N-CSRS 1 quantitativefundsfinal.htm VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-4526

 

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Quantitative Funds

 

 

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: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2008– March 31, 2009

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 



 

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Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned about –33% for the six months ended March 31, 2009.

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The fund lagged the return of its benchmark index, as well as the average return of its large-cap core fund peers.

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All ten industry sectors posted negative returns for the stock market and the fund for the six-month period.

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

President’s Letter

2

Advisor’s Report

6

Fund Profile

8

Performance Summary

9

Financial Statements

10

About Your Fund’s Expenses

21

Glossary

23

 

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

Ticker

Total

 

Symbol

Returns

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VQNPX

–32.67%

Admiral™ Shares1

VGIAX

–32.64

S&P 500 Index

 

–30.54

Average Large-Cap Core Fund2

 

–29.66

 

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

 

 

 

September 30, 2008–March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

 

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$25.84

$17.11

$0.315

$0.000

Admiral Shares

42.20

27.93

0.543

0.000

 

 

1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.

2 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

 

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President’s Letter

 

Dear Shareholder,

During what was an extremely difficult six months for the U.S. stock market, Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned about –33%. The fund under-performed its benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as well as the average return of large-cap core funds.

Throughout the period, the ongoing recession affected all corners of the market, and the Growth and Income Fund, like the market, posted negative results in all ten industry sectors. The fund’s biggest losses stemmed from financials and industrials, two of the stock market’s weakest performers during the six months.

Extreme distress dappled with glimmers of hope

The six months ended March 31 witnessed extreme distress in global stock markets, with both U.S. and international stocks returning about –31%. The embattled financial sector continued to struggle, prompting regulators in the United States and abroad to take ever-more-aggressive actions to help the big banks fortify their fragile balance sheets.

Even as the gloom intensified, a few signs of recovery appeared on the horizon. Toward the end of the period, the swift contraction in manufacturing activity seemed to lessen. And throughout the six months, news from the housing sector seemed to improve. From their early March lows through the end of the period, global stock markets generated a double-digit return.

 

 

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Credit-market turmoil provoked dramatic response

Developments in the fixed income market were, if anything, even more unusual. In the months after the September collapse of Lehman Brothers, a major presence in the bond market, the trading of corporate bonds came to a near standstill as investors stampeded into U.S. Treasury bonds—considered the safest, most liquid credits—driving prices higher and yields lower. The difference between the yields of Treasuries and corporate bonds surged to levels not seen since the 1930s.

The Federal Reserve Board responded to the credit-market and economic crises with a dramatic easing of monetary policy, reducing its target for short-term interest rates to an all-time low of 0% to 0.25%.

The Fed also created new programs designed to bring borrowers and lenders back to the market. For the six-month period, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 4.70% on the strength of Treasuries and other government-backed bonds. The broad municipal bond market returned 5.00%.

Losses in all sectors hindered fund performance

The primary objective of Growth and Income Fund’s advisor, Mellon Capital Management (formerly known as Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC), is to outpace the returns of the fund’s benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. In an effort to do so, the advisor relies on stock-selection models to overweight and underweight individual stocks relative to the index, while closely

 

 

Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

 

Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-cap)

–30.59%

–38.27%

–4.54%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-cap)

–37.17

–37.50

–5.24

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

–30.72

–37.69

–4.24

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

–30.54

–46.18

–0.24

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

 

 

 

(Broad taxable market)

4.70%

3.13%

4.13%

Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index

5.00

2.27

3.21

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

0.30

1.13

3.06

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

–2.78%

–0.38%

2.57%

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

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mirroring the index’s sector weightings. For the six-month period, the fund managers followed these models but fell short of the ultimate goal of surpassing the benchmark’s return.

The fund was at a slight disadvantage during the period. Unlike its benchmark, the fund tends to favor value stocks—those that are generally out of favor with investors and typically have lower-than-average price/earnings ratios and higher-than-average dividend yields. Value stocks generally underperformed their growth counterparts for the period.

All sectors were down for the period, but financial stocks were the weakest performers by far, trimming almost 10 percentage points from the fund’s return. Insurance stocks in particular weighed on performance. Although these companies initially held up well amid the credit crisis, many succumbed to market forces later in the period. Poor stock selection in other areas of financials also hurt fund returns.

The industrial sector was also a major sore spot for the fund. Often considered cyclical in nature, industrial stocks tend to rise when the economy is doing well and fall during tougher times. During the six months, widespread weakness in manufacturing, mining, and other capital-intensive industries hurt machinery makers, engineering firms, and transportation companies.

 

 

Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Investor

Admiral

Large-Cap

 

Shares

Shares

Core Fund

Growth and Income Fund

0.37%

0.23%

1.26%

 

 

1 The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.22% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information through year-end 2008.

 

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One small positive note: Although the fund’s energy holdings were down for the period, a combination of good stock selection and limited exposure to oil equipment companies helped the fund perform better than its benchmark in this area of the market.

Diversification is important regardless of market conditions

The period ended March 31 was a very difficult time for the U.S. stock market. As the recession deepened, it affected all areas of the market and left investors feeling anxious and uncertain.

Although the market’s volatility can be jarring, it’s important not to let short-term extremes blind us to the long-term case for equities. The stock market’s recent declines are an unavoidable, if extreme, trade-off for the potential to produce superior returns in the long term.

At Vanguard, we encourage investors to build a portfolio that is diversified across asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and money market funds, with the proportions determined by your long-term investment goals. Diversification can provide you with some protection from extreme market swings; however, even a well-balanced portfolio isn’t immune to the difficult market conditions we’ve experienced during the past six months.

 

Still, we believe that broad diversification among and within asset classes is the right long-term policy, and can position you to weather the occasional storm while helping you benefit from the inevitable return to better times. The Growth and Income Fund can play an important role in such a portfolio.

Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.

Sincerely,

 


 

F. William McNabb III

President and Chief Executive Officer

April 17, 2009

 

 

5

Advisor’s Report

 

For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) returned about –31%. In the fourth quarter of 2008, markets fell precipitously as it became increasingly clear that the ongoing credit crisis would result in an extended global recession. The September bankruptcy of investment banking firm Lehman Brothers worsened the precarious state of the credit markets, and the S&P 500 returned –23% for October and November combined. The U.S. government progressively increased its interventions, with the passage of the TARP plan in October and monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, including its December reduction of the target federal funds rate to between 0% and 0.25%.

At the start of 2009, hopes for a comprehensive bailout after President Obama’s inauguration faded. Stocks fell anew as economic metrics worsened and Congress debated the bailout package. The package was eventually passed in February, but the economy continued to worsen. However, the tide turned on March 10, when Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit said the firm was profitable year-to-date through February; other financial services firms announced similar positive news. Soon, following some early month-over-month positive economic data, a rally was under way and the market—led by the financial services sector—rose sharply in March.

As of quarter-end, the markets continued to be highly dependent on government support. As we look ahead, the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration have a difficult balancing act. If they reduce government aid too quickly, the economy may collapse again. If they continue the stimulus for too long, significant inflation could result.

Our fund’s shortfalls

The fund underperformed the S&P 500 for the half-year. Underperformance was primarily attributable to stock selection, although several small industry/sector tilts also detracted from performance, including our underweighted exposure to the relatively strong telecommunications sector.

Overall, the stocks that were rated most attractive in our ranking process underperformed the benchmark during the period. Our process seeks stocks with strong momentum at attractive valuations, and, during the period, neither of these elements was rewarded in the market. However, our portfolio tilt toward companies with lower debt levels—which was implemented during the credit crisis—added value over the period and helped to offset the overall underperformance of the portfolio.

 

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Stock selection was weakest among industrial and health care holdings. In the industrial sector, an overweighting to General Electric had a negative impact on the fund. Concern about asset quality and earnings at GE Capital, the company’s financial services arm, created a drag on the stock’s performance. Ingersoll-Rand also underperformed, as the slumping economy hurt sales for the industrial parts maker. In the health care sector, medical equipment maker Stryker struggled during the period, as growth slowed amid the drop in hospital budgets.

Our fund’s successes

Stock selection was considerably more favorable among technology and energy holdings. In the technology sector, Adobe Systems—which we recently added to the portfolio—was a strong performer, as it met revenue expectations and controlled costs during the period. In the energy sector, Southwestern Energy added to performance as a result of its strong growth in oil and gas production and reserves. Finally, our holdings of several discount retailers, including Wal-Mart and Family Dollar Stores, contributed to performance. These discount retailers benefited from the current price-conscious consumer climate.

During the period, financial services companies, banks in particular, received significant investor attention. Overall, the portfolio’s bank industry holdings performed slightly better than those in the benchmark. Several positions, including an overweighting in Bank of America and an underweighting to the better-performing JPMorgan Chase, detracted from performance. However, overall, we benefited from not holding certain banks, such as Citigroup, and from holding relatively better-performing banks, such as Northern Trust and Hudson City Bancorp.

The fund’s positioning

We have and will continue to emphasize stocks with strong momentum and reasonable prices. These stocks have historically represented the most desirable market segment. At the same time, in the current highly volatile environment, we have continued to be particularly watchful of our risk controls. We have strictly limited industry and sector differences, compared with the S&P 500—particularly those, like financials and energy, that have exhibited the most volatile performances. In addition, we continue to avoid overexposure to leverage and are maintaining a slight tilt toward less-leveraged firms, which has proven beneficial in the recent period.

Oliver E. Buckley, Executive Vice President

and Head of Active Equity Strategies Mellon Capital Management Corp.

April 24, 2009

 

 

7

Growth and Income Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

145

500

4,489

Median Market Cap

$39.3B

$38.2B

$22.3B

Price/Earnings Ratio

14.4x

13.9x

15.0x

Price/Book Ratio

1.7x

1.8x

1.7x

Yield3

 

2.8%

2.7%

Investor Shares

2.4%

 

 

Admiral Shares

2.6%

 

 

Return on Equity

20.8%

21.4%

20.2%

Earnings Growth Rate

16.9%

15.4%

15.0%

Foreign Holdings

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate4

78%

Expense Ratio5

 

Investor Shares

0.37%

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.23%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0.3%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

8.5%

8.8%

9.4%

Consumer Staples

13.4

12.8

11.2

Energy

13.6

13.0

12.3

Financials

10.8

10.8

13.1

Health Care

16.4

15.3

14.6

Industrials

9.1

9.7

10.0

Information Technology

17.4

18.0

17.7

Materials

3.2

3.3

3.7

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Services

3.7

4.0

3.6

Utilities

3.9

4.3

4.4

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.98

0.98

Beta

1.03

1.01

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings7 (% of total net assets)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

4.5%

Johnson & Johnson

pharmaceuticals

3.3

The Procter & Gamble Co.

household products

2.9

Chevron Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

2.7

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

hypermarkets and

 

 

super centers

2.4

General Electric Co.

industrial

 

 

conglomerates

2.2

International Business

 

 

Machines Corp.

computer hardware

2.0

AT&T Inc.

integrated

 

 

telecommunication

 

 

services

1.9

Apple Inc.

computer hardware

1.9

ConocoPhillips Co.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

1.8

Top Ten

 

25.6%

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

1 S&P 500 Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 30-day SEC yield for the fund; annualized dividend yield for the indexes. See the Glossary.

4 Annualized.

5 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.22% for Admiral Shares.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary.

7 The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

 

8

Growth and Income Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 1998–March 31, 2009

 


 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Ten Years

Investor Shares2

12/10/1986

–39.71%

–5.91%

–2.88%

Admiral Shares

5/14/2001

–39.64

–5.77

–4.073

 

 

1 Six months ended March 31, 2009.

2 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of March 31, 2009

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (97.8%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (8.3%)

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

1,036,900

56,584

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

2,938,400

40,080

 

The Walt Disney Co.

1,411,485

25,633

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

914,700

21,404

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

614,000

20,489

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

1,066,400

19,462

*

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A

227,800

17,844

*

Big Lots Inc.

710,900

14,772

 

H & R Block, Inc.

745,400

13,559

 

Staples, Inc.

660,100

11,954

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

1,034,600

11,308

 

The Gap, Inc.

870,100

11,303

 

Time Warner Inc.

560,800

10,823

 

Tiffany & Co.

374,500

8,074

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

339,500

7,764

 

Carnival Corp.

310,000

6,696

*

GameStop Corp. Class A

192,600

5,397

*

Time Warner Cable Inc.

140,766

3,491

 

 

 

306,637

Consumer Staples (13.1%)

 

 

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

2,263,800

106,602

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

1,706,100

88,888

 

Sysco Corp.

2,145,100

48,908

 

Philip Morris

 

 

 

International Inc.

1,279,100

45,510

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

1,475,800

40,998

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

795,000

34,940

 

Brown-Forman Corp.

 

 

 

Class B

738,250

28,666

 

Walgreen Co.

698,600

18,136

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

327,200

16,844

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

1,120,900

14,785

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

330,200

9,077

 

Safeway, Inc.

426,900

8,619

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

279,500

8,265

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

193,000

6,381

 

Reynolds American Inc.

96,500

3,459

 

Avon Products, Inc.

149,300

2,871

 

 

 

482,949

Energy (13.3%)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

2,452,436

167,011

 

Chevron Corp.

1,509,600

101,506

 

ConocoPhillips Co.

1,740,819

68,171

 

Apache Corp.

591,200

37,890

*

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

757,100

21,736

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

378,100

21,041

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

530,300

20,623

*

Southwestern Energy Co.

582,400

17,291

 

BJ Services Co.

1,358,900

13,521

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

331,700

8,306

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

179,500

8,036

 

Baker Hughes Inc.

139,200

3,974

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

343,900

3,914

 

 

 

493,020

Financials (10.6%)

 

 

 

Northern Trust Corp.

947,300

56,667

 

Bank of America Corp.

4,350,099

29,668

 

State Street Corp.

809,500

24,916

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

1,737,000

24,735

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

906,300

24,089

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

1,930,500

22,568

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

1,444,200

22,385

 

American Express Co.

1,514,200

20,639

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

820,408

18,763

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

930,000

17,689

 

AFLAC Inc.

807,000

15,624

 

BB&T Corp.

900,400

15,235

 

Morgan Stanley

575,100

13,095

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

294,230

11,958

 

MetLife, Inc.

500,500

11,396

 

Marsh &

 

 

 

McLennan Cos., Inc.

556,000

11,259

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Public Storage, Inc. REIT

144,300

7,973

 

Aon Corp.

144,700

5,907

 

PNC Financial

 

 

 

Services Group

189,600

5,553

 

Apartment Investment &

 

 

 

Management Co.

 

 

 

Class A REIT

984,862

5,397

 

The Goldman Sachs

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

48,200

5,110

 

Torchmark Corp.

189,600

4,973

 

NYSE Euronext

269,800

4,829

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

331,800

3,895

 

The Principal Financial

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

433,900

3,549

*

IntercontinentalExchange Inc.

37,800

2,815

 

 

 

390,687

Health Care (16.1%)

 

 

 

Johnson & Johnson

2,306,300

121,311

*

Amgen Inc.

1,165,100

57,696

 

Pfizer Inc.

3,545,327

48,287

 

Abbott Laboratories

892,800

42,587

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

1,192,600

39,845

*

Express Scripts Inc.

