N-Q 1 convertiblefinal.htm VANGUARD CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND

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

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number: 811-4627

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Convertible Securities 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: February 29, 2008

Item 1: Schedule of Investments


Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund
Schedule of Investments
February 29, 2008

Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)

  Convertible Bonds (79.4%)        

  Consumer Discretionary (4.0%)
1 American Real Estate 4.000% 8/15/2013  6,885  6,705 
1 Iconix Brand Group 1.875% 6/30/2012  10,145  10,381 
  Interpublic 4.250% 3/15/2023  10,695  10,588 
  Sonic Automotive, Inc. 4.250% 11/30/2015  4,380  4,413 
1 Stewart Enterprises 3.125% 7/15/2014  4,735  4,090 

             36,177 

  Consumer Staples (3.7%)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 0.875% 2/15/2014  9,870  11,992 
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 0.875% 2/15/2014  4,420  5,370 
  Chattem Inc. 1.625% 5/1/2014  4,575  5,593 
  Molson Coors Brewing Co. 2.500% 7/30/2013  7,835  9,892 

             32,847 

  Energy (11.3%)
  Hornbeck Offshore Services 1.625% 11/15/2026  10,030  11,441 
1 McMoRan Exploration Co. 5.250% 10/6/2011  3,510  4,265 
  McMoRan Exploration Co. 5.250% 10/6/2011  405  492 
  Nabors Industries Ltd. 0.940% 5/15/2011  7,175  7,148 
  Peabody Energy Corp. 4.750% 12/15/2041  5,970  7,291 
  Pennsylvania Virginia Co. 4.500% 11/15/2012  4,230  4,473 
  Pioneer Natural 2.875% 1/15/2038  4,855  5,134 
  St Mary Land & Exploration 3.500% 4/1/2027  11,065  11,189 
  Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1.500% 12/15/2026  7,170  8,021 
1 Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1.500% 12/15/2026  3,440  3,849 
  Transocean Inc. 1.500% 12/15/2037  13,000  14,511 
  Transocean Inc. 1.500% 12/15/2037  3,290  3,672 
  Transocean Inc. 1.625% 12/15/2037  12,740  14,157 
  Trico Marine 3.000% 1/15/2027  4,620  5,273 

             100,916 

  Financials (4.9%)
  CapitalSource Inc. 3.500% 7/15/2034  2,950  2,430 
  CapitalSource Inc. 7.250% 7/15/2037  9,720  8,554 
  iStar Financial Inc. 5.228% 10/1/2012  2,600  2,066 
  Lehman Brothers Holdings 1.000% 5/14/2012  8,660  9,333 
1 Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. 2.500% 8/15/2013  2,545  2,688 
  National Financial Partners 0.750% 2/1/2012  3,840  2,856 
1 Prologis Inc. 2.250% 4/1/2037  8,695  8,075 
1 Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc. 3.750% 10/15/2012  7,745  7,997 

