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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: 811-04526

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, 2011 – September 30, 2012

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 

Annual Report | September 30, 2012
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

 


 

> Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned about 31% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

> For the 12-month period, the fund outpaced both its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, and its large-capitalization core fund peers.

> Stocks in the information technology, financial, and consumer discretionary sectors helped fuel the fund’s advance.

 

Contents  
Your Fund’s Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisors’ Report. 8
Fund Profile. 13
Performance Summary. 14
Financial Statements. 16
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 36
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 37
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. 39
Glossary. 41

 

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.

See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.

About the cover: Our cover photograph shows rigging on the HMSSurprise, a replica of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate. It was featured in the 2003 movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which was based on Patrick O’Brian’s sea novels, set amid the Napoleonic Wars. Vanguard was named for another ship of that era, the HMSVanguard, which was the flagship of British Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012  
 
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund  
Investor Shares 31.27%
Admiral™ Shares 31.40
S&P 500 Index 30.20
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 27.34

Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

 

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance        
September 30, 2011, Through September 30, 2012        
      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending Income Capital
  Share Price Share Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund        
Investor Shares $23.86 $30.73 $0.525 $0.000
Admiral Shares 38.97 50.18 0.910 0.000

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Global stock markets began the fiscal year strongly and, despite volatility in the middle of the period, finished on a high note with four straight monthly gains. In this robust environment, Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned about 31% for both Investor and Admiral Shares. The fund’s returns exceeded the return of its benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as well as the average return for its large-capitalization core fund peers.

The fund posted double-digit results in all ten market sectors for the 12-month period. Stocks in the information technology, financial, and consumer discretionary sectors were among the strongest performers.

Note: If you hold shares in a taxable account, you may wish to review the table and discussion of after-tax returns for the fiscal year, based on the highest tax braket, later in this report.

Stocks notched a powerful rally, with help from central bankers
U.S. stocks surged 30% in the 12 months ended September 30, 2012, outpacing the gains of their international counterparts. The rally came amid moves by U.S. and European central bankers to quiet—at least temporarily—investors’ concerns about the U.S. economy and the finances of European governments and banks.

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Although U.S. stocks were the standouts, European and emerging markets stocks also posted double-digit results. The developed markets of the Pacific region were the weakest performers but still recorded a modest advance.

In July, the president of the European Central Bank declared that policymakers would do whatever was needed to preserve the euro common currency.

That pronouncement was encouraging to investors, but Europe’s financial troubles are by no means resolved. Vanguard economists believe the most likely scenario is that the Eurozone will “muddle through” for several years, with occasional spikes in market volatility, as fiscal tightening continues in the face of weak economic growth.

Market Barometer      
 
    Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2012
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 30.06% 13.27% 1.22%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 31.91 12.99 2.21
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 13.29 1.53
MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) 14.48 3.17 -4.12
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 5.16% 6.19% 6.53%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 8.32 5.99 6.06
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 0.08 0.63
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.99% 2.33% 2.11%

 

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Bonds produced solid returns; future results may be more muted
Bonds once again advanced; the broad U.S. taxable market returned about 5% for the 12 months. Among U.S. Treasuries, long-term bonds were particularly strong as they benefited from the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program.

As bond prices rose, the yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to a record low in July, closing below 1.5%. (Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions.) By the end of the period, the yield had climbed, but it still remained low by historical standards.

Bondholders have enjoyed years of strong returns. But as Tim Buckley, our incoming chief investment officer, has noted, investors shouldn’t be surprised if future results are much more modest. As yields tumble, the scope for further declines—and price increases—diminishes.

The Federal Reserve announced on September 13 that it would continue to hold its target for short-term interest rates between 0% and 0.25% at least through mid-2015. The exceptionally low rates, in place since late 2008, kept a tight lid on returns from money market funds and savings accounts.

Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Growth and Income Fund 0.34% 0.23% 1.19%

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.25% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information through year-end 2011.

Peer group: Large-Cap Core Funds.

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Strong stock selection boosted the fund’s returns
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund seeks to outperform the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The fund’s quantitative investment approach results in risk and sector profiles that are similar to those of its benchmark index, while providing broad exposure to a diverse group of large- and mid-cap U.S. companies.

