VANGUARD MONEY MARKET RESERVES INC
DEF 14A, 1994-11-22
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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (RULE 14A-101)
                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
     Filed by the registrant /X/
     Filed by a party other than the registrant / /
 
     Check the appropriate box:
 
     / / Preliminary proxy statement
     /X/ Definitive proxy statement
     / / Definitive additional materials
     / / Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
 
                      VANGUARD MONEY MARKET RESERVES, INC.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
                      Vanguard Money Market Reserves, Inc.
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                   (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)
Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):
     /X/ $125 per Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(j)(2).
     / / $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule
     14a-6(i)(3).
     / / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and
     0-11.
 
     (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
 
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     (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transactions applies:
 
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     (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:(1)
 
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     (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
 
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     / / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or
the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
 
     (1) Amount previously paid:
 
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     (2) Form, schedule or registration statement no.:
 
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     (3) Filing party:
 
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     (4) Date filed:
 
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    (1)Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state 
how it was determined.
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                                 [FIGURE ONE]
 
                   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF
VANGUARD MONEY MARKET RESERVES, INC.
 

     Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Shareholders of Vanguard
Money Market Reserves, Inc. (the "Fund") will be held in Room 118A, Majestic
Building, 300 Admiral Nelson Boulevard, Vanguard Financial Center, Malvern,
Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 9:30 A.M., Eastern Standard Time,
for the following purposes:

 
     1.  To approve or disapprove an amendment to the Fund's investment
         limitations relating to the conditions for the lending of securities
         owned by the Fund's Portfolios.
 
     2.  To consider and act upon any other matters which may properly come
         before the meeting.
 
                                           By Order of the Board of Directors
                                           RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, Secretary
 
   
November 22, 1994
    
 
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                             YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
                       NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN
 
     PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD, DATE
AND SIGN IT, AND RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED, WHICH IS ADDRESSED FOR YOUR
CONVENIENCE AND NEEDS NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ORDER TO
AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE FUND OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE ASK YOUR
COOPERATION IN MAILING YOUR PROXY CARD PROMPTLY.
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                                 [FIGURE TWO]
 

                        SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                JANUARY 17, 1995
                                PROXY STATEMENT

 
     The enclosed proxy is solicited by and on behalf of the Board of Directors
of the Fund. All costs of solicitation (including printing and mailing this
proxy statement, meeting notice and form of proxy, as well as any necessary
supplementary solicitations) will be paid by the Fund. In addition to the
solicitation of proxies by mail, officers and employees of the Fund and The
Vanguard Group, Inc. ("Vanguard") may solicit in person or by telephone. Persons
holding shares as nominees will, upon request, be reimbursed for their
reasonable expenses in sending soliciting materials to their principals.
 
   
     Holders of record at the close of business on November 8, 1994, are
entitled to vote at the meeting or at any adjourned session. Each share is
entitled to one vote. As of the record date, there were issued and outstanding
approximately 14,698,026,735 shares of the Fund's Prime Portfolio, approximately
2,158,843,983 shares of the Federal Portfolio and approximately 2,030,868,685 of
the U.S. Treasury Portfolio. This Proxy Statement was mailed to shareholders on
or about November 22, 1994.
    
 
     Shares represented by a properly executed proxy will be voted in accordance
with the instructions thereon, or if no specification is made, the persons named
as proxies will vote as recommended by the Board of Directors. Proxies may be
revoked at any time before they are exercised by the subsequent execution and
submission of a revised proxy, by written notice of revocation to the Secretary
of the Fund, or by voting in person at the meeting. The mailing address of the
Fund is c/o Vanguard Financial Center, 100 Vanguard Boulevard, P.O. Box 2600,
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355.
 
     SHAREHOLDERS WHO NEED DIRECTIONS TO THE LOCATION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
SHOULD CALL 1-800-852-6999, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 9:00 P.M.,
EASTERN STANDARD TIME, ON ANY BUSINESS DAY.
 
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                   1. PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE FUND'S INVESTMENT
               LIMITATIONS RELATING TO THE CONDITIONS FOR LENDING
                   SECURITIES OWNED BY THE FUND'S PORTFOLIOS
 
        
     Under the Fund's current investment limitations, each Portfolio of the Fund
may not "make loans to other persons". The Board of Directors believes that
these investment limitations should be amended to permit each Portfolio of the
Fund to lend its securities up to a maximum of 33 1/3% of its total assets.

 
     The Board believes that the proposed amendment will be beneficial to the
Fund and its shareholders because it will give each Portfolio additional
opportunities to make loans and thereby realize additional income. The risks in
lending securities, as with other extensions of credit, consist of possible
delay in the recovery of the securities or possible loss of rights in the
collateral should the borrower fail financially. However, it is expected that
these risks can be controlled: (1) by conforming the aggregate and structure of
such loans to the guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
are incorporated into the proposed change to the Fund's investment limitations
as set forth below; (2) by limiting such loans to only those banks, brokers,
dealers and financial institutions which meet a high standard of
creditworthiness; and (3) careful monitoring procedures.