758,700

35,029

*

Biogen Idec Inc.

646,600

33,895

 

Stryker Corp.

942,400

32,079

 

Aetna Inc.

1,268,600

30,865

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

1,403,300

30,760

*

Boston Scientific Corp.

2,474,500

19,672

*

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

423,100

19,598

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

530,800

14,199

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

581,500

12,171

 

Wyeth

275,800

11,871

 

Covidien Ltd.

329,700

10,959

*

Varian Medical

 

 

 

Systems, Inc.

332,000

10,106

*

Humana Inc.

331,700

8,651

 

Medtronic, Inc.

284,300

8,378

*

Thermo Fisher

 

 

 

Scientific, Inc.

134,100

4,783

 

 

 

592,742

Industrials (8.9%)

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

7,923,300

80,105

 

Honeywell

 

 

 

International Inc.

1,638,300

45,643

 

General Dynamics Corp.

855,300

35,572

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

752,500

32,839

 

FedEx Corp.

521,300

23,193

 

CSX Corp.

772,500

19,969

 

Fluor Corp.

550,100

19,006

 

Union Pacific Corp.

386,100

15,873

 

Republic Services, Inc.

 

 

 

Class A

822,090

14,099

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

245,800

8,296

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Flowserve Corp.

145,500

8,165

 

Dover Corp.

284,400

7,502

 

Expeditors International of

 

 

 

Washington, Inc.

219,300

6,204

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

239,200

5,344

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

465,800

2,948

 

L-3 Communications

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

37,700

2,556

 

 

 

327,314

Information Technology (17.0%)

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

756,000

73,249

*

Apple Inc.

663,300

69,726

 

Intel Corp.

4,336,200

65,260

 

Microsoft Corp.

2,832,600

52,035

*

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2,890,800

48,479

*

Google Inc.

135,640

47,211

*

Adobe Systems, Inc.

2,160,100

46,205

*

Computer Sciences Corp.

1,228,800

45,269

*

Symantec Corp.

2,211,400

33,038

 

CA, Inc.

1,358,600

23,925

 

Xilinx, Inc.

1,086,400

20,815

 

Automatic Data

 

 

 

Processing, Inc.

529,600

18,621

*

Oracle Corp.

947,800

17,127

 

Harris Corp.

493,700

14,288

*

Broadcom Corp.

680,400

13,594

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

722,000

11,920

*

eBay Inc.

759,900

9,544

*

QLogic Corp.

663,500

7,378

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

211,800

6,790

*

VeriSign, Inc.

271,500

5,123

 

 

 

629,597

Materials (3.1%)

 

 

 

Monsanto Co.

710,500

59,043

 

Nucor Corp.

566,400

21,619

 

Dow Chemical Co.

1,592,800

13,427

 

Bemis Co., Inc.

617,900

12,957

*

Pactiv Corp.

568,600

8,296

 

 

 

115,342

Telecommunication Services (3.6%)

 

 

AT&T Inc.

2,796,000

70,459

 

Verizon

 

 

 

Communications Inc.

1,042,600

31,487

 

CenturyTel, Inc.

947,200

26,635

*

American Tower Corp.

 

 

 

Class A

142,200

4,327

 

 

 

132,908

Utilities (3.8%)

 

 

 

Exelon Corp.

858,800

38,981

 

American Electric

 

 

 

Power Co., Inc.

1,466,800

37,051

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

FPL Group, Inc.

515,000

26,126

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

623,200

19,313

 

Sempra Energy

265,400

12,272

*

AES Corp.

805,500

4,680

 

Duke Energy Corp.

245,700

3,519

 

 

 

141,942

Total Common Stocks

 

 

(Cost $4,876,583)

 

3,613,138

Temporary Cash Investments (1.9%)1

 

Money Market Fund (1.7%)

 

 

2

Vanguard Market

 

 

 

Liquidity Fund, 0.440%

62,502,993

62,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

($000)

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.2%)

3

U.S. Treasury Bill,

 

 

 

0.130%, 6/18/09

7,450

7,447

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

(Cost $69,950)

 

69,950

Total Investments (99.7%)

 

 

(Cost $4,946,533)

 

3,683,088

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.3%)

 

Other Assets

 

132,595

Liabilities

 

(122,229)

 

 

 

10,366

Net Assets (100%)

 

3,693,454

 

At March 31, 2009, net assets consisted of:

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

6,547,349

Undistributed Net Investment Income

1,401

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(1,593,921)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(1,263,445)

Futures Contracts

2,070

Net Assets

3,693,454

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 148,418,807 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

2,538,959

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Investor Shares

$17.11

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 41,328,727 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

1,154,495

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Admiral Shares

$27.93

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.4% and 0.3%, respectively, 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.

3 Securities with a value of $7,447,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

March 31, 2009

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

59,149

Interest1

501

Security Lending

402

Total Income

60,052

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

 

Basic Fee

2,112

Performance Adjustment

(919)

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative—Investor Shares

3,582

Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares

805

Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares

501

Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares

231

Custodian Fees

24

Auditing Fees

1

Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares

54

Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares

5

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

4

Total Expenses

6,400

Expenses Paid Indirectly

(283)

Net Expenses

6,117

Net Investment Income

53,935

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(994,927)

Futures Contracts

(29,742)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(1,024,669)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(921,434)

Futures Contracts

2,971

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(918,463)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(1,889,197)

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $488,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

53,935

123,730

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(1,024,669)

(446,516)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(918,463)

(1,520,848)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(1,889,197)

(1,843,634)

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(46,660)

(81,970)

Admiral Shares

(23,587)

(43,850)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Investor Shares

(564,334)

Admiral Shares

(284,167)

Total Distributions

(70,247)

(974,321)

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

Investor Shares

(60,315)

335,349

Admiral Shares

(112,687)

50,006

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(173,002)

385,355

Total Increase (Decrease)

(2,132,446)

(2,432,600)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

5,825,900

8,258,500

End of Period2

3,693,454

5,825,900

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $89,550,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $1,401,000 and $17,713,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six

 

 

 

 

 

 

Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

March 31,

Year Ended September 30,

Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$25.84

$38.62

$33.79

$31.29

$28.31

$24.91

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.244

.546

.600

.550

.460

.370

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(8.659)

(8.758)

4.840

2.470

2.980

3.390

Total from Investment Operations

(8.415)

(8.212)

5.440

3.020

3.440

3.760

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.315)

(.560)

(.610)

(.520)

(.460)

(.360)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(4.008)

Total Distributions

(.315)

(4.568)

(.610)

(.520)

(.460)

(.360)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$17.11

$25.84

$38.62

$33.79

$31.29

$28.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

–32.67%

–23.28%

16.20%

9.76%

12.20%

15.12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,539

$3,919

$5,465

$5,088

$5,202

$5,780

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets2

0.36%3

0.31%

0.32%

0.38%

0.40%

0.42%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

2.57%3

1.69%

1.61%

1.65%

1.53%

1.35%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

78%3

96%

100%

93%

84%

79%4

 

 

 

1

Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

2

Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.02%), 0.00%, 0.01%, 0.01%, and 0.01%.

3

Annualized.

4

Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares. See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six

 

 

 

 

 

 

Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

March 31,

Year Ended September 30,

Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$42.20

$63.08

$55.20

$51.12

$46.25

$40.70

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.420

.963

1.070

.997

.849

.683

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(14.147)

(14.313)

7.903

4.036

4.853

5.530

Total from Investment Operations

(13.727)

(13.350)

8.973

5.033

5.702

6.213

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.543)

(.985)

(1.093)

(.953)

(.832)

(.663)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(6.545)

Total Distributions

(.543)

(7.530)

(1.093)

(.953)

(.832)

(.663)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$27.93

$42.20

$63.08

$55.20

$51.12

$46.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–32.64%

–23.19%

16.37%

9.97%

12.39%

15.29%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,154

$1,907

$2,794

$2,321

$2,039

$843

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets1

0.22%2

0.16%

0.18%

0.20%

0.23%

0.25%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

2.71%2

1.84%

1.75%

1.83%

1.68%

1.51%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

78%2

96%

100%

93%

84%

79%3

 

 

1 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.04%), (0.02%), 0.00%, 0.01%, 0.01%, and 0.01%.

2 Annualized.

3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. 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. 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. 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.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2005–2008) and for the period ended March 31, 2009, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. Mellon Capital Management Corporation (formerly Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC) provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on the fund’s performance for the preceding three years relative to the S&P 500 Index. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.10% of the fund’s average net assets before a decrease of $919,000 (0.04%) based on performance.

 

C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At March 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $968,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.03% of the fund’s net assets and 0.39% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

D. The fund has asked its investment advisor to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $283,000 (an annual rate of 0.01% of average net assets).

 

E. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2008, the fund had available realized losses of $570,743,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2017. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2009; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

At March 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $4,946,533,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,263,445,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $157,801,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $1,421,246,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At March 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2009 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

S&P 500 Index

290

57,623

2,070

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

F. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund purchased $1,641,479,000 of investment securities and sold $1,842,885,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31, 2009

September 30, 2008

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

189,481

10,182

550,897

17,490

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

44,983

2,394

622,470

19,829

Redeemed

(294,779)

(15,836)

(838,018)

(27,137)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(60,315)

(3,260)

335,349

10,182

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

88,120

2,896

220,621

4,296

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

21,282

694

305,215

5,955

Redeemed

(222,089)

(7,453)

(475,830)

(9,345)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

(112,687)

(3,863)

50,006

906

 

 

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Growth and Income Fund

 

H. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 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.

 

The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments are summarized in three broad levels. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing 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).

 

The following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

 

 

 

Investments

Futures

 

in Securities

Contracts

Valuation Inputs

($000)

($000)

Level 1—Quoted prices

3,675,641

2,070

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs

7,447

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs

Total

3,683,088

2,070

 

 

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

 

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

Growth and Income Fund

9/30/2008

3/31/2009

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$673.25

$1.50

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

673.56

0.92

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.14

$1.82

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,023.83

1.11

 

 

1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.22% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

 

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Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include the account service fee described in the prospectus. If such a fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not charge transaction fees, such as purchase or redemption fees, nor does it carry a “sales load.”

 

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.

 

 

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Glossary

 

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

 

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

 

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

 

Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

 

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by stocks or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

 

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

 

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

 

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

 

Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

 

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

 

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

 

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

 

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Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

 

Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (in the case of bonds) or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

 

 

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

 

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

 

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 157 Vanguard funds.

 

The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at www.vanguard.com.

 

 

Chairman of the Board and Interested Trustee

Rajiv L. Gupta

 

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman

John J. Brennan1

and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co.

Born 1954. Trustee Since May 1987. Chairman of

(chemicals); President of Rohm and Haas Co.

the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five

(2006–2008); Board Member of American Chemistry

Years: Chairman of the Board and Director/Trustee of

Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified

The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment

manufacturing and services) and Hewlett-Packard Co.

companies served by The Vanguard Group; Chief

(electronic computer manufacturing); Trustee of The

Executive Officer and President of The Vanguard Group

Conference Board.

and of each of the investment companies served by The

 

Vanguard Group (1996–2008).

 

 

Amy Gutmann

 

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal

Independent Trustees

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of

 

the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School

Charles D. Ellis

of Arts and Sciences with Secondary Appointments

Born 1937. Trustee Since January 2001. Principal

at the Annenberg School for Communication and the

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Applecore

Graduate School of Education of the University of

Partners (pro bono ventures in education); Senior

Pennsylvania; Director of Carnegie Corporation of

Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business

New York, Schuylkill River Development Corporation,

strategy consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University;

and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce;

Overseer of the Stern School of Business at New York

Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for

 

Biomedical Research.

 

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

 

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal

Emerson U. Fullwood

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal

Corporate Vice President, Chief Global Diversity Officer,

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson &

Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North

Johnson (pharmaceuticals/consumer products); Vice

America and Corporate Vice President of Xerox

President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2005)

Corporation (photocopiers and printers); Director of

of Johnson & Johnson; Director of the University

SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing), the

Medical Center at Princeton and Women’s Research

United Way of Rochester, the Boy Scouts of America,

and Education Institute.

Amerigroup Corporation (direct health and medical

 

insurance carriers), and Monroe Community College

 

Foundation.

 

 

André F. Perold

F. William McNabb III1

 

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal

Born 1957. Chief Executive Officer Since August 2008.

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Gund

President Since March 2008. Principal Occupation(s)

Professor of Finance and Banking, Senior Associate

During the Past Five Years: Director of The Vanguard

Dean, and Director of Faculty Recruiting, Harvard

Group, Inc., since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and

Business School; Director and Chairman of UNX, Inc.

President of The Vanguard Group and of each of the

(equities trading firm); Chair of the Investment

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC (private

since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation;

investment firm).

Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

Heidi Stam1

 

Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal

Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman,

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of

Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc., since 2006;

NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/

General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since 2005;

lignite); Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial

Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the

products/aircraft systems and services).

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

 

since 2005; Director and Senior Vice President of

 

Vanguard Marketing Corporation since 2005; Principal

J. Lawrence Wilson

of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006).

Born 1936. Trustee Since April 1985. Principal

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and

Vanguard Senior Management Team

Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel

 

 

engines) and AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical

 

 

distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University and of

R. Gregory Barton

Michael S. Miller

Culver Educational Foundation.

Mortimer J. Buckley

James M. Norris

 

Kathleen C. Gubanich

Glenn W. Reed

 

Paul A. Heller

George U. Sauter

Executive Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founder

 

Thomas J. Higgins1

 

 

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September

 

 

2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five

John C. Bogle

 

Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

Financial Officer of each of the investment companies

 

 

served by The Vanguard Group since 2008; Treasurer

 

 

of each of the investment companies served by The

 

 

Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathryn J. Hyatt1

 

 

Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal

 

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of

 

 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the

 

 

investment companies served by The Vanguard

 

 

Group since 2008; Assistant Treasurer of each of the

 

 

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

 

 

(1988–2008).

 

 

 

 

1 These individuals are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

 

 


 

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For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009, returns for the Vanguard Structured Equity portfolios ranged from about –27% for the Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund to about –36% for the Structured Large-Cap Value Fund.

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All four Structured Equity Funds lagged their benchmarks for the period.

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For the six months, all ten industry sectors posted negative returns for the stock market and for the funds.

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

President’s Letter

2

Advisor’s Report

7

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

9

Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

23

Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

36

Structured Broad Market Fund

47

About Your Fund’s Expenses

62

Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

64

Glossary

65

 

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

Ticker

Total

 

Symbol

Returns

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

 

Institutional Shares

VSLIX

–31.69%

Institutional Plus Shares

VSLPX

–31.63

S&P 500 Index

 

–30.54

Average Large-Cap Core Fund1

 

–29.66

 

 

 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

 

Institutional Shares

VSTLX

–26.91%

Institutional Plus Shares

VSGPX

–26.85

Russell 1000 Growth Index

 

–25.97

Average Large-Cap Growth Fund1

 

–26.00

 

 

 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares

VSLVX

–35.73%

Russell 1000 Value Index

 

–35.22

Average Large-Cap Value Fund1

 

–32.00

 

 

 

Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

Institutional Shares

VSBMX

–31.93%

Institutional Plus Shares

VSBPX

–31.91

Russell 3000 Index

 

–31.12

Average Multi-Cap Core Fund1

 

–29.79

 

 

1 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

 

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President’s Letter

 

Dear Shareholder,

During what was an extremely difficult six months for the U.S. stock market, returns for the Vanguard Structured Equity Funds ranged from about –27% for the Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund to about –36% for the Structured Large-Cap Value Fund. The other two funds, the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and the Structured Broad Market Fund, both returned about –32%. All four funds underperformed their benchmarks for the period.

