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Vanguard® Communication Services Index Fund
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
As of November 30, 2024
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Shares Market
Value
($000)
Common Stocks (99.7%)
Diversified Telecommunication Services (10.9%)
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4,523,868   200,588
  AT&T Inc. 8,126,186   188,202
* Lumen Technologies Inc. 3,615,875    26,541
* Frontier Communications Parent Inc.   674,119    23,466
  Cogent Communications Holdings Inc.   159,687    13,125
  Iridium Communications Inc.   394,952    11,738
* Liberty Global Ltd. Class C   593,786     8,681
* Liberty Global Ltd. Class A   591,726     8,361
* AST SpaceMobile Inc.   238,246     5,673
* Globalstar Inc. 2,815,506     5,490
* Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class C   472,870     3,268
  IDT Corp. Class B    62,276     3,216
  Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.   173,702     2,315
* Bandwidth Inc. Class A    94,891     1,996
* Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.   288,114     1,345
* Anterix Inc.    34,828     1,209
* Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class A   129,660       902
  ATN International Inc.    36,747       727
              506,843
Entertainment (20.9%)
* Netflix Inc.   250,008   221,710
  Walt Disney Co. 1,776,275   208,659
  Electronic Arts Inc.   439,028    71,856
* Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.   335,970    63,290
* Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 5,597,704    58,664
* Live Nation Entertainment Inc.   412,409    57,016
* Roblox Corp. Class A 1,073,652    53,822
* Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One Class C   585,812    51,762
* TKO Group Holdings Inc.   267,924    36,963
* Roku Inc.   456,244    31,494
1 Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. Class A   651,694    19,792
  Warner Music Group Corp. Class A   458,293    14,904
* Cinemark Holdings Inc.   395,934    13,668
* Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Live Class C   177,182    12,938
* Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.    56,202    12,924
* Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc. Class C   163,358     6,591
* AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Class A 1,097,587     5,433
* Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Live Class A    75,718     5,428
* Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.   145,047     5,365
* IMAX Corp.   165,709     4,361
* Sphere Entertainment Co.    94,852     3,903
* Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class B   451,657     3,329
  Marcus Corp.    89,585     2,028
* Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Class A   205,455     1,693
* Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc. Class A    24,933     1,049
* Eventbrite Inc. Class A   286,244     1,008
* Vivid Seats Inc. Class A   246,911       884
* Playstudios Inc.   344,637       662
              971,196
Interactive Media & Services (48.0%)
  Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 1,789,891 1,027,970
  Alphabet Inc. Class A 3,270,225   552,505
  Alphabet Inc. Class C 2,510,700   428,049
* Pinterest Inc. Class A 1,271,168    38,542
* Snap Inc. Class A 3,232,325    38,174
* Match Group Inc.   917,088    30,025
* Reddit Inc. Class A    90,759    12,769
* IAC Inc.   268,256    12,697
* Cargurus Inc.   310,628    11,748

