
* Seattle Genetics Inc. 213,600 5,757
* Cerner Corp. 73,754 5,709
  HCA Holdings Inc. 140,700 4,678
  Warner Chilcott plc Class A 275,300 3,717
* Waters Corp. 42,429 3,536
* Charles River Laboratories    
  International Inc. 13,900 550
      1,263,680
Industrials (8.9%)    
  Boeing Co. 1,288,872 89,731
  AMETEK Inc. 1,844,876 65,401
  Honeywell    
  International Inc. 792,225 47,335
  Precision Castparts Corp. 256,616 41,916
* TransDigm Group Inc. 259,199 36,773
  Parker Hannifin Corp. 427,433 35,725
* B/E Aerospace Inc. 803,539 33,829
  General Electric Co. 1,472,719 33,445
  Caterpillar Inc. 383,524 32,998
  Tyco International Ltd. 559,651 31,486
  Pentair Inc. 514,920 22,919
* IHS Inc. Class A 206,120 20,066
* Quanta Services Inc. 811,723 20,050
  Flowserve Corp. 124,745 15,935
* WESCO International Inc. 253,609 14,506
  Union Pacific Corp. 122,200 14,505
  Pall Corp. 221,092 14,037
^ Progressive Waste    
  Solutions Ltd. 669,080 13,763
* United Continental    
  Holdings Inc. 654,600 12,765
  Fastenal Co. 278,025 11,952

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 166,500 11,916
  MSC Industrial Direct    
  Co. Inc. Class A 172,800 11,657
* Hertz Global Holdings Inc. 845,280 11,606
  Dover Corp. 177,640 10,568
* MRC Global Inc. 403,615 9,925
* Verisk Analytics Inc.    
  Class A 200,100 9,527
  Landstar System Inc. 176,745 8,356
* Stericycle Inc. 92,245 8,350
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 85,700 8,003
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 172,800 7,745
  Expeditors International    
  of Washington Inc. 207,180 7,533
  Corrections Corp.    
  of America 206,564 6,910
  Textron Inc. 262,100 6,859
  JB Hunt Transport    
  Services Inc. 126,445 6,580
* Alaska Air Group Inc. 184,014 6,452
  Snap-on Inc. 89,665 6,444
  3M Co. 64,800 5,989
* WABCO Holdings Inc. 100,500 5,796
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 66,600 5,303
* Colfax Corp. 142,920 5,241
  UTi Worldwide Inc. 383,081 5,160
  Cummins Inc. 54,000 4,979
* United Rentals Inc. 151,455 4,954
  WW Grainger Inc. 23,520 4,901
  Norfolk Southern Corp. 72,200 4,594
  FedEx Corp. 48,800 4,129
  Robert Half    
  International Inc. 73,200 1,949
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 29,000 1,725
  Waste Connections Inc. 39,928 1,208
* Copart Inc. 10,800 299
  Emerson Electric Co. 4,600 222
      804,017
Information Technology (34.1%)  
  Apple Inc. 916,467 611,522
* Google Inc. Class A 292,202 220,466
  Cisco Systems Inc. 11,304,221 215,798
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 997,360 206,902
  Microsoft Corp. 6,842,369 203,766
* EMC Corp. 4,863,179 132,619
  QUALCOMM Inc. 1,649,938 103,105
  Oracle Corp. 3,209,789 101,076
* Red Hat Inc. 1,418,381 80,763
* Alliance Data    
  Systems Corp. 476,585 67,651
* eBay Inc. 1,310,575 63,445
  Altera Corp. 1,864,141 63,353
  IAC/InterActiveCorp 1,174,035 61,120
* VMware Inc. Class A 565,268 54,684