The ongoing recession affected all corners of the market during the six-month period. The widespread volatility resulted in negative returns for all sectors for the four Structured Equity Funds. The funds suffered their most significant losses in the financial, energy, industrial, and information technology sectors—all of which were severely weakened by the troubled economy.

Extreme distress dappled with glimmers of hope

The six months ended March 31 witnessed extreme distress in global stock markets, with both U.S. and international stocks returning about –31%. The embattled financial sector continued to struggle, prompting regulators in the United States and abroad to take evermore-aggressive actions to help the big banks fortify their fragile balance sheets.

 

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Even as the gloom intensified, a few signs of recovery appeared on the horizon. Toward the end of the period, the swift contraction in manufacturing activity seemed to lessen. And throughout the six months, news from the housing sector seemed to improve. From their lows in early March through the end of the period, global stock markets generated a double-digit return.

Credit-market turmoil provoked dramatic response

Developments in the fixed income market were, if anything, even more unusual. In the months after the September collapse of Lehman Brothers, a major presence in the bond market, the trading of corporate bonds came to a near standstill as investors stampeded into U.S. Treasury bonds—considered the safest, most liquid credits—driving prices higher and yields lower. The difference between the yields of Treasuries and corporate bonds surged to levels not seen since the 1930s.

The Federal Reserve Board responded to the credit-market and economic crises with a dramatic easing of monetary policy, reducing its target for short-term interest rates to an all-time low of 0% to 0.25%. The Fed also created new programs designed to bring borrowers and lenders back to the market. For the six-month period, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 4.70% on the strength of Treasuries and other government-backed bonds. The broad municipal bond market returned 5.00%.

 

 

Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

 

Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-cap)

–30.59%

–38.27%

–4.54%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-cap)

–37.17

–37.50

–5.24

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

–30.72

–37.69

–4.24

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

–30.54

–46.18

–0.24

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

 

 

 

(Broad taxable market)

4.70%

3.13%

4.13%

Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index

5.00

2.27

3.21

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

0.30

1.13

3.06

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

–2.78%

–0.38%

2.57%

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

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Trouble in all sectors led to disappointing results

The Vanguard Structured Equity Funds are designed to maintain index-like risk profiles while producing index-beating returns through superior stock selection. During an exceptionally difficult six months for U.S. stocks, the four funds fell short of this goal.

On an absolute basis, the Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund had the best results for the period, while the Structured Large-Cap Value Fund was the worst performer of the bunch. This came as no surprise, since value stocks generally underperformed their growth counterparts for the period. Meanwhile, the performance of the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund—which is a blend of large-cap growth and large-cap value stocks—fell somewhere in the middle. Unlike the three other funds, the Structured Broad Market Fund has exposure to small- and mid-capitalization stocks, which underperformed large-cap stocks. Despite this exposure, the fund performed about the same as its large-cap blend counterpart.

Although there were no true bright spots during the six-month period, some sectors were hit harder by the flailing economy than others. As the credit crisis continued, it affected all corners of the financial sector, from investment banks to insurance companies. Many high-profile information technology stocks plummeted as the global economic downturn hindered sales of PCs and other tech products. Industrial and energy stocks also suffered.

 

All four funds trailed their benchmark indexes. The Structured Large-Cap Value Fund had the smallest margin of shortfall—about 0.5 percentage point—while the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund had the greatest, a little more than 1 percentage point.

Relative to their respective benchmarks, the funds’ weakest performances came from the energy, materials, and information technology sectors. Thanks to good stock selection in the consumer discretionary, financial, and health care sectors, the funds held up better in these areas than their indexes.

Diversification is important regardless of market conditions

The six months ended March 31 represented a terrible time for the U.S. stock market. As the recession deepened, it affected all areas of the market and left both investors and investment managers feeling anxious and uncertain.

Although the market’s volatility can be jarring, it’s important not to let short-term extremes blind us to the long-term case for equities. The stock market’s recent declines are an unavoidable, if extreme, trade-off for stocks’ potential to produce superior returns in the long run.

At Vanguard, we encourage investors to build a portfolio that is diversified across asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and

 

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money market funds, with the proportions determined by their institution’s long-term investment goals.

Although even a well-balanced portfolio isn’t immune to the difficult market conditions we’ve experienced during the past six months, we believe that broad diversification among and within asset classes represents the right policy, and can position your institution to weather the occasional storm while helping it to benefit from the inevitable return to better times. As part of a well-diversified long-term strategy, we believe the Vanguard Structured Equity Funds can play an integral role in helping your organization reach its investment goals.

Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.

Sincerely,

 


 

William McNabb III

President and Chief Executive Officer

April 20, 2009

 

 

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2008–March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

 

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$22.56

$14.82

$0.643

$0.000

Institutional Plus Shares

45.15

29.66

1.316

0.000

Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$22.63

$16.26

$0.297

$0.000

Institutional Plus Shares

45.07

32.39

0.613

0.000

Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

 

 

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$44.00

$27.14

$1.388

$0.000

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$21.53

$14.31

$0.392

$0.000

Institutional Plus Shares

43.07

28.58

0.849

0.000

 

 

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Advisor’s Report

 

The six months ended March 31, 2009 were a difficult period for Vanguard’s Structured Equity Funds. All the funds showed double-digit losses and lagged their benchmarks for the period.

The investment environment

The attractively valued, high-quality stocks that we prefer underperformed the market during the past six months.

We base our view on judgment and empirical evidence. In our judgment, although the market is relatively effective in assigning prices to stocks, investors as a group can still overreact to new information. This overreaction can cause prices to diverge a bit from “true” or “fair” value, providing opportunities to profit from these discrepancies.

We identify potentially attractive stocks by looking at multiple signals. Market participants send some signals, such as measures of relative performance or changes in analysts’ opinions. Other signals are provided by the company’s management, such as changes in capital spending or dividends. Finally, there are valuation signals, such as price/earnings ratios and yields.

Over time, our signals have indicated future outperformance, although there are periods, sometimes measured in years, when our models are not effective. Nonetheless, consistent exposure to these signals does seem to be rewarded over time.

 

Given our opinion that it is better to own attractive stocks at low multiples, we feel that our portfolios are well-positioned for a market rebound.

Here are brief reviews of each fund’s performance relative to its benchmark.

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

Our best performance was in the capital goods industry, where our underweighting in General Electric was very helpful. Automobile and bank holdings also performed well, led by Ford and PNC Financial. Materials stocks underperformed, with United States Steel our worst pick.

Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

Consumer services was our best-performing industry, led by ITT Educational Services. Diversified financial stocks and health care holdings helped performance, while materials stocks were our worst performers, led by United States Steel.

Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

Consumer durables stocks were our best-performing holdings, helped by our positions in Stanley Works and Hasbro Bradley. Consumer services and transportation companies also performed well. Technology hardware firms reduced performance, with NCR dropping significantly. Pharmaceutical stocks also weakened performance.

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

Consumer durables were our best-performing stocks, led by VF Corp. Automobiles also contributed positively. Pharmaceuticals, particularly King Pharmaceutical, hurt returns.

Conclusion

Our investment philosophy is to buy high-quality stocks at relatively low valuations, relying on a process that focuses on multiple inputs. In constructing a portfolio from these inputs, we believe that a low level of relative risk is preferable, as are low costs. We have been successful in keeping our tracking error within our expectations, and while we are disappointed that our portfolios did not outpace our benchmarks, we are confident in our preference for low-valuation, high-quality stocks. Although these stocks have not been favored by the market over the six-month period of this report, we believe in their long-term prospects.

We thank you for your investment and look forward to the rest of the fiscal year.

 

James D. Troyer, CFA

Principal and Portfolio Manager

James P. Stetler

Principal and Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

April 23, 2009

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

250

500

4,489

Median Market Cap

$32.8B

$38.2B

$22.3B

Price/Earnings Ratio

12.4x

13.9x

15.0x

Price/Book Ratio

1.9x

1.8x

1.7x

Yield3

 

2.8%

2.7%

Institutional Shares

2.6%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

2.7%

 

 

Return on Equity

21.6%

21.4%

20.2%

Earnings Growth Rate

16.8%

15.4%

15.0%

Foreign Holdings

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate4

105%

Expense Ratio5

 

Institutional Shares

0.25%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

0.17%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0.0%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

9.7%

8.8%

9.4%

Consumer Staples

12.7

12.8

11.2

Energy

13.7

13.0

12.3

Financials

10.8

10.8

13.1

Health Care

14.4

15.3

14.6

Industrials

9.9

9.7

10.0

Information Technology

18.2

18.0

17.7

Materials

2.8

3.3

3.7

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Services

3.7

4.0

3.6

Utilities

4.1

4.3

4.4

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

5.1%

Chevron Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

2.5

The Procter & Gamble Co.

household

 

 

products

2.5

International Business

 

 

Machines Corp.

computer hardware

2.4

Johnson & Johnson

pharmaceuticals

2.3

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

hypermarkets

 

 

and super centers

2.2

Microsoft Corp.

systems software

2.0

Cisco Systems, Inc.

communications

 

 

equipment

2.0

AT&T Inc.

integrated

 

 

telecommunication

 

 

services

1.9

Intel Corp.

semiconductors

1.8

Top Ten

 

24.7%

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

1 S&P 500 Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 30-day SEC yield for the fund; annualized dividend yield for the indexes. See the Glossary.

4 Annualized.

5 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratios were 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.16% for Institutional Plus Shares.

6 “Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

 

9

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): May 15, 2006–March 31, 2009

 


 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Since

 

Inception Date

One Year

Inception

Institutional Shares

5/16/2006

–39.66%

–14.38%

Institutional Plus Shares

5/15/2006

–39.59

–14.33

 

 

1 Six months ended March 31, 2009.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

10

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of March 31, 2009

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (99.9%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (9.7%)

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

74,897

4,087

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

180,973

3,303

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

221,085

3,016

 

The Gap, Inc.

213,922

2,779

 

Home Depot, Inc.

112,300

2,646

*

AutoZone Inc.

14,604

2,375

*

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A

26,054

2,041

*,^

Ford Motor Co.

698,606

1,837

*

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

77,931

1,776

 

VF Corp.

30,400

1,736

 

Comcast Corp. Special

 

 

 

Class A

134,800

1,735

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

68,113

1,594

*

Coach, Inc.

93,381

1,559

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

33,564

1,418

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

126,993

1,105

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

248,640

1,044

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

16,963

795

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

30,916

793

 

Darden Restaurants Inc.

20,200

692

*

Big Lots Inc.

33,100

688

*

Interpublic Group

 

 

 

of Cos., Inc.

163,283

673

 

H & R Block, Inc.

32,530

592

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

24,700

565

 

News Corp., Class A

80,640

534

 

Macy’s Inc.

57,800

514

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

17,875

491

 

RadioShack Corp.

45,259

388

*

GameStop Corp. Class A

11,785

330

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

8,390

280

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

20,906

280

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

19,300

211

 

D. R. Horton, Inc.

18,600

180

 

Whirlpool Corp.

5,358

159

 

Snap-On Inc.

4,077

102

 

General Motors Corp.

44,000

85

 

The Walt Disney Co.

3,529

64

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Lennar Corp. Class A

6,667

50

 

Sherwin-Williams Co.

900

47

 

Carnival Corp.

2,149

46

 

Centex Corp.

5,800

44

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

2,700

35

 

 

 

42,689

Consumer Staples (12.7%)

 

 

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

231,594

10,906

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

184,096

9,591

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

108,640

4,775

 

Philip Morris

 

 

 

International Inc.

109,936

3,912

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

103,240

2,868

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

51,592

2,656

 

The Kroger Co.

117,682

2,497

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

67,900

2,245

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

72,833

2,002

 

Kraft Foods Inc.

85,268

1,901

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

107,038

1,806

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

32,844

1,514

 

Altria Group, Inc.

92,161

1,476

 

General Mills, Inc.

29,083

1,451

 

Sysco Corp.

62,589

1,427

 

Campbell Soup Co.

49,258

1,348

 

Kellogg Co.

32,700

1,198

*

Dr. Pepper Snapple

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

69,094

1,168

 

Lorillard, Inc.

7,500

463

 

The Hershey Co.

11,341

394

 

Molson Coors

 

 

 

Brewing Co. Class B

7,370

253

 

Safeway, Inc.

8,000

161

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

2,019

93

*

Dean Foods Co.

3,800

69

 

J.M. Smucker Co.

526

20

 

 

 

56,194

Energy (13.7%)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

333,839

22,735

 

Chevron Corp.

162,356

10,917

 

ConocoPhillips Co.

99,259

3,887

 

 

11

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

81,492

3,169

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

92,102

2,306

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

39,951

2,223

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

77,300

1,951

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

41,385

1,853

 

El Paso Corp.

294,650

1,842

 

Apache Corp.

26,446

1,695

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

27,186

1,489

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

44,100

1,159

 

Valero Energy Corp.

59,930

1,073

 

ENSCO International, Inc.

40,309

1,064

*

Southwestern Energy Co.

27,343

812

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

17,855

725

 

Tesoro Corp.

45,000

606

 

Sunoco, Inc.

14,400

381

 

Massey Energy Co.

22,825

231

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

5,852

179

*

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

5,754

165

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

8,236

141

 

 

 

60,603

Financials (10.7%)

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

151,679

4,032

 

State Street Corp.

115,934

3,568

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

233,215

3,321

 

Northern Trust Corp.

53,717

3,213

 

Morgan Stanley

138,463

3,153

 

U.S. Bancorp

185,724

2,713

 

The Goldman Sachs

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

24,698

2,619

 

Bank of New York

 

 

 

Mellon Corp.

87,075

2,460

 

The Chubb Corp.

56,943

2,410

 

Aon Corp.

52,837

2,157

 

AFLAC Inc.

93,394

1,808

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

129,701

1,516

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

33,268

1,352

 

Unum Group

104,713

1,309

 

American Express Co.

92,285

1,258

 

Discover Financial Services

184,334

1,163

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

73,196

1,135

 

BB&T Corp.

52,837

894

 

NYSE Euronext

44,700

800

 

MetLife, Inc.

33,304

758

 

Simon Property

 

 

 

Group, Inc. REIT

21,689

751

 

HCP, Inc. REIT

35,363

631

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

50,543

619

 

Torchmark Corp.

20,295

532

 

Vornado Realty Trust REIT

12,680

422

 

CME Group, Inc.

1,663

410

 

Bank of America Corp.

59,153

403

 

The Allstate Corp.

15,290

293

 

Progressive Corp. of Ohio

16,400

220

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

10,200

209

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Apartment Investment &

 

 

 

Management Co.

