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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-00121  

 

Name of Registrant:

Vanguard Wellington Fund

 

Address of Registrant:

P.O. Box 2600
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Name and address of agent for service:

Heidi Stam, Esquire
  P.O. Box 876
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end:   November 30

 

 

Date of reporting period:   December 1, 2013 – November 30, 2014

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 


 

Annual Report | November 30, 2014

Vanguard Wellington Fund


 

The mission continues

On May 1, 1975, Vanguard began operations, a fledgling company based on the simple but revolutionary idea that a mutual fund company should be managed solely in the interest of its investors.

Four decades later, that revolutionary spirit continues to animate the enterprise. Vanguard remains on a mission to give investors the best chance of investment success.

As we mark our 40th anniversary, we thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard and giving us the opportunity to help you reach your financial goals in the decades to come.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisor’s Report. 7
Fund Profile. 11
Performance Summary. 13
Financial Statements. 15
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 35
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 36
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement. 38
Glossary. 39

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: Since our founding, Vanguard has drawn inspiration from the enterprise and valor demonstrated by British naval hero Horatio Nelson and his command at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The photograph displays a replica of a merchant ship from the same era as Nelson’s flagship, the HMS Vanguard.


 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Wellington Fund  
Investor Shares 11.72%
Admiral™ Shares 11.82
Wellington Composite Index 13.11
Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average 8.73

For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.
Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

 

 

 
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
November 30, 2013, Through November 30, 2014
       
       
      Distributions Per Share
  Starting
Share
Price
Ending
Share
Price
Income
Dividends
Capital
Gains
 
Vanguard Wellington Fund        
Investor Shares $39.17 $41.02 $0.982 $1.538
Admiral Shares 67.65 70.85 1.750 2.656

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, Vanguard Wellington Fund returned almost 12%. It finished behind its benchmark, the Wellington Composite Index, but significantly ahead of the average return of its peers.

Despite recent volatility both domestically and internationally, the broad U.S. stock and bond markets posted positive results for the 12 months. In this environment, the equity portion of your fund notched gains in nine out of ten market sectors. The fund’s fixed income portfolio also fared well; the advisor’s selections among corporate bonds contributed most to returns.

On November 30, the fund’s 30-day SEC yield was 2.14% for Investor Shares and 2.22% for Admiral Shares, compared with 2.23% for Investor Shares and 2.31% for Admiral Shares a year earlier.

Monetary policy and corporate gains gave the U.S. stock market a boost
The broad U.S. stock market gained more than 15% for the 12 months ended November 30, 2014. Generally accommodative global monetary actions and strong corporate earnings offset investor concern about geopolitical issues such as economic struggles in Europe and strife in the Middle East.

Investors seemed to take comfort in assurances from the Federal Reserve that it would keep short-term interest rates low,

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even as it ended its stimulative bond-buying program as anticipated. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, and the People’s Bank of China all announced additional stimulus measures.

As many foreign currencies weakened against the U.S. dollar, international stocks managed a return of about 1% in dollar terms. Emerging markets fared better than the developed markets of Europe and the Pacific region.

Bond prices continued to climb after slipping over the summer
Global central-bank stimulus also helped the broad U.S. taxable bond market, which returned 5.27%. Bond prices, which slipped in the summer, generally rose during the period. The strong returns surprised most analysts, who had predicted that already low yields wouldn’t continue to drop. Even though the Fed began winding down its bond purchases in January, prices rose and yields fell. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.) The yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note ended November at 2.25%, down from 2.74% a year earlier.

Municipal bonds returned 8.23% as a combination of diminished supply and greater demand pushed prices higher.

International bond markets (as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Index ex USD) posted a –2.53% result.

  
Market Barometer      
    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2014
   
  One
Year
Three
Years
Five
Years
Stocks
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 16.56% 21.05% 16.25%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 3.99 18.36 16.69
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 15.53 20.84 16.28
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 1.05 10.29 5.94
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 5.27% 3.00% 4.10%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 8.23 4.78 5.12
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.04 0.04 0.06
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.32% 1.44% 1.77%

 

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Money market funds and savings accounts barely budged as the Fed kept its target for short-term interest rates at 0%–0.25%.

The fund notched solid results but trailed its benchmark index
Vanguard Wellington Fund, which marked its 85th anniversary a little more than midway through the fiscal year, is invested about 65% in stocks and 35% in bonds. In strong markets such as the one we’ve experienced in recent years, the equity portion of a balanced portfolio can offer investors the opportunity for long-term growth.

In more volatile times, bonds and short-term investments can help cushion dramatic swings in the stock market.

The fund is broadly diversified, investing in about 100 stocks and more than 700 bonds across all market sectors.

For the fiscal year, the fund’s stock portfolio returned 14.89%, trailing the 16.86% return of its equity benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. Stocks of health care, technology, and financial companies added most to the fund’s overall performance. Together, these three sectors were responsible for the bulk of the equity portfolio’s return.

Although the fund notched a double-digit advance in financials, its results were notably behind the sector’s return in the benchmark. This was partly because of missed opportunities among credit card issuers and stock brokerages.

Expense Ratios
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group
     
     
  Investor
Shares
Admiral
Shares
Peer Group
Average
 
Wellington Fund 0.26% 0.18% 0.97%

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated March 25, 2014, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.18% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2013.

Peer group: Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds.

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Hurt by a slide in oil prices, energy was the only sector to post negative results for both the fund and the benchmark. It was among the sectors that weighed the most on the fund’s relative performance, as disappointing stock choices compounded generally weak returns.

The consumer discretionary sector was an area of strength. The fund’s holdings outpaced those of the benchmark thanks to good selection within media companies and home improvement retailers.

The fund’s bonds returned 6.46%, slightly ahead of the 6.27% return of their benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index. The difference can be attributed mostly to the advisor’s corporate bond selections, especially among industrial companies.

For more on the fund’s positioning during the fiscal year, please see the Advisor’s Report that follows this letter.

Your fund continued to deliver impressive long-term results
The Wellington Fund continued to produce strong long-term results. For the ten years ended November 30, 2014, it posted an average annual return of 8.29%, ahead of its composite index (+7.27%) and peer group (+5.92%).

  
Total Returns
Ten Years Ended November 30, 2014
 
 
  Average
Annual Return
 
Wellington Fund Investor Shares 8.29%
Wellington Composite Index 7.27
Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average 5.92
For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.
Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

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

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The fund’s admirable track record is, of course, a tribute to the experience and talent of its advisor. For more than eight decades, Wellington Management Company, llp, has served the fund’s shareholders well. It still adheres to the strong investment principles that guided it through the worst stock market crash in U.S. history, which happened shortly after the fund’s inception in 1929, and the Great Depression that followed. Wellington’s efforts over the years have been aided by the fund’s low costs, which allow investors to keep more of the return on their investment.

Realistic expectations are key to reaching your long-term goals
Over the last several years, investors have grown accustomed to mostly strong returns from both stocks and bonds. This, of course, has been a welcome development for our clients as they strive to achieve their financial goals. But as any experienced investor knows, markets aren’t always so favorable.

Our recently published economic and market outlook research paper cautions that, over the next decade, returns for a balanced 60% equity/40% bond portfolio are likely to be moderately below long-run historical averages. (For more details, see Vanguard’s Economic and Investment Outlook, available at vanguard.com/ research.)

I point out our modest projections not to be discouraging but to be helpful. Realistic expectations are the foundation of a sound plan to reach your long-term objective, whether it’s establishing a secure retirement, paying for a child’s education, or achieving some other goal.

If you expect too much from the markets, you might not save sufficiently. You might also take on excessive risk in your portfolio in the pursuit of unrealistically high returns.

We firmly believe that a better course is to follow Vanguard’s principles for investing success:

Goals. Create clear, appropriate investment goals.

Balance. Develop a suitable asset allocation using broadly diversified funds.

Cost. Minimize cost.

Discipline. Maintain perspective and long-term discipline.

The beauty of these principles is that, unlike market returns, each one is within your control, and focusing on them can put you on the right path.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
December 11, 2014

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Advisor’s Report

Vanguard Wellington Fund returned almost 12% for the 12 months ended November 30, 2014. It outperformed the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average return of nearly 9% but finished about 140 basis points behind its benchmark, the Wellington Composite Index. (The index is weighted 65% large-capitalization stocks as measured by the S&P 500 Index and 35% high-quality corporate bonds as measured by the Barclays U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index.) The fund’s equity portfolio lagged the equity segment of the benchmark, but the fixed income portfolio outpaced its portion.

Investment environment
Stock markets in the United States and abroad posted solid returns for investors during the fiscal year. The MSCI World Index returned 9.5%, and the S&P 500 Index was up 16.9%. The MSCI EAFE Index—which tracks the performance of developed markets outside the United States—trailed, returning only –0.02%.

Fixed income markets also rose. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 5.27%, ahead of the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, which returned just 0.68% (in USD terms). The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell, beginning the period at 2.74% and ending at 2.25%.

Bond market volatility was elevated during the first part of the fiscal year as the Federal Reserve discussed tapering its asset purchases. In addition, severe weather in many parts of the country slowed activity and left the underlying upward growth trend in question. This led to a tempering of higher rate expectations and a decline in U.S. rates.

Our successes
In the stock portfolio, security selection in the consumer discretionary and information technology sectors aided relative performance. In consumer discretionary, Lowe’s and Time Warner were among our standouts. Lowe’s has benefited from the recovery in home improvement spending and tight cost controls. It posted strong same-store sales growth during the year and was able to generate very healthy earnings-per-share growth. We continue to own the stock and remain optimistic about the recovery in the U.S. housing market.

We were a longtime owner of Time Warner and the stock had been a solid performer. But the company was the subject of a takeover attempt by Fox that did not work out, so we eliminated it to make room for a company with a more favorable risk/reward profile. The fund also benefited from not owning Amazon.com, which lagged in the benchmark.

In information technology, Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco all performed well. Intel’s shares jumped in July after the company posted strong quarterly revenue and earnings driven by solid results in PCs, servers, and tablets. In addition, management raised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2014. We are confident that Intel is finally turning the corner in terms of its ability to sell technology for chips contained in devices other than PCs. We believe that if it can

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become more competitive in markets such as wireless mobile devices, it can be a great competitor, and its stock should benefit.

The fixed income portion of the Wellington Fund generated a positive return and finished ahead of its high-quality corporate benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index. Corporate bond selection was favorable, especially among industrials. Our bond picks in the consumer, energy, and communications subsectors were among the most helpful to relative performance. Credit selection in utilities, notably electric utilities, and our exposure to BBB-rated corporates also enhanced returns.

Our shortfalls
Because of its high-quality orientation, the fund’s equity portion is less likely to outpace its benchmark during the type of speculative rallies the market has experienced recently. Conversely, it should be well-positioned if the market corrects, because its yield and attractive relative valuation should protect it on the downside.

In the stock portfolio, security selection was the main driver of relative underperfor-mance. Relative results were weakest in financials; positions in Standard Chartered, Prudential Financial, UBS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group all lagged. Standard Chartered declined after the retail and commercial bank posted a drop in third-quarter profits from a year ago as impairments for bad loans almost doubled and regulatory compliance costs increased. We believe these are short-term issues to which the market overreacted. We continue to hold the stock and remain confident that the company operates a strong business with diverse earnings.

Energy stocks also hurt relative results as shares of BG Group, Anadarko Petroleum, and Chevron declined. BG Group is a U.K.-based natural gas-focused oil and gas exploration company. Its third-quarter results were below expectations after weak upstream earnings and the recent slide in crude oil prices.

We believe the company’s startup operations in Brazil and Australia are critical to its long-term success. We are attracted to its exposure to Brazil’s pre-salt opportunities and think it can deliver sustainable growth. With a strong growth outlook driven by new projects, a continuing review of its asset mix, a new CEO, and a likely return to free cash flow generation in 2015, BG appears attractively valued. We continue to hold a position.

Shares of Anadarko Petroleum, an independent exploration and production company, fell after the company missed consensus earnings expectations at the end of 2013. This was partly as a result of weaker price realizations and U.S. oil volumes. The stock has also recently been affected, along with the broader energy group, by tumbling oil prices. Anadarko stands out to us based on the quality of its underlying asset base and the execution capabilities of its management team. We remain invested because of its strong oil production growth, solid free cash flow, and attractively priced shares.

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Our short-duration interest rate position hurt the fixed income portfolio as rates at the long end decreased during the fiscal year. Our selection in taxable municipal revenue bonds also detracted modestly.

The fund’s positioning
In the equity portfolio, health care and financials remained our largest overweight sector positions compared with the S&P 500 Index. Our largest underweight positions were information technology and consumer discretionary. At the end of the period, our largest absolute weighting was in financials.

During the year, we initiated positions in 21st Century Fox, ABB, International Paper, and Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands owns and operates casino resorts in Las Vegas, Macao, and Singapore. We believe it is one of the best-positioned companies in Macao, which is the largest gaming jurisdiction in the world. Growth in Macao should rise as it builds infrastructure, transportation, bridges, and immigration facilities to improve access for a larger portion of the Chinese population.

We eliminated our holdings in Time Warner, BP, eBay, and Siemens. We swapped out of BP and into Marathon Oil because we believe the market still undervalues the quality of Marathon’s unconventional assets in the United States. The company’s new CEO is focusing on better capital allocation policies. An expected change in the perception of its resource base, a discounted valuation, an opportunistic buyback program, and an attractive yield offer outsized upside potential with moderate downside risk.

