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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM N-Q
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file Number 811-02278
 
The Value Line Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036

Mitchell E. Appel
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  212-907-1900

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
Item 1: Schedule of Investments.
 
A copy of Schedule of Investments for the period ended 9/30/11 is included with this Form.
 
Value Line Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
 
   
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
September 30, 2011
 
Shares
 
 
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS (100.2%)
     
           
   
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (12.8%)
     
8,400
 
AutoZone, Inc. *
  $ 2,681,196  
24,000
 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. *
    1,375,440  
28,000
 
BorgWarner, Inc. *
    1,694,840  
29,000
 
Brinker International, Inc.
    606,680  
10,500
 
Buckle, Inc. (The)
    403,830  
5,000
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. *
    1,514,750  
14,000
 
Coach, Inc.
    725,620  
39,200
 
Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR *
    1,260,672  
17,000
 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
    726,750  
16,000
 
Deckers Outdoor Corp. *
    1,492,160  
17,000
 
DIRECTV Class A *
    718,250  
34,000
 
Domino's Pizza, Inc. *
    926,500  
10,000
 
Fossil, Inc. *
    810,600  
16,000
 
Genuine Parts Co.
    812,800  
15,200
 
Gildan Activewear, Inc.
    392,768  
27,000
 
HSN, Inc. *
    894,510  
27,000
 
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    711,990  
17,000
 
Life Time Fitness, Inc. *
    626,450  
56,000
 
LKQ Corp. *
    1,352,960  
12,000
 
McDonalds Corp.
    1,053,840  
6,000
 
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.
    197,820  
16,000
 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR *
    367,520  
18,000
 
OReilly Automotive, Inc. *
    1,199,340  
13,000
 
Penn National Gaming, Inc. *
    432,770  
5,700
 
Priceline.com, Inc. *
    2,561,922  
24,000
 
PVH Corp.
    1,397,760  
4,400
 
Shaw Communications, Inc. Class B
    88,880  
27,000
 
Signet Jewelers Ltd. *
    912,600  
34,300
 
TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
    1,902,621  
12,000
 
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. *
    392,760  
6,000
 
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. *
    373,380  
10,000
 
Under Armour, Inc. Class A *
    664,100  
21,000
 
Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. *
    786,240  
26,500
 
Warnaco Group, Inc. (The) *
    1,221,385  
6,000
 
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
    690,480  
34,000
 
Yum! Brands, Inc.
    1,679,260  
          35,651,444  
   
CONSUMER STAPLES (9.6%)
       
68,000
 
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. ADR
    1,192,040  
17,000
 
British American Tobacco PLC ADR
    1,440,410  
5,400
 
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B
    378,756  
11,000
 
Bunge Ltd.
    641,190  
48,400
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    2,139,280  
16,800
 
Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. de C.V. ADR
    1,490,664  
130,000
 
Companhia de Bebidas das Americas ADR
    3,984,500  
20,000
 
Cosan Ltd. Class A
    189,400  
5,000
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    410,600  
14,000
 
Energizer Holdings, Inc. *
    930,160  
49,875
 
Flowers Foods, Inc.
    970,568  
20,000
 
Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. ADR
    1,296,400  
26,000
 
General Mills, Inc.
    1,000,220  
48,000
 
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. *
    4,461,120  
15,000
 
Herbalife Ltd.
    804,000  
40,000
 
Hormel Foods Corp.
    1,080,800  
14,000
 
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.
    963,620  
             
Shares
 
 
   
Value
 
10,000
 
PepsiCo, Inc.
  $ 619,000  
20,000
 
Reynolds American, Inc.
    749,600  
32,000
 
Ruddick Corp.
    1,247,680  
4,000
 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. *
    247,360  
9,000
 
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
    587,790  
          26,825,158  
   
ENERGY (4.8%)
       
7,000
 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
    433,370  
20,000
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
    511,000  
8,600
 
CNOOC Ltd. ADR
    1,378,580  
19,000
 
Concho Resources, Inc. *
    1,351,660  
21,000
 
Core Laboratories N.V.
    1,886,430  
12,000
 
Devon Energy Corp.
    665,280  
20,000
 
EQT Corp.
    1,067,200  
88,000
 
FMC Technologies, Inc. *
    3,308,800  
2,000
 
Oil States International, Inc. *
    101,840  
3,000
 
Rosetta Resources, Inc. *
    102,660  
26,000
 
TransCanada Corp.
    1,052,740  
18,000
 
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR
    284,940  
33,000
 
World Fuel Services Corp.
    1,077,450  
          13,221,950  
   
FINANCIALS (9.1%)
       