 

 

 

Class A REIT

33,999

186

 

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. REIT

45,429

178

 

Federated Investors, Inc.

7,890

176

 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

15,568

88

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

6,582

77

 

Lincoln National Corp.

10,719

72

 

Citigroup Inc.

24,144

61

 

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. REIT

2,100

61

 

M & T Bank Corp.

900

41

 

Public Storage, Inc. REIT

729

40

 

Franklin Resources Corp.

726

39

 

First Horizon National Corp.

3,500

38

 

Equity Residential REIT

1,436

26

 

 

 

47,212

Health Care (14.3%)

 

 

 

Johnson & Johnson

192,246

10,112

*

Amgen Inc.

108,213

5,359

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

229,531

5,031

 

Pfizer Inc.

333,145

4,537

 

Abbott Laboratories

83,968

4,005

 

Covidien Ltd.

99,455

3,306

*

Biogen Idec Inc.

61,785

3,239

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

55,698

2,645

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

70,349

2,298

 

Baxter International, Inc.

43,818

2,244

*

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

45,846

2,124

 

Wyeth

49,303

2,122

*

Express Scripts Inc.

44,450

2,052

*

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

272,216

1,925

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

51,487

1,720

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

57,867

1,548

 

McKesson Corp.

35,300

1,237

*

Cephalon, Inc.

17,605

1,199

*

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

38,041

1,183

*

WellPoint Inc.

29,384

1,116

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

52,374

1,096

*

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

24,566

1,016

*

Mylan Inc.

72,200

968

*

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

21,234

757

*

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

16,633

506

*

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

3,849

140

 

 

 

63,485

Industrials (9.9%)

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

466,322

4,715

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

52,438

3,620

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

91,007

3,072

 

General Dynamics Corp.

68,837

2,863

 

Waste Management, Inc.

99,730

2,553

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

57,316

2,501

 

Dover Corp.

92,858

2,450

 

Goodrich Corp.

64,345

2,438

 

United Technologies Corp.

53,536

2,301

 

12

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Flowserve Corp.

30,074

1,688

 

Union Pacific Corp.

40,904

1,682

 

Honeywell International Inc.

59,283

1,652

 

Fluor Corp.

46,060

1,591

 

3M Co.

30,813

1,532

 

Raytheon Co.

34,627

1,348

 

L-3 Communications

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

19,487

1,321

 

Ryder System, Inc.

41,654

1,179

 

Emerson Electric Co.

32,172

919

 

CSX Corp.

30,618

791

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

31,000

724

 

Burlington Northern

 

 

 

Santa Fe Corp.

10,577

636

 

United Parcel Service, Inc.

12,421

611

 

Deere & Co.

12,918

425

 

ITT Industries, Inc.

9,800

377

 

Cummins Inc.

12,514

318

 

Danaher Corp.

5,745

312

 

Expeditors International

 

 

 

of Washington, Inc.

10,309

292

 

Republic Services, Inc.

 

 

 

Class A

2,155

37

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

5,100

32

 

 

 

43,980

Information Technology (18.2%)

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

108,740

10,536

 

Microsoft Corp.

483,341

8,879

*

Cisco Systems, Inc.

520,015

8,721

 

Intel Corp.

522,453

7,863

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

221,000

7,085

*

Apple Inc.

58,242

6,122

*

Oracle Corp.

262,488

4,743

*

Google Inc.

11,255

3,917

*

Symantec Corp.

215,107

3,214

*

Computer Sciences Corp.

67,698

2,494

*

Juniper Networks, Inc.

143,806

2,166

 

Xilinx, Inc.

99,853

1,913

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

87,299

1,682

 

QUALCOMM Inc.

41,557

1,617

*

Affiliated Computer

 

 

 

Services, Inc. Class A

30,926

1,481

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

36,488

1,283

*

eBay Inc.

100,791

1,266

*

Lexmark International, Inc.

55,509

936

*

EMC Corp.

77,907

888

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

46,568

769

*

LSI Corp.

205,451

624

*

Dell Inc.

51,162

485

 

CA, Inc.

23,663

417

 

Western Union Co.

31,722

399

*

Teradata Corp.

15,639

254

 

Harris Corp.

6,800

197

*

QLogic Corp.

13,564

151

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

McAfee Inc.

4,100

137

*

BMC Software, Inc.

3,900

129

*

Compuware Corp.

15,277

101

 

Xerox Corp.

18,700

85

 

Altera Corp.

3,400

60

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

4,916

50

 

Fidelity National Information

 

 

 

Services, Inc.

2,400

44

 

 

 

80,708

Materials (2.8%)

 

 

 

E.I. du Pont de

 

 

 

Nemours & Co.

159,953

3,572

 

Monsanto Co.

39,461

3,279

 

Praxair, Inc.

23,087

1,553

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

34,883

935

 

United States Steel Corp.

42,762

904

 

Ball Corp.

19,400

842

 

Dow Chemical Co.

79,399

669

 

Nucor Corp.

14,201

542

*

Pactiv Corp.

14,100

206

 

 

 

12,502

Other (0.1%)

 

 

2

Miscellaneous Securities

 

435

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services (3.7%)

 

 

AT&T Inc.

338,835

8,539

 

Verizon Communications Inc.

184,996

5,587

*

American Tower Corp.

 

 

 

Class A

41,222

1,254

 

Windstream Corp.

65,006

524

 

Embarq Corp.

8,891

336

 

CenturyTel, Inc.

600

17

 

 

 

16,257

Utilities (4.1%)

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

99,200

3,074

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

65,000

2,509

 

Sempra Energy

49,213

2,276

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

196,139

2,046

 

Entergy Corp.

28,726

1,956

 

American Electric

 

 

 

Power Co., Inc.

72,324

1,827

 

FPL Group, Inc.

27,808

1,411

 

Questar Corp.

45,947

1,352

 

CMS Energy Corp.

73,438

869

 

DTE Energy Co.

17,200

476

 

NiSource, Inc.

25,500

250

 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

3,191

85

*

AES Corp.

5,741

33

 

 

 

18,164

Total Common Stocks

 

 

(Cost $574,892)

 

442,229

Temporary Cash Investments (0.1%)1

 

Money Market Fund (0.0%)

 

 

3,4

Vanguard Market Liquidity

 

 

 

Fund, 0.440%

178,802

179

 

13

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Amount

Value

 

 

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)

5,6

Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

0.597%, 8/24/09

200

200

5,6

Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

0.592%, 8/26/09

200

199

 

 

 

399

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

(Cost $578)

 

578

Total Investments (100.0%)

 

 

(Cost $575,470)

 

442,807

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%)

 

 

Other Assets

 

920

Liabilities4

 

(971)

 

 

 

(51)

Net Assets (100%)

 

442,756

 

 

At March 31, 2009, net assets consisted of:

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

840,218

Undistributed Net Investment Income

2,118

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(266,956)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(132,663)

Futures Contracts

39

Net Assets

442,756

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 6,184,354 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

91,672

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Shares

$14.82

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 11,838,252 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

351,084

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$29.66

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $157,000.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.0%, respectively, of net assets.

2 Securities representing up to 5% of the market value of unaffiliated securities are permitted to be combined and reported as “miscellaneous securities” provided that they have been held for less than one year and not previously reported by name.

3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

4 Includes $179,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.

5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

6 Securities with a value of $399,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

14

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

March 31, 2009

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

7,153

Interest1

34

Security Lending

14

Total Income

7,201

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

201

Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares

52

Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares

83

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares

19

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares

80

Custodian Fees

12

Auditing Fees

1

Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares

1

Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares

1

Total Expenses

450

Net Investment Income

6,751

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(223,649)

Futures Contracts

(2,795)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(226,444)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(31,192)

Futures Contracts

475

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(30,717)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(250,410)

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $24,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

15

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

6,751

18,118

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(226,444)

(55,634)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(30,717)

(192,095)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(250,410)

(229,611)

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Institutional Shares

(3,907)

(2,671)

Institutional Plus Shares

(13,919)

(12,716)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Institutional Shares

(2,428)

Institutional Plus Shares

(10,809)

Total Distributions

(17,826)

(28,624)

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

Institutional Shares

2,928

(5,788)

Institutional Plus Shares

(104,504)

70,557

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(101,576)

64,769

Total Increase (Decrease)

(369,812)

(193,466)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

812,568

1,006,034

End of Period2

442,756

812,568

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $9,615,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $2,118,000 and $13,193,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

16

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

May 16,

 

Ended

Year Ended

20061 to

 

March 31,

September 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

2006

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$22.56

$29.98

$26.03

$24.96

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.2042

.492

.4762

.130

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(7.301)

(7.091)

3.657

.940

Total from Investment Operations

(7.097)

(6.599)

4.133

1.070

Distributions

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.643)

(.430)

(.172)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.391)

(.011)

Total Distributions

(.643)

(.821)

(.183)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$14.82

$22.56

$29.98

$26.03

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–31.69%

–22.52%

15.94%

4.29%

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$92

$135

$187

$127

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.24%3

0.20%

0.25%

0.25%3

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

2.55%3

1.91%

1.69%

1.67%3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

105%3

72%

54%4

30%

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

3 Annualized.

4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

May 15,

 

Ended

Year Ended

20061 to

 

March 31,

September 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

2006

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$45.15

$60.02

$52.07

$50.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.4212

1.025

1.0182

.250

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(14.595)

(14.193)

7.317

1.820

Total from Investment Operations

(14.174)

(13.168)

8.335

2.070

Distributions

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(1.316)

(.920)

(.363)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.782)

(.022)

Total Distributions

(1.316)

(1.702)

(.385)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$29.66

$45.15

$60.02

$52.07

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–31.63%

–22.46%

16.07%

4.14%

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$351

$677

$819

$203

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.16%3

0.12%

0.15%

0.15%3

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

2.63%3

1.99%

1.79%

1.77%3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

105%3

72%

54%4

30%

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

3 Annualized.

4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 million. Institutional Plus Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum amount of $200 million ($100 million for investors with total Vanguard investments of at least $1 billion).

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. 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. 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. 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.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2006–2008), and for the period ended March 31, 2009, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market

 

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Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At March 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $115,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.03% of the fund’s net assets and 0.05% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund realized $20,147,000 of net capital losses resulting from in-kind redemptions—in which shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the fund rather than for cash. Because such losses are not taxable losses to the fund, they have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to paid-in capital.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2008, the fund had available realized losses of $61,104,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2017. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2009; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At March 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $575,470,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $132,663,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $7,524,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $140,187,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

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At March 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2009 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

S&P 500 Index

2

398

38

E-mini S&P 500 Index

3

119

1

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

D. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund purchased $328,486,000 of invest

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31, 2009

September 30, 2008

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

2,723

171

2,581

99

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

1,002

62

958

35

Redeemed

(797)

(54)

(9,327)

(359)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

2,928

179

(5,788)

(225)

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

37,278

1,172

53,067

1,029

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

7,918

246

17,490

316

Redeemed

(149,700)

(4,575)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Plus Shares

(104,504)

(3,157)

70,557

1,345

 

 

F. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 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.

 

The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments are summarized in three broad levels. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

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Level 1—Quote'd 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 following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

 

 

 

Investments

Futures

 

in Securities

Contracts

Valuation Inputs

($000)

($000)

Level 1—Quoted prices

442,408

39

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs

399

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs

Total

442,807

39

 

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

237

636

4,489

Median Market Cap

$28.0B

$27.1B

$22.3B

Price/Earnings Ratio

11.8x

13.1x

15.0x

Price/Book Ratio

2.6x

2.7x

1.7x

Yield3

 

2.1%

2.7%

Institutional Shares

1.9%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

1.9%

 

 

Return on Equity

23.4%

23.6%

20.2%

Earnings Growth Rate

22.3%

21.6%

15.0%

Foreign Holdings

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate4

61%

Expense Ratio5

 

Institutional Shares

0.25%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

0.17%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0.5%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

11.1%

10.2%

9.4%

Consumer Staples

12.9

13.9

11.2

Energy

8.2

7.9

12.3

Financials

4.0

3.3

13.1

Health Care

14.2

14.9

14.6

Industrials

12.1

11.9

10.0

Information Technology

31.1

31.1

17.7

Materials

4.1

4.2

3.7

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Services

0.8

0.8

3.6

Utilities

1.5

1.8

4.4

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets)

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

Machines Corp.

computer hardware

3.7%

Microsoft Corp.

systems software

3.5

Cisco Systems, Inc.

communications

 

 

equipment

2.8

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

hypermarkets and

 

 

super centers

2.5

Apple Inc.

computer hardware

2.3

Intel Corp.

semiconductors

2.1

Hewlett-Packard Co.

computer hardware

2.1

ExxonMobil Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

1.8

Philip Morris

 

 

International Inc.

tobacco

1.8

Abbott Laboratories

pharmaceuticals

1.8

Top Ten

 

24.4%

 

 

Volatility Measures7

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

0.95

Beta

1.00

0.98

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

1 Russell 1000 Growth Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 30-day SEC yield for the fund; annualized dividend yield for the indexes. See the Glossary.

4 Annualized.

5 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratios were 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.16% for Institutional Plus Shares.

6 “Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

7 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary.

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 19, 2006–March 31, 2009

 


 

 

Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since

 

Inception Date

One Year

Inception1

Institutional Shares

6/22/2007

–35.49%

–26.02%

Institutional Plus Shares

1/19/2006

–35.42

–11.11

 

 

1 The fund commenced operations as a registered investment company on October 3, 2006. The fund’s performance includes the performance of a predecessor trust, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Structured Large-Cap Growth Trust, from January 19, 2006, to October 3, 2006. Performance is calculated since the following inception dates: January 19, 2006, for Institutional Plus Shares; June 22, 2007, for Institutional Shares.

2 Six months ended March 31, 2009.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of March 31, 2009

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (99.6%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (11.0%)

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

9,464

516

*

AutoZone Inc.

1,420

231

*

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

9,760

222

*

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A

2,800

219

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

6,000

215

*

Big Lots Inc.

9,600

200

*

Amazon.com, Inc.

2,700

198

*

ITT Educational Services, Inc.

1,600

194

 

The Gap, Inc.

13,600

177

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

3,728

175

 

H & R Block, Inc.

9,600

175

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

7,402

173

 

Target Corp.

4,920

169

 

Comcast Corp. Special

 

 

 

Class A

12,300

158

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

10,629

145

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

5,300

136

 

Darden Restaurants Inc.

3,700

127

*

Liberty Media Corp.

6,100

122

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

2,781

118

 

WABCO Holdings Inc.

9,301

115

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

4,100

113

 

Tim Hortons, Inc.

3,700

94

*

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

5,600

92

 

Sherwin-Williams Co.

1,300

68

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

2,900

66

*

GameStop Corp. Class A

1,900

53

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

2,823

52

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

1,200

49

*

Coach, Inc.

2,800

47

*

Viacom Inc. Class B

2,659

46

 

News Corp., Class A

3,834

25

*

DISH Network Corp.

1,386

15

*

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

300

7

 

Weight Watchers

 

 

 

International, Inc.

200

4

 

 

 

4,516

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Consumer Staples (12.8%)

 

 

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

19,357

1,009

 

Philip Morris International Inc.