Globally, the economic outlook has deteriorated and the risks are higher than they were last year. Although the United States looks to be in relatively better shape, we believe the consensus of economic growth projections is still too optimistic.

Accordingly, we have become slightly more defensive in our equity positioning. We continue to search diligently for attractively valued companies with strong operating characteristics. We are particularly interested in those whose business fundamentals are poised to improve. As always, an above-average dividend is central to our selection process. Our discipline is focused on identifying industries with favorable supply-and-demand dynamics and, ultimately, the best stocks within those industries.

In fixed income, we strongly believed that the slowdown in the U.S. economy earlier this year was largely weather-related and that a growth trajectory would return. However, other major economic groups around the globe weakened during the period, leading their central banks to moderate their own monetary policies, which included quantitative easing.

Although those policies are aimed at stimulating domestic growth, they ultimately push capital away from lower-yielding markets into higher-yielding markets such as the United States. One of the major forces driving yields lower this year, this effect is the main reason we increased our duration posture relative to the bond portfolio’s high-quality benchmark. As of November 30, 2014, the portfolio’s duration

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was 6.53 years. The Barclays U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index’s duration was 6.67 years.

Over time, we expect short-term interest rates to rise as the U.S. recovery lengthens and broadens and the prospects for reduced government involvement increase. We have less conviction about the direction of long-term U.S. interest rates because of the global forces previously mentioned.

We believe that increases to risk premiums caused by tight liquidity could create opportunities to add to fixed income risk sectors in general and credit-sensitive assets in particular, as fundamentals still look favorable. We view the U.S. corporate bond sector positively because the asset class has weathered the economic cycle relatively well. Investment-grade corporate bond issuers continue to produce good earnings, protect their balance sheets, and maintain ample liquidity.

Edward P. Bousa, CFA,
Senior Vice President and
Equity Portfolio Manager

John C. Keogh, Senior Vice President and
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management Company, llp

December 10, 2014

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Wellington Fund

Fund Profile
As of November 30, 2014

 
Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor
Shares
Admiral
Shares
 
Ticker Symbol VWELX VWENX
Expense Ratio1 0.26% 0.18%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.14% 2.22%

 

 
Equity and Portfolio Characteristics  

Fund
S&P 500
Index
 DJ
U.S.

Total
Market
FA
Index
Number of Stocks 97 502 3,748
Median Market Cap $97.9B $75.1B $48.6B
Price/Earnings Ratio 17.5x 19.4x 20.7x
Price/Book Ratio 2.4x 2.8x 2.7x
Return on Equity 18.7% 18.8% 17.6%
Earnings Growth
Rate 13.7% 15.7% 15.7%
Dividend Yield 2.5% 2.0% 1.8%
Foreign Holdings 7.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 71%
Short-Term Reserves 1.5%

 

 

 

Barclays
Credit A
or Better
Index

 

Barclays
Aggregate
Bond
Index

Fixed Income Characteristics
  Fund
 
Number of Bonds 775 3,173 8,993
Yield to Maturity
(before expenses) 2.5% 2.5% 2.2%
Average Coupon 3.8% 3.8% 3.3%
Average Duration 6.5 years 6.7 years 5.6 years
Average Effective
Maturity 9.5 years 9.5 years 7.6 years

 

 
Total Fund Volatility Measures  
  Wellington
Composite
Index
DJ
U.S. Total
Market
FA Index
 
 
R-Squared 0.96 0.92
Beta 0.95 0.61
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

 
Ten Largest Stocks (% of equity portfolio)  
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 3.7%
Merck & Co. Inc. Pharmaceuticals 2.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 2.9

Verizon Communications
Inc.

Integrated
Telecommunication
Services
2.6
Comcast Corp. Cable & Satellite 2.5
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 2.4
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.3
Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.1
CVS Health Corp. Drug Retail 2.1
Apple Inc. Technology
Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals
1.9
Top Ten 25.4%
Top Ten as % of Total Net Assets 16.6%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

Fund Asset Allocation


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated March 25, 2014, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, the expense ratios were 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.18% for Admiral Shares.

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Wellington Fund

 
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
    S&P 500
Index
DJ
U.S. Total
Market
FA Index
   
  Fund
Consumer
Discretionary 8.9% 12.0% 12.9%
Consumer Staples 9.0 9.9 8.5
Energy 8.7 8.4 7.6
Financials 21.0 16.3 17.6
Health Care 19.5 14.3 14.0
Industrials 12.1 10.4 11.3
Information
Technology 12.9 20.0 19.3
Materials 2.1 3.2 3.6
Telecommunication
Services 2.6 2.4 2.1
Utilities 3.2 3.1 3.1

 

 
Sector Diversification (% of fixed income portfolio)  
   
Asset-Backed 5.0%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 0.5
Finance 26.9
Foreign 3.1
Government Mortgage-Backed 6.5
Industrial 34.2
Treasury/Agency 13.9
Utilities 5.2
Other 4.7
The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

 
Distribution by Credit Quality (% of fixed income portfolio)  
   
U.S. Government 20.8%
Aaa 5.8
Aa 13.5
A 44.2
Baa 15.6
Ba 0.1
Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are generally from Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

Equity Investment Focus


 

Fixed Income Investment Focus


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Wellington Fund

Performance Summary

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

Cumulative Performance: November 30, 2004, Through November 30, 2014
Initial Investment of $10,000


    Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended November 30, 2014
 
     
    One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Final Value
of a $10,000
Investment
   
            Wellington Fund Investor Shares 11.72% 11.39% 8.29% $22,179
•••••••• Wellington Composite Index 13.11 12.36 7.27 20,179
– – – – Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth        
  Funds Average 8.73 10.15 5.92 17,779
- - - - - Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 5.27 4.10 4.79 15,973
          Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 15.44 16.37 8.48 22,568
For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.
Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

 
  One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
Final Value
of a $50,000
Investment
 
Wellington Fund Admiral Shares 11.82% 11.48% 8.40% $112,004
Wellington Composite Index 13.11 12.36 7.27 100,896
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 5.27 4.10 4.79 79,866
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float
Adjusted Index 15.44 16.37 8.48 112,839

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Wellington Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): November 30, 2004, Through November 30, 2014


 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended September 30, 2014
This table presents returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period.
Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

            Ten Years
  Inception Date One Year Five Years Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 7/1/1929 13.19% 11.53% 3.23% 5.10% 8.33%
Admiral Shares 5/14/2001 13.28 11.62 3.33 5.10 8.43

 

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Wellington Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary
As of November 30, 2014

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. 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).

  Shares Market
Value
($000)
Percentage
of Net
Assets
Common Stocks      
Consumer Discretionary      
Comcast Corp. Class A 25,813,806 1,472,420 1.6%
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 14,012,510 894,419 1.0%
Ford Motor Co. 45,663,770 718,291 0.8%
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. Class A 19,220,658 707,320 0.8%
Walt Disney Co. 5,857,306 541,859 0.6%
Consumer Discretionary—Other † 811,632 0.9%
    5,145,941 5.7%
Consumer Staples      
CVS Health Corp. 13,232,360 1,208,908 1.3%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8,658,410 757,957 0.8%
Philip Morris International Inc. 6,377,040 554,356 0.6%
Procter & Gamble Co. 5,696,145 515,102 0.6%
Consumer Staples—Other † 2,201,512 2.5%
    5,237,835 5.8%
Energy      
Exxon Mobil Corp. 15,026,684 1,360,516 1.5%
Chevron Corp. 11,280,590 1,228,118 1.4%
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 8,174,060 646,977 0.7%
Energy—Other † 1,836,843 2.1%
    5,072,454 5.7%
Financials      
Wells Fargo & Co. 39,211,097 2,136,221 2.4%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 22,742,296 1,368,177 1.5%
ACE Ltd. 9,661,610 1,104,709 1.2%
Prudential Financial Inc. 11,997,580 1,019,554 1.1%
BlackRock Inc. 2,414,620 867,042 1.0%
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 9,751,100 852,929 0.9%
Citigroup Inc. 12,813,360 691,537 0.8%

 

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    Market Percentage
    Value of Net
  Shares ($000) Assets
MetLife Inc. 10,815,505 601,450 0.7%
Bank of America Corp. 25,855,410 440,576 0.5%
Financials—Other † 3,092,722 3.5%
    12,174,917 13.6%
Health Care      
Merck & Co. Inc. 27,884,682 1,684,235 1.9%
Johnson & Johnson 10,213,806 1,105,644 1.2%
Pfizer Inc. 33,833,063 1,053,900 1.2%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 16,746,125 988,859 1.1%
Medtronic Inc. 12,802,590 945,727 1.1%
Eli Lilly & Co. 13,376,790 911,227 1.0%
Cardinal Health Inc. 10,903,260 896,139 1.0%
AstraZeneca plc ADR 11,405,970 845,981 1.0%
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 7,860,960 775,326 0.9%
Roche Holding AG 2,519,671 753,988 0.8%
Health Care—Other † 1,374,880 1.5%
    11,335,906 12.7%
Industrials      
United Parcel Service Inc. Class B 8,430,373 926,667 1.0%
Raytheon Co. 6,676,894 712,425 0.8%
Honeywell International Inc. 7,094,910 702,893 0.8%
General Electric Co. 26,063,100 690,412 0.8%
FedEx Corp. 3,754,610 668,996 0.8%
United Technologies Corp. 6,059,900 667,074 0.7%
Industrials—Other † 2,629,564 2.9%
    6,998,031 7.8%
Information Technology      
Microsoft Corp. 35,192,210 1,682,540 1.9%
Apple Inc. 9,501,955 1,130,067 1.3%
Intel Corp. 30,107,680 1,121,511 1.2%
Accenture plc Class A 10,665,710 920,771 1.0%
Cisco Systems Inc. 32,036,020 885,476 1.0%
QUALCOMM Inc. 6,983,580 509,103 0.6%
Texas Instruments Inc. 9,152,202 498,063 0.6%
Information Technology—Other † 752,291 0.8%
    7,499,822 8.4%
Materials      
Dow Chemical Co. 11,209,530 545,568 0.6%
Materials—Other † 665,210 0.7%
    1,210,778 1.3%
Telecommunication Services      
Verizon Communications Inc. 29,384,180 1,486,546 1.7%
 
Utilities      
NextEra Energy Inc. 7,113,650 742,594 0.8%
Utilities—Other † 1,105,622 1.3%
    1,848,216 2.1%
Total Common Stocks (Cost $36,975,839)   58,010,446 64.8%

 

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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations        
U.S. Government Securities          
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/19 950,000 961,580 1.1%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/18 953,900 959,414 1.1%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 2.875% 5/15/43 784,297 777,560 0.9%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.000% 9/15/17 500,000 502,420 0.5%
1,2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 0.500%–3.625% 6/30/16–8/15/44 864,535 891,116 1.0%
          4,092,090 4.6%
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities        
3,4 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500%–4.500% 11/1/25–1/1/45 1,451,654 1,581,444 1.7%
  Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities—Other †   329,764 0.4%
          1,911,208 2.1%
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities        
3,4 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.500%–4.000% 9/25/29–5/25/31 28,311 30,216 0.0%
  Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities—Other †   123,941 0.2%
          154,157 0.2%
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $5,974,145)   6,157,455 6.9%
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      
3 Banc of America Commercial          
  Mortgage Trust 2006-2 5.918% 5/10/45 15,060 15,714 0.0%
3 Banc of America Commercial          
  Mortgage Trust 2006-5 5.414% 9/10/47 18,271 19,245 0.0%
3 Bear Stearns Commercial          
  Mortgage Securities          
  Trust 2006-PWR13 5.540% 9/11/41 21,890 23,180 0.0%
3 Merrill Lynch Mortgage          
  Trust 2006-C1 5.862% 5/12/39 25,972 27,164 0.0%
5 Asset-Backed/Commercial          
  Mortgage-Backed Securities—Other †     1,386,934 1.6%
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,473,901) 1,472,237 1.6%
Corporate Bonds          
Finance          
  Banking          
  Bank of America Corp. 3.300%–6.875% 5/16/16–4/1/44 422,423 464,605 0.5%
  Bank of America NA 5.300%–6.000% 3/15/17–10/15/36 98,000 110,514 0.1%
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400%–7.250% 10/2/17–2/1/18 25,150 28,958 0.0%
  Citigroup Inc. 1.750%–8.500% 12/15/15–5/6/44 492,769 545,387 0.6%
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.250%–6.300% 5/1/15–8/16/43 463,896 515,601 0.6%
  National City Corp. 6.875% 5/15/19 13,950 16,469 0.0%
  PNC Bank NA 3.300%–4.875% 9/21/17–11/1/25 84,845 90,507 0.1%
  PNC Financial Services          
  Group Inc. 3.900% 4/29/24 41,565 42,500 0.1%
  Synchrony Financial 3.000% 8/15/19 10,990 11,155 0.0%
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.150%–5.625% 4/15/15–11/4/44 474,117 498,834 0.6%
5 Banking—Other †       3,650,917 4.1%

 