During the past 12 months, the fund met its objective of outpacing the S&P 500 Index while maintaining sector weightings and other portfolio characteristics similar to those of the index. Information technology stocks—which constituted about 20% of the fund’s holdings, on average, during the period—contributed to the advance, adding more than 6 percentage points to total returns. The advisors’ strong stock selection in computer companies—especially those that have capitalized on the high demand for smartphones and tablets—also boosted the fund’s results relative to the benchmark.

Financial and consumer discretionary stocks also added significantly to total returns. Consumer finance stocks and REITs were among the top contributors to the fund’s strong overall showing in financials. The fund’s holdings among insurance firms and diversified financial services companies tempered results somewhat.

Total Returns  
Ten Years Ended September 30, 2012  
  Average
  Annual Return
Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares 7.11%
S&P 500 Index 8.01
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 6.30
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.  

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (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 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.

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Within the consumer discretionary category, the shares of retailers, including internet retailers, helped elevate returns. The fund also benefited from its holdings in energy and consumer staples stocks.

An approach designed for competitive performance
For the ten-year period ended September 30, 2012, Investor Shares of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned an average of 7.11% a year, trailing the 8.01% average annual return of the fund’s benchmark index. The fund outperformed the 6.30% average annual return of large-cap core funds.

Last year, the fund restructured its advisory arrangement, moving from a single manager to a multimanager approach. The early results have been consistent with our expectation that the fund is well-positioned to deliver competitive long-term returns. The fund’s three talented advisory teams are aided in their efforts by its low costs.

The lessons of the financial crisis remain relevant four years later
In September, the end of your fund’s fiscal year, we marked the fourth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the start of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. When the Lehman news broke, I was speaking to institutional clients at an event in Washington, D.C., all of three weeks into my new role as Vanguard’s CEO.

In the ensuing months, I was struck both by how fortunate I was to work with a great team of Vanguard “crew” and by the remarkable steadiness demonstrated by our clients. Many clients experienced significant losses, but signs of panic were few. On balance, they remained committed to their long-term investment programs and managed to benefit from the financial markets’ subsequent recovery.

As the crisis recedes further in time, it’s important not to lose sight of the lessons that it illuminated about investing and sound financial practices generally. First among those lessons is that diversification does work. Diversification didn’t immunize investors from the market’s decline, but it certainly helped to insulate them from the worst of it.

Second, saving money and living within your means are critical. Investors are acting on this lesson as they pay off debt, which is a form of saving, and increase their savings rates from the dangerously low levels that prevailed before the crisis.

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Third, having the courage to stick with a sound investment plan—as so many of our clients did—is important during volatile, uncertain times. Investors who resisted the urge to bail out of stocks at the depths of the crisis have largely been rewarded in the succeeding years.

I am very optimistic that, if investors embrace these lessons, they can give themselves a better chance of reaching their long-term goals.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 11, 2012

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Advisors’ Report

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund’s Investor Shares returned 31.27% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2012. The Admiral Shares returned 31.40%. The benchmark S&P 500 Index returned 30.20%, while the average return of large-cap core funds was 27.34%.

Your fund is managed by three independent advisors, a strategy that enhances the fund’s diversification by providing exposure to distinct, yet complementary, investment approaches. It is not uncommon for different advisors

to have different views about individual securities or the broader investment environment.

The advisors, the percentage of fund assets each manages, and brief descriptions of their investment strategies are presented in the table below. The advisors have also prepared a discussion of the investment environment that existed during the fiscal year and of how the portfolio’s positioning reflects this assessment. These comments were prepared on October 17, 2012.

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund Investment Advisors
 
  Fund Assets Managed  
Investment Advisor % $ Million Investment Strategy
Vanguard Equity Investment 33 1,446 Employs a quantitative, fundamental management
Group     approach, using models that assess valuation, growth
      prospects, management decisions, market sentiment,
      and earnings quality of companies versus their peers.
D. E. Shaw Investment 33 1,442 Employs quantitative models that seek to capture
Management, L.L.C.     predominantly “bottom up” stock-specific return
      opportunities while aiming to keep the portfolio’s
      sector weights, size, and style characteristics similar to
      the benchmark.
Los Angeles Capital 33 1,432 Employs a quantitative model that emphasizes stocks
      with characteristics investors are currently seeking and
      underweights stocks with characteristics investors are
      currently avoiding. The portfolio’s sector weights, size,
      and style characteristics may differ modestly from the
      benchmark in a risk-controlled manner.
Cash Investments 1 69 These short-term reserves are invested by Vanguard in
      equity index products to simulate investments in
      stocks. Each advisor also may maintain a modest cash
      position.

