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: 811-1685
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: | R. Gregory Barton, 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, 2003– September 30, 2004
Item 1: Reports to Shareholders
Vanguard® Morgan™ Growth Fund
September 30, 2004


YOUR FUND REPORT
| CONTENTS |
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1 | LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN |
6 | FUND PROFILE |
7 | GLOSSARY OF INVESTMENT TERMS |
8 | PERFORMANCE SUMMARY |
9 | YOUR FUND'S AFTER-TAX RETURNS |
10 | ABOUT YOUR FUND'S EXPENSES |
12 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
26 | ADVANTAGES OF VANGUARD.COM |
SUMMARY
• During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, the Investor Shares of Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned 11.0%,
besting the returns of the fund’s peer-group average and benchmark index.
• Superior stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector helped the fund outpace its benchmark index.
• The stock market, particularly growth stocks, retreated somewhat in the second half of the period, relinquishing some of the
gains of the first half.
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Dear Shareholder,
After making remarkable gains in the first half of the fiscal year, equities retreated somewhat in the latter half, but still held their own. During the 12 months ended September 30, 2004, the Investor Shares of Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned 11.0%, a solid result in both absolute and relative terms.
As the table below shows, the fund outpaced its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index, as well as the average return from competing mutual funds. Superior stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector boosted your fund’s relative returns. However, with growth stocks in general lagging value stocks during the period, the fund’s return was lower than the broad U.S. market’s return of 14.8%, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index. Total returns are based on capital change plus reinvested distributions. For details on your fund’s change in share price and distributions, please refer to the table on page 5. If you hold the fund in a taxable account, you may wish to review the fund’s after-tax returns on page 9.
2004 Total Returns
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30
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Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund | |
Investor Shares | 11.0% |
Admiral Shares | 11.2 |
Russell 3000 Growth Index | 7.8 |
Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund* | 9.6 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index | 14.8 |
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*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
STOCKS FARED WELL, THEN COOLED OFF
A strong rally in U.S. stock prices from the beginning of fiscal 2004 through February produced solid gains for most major indexes. These advances were fueled by solid corporate earnings growth and a slew of economic reports suggesting robust growth and job-market
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Admiral™ Shares
A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.
improvement. However, despite volatility during the final seven months of the period—from March through September—most indexes saw relatively little change. The earlier enthusiasm for stocks wore thin, as economic reports turned less favorable and the economy showed the strain of rising crude-oil prices.
Smaller-capitalization stocks provided higher returns for the fiscal year than did large-caps. Returns from most international markets were enhanced for U.S.-based investors by the continued weakness of the greenback relative to major currencies.
BOND MARKET WAS SWAYED BY ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES
For the first half of the period, the continued decline in yields boosted bond prices and returns. In April, however, yields began to march higher as reports showed higher-than-expected inflation and strong job growth. Yields tailed off again in August and September, as reports suggested the economic recovery had lost some steam. The yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, a benchmark for longer-term interest rates, started the fiscal year at 3.94%, dropped to a low of 3.69% in March, climbed to 4.65% by the end of May, and finished the period at 4.12%.
Market Barometer | Average Annual Total Returns Periods Ended September 30, 2004
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| One Year
| Three Years
| Five Years
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Stocks | Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) | 13.9% | 4.7% | -0.7% |
| Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) | 18.8 | 13.7 | 7.4 |
| Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index | 14.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| (Entire market) | | | |
| MSCI All Country World Index | | | |
| ex USA (International) | 23.1 | 11.4 | 0.5 |
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Bonds | Lehman Aggregate Bond Index | 3.7% | 5.9% | 7.5% |
| (Broad taxable market) | | | |
| Lehman Municipal Bond Index | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 |
| Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
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CPI | Consumer Price Index | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
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Investment-grade taxable bonds, as measured by the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, returned 3.7% for the 12 months. Corporate bonds continued to offer competitive returns relative to their government counterparts. The yield of the 3-month Treasury bill (a proxy for money market rates) rose 0.76 percentage point in the second six months in response to the Federal Reserve Board’s three separate actions—in June, August, and September—to raise its target for the federal funds rate. The T-bill,
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which yielded 0.94% at the start and midpoint of the fiscal year, yielded 1.70% as of September 30.
SUPERIOR STOCK SELECTION BOOSTED PERFORMANCE
The Morgan Growth Fund had a solid fiscal year, outpacing the Russell 3000 Growth Index by more than 3 percentage points and recording positive returns across all industry sectors, mostly in double-digit territory.
Among the largest individual contributors to your fund’s strong performance were technology stocks, such as Symantec and Research In Motion (the latter, for example, nearly quadrupled in price). Relative to the index, the fund also benefited from having fewer assets in certain tech issues, such as Intel, which alone fell –27%. Collectively, however, technology stocks were among the weakest performers during the fiscal year for both the fund and the index, returning 4% and –3%, respectively.
Fund Assets Managed | September 30, 2004
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| $ Million
| Percentage
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Wellington Management | | |
Company, LLP | $1,770 | 38% |
Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC | 1,384 | 30 |
Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group | 1,283 | 28 |
Cash Investments* | 191 | 4 |
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Total | $4,628 | 100% |
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*These short-term reserves are invested by The Vanguard Group in equity index products to simulate investment in stocks. Each advisor may also maintain a modest cash position.
As a group, the investment advisors’ stock selections within the consumer discretionary sector—a broad category that includes holdings as diverse as Black & Decker, Mandalay Resort Group, Staples, and Yahoo!—contributed the most to the fund’s performance, both on an absolute basis and relative to the index. As one of the fund’s two largest sector weightings, consumer discretionary holdings returned 20%, versus a 12% return for the index sector.
Morgan Growth also outpaced the average competing multi-cap growth fund during the 12 months, though by a smaller margin than the fund beat its benchmark. Certainly helping performance is your fund’s propensity to be more diversified and cost-conscious than the typical growth fund, which often invests a greater proportion of its assets in more speculative issues. That diversification is further aided by your fund’s multimanager structure, to which each investment advisor contributes a complementary management style. The table above shows the percentage of fund assets managed by each advisor of the fiscal year-end.
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YOUR FUND OUTPACED COMPETITORS BY WIDER MARGINS OVER THE LONG RUN
We should note that over the past fiscal period, the environment favored your fund’s growth-at-a-reasonable-cost approach relative to benchmarks. As the table below shows, the advisors also added value through their respective strategies and implementation over the past decade across a variety of market environments. As a result, the fund outdistanced its two comparative standards by fairly wide margins, though it lagged the broad market.