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      Face Market Percentage
    Maturity Amount Value of Net
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Brokerage †       13,250 0.0%
Finance Companies          
General Electric          
Capital Corp. 3.100%–6.875% 1/7/21–1/10/39 442,651 506,674 0.6%
Insurance          
ACE Capital Trust II 9.700% 4/1/30 20,000 29,550 0.0%
ACE INA Holdings Inc. 2.600%–5.800% 11/23/15–5/15/24 73,705 79,606 0.1%
5 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419% 11/15/23 42,330 44,744 0.1%
Prudential Financial Inc. 2.300%–4.500% 5/12/16–11/15/20 70,905 74,868 0.1%
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875%–6.000% 6/15/17–3/15/43 151,856 158,613 0.2%
5 Insurance—Other † 927,678 1.0%
5 Real Estate Investment Trusts †     129,099 0.1%
        7,939,529 8.9%
Industrial          
Basic Industry †       311,435 0.3%
Capital Goods          
General Electric Co. 2.700%–5.250% 12/6/17–3/11/44 84,420 88,723 0.1%
5 Capital Goods—Other †       715,485 0.8%
Communication          
Comcast Corp. 2.850%–6.500% 1/15/23–3/1/44 211,845 225,661 0.3%
5 NBCUniversal          
Enterprise Inc. 1.662%–1.974% 4/15/18–4/15/19 176,250 175,653 0.2%
NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.375% 4/1/21 23,900 26,410 0.0%
5 Verizon          
Communications Inc. 3.450%–6.900% 9/15/20–8/21/46 402,552 462,329 0.5%
5 Communication—Other †       1,226,607 1.4%
Consumer Cyclical          
CVS Health Corp. 2.750%–5.750% 6/1/17–12/1/22 57,891 57,423 0.1%
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 5.500%–6.875% 2/15/28–9/15/37 91,595 118,189 0.1%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2.550%–5.625% 10/25/20–4/15/41 236,799 269,007 0.3%
5 Consumer Cyclical—Other †       1,062,021 1.2%
Consumer Noncyclical          
AstraZeneca plc 1.950%–6.450% 9/18/19–9/15/37 35,450 42,923 0.1%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.250% 11/1/23 40,790 41,821 0.1%
Cardinal Health Inc. 1.700%–4.500% 3/15/18–11/15/44 96,480 96,239 0.1%
Eli Lilly & Co. 4.650% 6/15/44 29,425 32,326 0.0%
Johnson & Johnson 5.150% 7/15/18 14,800 16,747 0.0%
Medtronic Inc. 1.375%–3.625% 4/1/18–3/15/24 23,870 24,035 0.0%
Merck & Co. Inc. 1.300%–6.550% 5/18/18–5/18/43 120,535 125,067 0.1%
Pfizer Inc. 3.000% 6/15/23 65,000 65,265 0.1%
Wyeth LLC 5.950% 4/1/37 25,000 31,326 0.0%
Zeneca Wilmington Inc. 7.000% 11/15/23 29,000 37,686 0.1%
5 Consumer Noncyclical—Other †     2,860,773 3.2%
Energy          
Chevron Corp. 3.191% 6/24/23 49,470 50,760 0.1%
5 Energy—Other †       961,078 1.0%
5 Other Industrial †       63,586 0.1%
Technology          
Apple Inc. 2.850%–4.450% 5/6/21–5/6/44 106,025 108,545 0.1%
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.900%–4.450% 1/15/20–3/4/21 37,445 40,424 0.0%
Microsoft Corp. 3.625% 12/15/23 16,000 17,092 0.0%
Technology—Other †       312,505 0.4%
Transportation          
United Parcel Service Inc. 2.450%–4.875% 10/1/22–11/15/40 32,765 34,571 0.0%
5 Transportation—Other †       412,824 0.5%
        10,114,536 11.3%

 

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    Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
Percentage
of Net
Assets
   
  Coupon
Utilities          
Electric †       1,422,017 1.5%
Natural Gas †       60,587 0.1%
Other Utility †       51,257 0.1%
        1,533,861 1.7%
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $18,247,554)     19,587,926 21.9%
5Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (Cost $872,462) †   922,346 1.0%
Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,155,691) †     1,399,172 1.6%
 
      Shares    
Temporary Cash Investments          
Money Market Fund          
6,7 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.116%   18,561,600 18,562 0.0%
 
      Face
Amount
($000)
   
         
         
Repurchase Agreements          
Bank of America Securities, LLC          
(Dated 11/28/14, Repurchase Value          
$62,501,000, collateralized by          
Federal Farm Credit Bank 0.000%,          
3/15/17, Federal Home Loan          
Mortgage Corp. 0.000%, 5/4/37,          
with a value of $63,750,000) 0.100% 12/1/14 62,500 62,500 0.1%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.          
(Dated 11/28/14, Repurchase Value          
$300,000, collateralized by U.S.          
Treasury Note 0.875%, 8/15/17,          
with a value of $306,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 300 300 0.0%
HSBC Bank USA (Dated 11/28/14,          
Repurchase Value $36,600,000,          
collateralized by Federal National          
Mortgage Assn. 3.500%, 6/1/42,          
with a value of $37,239,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 36,600 36,600 0.0%
RBC Capital Markets LLC (Dated          
11/28/14, Repurchase Value          
$184,002,000, collateralized by          
Federal Home Loan Mortgage          
Corp. 3.500%, 7/1/32–10/1/34,          
Federal National Mortgage Assn.          
3.500%, 8/1/27–11/1/44, with a          
value of $187,680,000) 0.100% 12/1/14 184,000 184,000 0.2%
TD Securities (USA) LLC (Dated          
11/28/14, Repurchase Value          
$16,400,000, collateralized by          
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.          
3.500%–6.000%, 1/1/32–9/1/43,          
with a value of $16,728,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 16,400 16,400 0.0%
        299,800 0.3%

 

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  Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
Percentage
of Net
Assets
 
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations        
8 Federal Home Loan Bank        
Discount Notes 0.061%–0.085% 1/14/15–2/11/15 1,060,000 1,059,930 1.2%
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,378,230)   1,378,292 1.5%
9Total Investments (Cost $66,077,822)     88,927,874 99.3%
Other Assets and Liabilities        
Other Assets10       973,289 1.1%
Liabilities6       (356,506) (0.4%)
        616,783 0.7%
Net Assets       89,544,657 100.0%

 

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At November 30, 2014, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 63,183,973
Undistributed Net Investment Income 359,331
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 3,159,592
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 22,850,052
Futures Contracts (7,247)
Swap Contracts (115)
Foreign Currencies (929)
Net Assets 89,544,657
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets
Applicable to 614,361,861 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 25,200,709
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $41.02
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets
Applicable to 908,134,340 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 64,343,948
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $70.85

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.
1 Securities with a value of $1,073,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
2 Securities with a value of $724,000 have been segregated as collateral for open swap contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At November 30, 2014, the aggregate value of these securities was $3,753,077,000, representing 4.2% of net assets.
6 Includes $18,562,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
7 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
8 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
9 The total value of securities on loan is $17,340,000.
10 Cash of $10,518,000 has been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  November 30, 2014
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income
Dividends1 1,378,258
Interest 981,516
Securities Lending 5,023
Total Income 2,364,797
Expenses
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B
Basic Fee 65,156
Performance Adjustment (2,750)
The Vanguard Group—Note C
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 45,121
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 54,208
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 4,300
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 8,428
Custodian Fees 830
Auditing Fees 37
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 248
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 168
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 132
Total Expenses 175,878
Net Investment Income 2,188,919
Realized Net Gain (Loss)
Investment Securities Sold 3,556,116
Futures Contracts (104,855)
Swap Contracts 4,276
Foreign Currencies (831)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,454,706
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Investment Securities 3,786,297
Futures Contracts (12,895)
Swap Contracts (2,236)
Foreign Currencies (1,056)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 3,770,110
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 9,413,735
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $14,991,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended November 30,
  2014
($000)
2013
($000)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations
Net Investment Income 2,188,919 1,919,944
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 3,454,706 3,358,741
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 3,770,110 7,121,424
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 9,413,735 12,400,109
Distributions
Net Investment Income
Investor Shares (664,243) (725,993)
Admiral Shares (1,461,171) (1,175,953)
Realized Capital Gain1
Investor Shares (1,052,242) (342,707)
Admiral Shares (2,061,295) (484,884)
Total Distributions (5,238,951) (2,729,537)
Capital Share Transactions
Investor Shares (3,005,879) (3,405,616)
Admiral Shares 9,086,141 8,659,551
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 6,080,262 5,253,935
Total Increase (Decrease) 10,255,046 14,924,507
Net Assets
Beginning of Period 79,289,611 64,365,104
End of Period2 89,544,657 79,289,611
1 Includes fiscal 2014 and 2013 short-term gain distributions totaling $463,589,000 and $152,007,000 respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $359,331,000 and $296,405,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended November 30,
Throughout Each Period 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $39.17 $34.29 $31.08 $29.94 $28.99
Investment Operations
Net Investment Income 1.000 .955 .959 .929 . 868
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
on Investments 3.370 5.324 3.201 1.115 .960
Total from Investment Operations 4.370 6.279 4.160 2.044 1.828
Distributions
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.982) (. 958) (. 950) (. 904) (. 878)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.538) (.441)
Total Distributions (2.520) (1.399) (.950) (.904) (.878)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $41.02 $39.17 $34.29 $31.08 $29.94
 
Total Return1 11.72% 18.85% 13.56% 6.85% 6.43%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $25,199 $26,978 $26,716 $25,743 $26,717
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets2 0.26% 0.26% 0.25% 0.27% 0.30%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to
Average Net Assets 2.54% 2.61% 2.91% 2.95% 2.97%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 71%3 35%3 31%3 38%3 35%
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, (0.02)%, 0.00%, and 0.01%.
3 Includes 14%, 5%, 15%, and 9% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended November 30,
Throughout Each Period 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $67.65 $59.24 $53.68 $51.71 $50.07
Investment Operations
Net Investment Income 1.781 1.700 1.703 1.645 1.542
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
on Investments 5.825 9.175 5.544 1.930 1.658
Total from Investment Operations 7.606 10.875 7.247 3.575 3.200
Distributions
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.750) (1.703) (1.687) (1.605) (1.560)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (2.656) (.762)
Total Distributions (4.406) (2.465) (1.687) (1.605) (1.560)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $70.85 $67.65 $59.24 $53.68 $51.71
 
Total Return 11.82% 18.91% 13.69% 6.94% 6.52%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $64,341 $52,311 $37,649 $29,048 $24,623
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets1 0.18% 0.18% 0.17% 0.19% 0.22%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to
Average Net Assets 2.62% 2.69% 2.99% 3.03% 3.05%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 71%2 35%2 31%2 38%2 35%
1 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, (0.02)%, 0.00%, and 0.01%.
2 Includes 14%, 5%, 15%, and 9% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

 

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Wellington Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

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

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

2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

3. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in

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market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the year ended November 30, 2014, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 1% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid

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debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of pre-qualified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

During the year ended November 30, 2014, the fund’s average amounts of credit protection purchased and sold each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

5. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

6. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund has also entered into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a

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predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold (Other Assets) or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased (Liabilities) in the Statement of Net Assets.

7. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under 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. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counter-party’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

8. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (November 30, 2011–2014), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

10. Securities Lending: To earn additional income, the fund lends its securities to qualified institutional borrowers. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral in an amount at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. Daily market fluctuations could cause the value of loaned securities to be more or less than the value of the collateral received. When this occurs, the collateral is adjusted and settled on the next business day. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into securities lending transactions only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master securities lending agreements with its counterparties. The master securities lending agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any loans with that borrower, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund; however, such actions may be subject to legal proceedings. While collateral mitigates counterparty risk, in the absence of a default the fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability in the Statement of Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Securities lending income represents fees charged to borrowers plus income earned on invested cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

11. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group participate in a $2.89 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any,

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under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.06% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at November 30, 2014, or at any time during the period then ended.

12. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. 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 provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on the fund’s performance for the preceding three years relative to the combined index comprising the S&P 500 Index and the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index. For the year ended November 30, 2014, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.08% of the fund’s average net assets before a decrease of $2,750,000 (0.00%) 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 based on methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to invest up to 0.40% of its net assets in Vanguard. At November 30, 2014, the fund had contributed capital of $8,530,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 3.41% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of November 30, 2014, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Investments
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 6,157,455
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,472,237
Corporate Bonds 19,587,926
Sovereign Bonds 922,346
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1,399,172
Common Stocks 54,200,878 3,809,568
Temporary Cash Investments 18,562 1,359,730
Futures Contracts—Assets1 1,506
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (3,746)
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (115)
Total 54,217,200 34,708,319
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

E. At November 30, 2014, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Interest Rate
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
 
Statement of Net Assets Caption
Other Assets 1,506 1,506
Liabilities (3,746) (115) (3,861)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the year ended November 30, 2014, were:

Interest Rate
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
 
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts (104,855) (104,855)
Swap Contracts 4,276 4,276
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (104,855) 4,276 (100,579)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts (12,895) (12,895)
Swap Contracts (2,236) (2,236)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (12,895) (2,236) (15,131)

 

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At November 30, 2014, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Aggregate
Settlement
Value
Long (Short)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Futures Contracts
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2015 (9,409) (1,195,384) (8,839)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2015 6,329 756,266 3,301
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note March 2015 2,349 514,761 509
30-Year U. S. Treasury Bond March 2015 (1,289) (183,844) (2,218)
        (7,247)

 

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

At November 30, 2014, the fund had the following open credit default swap contracts:

Credit Default Swaps            
  Termination
Date
Counterparty1 Notional
Amount
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front Fee
Received
(Paid)
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)
(%)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
 
Reference Entity
Credit Protection Purchased
General Mills Inc. 3/20/18 DBAG 25,000 595 (1.000) (115)
1 DBAG—Deutsche Bank AG.