 

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D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C.

Portfolio Manager:
Anthony Foley, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer

Macroeconomic pressures such as Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and concerns about slowing growth, particularly in the United States, significantly affected U.S. equity markets during the fiscal year. The European crisis dominated perceptions of equity valuations in the early part of the fourth quarter of 2011. However, positive news suggesting that the U.S. economy was recovering, albeit slowly, began to outweigh negative news from Europe toward the end of the fourth quarter. This appeared to help drive equity markets higher, and that trend continued through the first quarter of 2012 amid signs that the U.S. economy was gaining strength.

The start of the second quarter saw investor sentiment shift as markets pulled back from the “risk-on” trade that dominated the first quarter. Those macro headwinds abated to some extent in the third quarter when the European Central Bank unveiled new policy initiatives to address the Eurozone crisis, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced another round of quantitative easing, and considerable speculation swirled that China would relax monetary policy to reinvigorate economic growth.

We generally attribute portfolio performance to three major sources: bottom-up stock selection; exposure to common risk factors such as value, growth, and market capitalization; and exposure to industry groups. Based on our analysis, the vast majority of our portfolio’s performance was attributable to stock selection. Among the biggest contributors to the portfolio’s excess return over the period were overweight positions in Apple, Marathon Petroleum, and priceline.com. The three largest single-stock detractors from excess return were overweights in Marvell Technology Group, International Flavors & Fragrances, and Occidental Petroleum.

Common risk factors had a modest positive net impact on the portfolio’s relative performance. The largest single positive contribution was a modest tilt toward stocks with high earnings estimates, and the largest detractor was a tilt toward higher-volatility stocks. Industry and sector exposures modestly influenced excess return. The net impact of sector and industry deviations from benchmark weights on portfolio returns over the fiscal year was modestly positive. The largest positive contributor to excess return was the building supplies industry; the largest detractor was the drug research, biotechnology, and therapeutics industry.

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We believe that substantial disappointment about prospects for economic growth in the United States and globally in general or a resurgence of concerns about Europe’s debt crisis—or both—remain clear risks. Furthermore, absent a concrete plan by the U.S. government to address the federal deficit, the consequences of the so-called fiscal cliff—that is, reduced government outlays and the expiration of certain tax cuts—could play an increasingly important role in the deliberations of market participants in coming quarters.

Los Angeles Capital

Portfolio Managers:
Thomas D. Stevens, CFA, Chairman and Principal

Hal W. Reynolds, CFA,
Chief Investment Officer and Principal

The S&P 500 Index gained 30.20% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, generating significant gains in three out of four quarters. Market participation was broad, with all sectors except utilities generating returns exceeding 20%. With downward revisions in global growth rates, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve have taken aggressive steps to ward off deflationary risks. Over the past 18 months, long-term U.S. Treasury yields fell from 4.51% to 2.83%, with real yields falling from 1.88% to only 0.43%. Despite lower growth rates and an expectation of negative earnings growth for S&P 500 constituents for the trailing year, the surge in prices suggests that investors think the Fed will ultimately succeed in stimulating growth without introducing unwanted inflation.

An analysis of equity factors over this period shows that size, momentum, and earnings quality contributed positively to return. The largest companies with strong balance sheets, higher-quality earnings, and positive estimate revisions generally performed the best. The banking industry benefited most directly from the Fed’s aggressive steps, rising 48%. Although riskier, more volatile securities rebounded in anticipation of monetary easing, it is interesting to note that the market again turned cautious one day after the Fed’s September 13 announcement of the third round of easing, suggesting that the Fed’s influence in supporting asset prices may be nearing an end.

Equity risk as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index fell from 38.8% one year ago to 15.7% at the end of September, a level close to the index’s long-term average. Although falling volatilities suggest that investors’ financial concerns have for the moment subsided, investors must further recognize that three significant risks are on the horizon. First, how will fiscal deleveraging affect growth rates? Second, how will central banks control inflation when growth rates pick up? And finally, how will increased regulation in the financial and health care sectors affect productivity?