             43,999 

  Health Care (24.6%)
  Affymetrix Inc. 3.500% 1/15/2038  4,585  4,579 
1 Allergan, Inc. 1.500% 4/1/2026  10,095  11,369 
  Allergan, Inc. 1.500% 4/1/2026  5,955  6,707 
  American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. 3.250% 7/1/2036  3,790  3,776 
  Amgen Inc. 0.125% 2/1/2011  2,475  2,292 
  Amgen Inc. 0.375% 2/1/2013  7,270  6,488 
1 Chemed Corp. 1.875% 5/15/2014  4,655  4,003 
  Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.250% 6/15/2013  12,115  11,146 
  Five Star Quality Care Inc. 3.750% 10/15/2026  4,645  3,733 
  Genzyme Corp. 1.250% 12/1/2008  15,485  17,479 
1 Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.500% 5/1/2011  19,495  26,318 
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.500% 5/1/2011  1,745  2,356 
  Hologic Inc. 2.000% 12/15/2037  17,235  17,515 
1 Integra Lifesciences 2.375% 6/1/2012  7,785  7,094 
1 Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. 3.000% 5/15/2016  8,400  8,001 
  Invitrogen Corp. 1.500% 2/15/2024  11,520  11,621 
  Kendle International Inc. 3.375% 7/15/2012  3,540  4,102 
1 Lincare Holdings Inc. 2.750% 11/1/2037  1,230  1,241 
1 Medarex Inc. 2.250% 5/15/2011  3,645  3,695 
  Medarex Inc. 2.250% 5/15/2011  1,465  1,485 
  Medtronic Inc. 1.500% 4/15/2011  7,400  7,918 
1 Medtronic Inc. 1.500% 4/15/2011  960  1,027 
  Protein Design Labs 2.000% 2/15/2012  3,705  3,510 
  SFBC International, Inc. 2.250% 8/15/2024  8,385  8,395 
  Sonosite Inc. 3.750% 7/15/2014  3,425  3,545 
  Teva Pharmaceutical Financial 1.750% 2/1/2026  15,895  18,816 
  Thoratec Corp. 1.379% 5/16/2034  4,220  2,463 
1 TriZetto Group 1.125% 4/15/2012  3,577  3,836 
  TriZetto Group 1.125% 4/15/2012  2,345  2,515 
  TriZetto Group 2.750% 10/1/2025  5,805  7,039 
1 Wilson Greatbatch 2.250% 6/15/2013  6,290  5,590 

             219,654 

  Industrials (12.0%)
1 AAR Corp. 1.625% 3/1/2014  5,005  4,805 
  AAR Corp. 1.750% 2/1/2026  1,160  1,272 
  Albany International Corp. 2.250% 3/15/2026  2,355  2,320 
1 Alliant Techsystems Inc. 2.750% 9/15/2011  6,830  8,538 
  AMR Corp. 4.500% 2/15/2024  3,670  3,716 
1 Barnes Group Inc. 3.375% 3/15/2027  6,080  6,483 
  Barnes Group Inc. 3.375% 3/15/2027  980  1,045 
  Covanta Holding 1.000% 2/1/2027  10,645  12,362 
1 DRS Technologies Inc. 2.000% 2/1/2026  8,465  9,354 
1 General Cable Corp. 1.000% 10/15/2012  13,985  14,300 
  L-3 Communications Corp. 3.000% 8/1/2035  12,937  16,010 
  SunPower Corp. 0.750% 8/1/2027  4,130  4,543 
  Suntech Power Holdings 0.250% 2/15/2012  4,390  4,780 
  UAL Corp. 5.000% 2/1/2021  9,400  9,177 
1 Waste Connections, Inc. 3.750% 4/1/2026  5,790  6,412 
  Waste Connections, Inc. 3.750% 4/1/2026  2,280  2,525 

             107,642 

  Information Technology (16.2%)
1 Anixter International Inc. 1.000% 2/15/2013  2,235  2,671 
  CACI International Inc. 2.125% 5/1/2014  3,550  3,568 
1 CACI International Inc. 2.125% 5/1/2014  1,990  2,000 
  Cadence Design 1.375% 12/15/2011  1,720  1,507 
1 Cadence Design 1.375% 12/15/2011  111  97 
  Ciena Corp. 0.250% 5/1/2013  19,625  17,123 
  Digital River, Inc. 1.250% 1/1/2024  5,519  5,705 
  Equinix Inc. 2.500% 4/15/2012  12,730  12,078 
  Equinix Inc. 3.000% 10/15/2014  2,555  2,453 
  Euronet Worldwide, Inc. 1.625% 12/15/2024  9,190  8,788 
  Fair Isaac Corp. 1.500% 8/15/2023  5,450  5,321 
  FEI Co. 2.875% 6/1/2013  6,020  5,877 
1 FEI Co. 2.875% 6/1/2013  45  44 
  Flextronics International Ltd. 1.000% 8/1/2010  15,360  15,091 
1 Lawson Software Inc. 2.500% 4/15/2012  9,355  8,934 
  Lawson Software Inc. 2.500% 4/15/2012  3,060  2,922 
1 Magma Design Automation Inc. 2.000% 5/15/2010  4,324  4,027 
  Magma Design Automation Inc. 2.000% 5/15/2010  235  219 
  ON Semiconductor 2.625% 12/15/2026  11,065  9,585 
1 Powerwave Technologies I 3.875% 10/1/2027  5,780  3,771 
  Sybase Inc. 1.750% 2/22/2025  11,380  13,613 
  Symantec Corp. 0.750% 6/15/2011  15,630  17,056 
1 Xilinx Inc. 3.125% 3/15/2037  2,260  1,961 