 

F. 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.

During the year ended November 30, 2014, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $831,000 which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized gains of $252,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

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The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $228,666,000 from accumulated net realized gains to paid-in capital.

For tax purposes, at November 30, 2014, the fund had $902,468,000 of ordinary income and $2,836,796,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

G. At November 30, 2014, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $66,200,630,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $22,727,244,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $23,393,880,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $666,636,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

H. During the year ended November 30, 2014, the fund purchased $17,045,201,000 of investment securities and sold $15,524,238,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $43,823,027,000 and $43,228,919,000, respectively.

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

         Year Ended November 30,
    2014     2013
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000)   ($000) (000)
Investor Shares
Issued 2,619,108 67,325   3,551,065 98,175
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,667,729 43,583   1,037,876 29,677
Redeemed (7,292,716) (185,330)   (7,994,557) (218,082)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (3,005,879) (74,422)   (3,405,616) (90,230)
Admiral Shares
Issued 11,217,869 165,365   12,106,200 191,046
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 3,316,007 50,102   1,548,758 25,530
Redeemed (5,447,735) (80,541)   (4,995,407) (78,941)
Net Increase (Decrease) —Admiral Shares 9,086,141 134,926   8,659,551 137,635

 

J. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2014, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Wellington Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets—investments summary 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 Wellington Fund (the “Fund”) at November 30, 2014, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at November 30, 2014 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 15, 2015

 

Special 2014 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Wellington Fund

This information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $2,847,951,000 as capital gain dividends (from net long-term capital gains) to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of short-term capital gain dividends distributed by the fund are qualified short-term capital gains.

The fund distributed $1,296,594,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 42.8% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

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

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income, using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2014. (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: Wellington Fund Investor Shares
Periods Ended November 30, 2014
   
   
 
  One
Year
Five
Years
Ten
Years
 
Returns Before Taxes 11.72% 11.39% 8.29%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 9.70 10.29 7.05
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 7.51 8.79 6.41

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Six Months Ended November 30, 2014      
  Beginning
Account Value
5/31/2014
Ending
Account Value
11/30/2014
Expenses
Paid During
Period
 
Wellington Fund
Based on Actual Fund Return
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,048.73 $1.34
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,049.18 0.92
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.76 $1.32
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.17 0.91
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.18% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

The board of trustees of Vanguard Wellington Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with Wellington Management Company, LLP (Wellington Management). The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.

Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board considered the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the
short and long term, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board noted that Wellington Management, founded in 1928, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional managers. The board also noted that the senior portfolio managers of the fund each have over two decades of investment industry experience. The managers are backed by well-tenured teams of equity and fixed income research analysts who conduct detailed fundamental analysis of their respective industries and companies. The firm has advised the fund since its inception in 1929.

The board concluded that the advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.

Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, including any periods of
outperformance or underperformance relative to a benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue. Information about the fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.

Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged
by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rate was also well below its peer-group average. Information about the fund’s expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements section, which also includes information about the advisory fee rate.

The board did not consider profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard, and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.

The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of the
breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.

The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.

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Glossary

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

Average Coupon. The average interest rate paid on the fixed income securities held by a fund. It is expressed as a percentage of face value.

Average Duration. An estimate of how much the value of the bonds held by a fund will fluctuate in response to a change in interest rates. To see how the value could change, multiply the average duration by the change in rates. If interest rates rise by 1 percentage point, the value of the bonds in a fund with an average duration of five years would decline by about 5%. If rates decrease by a percentage point, the value would rise by 5%.

Average Effective Maturity. The average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration the possibility that the issuer may call the bond before its maturity date. The figure reflects the proportion of fund assets represented by each security; it also reflects any futures contracts held. In general, the longer the average effective maturity, the more a fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market interest rates.

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

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” For this report, credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are generally from Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown.

Dividend Yield. The current, annualized rate of dividends paid on a share of stock, divided by its current share price. For a fund, the weighted average yield for stocks it holds. The index yield is based on the current annualized rate of dividends paid on stocks in the index.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yield to Maturity. The rate of return an investor would receive if the fixed income securities held by a fund were held to their maturity dates.

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Benchmark Information

Wellington Composite Index: 65% S&P 500 Index and 35% Lehman U.S. Long Credit AA or Better Bond Index through February 29, 2000; 65% S&P 500 Index and 35% Barclays U.S. Credit A or Better Bond Index thereafter.

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 177 Vanguard funds.

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

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

 


 

and the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member Executive Officers  
of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and
Letters and of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Glenn Booraem
Institute for International Studies, both at the Born 1967. Controller Since July 2010. Principal
University of Notre Dame. Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal
of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of
Mark Loughridge the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Group; Assistant Controller of each of the investment
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Vice companies served by The Vanguard Group (2001–2010).
President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013)
at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Thomas J. Higgins
Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004– Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
2013); Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief
Scott C. Malpass Financial Officer of each of the investment companies
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chief the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Investment Officer and Vice President at the University Group (1998–2008).
of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the
Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member Kathryn J. Hyatt
of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee; Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal
Board Member of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of
(investment advisor); Member of the Investment The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the
Advisory Committees of the Financial Industry investment companies served by The Vanguard
Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and of Major League Group; Assistant Treasurer of each of the investment
Baseball. companies served by The Vanguard Group (1988–2008).
 
André F. Perold Heidi Stam
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing
Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel
at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Group and of each of the investment companies
HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior
Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of the Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
  Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.    
Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, Kathleen C. Gubanich Michael S. Miller
President, and Chief Executive Officer of NACCO Paul A. Heller James M. Norris
Industries, Inc. (housewares/lignite), and of Hyster- Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks); Chairman John T. Marcante
of the Board of University Hospitals of Cleveland.
  Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor   
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal John J. Brennan
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President Chairman, 1996–2009
and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Incorporated (communications equipment); Trustee of
Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Advisory Board Founder
of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and of the Advisory
Board of the Parthenon Group (strategy consulting). John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996
 

 

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


 

 

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

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

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014: $37,000
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $33,000

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

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014: $6,605,127
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $5,714,113

Includes fees billed in connection with audits of the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc. and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014: $2,176,479
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $1,552,950

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

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014: $316,869
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $110,000

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


 

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2014: $198,163
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $132,000

Includes fees billed for services related to tax reported information provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(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: the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant. In making a determination, the Audit Committee considers whether the services are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

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

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

     (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 November 30, 2014: $515,032
Fiscal Year Ended November 30, 2013: $242,000


 

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

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

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not Applicable.

Item 6: Investments.


Vanguard® Wellington™ Fund    
Schedule of Investments    
November 30, 2014    
 
    Market
    Value
  Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (64.8%)    
Consumer Discretionary (5.7%)    
Comcast Corp. Class A 25,813,806 1,472,420
Lowe's Cos. Inc. 14,012,510 894,419
Ford Motor Co. 45,663,770 718,291
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. Class A 19,220,658 707,320
Walt Disney Co. 5,857,306 541,859
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 6,300,740 401,294
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. 6,709,500 202,882
Volkswagen AG Preference Shares 823,211 189,619
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR 588,300 17,837
    5,145,941
Consumer Staples (5.8%)    
CVS Health Corp. 13,232,360 1,208,908
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8,658,410 757,957
Philip Morris International Inc. 6,377,040 554,356
Procter & Gamble Co. 5,696,145 515,102
Unilever NV 11,856,290 481,840
Diageo plc 13,773,861 424,571
Walgreen Co. 5,398,160 370,368
Coca-Cola Co. 6,550,610 293,664
Kraft Foods Group Inc. 3,917,390 235,709
Mondelez International Inc. Class A 4,997,090 195,886
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV ADR 1,395,340 163,241
Diageo plc ADR 294,100 36,233
    5,237,835
Energy (5.7%)    
Exxon Mobil Corp. 15,026,684 1,360,516
Chevron Corp. 11,280,590 1,228,118
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 8,174,060 646,977
BG Group plc 29,408,704 413,042
Schlumberger Ltd. 4,144,620 356,230
Total SA 5,716,815 319,013
^ Suncor Energy Inc. 8,371,680 264,461
Halliburton Co. 5,748,730 242,597
Marathon Oil Corp. 8,350,630 241,500
    5,072,454
Financials (13.6%)    
Wells Fargo & Co. 39,211,097 2,136,221
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 22,742,296 1,368,177
ACE Ltd. 9,661,610 1,104,709
Prudential Financial Inc. 11,997,580 1,019,554
BlackRock Inc. 2,414,620 867,042
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 9,751,100 852,929
Citigroup Inc. 12,813,360 691,537
MetLife Inc. 10,815,505 601,450
Bank of America Corp. 25,855,410 440,576
US Bancorp 9,929,600 438,888
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 7,605,670 430,405
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 68,965,500 397,195
Bank of Nova Scotia 5,343,450 331,508
* UBS Group AG 16,708,934 300,594
Northern Trust Corp. 4,095,270 277,373
Standard Chartered plc 14,899,603 217,842
Zurich Insurance Group AG 622,145 194,979
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 3,517,002 145,252
Vornado Realty Trust 1,260,420 140,612
Aflac Inc. 2,336,773 139,575
American International Group Inc. 1,432,470 78,499
    12,174,917
Health Care (12.7%)    
Merck & Co. Inc. 27,884,682 1,684,235
Johnson & Johnson 10,213,806 1,105,644

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund    
Schedule of Investments    
November 30, 2014    
 
    Market
    Value
  Shares ($000)
Pfizer Inc. 33,833,063 1,053,900
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 16,746,125 988,859
Medtronic Inc. 12,802,590 945,727
Eli Lilly & Co. 13,376,790 911,227
Cardinal Health Inc. 10,903,260 896,139
AstraZeneca plc ADR 11,405,970 845,981
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 7,860,960 775,326
Roche Holding AG 2,519,671 753,988
Zoetis Inc. 10,557,676 474,356
* Gilead Sciences Inc. 2,934,450 294,384
* Celgene Corp. 2,002,260 227,637
AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A 2,436,320 221,827
Novartis AG 1,620,185 156,676
    11,335,906
Industrials (7.8%)    
United Parcel Service Inc. Class B 8,430,373 926,667
Raytheon Co. 6,676,894 712,425
Honeywell International Inc. 7,094,910 702,893
General Electric Co. 26,063,100 690,412
FedEx Corp. 3,754,610 668,996
United Technologies Corp. 6,059,900 667,074
Eaton Corp. plc 6,952,060 471,558
CSX Corp. 12,652,670 461,696
^ ABB Ltd. ADR 19,928,360 446,794
Schneider Electric SE 5,473,897 446,606
Caterpillar Inc. 4,131,920 415,671
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,298,950 248,827
General Dynamics Corp. 952,205 138,412
    6,998,031
Information Technology (8.4%)    
Microsoft Corp. 35,192,210 1,682,540
Apple Inc. 9,501,955 1,130,067
Intel Corp. 30,107,680 1,121,511
Accenture plc Class A 10,665,710 920,771
Cisco Systems Inc. 32,036,020 885,476
QUALCOMM Inc. 6,983,580 509,103
Texas Instruments Inc. 9,152,202 498,063
Oracle Corp. 11,246,510 476,964
International Business Machines Corp. 1,697,770 275,327
    7,499,822
Materials (1.3%)    
Dow Chemical Co. 11,209,530 545,568
International Paper Co. 8,310,990 447,298
Goldcorp Inc. 6,352,250 124,758
BHP Billiton plc 3,954,274 93,154
    1,210,778
Telecommunication Services (1.7%)    
Verizon Communications Inc. 29,384,180 1,486,546
 
Utilities (2.1%)    
NextEra Energy Inc. 7,113,650 742,594
Dominion Resources Inc. 6,464,180 468,976
Duke Energy Corp. 3,986,210 322,484
Exelon Corp. 8,685,694 314,162
    1,848,216
Total Common Stocks (Cost $36,975,839)   58,010,446

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (6.9%)        
U.S. Government Securities (4.6%)        
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 6/30/16 104,905 106,872
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500% 7/31/16 14,000 14,037
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 1/31/17 12,165 12,241
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 9/15/17 500,000 502,420
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 10/31/17 230,000 229,066
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/31/18 220,000 219,140
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/18 953,900 959,414
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 2/15/19 30,350 32,095
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/19 950,000 961,580
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 5/15/43 784,297 777,560
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/44 60,000 68,475
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 5/15/44 163,000 177,823
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 8/15/44 30,115 31,367
          4,092,090
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.1%)        
3,4 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 7/1/27–1/1/29 9,719 9,928
3,4 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 6/1/28–1/1/45 1,441,935 1,571,516
3,4 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 5/1/22–8/1/29 56 59
3,4 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 6/1/23–1/1/44 298,037 325,006
3 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.000% 11/15/31–11/15/33 4,062 4,684
3 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.000% 6/15/17 15 15
          1,911,208
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)        
3,4 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.500% 4/25/31 9,730 10,114
3,4 Fannie Mae REMICS 4.000% 9/25/29–5/25/31 18,581 20,102
3,4 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.500% 3/15/31 5,760 5,989
3,4 Freddie Mac REMICS 4.000% 12/15/30–4/15/31 108,686 117,952
          154,157
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $5,974,145)       6,157,455
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.6%)        
3 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 105,755 105,880
3 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.600% 10/15/19 145,385 145,897
5 American Tower Trust I 1.551% 3/15/18 14,885 14,986
5 American Tower Trust I 3.070% 3/15/23 43,000 43,006
3 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-1 4.720% 3/8/18 11,557 12,028
3,5,6 Apidos CDO 1.728% 4/17/26 50,405 50,289
3,5,6 ARES CLO Ltd. 1.748% 4/17/26 49,360 49,174
3,5,6 Atlas Senior Loan Fund Ltd. 1.796% 10/15/26 13,245 13,200
3,5,6 Atlas Senior Loan Fund V Ltd. 1.796% 7/16/26 12,135 12,077
3,5 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2010-5A 3.150% 3/20/17 12,000 12,242
3,5,6 Babson CLO Ltd. 1.720% 7/20/25 5,660 5,644
3 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-2 5.918% 5/10/45 15,060 15,714
3 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-5 5.414% 9/10/47 18,271 19,245
3 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2006-PWR13 5.540% 9/11/41 21,890 23,180
3,5,6 CECLO 2013-20A 144A 1.714% 1/25/26 40,000 39,684
3,5,6 Cent CLO 1.721% 7/27/26 24,430 24,289
3,5,6 Cent CLO 22 Ltd. 1.713% 11/7/26 37,150 36,929
3,5,6 CIFC Funding Ltd. 1.731% 4/18/25 47,325 47,104
3 COMM 2006-C7 Mortgage Trust 5.949% 6/10/46 20,852 21,921
3 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 18,085 18,605
3 Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-        
  C4 5.467% 9/15/39 12,455 13,019
3,5,6 Dryden Senior Loan Fund 1.581% 4/18/26 46,650 46,097
3,5 First Investors Auto Owner Trust 2013-2 1.230% 3/15/19 10,902 10,953
3,5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2010-3 4.200% 2/15/17 16,270 16,455
3 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2012-2 1.920% 1/15/19 30,861 31,408

