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Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund
Summary Prospectus 
January 26, 2011
Admiral™ Shares for Participants
 
Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares (VPMAX)
 
 
 
 
The Fund’s statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated
January 26, 2011, and financial highlights information from the most recent
shareholder report are incorporated into and made part of this Summary
Prospectus by reference.
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which
contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find
the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund online at
www.vanguard.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no
cost by calling 800-523-1188 or by sending an e-mail request to
online@vanguard.com.
 
 
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or
passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 


 

Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold
Admiral Shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees  
(Fees paid directly from your investment)  
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases None
Purchase Fee None
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends None
Redemption Fee (on shares held less than one year) 1%

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses  
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
Management Expenses 0.34%
12b-1 Distribution Fee None
Other Expenses 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.36%

 

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Fund’s Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It illustrates
the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you invest
$10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the Shares provide a return
of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. The
results apply whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given
period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$37 $116 $202 $456

 

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate
higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in
a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating
expenses or in the previous expense example, reduce the Fund’s performance. During
the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 5%.

Primary Investment Strategies
The Fund invests in stocks considered to have above-average earnings growth
potential that is not reflected in their current market prices. The Fund’s portfolio
consists predominantly of large- and mid-capitalization stocks.

Primary Risks
An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should
expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the
fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund’s performance could be hurt by:

Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock
markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices.

Asset concentration risk, which is the chance that the Fund’s performance may be
adversely affected by the poor performance of relatively few stocks as compared with
other mutual funds. The Fund may concentrate a large portion of its assets in relatively
few holdings within the universe of growth stocks. As a result, the volatility
experienced by the Fund may be greater than the overall volatility of the stock market.

Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from large- and mid-
capitalization growth stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically,
mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that
dominate the overall market, and they often perform quite differently.

Manager risk, which is the chance that poor security selection or focus on securities in
a particular sector, category, or group of companies will cause the Fund to underperform
relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Annual Total Returns
The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of
investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund‘s
Admiral Shares has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown.

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The table shows how the average annual total returns compare with those of a
relevant market index, which has investment characteristics similar to those of the
Fund. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance does not indicate how the Fund
will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our
website at vanguard.com/performance or by calling Vanguard toll-free at 800-662-7447.


Annual Total Returns — Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares


During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter
was 16.93% (quarter ended June 30, 2003), and the lowest return for a quarter was
–22.38% (quarter ended December 31, 2008).

Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2010    
 
      Since
      Inception
      (Nov. 12,
  1 Year 5 Years 2001)
Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares 12.99% 5.26% 7.07%
Standard & Poor's 500 Index      
(reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) 15.06% 2.29% 3.28%

 

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Investment Advisor
PRIMECAP Management Company

Portfolio Managers

Howard B. Schow, Chairman Emeritus of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the Fund
since 1984.

Theo A. Kolokotrones, Vice Chairman of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the Fund
since 1985.

Joel P. Fried, President of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the Fund since 1988.

Mitchell J. Milias, Chairman of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the Fund since 2002.

Alfred W. Mordecai, Executive Vice President of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the
Fund since 1999.

M. Mohsin Ansari, Senior Vice President of PRIMECAP. He has co-managed the Fund
since 2007.

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will be reinvested in additional Fund shares and accumulate on
a tax-deferred basis if you are investing through an employer-sponsored retirement or
savings plan. You will not owe taxes on these distributions until you begin withdrawals
from the plan. You should consult your plan administrator, your plan’s Summary Plan
Description, or your tax advisor about the tax consequences of plan withdrawals.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries
The Fund and its investment advisor do not pay financial intermediaries for sales of
Fund shares.

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Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares—Fund Number 559  
 
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Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.  
  SPI 559 012011