The advisors’ jobs were made easier by Vanguard’s low costs. The expense ratios for all of our funds (operating costs as a percentage of average net assets) are typically a fraction of the average for peer fund groups. Even the most talented asset managers would find it difficult to overcome the headwind of high expenses to log above-average results, year in and year out.
Total Returns | Ten Years Ended September 30, 2004
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| Average Annual Return
| Final Value of a $10,000 Initial Investment
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Morgan Growth Fund | | |
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Investor Shares | 10.6% | $27,389 |
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Russell 3000 Growth Index | 8.4 | 22,324 |
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Average Multi-Cap | | |
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Growth Fund | 8.7 | 23,054 |
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Dow Jones Wilshire | | |
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5000 Index | 10.7 | 27,722 |
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Obviously, there will be times when Morgan Growth will lag its average competitor, especially when the most speculative stocks soar—as they did during the tech bubble of the late 1990s. However, we are confident that the advisors’ proven management skills, combined with Vanguard’s low costs, will help your fund continue its competitive performance over the long run.
DIVERSIFICATION STILL KEY TO SUCCESS
As diversified as your fund is relative to other growth equity funds, the fund is no substitute for investments diversified both across and within asset classes—stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves. As we’ve counseled repeatedly in our fund reports through nearly three decades of bull and bear markets, a portfolio with an asset allocation appropriate for your objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance is always the prudent path. Staying the course may mean you’ll miss out on the latest hot stock or investment fad, but—given that the financial markets often take unpredictable turns—it also makes it more likely that you’ll reach
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your long-term financial goals. As part of such a balanced portfolio, the Morgan Growth Fund can play a vital role. Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.
Sincerely,

John J. Brennan
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OCTOBER 11, 2004
Your Fund's Performance at a Glance | September 30, 2003-September 30, 2004 |
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| | | Distributions Per Share
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| Starting Share Price
| Ending Share Price
| Income Dividends
| Capital Gains
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Morgan Growth Fund | | | | |
Investor Shares | $13.34 | $14.77 | $0.040 | $0.000 |
Admiral Shares | 41.40 | 45.84 | 0.188 | 0.000 |
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As of 9/30/2004
FUND PROFILE
This Profile provides a snapshot of the fund’s characteristics, compared where indicated with both an appropriate market index and a broad market index. Key terms are defined on page 7.
MORGAN GROWTH FUND
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Portfolio Characteristics | | | |
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| Fund
| Comparative Index*
| Broad Index**
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Number of Stocks | 318 | 1,983 | 5,018 |
Median Market Cap | $14.3B | $36.8B | $25.7B |
Price/Earnings Ratio | 21.8x | 24.2x | 21.5x |
Price/Book Ratio | 3.3x | 4.0x | 2.7x |
Yield | | 1.0% | 1.6% |
Investor Shares | 0.4% | | |
Admiral Shares | 0.5% | | |
Return on Equity | 18.3% | 21.9% | 15.9% |
Earnings Growth Rate | 16.8% | 12.2% | 7.4% |
Foreign Holdings | 9.9% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
Turnover Rate | 88% | — | — |
Expense Ratio | | — | — |
Investor Shares | 0.44% |
Admiral Shares | 0.30% |
Short-Term Reserves | 3% | — | — |
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Volatility Measures | | | |
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| Fund
| Comparative Index*
| Fund
| Broad Index**
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R-Squared | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
Beta | 0.95 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.00 |
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Sector Diversification (% of portfolio) | | |
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| Fund
| Comparative Index*
| Broad Index**
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Auto & Transportation | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Consumer Discretionary | 23 | 20 | 16 |
Consumer Staples | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Financial Services | 13 | 12 | 23 |
Health Care | 18 | 24 | 12 |
Integrated Oils | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Other Energy | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Materials & Processing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Producer Durables | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Technology | 20 | 22 | 13 |
Utilities | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Short-Term Reserves | 3% | — | — |
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Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets) | |
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Microsoft Corp. | 2.8% |
(software) |
Yahoo! Inc. | 2.1 |
(media) |
American International Group, Inc. | 1.5 |
(insurance) |
eBay Inc. | 1.3 |
(business services) |
Staples, Inc. | 1.3 |
(retail) |
Pfizer Inc. | 1.2 |
(pharmaceuticals) |
AstraZeneca Group PLC ADR | 1.2 |
(pharmaceuticals) |
Apollo Group, Inc. Class A | 1.2 |
(education) |
Nextel Communications, Inc. | 1.2 |
(telecommunications) |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.1 |
(computer hardware) |
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Top Ten | 14.9% |
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“Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.
Investment Focus

*Russell 3000 Growth Index.
**Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.
Visit our website at Vanguard.com for regularly updated fund information.
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GLOSSARY OF INVESTMENT TERMS
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%. A fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition below). 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.
Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.
Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.
Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund’s equity assets represented by stocks or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.
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.
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.
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).
Yield. A snapshot of a fund’s income from interest and dividends. The yield, expressed as a percentage of the fund’s net asset value, is based on income earned over the past 30 days and is annualized, or projected forward for the coming year. The index yield is based on the current annualized rate of income provided by securities in the index.
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As of 9/30/2004
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. (For the performance data current to the most recent month-end, which may be higher or lower than that cited, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) 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.
MORGAN GROWTH FUND
Cumulative Performance September 30, 1994–September 30, 2004

| Average Annual Total Returns Periods Ended September 30, 2004
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| One Year
| Five Years
| Ten Years
| Final Value of a $10,000 Investment
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Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares | 11.03% | -1.12% | 10.60% | $27,389 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index | 14.76 | -0.05 | 10.73 | 27,722 |
Russell 3000 Growth Index | 7.82 | -6.35 | 8.36 | 22,324 |
Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund* | 9.64 | -2.99 | 8.71 | 23,054 |
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| One Year
| Since Inception**
| Final Value of a $250,000 Investment
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Morgan Growth Fund Admiral Shares | 11.19% | -2.09% | $232,735 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index | 14.76 | -0.07 | 249,433 |
Russell 3000 Growth Index | 7.82 | -5.20 | 208,687 |
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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%) September 30, 1994–September 30, 2004

*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
**May 14, 2001.
Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 20 and 21 for dividend and capital gains information.
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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 the reduced tax rates on ordinary income (including qualified dividend income) and short-term capital gains that became effective as of January 1, 2003, and on long-term capital gains realized on or after May 6, 2003. To calculate qualified dividend income, we used actual 2003 figures and estimates for 2004. (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 | Periods Ended September 30, 2004 |
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| One Year
| Five Years
| Ten Years
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Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares | | | |
Returns Before Taxes | 11.03% | -1.12% | 10.60% |
Returns After Taxes on Distributions | 10.98 | -2.59 | 8.29 |
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 7.23 | -1.47 | 8.25 |
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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES
We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of costs on your investment. All mutual funds have operating 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 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 table below 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% 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.