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
3,5 Hilton USA Trust 2013-HLT 2.662% 11/5/30 45,820 46,284
3,5,6 ING Investment Management Co. 1.731% 4/18/26 46,560 46,367
3 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C4 6.029% 6/15/38 9,603 10,125
3,6 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 6.320% 4/15/41 29,465 32,753
3,5,6 Limerock CLO 1.731% 4/18/26 53,500 53,304
3,5,6 Madison Park Funding XII Ltd. 1.681% 1/19/25 31,070 30,864
3,5,6 Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd. 1.731% 7/20/26 37,385 37,385
3 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2006-C1 5.862% 5/12/39 25,972 27,164
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 2.570% 6/9/33 8,570 8,645
3 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2005-HQ6 4.989% 8/13/42 11,104 11,241
3,5,6 OZLM VI Ltd. 1.778% 4/17/26 38,280 38,100
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-2 2.570% 3/15/19 19,690 19,630
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2014-2 2.330% 11/15/19 12,545 12,662
5 SBA Tower Trust 2.898% 10/15/19 46,310 46,656
3,5,6 Seneca Park CLO Ltd. 1.704% 7/17/26 27,340 27,253
3,5,6 Shackleton CLO Ltd. 1.722% 7/17/26 26,765 26,676
3,5 Springleaf Funding Trust 2.410% 12/15/22 45,080 45,142
3,5 Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-1A 2.310% 6/25/58 8,330 8,195
3,5,6 SYMP 14-14AA2 144A 1.756% 7/14/26 46,405 46,225
3,5,6 Thacher Park CLO 2014-1 1.705% 10/20/26 19,915 19,836
3 Utility Debt Securitization Authority Series 2013T 3.435% 12/15/25 8,625 9,018
3,5,6 Voya CLO 2014-2 Ltd. 1.677% 7/17/26 7,275 7,216
3,5 Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust 0.970% 10/16/17 32,450 32,470
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,473,901)     1,472,237
Corporate Bonds (21.9%)        
Finance (8.9%)        
  Banking (6.7%)        
  American Express Centurion Bank 6.000% 9/13/17 20,000 22,474
  American Express Co. 1.550% 5/22/18 62,130 61,555
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.750% 9/15/15 10,000 10,178
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.375% 3/24/17 71,985 73,887
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.125% 7/27/18 49,605 50,125
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 30,200 30,392
  Bank of America Corp. 6.050% 5/16/16 70,000 74,627
  Bank of America Corp. 6.400% 8/28/17 23,000 25,851
  Bank of America Corp. 6.000% 9/1/17 69,725 77,649
  Bank of America Corp. 5.750% 12/1/17 30,000 33,421
  Bank of America Corp. 6.875% 4/25/18 40,000 46,301
  Bank of America Corp. 5.625% 7/1/20 4,550 5,208
  Bank of America Corp. 5.875% 1/5/21 40,000 46,366
  Bank of America Corp. 3.300% 1/11/23 24,005 24,046
  Bank of America Corp. 4.100% 7/24/23 6,735 7,098
  Bank of America Corp. 4.125% 1/22/24 26,100 27,479
  Bank of America Corp. 4.000% 4/1/24 31,800 33,195
  Bank of America Corp. 5.875% 2/7/42 9,965 12,364
  Bank of America Corp. 5.000% 1/21/44 39,433 43,331
  Bank of America Corp. 4.875% 4/1/44 7,110 7,669
  Bank of America NA 5.300% 3/15/17 68,000 73,601
  Bank of America NA 6.000% 10/15/36 30,000 36,913
  Bank of Montreal 1.300% 7/15/16 34,200 34,510
  Bank of Montreal 2.500% 1/11/17 79,535 81,879
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.950% 3/15/15 58,655 59,414
  Bank of Nova Scotia 3.400% 1/22/15 82,000 82,349
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.050% 10/30/18 64,150 64,607
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.800% 7/21/21 25,650 25,799
5 Barclays Bank plc 6.050% 12/4/17 47,500 52,639
  Barclays Bank plc 2.500% 2/20/19 31,800 32,272
  Barclays Bank plc 5.125% 1/8/20 18,095 20,457
  Barclays Bank plc 5.140% 10/14/20 11,905 13,024
  Barclays Bank plc 3.750% 5/15/24 32,000 32,910
  BB&T Corp. 3.200% 3/15/16 34,000 35,006
  BB&T Corp. 4.900% 6/30/17 8,045 8,710

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
BB&T Corp. 5.250% 11/1/19 8,000 9,020
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400% 10/2/17 8,765 9,906
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 7.250% 2/1/18 16,385 19,052
BNP Paribas SA 2.400% 12/12/18 53,700 54,465
BNP Paribas SA 3.250% 3/3/23 12,270 12,478
BNY Mellon NA 4.750% 12/15/14 4,750 4,757
BPCE SA 2.500% 12/10/18 18,325 18,599
BPCE SA 2.500% 7/15/19 53,100 53,749
BPCE SA 4.000% 4/15/24 38,745 40,483
5 BPCE SA 5.150% 7/21/24 35,885 37,276
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.350% 12/11/15 56,000 57,069
Capital One Bank USA NA 2.150% 11/21/18 45,055 45,112
Capital One Financial Corp. 2.150% 3/23/15 27,380 27,510
Capital One Financial Corp. 3.150% 7/15/16 10,000 10,335
Capital One Financial Corp. 5.250% 2/21/17 3,580 3,882
Capital One Financial Corp. 4.750% 7/15/21 18,835 20,852
Capital One Financial Corp. 3.750% 4/24/24 55,460 56,670
Citigroup Inc. 4.587% 12/15/15 1,192 1,236
Citigroup Inc. 3.953% 6/15/16 13,322 13,897
Citigroup Inc. 5.850% 8/2/16 30,000 32,335
Citigroup Inc. 4.450% 1/10/17 35,670 37,924
Citigroup Inc. 6.125% 11/21/17 64,960 73,140
Citigroup Inc. 1.750% 5/1/18 25,000 24,920
Citigroup Inc. 6.125% 5/15/18 9,500 10,808
Citigroup Inc. 2.500% 9/26/18 18,000 18,318
Citigroup Inc. 2.550% 4/8/19 55,000 55,733
Citigroup Inc. 8.500% 5/22/19 34,000 42,745
Citigroup Inc. 2.500% 7/29/19 37,530 37,832
Citigroup Inc. 5.375% 8/9/20 7,930 9,069
Citigroup Inc. 4.500% 1/14/22 33,920 37,121
Citigroup Inc. 6.625% 6/15/32 45,000 55,177
Citigroup Inc. 6.125% 8/25/36 30,000 35,392
Citigroup Inc. 8.125% 7/15/39 8,325 12,597
Citigroup Inc. 5.875% 1/30/42 1,290 1,603
Citigroup Inc. 4.950% 11/7/43 16,000 17,812
Citigroup Inc. 5.300% 5/6/44 26,130 27,728
Compass Bank 2.750% 9/29/19 15,105 15,236
5 Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA 3.200% 3/11/15 52,000 52,404
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA 2.250% 1/14/19 55,610 56,465
5 Credit Agricole SA 3.500% 4/13/15 12,865 13,003
5 Credit Agricole SA 2.500% 4/15/19 57,830 58,766
Credit Suisse 2.300% 5/28/19 109,260 109,741
Credit Suisse 3.000% 10/29/21 18,325 18,321
Credit Suisse 3.625% 9/9/24 47,965 48,752
Deutsche Bank AG 2.500% 2/13/19 55,800 56,782
Deutsche Bank AG 3.700% 5/30/24 36,745 37,556
Deutsche Bank Financial LLC 5.375% 3/2/15 59,215 59,894
Fifth Third Bank 2.875% 10/1/21 10,345 10,339
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.350% 1/15/16 58,000 60,870
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.625% 1/15/17 19,820 21,413
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.950% 1/18/18 44,000 49,357
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 22,200 22,576
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.375% 3/15/20 30,790 34,743
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.000% 6/15/20 11,090 12,844
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.250% 7/27/21 56,720 64,011
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 40,725 47,010
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.625% 1/22/23 35,320 35,841
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.450% 5/1/36 50,000 59,425
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.750% 10/1/37 43,995 54,716
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.250% 2/1/41 35,320 44,671
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.800% 7/8/44 30,675 32,146
5 HSBC Bank plc 3.500% 6/28/15 17,937 18,252
5 HSBC Bank plc 4.750% 1/19/21 62,040 69,342
HSBC Holdings plc 4.000% 3/30/22 72,455 77,306

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
HSBC Holdings plc 6.500% 5/2/36 25,000 31,666
HSBC Holdings plc 6.100% 1/14/42 40,665 53,579
HSBC Holdings plc 5.250% 3/14/44 13,210 14,516
HSBC USA Inc. 1.625% 1/16/18 39,500 39,594
HSBC USA Inc. 2.625% 9/24/18 20,000 20,547
HSBC USA Inc. 3.500% 6/23/24 40,000 41,195
Huntington National Bank 2.200% 4/1/19 22,280 22,292
5 ING Bank NV 3.750% 3/7/17 23,000 24,204
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.250% 5/1/15 40,000 40,752
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.000% 1/15/18 57,000 64,266
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.300% 4/23/19 10,340 12,040
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.950% 3/25/20 55,000 61,410
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.350% 8/15/21 41,386 45,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.500% 1/24/22 44,780 49,112
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.250% 9/23/22 18,645 18,856
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.375% 5/1/23 27,610 27,191
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.875% 2/1/24 39,000 40,836
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.600% 7/15/41 96,000 116,101
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.400% 1/6/42 18,035 21,337
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.625% 8/16/43 16,100 18,700
Mellon Funding Corp. 5.000% 12/1/14 30,000 30,004
Morgan Stanley 6.000% 4/28/15 44,000 44,959
Morgan Stanley 3.800% 4/29/16 9,470 9,826
Morgan Stanley 5.450% 1/9/17 70,000 75,890
Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 52,125 52,394
Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 100,000 101,154
Morgan Stanley 5.625% 9/23/19 24,355 27,749
Morgan Stanley 5.750% 1/25/21 79,825 92,078
Morgan Stanley 3.875% 4/29/24 97,010 99,623
Morgan Stanley 3.700% 10/23/24 29,050 29,372
Morgan Stanley 6.250% 8/9/26 20,000 24,238
National City Corp. 6.875% 5/15/19 13,950 16,469
Northern Trust Corp. 3.450% 11/4/20 9,000 9,592
PNC Bank NA 4.875% 9/21/17 50,000 54,493
PNC Bank NA 3.300% 10/30/24 18,195 18,386
PNC Bank NA 4.200% 11/1/25 16,650 17,628
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 3.900% 4/29/24 41,565 42,500
5 Standard Chartered plc 3.850% 4/27/15 14,990 15,191
State Street Corp. 5.375% 4/30/17 76,315 83,855
Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.875% 4/4/17 40,000 41,614
Synchrony Financial 3.000% 8/15/19 10,990 11,155
UBS AG 3.875% 1/15/15 29,052 29,171
UBS AG 5.875% 7/15/16 33,530 36,119
UBS AG 5.875% 12/20/17 15,945 17,913
UBS AG 4.875% 8/4/20 8,000 8,982
US Bancorp 1.650% 5/15/17 32,000 32,362
US Bancorp 3.700% 1/30/24 52,500 55,012
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.625% 4/15/15 2,200 2,227
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.676% 6/15/16 19,000 19,833
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.625% 12/15/16 53,000 54,702
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.625% 12/11/17 31,150 34,893
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.150% 1/15/19 91,150 91,916
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 1/22/21 26,735 27,333
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.500% 3/8/22 64,245 66,942
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.450% 2/13/23 61,885 62,167
Wells Fargo & Co. 4.480% 1/16/24 46,156 49,157
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.606% 1/15/44 68,281 79,179
Wells Fargo & Co. 4.650% 11/4/44 10,315 10,485
Brokerage (0.0%)        
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 5.300% 3/15/20 11,590 13,250
Finance Companies (0.6%)        
General Electric Capital Corp. 4.625% 1/7/21 78,930 88,282
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.300% 2/11/21 30,850 35,231

