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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM N-17f-2
 
 
Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar
Investments in the Custody of
Management Investment Companies
 
Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CFR 270.17f-2]

 

1, Investment Company Act File Number: 811-03919 Date examination completed: January 17, 2018
     
2. State Identification Number:        
   AL  AK  AZ  AR  CA  CO
   CT  DE  DC  FL  GA  HI
   ID  IL  IN  IA  KS  KY
   LA  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN
   MS  MO  MT  NE  NV  NH
   NJ  NM  NY  NC  ND  OH
   OK  OR  PA  RI  SC  SD
   TN  TX  UT  VT  VA  WA
   WV  WI  WY  PUERTO RICO
  Other (specify):          
   
3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:
 Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
 Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund
 Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund
 Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
 Vanguard STAR Fund
 
4. Address of principal executive office: (number, street, city, state, zip code)
 100 Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355
       

 

 

Report of Independent Accountants

To the Board of Trustees of The Vanguard Group of Funds

We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that the funds listed within Attachment A (the “Funds”) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Act”) as of January 17, 2018. The Funds’ management is responsible for its assertion and the Funds’ compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Funds’ compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether management’s assertion about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects, and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Funds’ compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of January 17, 2018, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the periods noted within Attachment A:

  • Confirmation of all securities held by VAST, the Funds’ transfer agent, in book entry form without prior notice to management;

  • Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records of the Funds and VAST; and

  • Agreement of 2 security purchases and 2 security sales or maturities per fund since our last report from the books and records of the Funds to VAST.

We believe that our examination provides, and that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide, a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds’ compliance with the specified requirements.

In our opinion, management's assertion that the Funds complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of January 17, 2018 with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds is fairly stated, in all material respects.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than the specified parties.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 14, 2018

 

Attachment A  
 
Vanguard Fund of Funds Period
 
Vanguard Valley Forge Funds:  
Vanguard Managed Payout Fund 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds:  
Conservative Allocation Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Moderate Allocation Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Total Stock Market Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Total International Stock Market Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Global Bond Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Trustees' Equity Fund:  
Vanguard Diversified Equity Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard STAR Funds:  
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard STAR Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Chester Funds:  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2065 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement Income Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
 
1 Date of our last examination  

 

 

Attachment A  
 
Vanguard Fund of Funds Period
 
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2015 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2020 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2025 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2030 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2035 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2040 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2045 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2055 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2060 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2065 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018

 

1 Date of our last examination


Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain
Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940

We, as members of management of the funds listed within Attachment A (the “Funds”), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies, of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Funds’ compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of January 17, 2018, and for the periods noted within Attachment A.

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Funds were in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of January 17, 2018, and for the periods noted within Attachment A, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds.

The Vanguard Group of Funds

By:  /s/ Mortimer J. Buckley
  Mortimer J. Buckley
  Chief Executive Officer for each of the Funds
 
 Date: February 14, 2018

 

By: /s/ Thomas J. Higgins
Thomas J. Higgins
Chief Financial Officer for each of the Funds
 
Date: February 14, 2018

 

 

Attachment A  
 
Vanguard Fund of Funds Period
Vanguard Valley Forge Funds:  
Vanguard Managed Payout Fund 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds:  
Conservative Allocation Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Moderate Allocation Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Total Stock Market Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Total International Stock Market Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Global Bond Index Portfolio 12/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Trustees' Equity Fund:  
Vanguard Diversified Equity Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard STAR Funds:  
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard STAR Fund 10/31/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
Vanguard Chester Funds:  
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement 2065 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement Income Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2015 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2020 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2025 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2030 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2035 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2040 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2045 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
 
 
1 Date of last examination  

 

 

Attachment A  
 
Vanguard Fund of Funds Period
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2055 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2060 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2065 Fund 09/30/2017 1 – 01/17/2018

 

1 Date of our last examination