19,000
 
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. *
    1,482,950  
20,600
 
AFLAC, Inc.
    719,970  
45,000
 
Arch Capital Group Ltd. *
    1,470,375  
9,490
 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
    1,082,334  
35,000
 
Bancolombia S.A. ADR
    1,949,500  
13,300
 
Bank of Montreal
    742,805  
22,100
 
Bank of Nova Scotia
    1,108,315  
10,700
 
BlackRock, Inc.
    1,583,707  
16,000
 
BRE Properties, Inc.
    677,440  
8,200
 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
    572,524  
27,000
 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT
    1,489,320  
19,000
 
Eaton Vance Corp.
    423,130  
4,000
 
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT
    250,800  
9,400
 
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
    1,128,376  
9,000
 
Franklin Resources, Inc.
    860,760  
75,500
 
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR
    2,200,825  
16,000
 
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR
    555,520  
71,376
 
Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo S.A. ADR
    1,107,756  
20,000
 
Leucadia National Corp.
    453,600  
9,000
 
M&T Bank Corp.
    629,100  
9,000
 
Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. *
    559,980  
15,000
 
ProAssurance Corp.
    1,080,300  
18,000
 
Stifel Financial Corp. *
    478,080  
21,000
 
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    1,003,170  
8,000
 
Taubman Centers, Inc.
    402,480  
7,400
 
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)
    525,030  
30,000
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
    723,600  
          25,261,747  
   
HEALTH CARE (15.0%)
       
100,000
 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    6,406,000  
17,200
 
Allergan, Inc.
    1,416,936  
16,000
 
Bayer AG ADR
    876,960  
14,500
 
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    1,063,140  
5,400
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A *
    490,158  
14,800
 
Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. *
    272,468  
7,000
 
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    612,780  
 
 

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Value Line Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
 
September 30, 2011
 
Shares
 
 
 
Value
 
22,000
 
Cerner Corp. *
  $ 1,507,440  
2,000
 
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.
    132,300  
6,000
 
DaVita, Inc. *
    376,020  
4,000
 
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    122,760  
26,000
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. *
    1,853,280  
19,000
 
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. *
    531,810  
46,000
 
Express Scripts, Inc. *
    1,705,220  
20,900
 
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA ADR
     1,411,377  
48,600
 
Henry Schein, Inc. *
    3,013,686  
54,000
 
HMS Holdings Corp. *
    1,317,060  
24,000
 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. *
    1,655,280  
28,200
 
Illumina, Inc. *
    1,153,944  
32,000
 
Impax Laboratories, Inc. *
    573,120  
7,000
 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. *
    2,549,960  
4,000
 
MAKO Surgical Corp. *
    136,880  
8,400
 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. *
    1,175,664  
3,100
 
MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. *
    213,342  
17,800
 
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR
    1,771,456  
28,500
 
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    811,680  
6,000
 
Perrigo Co.
    582,660  
20,000
 
Pharmasset, Inc. *
    1,647,400  
4,800
 
Quality Systems, Inc.
    465,600  
28,000
 
SXC Health Solutions Corp. *
    1,559,600  
3,700
 
Techne Corp.
    251,637  
23,000
 
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR
    856,060  
12,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. *
    607,680  
12,000
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    553,440  
15,000
 
Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B
    510,000  
22,000
 
Volcano Corp. *
    651,860  
23,000
 
Warner Chilcott PLC Class A *
    328,900  
10,000
 
WellPoint, Inc.
    652,800  
          41,818,358  
   
INDUSTRIALS (20.7%)
       
85,000
 
ABB Ltd. ADR *
    1,451,800  
7,000
 
Acacia Research - Acacia Technologies *
    251,930  
24,300
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.
    875,772  
49,500
 
AMETEK, Inc.
    1,632,015  
20,600
 
AZZ, Inc.
    798,662  
31,000
 
BE Aerospace, Inc. *
    1,026,410  
23,000
 
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    1,574,810  
22,900
 
Canadian National Railway Co.
    1,524,682  
3,000
 
Chart Industries, Inc. *
    126,510  
36,000
 
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.
    1,030,680  
34,000
 
CLARCOR, Inc.
    1,406,920  
7,000
 
Clean Harbors, Inc. *
    359,100  
32,000
 
Danaher Corp.
    1,342,080  
28,000
 
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    1,534,400  
35,200
 
Eaton Corp.
    1,249,600  
41,000
 
EnerSys *
    820,820  
20,000
 
Esterline Technologies Corp. *
    1,036,800  
12,000
 
Fastenal Co.
    399,360  
4,000
 
FedEx Corp.
    270,720  
18,000
 
Flowserve Corp.
    1,332,000  
11,000
 
Fluor Corp.
    512,050  
23,200
 
Gardner Denver, Inc.
    1,474,360  
6,000
 
GeoEye, Inc. *
    170,100  
6,000
 
Graco, Inc.
    204,840  
10,400
 
HEICO Corp.
    512,096  
29,850
 
IDEX Corp.
    930,126  
             
Shares
 
 
   