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.150% 9/7/22 119,030 121,618
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.100% 1/9/23 19,460 19,717
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.450% 5/15/24 28,400 29,243
General Electric Capital Corp. 6.750% 3/15/32 13,920 18,694
General Electric Capital Corp. 6.150% 8/7/37 59,700 75,950
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.875% 1/14/38 66,921 82,657
General Electric Capital Corp. 6.875% 1/10/39 25,440 35,282
Insurance (1.5%)        
ACE Capital Trust II 9.700% 4/1/30 20,000 29,550
ACE INA Holdings Inc. 2.600% 11/23/15 11,000 11,214
ACE INA Holdings Inc. 5.800% 3/15/18 40,360 45,695
ACE INA Holdings Inc. 3.350% 5/15/24 22,345 22,697
Aetna Inc. 1.750% 5/15/17 2,636 2,664
Aetna Inc. 6.500% 9/15/18 11,460 13,295
3 Allstate Corp. 6.125% 5/15/67 30,000 31,950
3 Allstate Corp. 6.500% 5/15/67 20,000 22,050
American International Group Inc. 4.125% 2/15/24 18,450 19,580
Chubb Corp. 6.000% 5/11/37 50,000 64,589
CNA Financial Corp. 3.950% 5/15/24 5,410 5,545
5 Farmers Exchange Capital 7.050% 7/15/28 25,000 31,984
5 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419% 11/15/23 42,330 44,744
5 Jackson National Life Insurance Co. 8.150% 3/15/27 18,890 24,781
5 Liberty Mutual Group Inc. 4.250% 6/15/23 14,330 14,854
5 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. 7.875% 10/15/26 31,210 39,276
Loews Corp. 2.625% 5/15/23 20,110 19,151
5 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.100% 8/2/18 46,890 47,409
5 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.350% 4/9/19 28,000 28,387
MetLife Inc. 1.903% 12/15/17 9,010 9,109
MetLife Inc. 3.600% 4/10/24 40,250 41,294
MetLife Inc. 4.125% 8/13/42 5,565 5,421
MetLife Inc. 4.875% 11/13/43 31,425 34,706
5 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 1.500% 1/10/18 50,360 50,350
5 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 1.875% 6/22/18 12,690 12,772
5 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 7.700% 11/1/15 51,000 54,146
5 New York Life Global Funding 1.650% 5/15/17 44,000 44,508
5 New York Life Insurance Co. 5.875% 5/15/33 55,395 67,995
Prudential Financial Inc. 3.000% 5/12/16 11,995 12,361
Prudential Financial Inc. 2.300% 8/15/18 24,545 24,915
Prudential Financial Inc. 4.500% 11/15/20 34,365 37,592
5 QBE Insurance Group Ltd. 2.400% 5/1/18 9,160 9,154
5 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 4.900% 9/15/44 14,830 15,861
Torchmark Corp. 7.875% 5/15/23 45,000 57,862
Travelers Cos. Inc. 5.800% 5/15/18 32,500 37,079
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6.000% 6/15/17 9,500 10,632
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6.000% 2/15/18 26,300 29,916
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.875% 10/15/20 27,960 29,940
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/22 4,696 4,702
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/23 16,000 15,859
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250% 3/15/43 67,400 67,564
WellPoint Inc. 2.300% 7/15/18 15,110 15,280
WellPoint Inc. 3.700% 8/15/21 10,000 10,493
WellPoint Inc. 3.125% 5/15/22 53,740 53,773
WellPoint Inc. 3.300% 1/15/23 42,468 42,360
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)        
AvalonBay Communities Inc. 3.625% 10/1/20 20,780 21,722
Duke Realty LP 6.500% 1/15/18 8,755 9,932
HCP Inc. 3.750% 2/1/16 7,950 8,213
Realty Income Corp. 6.750% 8/15/19 21,075 24,975
Realty Income Corp. 4.650% 8/1/23 25,010 26,937
5 WEA Finance LLC / Westfield UK & Europe Finance plc 1.750% 9/15/17 14,730 14,766
5 WEA Finance LLC / Westfield UK & Europe Finance plc 2.700% 9/17/19 22,360 22,554
        7,939,529

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Industrial (11.3%)        
Basic Industry (0.3%)        
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 7.250% 3/1/16 15,000 16,230
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 3.850% 9/30/23 45,970 48,122
CF Industries Inc. 5.375% 3/15/44 36,165 38,978
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 2.750% 4/1/16 54,000 55,529
Monsanto Co. 4.700% 7/15/64 8,775 9,045
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. 7.250% 3/15/31 15,293 19,936
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. 6.500% 7/15/18 37,000 42,613
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. 3.750% 9/20/21 11,700 12,130
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 2.000% 3/22/17 8,095 8,212
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 2.250% 12/14/18 38,500 38,644
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 3.500% 3/22/22 17,000 17,179
3 Rohm and Haas Holdings Ltd. 9.800% 4/15/20 4,125 4,817
Capital Goods (0.9%)        
3M Co. 6.375% 2/15/28 24,990 33,587
Boeing Co. 8.625% 11/15/31 9,460 14,835
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.625% 6/1/17 25,220 25,532
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.625% 3/1/23 53,000 51,877
Caterpillar Inc. 3.900% 5/27/21 51,914 56,383
Caterpillar Inc. 2.600% 6/26/22 11,345 11,225
Caterpillar Inc. 3.400% 5/15/24 30,675 31,562
Caterpillar Inc. 3.803% 8/15/42 13,960 13,472
Caterpillar Inc. 4.300% 5/15/44 13,000 13,499
Deere & Co. 7.125% 3/3/31 17,500 24,367
General Dynamics Corp. 3.875% 7/15/21 14,925 16,164
General Electric Co. 5.250% 12/6/17 11,685 12,976
General Electric Co. 2.700% 10/9/22 29,000 28,887
General Electric Co. 4.125% 10/9/42 8,735 8,942
General Electric Co. 4.500% 3/11/44 35,000 37,918
Honeywell International Inc. 4.250% 3/1/21 40,681 45,331
Illinois Tool Works Inc. 3.500% 3/1/24 66,450 69,083
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.250% 4/17/19 28,125 28,445
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.700% 1/15/20 21,935 21,456
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 4.450% 11/21/44 17,735 18,447
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 5.750% 10/17/16 89,650 97,629
United Technologies Corp. 1.800% 6/1/17 21,785 22,186
United Technologies Corp. 3.100% 6/1/22 7,010 7,173
United Technologies Corp. 7.500% 9/15/29 19,230 27,864
United Technologies Corp. 6.050% 6/1/36 20,325 26,529
United Technologies Corp. 6.125% 7/15/38 45,000 58,839
Communication (2.4%)        
21st Century Fox America Inc. 4.500% 2/15/21 14,500 15,915
21st Century Fox America Inc. 3.000% 9/15/22 11,891 11,829
21st Century Fox America Inc. 4.000% 10/1/23 4,505 4,764
21st Century Fox America Inc. 6.150% 2/15/41 33,265 41,821
America Movil SAB de CV 3.125% 7/16/22 84,600 84,153
America Movil SAB de CV 4.375% 7/16/42 20,430 19,871
American Tower Corp. 3.450% 9/15/21 30,665 30,383
AT&T Inc. 2.950% 5/15/16 23,655 24,354
AT&T Inc. 1.600% 2/15/17 38,000 38,345
AT&T Inc. 1.400% 12/1/17 24,000 23,874
AT&T Inc. 5.600% 5/15/18 44,000 49,385
AT&T Inc. 2.300% 3/11/19 40,800 40,987
AT&T Inc. 4.450% 5/15/21 10,000 10,915
AT&T Inc. 6.450% 6/15/34 73,115 91,152
AT&T Inc. 6.800% 5/15/36 11,305 14,450
AT&T Inc. 6.500% 9/1/37 9,675 12,024
AT&T Inc. 6.550% 2/15/39 15,265 19,055
AT&T Inc. 5.350% 9/1/40 9,340 10,090
AT&T Inc. 5.550% 8/15/41 33,530 37,546
BellSouth Corp. 6.550% 6/15/34 32,225 40,252
CBS Corp. 4.300% 2/15/21 27,830 30,082

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Comcast Corp. 2.850% 1/15/23 9,760 9,714
Comcast Corp. 3.600% 3/1/24 44,880 46,834
Comcast Corp. 4.250% 1/15/33 42,890 44,469
Comcast Corp. 4.200% 8/15/34 23,435 24,059
Comcast Corp. 5.650% 6/15/35 4,725 5,718
Comcast Corp. 6.500% 11/15/35 4,720 6,244
Comcast Corp. 6.400% 5/15/38 4,320 5,665
Comcast Corp. 4.650% 7/15/42 37,485 40,335
Comcast Corp. 4.500% 1/15/43 22,000 23,221
Comcast Corp. 4.750% 3/1/44 17,630 19,402
5 Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 2.250% 3/6/17 15,785 16,103
5 Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 4.875% 3/6/42 27,715 29,747
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc. 1.750% 1/15/18 18,320 18,283
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc. 5.200% 3/15/20 10,120 11,365
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc. 4.600% 2/15/21 5,000 5,409
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc. 3.800% 3/15/22 9,875 10,118
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc. 4.450% 4/1/24 62,375 65,554
Discovery Communications LLC 5.625% 8/15/19 10,635 12,076
Discovery Communications LLC 5.050% 6/1/20 8,365 9,243
Discovery Communications LLC 3.250% 4/1/23 5,440 5,306
Grupo Televisa SAB 6.625% 1/15/40 25,090 30,474
Grupo Televisa SAB 5.000% 5/13/45 6,100 6,225
5 NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc. 1.662% 4/15/18 76,135 76,173
5 NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc. 1.974% 4/15/19 100,115 99,480
NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.375% 4/1/21 23,900 26,410
Orange SA 4.125% 9/14/21 60,990 65,419
5 SBA Tower Trust 2.933% 12/15/17 33,310 33,849
5 Sky plc 2.625% 9/16/19 14,845 14,855
5 Sky plc 3.750% 9/16/24 31,310 31,736
Time Warner Cable Inc. 5.850% 5/1/17 34,980 38,499
Time Warner Cable Inc. 6.550% 5/1/37 10,790 13,725
Time Warner Cable Inc. 7.300% 7/1/38 6,875 9,305
Time Warner Cable Inc. 6.750% 6/15/39 7,305 9,430
Time Warner Cable Inc. 5.875% 11/15/40 10,630 12,539
Time Warner Cos. Inc. 7.570% 2/1/24 20,000 25,992
Time Warner Cos. Inc. 6.950% 1/15/28 20,000 25,677
Time Warner Inc. 4.875% 3/15/20 14,000 15,456
Time Warner Inc. 4.750% 3/29/21 8,000 8,798
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.500% 9/15/20 95,525 104,636
Verizon Communications Inc. 3.450% 3/15/21 19,600 20,288
Verizon Communications Inc. 3.500% 11/1/21 5,495 5,674
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.400% 9/15/33 79,665 98,679
Verizon Communications Inc. 5.850% 9/15/35 49,525 58,168
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.900% 4/15/38 9,710 12,632
Verizon Communications Inc. 4.750% 11/1/41 11,880 12,185
Verizon Communications Inc. 6.550% 9/15/43 53,045 68,608
5 Verizon Communications Inc. 4.862% 8/21/46 78,107 81,459
Viacom Inc. 6.125% 10/5/17 7,500 8,425
Viacom Inc. 3.250% 3/15/23 17,870 17,493
Walt Disney Co. 4.125% 6/1/44 23,115 24,259
Consumer Cyclical (1.7%)        
Amazon.com Inc. 2.500% 11/29/22 34,760 33,044
5 American Honda Finance Corp. 1.500% 9/11/17 18,760 18,836
5 American Honda Finance Corp. 1.600% 2/16/18 30,845 30,848
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.125% 10/10/18 45,655 46,210
AutoZone Inc. 3.700% 4/15/22 46,136 47,683
AutoZone Inc. 3.125% 7/15/23 33,000 32,556
CVS Health Corp. 5.750% 6/1/17 7,891 8,742
CVS Health Corp. 2.750% 12/1/22 50,000 48,681
5 Daimler Finance North America LLC 2.375% 8/1/18 35,000 35,614
5 Daimler Finance North America LLC 2.250% 7/31/19 69,485 69,643
Daimler Finance North America LLC 8.500% 1/18/31 33,000 50,032
eBay Inc. 1.350% 7/15/17 12,580 12,516