20,969

746

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

14,748

648

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

10,511

541

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

10,003

471

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

5,005

295

 

Altria Group, Inc.

17,469

280

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

9,284

255

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

5,700

188

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

3,375

156

 

The Kroger Co.

6,800

144

 

Lorillard, Inc.

2,100

130

*

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

1,600

80

 

Walgreen Co.

2,910

76

 

Campbell Soup Co.

2,600

71

 

Sysco Corp.

2,794

64

 

General Mills, Inc.

800

40

 

Alberto-Culver Co.

1,000

23

*

Dean Foods Co.

500

9

 

Herbalife Ltd.

500

7

 

Avon Products, Inc.

300

6

 

 

 

5,239

Energy (8.2%)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

11,073

754

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

8,000

445

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

10,600

431

*

Southwestern Energy Co.

7,200

214

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

4,700

210

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

8,000

200

 

Noble Corp.

5,652

136

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

2,350

129

*

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

4,148

119

*

Pride International, Inc.

5,700

102

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

3,900

98

 

ENSCO International, Inc.

3,697

98

 

Massey Energy Co.

6,600

67

 

El Paso Corp.

10,400

65

*

Dresser Rand Group, Inc.

2,000

44

*

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

2,400

43

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

600

38

 

Tesoro Corp.

2,800

38

 

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.

2,500

36

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

1,700

29

 

Sunoco, Inc.

700

18

 

Tidewater Inc.

300

11

*

Cameron International Corp.

300

7

 

Holly Corp.

200

4

 

 

 

3,336

Financials (4.0%)

 

 

 

Northern Trust Corp.

4,330

259

 

AFLAC Inc.

10,169

197

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

11,315

175

*

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

11,100

153

 

State Street Corp.

3,366

104

*

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.

4,800

94

 

American Express Co.

6,427

88

 

The Goldman Sachs

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

816

87

 

CME Group, Inc.

342

84

 

Morgan Stanley

3,700

84

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

6,200

72

 

Simon Property

 

 

 

Group, Inc. REIT

1,833

63

 

Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT

2,400

41

*

The St. Joe Co.

2,300

39

 

Federated Investors, Inc.

1,600

36

*

SLM Corp.

4,800

24

 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

600

14

*

Investment Technology

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

400

10

 

 

 

1,624

Health Care (14.2%)

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

15,469

738

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

26,818

588

 

Johnson & Johnson

7,812

411

 

Baxter International, Inc.

6,442

330

*

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

7,070

327

*

Biogen Idec Inc.

5,731

300

*

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

6,890

285

 

Medtronic, Inc.

9,440

278

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

5,500

261

*

Express Scripts Inc.

4,378

202

*

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

6,000

187

*

DaVita, Inc.

3,500

154

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

6,432

151

 

McKesson Corp.

4,240

149

 

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

2,800

143

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

4,330

141

*

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

3,900

139

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

1,941

131

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

4,803

128

 

Omnicare, Inc.

5,000

122

*

Mylan Inc.

8,900

119

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

3,400

114

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

Endo Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

4,700

83

*

Warner Chilcott Ltd.

7,200

76

*

Genzyme Corp.

700

42

*

Community Health

 

 

 

Systems, Inc.

2,600

40

*

Forest Laboratories, Inc.

1,800

40

*

Celgene Corp.

800

36

*

Waters Corp.

500

18

*

Gen-Probe Inc.

400

18

*

Cephalon, Inc.

238

16

*

Lincare Holdings, Inc.

600

13

*

WellPoint Inc.

200

8

 

 

 

5,788

Industrials (12.0%)

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp.

9,882

425

 

Union Pacific Corp.

7,866

323

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

4,204

290

 

Honeywell International Inc.

8,580

239

 

3M Co.

4,726

235

 

Goodrich Corp.

4,900

186

 

L-3 Communications

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

2,700

183

 

Emerson Electric Co.

6,346

181

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

5,100

172

 

Flowserve Corp.

2,800

157

 

Burlington Northern

 

 

 

Santa Fe Corp.

2,600

156

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

2,000

154

 

Fluor Corp.

4,400

152

 

Waste Management, Inc.

5,458

140

 

ITT Industries, Inc.

3,600

138

*

AGCO Corp.

6,700

131

 

Dover Corp.

4,500

119

 

Bucyrus International, Inc.

7,200

109

*

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

2,800

108

 

Deere & Co.

3,100

102

 

United Parcel Service, Inc.

2,047

101

 

Joy Global Inc.

4,500

96

 

Raytheon Co.

2,204

86

 

The Boeing Co.

2,304

82

 

CSX Corp.

3,135

81

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

1,800

79

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

1,277

77

 

Ryder System, Inc.

2,700

76

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

3,200

75

 

J.B. Hunt Transport

 

 

 

Services, Inc.

3,000

72

*

First Solar, Inc.

500

66

 

GATX Corp.

3,216

65

 

The Timken Co.

3,700

52

 

Danaher Corp.

900

49

*

Kirby Corp.

1,600

43

*

Stericycle, Inc.

800

38

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

900

31

 

26

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Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Cooper Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

Class A

700

18

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

325

9

*

WESCO International, Inc.

500

9

 

Copa Holdings SA Class A

200

6

 

 

 

4,911

Information Technology (31.1%)

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

15,607

1,512

 

Microsoft Corp.

78,785

1,447

*

Cisco Systems, Inc.

67,450

1,131

*

Apple Inc.

9,012

947

 

Intel Corp.

57,720

869

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

27,077

868

*

Google Inc.

2,075

722

*

Oracle Corp.

39,796

719

 

QUALCOMM Inc.

9,803

381

 

Accenture Ltd.

10,335

284

 

Visa Inc.

5,100

284

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

13,761

227

 

Automatic Data

 

 

 

Processing, Inc.

6,100

214

*

Broadcom Corp.

9,700

194

 

Xilinx, Inc.

10,000

192

*

Juniper Networks, Inc.

12,400

187

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

9,100

175

*

BMC Software, Inc.

5,310

175

*

EMC Corp.

15,294

174

*

Metavante Technologies

8,500

170

 

CA, Inc.

9,300

164

*

Marvell Technology

 

 

 

Group Ltd.

16,700

153

*

Affiliated Computer

 

 

 

Services, Inc. Class A

2,900

139

*

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

3,600

133

*

eBay Inc.

10,056

126

*

Sohu.com Inc.

3,000

124

*

Western Digital Corp.

6,000

116

 

Diebold, Inc.

5,000

107

*

Adobe Systems, Inc.

4,783

102

 

Broadridge Financial

 

 

 

Solutions LLC

5,300

99

*

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

6,200

95

*

Dell Inc.

8,081

77

 

Linear Technology Corp.

3,100

71

*

NCR Corp.

6,800

54

*

Hewitt Associates, Inc.

1,600

48

*

Mettler-Toledo

 

 

 

International Inc.

900

46

*

Genpact, Ltd.

3,900

35

*

LSI Corp.

9,900

30

*

Integrated Device Technology Inc.

5,800

26

*

Teradata Corp.

1,400

23

*

WebMD Health Corp. Class A

800

18

*

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

500

17

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

McAfee Inc.

500

17

 

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

100

17

 

Altera Corp.

300

5

*

Yahoo! Inc.

300

4

 

 

 

12,718

Materials (4.0%)

 

 

 

Monsanto Co.

5,727

476

 

Praxair, Inc.

4,170

281

 

The Mosaic Co.

4,600

193

 

FMC Corp.

3,400

147

 

Airgas, Inc.

4,300

145

 

Greif Inc. Class A

3,300

110

 

United States Steel Corp.

4,600

97

 

Celanese Corp. Series A

6,070

81

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

2,800

51

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

 

 

(Holding Co.)

1,000

45

 

Terra Industries, Inc.

1,000

28

 

Ball Corp.

100

4

 

 

 

1,658

Telecommunication Services (0.8%)

 

 

*

American Tower Corp.

 

 

 

Class A

7,600

231

 

Embarq Corp.

2,114

80

 

 

 

311

Utilities (1.5%)

 

 

 

Entergy Corp.

2,700

184

 

Public Service Enterprise

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

5,749

169

 

Exelon Corp.

2,372

108

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

7,300

76

*

AES Corp.

6,800

39

*

Mirant Corp.

1,800

21

 

 

 

597

Total Common Stocks

 

 

(Cost $49,837)

 

40,698

Temporary Cash Investments (1.0%)1

 

 

Money Market Fund (0.7%)

 

 

2

Vanguard Market

 

 

 

Liquidity Fund, 0.440%

280,231

280

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

($000)

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.3%)

 

3,4

Federal National

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

0.541%, 7/30/09

100

100

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

(Cost $380)

 

380

Total Investments (100.6%)

 

 

(Cost $50,217)

 

41,078

 

 

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Market

 

Value

 

($000)

Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.6%)

 

Other Assets

73

Liabilities

(301)

 

(228)

Net Assets (100%)

40,850

 

 

At March 31, 2009, net assets consisted of:

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

63,711

Undistributed Net Investment Income

116

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(13,832)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(9,139)

Futures Contracts

(6)

Net Assets

40,850

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 466,974 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

7,594

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Shares

$16.26

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 1,026,701 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

33,256

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$32.39

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.6%, respectively, 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.

3 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

4 Securities with a value of $100,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

March 31, 2009

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

385

Interest1

1

Total Income

386

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares

6

Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares

18

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares

2

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares

4

Custodian Fees

6

Auditing Fees

1

Total Expenses

37

Net Investment Income

349

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(9,868)

Futures Contracts

(140)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(10,008)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(5,357)

Futures Contracts

18

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(5,339)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(14,998)

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

349

709

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(10,008)

(3,652)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(5,339)

(12,383)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(14,998)

(15,326)

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Institutional Shares

(137)

(80)

Institutional Plus Shares

(618)

(553)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Institutional Shares

(169)

Institutional Plus Shares

(1,114)

Total Distributions

(755)

(1,916)

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

Institutional Shares

137

4,149

Institutional Plus Shares

618

1,667

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

755

5,816

Total Increase (Decrease)

(14,998)

(11,426)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

55,848

67,274

End of Period2

40,850

55,848

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $540,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $116,000 and $522,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

June 22,

 

Ended

Ended

20071 to

 

March 31,

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$22.63

$29.93

$29.04

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.135

.283

.050

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(6.208)

(6.742)

.840

Total from Investment Operations

(6.073)

(6.459)

.890

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.297)

(.270)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.571)

Total Distributions

(.297)

(.841)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$16.26

$22.63

$29.93

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–26.91%

–22.20%

3.06%

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$8

$10

$9

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.24%2

0.20%

0.25%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

1.60%2

1.07%

0.84%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

61%2

70%

56%

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

Oct. 3,

 

Ended

Ended

20061 to

 

March 31,

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$45.07

$59.60

$50.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.283

.591

.547

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(12.350)

(13.420)

9.256

Total from Investment Operations

(12.067)

(12.829)

9.803

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.613)

(.564)

(.150)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(1.137)

(.053)

Total Distributions

(.613)

(1.701)

(.203)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$32.39

$45.07

$59.60

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–26.85%

–22.16%

19.66%

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$33

$45

$58

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.16%2

0.12%

0.15%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

1.68%2

1.15%

0.94%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

61%2

70%

56%

 

 

1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 million. Institutional Plus Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum amount of $200 million ($100 million for investors with total Vanguard investments of at least $1 billion).

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. 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. 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. 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.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2007–2008) and for the period ended March 31, 2009, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

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Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At March 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $11,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.03% of the fund’s net assets and 0.00% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2008, the fund had available realized losses of $3,839,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2017. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2009; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At March 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $50,217,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,139,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $1,436,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $10,575,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At March 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2009 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

E-mini S&P 500 Index

4

159

(6)

 

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

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Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund

 

D. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund purchased $13,660,000 of investment securities and sold $13,262,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31, 2009

September 30, 2008

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

5,000

194

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

137

8

249

9

Redeemed

(1,100)

(40)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

137

8

4,149

163

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

618

18

1,667

29

Redeemed

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Plus Shares

618

18

1,667

29

 

 

F. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 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.

 

The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments are summarized in three broad levels. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing 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).

 

The following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

 

 

 

Investments

Futures

 

in Securities

Contracts

Valuation Inputs

($000)

($000)

Level 1—Quoted prices

40,978

(6)

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs

100

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs

Total

41,078

(6)

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

193

643

4,489

Median Market Cap

$32.3B

$32.3B

$22.3B

Price/Earnings Ratio

12.2x

16.3x

15.0x

Price/Book Ratio

1.4x

1.2x

1.7x

Yield—Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares3

3.4%

3.5%

2.7%

Return on Equity

19.1%

18.1%

20.2%

Earnings Growth Rate

10.1%

8.6%

15.0%

Foreign Holdings

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate4

63%

Expense Ratio5

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

0.17%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0.4%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

9.7%

8.6%

9.4%

Consumer Staples

9.3

10.0

11.2

Energy

17.7

17.7

12.3

Financials

20.6

20.4

13.1

Health Care

14.3

14.5

14.6

Industrials

8.3

7.7

10.0

Information Technology

3.4

3.3

17.7

Materials

3.1

3.2

3.7

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Services

6.9

7.3

3.6

Utilities

6.7

7.3

4.4

 

Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

7.8%

Chevron Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

4.3

AT&T Inc.

integrated

 

 

telecommunication

 

 

services

3.9

Johnson & Johnson

pharmaceuticals

3.0

Pfizer Inc.

pharmaceuticals

2.6

General Electric Co.

industrial

 

 

conglomerate

2.5

The Procter & Gamble Co.

household products

2.5

Verizon

integrated

 

Communications Inc.

telecommunication

 

 

services

2.4

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

diversified

 

 

financial services

2.4

Amgen Inc.

biotechnology

2.0

Top Ten

 

33.4%

 

 

Volatility Measures7

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

0.94

Beta

1.00

1.01

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

1 Russell 1000 Value Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 30-day SEC yield for the fund; annualized dividend yield for the indexes. See the Glossary.

4 Annualized.

5 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratio was 0.16%.

6 “Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

7 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary.

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): December 15, 2005–March 31, 2009

 


 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Since

 

Inception Date

One Year

Inception1

Institutional Plus Shares

12/15/2005

–43.47%

–13.52%

 

 

1 The fund commenced operations as a registered investment company on January 18, 2007. The fund’s performance includes the performance of a predecessor trust, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Structured Large-Cap Value Trust, from December 15, 2005, to January 18, 2007. Performance is calculated since December 15, 2005.

2 Six months ended March 31, 2009.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of March 31, 2009

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (99.9%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (9.7%)

 

 

 

Home Depot, Inc.

18,400

433

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

26,076

356

 

The Gap, Inc.

18,900

245

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

10,600

242

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

11,800

215

 

VF Corp.

3,300

188

*

Ford Motor Co.

68,000

179

 

Hasbro, Inc.

5,800

145

 

Comcast Corp. Special Class A

11,200

144

 

Autoliv, Inc.

7,200

134

 

The Walt Disney Co.

7,090

129

 

Foot Locker, Inc.

12,100

127

 

The Stanley Works

3,400

99

 

McDonald’s Corp.