 
     By way of implementation, the Board of Directors proposes to amend the
Fund's fundamental investment limitations by including the following paragraph:
 
            Each Portfolio of the Fund may lend its investment
            securities to qualified brokers, dealers, banks or other
            financial institutions, so long as the terms and the
            structure of such loans are not inconsistent with the
            Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Rules
            and Regulations or interpretations of the Securities and
            Exchange Commission thereunder, which currently require
            that (a) the borrower pledge and maintain with the
            Portfolio collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable
            letter of credit or securities issued or guaranteed by
            the United States Government having a value at all times
            not less than 100 percent of the value of the securities
            loaned, (b) the borrower add to such collateral whenever
            the price of the securities loaned rises (i.e. the
            borrower "marks to the market" on a daily basis), (c)
            the loan be made subject to termination by the Portfolio
            at any time and (d) the Portfolio receive reasonable
            interest on the loan (which may include the Portfolio's
            investing any cash collateral in interest bearing
            short-term investments), and distributions on the loaned
            securities and any increase in their market value. Each
            Portfolio of the Fund will not lend securities if, as a
            result, the aggregate of such
 
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            loans exceeds 33 1/3% of the value of the Portfolio's
            total assets. Loan arrangements made by the Fund will
            comply with all other applicable regulatory
            requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock
            Exchange, which presently require the borrower, after
            notice, to redeliver the securities within the normal
            settlement time of five business days. In addition, the
            Fund will retain the right to vote any securities loaned
            by a Portfolio.
    
 
REQUIRED VOTE
 
     The Board of Directors has considered the proposed amendment to the Fund's
investment limitations and believes that the amendment is in the best interests
of the Fund's shareholders.
 
   
     Approval of the amendment for a Portfolio of the Fund will require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of that Portfolio. The
approval of such amendment will constitute a corresponding amendment to the
Fund's by-laws, when applicable. If the amendment is not approved by
shareholders of a Portfolio, the current investment limitation will remain in
effect. THE DIRECTORS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT.
    
 
                               2. OTHER BUSINESS
 
ADJOURNMENT
 
   
     If sufficient votes to achieve a quorum are not received by the time
scheduled for the meeting, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more
adjournments of the meeting for a period or periods of not more than 60 days in
the aggregate to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to such
proposal. Any adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the
votes cast on the question in person or by proxy at the session of the meeting
to be adjourned. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of such
adjournment those proxies which they are entitled to vote in favor of such
proposal. They will vote against any such adjournment those proxies required to
be voted against such proposal. The Fund pays the costs of any additional
solicitation and of any adjourned session.
    
 
   
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
    
 
   
     Shareholder proposals for inclusion in the Proxy Statement for any
subsequent meeting must be received by the Fund within a reasonable period of
time prior to the meeting.
    
 
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OTHER MATTERS
 

     The Board of Directors knows of no other business to be brought before the
meeting. However, if any other matters come before the meeting, it is the
intention that proxies which do not contain specific restrictions to the
contrary will be voted on such matters in accordance with the judgment of the
persons named in the enclosed form of proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes
will be included for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the
meeting, but will be treated as votes not cast and, therefore, will not be
counted for purposes of determining whether matters to be voted upon at the
meeting have been approved.

 
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                          VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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                    YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE WILL SAVE YOUR FUND
                       THE EXPENSE OF ADDITIONAL MAILINGS

VANGUARD MONEY MARKET RESERVES ("FUND"):
PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoints John C. Bogle, J.
Lawrence Wilson and Raymond J. Klapinsky, or any one or more of them,
attorneys, with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of the Fund
which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of
Shareholders to be held in the Majestic Building, Room 118A, Vanguard
Financial Center, 100 Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA on January 17, 1995 at
9:30 A.M., E.S.T., and at any adjournments thereof.  All powers may be
exercised by a majority of said proxy holders or substitutes voting or acting
or, if only one votes and acts, then by that one.  This Proxy shall be voted
on the proposal described in the Proxy Statement as specified on the reverse
side.  Receipt of the Notice of the Meeting and the accompanying Proxy
Statement is hereby acknowledged.
                                   PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
                                   PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE

                              NOTE:  Please sign exactly as your name appears
                              on this Proxy.  When signing in a fiduciary
                              capacity, such as executor, administrator,
                              trustee, attorney, guardian, etc., please so
                              indicate.  Corporate and partnership proxies
                              should be signed by an authorized person
                              indicating the person's title.

                              DATE _____________________________________

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                              Signature(s) (and Title(s), if applicable)









Please refer to the Proxy Statement discussion of this matter.
IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE PROXY SHALL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL.
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As to any other matter, said attorneys shall vote in accordance with their
best judgment.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL:
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                              Please indicate your vote by filling in the
                              appropriate box below, as shown.  Using blue or
                              black ink or dark pencil.

                                   FOR             AGAINST          ABSTAIN

I.  To approve an amendment to    /  /              /  /              /  /
    the Fund's investment
    limitations relating to the
    lending of portfolio
    securities.



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