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.375% 3/12/19 70,000 69,910
  Home Depot Inc. 2.250% 9/10/18 39,555 40,467
  Home Depot Inc. 2.700% 4/1/23 31,170 30,835
  Home Depot Inc. 3.750% 2/15/24 11,500 12,250
  Home Depot Inc. 4.400% 3/15/45 23,505 25,047
5 Hyundai Capital America 1.625% 10/2/15 14,955 15,049
  Johnson Controls Inc. 7.125% 7/15/17 36,300 41,328
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 6.875% 2/15/28 5,790 7,522
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 6.500% 3/15/29 39,900 51,199
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 5.500% 10/15/35 20,000 24,048
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 6.650% 9/15/37 25,905 35,420
  McDonald's Corp. 2.625% 1/15/22 7,805 7,749
  McDonald's Corp. 3.250% 6/10/24 8,190 8,287
5 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 1.950% 9/12/17 44,895 45,405
5 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 1.800% 3/15/18 46,400 46,449
5 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.650% 9/26/18 24,990 25,670
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.600% 3/15/17 39,311 39,797
  Target Corp. 5.875% 7/15/16 20,000 21,625
  Target Corp. 2.900% 1/15/22 27,000 27,250
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.800% 1/11/16 42,517 43,596
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.750% 5/22/17 47,000 47,707
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.250% 10/5/17 35,945 35,964
5 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 2.450% 11/20/19 16,935 17,088
5 Volkswagen International Finance NV 1.625% 3/22/15 83,250 83,566
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.250% 10/25/20 25,754 27,144
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.250% 4/15/21 29,000 32,049
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2.550% 4/11/23 69,450 68,288
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.625% 4/15/41 112,595 141,526
  Consumer Noncyclical (3.8%)        
  AbbVie Inc. 1.750% 11/6/17 31,160 31,311
  AbbVie Inc. 2.000% 11/6/18 37,390 37,394
  Actavis Funding SCS 4.850% 6/15/44 36,000 35,778
  Altria Group Inc. 4.750% 5/5/21 23,376 25,899
  Altria Group Inc. 2.850% 8/9/22 18,810 18,257
  Altria Group Inc. 4.500% 5/2/43 49,830 48,942
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. 3.500% 11/15/21 12,320 12,778
  Amgen Inc. 2.300% 6/15/16 25,340 25,853
  Amgen Inc. 3.875% 11/15/21 33,315 35,162
  Amgen Inc. 5.150% 11/15/41 54,150 58,873
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.000% 3/1/19 13,000 14,570
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 6.500% 1/1/28 19,550 24,613
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.375% 1/15/20 12,830 14,640
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 4.375% 2/15/21 27,300 29,803
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 2.500% 7/15/22 141,996 138,560
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 3.750% 7/15/42 4,720 4,365
3 Ascension Health Alliance 4.847% 11/15/53 44,750 49,848
  AstraZeneca plc 1.950% 9/18/19 12,065 12,036
  AstraZeneca plc 6.450% 9/15/37 23,385 30,887
3,5,6 Avery 2014 A 144A 1.754% 4/25/26 46,220 46,073
5 BAT International Finance plc 3.250% 6/7/22 58,280 58,568
  Baxter International Inc. 5.900% 9/1/16 12,498 13,558
5 Bayer US Finance LLC 2.375% 10/8/19 7,510 7,554
5 Bayer US Finance LLC 3.000% 10/8/21 36,150 36,500
5 Bayer US Finance LLC 3.375% 10/8/24 11,700 11,836
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.250% 11/1/23 40,790 41,821
  Cardinal Health Inc. 1.700% 3/15/18 2,585 2,580
  Cardinal Health Inc. 2.400% 11/15/19 27,350 27,380
  Cardinal Health Inc. 3.200% 3/15/23 13,035 12,936
  Cardinal Health Inc. 3.500% 11/15/24 24,705 24,693
  Cardinal Health Inc. 4.500% 11/15/44 28,805 28,650
5 Cargill Inc. 6.000% 11/27/17 25,000 28,168
5 Cargill Inc. 4.307% 5/14/21 60,532 66,872
5 Cargill Inc. 6.875% 5/1/28 19,355 25,121

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Cargill Inc. 6.125% 4/19/34 28,980 37,031
Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 1.600% 11/1/17 2,140 2,141
Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 2.600% 8/1/18 9,745 9,990
3 Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 4.350% 11/1/42 4,975 4,949
Celgene Corp. 2.250% 5/15/19 6,565 6,533
Celgene Corp. 3.625% 5/15/24 15,280 15,475
Coca-Cola Co. 5.350% 11/15/17 85,000 95,219
Coca-Cola Co. 3.300% 9/1/21 10,075 10,575
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. 3.500% 9/15/20 9,900 10,312
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. 4.500% 9/1/21 8,430 9,324
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 30,936 31,165
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 3.875% 11/26/23 34,200 35,893
Coca-Cola HBC Finance BV 5.500% 9/17/15 17,440 17,966
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 7.600% 5/19/25 13,920 19,141
ConAgra Foods Inc. 1.900% 1/25/18 9,090 9,055
Diageo Capital plc 2.625% 4/29/23 48,310 46,813
Diageo Investment Corp. 2.875% 5/11/22 26,991 27,008
Dignity Health 2.637% 11/1/19 5,595 5,670
Dignity Health 3.812% 11/1/24 11,415 11,753
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. 2.000% 1/15/20 7,850 7,727
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. 2.700% 11/15/22 7,905 7,719
Eli Lilly & Co. 4.650% 6/15/44 29,425 32,326
Express Scripts Holding Co. 2.650% 2/15/17 43,711 44,957
Express Scripts Holding Co. 2.250% 6/15/19 23,100 23,034
Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.750% 11/15/21 23,400 25,819
Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.500% 6/15/24 33,150 33,002
5 Forest Laboratories Inc. 4.875% 2/15/21 9,000 9,608
6 General Mills Inc. 6.390% 2/5/23 50,000 56,719
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.700% 4/1/24 26,895 28,047
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.500% 2/1/25 16,540 16,973
Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.500% 2/1/45 12,000 12,647
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 2.800% 3/18/23 36,160 35,643
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 5.375% 4/15/34 45,000 53,997
GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc 1.500% 5/8/17 36,755 37,133
GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc 2.850% 5/8/22 28,930 28,919
5 Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV 3.875% 6/27/24 19,505 19,561
5 Heineken NV 1.400% 10/1/17 8,150 8,136
5 Heineken NV 2.750% 4/1/23 25,450 24,427
5 Heineken NV 4.000% 10/1/42 1,390 1,312
5 Japan Tobacco Inc. 2.100% 7/23/18 22,200 22,473
Johnson & Johnson 5.150% 7/15/18 14,800 16,747
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 3.500% 4/1/22 11,731 12,110
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4.875% 4/1/42 13,205 15,012
Kraft Foods Group Inc. 2.250% 6/5/17 11,390 11,613
Kraft Foods Group Inc. 3.500% 6/6/22 40,490 41,662
Kroger Co. 3.300% 1/15/21 16,485 16,893
Kroger Co. 3.850% 8/1/23 10,770 11,151
Kroger Co. 4.000% 2/1/24 22,290 23,396
McKesson Corp. 3.250% 3/1/16 6,650 6,838
McKesson Corp. 2.700% 12/15/22 7,710 7,431
McKesson Corp. 2.850% 3/15/23 7,620 7,343
McKesson Corp. 3.796% 3/15/24 18,350 18,812
Medtronic Inc. 1.375% 4/1/18 13,520 13,415
Medtronic Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 10,350 10,620
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York GO 4.125% 7/1/52 11,055 10,893
Merck & Co. Inc. 1.300% 5/18/18 33,670 33,504
Merck & Co. Inc. 2.800% 5/18/23 54,775 54,588
Merck & Co. Inc. 6.550% 9/15/37 10,000 13,914
Merck & Co. Inc. 4.150% 5/18/43 22,090 23,061
Molson Coors Brewing Co. 2.000% 5/1/17 1,180 1,195
Molson Coors Brewing Co. 3.500% 5/1/22 16,525 16,756
Molson Coors Brewing Co. 5.000% 5/1/42 14,965 15,884
Mondelez International Inc. 6.500% 2/9/40 21,400 27,952
Novartis Capital Corp. 3.400% 5/6/24 76,500 79,214

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Partners Healthcare System Massachusetts GO 3.443% 7/1/21 1,950 2,060
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. 7.000% 3/1/29 10,000 13,741
PepsiCo Inc. 3.100% 1/15/15 38,800 38,930
PepsiCo Inc. 2.750% 3/1/23 29,800 29,247
PepsiCo Inc. 4.000% 3/5/42 51,391 50,442
Pfizer Inc. 3.000% 6/15/23 65,000 65,265
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.500% 3/26/20 8,250 9,172
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.125% 5/17/21 43,025 46,726
Philip Morris International Inc. 2.500% 8/22/22 21,645 21,042
Philip Morris International Inc. 2.625% 3/6/23 46,850 45,520
3 Procter & Gamble - Esop 9.360% 1/1/21 36,991 46,193
5 Roche Holdings Inc. 6.000% 3/1/19 8,225 9,529
5 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.875% 9/29/21 33,000 33,511
5 SABMiller Holdings Inc. 2.450% 1/15/17 11,400 11,671
5 SABMiller Holdings Inc. 3.750% 1/15/22 2,390 2,499
5 SABMiller Holdings Inc. 4.950% 1/15/42 4,100 4,557
5 SABMiller plc 6.500% 7/1/16 50,000 54,725
Sanofi 4.000% 3/29/21 44,090 47,919
St. Jude Medical Inc. 2.500% 1/15/16 24,840 25,293
Sysco Corp. 3.000% 10/2/21 12,470 12,705
Sysco Corp. 3.500% 10/2/24 7,095 7,276
5 Tesco plc 5.500% 11/15/17 50,000 53,825
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3.200% 5/1/15 10,355 10,470
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3.200% 3/1/16 11,405 11,727
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.850% 1/15/18 20,495 20,559
Tyson Foods Inc. 2.650% 8/15/19 9,200 9,323
Unilever Capital Corp. 4.250% 2/10/21 95,235 105,678
Wyeth LLC 5.950% 4/1/37 25,000 31,326
Zeneca Wilmington Inc. 7.000% 11/15/23 29,000 37,686
Zoetis Inc. 3.250% 2/1/23 3,475 3,393
Zoetis Inc. 4.700% 2/1/43 4,170 4,123
Energy (1.1%)        
BP Capital Markets plc 3.200% 3/11/16 24,500 25,266
BP Capital Markets plc 1.846% 5/5/17 25,000 25,342
BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 27,215 30,078
BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 16,000 17,447
BP Capital Markets plc 3.245% 5/6/22 35,000 35,136
BP Capital Markets plc 2.500% 11/6/22 22,000 20,714
BP Capital Markets plc 3.994% 9/26/23 7,550 7,880
BP Capital Markets plc 3.814% 2/10/24 24,500 25,166
Chevron Corp. 3.191% 6/24/23 49,470 50,760
ConocoPhillips 5.200% 5/15/18 80,000 89,382
ConocoPhillips Co. 2.875% 11/15/21 14,665 14,824
ConocoPhillips Co. 3.350% 11/15/24 10,250 10,375
ConocoPhillips Co. 4.300% 11/15/44 29,225 29,906
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC 3.550% 11/1/23 21,445 21,946
EOG Resources Inc. 5.625% 6/1/19 16,100 18,458
EOG Resources Inc. 2.625% 3/15/23 10,286 9,891
Halliburton Co. 3.500% 8/1/23 78,795 80,595
Nisource Finance Corp. 4.800% 2/15/44 10,370 11,057
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.100% 2/1/21 39,240 42,003
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 2.700% 2/15/23 10,750 10,345
Phillips 66 4.875% 11/15/44 24,975 25,459
Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp. 3.850% 10/15/23 60,000 61,148
5 Schlumberger Investment SA 2.400% 8/1/22 23,925 23,373
Schlumberger Investment SA 3.650% 12/1/23 44,520 46,766
Shell International Finance BV 4.375% 3/25/20 28,875 31,915
Shell International Finance BV 2.250% 1/6/23 34,000 32,761
Suncor Energy Inc. 3.600% 12/1/24 18,465 18,720
Suncor Energy Inc. 5.950% 12/1/34 20,700 25,115
Total Capital International SA 1.550% 6/28/17 44,415 44,728
Total Capital International SA 2.700% 1/25/23 33,630 32,773
Total Capital SA 2.125% 8/10/18 42,000 42,650