1,804

98

 

RadioShack Corp.

11,300

97

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

22,900

96

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

4,000

94

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

10,300

90

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

7,100

78

 

Lennar Corp. Class A

10,100

76

 

Time Warner Inc.

3,640

70

 

Cablevision Systems

 

 

 

NY Group Class A

5,000

65

 

News Corp., Class A

8,410

56

*

Warner Music Group Corp.

13,900

33

 

D. R. Horton, Inc.

2,400

23

*

Time Warner Cable Inc.

913

23

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2,800

22

*

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

5,400

22

 

International Speedway Corp.

900

20

 

 

 

3,599

Consumer Staples (9.3%)

 

 

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

19,715

928

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

13,000

361

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

5,200

271

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

5,990

263

 

The Kroger Co.

12,300

261

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

12,400

209

 

Kraft Foods Inc.

7,476

167

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

General Mills, Inc.

3,100

155

 

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Class B

4,370

150

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

4,500

149

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

5,100

140

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7,930

127

*

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

7,200

122

 

Campbell Soup Co.

4,400

120

 

The Hershey Co.

700

24

 

Corn Products International, Inc.

800

17

 

 

 

3,464

Energy (17.7%)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

42,710

2,909

 

Chevron Corp.

23,890

1,606

 

ConocoPhillips Co.

16,174

633

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

9,350

364

 

Apache Corp.

3,900

250

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

5,400

142

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

2,300

126

*

Encore Acquisition Co.

5,300

123

 

Tesoro Corp.

8,400

113

 

El Paso Corp.

17,600

110

 

Valero Energy Corp.

3,800

68

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

3,000

51

 

ENSCO International, Inc.

1,300

34

 

Devon Energy Corp.

700

31

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

400

22

 

Overseas Shipholding

 

 

 

Group Inc.

600

14

 

 

 

6,596

Financials (20.2%)

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

33,980

903

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

39,045

556

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

10,700

435

 

Bank of New York

 

 

 

Mellon Corp.

14,743

417

 

The Goldman Sachs

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

3,425

363

 

The Chubb Corp.

8,300

351

 

Morgan Stanley

13,390

305

 

State Street Corp.

9,600

296

 

 

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Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

U.S. Bancorp

18,970

277

 

BB&T Corp.

15,950

270

 

Aon Corp.

6,300

257

 

Bank of America Corp.

36,835

251

 

Progressive Corp. of Ohio

16,200

218

 

Northern Trust Corp.

3,200

191

 

Unum Group

14,900

186

 

Torchmark Corp.

5,800

152

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

11,500

135

 

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

6,100

120

 

Discover Financial Services

18,845

119

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

7,400

119

 

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

3,530

116

 

PartnerRe Ltd.

1,600

99

 

Annaly Capital

 

 

 

Management Inc. REIT

7,100

99

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

8,040

98

 

PNC Financial Services Group

2,800

82

 

MetLife, Inc.

3,591

82

 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

3,500

79

 

Equity Residential REIT

4,280

79

 

The Allstate Corp.

4,050

78

 

New York Community

 

 

 

Bancorp, Inc.

6,200

69

 

HCP, Inc. REIT

3,400

61

 

Plum Creek Timber Co.

 

 

 

Inc. REIT

1,900

55

 

First Horizon National Corp.

5,100

55

 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

9,300

52

 

Popular, Inc.

21,700

47

 

Public Storage, Inc. REIT

800

44

 

Nationwide Health

 

 

 

Properties, Inc. REIT

1,900

42

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

3,460

41

 

HRPT Properties Trust REIT

11,900

38

*

Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc.

1,900

37

 

Hospitality Properties

 

 

 

Trust REIT

2,600

31

 

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. REIT

7,500

29

 

Lincoln National Corp.

4,200

28

 

Vornado Realty Trust REIT

711

24

*

The St. Joe Co.

1,200

20

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

 

 

Class A REIT

3,515

19

 

Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT

1,100

19

 

Avalonbay Communities, Inc. REIT

400

19

 

Brandywine Realty Trust REIT

6,000

17

 

Boston Properties, Inc. REIT

400

14

 

Citigroup Inc.

4,771

12

 

 

 

7,506

Health Care (14.3%)

 

 

 

Johnson & Johnson

21,390

1,125

 

Pfizer Inc.

71,520

974

*

Amgen Inc.

14,700

728

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Wyeth

9,250

398

 

Covidien Ltd.

10,875

361

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

8,230

275

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

10,500

230

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

8,080

216

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5,600

183

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6,500

159

*

WellPoint Inc.

3,590

136

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

6,000

126

*

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.

5,500

115

*

Forest Laboratories, Inc.

5,000

110

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

900

43

 

Universal Health

 

 

 

Services Class B

1,100

42

*

DaVita, Inc.

900

40

 

Teleflex Inc.

880

34

*

HLTH Corp.

2,509

26

 

 

 

5,321

Industrials (8.3%)

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

92,050

931

 

United Technologies Corp.

8,100

348

 

General Dynamics Corp.

7,780

324

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

7,900

267

 

Waste Management, Inc.

8,900

228

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

3,650

159

 

L-3 Communications

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

2,100

142

 

Raytheon Co.

3,600

140

 

Ryder System, Inc.

3,900

110

 

Cooper Industries, Inc. Class A

4,100

106

 

Dover Corp.

3,500

92

*

AGCO Corp.

4,000

78

 

Flowserve Corp.

1,100

62

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

800

62

 

The Timken Co.

3,400

48

 

 

 

3,097

Information Technology (3.4%)

 

 

 

Intel Corp.

21,900

330

*

Symantec Corp.

21,000

314

 

CA, Inc.

6,700

118

 

Diebold, Inc.

4,700

100

*

NCR Corp.

8,000

64

*

Integrated Device Technology Inc.

13,400

61

*

Lexmark International, Inc.

3,600

61

*

Synopsys, Inc.

2,600

54

*

QLogic Corp.

4,000

44

*

Computer Sciences Corp.

1,100

40

*

Genpact, Ltd.

4,400

39

*

Teradata Corp.

1,400

23

*

EMC Corp.

1,500

17

 

 

 

1,265

Materials (3.1%)

 

 

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

18,000

402

 

FMC Corp.

3,400

147

 

Celanese Corp. Series A

10,638

142

 

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Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

4,900

131

*

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

6,800

98

 

United States Steel Corp.

3,000

63

 

Dow Chemical Co.

7,310

62

 

Schnitzer Steel

 

 

 

Industries, Inc. Class A

1,800

57

 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

1,400

53

 

 

 

1,155

Other (0.2%)

 

 

2

Miscellaneous Securities

 

85

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services (6.9%)

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

58,213

1,467

 

Verizon Communications Inc.

30,140

910

 

Windstream Corp.

19,700

159

 

Embarq Corp.

739

28

 

 

 

2,564

Utilities (6.8%)

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

11,900

369

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

7,384

285

 

Sempra Energy

5,500

254

 

American Electric

 

 

 

Power Co., Inc.

8,100

205

 

UGI Corp. Holding Co.

8,400

198

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

15,900

166

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

14,600

163

 

FPL Group, Inc.

3,200

162

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

6,500

150

 

Entergy Corp.

2,200

150

 

DTE Energy Co.

4,100

114

 

NSTAR

2,600

83

 

Southern Co.

1,539

47

 

Edison International

1,500

43

 

CMS Energy Corp.

3,100

37

 

NiSource, Inc.

3,400

33

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

1,558

19

 

Vectren Corp.

800

17

*

Mirant Corp.

1,100

13

 

 

 

2,508

Total Common Stocks

 

 

(Cost $51,244)

 

37,160

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

Amount

Value

 

($000)

($000)

Temporary Cash Investment (0.5%)1

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.5%)

3,4 Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

0.541%, 7/30/09

 

 

(Cost $200)

200

200

Total Investments (100.4%)

 

 

(Cost $51,444)

 

37,360

Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.4%)

 

Other Assets

 

88

Liabilities

 

(248)

 

 

(160)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

Applicable to 1,370,426 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

 

37,200

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

$27.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2009, net assets consisted of:

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

70,391

Undistributed Net Investment Income

299

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

 

(19,408)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

 

(14,084)

Futures Contracts

 

2

Net Assets

 

37,200

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.4%, respectively, of net assets.

2 Securities representing up to 5% of the market value of unaffiliated securities are permitted to be combined and reported as “miscellaneous securities” provided that they have been held for less than one year and not previously reported by name.

3 Securities with a value of $200,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

4 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

March 31, 2009

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

728

Interest1

1

Total Income

729

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

Management and Administrative

26

Marketing and Distribution

1

Custodian Fees

5

Auditing Fees

1

Total Expenses

33

Net Investment Income

696

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(14,584)

Futures Contracts

(183)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(14,767)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(6,610)

Futures Contracts

8

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(6,602)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(20,673)

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Structured Large-Cap Value Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

696

1,897

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(14,767)

(4,334)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(6,602)

(17,283)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(20,673)

(19,720)

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

(1,826)

(1,731)

Realized Capital Gain1

(5,031)

Total Distributions

(1,826)

(6,762)

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

Issued

4,000

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

1,826

6,762

Redeemed

(5,000)

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

1,826

5,762

Total Increase (Decrease)

(20,673)

(20,720)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

57,873

78,593

End of Period2

37,200

57,873

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $1,651,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $299,000 and $1,429,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

Jan. 18,

 

Ended

Ended

20071 to

 

March 31,

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$44.00

$63.87

$60.09

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.520

1.426

1.030

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(15.992)

(15.946)

2.750

Total from Investment Operations

(15.472)

(14.520)

3.780

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(1.388)

(1.370)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(3.980)

Total Distributions

(1.388)

(5.350)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$27.14

$44.00

$63.87

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–35.73%

–24.47%

6.29%

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$37

$58

$79

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.16%2

0.12%

0.15%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

3.33%2

2.63%

2.29%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

63%2

104%

48%

 

 

1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Value Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum of $5 million. Institutional Plus Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum amount of $200 million ($100 million for investors with total Vanguard investments of at least $1 billion). The fund has not issued any Institutional Shares through March 31, 2009.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. 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. 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. 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.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2007–2008) and for the period ended March 31, 2009, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

 

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5. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At March 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $10,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.03% of the fund’s net assets and 0.00% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2008, the fund had available realized losses of $4,504,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2017. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2009; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At March 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $51,444,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $14,084,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $978,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $15,062,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At March 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2009 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

E-mini S&P 500 Index

1

40

2

 

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

 

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D. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund purchased $14,856,000 of investment securities and sold $13,682,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31, 2009

September 30, 2008

 

Shares

Shares

 

(000)

(000)

Issued

73

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

55

122

Redeemed

(110)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding

55

85

 

 

F. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 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.

 

The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments are summarized in three broad levels. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing 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).

 

The following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

 

 

 

Investments

Futures

 

in Securities

Contracts

Valuation Inputs

($000)

($000)

Level 1—Quoted prices

37,160

2

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs

200

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs

Total

37,360

2

 

 

46

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of March 31, 2009

 

 

Portfolio Characteristics

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Stocks

422

2,889

4,489

Median Market Cap

$20.7B

$22.3B

$22.3B

Price/Earnings Ratio

11.9x

14.9x

15.0x

Price/Book Ratio

1.7x

1.7x

1.7x

Yield3

 

2.7%

2.7%

Institutional Shares

2.5%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

2.6%

 

 

Return on Equity

20.5%

20.4%

20.2%

Earnings Growth Rate

15.8%

15.3%

15.0%

Foreign Holdings

0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

Turnover Rate4

77%

Expense Ratio5

 

Institutional Shares

0.25%

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

Plus Shares

0.17%

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0.1%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Consumer Discretionary

10.5%

9.7%

9.4%

Consumer Staples

10.5

11.5

11.2

Energy

12.4

11.8

12.3

Financials

13.0

12.0

13.1

Health Care

14.4

14.8

14.6

Industrials

10.0

10.3

10.0

Information Technology

18.5

18.1

17.7

Materials

3.5

3.7

3.7

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Services

3.2

3.7

3.6

Utilities

4.0

4.4

4.4

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

4.0%

Chevron Corp.

integrated oil

 

 

and gas

2.1

International Business

computer

 

Machines Corp.

hardware

2.1

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

hypermarkets and

 

 

super centers

1.7

Cisco Systems, Inc.

communications

 

 

equipment

1.7

The Procter & Gamble Co.

household products

1.7

Johnson & Johnson

pharmaceuticals

1.7

Microsoft Corp.

systems software

1.7

Intel Corp.

semiconductors

1.5

AT&T Inc.

integrated

 

 

telecommunication

 

 

services

1.3

Top Ten

 

19.5%

 

 

Volatility Measures7

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

1.00

Beta

1.00

1.00

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

1 Russell 3000 Index.

2 Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index.

3 30-day SEC yield for the fund; annualized dividend yield for the indexes. See the Glossary.

4 Annualized.

5 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 23, 2009, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year based on the fund’s current net assets. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the annualized expense ratios were 0.25% for Institutional Shares and 0.16% for Institutional Plus Shares.

6 “Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

7 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary.

 

 

47

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): May 3, 2004–March 31, 2009

 


 

 

Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since

 

Inception Date

One Year

Inception1

Institutional Shares

11/30/2006

–39.57%

–21.42%

Institutional Plus Shares

5/03/2004

–39.53

–4.88

 

 

1 The fund commenced operations as a registered investment company on October 3, 2006. The fund’s performance includes the performance of a predecessor trust, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Structured Broad Market Trust, from May 3, 2004, to October 3, 2006. Performance for the fund is calculated since the following inception dates: May 3, 2004, for Institutional Plus Shares; November 30, 2006, for Institutional Shares.

2 Six months ended March 31, 2009.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

48

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of March 31, 2009

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

Common Stocks (99.8%)1

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (10.5%)

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

30,431

1,661

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

117,291

1,600

 

Home Depot, Inc.

47,320

1,115

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

59,770

1,091

 

The Gap, Inc.

71,000

922

 

VF Corp.

13,400

765

*

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

31,700

722

*

AutoZone Inc.

4,200

683

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

17,900

642

*

Big Lots Inc.

29,000

603

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

13,900

587

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

11,220

526

 

The Walt Disney Co.

28,090

510

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

19,960

467

 

News Corp., Class A

70,190

465

 

H & R Block, Inc.

22,500

409

 

Darden Restaurants Inc.

11,300

387

*

Jarden Corp.

30,200

383

*

Aeropostale, Inc.

14,350

381

*

Amazon.com, Inc.

4,953

364

 

WABCO Holdings Inc.

28,200

347

*

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

11,300

328

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

36,000

313

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

74,300

312

 

Autoliv, Inc.

16,200

301

 

Comcast Corp.

 

 

 

Special Class A

22,000

283

*

CEC Entertainment Inc.

10,504

272

 

KB Home

20,500

270

*

DISH Network Corp.

23,750

264

*

Dollar Tree, Inc.

5,900

263

*

Interpublic Group

 

 

 

of Cos., Inc.

62,900

259

 

Time Warner Inc.

12,996

251

*

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

14,500

237

 

Tim Hortons, Inc.

7,800

198

 

RadioShack Corp.

