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Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund     
 
 
 
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)     
As of May 31, 2019     
 
      Market 
      Value 
    Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (99.8%)     
Diversified Telecommunication Services (15.0%)     
  Alternative Carriers (2.8%)     
*  Zayo Group Holdings Inc.  466,805  15,265 
  CenturyLink Inc.  1,436,983  15,016 
*  Vonage Holdings Corp.  679,768  8,048 
  Cogent Communications Holdings Inc.  131,297  7,681 
*  Iridium Communications Inc.  282,633  6,057 
*  ORBCOMM Inc.  223,899  1,496 
*  pdvWireless Inc.  26,120  1,273 
*,^ Globalstar Inc.  1,717,079  953 
*  Bandwidth Inc. Class A  1,635  119 
 
  Integrated Telecommunication Services (12.2%)     
  Verizon Communications Inc.  2,694,782  146,461 
  AT&T Inc.  2,941,561  89,953 
  ATN International Inc.  33,391  1,953 
^  Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.  211,376  846 
*  Cincinnati Bell Inc.  126,787  812 
*,^ Frontier Communications Corp.  312,552  588 
*,^ Pareteum Corp.  27,277  107 
  IDT Corp. Class B  2,227  14 
      296,642 
Entertainment (17.3%)     
  Interactive Home Entertainment (4.2%)     
  Activision Blizzard Inc.  656,825  28,486 
*  Electronic Arts Inc.  282,195  26,267 
*  Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.  141,730  15,328 
*  Zynga Inc. Class A  1,588,206  9,990 
*  Glu Mobile Inc.  342,233  2,731 
 
  Movies & Entertainment (13.1%)     
  Walt Disney Co.  686,385  90,630 
*  Netflix Inc.  258,860  88,861 
  Viacom Inc. Class B  443,573  12,877 
*  Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  189,191  11,507 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One Class C  289,479  10,806 
*  Madison Square Garden Co. Class A  30,098  8,904 
  Cinemark Holdings Inc.  210,534  7,998 
  World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Class A  83,496  6,074 
*  IMAX Corp.  164,939  3,589 
  Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class B  260,292  3,582 
  Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class A  212,582  3,140 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Braves Class C  106,644  2,838 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One Class A  77,673  2,829 
  Marcus Corp.  56,693  1,982 
  AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Class A  146,785  1,758 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Braves Class A  25,924  688 
*  Reading International Inc. Class A  8,800  116 
      340,981 

 


 

Interactive Media & Services (42.5%)     
*  Facebook Inc. Class A  1,660,090  294,616 
*  Alphabet Inc. Class C  202,293  223,257 
*  Alphabet Inc. Class A  191,284  211,656 
*  Twitter Inc.  663,237  24,168 
*  IAC/InterActiveCorp  81,288  17,952 
*,^ Zillow Group Inc. Class C  246,318  10,597 
*,^ Snap Inc.  855,116  10,167 
^  Match Group Inc.  126,112  8,658 
*  TripAdvisor Inc.  180,008  7,609 
*  Zillow Group Inc. Class A  161,180  6,823 
*  Yelp Inc. Class A  200,236  6,153 
*  Pinterest Inc. Class A  223,938  5,580 
*  Cars.com Inc.  193,318  4,093 
*  Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc. Class A  215,429  2,294 
*  TrueCar Inc.  232,948  1,519 
*  Care.com Inc.  75,925  1,085 
*  Meet Group Inc.  209,346  810 
*  Cargurus Inc.  3,443  118 
*  ANGI Homeservices Inc. Class A  8,085  117 
*  Eventbrite Inc. Class A  6,982  109 
      837,381 
Media (21.8%)     
  Advertising (1.7%)     
  Omnicom Group Inc.  231,094  17,878 
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  519,101  11,015 
  National CineMedia Inc.  187,338  1,227 
*  comScore Inc.  131,929  1,203 
*  Cardlytics Inc.  32,056  736 
  Emerald Expositions Events Inc.  54,626  639 
*  Boston Omaha Corp. Class A  5,071  122 
 