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 3.800% 10/1/20 47,125 49,859
Other Industrial (0.1%)        
5 Hutchison Whampoa Finance CI Ltd. 3.625% 10/31/24 29,800 29,897
5 Hutchison Whampoa International 11 Ltd. 3.500% 1/13/17 6,145 6,411
3 Johns Hopkins University Maryland GO 4.083% 7/1/53 26,970 27,278
Technology (0.5%)        
Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/6/21 44,000 45,025
Apple Inc. 3.450% 5/6/24 39,950 41,531
Apple Inc. 3.850% 5/4/43 17,000 16,533
Apple Inc. 4.450% 5/6/44 5,075 5,456
Cisco Systems Inc. 4.450% 1/15/20 24,095 26,709
Cisco Systems Inc. 2.900% 3/4/21 13,350 13,715
EMC Corp. 1.875% 6/1/18 24,995 24,969
EMC Corp. 2.650% 6/1/20 20,000 20,105
EMC Corp. 3.375% 6/1/23 20,000 19,824
International Business Machines Corp. 2.000% 1/5/16 15,825 16,092
International Business Machines Corp. 1.250% 2/6/17 10,075 10,146
International Business Machines Corp. 8.375% 11/1/19 25,000 32,261
International Business Machines Corp. 3.375% 8/1/23 70,925 72,527
International Business Machines Corp. 3.625% 2/12/24 60,000 62,279
International Business Machines Corp. 5.875% 11/29/32 25,000 31,516
Microsoft Corp. 3.625% 12/15/23 16,000 17,092
Oracle Corp. 6.125% 7/8/39 18,000 22,786
Transportation (0.5%)        
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.050% 3/15/22 7,595 7,666
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.000% 3/15/23 15,182 15,054
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.850% 9/1/23 68,200 71,792
3 Continental Airlines 2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 5.983% 10/19/23 25,977 28,478
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 5.900% 11/15/15 19,500 20,461
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 2.750% 3/15/17 6,795 7,008
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 2.350% 10/15/19 27,135 27,102
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 4.500% 8/16/21 9,295 10,156
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 3.300% 10/15/22 2,115 2,108
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 7.000% 10/15/37 26,175 35,071
5 ERAC USA Finance LLC 5.625% 3/15/42 10,000 11,558
3 Federal Express Corp. 1998 Pass Through Trust 6.720% 1/15/22 25,891 30,216
FedEx Corp. 2.625% 8/1/22 5,385 5,264
FedEx Corp. 2.700% 4/15/23 23,430 22,700
FedEx Corp. 4.900% 1/15/34 10,610 11,708
FedEx Corp. 3.875% 8/1/42 5,095 4,775
FedEx Corp. 4.100% 4/15/43 20,500 19,854
FedEx Corp. 5.100% 1/15/44 18,015 20,191
Southwest Airlines Co. 5.750% 12/15/16 32,500 35,355
3 Southwest Airlines Co. 1993-A Pass Through Trust 7.540% 6/29/15 5,831 6,018
3 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.150% 2/1/24 17,720 20,289
United Parcel Service Inc. 2.450% 10/1/22 17,950 17,578
United Parcel Service Inc. 4.875% 11/15/40 14,815 16,993
        10,114,536
Utilities (1.7%)        
Electric (1.5%)        
Alabama Power Co. 5.550% 2/1/17 17,650 19,195
Alabama Power Co. 5.700% 2/15/33 15,000 18,844
Ameren Illinois Co. 6.125% 12/15/28 54,000 65,999
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 6.125% 4/1/36 25,000 31,186
Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.950% 8/15/16 23,120 25,095
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.650% 5/1/18 13,655 15,505
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.500% 9/15/16 20,930 22,654
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.300% 12/1/16 25,505 27,742
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 7.125% 12/1/18 11,278 13,478
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.625% 12/1/54 51,625 54,255
Dominion Resources Inc. 5.200% 8/15/19 19,250 21,577
Dominion Resources Inc. 3.625% 12/1/24 29,400 29,843

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.250% 1/15/18 9,000 10,031
  Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.100% 4/15/18 18,235 20,410
  Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 3.900% 6/15/21 50,025 53,954
  Duke Energy Florida Inc. 6.350% 9/15/37 8,000 10,837
  Duke Energy Florida Inc. 6.400% 6/15/38 27,055 36,770
  Duke Energy Progress Inc. 6.300% 4/1/38 14,705 19,494
  Florida Power & Light Co. 5.650% 2/1/35 50,000 61,264
  Florida Power & Light Co. 4.950% 6/1/35 10,000 11,604
  Florida Power & Light Co. 5.650% 2/1/37 5,000 6,312
  Florida Power & Light Co. 5.950% 2/1/38 39,215 51,580
  Georgia Power Co. 5.400% 6/1/18 38,660 43,484
  Georgia Power Co. 4.300% 3/15/42 23,145 23,843
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.875% 9/16/15 24,125 24,766
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 5.450% 2/1/18 60,000 67,256
  Northern States Power Co. 6.250% 6/1/36 50,000 67,305
  NSTAR LLC 4.500% 11/15/19 3,535 3,878
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 4.250% 5/15/21 11,365 12,518
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.850% 11/15/23 17,950 18,801
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.750% 2/15/24 12,250 12,807
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.125% 11/15/43 11,255 12,694
  PacifiCorp 2.950% 6/1/23 29,675 29,841
  PacifiCorp 5.900% 8/15/34 12,500 15,501
  PacifiCorp 6.250% 10/15/37 36,635 47,958
  Peco Energy Co. 5.350% 3/1/18 20,545 22,932
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 6.500% 11/15/37 25,000 34,516
  Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 5.300% 5/1/18 25,100 28,183
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. 6.000% 6/1/26 3,600 4,561
  Sierra Pacific Power Co. 3.375% 8/15/23 34,040 35,154
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.050% 1/15/38 34,000 43,394
  Southern California Edison Co. 6.000% 1/15/34 7,695 9,962
  Southern California Edison Co. 5.550% 1/15/37 50,475 61,341
  Southern California Edison Co. 5.950% 2/1/38 40,000 51,743
  Southern Co. 2.450% 9/1/18 9,395 9,640
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.750% 3/15/23 34,540 34,272
  Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 5.700% 12/1/36 17,280 22,313
  Wisconsin Public Service Corp. 6.080% 12/1/28 45,000 55,725
  Natural Gas (0.1%)        
  AGL Capital Corp. 6.375% 7/15/16 25,815 27,949
  National Grid plc 6.300% 8/1/16 30,000 32,638
  Other Utility (0.1%)        
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 5.800% 1/15/33 9,000 10,839
  UGI Utilities Inc. 5.753% 9/30/16 37,590 40,418
          1,533,861
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $18,247,554)       19,587,926
Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (1.0%)        
5 Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. 5.875% 10/27/16 41,140 44,748
5 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 40,000 44,374
5 Electricite de France SA 4.600% 1/27/20 50,000 55,401
5 Electricite de France SA 4.875% 1/22/44 11,000 11,872
3,5 Electricite de France SA 5.250% 1/29/49 22,485 23,328
3,5 Electricite de France SA 5.625% 12/29/49 45,000 48,150
5 Gazprom Neft OAO Via GPN Capital SA 4.375% 9/19/22 6,985 5,763
  International Bank for Reconstruction & Development 4.750% 2/15/35 40,000 49,648
  Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 4.625% 4/21/15 7,800 7,932
  Korea Development Bank 2.500% 3/11/20 78,800 79,246
  Korea Finance Corp. 2.875% 8/22/18 37,605 38,669
  Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG 4.500% 3/9/15 10,500 10,619
  Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 56,415 61,791
  Province of Ontario 4.400% 4/14/20 50,000 56,037
  Province of Ontario Canada 4.500% 2/3/15 12,270 12,358
  Quebec 5.125% 11/14/16 50,000 54,205

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd. 2.750% 5/7/19 51,455 52,077
Statoil ASA 2.250% 11/8/19 22,515 22,620
Statoil ASA 2.900% 11/8/20 57,210 58,295
Statoil ASA 2.750% 11/10/21 32,860 33,122
Statoil ASA 2.450% 1/17/23 15,017 14,378
Statoil ASA 2.650% 1/15/24 14,000 13,378
Statoil ASA 3.700% 3/1/24 20,145 20,969
Statoil ASA 3.250% 11/10/24 20,730 20,755
5 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 45,150 44,098
United Mexican States 3.500% 1/21/21 13,956 14,420
United Mexican States 3.600% 1/30/25 24,005 24,093
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $872,462)       922,346
Taxable Municipal Bonds (1.6%)        
Atlanta GA Downtown Development Authority        
Revenue 6.875% 2/1/21 8,815 10,094
Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue        
(San Francisco Bay Area) 6.263% 4/1/49 40,000 55,408
California GO 5.700% 11/1/21 16,840 19,922
California GO 7.550% 4/1/39 25,680 38,871
California GO 7.300% 10/1/39 9,670 13,956
California GO 7.625% 3/1/40 2,720 4,104
California GO 7.600% 11/1/40 30,925 47,903
Chicago IL Metropolitan Water Reclamation District GO 5.720% 12/1/38 8,545 10,287
Chicago IL O'Hare International Airport Revenue 6.845% 1/1/38 25,680 28,997
Chicago IL O'Hare International Airport Revenue 6.395% 1/1/40 8,970 11,997
Dallas TX Area Rapid Transit Revenue 5.999% 12/1/44 29,925 39,818
Georgia Municipal Electric Power Authority Revenue 6.637% 4/1/57 36,445 47,698
Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. Texas System Toll        
Revenue 5.184% 10/1/42 40,435 48,742
Houston TX GO 6.290% 3/1/32 24,610 30,856
Illinois GO 5.100% 6/1/33 52,895 51,836
Illinois Toll Highway Authority Revenue 6.184% 1/1/34 29,200 37,347
7 Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue        
(Public Employees Retirement System) 5.501% 5/1/34 50,000 57,612
Los Angeles CA Department of Water & Power        
Revenue 6.008% 7/1/39 15,645 19,712
Los Angeles CA Unified School District GO 5.750% 7/1/34 55,325 68,898
Louisville & Jefferson County KY Metropolitan Sewer        
District Sewer & Drainage System Revenue 6.250% 5/15/43 19,000 25,017
Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Projects        
Revenue 5.888% 7/1/43 21,685 27,886
Massachusetts School Building Authority Dedicated        
Sales Tax Revenue 5.715% 8/15/39 22,105 27,828
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Revenue 7.414% 1/1/40 35,285 52,151
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Revenue 7.102% 1/1/41 4,000 5,719
New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
Water & Sewer System Revenue 5.790% 6/15/41 2,030 2,285
New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
Water & Sewer System Revenue 5.882% 6/15/44 15,950 21,024
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority        
Revenue 6.814% 11/15/40 4,000 5,502
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority        
Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 7.336% 11/15/39 10,860 16,465
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority        
Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 6.089% 11/15/40 5,235 6,845
North Texas Tollway Authority System Revenue 6.718% 1/1/49 61,100 86,373
Oregon Department of Transportation Highway User        
Tax Revenue 5.834% 11/15/34 25,930 33,035
Oregon GO 5.902% 8/1/38 19,510 23,986
7 Oregon School Boards Association GO 5.528% 6/30/28 50,000 58,316
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.859% 12/1/24 12,735 15,800
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 6.040% 12/1/29 10,455 13,379

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
November 30, 2014        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.458% 10/1/62 53,000 53,797
  President & Fellows of Harvard College Massachusetts        
  GO 6.300% 10/1/37 50,675 54,476
  San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue 5.985% 2/1/39 11,890 15,578
  Stanford University 6.875% 2/1/24 34,745 45,375
  Stanford University 7.650% 6/15/26 29,000 40,591
  University of California Regents General Revenue 4.601% 5/15/31 21,975 24,274
  University of California Regents Medical Center        
  Revenue 6.548% 5/15/48 18,070 24,054
  University of California Regents Medical Center        
  Revenue 6.583% 5/15/49 29,065 38,761
  University of California Revenue 5.770% 5/15/43 24,325 30,264
  University of California Revenue 4.765% 5/15/44 5,980 6,333
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,155,691)       1,399,172
 
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (1.5%)        
Money Market Fund (0.0%)        
8,9 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.116%   18,561,600 18,562
 
 
        Face  
        Amount  
        ($000)  
Repurchase Agreements (0.3%)        
  Bank of America Securities, LLC (Dated 11/28/14,        
  Repurchase Value $62,501,000, collateralized by        
  Federal Farm Credit Bank 0.000%, 3/15/17, Federal        
  Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.000%, 5/4/37, with a        
  value of $63,750,000) 0.100% 12/1/14 62,500 62,500
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Dated 11/28/14,        
  Repurchase Value $300,000, collateralized by U.S.        
  Treasury Note 0.875%, 8/15/17, with a value of        
  $306,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 300 300
  HSBC Bank USA (Dated 11/28/14, Repurchase Value        
  $36,600,000, collateralized by Federal National        
  Mortgage Assn. 3.500%, 6/1/42, with a value of        
  $37,239,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 36,600 36,600
  RBC Capital Markets LLC (Dated 11/28/14, Repurchase        
  Value $184,002,000, collateralized by Federal Home        
  Loan Mortgage Corp. 3.500%, 7/1/32-10/1/34,        
  Federal National Mortgage Assn. 3.500%, 8/1/27-        
  11/1/44, with a value of $187,680,000) 0.100% 12/1/14 184,000 184,000
  TD Securities (USA) LLC (Dated 11/28/14, Repurchase        
  Value $16,400,000, collateralized by Federal Home        
  Loan Mortgage Corp. 3.500%-6.000%, 1/1/32-        
  9/1/43, with a value of $16,728,000) 0.080% 12/1/14 16,400 16,400
          299,800
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (1.2%)        
10 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.065% 1/14/15 400,000 399,980
10 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.061% 1/28/15 175,000 174,984
10 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 0.085% 2/11/15 485,000 484,966
          1,059,930
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,378,230)       1,378,292
Total Investments (99.3%) (Cost $66,077,822)       88,927,874
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.7%)8,11       616,783
Net Assets (100%)       89,544,657

 

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Vanguard® Wellington Fund
Schedule of Investments
November 30, 2014

^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $17,340,000.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Securities with a value of $1,073,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
2 Securities with a value of $724,000 have been segregated as collateral for open swap contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At November 30, 2014, the aggregate value of these securities was $3,753,077,000, representing 4.2% of net assets.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by AGM (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation).
8 Includes $18,562,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
9 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
10 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
11 Cash of $10,518,000 has been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.

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SNA210_012015



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Vanguard Wellington Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assetsinvestments summary 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 Wellington Fund (the “Fund”) at November 30, 2014, the results of its operations
for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the
financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter
referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial
statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at November 30, 2014 by correspondence with
the custodians and brokers and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had
not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

January 15, 2015

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

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

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


 

Item 12: Exhibits.

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

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

  VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: January 21, 2015

 

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 WELLINGTON FUND
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Date: January 21, 2015

 

 

VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND

 

BY:

/s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
THOMAS J. HIGGINS 
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: January 21, 2015

 

* By: /s/ Heidi Stam

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on April 22, 2014 see file Number 2-17620, Incorporated by Reference.