22,600

194

*

The Warnaco Group, Inc.

7,700

185

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Cablevision Systems NY

 

 

 

Group Class A

13,600

176

*

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A

2,200

172

*

WMS Industries, Inc.

8,000

167

*

Viacom Inc. Class B

9,495

165

 

Target Corp.

4,490

154

*

Bally Technologies Inc.

7,800

144

 

Black & Decker Corp.

4,200

133

*

Sally Beauty Co. Inc.

22,800

130

*

Ford Motor Co.

49,062

129

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

4,400

121

*

Collective Brands, Inc.

12,000

117

 

D. R. Horton, Inc.

11,800

114

*

Liberty Media Corp.

5,500

110

 

Sherwin-Williams Co.

2,100

109

 

Royal Caribbean

 

 

 

Cruises, Ltd.

13,600

109

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

9,400

103

 

International Speedway Corp.

4,500

99

 

Service Corp. International

26,400

92

 

Whirlpool Corp.

3,100

92

*

Time Warner Cable Inc.

3,262

81

 

Brinker International, Inc.

3,900

59

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

1,300

53

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

2,300

53

 

Centex Corp.

7,000

52

*

Exide Technologies

13,800

41

 

Polaris Industries, Inc.

1,700

36

*

Overstock.com, Inc.

3,700

34

 

The Buckle, Inc.

1,000

32

*

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

2,200

27

*

GameStop Corp. Class A

900

25

 

Tupperware Brands Corp.

1,400

24

 

Snap-On Inc.

900

23

 

Foot Locker, Inc.

2,100

22

 

 

 

21,558

Consumer Staples (10.5%)

 

 

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

66,065

3,442

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

72,951

3,435

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

38,690

1,700

 

 

49

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Philip Morris International Inc.

33,250

1,183

 

Altria Group, Inc.

66,850

1,071

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

37,536

1,032

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

35,100

975

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

18,830

969

 

Kraft Foods Inc.

40,856

911

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

25,700

850

 

The Kroger Co.

36,400

772

 

General Mills, Inc.

14,200

708

 

Lorillard, Inc.

10,900

673

 

Kellogg Co.

16,000

586

 

Safeway, Inc.

29,000

586

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

29,800

503

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

8,430

497

*

Dr. Pepper Snapple

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

22,300

377

*

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

6,700

333

 

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

9,400

208

 

Sysco Corp.

7,100

162

 

Reynolds American Inc.

3,640

131

 

Bunge Ltd.

2,000

113

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

2,370

110

 

Alberto-Culver Co.

2,900

66

 

Nash-Finch Co.

1,689

47

 

Corn Products

 

 

 

International, Inc.

1,700

36

 

Herbalife Ltd.

2,300

35

 

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

1,400

31

 

 

 

21,542

Energy (12.4%)

 

 

 

ExxonMobil Corp.

121,820

8,296

 

Chevron Corp.

65,165

4,382

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

24,840

1,382

 

ConocoPhillips Co.

27,600

1,081

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

40,840

1,074

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

20,740

807

 

Apache Corp.

12,540

804

 

Valero Energy Corp.

36,392

651

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

10,800

591

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

10,200

550

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

10,500

470

 

El Paso Corp.

70,300

439

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

15,400

386

 

Noble Corp.

15,000

361

 

ENSCO International, Inc.

13,130

347

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

8,100

329

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

28,500

324

*

Southwestern Energy Co.

10,500

312

 

Devon Energy Corp.

6,813

305

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

17,700

302

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

11,300

285

*

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.

7,100

208

*

Mariner Energy Inc.

21,600

167

 

Sunoco, Inc.

5,800

154

 

Tesoro Corp.

10,600

143

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

4,900

141

*

Dresser Rand Group, Inc.

6,300

139

*

Bristow Group, Inc.

5,900

126

 

Tidewater Inc.

3,000

111

*

Double Eagle

 

 

 

Petroleum Co.

17,200

89

 

Frontline Ltd.

5,000

87

 

Ship Finance

 

 

 

International Ltd.

13,100

86

 

Foundation Coal

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

4,200

60

*

Cal Dive International, Inc.

8,800

60

*

Oil States International, Inc.

4,200

56

 

Southern Union Co.

3,700

56

*

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

2,800

50

*

PHI Inc. Non-Voting Shares

4,800

48

 

Diamond Offshore

 

 

 

Drilling, Inc.

600

38

*

Encore Acquisition Co.

1,600

37

*

McMoRan Exploration Co.

5,400

25

 

Massey Energy Co.

1,900

19

 

 

 

25,378

Financials (12.9%)

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

68,236

1,814

 

Morgan Stanley

52,250

1,190

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

75,010

1,068

 

The Chubb Corp.

25,070

1,061

 

Bank of New York

 

 

 

Mellon Corp.

36,791

1,039

 

U.S. Bancorp

70,150

1,025

 

The Goldman Sachs

 

 

 

Group, Inc.

9,311

987

 

Aon Corp.

22,300

910

 

State Street Corp.

28,100

865

 

Progressive Corp. of Ohio

60,300

810

 

AFLAC Inc.

39,640

767

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

18,600

756

 

Northern Trust Corp.

12,200

730

 

Bank of America Corp.

97,445

665

 

BB&T Corp.

35,080

594

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

47,400

554

*

TD Ameritrade

 

 

 

Holding Corp.

39,216

542

 

Unum Group

42,300

529

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

31,600

490

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

23,600

484

 

PNC Financial

 

 

 

Services Group

15,518

454

 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

18,400

415

 

New York Community

 

 

 

Bancorp, Inc.

35,000

391

*

Knight Capital Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Class A

26,300

388

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

28,860

353

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

21,300

342

 

50

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

9,600

317

*

Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc.

15,756

308

 

CME Group, Inc.

1,200

296

 

Discover Financial Services

45,400

286

 

Mid-America Apartment

 

 

 

Communities, Inc. REIT

9,000

277

 

BOK Financial Corp.

7,700

266

 

Highwood Properties, Inc.

 

 

 

REIT

12,129

260

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

 

 

REIT

6,956

241

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

18,000

211

 

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

4,400

206

 

FirstMerit Corp.

10,900

198

 

HCP, Inc. REIT

11,100

198

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

9,600

194

 

NYSE Euronext

10,800

193

 

Washington REIT

11,000

190

 

Vornado Realty Trust REIT

5,693

189

 

Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT

11,000

189

 

Sun Communities, Inc. REIT

15,600

185

 

American Express Co.

13,420

183

 

First Horizon National Corp.

16,700

179

 

Senior Housing

 

 

 

Properties Trust REIT

12,500

175

 

Federated Investors, Inc.

7,800

174

 

MetLife, Inc.

7,500

171

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. REIT

8,300

167

 

Associated Estates

 

 

 

Realty Corp. REIT

29,300

166

 

PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT

4,400

162

*

The St. Joe Co.

9,400

157

 

Plum Creek Timber

 

 

 

Co. Inc. REIT

5,300

154

 

Raymond James

 

 

 

Financial, Inc.

7,800

154

*

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

8,600

139

 

The Hanover Insurance

 

 

 

Group Inc.

4,800

138

 

Hospitality Properties

 

 

 

Trust REIT

10,800

130

*

Nelnet, Inc.

13,900

123

 

Aspen Insurance

 

 

 

Holdings Ltd.

4,400

99

 

First BanCorp Puerto Rico

20,800

89

 

Reinsurance Group

 

 

 

of America, Inc.

2,572

83

 

Extra Space Storage Inc. REIT

14,800

82

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. REIT

5,000

75

 

Lincoln National Corp.

8,000

53

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

2,340

44

*

CNA Surety Corp.

2,000

37

 

U-Store-It Trust REIT

15,500

31

 

Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.

800

30

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Torchmark Corp.

900

24

 

Parkway Properties Inc. REIT

2,200

23

 

Pennsylvania REIT

6,100

22

 

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

 

 

 

REIT

4,700

18

 

Suffolk Bancorp

600

16

 

Citigroup Inc.

6,152

16

 

 

 

26,541

Health Care (14.4%)

 

 

 

Johnson & Johnson

64,907

3,414

 

Pfizer Inc.

148,835

2,027

*

Amgen Inc.

40,015

1,982

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

85,730

1,879

 

Abbott Laboratories

39,000

1,860

 

Covidien Ltd.

34,300

1,140

 

Baxter International, Inc.

19,260

987

*

Biogen Idec Inc.

18,800

986

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

29,220

976

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

34,910

934

 

Wyeth

20,340

875

*

WellPoint Inc.

21,850

830

*

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

14,680

680

*

Express Scripts Inc.

14,600

674

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

14,100

669

*

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

13,200

600

*

Watson

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

18,800

585

 

McKesson Corp.

15,200

533

*

Laboratory Corp. of

 

 

 

America Holdings

8,900

521

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

15,900

519

*

DaVita, Inc.

10,300

453

*

Gen-Probe Inc.

9,800

447

 

Omnicare, Inc.

17,400

426

*

Warner Chilcott Ltd.

37,500

395

*

AMERIGROUP Corp.

13,100

361

*

Maxygen Inc.

50,700

345

 

Cooper Cos., Inc.

12,700

336

*

Thermo Fisher

 

 

 

Scientific, Inc.

9,200

328

*

Mylan Inc.

23,400

314

*

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

20,030

301

 

CIGNA Corp.

17,000

299

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

4,420

297

*

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

16,400

268

*

Endo Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

13,000

230

*

CONMED Corp.

15,500

223

 

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

4,100

209

*

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals

53,900

199

*

Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

20,200

191

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

7,410

175

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

8,175

171

*

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

3,585

148

*

Lincare Holdings, Inc.

6,000

131

 

51

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3,400

130

*,^

Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc.

16,400

105

 

Medtronic, Inc.

3,030

89

*

HealthSouth Corp.

9,700

86

*

Cephalon, Inc.

1,100

75

 

Universal Health

 

 

 

Services Class B

1,600

61

*

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

5,000

32

*

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4,900

24

*

Accelrys Inc.

5,900

23

*

Community Health

 

 

 

Systems, Inc.

1,200

18

 

 

 

29,561

Industrials (10.0%)

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

189,780

1,919

 

United Technologies Corp.

42,140

1,811

 

General Dynamics Corp.

28,000

1,165

 

Union Pacific Corp.

23,100

950

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

12,650

873

 

Honeywell International Inc.

29,424

820

 

Waste Management, Inc.

31,300

801

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

23,600

796

 

Raytheon Co.

18,000

701

 

The Boeing Co.

19,660

699

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

15,830

691

 

Goodrich Corp.

17,300

655

 

Fluor Corp.

15,400

532

 

3M Co.

10,130

504

 

ITT Industries, Inc.

13,000

500

 

L-3 Communications

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

7,100

481

 

Dover Corp.

16,900

446

 

Flowserve Corp.

7,500

421

 

Cooper Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

Class A

15,400

398

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

11,400

387

 

Burlington Northern

 

 

 

Santa Fe Corp.

6,270

377

 

Joy Global Inc.

17,700

377

 

J.B. Hunt Transport

 

 

 

Services, Inc.

14,800

357

*

EMCOR Group, Inc.

19,600

337

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

14,300

334

*

AGCO Corp.

17,000

333

 

Ryder System, Inc.

9,700

275

 

CSX Corp.

10,437

270

 

GATX Corp.

12,320

249

 

Bucyrus International, Inc.

16,100

244

*

Jacobs Engineering

 

 

 

Group Inc.

6,300

244

 

Watson Wyatt & Co. Holdings

4,300

212

 

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

13,500

205

 

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

2,100

162

 

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

4,500

127

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

 

Emerson Electric Co.

4,140

118

 

Deere & Co.

3,500

115

*

GrafTech International Ltd.

17,700

109

 

Ameron International Corp.

1,700

90

 

The Timken Co.

5,500

77

*

TBS International Ltd.

9,400

69

*

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

1,000

67

 

Genco Shipping and

 

 

 

Trading Ltd.

4,300

53

*

EnerSys

3,500

42

 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

3,700

41

 

 

 

20,434

Information Technology (18.4%)

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

43,942

4,258

*

Cisco Systems, Inc.

205,050

3,439

 

Microsoft Corp.

185,597

3,409

 

Intel Corp.

198,490

2,987

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

79,599

2,552

*

Apple Inc.

22,620

2,378

*

Google Inc.

3,490

1,215

*

Symantec Corp.

67,200

1,004

*

Oracle Corp.

55,248

998

 

Accenture Ltd.

35,900

987

 

Automatic Data

 

 

 

Processing, Inc.

22,480

790

*

Computer Sciences Corp.

19,500

718

*

Juniper Networks, Inc.

46,800

705

 

Visa Inc.

12,500

695

*

Affiliated Computer

 

 

 

Services, Inc. Class A

12,000

575

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

28,600

551

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

32,270

533

*

Metavante Technologies

26,400

527

*

Western Digital Corp.

26,600

514

*

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.

30,200

509

 

Western Union Co.

36,100

454

*

eBay Inc.

34,910

438

*

QLogic Corp.

38,000

423

*

EMC Corp.

33,730

385

*

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

47,300

381

*

EarthLink, Inc.

58,000

381

*

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

10,200

377

 

QUALCOMM Inc.

9,520

370

*

Genpact, Ltd.

39,300

348

*

Sohu.com Inc.

7,500

310

*

Ceva, Inc.

40,300

293

*

Teradata Corp.

17,600

286

*

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

16,720

276

*

Sybase, Inc.

8,462

256

*

Hewitt Associates, Inc.

8,400

250

 

Altera Corp.

12,500

219

*

RadiSys Corp.

36,000

218

*

Lexmark International, Inc.

12,800

216

*

LSI Corp.

68,800

209

 

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Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

5,600

191

 

CA, Inc.

10,100

178

*

Marvell Technology

 

 

 

Group Ltd.

19,400

178

*

NCR Corp.

21,900

174

*

Adobe Systems, Inc.

8,100

173

*

PC Mall, Inc.

34,600

157

*

Broadcom Corp.

7,800

156

*

NVE Corp.

4,900

141

*

Plexus Corp.

9,900

137

 

Xilinx, Inc.

6,900

132

 

Black Box Corp.

5,500

130

 

Broadridge Financial

 

 

 

Solutions LLC

6,100

114

*

Mettler-Toledo

 

 

 

International Inc.

2,100

108

*

TIBCO Software Inc.

16,400

96

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

6,200

64

*

Harmonic, Inc.

8,300

54

 

Diebold, Inc.

2,300

49

*

Quest Software, Inc.

2,100

27

*

Solera Holdings, Inc.

900

22

 

Daktronics, Inc.

2,900

19

*

Integrated Device

 

 

 

Technology Inc.

3,600

16

 

 

 

37,750

Materials (3.5%)

 

 

 

Monsanto Co.

18,426

1,531

 

E.I. du Pont de

 

 

 

Nemours & Co.

58,980

1,317

 

Praxair, Inc.

13,600

915

 

The Mosaic Co.

19,800

831

 

Dow Chemical Co.

57,120

481

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

12,100

324

 

Reliance Steel &

 

 

 

Aluminum Co.

10,300

271

 

United States Steel Corp.

12,100

256

 

FMC Corp.