Value
 
18,600
 
IHS, Inc. Class A *
  $ 1,391,466  
20,000
 
Iron Mountain, Inc.
    632,400  
33,000
 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
    1,191,960  
21,000
 
Kansas City Southern *
    1,049,160  
21,000
 
Kirby Corp. *
    1,105,440  
5,000
 
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
    309,850  
88,500
 
Lan Airlines S.A. ADR
    1,827,525  
26,000
 
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
    754,260  
20,000
 
Norfolk Southern Corp.
    1,220,400  
20,000
 
Polypore International, Inc. *
    1,130,400  
17,800
 
Precision Castparts Corp.
    2,767,188  
6,000
 
Regal-Beloit Corp.
    272,280  
43,500
 
Republic Services, Inc.
    1,220,610  
54,000
 
Rollins, Inc.
    1,010,340  
34,000
 
Roper Industries, Inc.
    2,342,940  
50,700
 
Rush Enterprises, Inc. Class A *
    717,912  
36,600
 
Stericycle, Inc. *
    2,954,352  
2,000
 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. *
    97,720  
7,800
 
Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.
    158,184  
33,000
 
Toro Co. (The)
    1,625,910  
13,700
 
Towers Watson & Co. Class A
    818,986  
17,000
 
TransDigm Group, Inc. *
    1,388,390  
17,000
 
Union Pacific Corp.
    1,388,390  
17,000
 
United Technologies Corp.
    1,196,120  
22,000
 
URS Corp. *
    652,520  
6,700
 
Valmont Industries, Inc.
    522,198  
8,000
 
Verisk Analytics, Inc. Class A *
    278,160  
7,600
 
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    1,136,504  
16,000
 
Wabtec Corp.
    845,920  
31,200
 
Waste Connections, Inc.
    1,055,184  
24,000
 
Woodward Inc.
    657,600  
          57,568,912  
   
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (15.5%)
       
23,000
 
Accenture PLC Class A
    1,211,640  
28,000
 
Acme Packet, Inc. *
    1,192,520  
16,000
 
Alliance Data Systems Corp. *
    1,483,200  
30,800
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
    1,255,716  
18,700
 
Anixter International, Inc.
    887,128  
60,000
 
ANSYS, Inc. *
    2,942,400  
60,000
 
Ariba, Inc. *
    1,662,600  
14,000
 
Avago Technologies Ltd.
    458,780  
7,000
 
Baidu, Inc. ADR *
    748,370  
11,400
 
Blackboard, Inc. *
    509,124  
21,000
 
Canon, Inc. ADR
    950,460  
26,000
 
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. *
    1,371,760  
42,000
 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A *
    2,633,400  
3,000
 
Concur Technologies, Inc. *
    111,660  
16,000
 
Equinix, Inc. *
    1,421,280  
11,000
 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
    978,670  
3,000
 
Google, Inc. Class A *
    1,543,140  
40,000
 
Informatica Corp. *
    1,638,000  
4,200
 
LogMeIn, Inc. *
    139,482  
11,800
 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
    3,742,488  
37,200
 
MICROS Systems, Inc. *
    1,633,452  
12,000
 
Netgear, Inc. *
    310,680  
42,000
 
Oracle Corp.
    1,207,080  
11,000
 
Pegasystems, Inc.
    336,710  
38,000
 
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. *
    1,297,320  
13,000
 
Rovi Corp. *
    558,740  
 
 

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Value Line Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
   
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
 
 
Shares
 
 
 
Value
 
27,000
 
Salesforce.com, Inc. *
  $ 3,085,560  
25,000
 
Solera Holdings, Inc.
    1,262,500  
33,000
 
SuccessFactors, Inc. *
    758,670  
12,000
 
Taleo Corp. Class A *
    308,640  
26,000
 
Teradata Corp. *
    1,391,780  
34,000
 
TIBCO Software, Inc. *
    761,260  
30,000
 
Trimble Navigation Ltd. *
    1,006,500  
16,000
 
VeriFone Systems, Inc. *
    560,320  
13,000
 
VMware, Inc. Class A *
    1,044,940  
14,900
 
Wright Express Corp. *
    566,796  
          42,972,766  
   
MATERIALS (8.4%)
       
21,000
 
Agrium, Inc.
    1,399,860  
15,000
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    1,145,550  
40,000
 