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Baidu Inc. ADR 418,529 48,893
* NetApp Inc. 1,368,000 44,980
* F5 Networks Inc. 370,190 38,759
  Xilinx Inc. 1,143,286 38,197
* LinkedIn Corp. Class A 310,447 37,378
  Visa Inc. Class A 275,095 36,940
  Mastercard Inc. Class A 69,740 31,486
* Salesforce.com Inc. 204,176 31,176
* Check Point Software    
  Technologies Ltd. 609,274 29,343
* Citrix Systems Inc. 329,884 25,259
* Autodesk Inc. 749,877 25,023
  Avago Technologies Ltd. 703,335 24,522
* QLogic Corp. 2,145,421 24,501
* Cognizant Technology    
  Solutions Corp. Class A 304,380 21,282
* Riverbed Technology Inc. 904,588 21,050
* Gartner Inc. 448,029 20,650
  Fidelity National    
  Information Services Inc. 594,670 18,566
  Total System Services Inc. 762,500 18,071
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 375,852 17,930
  Intuit Inc. 280,900 16,539
* BMC Software Inc. 387,595 16,081
  Accenture plc Class A 195,900 13,719
* Trimble Navigation Ltd. 286,960 13,676
* Emulex Corp. 1,660,105 11,969
  Jack Henry &    
  Associates Inc. 307,595 11,658
* Symantec Corp. 640,512 11,529
* Informatica Corp. 331,155 11,527
* NetSuite Inc. 176,321 11,249
* NCR Corp. 463,695 10,809
  Amphenol Corp. Class A 179,315 10,558
* Lam Research Corp. 331,315 10,531
* NeuStar Inc. Class A 260,504 10,428
* Cadence Design    
  Systems Inc. 779,400 10,027
* Nuance    
  Communications Inc. 396,950 9,880
* Facebook Inc. Class A 453,595 9,820
* Compuware Corp. 955,970 9,474
* Wright Express Corp. 135,530 9,449
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 480,156 8,989
* Akamai Technologies Inc. 226,700 8,674
* VeriFone Systems Inc. 301,320 8,392
* Fairchild Semiconductor    
  International Inc. Class A 628,172 8,242
* Teradata Corp. 106,678 8,045
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 155,957 7,884
* MICROS Systems Inc. 155,503 7,638
* Fiserv Inc. 101,800 7,536
* Teradyne Inc. 521,870 7,421
* Atmel Corp. 1,336,613 7,031
* Rovi Corp. 431,185 6,256

 

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Maxim Integrated      
  Products Inc.   230,700 6,141
* LSI Corp.   842,300 5,820
  Western Digital Corp. 146,100 5,658
* NVIDIA Corp.   345,600 4,610
* Advanced Micro      
  Devices Inc.   1,004,800 3,386
  Intel Corp.   143,700 3,259
* Polycom Inc.   310,900 3,069
  FLIR Systems Inc.   120,170 2,400
* Flextronics International Ltd. 104,900 629
        3,070,279
Materials (3.7%)      
  CF Industries Holdings Inc. 343,705 76,385
  Monsanto Co.   627,557 57,120
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 347,277 51,713
  FMC Corp.   600,378 33,249
* WR Grace & Co.   434,760 25,685
  Cytec Industries Inc. 192,000 12,580
  Albemarle Corp.   178,240 9,390
* Crown Holdings Inc. 236,100 8,677
  Ashland Inc.   119,934 8,587
  Celanese Corp. Class A 201,000 7,620
  Praxair Inc.   72,380 7,519
  PPG Industries Inc.   63,950 7,344
  Allegheny Technologies Inc. 216,042 6,892
  Ball Corp.   154,900 6,554
* Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 106,800 4,171
  EI du Pont de      
  Nemours & Co.   81,300 4,087
        327,573
Telecommunication Services (1.4%)  
  Verizon      
  Communications Inc. 1,999,065 91,098
* Crown Castle      
  International Corp. 544,200 34,883
        125,981
Total Common Stocks      
(Cost $6,793,693)     8,868,056
Temporary Cash Investments (2.4%)1  
Money Market Fund (2.3%)    
3,4 Vanguard Market Liquidity    
  Fund, 0.163% 207,087,786 207,088