5,600

242

*

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

16,700

241

 

Celanese Corp. Series A

11,500

154

 

Ball Corp.

3,500

152

 

Terra Industries, Inc.

4,070

114

 

Rock-Tenn Co.

4,200

114

 

Innophos Holdings Inc.

8,500

96

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

4,900

89

*

Pactiv Corp.

4,400

64

 

Glatfelter

9,100

57

 

 

 

7,249

Other (0.1%)

 

 

2

Miscellaneous Securities

 

110

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services (3.2%)

 

 

AT&T Inc.

107,929

2,720

 

Verizon Communications Inc.

70,557

2,131

 

Embarq Corp.

12,342

467

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Shares

($000)

*

Premiere Global

 

 

 

Services, Inc.

49,600

437

*

American Tower Corp.

 

 

 

Class A

11,300

344

 

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

12,300

223

 

Windstream Corp.

21,938

177

*

Syniverse Holdings Inc.

7,900

125

 

 

 

6,624

Utilities (3.9%)

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

30,900

957

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

24,500

946

 

Sempra Energy

15,000

694

 

Entergy Corp.

9,400

640

 

Duke Energy Corp.

42,890

614

 

Edison International

18,840

543

 

American Electric

 

 

 

Power Co., Inc.

21,200

535

 

FPL Group, Inc.

9,733

494

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

43,300

452

 

Exelon Corp.

9,640

437

*

NRG Energy, Inc.

16,700

294

 

NiSource, Inc.

25,700

252

 

IDACORP, Inc.

10,000

234

 

Public Service

 

 

 

Enterprise Group, Inc.

6,900

203

 

DTE Energy Co.

6,600

183

 

CMS Energy Corp.

11,900

141

 

Vectren Corp.

6,500

137

*

AES Corp.

18,500

107

*

Mirant Corp.

8,300

95

 

SCANA Corp.

2,971

92

 

UGI Corp. Holding Co.

1,400

33

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

2,600

32

 

 

 

8,115

Total Common Stocks

 

 

(Cost $265,807)

 

204,862

Temporary Cash Investments (0.3%)1

 

Money Market Fund (0.2%)

 

 

3,4

Vanguard Market

 

 

 

Liquidity Fund, 0.440%

345,663

346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

($000)

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)

5,6

Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

1.206%, 4/30/09

300

300

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

(Cost $644)

 

646

Total Investments (100.1%)

 

 

(Cost $266,451)

 

205,508

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

 

 

Market

 

Value

 

($000)

Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.1%)

 

Other Assets

696

Liabilities4

(957)

 

(261)

Net Assets (100%)

205,247

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2009, net assets consisted of:

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

351,183

Undistributed Net Investment Income

1,098

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(86,077)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(60,943)

Futures Contracts

(14)

Net Assets

205,247

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 198,200 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

2,836

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Shares

$14.31

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 7,082,840 outstanding

 

$.001 par value shares of beneficial

 

interest (unlimited authorization)

202,411

Net Asset Value Per Share—

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$28.58

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $100,000.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.1%, respectively, of net assets.

2 Securities representing up to 5% of the market value of unaffiliated securities are permitted to be combined and reported as “miscellaneous securities” provided that they have been held for less than one year and not previously reported by name.

3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

4 Includes $109,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.

5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

6 Securities with a value of $300,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

54

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

March 31, 2009

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

2,594

Interest1

54

Security Lending

8

Total Income

2,656

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

90

Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares

2

Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares

20

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares

Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares

33

Custodian Fees

14

Auditing Fees

1

Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares

Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares

Total Expenses

160

Net Investment Income

2,496

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(57,713)

Futures Contracts

(900)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(58,613)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(26,704)

Futures Contracts

48

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(26,656)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(82,773)

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $54,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

55

Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

2,496

5,107

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(58,613)

(26,908)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(26,656)

(50,836)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(82,773)

(72,637)

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Institutional Shares

(76)

(137)

Institutional Plus Shares

(5,098)

(3,225)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Institutional Shares

(210)

Institutional Plus Shares

(4,456)

Total Distributions

(5,174)

(8,028)

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

Institutional Shares

76

(7,621)

Institutional Plus Shares

40,654

41,977

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

40,730

34,356

Total Increase (Decrease)

(47,217)

(46,309)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

252,464

298,773

End of Period2

205,247

252,464

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $239,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $1,098,000 and $3,776,000.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

Nov. 30,

 

Ended

Ended

20061 to

 

March 31,

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$21.53

$28.67

$26.59

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.1852

.402

.3612

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(7.013)

(6.833)

1.930

Total from Investment Operations

(6.828)

(6.431)

2.291

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.392)

(.280)

(.116)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.429)

(.095)

Total Distributions

(.392)

(.709)

(.211)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$14.31

$21.53

$28.67

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–31.93%

–22.95%

8.68%

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$3

$4

$14

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.25%3

0.20%

0.25%3

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

2.41%3

1.72%

1.55%3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

77%3

70%

66%

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

3 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

Oct. 3,

 

Ended

Ended

20061 to

 

March 31,

Sept. 30,

Sept. 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2009

2008

2007

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$43.07

$57.39

$50.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.3842

.873

.9042

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(14.025)

(13.714)

6.910

Total from Investment Operations

(13.641)

(12.841)

7.814

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.849)

(.621)

(.234)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.858)

(.190)

Total Distributions

(.849)

(1.479)

(.424)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$28.58

$43.07

$57.39

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–31.91%

–22.91%

15.69%

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$202

$248

$285

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.16%3

0.12%

0.15%3

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

2.50%3

1.80%

1.65%3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

77%3

70%

66%

 

 

1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.

2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

3 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares. Institutional Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum amount of $5 million. Institutional Plus Shares are available to investors who invest a minimum amount of $200 million ($100 million for investors with total Vanguard investments of at least $1 billion).

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. 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. 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. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. 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.

 

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2007–2008) and for the period ended March 31, 2009, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

 

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6. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At March 31, 2009, the fund had contributed capital of $53,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.03% of the fund’s net assets and 0.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2008, the fund had available realized losses of $27,520,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2017. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2009; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At March 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $266,451,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $60,943,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $4,335,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $65,278,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At March 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2009 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

E-mini S&P 500 Index

10

397

(14)

 

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

 

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Structured Broad Market Fund

 

D. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the fund purchased $117,034,000 of investment securities and sold $78,686,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

March 31, 2009

September 30, 2008

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

76

5

347

13

Redeemed

(7,968)

(308)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

76

5

(7,621)

(295)

Institutional Plus Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

38,778

1,259

58,835

1,175

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

1,876

58

3,142

58

Redeemed

(20,000)

(429)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Plus Shares

40,654

1,317

41,977

804

 

 

F. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 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.

 

The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments are summarized in three broad levels. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing 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).

 

The following table summarizes the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

 

 

 

Investments

Futures

 

in Securities

Contracts

Valuation Inputs

($000)

($000)

Level 1—Quoted prices

205,208

(14)

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs

300

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs

Total

205,508

(14)

 

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

 

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Your fund does not charge transaction fees, such as purchase or redemption fees, nor does it carry a “sales load.”

 

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.

 

 

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Six Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

 

9/30/2008

3/31/2009

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Structured Large-Cap Equity

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$683.12

$1.01

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

683.74

0.67

Structured Large-Cap Growth

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$730.91

$1.04

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

731.51

0.69

Structured Large-Cap Value

 

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$1,000.00

$642.70

$0.66

Structured Broad Market

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$680.70

$1.05

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

680.94

0.67

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Structured Large-Cap Equity

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.73

$1.21

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

1,024.13

0.81

Structured Large-Cap Growth

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.73

$1.21

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

1,024.13

0.81

Structured Large-Cap Value

 

 

 

Institutional Plus Shares

$1,000.00

$1,024.13

$0.81

Structured Broad Market

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.68

$1.26

Institutional Plus Shares

1,000.00

1,024.13

0.81

 

 

1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.24% for the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund Institutional Shares, 0.16% for the Institutional Plus Shares; 0.24% for the Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund Institutional Shares, 0.16% for the Institutional Plus Shares; 0.16% for the Structured Large-Cap Value Fund Institutional Plus Shares; 0.25% for the Structured Broad Market Fund Institutional Shares, 0.16% for the Institutional Plus Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

 

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

 

The board of trustees of Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund, Structured Large-Cap Growth Fund, Structured Large-Cap Value Fund, and Structured Broad Market Fund has renewed the funds’ investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. Vanguard—through its Quantitative Equity Group—serves as the investment advisor for the funds. The board determined that continuing the funds’ internalized management structure was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.

 

The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether or not the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.

 

Nature, extent, and quality of services

The board considered the quality of each fund’s investment management since its inception, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than 25 years. George U. Sauter, Vanguard managing director and chief investment officer, has been in the investment management business since 1985. Mr. Sauter has led the Quantitative Equity Group since 1987. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.

 

The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of each fund’s advisory arrangement.

 

Investment performance

The board considered the performance of each fund since its inception, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance of the relevant benchmark and peer group. The board concluded that the advisor has carried out each fund’s investment strategy in disciplined fashion, and that performance results have been within competitive norms. Information about the funds’ most recent performance can be found on the Performance Summary pages of this report.

 

Cost

The board concluded that each fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group. The board noted that each fund’s advisory expenses were also well below the peer-group average. Information about the funds’ expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements sections.

 

The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard, because of Vanguard’s unique “at-cost” structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees, and produces “profits” only in the form of reduced expenses for fund shareholders.

 

The benefit of economies of scale

The board concluded that each fund’s low-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.

 

The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.

 

 

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Glossary

 

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

 

Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.

 

Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.

 

Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

 

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by stocks or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.

 

Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.

 

Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

 

Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.

 

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

 

Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.

 

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

 

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Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.

 

Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (in the case of bonds) or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.

 

 

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

 

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

 

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 157 Vanguard funds.

 

The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at www.vanguard.com.

 

 

Chairman of the Board and Interested Trustee

Rajiv L. Gupta

 

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman

John J. Brennan1

and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co.

Born 1954. Trustee Since May 1987. Chairman of

(chemicals); President of Rohm and Haas Co.

the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five

(2006–2008); Board Member of American Chemistry

Years: Chairman of the Board and Director/Trustee of

Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified

The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment

manufacturing and services) and Hewlett-Packard Co.

companies served by The Vanguard Group; Chief

(electronic computer manufacturing); Trustee of The

Executive Officer and President of The Vanguard Group

Conference Board.

and of each of the investment companies served by The

 

Vanguard Group (1996–2008).

 

 

Amy Gutmann

 

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal

Independent Trustees

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of

 

the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School

Charles D. Ellis

of Arts and Sciences with Secondary Appointments

Born 1937. Trustee Since January 2001. Principal

at the Annenberg School for Communication and the

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Applecore

Graduate School of Education of the University of

Partners (pro bono ventures in education); Senior

Pennsylvania; Director of Carnegie Corporation of

Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business

New York, Schuylkill River Development Corporation,

strategy consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University;

and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce;

Overseer of the Stern School of Business at New York

Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for

 

Biomedical Research.

 

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

 

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal

Emerson U. Fullwood

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal

Corporate Vice President, Chief Global Diversity Officer,

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson &

Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North

Johnson (pharmaceuticals/consumer products); Vice

America and Corporate Vice President of Xerox

President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2005)

Corporation (photocopiers and printers); Director of

of Johnson & Johnson; Director of the University

SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing), the

Medical Center at Princeton and Women’s Research

United Way of Rochester, the Boy Scouts of America,

and Education Institute.

Amerigroup Corporation (direct health and medical

 

insurance carriers), and Monroe Community College

 

Foundation.

 

 

André F. Perold

F. William McNabb III1

 

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal

Born 1957. Chief Executive Officer Since August 2008.

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Gund

President Since March 2008. Principal Occupation(s)

Professor of Finance and Banking, Senior Associate

During the Past Five Years: Director of The Vanguard

Dean, and Director of Faculty Recruiting, Harvard

Group, Inc., since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and

Business School; Director and Chairman of UNX, Inc.

President of The Vanguard Group and of each of the

(equities trading firm); Chair of the Investment

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC (private

since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation;

investment firm).

Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

Heidi Stam1

 

Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal

Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman,

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of

Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc., since 2006;

NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/

General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since 2005;

lignite); Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial

Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the

products/aircraft systems and services).

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

 

since 2005; Director and Senior Vice President of

 

Vanguard Marketing Corporation since 2005; Principal

J. Lawrence Wilson

of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006).

Born 1936. Trustee Since April 1985. Principal

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and

Vanguard Senior Management Team

Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel

 

 

engines) and AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical

 

 

distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University and of

R. Gregory Barton

Michael S. Miller

Culver Educational Foundation.

Mortimer J. Buckley

James M. Norris

 

Kathleen C. Gubanich

Glenn W. Reed

 

Paul A. Heller

George U. Sauter

Executive Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founder

 

Thomas J. Higgins1

 

 

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September

 

 

2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five

John C. Bogle

 

Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

Financial Officer of each of the investment companies

 

 

served by The Vanguard Group since 2008; Treasurer

 

 

of each of the investment companies served by The

 

 

Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathryn J. Hyatt1

 

 

Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal

 

 

Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of

 

 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the

 

 

investment companies served by The Vanguard

 

 

Group since 2008; Assistant Treasurer of each of the

 

 

investment companies served by The Vanguard Group

 

 

(1988–2008).

 

 

 

 

1 These individuals are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

 

 


 

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All comparative mutual fund data are from Lipper Inc.

 

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You can obtain a free copy of Vanguard’s proxy voting

 

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Text Telephone for People

and searching for “proxy voting guidelines,” or by

With Hearing Impairment > 800-952-3335

calling Vanguard at 800-662-2739. The guidelines are

 

also available from the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.

 

In addition, you may obtain a free report on how your

This material may be used in conjunction

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with the offering of shares of any Vanguard

the 12 months ended June 30. To get the report, visit

fund only if preceded or accompanied by

either www.vanguard.com or www.sec.gov.

the fund’s current prospectus.

 

 

 

 

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To find out more about this public service, call the SEC

 

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Item 2: Not Applicable.

 

Item 3: Not Applicable.

 

Item 4: Not Applicable.

 

Item 5: Not Applicable.

 

Item 6: Not Applicable.

 

Item 7: Not Applicable.

 

Item 8: Not Applicable.

 

Item 9: Not Applicable.

 

Item 10: Not Applicable.

 

Item 11: 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. There were no significant changes in Registrant’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Item 12: Exhibits.

 

 

(a)

Code of Ethics.

 

(b)

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 QUANTITATIVE FUNDS

 

 

By:

/s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*

 

F. WILLIAM MCNABB III

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

Date: May 18, 2009

 

 

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 QUANTITATIVE FUNDS

 

 

By:

/s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*

 

F. WILLIAM MCNABB III

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

Date: May 18, 2009

 

 

 

VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDS

 

 

By:

/s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*

 

THOMAS J. HIGGINS

 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

 

Date: May 18, 2009

 

 

* By: /s/ Heidi Stam

 

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2008, see file Number 2-29601, Incorporated by Reference; and pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on September 26, 2008, see File Number 2-47371, Incorporated by Reference.