Over the 12-month period, the portfolio maintained its bias toward higher-quality, lower-beta securities. Portfolio attribution shows that an underweighting in four large banks—JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citigroup—detracted from returns. Adding value was positive stock selection in technology, consumer

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staples, consumer discretionary, and utilities, where we favored larger-cap companies with high earnings quality.

Despite strong equity returns over the past year, our models remain defensive. We continue to favor larger companies with strong balance sheets and high earnings quality and above-average payout ratios. We remain underweighted in riskier, more speculative companies. Our largest sector overweight is in finance, and our largest underweights are in energy and technology.

Vanguard Equity Investment Group

Portfolio Managers:
James D. Troyer, CFA, Principal
James P. Stetler, Principal
Michael R. Roach, CFA

For the 12-month period ended September 30, 2012, the Growth and Income Fund’s Investor Shares returned 31.27%, outperforming the fund’s benchmark’s gain of 30.20%. The full fiscal year presented two very different halves. For the first six months, large-cap stocks, the focus of your investment in the fund, rose sharply, gaining almost 26%. By the second half, however, the market’s momentum slowed dramatically, moving ahead by 3%. Although all ten sector groups generated positive returns within the benchmark, results were best in consumer discretionary, telecommunications, and financial companies. Utilities and consumer staples results were the laggards within the large-cap stock universe.

Equity markets have staged quite a rally since last fall, but investor concerns and economic uncertainty are still prominent. The United States faces a “fiscal cliff” scenario that could send us into recession if not resolved, and investors have renewed worries over the Eurozone crisis and slowing growth in China. Add to that stagnant employment, election-year uncertainty, and a lack of clarity on corporate profits, and it’s easy to see why investors’ appetite for riskier assets may be put on hold for a while. Market volatility, though it declined substantially during this period, is likely to persist amid our unresolved budget, deficit, and employment problems and anemic world economic growth.

Although it’s important to understand how these macro factors affect overall portfolio performance, our approach to investing focuses on specific stock fundamentals and employs five components:

Valuation, which measures the price we pay for earnings and cash flows.

Growth, which considers the growth of earnings as a factor in how much we pay for them.

Management decisions, which assesses the actions taken by company management that signal its informed opinions regarding a firm’s prospects and earnings.

Market sentiment, which captures how investors reflect their opinions of a company through their activity in the market.

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Quality, which measures balance-sheet strength and the sustainability of earnings.

Our risk-control process then neutralizes our exposure to market capitalization, volatility, and industry risks relative to our benchmark. In our view, the rewards available do not justify such risk exposures.

The results from our stock selection model continued the trend from the first six months of the year. Our quality and management decisions indicators were effective in distinguishing the outperformers from the underperformers, whereas our valuation indicator was ineffective and detracted from our results. The portfolio experienced modest gains from our growth and market sentiment signals.

The model’s effectiveness across sectors was strong, as we produced positive stock selection results in seven of the ten sectors in the benchmark. The materials, consumer discretionary, and energy sectors in the portfolio performed the best. Utilities, health care, and consumer staples underperformed.

At the individual stock level, the largest contributors came from overweight positions in Marathon Petroleum, CF Industries, and Constellation Brands. In addition, when comparing the portfolio’s performance to that of its benchmark, we benefited from underweighting or avoiding poor-performing stocks such as Hewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, and Unum Group.

Unfortunately, we could not avoid all poor performers. Overweight positions in Helmerich & Payne and Goodyear Tire & Rubber directly lowered performance. Underweighting companies such as Walt Disney, Google, and Visa that our model’s fundamentals did not positively identify hurt our overall outperformance relative to our benchmark.

Although we cannot predict how broader political or economic events will affect the markets, we are confident that the stock market will provide worthwhile returns for long-term investors. With that in mind, we believe that equity exposure will continue to play an important part in a diversified investment plan.