 

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    Face Market
    Amount Value
    ($000) ($000)
Repurchase Agreement (0.0%)    
  Bank of America Securities,    
  LLC 0.170%, 10/1/12    
  (Dated 9/28/12, Repurchase    
  Value $1,500,000,    
  collateralized by Federal    
  National Mortgage Assn.    
  4.500%, 1/1/31) 1,500 1,500
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
5 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.130%, 12/26/12 2,000 1,999
6 United States Treasury    
  Note/Bond,    
  3.875%, 10/31/12 6,000 6,018
      8,017
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $216,606)   216,605
Total Investments (100.9%)    
(Cost $7,010,299)   9,084,661
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.9%)  
Other Assets6   77,224
Liabilities4   (153,848)
      (76,624)
Net Assets (100%)   9,008,037

 

At September 30, 2012, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 7,522,310
Undistributed Net Investment Income 34,656
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (622,368)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 2,074,362
Futures Contracts (923)
Net Assets 9,008,037
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 260,143,769 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 5,283,466
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Investor Shares $20.31
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 59,101,225 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 3,724,571
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Admiral Shares $63.02

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
^ Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $48,150,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.3% and 1.6%, respectively, of net assets.
2 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group.
3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
4 Includes $50,349,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
6 Securities with a value of $6,018,000 and cash of $300,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2012
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1,2 95,843
Interest2 386
Security Lending 3,303
Total Income 99,532
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 14,447
Performance Adjustment (3,624)
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 13,571
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 3,554
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 1,215
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 689
Custodian Fees 151
Auditing Fees 31
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 126
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 33
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 20
Total Expenses 30,213
Expenses Paid Indirectly (239)
Net Expenses 29,974
Net Investment Income 69,558
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold2 536,557
Futures Contracts 30,755
Foreign Currencies (1)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 567,311
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 1,375,179
Futures Contracts 4,164
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,379,343
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,016,212

 

1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $437,000.
2 Dividend income, interest income, and realized net gain (loss) from affiliated companies of the fund were $917,000, $272,000, and $0, respectively.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2012 2011
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 69,558 45,694
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 567,311 793,630
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,379,343 (741,826)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,016,212 97,498
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (30,342) (30,610)
Admiral Shares (20,234) (19,672)
Realized Capital Gain    
Investor Shares
Admiral Shares
Total Distributions (50,576) (50,282)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (1,008,677) (475,300)
Admiral Shares 487,927 114,941
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (520,750) (360,359)
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,444,886 (313,143)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 7,563,151 7,876,294
End of Period1 9,008,037 7,563,151

1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $34,656,000 and $15,675,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights          
 
 
Investor Shares          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $16.06 $16.04 $14.32 $15.15 $21.45
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .141 .087 .097 .114 .148
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 4.209 .029 1.733 (.804) (4.912)
Total from Investment Operations 4.350 .116 1.830 (.690) (4.764)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.100) (.096) (.110) (.140) (.175)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.361)
Total Distributions (.100) (.096) (.110) (.140) (1.536)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $20.31 $16.06 $16.04 $14.32 $15.15
 
Total Return1 27.18% 0.66% 12.81% -4.27% -23.70%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $5,283 $5,009 $5,432 $5,239 $5,418
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets2 0.40% 0.42% 0.44% 0.48% 0.38%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 0.74% 0.47% 0.62% 0.94% 0.80%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 49% 55% 60% 87% 88%

1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.01%), 0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.00%.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights          
 
 
Admiral Shares          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $49.84 $49.75 $44.42 $47.03 $66.58
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .535 .342 .372 .414 .555
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 13.036 .110 5.364 (2.502) (15.244)
Total from Investment Operations 13.571 .452 5.736 (2.088) (14.689)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.391) (.362) (.406) (.522) (.641)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (4.220)
Total Distributions (.391) (.362) (.406) (.522) (4.861)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $63.02 $49.84 $49.75 $44.42 $47.03
 