Six Months Ended September 30, 2004 | | |
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Morgan Growth Fund
| Beginning Account Value 3/31/2004
| Ending Account Value 9/30/2004
| Expenses Paid During Period*
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Based on Actual Fund Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $967.26 | $2.10 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 967.50 | 1.45 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,022.90 | $2.12 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,023.55 | 1.47 |
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*These 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 0.42% for Investor Shares and 0.29% 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.
You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
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Expense Ratios: | | | |
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Your fund compared with its peer group | | |
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| Investor Shares
| Admiral Shares
| Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund
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Morgan Growth Fund | 0.44% | 0.30% | 1.71%* |
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*Peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information
through year-end 2003.
Note that the expenses shown in the table on page 10 are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs or account maintenance fees. They do not include your fund’s low-balance fee, which is described in the prospectus. If this fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not charge transaction fees, such as purchase or redemption fees, nor does it 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 for the past five years, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate fund prospectus.
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As of 9/30/2004
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
This Statement provides a detailed list of the fund’s holdings, including each security’s market value on the last day of the reporting period. Securities are grouped and subtotaled by asset type (common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by industry sector. Other assets are added to, and liabilities are subtracted from, the value of Total Investments to calculate the fund’s Net Assets. Finally, Net Assets are divided by the outstanding shares of the fund to arrive at its share price, or Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share.
At the end of the Statement of Net Assets, you will find a table displaying the composition of the fund’s net assets. Because all income and any realized gains must be distributed to shareholders each year, the bulk of net assets consists of Paid-in Capital (money invested by shareholders). The amounts shown for Undistributed Net Investment Income and Accumulated Net Realized Gains usually approximate the sums the fund had available to distribute to shareholders as income dividends or capital gains as of the statement date, but may differ because certain investments or transactions may be treated differently for financial statement and tax purposes. Any Accumulated Net Realized Losses, and any cumulative excess of distributions over net income or net realized gains, will appear as negative balances. Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) is the difference between the market value of the fund’s investments and their cost, and reflects the gains (losses) that would be realized if the fund were to sell all of its investments at their statement-date values.
The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third 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 www.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).
Morgan Growth Fund
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| Market Value^ (000)
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Common Stocks (92.9%) (1) | | |
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Auto & Transportation (1.9%) | | |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 555,300 | $20,624 |
Canadian National Railway Co. | 371,350 | 18,010 |
*Hyundai Motor Co. | 305,000 | 14,065 |
United Parcel Service, Inc. | 140,900 | 10,697 |
*Gol-Linhas Aereas | | |
Inteligentes S.A. | 314,600 | 6,386 |
FedEx Corp. | 69,300 | 5,938 |
*Kia Motors Corp. | 558,770 | 5,144 |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 52,800 | 3,138 |
Expeditors International | | |
of Washington, Inc. | 25,700 | 1,329 |
Southwest Airlines Co. | 86,400 | 1,177 |
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Consumer Discretionary (22.4%) | | |
Advertising Agencies (0.4%) | | |
*Lamar Advertising Co. Class A | 285,444 | 11,877 |
Omnicom Group Inc. | 94,400 | 6,897 |
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Cable Television Services (0.8%) | | |
Liberty Media Corp. | 2,884,400 | 25,152 |
*British Sky Broadcasting PLC | 731,600 | 6,345 |
Astro All Asia Networks PLC | 3,870,500 | 4,970 |
*EchoStar Communications Corp. | | |
Class A | 17,300 | 538 |
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Casinos & Gambling (1.5%) | | |
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. | 509,300 | 26,983 |
Mandalay Resort Group | 318,000 | 21,831 |
International Game Technology | 389,900 | 14,017 |
*MGM Mirage, Inc. | 104,700 | 5,198 |
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| Shares
| Market Value^ (000)
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Communication & Media (0.2%) (1) | | |
*Time Warner, Inc. | 507,200 | $ 8,186 |
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Consumer Electronics (2.5%) | | |
*Yahoo! Inc. | 2,901,600 | 98,393 |
*Activision, Inc. | 836,500 | 11,602 |
*Electronic Arts Inc. | 87,700 | 4,033 |
��Harman International | | |
Industries, Inc. | 17,200 | 1,853 |
| | |
Consumer Products (0.5%) | | |
Gillette Co. | 505,400 | 21,095 |
| | |
Cosmetics (0.1%) | | |
Estee Lauder Cos. Class A | 124,600 | 5,208 |
Avon Products, Inc. | 30,500 | 1,332 |
| | |
Education—Services (1.2%) | | |
*Apollo Group, Inc. Class A | 754,486 | 55,357 |
*Career Education Corp. | 24,800 | 705 |
| | |
Entertainment (0.4%) | | |
Viacom Inc. Class B | 448,300 | 15,045 |
Regal Entertainment Group | | |