             144,411 

  Materials(1.7%)
  Coeur D'Alene 1.250% 1/15/2024  9,710  9,055 
  Graftech International 1.625% 1/15/2024  1,860  2,053 
1 Kinross Gold 1.750% 3/15/2028  3,600  4,167 

             15,275 

  Telecommunication Services (1.0%)
1 NII Holdings 3.125% 6/15/2012  7,255  6,294 
  NII Holdings 3.125% 6/15/2012  2,900  2,516 

             8,810 

  Total Convertible Bonds
  (Cost $705,184)          709,731 

Coupon Shares Market
Value
($000)

  Convertible Preferred Stocks (15.4%)        

  Auto & Transportation (0.4%)
  Continental Airlines Financial Trust 6.000%    115,000  3,594 

  Consumer Discretionary (1.9%)
  General Motors Corp. 6.250%    883,000  17,108 

  Energy (4.9%)
  Bristow Group 5.500%    35,100  2,299 
1 Chesapeake Energy Corp. 5.000%    147,400  19,162 
  Chesapeake Energy Corp. 5.000%    31,000  4,030 
  Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 5.375%    137,200  6,328 
  McMoran Exploration Co. 6.750%    86,700  10,326 
  Petroquest Energy 6.875%    28,200  1,785 

    43,930

  Financials (5.7%)
  Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. 5.625%    165,460  8,935 
* Bank of America Corp 7.250%    22,150  23,703 
  Citigroup Inc. 6.500%    172,600  8,587 
  SLM Corp. 7.250%    6,290  6,390 
  Washington Mutual Inc. 7.750%    3,570  3,339 

             50,954 

  Health Care (0.6%)
  Schering-Plough Corp. 6.000%    24,100  4,973 

  Materials(0.5%)
  Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 6.750%    21,900  3,230 
  Vale Capital Ltd. 5.500%    22,100  1,483 

        4,713
  Telecommunication Services (1.4%)
  Crown Castle International Corp. 6.250%    227,600  12,746 

  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
  (Cost $138,814)          138,018 

  Temporary Cash Investment (4.5%)

2 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
  (Cost $40,164) 3.522%    40,163,740  40,164 

  Total Investments (99.3%)
  (Cost $884,162)          887,913 

  Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (.7%)          5,022 

  Net Assets (100%)          892,935 


* New issue that has not paid a dividend as of February 29, 2008.
1 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 February 29, 2008 the aggregate value of these securities was $235,236,000, representing 26.3% of net assets.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

Investment Securities: 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. 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 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.

At February 29, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $884,162,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,751,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $44,375,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $40,624,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 157 ("FAS 157), "Fair Value Measurements." FAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements in financial statements, effective for the fund's current fiscal period.

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels:

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).

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following table sumamrizes the inputs used to value the fund's net assets as of February 29, 2008:


Valuation Inputs
Investments in Securities
($000)

Level 1- Quoted Prices 178,183 

Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs 709,730 

Level 3- Significant Unobservable Inputs

  Total 887,913 


Item 2: 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. During the last fiscal quarter, there was no significant change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3:

Exhibits.
(a) 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 CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Date: April 18, 2008

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 CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Date: April 18, 2008

VANGUARD CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
TREASURER

Date: April 18, 2008

*By Power of Attorney, Filed on January 18, 2008, See File Number 2-29601. Incorporated by Reference.