Total Return1 27.35% 0.83% 12.95% -4.09% -23.57%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $3,725 $2,554 $2,445 $2,251 $2,512
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets2 0.26% 0.28% 0.30% 0.31% 0.21%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 0.88% 0.61% 0.76% 1.11% 0.97%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 49% 55% 60% 87% 88%

1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.01%), 0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.00%.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund’s average investment in futures contracts represented 1% of net assets, based on quarterly average aggregate settlement values.

3. Repurchase Agreements: The fund may enter into repurchase agreements. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, the fund may sell or retain the collateral; however, such action may be subject to legal proceedings.

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4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 31, 2009–2012), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

6. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents fees charged to borrowers plus income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

7. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

B. Wellington Management Company, LLP, Jennison Associates LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, and Kalmar Investment Advisers each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fee of Wellington Management Company, LLP, is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the preceding three years relative to the Russell 3000 Growth Index. The basic fee of Jennison Associates LLC is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the preceding three years relative to the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The basic fees of Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, and Kalmar Investment Advisers are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the preceding three years relative to the Russell Midcap Growth Index.

The Vanguard Group provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund on an at-cost basis; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $547,000 for the year ended September 30, 2012.

For the year ended September 30, 2012, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.17% of the fund’s average net assets, before a decrease of $3,624,000 (0.04%) based on performance.

C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At September 30, 2012, the fund had contributed capital of $1,264,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.51% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

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Morgan Growth Fund

D. The fund has asked its investment advisors to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the year ended September 30, 2012, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $239,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average net assets).

E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2012, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 8,851,590 16,466
Temporary Cash Investments 207,088 9,517
Futures Contracts—Assets1 129
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (581)
Total 9,058,226 25,983
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

F. At September 30, 2012, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
S&P 500 Index December 2012 176 63,105 (831)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2012 172 12,334 (92)

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

G. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

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Morgan Growth Fund

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2012, the fund had $53,323,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $611,698,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2012. At September 30, 2012, the fund had available capital losses totaling $621,698,000 to offset future net capital gains. Of this amount, $578,633,000 is subject to expiration on September 30, 2018. Capital losses of $43,065,000 realized beginning in fiscal 2012 may be carried forward indefinitely under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, but must be used before any expiring loss carryforwards.

During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $1,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

At September 30, 2012, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,011,591,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,073,070,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,325,177,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $252,107,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

H. During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund purchased $4,112,146,000 of investment securities and sold $4,386,168,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

I. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

      Year Ended September 30,
    2012   2011
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 640,625 33,948 881,191 48,755
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 29,253 1,660 29,637 1,644
Redeemed (1,678,555) (87,305) (1,386,128) (77,285)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (1,008,677) (51,697) (475,300) (26,886)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 1,064,733 17,636 800,719 14,395
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 17,720 324 17,322 310
Redeemed (594,526) (10,104) (703,100) (12,596)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 487,927 7,856 114,941 2,109

 

J. In preparing the financial statements as of September 30, 2012, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund (the “Fund”) at September 30, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2012 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 12, 2012

                                               
Special 2012 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund

 

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $50,576,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 100% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

This table presents returns for your fund both before and after taxes. The after-tax returns are shown in two ways: (1) assuming that an investor owned the fund during the entire period and paid taxes on the fund’s distributions, and (2) assuming that an investor paid taxes on the fund’s distributions and sold all shares at the end of each period.

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income , using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2012. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

The table shows returns for Investor Shares only; returns for other share classes will differ. Please note that your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. Also note that if you own the fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information does not apply to you. Such accounts are not subject to current taxes.

Finally, keep in mind that a fund’s performance—whether before or after taxes—does not guarantee future results.