Class A | 60,400 | 1,154 |
*Pixar, Inc. | 6,200 | 489 |
| | |
Household Equipment & Products (0.6%) | |
Black & Decker Corp. | 354,200 | 27,429 |
| | | |
Household Furnishings (0.1%) | | |
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 191,200 | 5,373 |
| | |
Publishing—Miscellaneous (0.1%) | |
The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. | 64,900 | 5,172 |
Meredith Corp. | 24,400 | 1,254 |
| | |
Publishing—Newspapers | | |
Washington Post Co. Class B | 1,310 | 1,205 |
| | |
Radio & Television Broadcasters (1.3%) | |
*XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. | 599,700 | 18,603 |
*Societe Television Francaise 1 | 495,000 | 14,042 |
*Univision Communications Inc. | 281,100 | 8,886 |
*Westwood One, Inc. | 391,500 | 7,740 |
*Radio One, Inc. Class D | 321,700 | 4,578 |
Clear Channel Communications, | | |
Inc. | 128,200 | 3,996 |
*DirecTV Group, Inc. | 130,822 | 2,301 |
Rent Lease Services—Consumer (0.1%) | |
*Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 262,150 | 6,779 |
| | |
Restaurants (1.1%) | | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 506,200 | 20,582 |
Wendy's International, Inc. | 492,700 | 16,555 |
CBRL Group, Inc. | 184,300 | 6,650 |
*Starbucks Corp. | 91,000 | 4,137 |
Darden Restaurants Inc. | 96,200 | 2,243 |
| | |
Retail (7.2%) | | |
Staples, Inc. | 1,940,900 | 57,878 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 681,700 | 36,266 |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | 930,000 | 29,295 |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 426,000 | 23,106 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 581,600 | 22,799 |
RadioShack Corp. | 795,900 | 22,795 |
Fastenal Co. | 358,600 | 20,655 |
*GUS PLC | 1,145,007 | 18,648 |
Limited Brands, Inc. | 642,300 | 14,317 |
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | 183,500 | 9,973 |
Target Corp. | 211,700 | 9,579 |
Circuit City Stores, Inc. | 576,500 | 8,844 |
PETsMART, Inc. | 301,800 | 8,568 |
Claire's Stores, Inc. | 337,700 | 8,456 |
*Barnes & Noble, Inc. | 202,200 | 7,481 |
Foot Locker, Inc. | 300,300 | 7,117 |
*Pacific Sunwear of | | |
California, Inc. | 210,900 | 4,439 |
*Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 127,100 | 4,372 |
The Gap, Inc. | 220,600 | 4,125 |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 95,300 | 3,961 |
*AutoZone Inc. | 49,800 | 3,847 |
*Kohl's Corp. | 60,200 | 2,901 |
Borders Group, Inc. | 96,100 | 2,383 |
Michaels Stores, Inc. | 15,600 | 924 |
| | |
Services—Commercial (3.8%) | | |
*eBay Inc. | 677,100 | 62,253 |
*Accenture Ltd. | 1,357,900 | 36,731 |
Cendant Corp. | 898,700 | 19,412 |
*Adecco SA (Registered) | 267,650 | 13,289 |
*Sirva Inc. | 530,000 | 12,137 |
*Monster Worldwide Inc. | 377,900 | 9,311 |
*Getty Images, Inc. | 135,000 | 7,466 |
Waste Management, Inc. | 214,500 | 5,864 |
*Copart, Inc. | 185,200 | 3,506 |
*IAC/InterActiveCorp | 89,900 | 1,980 |
Cintas Corp. | 31,500 | 1,324 |
Manpower Inc. | 22,000 | 979 |
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| Market Value^ (000)
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Aramark Corp. Class B | 26,500 | $ 640 |
*Allied Waste Industries, Inc. | 28,671 | 254 |
| | |
Textiles-Apparel Manufacturing (0.1%) | |
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | 121,000 | 4,401 |
*Coach, Inc. | 40,400 | 1,714 |
| | | |
Toys (0.4%) | | |
*Marvel Enterprises Inc. | 600,650 | 8,745 |
Mattel, Inc. | 478,700 | 8,679 |
| |
|
| | 1,037,199 |
| |
|
Consumer Staples (3.3%) | | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 693,200 | 33,724 |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | 600,500 | 32,499 |
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | 877,900 | 23,835 |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 350,000 | 14,018 |
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. | 190,500 | 9,515 |
*Metro AG | 191,400 | 8,541 |
Walgreen Co. | 233,300 | 8,359 |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 116,900 | 5,282 |
*Constellation Brands, Inc. | | |
Class A | 129,700 | 4,936 |
Hershey Foods Corp. | 105,500 | 4,928 |
Sysco Corp. | 157,700 | 4,718 |
The Clorox Co. | 23,800 | 1,269 |
| |
|
| | 151,624 |
| |
|
Financial Services (12.0%) | | |
American International Group, | | |
Inc. | 1,031,435 | 70,127 |
First Data Corp. | 930,900 | 40,494 |
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | 459,800 | 36,761 |
Citigroup, Inc. | 731,287 | 32,264 |
*Fiserv, Inc. | 914,300 | 31,872 |
ACE Ltd. | 698,700 | 27,990 |
Fannie Mae | 408,500 | 25,899 |
Capital One Financial Corp. | 319,200 | 23,589 |
UBS AG | 329,300 | 23,160 |
Doral Financial Corp. | 548,850 | 22,761 |
*SunGard Data Systems, Inc. | 891,200 | 21,184 |
Moody's Corp. | 250,800 | 18,371 |
Commerce Bancorp, Inc. | 320,000 | 17,664 |
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey | | |
Group, Inc. REIT | 827,100 | 15,798 |
American Express Co. | 282,500 | 14,537 |
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | 348,182 | 13,266 |
Investors Financial | | |
Services Corp. | 212,892 | 9,608 |
SEI Corp. | 280,300 | 9,441 |
First Horizon National Corp. | 181,300 | 7,861 |
Countrywide Financial Corp. | 159,200 | 6,271 |
Synovus Financial Corp. | 237,800 | 6,218 |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 144,300 | 5,962 |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | 134,500 | 5,671 |
The Chicago Mercantile | | |
Exchange | 32,500 | 5,242 |
*E*TRADE Financial Corp. | 457,400 | 5,224 |
AFLAC Inc. | 124,900 | 4,897 |
Fifth Third Bancorp | 99,400 | 4,892 |
SLM Corp. | 109,500 | 4,884 |
IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. | 132,400 | 4,793 |
*DST Systems, Inc. | 106,200 | 4,723 |
H & R Block, Inc. | 94,600 | 4,675 |
Federated Investors, Inc. | 161,700 | 4,599 |
Progressive Corp. of Ohio | 47,100 | 3,992 |
Everest Re Group, Ltd. | 48,800 | 3,627 |
*CheckFree Corp. | 124,400 | 3,442 |
MBNA Corp. | 129,700 | 3,268 |
Jefferies Group, Inc. | 68,200 | 2,351 |
New York Community | | |
Bancorp, Inc. | 107,766 | 2,214 |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 33,000 | 1,702 |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 30,400 | 1,391 |
Legg Mason Inc. | 21,000 | 1,119 |
*Host Marriott Corp. REIT | 40,300 | 565 |
Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | 12,000 | 487 |
*WellChoice | 8,200 | 306 |
| |
|
