EX-99.77C VOTES 3 vfisf0909votingresults.txt PROXY VOTING RESULTS Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds Proxy Voting Results At a special meeting of shareholders on July 2, 2009, fund shareholders approved the following two proposals: Proposal 1- Elect trustees for each fund.* The individuals listed in the table below were elected as trustees for each fund. All trustees with the exception of Messrs. McNabb and Volanakis (both of whom already served as directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc.) served as trustees to the funds prior to the shareholder meeting. Trustee For Withheld Percentage For John J. Brennan 7,537,603,595 159,995,552 97.9% Charles D. Ellis 7,468,323,919 229,275,228 97.0% Emerson U. Fullwood 7,503,727,508 193,871,639 97.5% Rajiv L. Gupta 7,525,623,343 171,975,803 97.8% Amy Gutmann 7,522,220,048 175,379,099 97.7% JoAnn Heffernan Heisen 7,527,845,268 169,753,879 97.8% F. William McNabb III 7,538,221,054 159,378,093 97.9% Andre F. Perold 7,498,307,575 199,291,572 97.4% Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 7,530,683,394 166,915,753 97.8% Peter F. Volanakis 7,537,565,751 160,033,396 97.9% * Results are for all funds within the same trust. Proposal 2: - Update and standardize the funds' fundamental policies regarding: (a) Purchasing and selling real estate. (b) Issuing senior securities. (c) Borrowing money. (d) Making loans. (e) Purchasing and selling commodities. (f) Concentrating investments in a particular industry or group of industries. (g) Eliminating outdated fundamental investment policies not required by law. The revised fundamental policies are clearly stated and simple, yet comprehensive, making oversight and compliance more efficient than under the former policies. The revised fundamental policies will allow the funds to respond more quickly to regulatory and market changes, while avoiding the costs and delays associated with successive shareholder meetings. For Abstain Against Broker Percentage Non-Votes For Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund 2a 1,328,829,929 16,539,921 39,711,690 196,369,679 84.0% 2b 1,328,718,539 18,305,793 38,057,208 196,369,679 84.0% 2c 1,304,262,753 17,352,680 63,466,110 196,369,675 82.5% 2d 1,307,860,812 16,507,419 60,713,305 196,369,683 82.7% 2e 1,315,721,253 16,933,294 52,426,995 196,369,678 83.2% 2f 1,326,683,739 17,353,967 41,043,837 196,369,676 83.9% 2g 1,334,955,617 17,830,653 32,295,267 196,369,681 84.4% Intermediate-Term Investment Grade Fund 2a 722,587,733 9,627,713 15,434,901 85,803,277 86.7% 2b 722,115,099 9,862,458 15,672,788 85,803,280 86.6% 2c 708,059,488 10,001,132 29,589,721 85,803,283 85.0% 2d 710,677,308 9,295,376 27,677,659 85,803,281 85.3% 2e 717,235,779 9,145,820 21,268,742 85,803,283 86.1% 2f 720,742,271 9,651,727 17,256,345 85,803,281 86.5% 2g 722,084,709 10,113,222 15,452,411 85,803,282 86.6% Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund 2a 479,276,584 10,384,760 16,903,679 35,378,950 88.4% 2b 478,637,263 11,135,856 16,791,905 35,378,949 88.3% 2c 474,646,562 10,894,318 21,024,146 35,378,947 87.6% 2d 475,391,043 11,182,504 19,991,476 35,378,950 87.7% 2e 474,051,373 10,871,149 21,642,500 35,378,950 87.5% 2f 476,768,582 11,016,489 18,779,951 35,378,950 88.0% 2g 482,620,821 10,745,920 13,198,281 35,378,951 89.1% High-Yield Corporate Fund 2a 1,143,174,557 19,209,271 43,880,385 124,450,302 85.9% 2b 1,141,465,415 22,031,691 42,767,105 124,450,303 85.8% 2c 1,127,115,997 20,719,323 58,428,891 124,450,303 84.7% 2d 1,132,826,119 21,710,784 51,727,305 124,450,306 85.1% 2e 1,122,517,636 20,295,854 63,450,722 124,450,302 84.4% 2f 1,134,400,465 21,598,573 50,265,170 124,450,306 85.2% 2g 1,146,871,681 20,779,154 38,613,373 124,450,305 86.2% Short-Term Treasury Fund 2a 340,676,326 9,792,696 16,654,653 50,886,39 81.5% 2b 329,883,128 9,705,453 27,535,095 50,886,39 78.9% 2c 326,819,461 10,288,324 30,015,889 50,886,39 78.2% 2d 339,314,446 10,413,979 17,395,248 50,886,39 81.2% 2e 326,491,544 10,420,498 30,211,633 50,886,39 78.1% 2f 340,050,734 10,433,315 16,639,623 50,886,39 81.3% 2g 330,794,104 21,789,245 14,540,330 50,886,38 79.1% Short-Term Federal Fund 2a 221,810,169 7,016,806 5,534,723 35,060,901 82.3% 2b 221,198,924 7,270,264 5,892,511 35,060,900 82.1% 2c 218,903,718 7,416,652 8,041,323 35,060,905 81.2% 2d 220,344,989 7,191,677 6,825,027 35,060,906 81.8% 2e 219,541,307 7,382,572 7,437,816 35,060,904 81.5% 2f 220,980,639 7,418,159 5,962,898 35,060,903 82.0% 2g 221,078,662 7,894,633 5,388,400 35,060,904 82.1% Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund 2a 339,019,238 7,475,703 18,288,166 44,836,303 83.1% 2c 335,561,933 8,130,869 21,090,308 44,836,302 81.9% 2d 335,199,068 8,228,259 21,355,781 44,836,303 81.8% 2e 336,169,568 7,800,727 20,812,818 44,836,298 82.1% 2f 338,164,774 8,042,274 18,576,060 44,836,304 82.6% 2g 342,108,220 7,826,701 14,848,193 44,836,297 83.5% GNMA Fund 2a 1,787,337,612 44,307,753 80,282,094 228,883,080 83.5% 2b 1,779,739,273 50,228,338 81,959,850 228,883,077 83.1% 2c 1,753,746,989 49,969,200 108,211,271 228,883,078 81.9% 2d 1,758,185,968 51,282,954 102,458,538 228,883,078 82.1% 2e 1,748,928,027 49,778,222 113,221,208 228,883,081 81.7% 2f 1,772,902,554 49,810,838 89,214,065 228,883,081 82.8% 2g 1,797,746,391 48,018,093 66,162,975 228,883,079 84.0% Long-Term Treasury Fund 2a 146,811,347 4,632,726 8,688,336 12,040,794 85.3% 2b 144,200,905 5,240,277 10,691,223 12,040,798 83.8% 2c 133,052,018 4,987,063 22,093,326 12,040,796 77.3% 2d 141,589,271 5,131,627 13,411,508 12,040,797 82.2% 2e 141,142,062 5,000,322 13,990,023 12,040,796 82.0% 2f 143,376,501 5,182,280 11,573,625 12,040,797 83.3% 2g 144,806,461 5,187,343 10,138,604 12,040,795 84.1% Fund shareholders did not approve the following proposal: Proposal 3 - Institute procedures to prevent holding investments in companies that, in the judgment of the board, substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity, the most egregious violations of human rights. The trustees recommended a vote against this proposal because it called for procedures that duplicate existing practices and procedures of the Vanguard funds. For Abstain Against Broker Percentage Non-Votes For Short-Term Treasury Fund 42,334,278 16,766,731 305,160,735 53,748,32 10.1%