Average Annual Total Returns: Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares
Periods Ended September 30, 2012

  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 27.18% 1.07% 8.58%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 27.07 0.68 8.26
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 17.78 0.80 7.53

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

A typical fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“

Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.

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Six Months Ended September 30, 2012      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Morgan Growth Fund 3/31/2012 9/30/2012 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $992.18 $2.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 992.75 1.30
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.06 $2.03
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.76 1.32

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

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Glossary

30-Day SEC Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

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Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Global stock markets began the fiscal year strongly and, despite volatility in the middle of the period, finished on a high note with four straight monthly gains. In this environment, Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned about 27% for both Investor and Admiral Shares. The fund lagged its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index, but outperformed the average return of its multi-capitalization growth fund peers.

The fund posted strong, double-digit results in all ten market sectors for the 12-month period. Stocks in the information technology, consumer discretionary, and health care sectors contributed most to its overall performance.

If you hold shares in a taxable account, you may wish to review the information about after-tax returns, based on the highest federal income tax bracket, that appears later in the report.

Stocks notched a powerful rally, with help from central bankers
U.S. stocks surged 30% in the 12 monthsended September 30, 2012 outpacing the gains of their international counterparts. The rally came amid moves by U.S. and European central bankers to quiet—at least temporarily—investors’ concerns about the U.S. economy and the finances of European governments and banks.

While U.S. stocks were the standouts, European and emerging markets stocks also posted double-digit results. The

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 179 Vanguard funds.

The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

InterestedTrustee1 and Delphi Automotive LLP (automotive components);
  Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital; Trustee of
F. William McNabb III The Conference Board.
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the  
Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Amy Gutmann
Years: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Inc., and of each of the investment companies served Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Director of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H.
of The Vanguard Group since 2008; Chief Executive Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Officer and President of The Vanguard Group and of in the School of Arts and Sciences with secondary
each of the investment companies served by The appointments at the Annenberg School for
Vanguard Group since 2008; Director of Vanguard Communication and the Graduate School of Education
Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The of the University of Pennsylvania; Member of the
Vanguard Group (1995–2008). National Commission on the Humanities and Social
  Sciences; Trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New
  York and of the National Constitution Center; Chair
IndependentTrustees of the U. S. Presidential Commission for the Study
  of Bioethical Issues.
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Executive Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate
and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Vice President and Chief Global Diversity Officer
Corporation (document management products and (retired 2008) and Member of the Executive
services); Executive in Residence and 2010 Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson & Johnson
Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/consumer
Institute of Technology; Director of SPX Corporation products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation
(multi-industry manufacturing), the United Way of (hotels), the University Medical Center at Princeton,
Rochester, Amerigroup Corporation (managed health the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Center
care), the University of Rochester Medical Center, for Talent Innovation; Member of the Advisory Board
Monroe Community College Foundation, and North of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Carolina A&T University. at Syracuse University.
Rajiv L. Gupta F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins
and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. Inc. (industrial machinery); Director of SKF AB
(chemicals); Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (industrial machinery), Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized
(diversified manufacturing and services), Hewlett- consumer services), the Lumina Foundation for
Packard Co. (electronic computer manufacturing),

 


 