| | 555,162 |
| |
|
Health Care (18.0%) | | |
Pfizer Inc. | 1,873,140 | 57,318 |
AstraZeneca Group PLC ADR | 1,368,500 | 56,286 |
Guidant Corp. | 695,700 | 45,944 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 731,700 | 43,939 |
Johnson & Johnson | 747,600 | 42,112 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 768,100 | 39,864 |
*Forest Laboratories, Inc. | 724,600 | 32,593 |
*Cephalon, Inc. | 652,800 | 31,269 |
*Coventry Health Care Inc. | 541,100 | 28,879 |
*Genzyme Corp.-General Division | 513,800 | 27,956 |
*Medco Health Solutions, Inc. | 883,300 | 27,294 |
Biomet, Inc. | 558,900 | 26,201 |
*Lincare Holdings, Inc. | 833,800 | 24,772 |
*Invitrogen Corp. | 409,800 | 22,535 |
*ImClone Systems, Inc. | 401,700 | 21,230 |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 381,300 | 20,480 |
* Amgen, Inc. | 313,000 | 17,741 |
* Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 428,600 | 16,021 |
Aetna Inc. | 159,300 | 15,919 |
Abbott Laboratories | 356,000 | 15,080 |
*Millennium Pharmaceuticals, | | |
Inc. | 1,042,200 | 14,289 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 184,400 | 13,598 |
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| Shares
| Market Value^ (000)
|
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*Community Health Systems, Inc. | 498,500 | $ 13,300 | |
*ICOS Corp. | 537,100 | 12,966 |
*Andrx Group | 579,000 | 12,946 |
Universal Health Services | | |
Class B | 293,300 | 12,759 |
Bausch & Lomb, Inc. | 179,300 | 11,914 |
Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 209,300 | 11,746 |
Manor Care, Inc. | 340,400 | 10,198 |
*MGI Pharma, Inc. | 372,900 | 9,953 |
*Shionogi & Co. Ltd. | 652,000 | 9,341 |
*IVAX Corp. | 480,000 | 9,192 |
*Eon Labs, Inc. | 416,100 | 9,029 |
*WellPoint Health Networks Inc. | | |
Class A | 68,100 | 7,157 |
*Genentech, Inc. | 129,800 | 6,804 |
*Boston Scientific Corp. | 147,700 | 5,868 |
*Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 272,500 | 5,592 |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 54,100 | 4,773 |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 105,500 | 4,618 |
HCA Inc. | 118,400 | 4,517 |
*Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 130,400 | 4,508 |
Schering-Plough Corp. | 170,122 | 3,243 |
*Caremark Rx, Inc. | 99,600 | 3,194 |
*Celgene Corp. | 53,900 | 3,139 |
Allergan, Inc. | 40,800 | 2,960 |
Stryker Corp. | 60,400 | 2,904 |
*Laboratory Corp. of America | | |
Holdings | 65,900 | 2,881 |
*Respironics, Inc. | 40,900 | 2,186 |
*Biogen Idec Inc. | 20,200 | 1,236 |
Mylan Laboratories, Inc. | 65,750 | 1,184 |
*Zimmer Holdings, Inc. | 12,200 | 964 |
*Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21,000 | 870 |
| |
|
| | 833,262 |
| |
|
Integrated Oils (0.4%) | | |
Suncor Energ | 616,600 | 19,737 |
Murphy Oil | 8,100 | 703 |
| |
|
| | 20,440 |
| |
|
Other Energy (3.0%) | | |
Baker Hughes, Inc. | 689,900 | 30,162 |
Petro-Canada | 449,877 | 23,369 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 1,267,600 | 20,066 |
Pogo Producing Co. | 334,300 | 15,863 |
XTO Energy, Inc. | 374,482 | 12,163 |
Schlumberger Ltd. | 144,000 | 9,693 |
BJ Services Co. | 184,900 | 9,691 |
Sunoco, Inc. | 70,000 | 5,179 |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 86,300 | 5,026 |
*Transocean Inc. | 137,000 | 4,902 |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 34,200 | 2,252 |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 27,500 | 948 |
| |
|
| | 139,314 |
| |
|
| | | |
Materials & Processing (1.7%) | | |
*Kingfisher PLC | 3,845,673 | 21,451 |
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. | 287,200 | 16,658 |
*Energizer Holdings, Inc. | 300,500 | 13,853 |
Ball Corp. | 295,500 | 11,061 |
Phelps Dodge Corp. | 56,500 | 5,200 |
*International Steel Group, Inc. | 149,300 | 5,031 |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | 214,600 | 4,582 |
Newmont Mining Corp. | | |
(Holding Co.) | 21,800 | 993 |
*Sealed Air Corp. | 19,700 | 913 |
The St. Joe Co. | 17,800 | 850 |
| |
|
| | 80,592 |
| |
|
| | | |
Producer Durables (6.0%) | | |
*LM Ericsson Telephone Co. | | |
ADR Class B | 1,617,200 | 50,521 |
*Xerox Corp. | 2,070,200 | 29,148 |
*Polycom, Inc. | 1,311,500 | 25,994 |
D. R. Horton, Inc. | 713,750 | 23,632 |
*Lexmark International, Inc. | 263,600 | 22,145 |
*Mobile Telesystems | 144,700 | 20,980 |
Tektronix, Inc. | 473,200 | 15,734 |
Centex Corp. | 285,600 | 14,411 |
*Crown Castle International Corp. | 691,000 | 10,282 |
*Thermo Electron Corp. | 348,400 | 9,414 |
Lennar Corp. Class A | 185,200 | 8,816 |
*American Tower Corp. Class A | 450,300 | 6,912 |
*Applied Materials, Inc. | 411,200 | 6,781 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 67,300 | 6,270 |
*Novellus Systems, Inc. | 189,100 | 5,028 |
*LAM Research Corp. | 217,500 | 4,759 |
The Boeing Co. | 85,900 | 4,434 |
*Alliant Techsystems, Inc. | 52,100 | 3,152 |
Danaher Corp. | 56,821 | 2,914 |
KB HOME | 25,200 | 2,129 |
Dover Corp. | 51,400 | 1,998 |
| |
|
| | 275,454 |
| |
|
| | | |
Technology (19.3%) | | |
Microsoft Corp. | 4,763,500 | 131,712 |
*Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2,897,700 | 52,448 |
*Dell Inc. | 1,422,600 | 50,645 |
*Research In Motion Ltd. | 561,300 | 42,850 |
*EMC Corp. | 3,204,000 | 36,974 |
International Business | | |
Machines Corp. | 422,900 | 36,259 |
General Dynamics Corp. | 321,600 | 32,835 |
Intel Corp. | 1,585,600 | 31,807 |
*Affiliated Computer Services, | | |
Inc. Class A | 568,200 | 31,632 |
Adobe Systems, Inc. | 579,400 | 28,663 |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 1,053,700 | 28,281 |
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| Market Value^ (000)
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L-3 Communications | | |
Holdings, Inc. | 393,200 | $ 26,344 |
Autodesk, Inc. | 535,100 | 26,022 |
*Cree, Inc. | 786,800 | 24,021 |
*Amdocs Ltd. | 1,028,300 | 22,448 |
*Network Appliance, Inc. | 745,300 | 17,142 |
Analog Devices, Inc. | 417,500 | 16,191 |
*Corning, Inc. | 1,423,400 | 15,771 |
*Intuit, Inc. | 341,600 | 15,509 |
QUALCOMM Inc. | 393,800 | 15,374 |
*Red Hat, Inc. | 1,190,400 | 14,570 |
*NCR Corp. | 281,200 | 13,945 |
*Oracle Corp. | 1,075,100 | 12,127 |
Applera Corp.-Applied | | |
Biosystems Group | 622,700 | 11,750 |
Harris Corp. | 203,300 | 11,169 |
*Broadcom Corp. | 365,300 | 9,969 |
Canon, Inc. | 210,000 | 9,870 |