Vanguard® Communication Services Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value
($000)
* ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.   957,169    10,471
* Ziff Davis Inc.   167,484     9,856
* Yelp Inc.   237,603     9,081
* TripAdvisor Inc.   399,158     5,720
*,1 Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.   160,565     5,074
* Cars.com Inc.   233,444     4,639
* QuinStreet Inc.   194,567     4,432
* Vimeo Inc.   556,198     3,632
* Bumble Inc. Class A   355,322     3,088
  Shutterstock Inc.    92,597     2,933
* Taboola.com Ltd.   600,143     2,137
* ZipRecruiter Inc. Class A   229,741     2,036
* fuboTV Inc. 1,233,041     1,985
* EverQuote Inc. Class A   100,176     1,922
*,1 Rumble Inc.   221,026     1,569
* Mediaalpha Inc. Class A   122,927     1,553
* Nextdoor Holdings Inc.   628,840     1,528
* Grindr Inc.    98,815     1,491
* Angi Inc.   244,057       454
            2,226,080
Media (16.3%)
  Comcast Corp. Class A 4,313,772   186,312
* Trade Desk Inc. Class A   681,169    87,564
* Charter Communications Inc. Class A   168,603    66,930
  Omnicom Group Inc.   479,116    50,221
  News Corp. Class A 1,359,460    39,900
  Fox Corp. Class A   834,259    39,310
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. 1,253,698    38,626
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C   434,110    36,960
  New York Times Co. Class A   562,267    30,509
  Fox Corp. Class B   509,511    22,790
  Sirius XM Holdings Inc.   808,136    21,779
  Nexstar Media Group Inc.   114,713    19,569
  Paramount Global Class B 1,533,843    16,642
  News Corp. Class B   387,769    12,444
* EchoStar Corp. Class A   467,722    11,829
  TEGNA Inc.   619,275    11,624
  John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A   160,010     8,349
* Magnite Inc.   467,516     7,850
  Cable One Inc.    16,685     7,011
* Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A    47,740     4,042
* Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.   301,859     3,375
* TechTarget Inc.    96,268     3,091
* Gannett Co. Inc.   524,911     2,724
* Stagwell Inc.   334,278     2,627
  Scholastic Corp.    92,030     2,428
* PubMatic Inc. Class A   146,631     2,339
  Sinclair Inc.   127,553     2,337
* Thryv Holdings Inc.   129,139     2,043
* Ibotta Inc. Class A    25,743     1,883
* Altice USA Inc. Class A   775,977     1,870
* Advantage Solutions Inc.   421,387     1,500
* Boston Omaha Corp. Class A    92,663     1,415
  Gray Television Inc.   323,099     1,380
* Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.   823,905     1,244
* AMC Networks Inc. Class A   116,020     1,093
* iHeartMedia Inc. Class A   399,295       914
* WideOpenWest Inc.   159,009       844
* Cardlytics Inc.   158,662       646
* EW Scripps Co. Class A   263,955       528
              754,542
Other (0.0%)2
*,3 GCI Liberty Inc.   188,049        —
Wireless Telecommunication Services (3.6%)
  T-Mobile US Inc.   598,230   147,727
  Telephone & Data Systems Inc.   373,782    12,776
* United States Cellular Corp.    58,929     3,739

Vanguard® Communication Services Index Fund
    Shares Market
Value
($000)
* Gogo Inc.   236,739     1,901
              166,143
Total Common Stocks (Cost $3,967,342) 4,624,804
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)
Money Market Fund (0.6%)
4,5 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 4.651% (Cost$28,504)   285,091          28,506
Total Investments (100.3%) (Cost $3,995,846) 4,653,310
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.3%) (16,157)
Net Assets (100.0%) 4,637,153
Cost is in $000.
* Non-income-producing security.
1 Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $17,616,000.
2 “Other” represents securities that are not classified by the fund’s benchmark index.
3 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
4 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
5 Collateral of $18,070,000 was received for securities on loan, of which $17,673,000 is held in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and $397,000 is held in cash.
  

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps
Reference Entity Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Floating
Interest Rate
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Value and
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Paramount Global Inc. Class B 8/29/25 BANA 4,232 (4.648) (16)
T-Mobile US Inc. 1/31/25 CITNA 7,655 (4.648) 1
          1 (16)
1 Based on Overnight Bank Funding Rate as of the most recent reset date. Floating interest payment received/paid monthly.
  BANA—Bank of America, N.A.
  CITNA—Citibank, N.A.
At November 30, 2024, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $691,000 in connection with open over-the-counter swap contracts.
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 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 valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.
B. Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into equity swap contracts to earn the total return on selected reference stocks or indexes 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.
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.

Vanguard® Communication Services Index Fund
Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded as an asset (liability) and as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until periodic payments are made or the termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded.
C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. 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 and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of November 30, 2024, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
Common Stocks 4,624,804 4,624,804
Temporary Cash Investments 28,506 28,506
Total 4,653,310 4,653,310
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Swap Contracts 1 1
Liabilities        
Swap Contracts (16) (16)