Albemarle Corp.
    1,616,000  
30,700
 
AptarGroup, Inc.
    1,371,369  
20,000
 
Ball Corp.
    620,400  
14,000
 
BASF AG ADR
    852,320  
28,000
 
Celanese Corp. Series A
    910,840  
4,000
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
    493,560  
25,200
 
Clearwater Paper Corp. *
    856,296  
18,000
 
Crown Holdings, Inc. *
    550,980  
20,000
 
Cytec Industries, Inc.
    702,800  
22,000
 
FMC Corp.
    1,521,520  
16,500
 
Greif, Inc. Class A
    707,685  
12,000
 
LSB Industries, Inc. *
    344,040  
17,000
 
Mosaic Co. (The)
    832,490  
9,000
 
NewMarket Corp.
    1,366,830  
30,000
 
Praxair, Inc.
    2,804,400  
24,000
 
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. *
    808,560  
20,200
 
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A
    900,920  
8,000
 
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)
    594,560  
30,000
 
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    1,853,700  
12,800
 
Syngenta AG ADR
    663,936  
18,000
 
Valspar Corp. (The)
    561,780  
          23,480,396  
   
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES (1.7%)
       
4,000
 
AboveNet, Inc.
    214,400  
12,000
 
American Tower Corp. Class A *
    645,600  
6,101
 
Brasil Telecom S.A. ADR
    39,046  
40,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp. *
    1,626,800  
4,000
 
Millicom International Cellular S.A.
    396,400  
10,000
 
Rogers Communications, Inc. Class B
    342,100  
43,000
 
SBA Communications Corp. Class A *
    1,482,640  
          4,746,986  
   
UTILITIES (2.6%)
       
18,000
 
AGL Resources, Inc.
    733,320  
27,600
 
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR
    1,279,260  
25,000
 
CPFL Energia S.A. ADR
    553,750  
20,000
 
ITC Holdings Corp.
    1,548,600  
19,400
 
NSTAR
    869,314  
16,000
 
Oneok, Inc.
    1,056,640  
             
Shares
 
 
  Value  
20,000
 
Questar Corp.
  $ 354,200  
26,800
 
Wisconsin Energy Corp.
    838,572  
   
 
   
7,233,656
 
             
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
AND TOTAL INVESTMENT
SECURITIES (100.2%)
       
   
(Cost $184,209,841)
    278,781,373  
             
EXCESS OF LIABILITIES OVER CASH AND
OTHER ASSETS (-0.2%)
    (443,292 )
NET ASSETS (1) (100%)   $ 278,338,081  
             
NET ASSET VALUE OFFERING AND
REDEMPTION PRICE, PER OUTSTANDING
SHARE
       
($278,338,081 ÷ 11,000,047 shares outstanding)   $ 25.30  
 
*
Non-income producing.
(1)  For federal income tax purposes, the aggregate cost was $184,209,841, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation was $104,731,220, aggregate gross unrealized depreciation was  $10,159,688 and the net unrealized appreciation was $94,571,532.
ADR American Depositary Receipt.
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.
 
 

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The Fund follows fair valuation accounting standards (FASB ASC 820-10) which establish a definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 – Inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not considered to be active;
Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable.
 
Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2011:
 
Investments in Securities:
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets
                       
     Common Stocks
  $ 278,781,373     $ 0     $ 0     $ 278,781,373  
                                 
     Total Investments in Securities
  $ 278,781,373     $ 0     $ 0     $ 278,781,373  
                                 
 
The Fund follows the updated provisions surrounding fair value measurements and disclosures on transfers in and out of all levels of the fair value hierarchy on a gross basis and the reasons for the transfers as well as to disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for investments that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 fair value hierarchy.
 
For the period ended September 30, 2011, there was no significant transfer activity between Level 1 and Level 2.
 
For the period ended September 30, 2011, there were no Level 3 investments. The Schedule of Investments includes a breakdown of the Schedule’s investments by category.
 
 
 

 
 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a)  
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the   registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(c) ) based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of the date within 90 days of filing date of this report, are approximately designed to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to such officers and are operating effectively.
 
(b)  
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have determined that there have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
 
Item 3. Exhibits:
(a)  
Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant.
 
 
 

 

SIGNATURES
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.
 
By: /s/ Mitchell E. Appel    
 
Mitchell E. Appel, President
     
Date:
November 18, 2011
 
     
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.
     
By: /s/ Mitchell E. Appel   
 
Mitchell E. Appel, President, Principal Executive Officer
     
By: /s/ Emily D. Washington  
 
Emily D. Washington, Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer
     
Date: 
November 18, 2011