*TIBCO Software Inc. | 1,124,800 | 9,572 |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 423,600 | 9,014 |
*National Semiconductor Corp. | 550,300 | 8,524 |
Xilinx, Inc. | 304,900 | 8,232 |
*Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A | 501,700 | 8,077 |
Motorola, Inc. | 440,268 | 7,942 |
PerkinElmer, Inc. | 459,100 | 7,906 |
*Arrow Electronics, Inc. | 297,500 | 6,718 |
*Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 436,400 | 6,131 |
*Comverse Technology, Inc. | 320,400 | 6,033 |
*Micron Technology, Inc. | 463,000 | 5,570 |
*Avaya Inc. | 393,500 | 5,485 |
*Sanmina-SCI Corp. | 663,500 | 4,678 |
*MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. | 542,800 | 4,603 |
*Semtech Corp. | 239,600 | 4,593 |
*Fairchild Semiconductor | | |
International, Inc. | 290,400 | 4,115 |
*Symantec Corp. | 70,600 | 3,875 |
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. | 144,200 | 3,738 |
*Solectron Corp. | 690,700 | 3,419 |
*Juniper Networks, Inc. | 109,223 | 2,578 |
*Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 181,100 | 2,354 |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 49,200 | 1,904 |
*Altera Corp. | 88,100 | 1,724 |
*SanDisk Corp. | 39,400 | 1,147 |
*Lucent Technologies, Inc. | 320,000 | 1,014 |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 6,700 | 283 |
*Silicon Graphics, Inc. | 43,624 | 62 |
| |
|
| | 895,619 |
| |
|
| | | |
Utilities (3.7%) | | |
*Nextel Communications, Inc. | 2,304,700 | 54,944 |
*Cox Communications, Inc. | | |
Class A | 951,900 | 31,536 |
*Nextel Partners, Inc. | 1,156,000 | 19,166 |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 240,000 | 15,077 |
America Movil SA de CV | | |
Series L ADR | 285,000 | 11,124 |
*Comcast Corp. Class A | 376,400 | 10,630 |
*AT&T Wireless Services Inc. | 564,200 | 8,339 |
Sprint Corp. | 330,900 | 6,661 |
*Comcast Corp. Special Class A | 177,800 | 4,964 |
*UnitedGlobalCom Inc. Class A | 633,717 | 4,734 |
*AES Corp. | 137,600 | 1,375 |
Citizens Communications Co. | 43,500 | 582 |
| |
|
| | 169,132 |
| |
|
Other (1.2%) | | |
Fortune Brands, Inc. | 286,500 | 21,227 |
SPX Corp. | 567,800 | 20,100 |
3M Co. | 91,200 | 7,293 |
*Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | | |
Class B | 1,930 | 5,541 |
| |
|
| | 54,161 |
| |
|
| | | |
|
|
|
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | �� | |
(Cost $3,843,359) | | 4,298,467 |
|
|
|
PREFERRED STOCK (0.8%) | | |
|
|
|
The News Corp. Ltd. ADR Pfd. | | |
(Cost $33,430) | 1,173,600 | 36,769 |
|
|
|
TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS (7.4%) (1) | | |
|
|
|
| | |
Exchange-Traded Fund (1.3%) | | |
Vanguard Index Participation | | |
Equity Receipts | | |
Total Stock Market | 1,264,900 | 59,868 |
| |
|
| | |
Money Market Fund (3.0%) | | |
Vanguard Market | | |
Liquidity Fund, 1.74%** | 123,317,409 | 123,317 |
Vanguard Market | | |
Liquidity Fund, | | |
1.74%**—Note G | 15,058,900 | 15,059 |
| |
|
| | 138,376 |
| |
|
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| Face Amount (000)
| Market Value^ (000)
|
---|
U.S. Agency Obligations (0.3%) | | |
Federal National Mortgage Assn.† | | |
(2) 1.45%, 10/6/2004 | $15,000 | $14,996 |
(2) 1.58%, 10/27/2004 | 1,000 | 999 |
| |
|
| | 15,995 |
| |
|
Repurchase Agreement (2.8%) | |
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. | | |
1.88%, 10/1/2004 | | |
(Dated 9/30/2004, | | |
Repurchase Value $130,307,000, | | |
collateralized by Federal National | | |
Mortgage Association, | | |
4.50%-6.50%, | | |
5/1/2014-9/1/2034) | 130,300 | 130,300 |
|
TOTAL TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS | | |
(Cost $345,185) | | 344,539 |
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (101.1%) | | |
(Cost $4,221,974) | | 4,679,775 |
|
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (-1.1%) | | |
Other Assets—Note C | | 38,733 |
Liabilities--Note G | | (90,583) |
| |
|
| | (51,850) |
| |
|
|
NET ASSETS (100%) | | $4,627,925 |
|
^See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. *Non-income-producing security.
**Money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts
managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
†The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities neither issued nor
guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the
U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.
(1) The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of
index futures contracts and exchange-traded funds. After giving effect to these investments,
the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 97.1%
and 3.2%, respectively, of net assets. See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements.
(2) Securities with an aggregate value of $15,995,000 have been segregated as initial margin
for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
| Amount (000)
|
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AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF:
|
---|
Paid-in Capital | $4,927,142 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 7,583 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (764,270) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Investment Securities | 457,801 |
Futures Contracts | (331) |
|
NET ASSETS | $4,627,925 |
|
| |
Investor Shares--Net Assets | |
Applicable to 278,611,035 outstanding $.001 | |
par value shares of beneficial interest | |
(unlimited authorization) | $4,114,982 |
|
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE— | |
INVESTOR SHARES | $14.77 |
|
| |
Admiral Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 11,189,554 outstanding $.001 | |
par value shares of beneficial interest | |
(unlimited authorization) | $512,943 |
|
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE— | |
ADMIRAL SHARES | $45.84 |
|
See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
17
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
This Statement shows the types of income earned by the fund during the reporting period, and details the operating expenses charged to each class of its shares. These expenses directly reduce the amount of investment income available to pay to shareholders as income dividends. This Statement also shows any Net Gain (Loss) realized on the sale of investments, and the increase or decrease in the Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of investments during the period.