  Broadcasting (5.5%)     
  CBS Corp. Class B  353,417  17,063 
  Fox Corp. Class A  401,685  14,151 
*  Discovery Communications Inc. Class C  417,011  10,692 
  Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Class A  173,603  9,319 
  Fox Corp. Class B  249,449  8,658 
*,^ Discovery Communications Inc. Class A  299,633  8,168 
  Tribune Media Co. Class A  175,030  8,104 
  Nexstar Media Group Inc. Class A  79,937  8,006 
  TEGNA Inc.  491,380  7,440 
*  AMC Networks Inc. Class A  122,729  6,476 
*  Gray Television Inc.  244,919  4,220 
  EW Scripps Co. Class A  143,690  2,187 
  Entercom Communications Corp. Class A  368,891  2,136 
*  Hemisphere Media Group Inc. Class A  49,791  672 
  Entravision Communications Corp. Class A  193,693  570 
 
  Cable & Satellite (12.6%)     
  Comcast Corp. Class A  2,153,403  88,290 
*  Charter Communications Inc. Class A  134,288  50,600 
*  Liberty Global plc Class C  575,557  13,952 
*  Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C  125,138  12,282 
*  DISH Network Corp. Class A  325,706  11,761 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM Class C  257,713  9,314 
  Cable One Inc.  8,282  9,251 

 


 

*  GCI Liberty Inc. Class A    159,049  9,239 
*  Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A    84,043  8,196 
*  Liberty Global plc Class A    331,597  8,157 
^  Sirius XM Holdings Inc.    1,448,202  7,690 
*  Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM Class A    193,030  6,953 
*  Liberty Latin America Ltd.    348,360  5,988 
*  MSG Networks Inc.    182,840  3,860 
*  Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class A    132,052  2,251 
*  Loral Space & Communications Inc.    35,100  1,190 
*  WideOpenWest Inc.    74,415  555 
  Altice USA Inc. Class A    5,172  122 
 
  Publishing (2.0%)       
  New York Times Co. Class A    256,351  8,157 
  News Corp. Class A    696,080  7,928 
  Meredith Corp.    119,142  6,168 
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A    136,270  5,693 
  News Corp. Class B    398,239  4,640 
  Scholastic Corp.    89,861  2,974 
  Gannett Co. Inc.    337,762  2,655 
  New Media Investment Group Inc.    162,023  1,495 
*  Tribune Publishing Co.    48,070  472 
        430,515 
Wireless Telecommunication Services (3.2%)       
*  T-Mobile US Inc.    380,549  27,947 
*  Sprint Corp.    2,182,932  14,997 
  Telephone & Data Systems Inc.    299,703  8,634 
  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.    140,619  5,654 
*  Boingo Wireless Inc.    126,962  2,400 
*  United States Cellular Corp.    39,467  1,719 
*,^ Gogo Inc.    169,798  830 
        62,181 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,031,802)      1,967,700 
    Coupon     
Temporary Cash Investment (1.1%)       
Money Market Fund (1.1%)       
1,2 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost       
  $21,888)  2.527%  21,865  21,891 
Total Investments (100.9%) (Cost $2,053,690)      1,989,591 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.9%)2      (17,142) 
Net Assets (100%)      1,972,449 
* Non-income-producing security.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $16,695,000.
1 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
2 Includes $17,997,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.

 

Communication Services Index Fund           
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End       
Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps           
        Floating    
        Interest Value and Value and
      Notional Rate Unrealized Unrealized
  Termination   Amount Received Appreciation (Depreciation)
Reference Entity  Date Counterparty ($000) (Paid)1 ($000) ($000)
Sirius XM Holdings Inc.  2/4/20  GSI  3,647  (2.432%)    (191) 
1 Payment received/paid monthly.           
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.           

 

A. 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. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.

B. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks 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. Any assets pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded as an asset (liability).

The fund had no open futures contracts at May 31, 2019.

C. Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into equity swap contracts to earn the total return on selected reference stocks in the fund's target index. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives the total return on the referenced stock (i.e., receiving the increase or paying the decrease in value of the selected reference stock and receiving the equivalent of any dividends in respect of the selected referenced stock) over a specified period of time, applied to a notional amount that represents the value of a designated number of shares of the selected reference stock at the beginning of the equity swap contract. The fund also pays a floating rate that is based on short-term interest rates, applied to the notional amount. At the same time, the fund generally invests an amount approximating the notional amount of the swap in high-quality temporary cash investments.


 

Communication Services Index Fund

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded.

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 prequalified 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 absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. 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 Schedule of Investments. 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.

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 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments as of May 31, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Common Stocks  1,967,700     
Temporary Cash Investments  21,891     
Swap Contracts—Liabilities    (191)   
Total  1,989,591  (191)