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Education, and Oxfam America; Chairman of the Executive Officers  
Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters    
and Member of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Glenn Booraem  
Institute for International Studies at the University Born 1967. Controller Since July 2010. Principal
of Notre Dame. Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal
  of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of
Mark Loughridge the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Group; Assistant Controller of each of the investment
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Vice companies served by The Vanguard Group (2001–2010).
President and Chief Financial Officer at IBM (information    
technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Thomas J. Higgins  
Retirement Plan Committee. Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
  2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Scott C. Malpass Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Financial Officer of each of the investment companies
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chief served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of
Investment Officer and Vice President at the University the investment companies served by The Vanguard
of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Group (1998–2008).  
Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member    
of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee; Kathryn J. Hyatt  
Director of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal
advisor); Member of the Investment Advisory Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of
Committees of the Financial Industry Regulatory The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the
Authority (FINRA) and of Major League Baseball. investment companies served by The Vanguard
  Group; Assistant Treasurer of each of the investment
André F. Perold companies served by The Vanguard Group (1988–2008).
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Heidi Stam  
Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at the Harvard Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing
Officer and Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel
LLC (private investment firm); Director of Rand of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard
Merchant Bank; Overseer of the Museum of Fine Group and of each of the investment companies
Arts Boston. served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior
  Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.    
Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
President, and Chief Executive Officer of NACCO    
Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Mortimer J. Buckley Michael S. Miller
Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/ Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
aircraft systems and services) and the National Paul A. Heller Glenn W. Reed
Association of Manufacturers; Chairman of the Board Martha G. King George U. Sauter
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and of Chris D. McIsaac  
University Hospitals of Cleveland; Advisory Chairman    
of the Board of The Cleveland Museum of Art.    
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Peter F. Volanakis    
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal John J. Brennan  
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President Chairman, 1996–2009  
and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Incorporated (communications equipment); Director    
of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing);    
Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Founder  
Administration at Dartmouth College; Advisor to the    
Norris Cotton Cancer Center. John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996  
 

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.


 

 

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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. The following members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts serving on its Audit Committee, and to be independent: Rajiv L. Gupta, Amy Gutmann, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, Scott C. Malpass, André F. Perold, and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $31,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $31,000

Aggregate Audit Fees of Registered Investment Companies in the Vanguard Group.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $4,809,780
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $3,978,540

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $1,812,565
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $1,341,750

Includes fees billed in connection with assurance and related services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $490,518
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $373,830

Includes fees billed in connection with tax compliance, planning and advice services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group and related to income and excise taxes.

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $16,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $16,000

Includes fees billed for services related to risk management and privacy matters. Services were provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(e) (1) Pre-Approval Policies. The policy of the Registrant’s Audit Committee is to consider and, if appropriate, approve before the principal accountant is engaged for such services, all specific audit and non-audit services provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; and (4) other registered investment


 

companies in the Vanguard Group. In making a determination, the Audit Committee considers whether the services are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     In the event of a contingency situation in which the principal accountant is needed to provide services in between scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Chairman of the Audit Committee would be called on to consider and, if appropriate, pre-approve audit or permitted non-audit services in an amount sufficient to complete services through the next Audit Committee meeting, and to determine if such services would be consistent with maintaining the accountant’s independence. At the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting, services and fees would be presented to the Audit Committee for formal consideration, and, if appropriate, approval by the entire Audit Committee. The Audit Committee would again consider whether such services and fees are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     The Registrant’s Audit Committee is informed at least annually of all audit and non-audit services provided by the principal accountant to the Vanguard complex, whether such services are provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; or (4) other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

     (2) No percentage of the principal accountant’s fees or services were approved pursuant to the waiver provision of paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) For the most recent fiscal year, over 50% of the hours worked under the principal accountant’s engagement were not performed by persons other than full-time, permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $506,518
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $389,830

Includes fees billed for non-audit services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(h) For the most recent fiscal year, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of all non-audit services was consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not Applicable.

Item 6: Investments.

Not Applicable.

Item 7: Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 8: Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 9: Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not Applicable.

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.


 

Not Applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

     (a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant's Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

     (b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There were no significant changes in Registrant’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


 

Item 12: Exhibits.

(a) Code of Ethics.
(b) Certifications.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  VANGUARD MORGAN GROWTH FUND
 
By: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: November 16, 2012

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  VANGUARD MORGAN GROWTH FUND
 
By: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: November 16, 2012

 

  VANGUARD MORGAN GROWTH FUND
 
By: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
Date: November 16, 2012

 

* By: /s/ Heidi Stam

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on March 27, 2012 see file Number 2-11444, Incorporated by Reference.