| Morgan Growth Fund Year Ended September 30, 2004 (000)
|
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INVESTMENT INCOME | |
Income | |
Dividends | $ 29,392 |
Interest | 2,889 |
Security Lending | 271 |
|
Total Income | 32,552 |
|
Expenses | |
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B | |
Basic Fee | 4,000 |
Performance Adjustment | 628 |
The Vanguard Group—Note C | |
Management and Administrative | |
Investor Shares | 12,394 |
Admiral Shares | 918 |
Marketing and Distribution | |
Investor Shares | 491 |
Admiral Shares | 73 |
Custodian Fees | 93 |
Auditing Fees | 20 |
Shareholders' Reports | |
Investor Shares | 111 |
Admiral Shares | 1 |
Trustees' Fees and Expenses | 5 |
|
Total Expenses | 18,734 |
Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note D | (1,316) |
|
Net Expenses | 17,418 |
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 15,134 |
|
REALIZED NET GAIN (LOSS) | |
Investment Securities Sold | 362,992 |
Futures Contracts | 11,775 |
|
REALIZED NET GAIN (LOSS) | 374,767 |
|
CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | |
Investment Securities | 16,891 |
Futures Contracts | 3,084 |
|
CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) | 19,975 |
|
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $409,876 |
|
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
This Statement shows how the fund’s total net assets changed during the two most recent reporting periods. The Operations section summarizes information detailed in the Statement of Operations. The amounts shown as Distributions to shareholders from the fund’s net income and capital gains may not match the amounts shown in the Operations section, because distributions are determined on a tax basis and may be made in a period different from the one in which the income was earned or the gains were realized on the financial statements. The Capital Share Transactions section shows the net amount shareholders invested in or redeemed from the fund. Distributions and Capital Share Transactions are shown separately for each class of shares.
| Morgan Growth Fund
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| 2004 (000)
| 2003 (000)
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | |
Operations | | |
Net Investment Income | $ 15,134 | $ 10,216 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 374,767 | 51,607 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 19,975 | 706,395 |
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 409,876 | 768,218 |
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Distributions | | |
Net Investment Income | | |
Investor Shares | (10,102) | (9,196) |
Admiral Shares | (1,963) | (1,363) |
Realized Capital Gain | | |
Investor Shares | — | — |
Admiral Shares | — | — |
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Total Distributions | (12,065) | (10,559) |
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Capital Share Transactions—Note H | | |
Investor Shares | 427,784 | 274,295 |
Admiral Shares | 82,780 | 72,897 |
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Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 510,564 | 347,192 |
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Total Increase (Decrease) | 908,375 | 1,104,851 |
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Net Assets | | |
Beginning of Period | 3,719,550 | 2,614,699 |
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End of Period | $4,627,925 | $3,719,550 |
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table summarizes the fund’s investment results and distributions to shareholders on a per-share basis for each class of shares. It also presents the Total Return and shows net investment income and expenses as percentages of average net assets. These data will help you assess: the variability of the fund’s net income and total returns from year to year; the relative contributions of net income and capital gains to the fund’s total return; how much it costs to operate the fund; and the extent to which the fund tends to distribute capital gains. The table also shows the Portfolio Turnover Rate, a measure of trading activity. A turnover rate of 100% means that the average security is held in the fund for one year.
Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares
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| 2004
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| 2001*
| 2000
| 1999
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $13.34 | $10.49 | $12.71 | $17.08 | $22.92 | $19.72 |
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Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .05 | .04 | .049 | .06 | .16 | .14 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | | | |
on Investments | 1.42 | 2.85 | (2.194) | (4.38) | (2.90) | 6.29 |
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Total from Investment Operations | 1.47 | 2.89 | (2.145) | (4.32) | (2.74) | 6.43 |
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Distributions | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.04) | (.04) | (.075) | — | (.15) | (.15) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | (.05) | (2.95) | (3.08) |
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Total Distributions | (.04) | (.04) | (.075) | (.05) | (3.10) | (3.23) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $14.77 | $13.34 | $10.49 | $12.71 | $17.08 | $22.92 |
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Total Return | 11.03% | 27.62% | -17.04% | -25.33% | -12.51% | 34.10% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $4,115 | $3,329 | $2,369 | $3,066 | $4,661 | $5,066 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets** | 0.44% | 0.50% | 0.48% | 0.43%† | 0.40% | 0.42% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.37% | 0.49%† | 0.73% | 0.71% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 88% | 91% | 104% | 53% | 94% | 65% |
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*The fund’s fiscal year-end changed from December 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2001.
**Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.01%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.02%, (0.01%), and
0.00%.
†Annualized.
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Morgan Growth Fund Admiral Shares
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| May14* to Sept. 30, |
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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
| 2004
| 2003
| 2002
| 2001**
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $41.40 | $32.58 | $39.44 | $50.00 |
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Investment Operations | | | | |
Net Investment Income | .212 | .17 | .20 | .12 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | 4.416 | 8.83 | (6.79) | (10.68 |
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Total from Investment Operations | 4.628 | 9.00 | (6.59) | (10.56 |
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Distributions | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.188) | (.18) | (.27) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — |
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Total Distributions | (.188) | (.18) | (.27) | — |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period | $45.84 | $41.40 | $32.58 | $39.44 |
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Total Return | 11.19% | 27.73% | -16.90% | -21.12% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $513 | $390 | $246 | $267 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets+ | 0.30% | 0.36% | 0.36% | 0.36%†† |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 0.47% | 0.45% | 0.49% | 0.56%†† |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 88% | 91% | 104% | 53 |
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*Inception.
**The fund’s fiscal year-end changed from December 31 to September 30, effective September 30, 2001.
† Includes performance based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.01%, 0.00%, 0.00%, and 0.02%.
††Annualized.
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, servicing, tenure, 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 4:00 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 materially affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value. 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 S&P 500 and S&P MidCap 400 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 financial statements. 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). |
3. | Repurchase Agreements: The fund, along with other members of The Vanguard Group, may transfer uninvested cash balances to a pooled cash account, which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government and agency securities. The fund may also invest directly in 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; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. |
4. | Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. |
5. | Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. |
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6. | 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, and Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC, 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 fees of each advisor are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the preceding three years relative to the Growth Fund Stock Index, an index of the equity holdings of the largest growth stock mutual funds, for periods prior to September 1, 2002, and their new benchmarks, the Russell 3000 Growth Index for Wellington Management Company, LLP, and the Russell Midcap Growth Index for Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC, beginning September 1, 2002. Both benchmark changes will be fully phased in by September 2005.
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 $376,000 for the year ended September 30, 2004. For the year ended September 30, 2004, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.09% of the fund’s average net assets, before an increase of $628,000 (0.01%) 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, 2004, the fund had contributed capital of $647,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.65% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
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, 2004, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $1,316,000 (an annual rate of 0.03% of average net assets).
E. 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.
For tax purposes, at September 30, 2004, the fund had $13,874,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available realized losses of $764,096,000 to offset future net capital gains of $407,979,000 through September 30, 2010, and $356,117,000 through September 30, 2011.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
At September 30, 2004, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $457,801,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $637,424,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $179,623,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
At September 30, 2004, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in December 2004 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:
| | (000)
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Futures Contracts
| Number of Long Contracts
| Aggregate Settlement Value
| Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
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S&P 500 Index | 415 | $115,671 | $(432) |
S&P MidCap 400 Index | 70 | 20,794 | 101 |
E-mini S&P 500 Index | 22 | 1,226 | — |
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Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.
F. During the year ended September 30, 2004, the fund purchased $4,175,384,000 of investment securities and sold $3,662,402,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
G. The market value of securities on loan to broker/dealers at September 30, 2004, was $14,786,000, for which the fund held cash collateral of $15,059,000. The fund invests cash collateral received in temporary cash investments, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan.
H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| Year Ended September 30,
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| 2004
| 2003
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| Amount (000)
| Shares (000)
| Amount (000)
| Shares (000)
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Investor Shares | | | | |
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Issued | $834,387 | 56,464 | $584,982 | 50,131 |
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Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 9,742 | 672 | 8,854 | 786 |
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Redeemed | (416,345) | (28,101) | (319,541) | (27,088) |
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Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | 427,784 | 29,035 | 274,295 | 23,829 |
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Admiral Shares | | | | |
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Issued | 188,279 | 4,102 | 107,923 | 2,849 |
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Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 1,611 | 36 | 1,265 | 36 |
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Redeemed | (107,110) | (2,374) | (36,291) | (1,004) |
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Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 82,780 | 1,764 | 72,897 | 1,881 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Trustees 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, 2004, 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 periods indicated, 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), which 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, 2004 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 3, 2004
SPECIAL 2004 TAX INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED) FOR VANGUARD MORGAN GROWTH FUND
This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $12,065,000 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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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 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.
Our independent board members bring distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the activities of
Name (Year of Birth) Trustee/Officer Since
| Position(s) Held with Fund (Number of Vanguard Funds Overseen by Trustee/Officer)
| Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
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John J. Brennan* (1954) May 1987
| Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee (131) | Chairman of the Board,Chief Executive Officer, and Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES |
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Charles D. Ellis (1937) January 2001 | Trustee (131) | The Partners of `63 (pro bono ventures in education); Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business strategy consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University; Overseer of the Stern School of Business at New York University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. |
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Rajiv L. Gupta (1945) December 2001† | Trustee (131) | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since October 1999), Vice Chairman (January-September 1999), and Vice President (prior to September 1999) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Technitrol, Inc. (electronic components), and Agere Systems (commu- nications components); Board Member of the American Chemistry Council; Trustee of Drexel University. |
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JoAnn Heffernan Heisen (1950) July 1998 | Trustee (131)
| Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/ consumer products); Director of the University Medical Center at Princeton and Women's Research and Education Institute. |
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Burton G. Malkiel (1932) May 1977 | Trustee (129) | Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics, Princeton University; Director of Vanguard Investment Series plc (Irish invest- ment fund) (since November 2001), Vanguard Group (Ireland) Limited (investment management) (since November 2001), Prudential Insurance Co. of America, BKF Capital (investment management), The Jeffrey Co. (holding company), and NeuVis, Inc. (software company). |
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† | December 2002 for Vanguard® Equity Income Fund, Vanguard® Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard® Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard® State Tax-Exempt Funds. |
the funds. Among board members’ responsibilities are selecting investment advisors for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/directors; and electing Vanguard officers.
Each trustee serves a fund until its termination; or until the trustee’s retirement, resignation, or death; or otherwise as specified in the fund’s organizational documents. Any trustee may be removed at a shareholders’ meeting by a vote representing two-thirds of the net asset value of all shares of the fund together with shares of other Vanguard funds organized within the same trust. The table on these two pages shows information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482.
Name (Year of Birth) Trustee/Officer Since
| Position(s) Held with Fund (Number of Vanguard Funds Overseen by Trustee/Officer)
| Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years
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Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. (1941) January 1993
| Trustee (131) | Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services); Director of Standard Products Company (supplier for the automotive industry) until 1998. |
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J. Lawrence Wilson (1936) April 1985
| Trustee (131)
| Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel engines), MeadWestvaco Corp. (paper products), and AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University. |
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS* |
R. Gregory Barton (1951) June 2001 | Secretary (131)
| Managing Director and General Counsel of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
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Thomas J. Higgins (1957) July 1998 | Treasurer (131) | Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
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*Officers of the funds are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, available from The Vanguard Group.
VANGUARD SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Mortimer J. Buckley, Information Technology. James H. Gately, Investment Programs and Services. Kathleen C. Gubanich, Human Resources. F. William McNabb, III, Client Relationship Group.
| Michael S. Miller, Planning and Development. Ralph K. Packard, Finance. George U. Sauter, Chief Investment Officer.
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John C. Bogle, Founder; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974-1996. |
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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Board of Trustees has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller of the Registrant and The Vanguard Group, Inc., and to persons performing similar functions.
Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. All of the members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant's Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts. The members of the Audit Committee are: Charles D. Ellis, Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, Burton G. Malkiel, Alfred M. Rankin, Jr., and J. Lawrence Wilson. All Audit Committee members are independent under applicable rules.
Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) Audit Fees.
Audit Fees of the Registrant
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2004: $20,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $16,000
Aggregate Audit Fees of Registered Investment Companies in the Vanguard Group.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2004: $1,685,500
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $1,620,200
(b) Audit-Related Fees.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2004: $257,800
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $324,460
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, 2004: $76,400
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $409,900
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, 2004: $0
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $31,000
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, members 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 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, 2004: $76,400
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003: $440,900
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: Not Applicable.
Item 6: Not Applicable.
Item 7: Not Applicable.
Item 8: Not Applicable.
Item 9: Not Applicable.
Item 10: 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 11: 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
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BY: | (signature)
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| (HEIDI STAM) JOHN J. BRENNAN* CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
Date: November 15, 2004
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
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BY: | (signature)
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| (HEIDI STAM) JOHN J. BRENNAN* CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
Date: November 15, 2004
| VANGUARD MORGAN GROWTH FUND
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BY: | (signature)
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| (HEIDI STAM) JOHN J. BRENNAN* CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
Date: November 15, 2004
*By Power of Attorney. See File Number 2-57689, filed on December 26, 2002. Incorporated by Reference.