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

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Growth and Income Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2012

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VQNPX VGIAX
Expense Ratio1 0.34% 0.23%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.93% 2.04%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 841 500 3,638
Median Market Cap $65.4B $57.5B $35.6B
Price/Earnings Ratio 15.4x 16.1x 17.0x
Price/Book Ratio 2.2x 2.2x 2.2x
Return on Equity 18.5% 19.3% 18.0%
Earnings Growth Rate 10.8% 10.6% 10.4%
Dividend Yield 2.3% 2.1% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 102%
Short-Term Reserves 0.4%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index Index
Consumer Discretionary 11.6% 11.0% 12.0%
Consumer Staples 10.5 10.9 9.5
Energy 10.8 11.3 10.4
Financials 16.1 14.6 16.0
Health Care 11.5 12.0 11.9
Industrials 9.6 9.8 10.6
Information Technology 20.2 20.1 19.2
Materials 3.0 3.5 3.9
Telecommunication      
Services 3.3 3.3 2.9
Utilities 3.4 3.5 3.6

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  S&P 500 Market
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.99
Beta 1.01 0.96

These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Computer Hardware 4.9%
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 3.4
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 2.3
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 2.1
Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals 2.0
International Business IT Consulting &  
Machines Corp. Other Services 2.0
Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 1.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.9
Philip Morris    
International Inc. Tobacco 1.8
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 1.7
Top Ten   24.0%

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

 

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.25% for Admiral Shares.

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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 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.

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2002, Through September 30, 2012
Initial Investment of $10,000


 
      Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2012  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Growth and Income Fund Investor        
  Shares 31.27% -0.23% 7.11% $19,880
••••••• S&P 500 Index 30.20 1.05 8.01 21,615
– – – Large-Cap Core Funds Average 27.34 -0.19 6.30 18,427
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Index 30.00 1.53 8.77 23,184
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $50,000
  Year Years Years Investment
Growth and Income Fund Admiral Shares 31.40% -0.11% 7.26% $100,811
S&P 500 Index 30.20 1.05 8.01 108,075
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 1.53 8.77 115,920

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Growth and Income Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2002, Through September 30, 2012


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Growth and Income Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2012

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 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 (98.2%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (11.4%)  
  Home Depot Inc. 700,632 42,297
  Comcast Corp. Class A 1,096,508 39,222
  Wyndham Worldwide    
  Corp. 519,234 27,249
  McDonald’s Corp. 270,524 24,821
* DIRECTV 426,957 22,398
* O’Reilly Automotive Inc. 252,746 21,135
* Amazon.com Inc. 79,430 20,201
  Viacom Inc. Class B 354,210 18,982
  TJX Cos. Inc. 408,947 18,317
  Walt Disney Co. 321,125 16,788
  Gap Inc. 424,116 15,175
  Macy’s Inc. 363,300 13,667
* priceline.com Inc. 21,643 13,391
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 437,100 13,218
  Time Warner Cable Inc. 136,300 12,957
  CBS Corp. Class B 314,504 11,426
  Time Warner Inc. 242,545 10,995
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber    
  Co. 658,395 8,026
  News Corp. Class A 323,518 7,936
  Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 414,200 7,907
  Expedia Inc. 136,340 7,886
* AutoZone Inc. 20,024 7,402
  Coach Inc. 131,610 7,373
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 172,800 7,322
  NIKE Inc. Class B 69,960 6,640
  Target Corp. 91,694 5,820
  Whirlpool Corp. 67,300 5,580
  Cablevision Systems Corp.    
  Class A 342,074 5,422
  H&R Block Inc. 294,200 5,098
  Ford Motor Co. 472,400 4,658
* TripAdvisor Inc. 136,436 4,493
  Limited Brands Inc. 86,810 4,276
  Starbucks Corp. 83,717 4,249
  Ralph Lauren Corp. Class A 27,733 4,194

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Genuine Parts Co. 65,966 4,026
  Washington Post Co.    
  Class B 10,800 3,921
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 136,100 2,340
  Ross Stores Inc. 35,580 2,298
* NVR Inc. 2,700 2,280
  Nordstrom Inc. 41,222 2,275
  Family Dollar Stores Inc. 33,771 2,239
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 49,800 1,947
* AutoNation Inc. 44,140 1,928
  Gannett Co. Inc. 98,914 1,756
* Dollar Tree Inc. 36,280 1,751
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc. 28,300 1,586
  Kohl’s Corp. 28,400 1,455
  Yum! Brands Inc. 20,300 1,347
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 20,900 1,317
  Harman International    
  Industries Inc. 28,500 1,316
  Starwood Hotels &    
  Resorts Worldwide Inc. 22,000 1,275
* Fossil Inc. 14,000 1,186
* Sears Holdings Corp. 20,700 1,149
  Omnicom Group Inc. 20,700 1,067
  Ameristar Casinos Inc. 57,480 1,023
* Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.    
  Class A 3,140 997
  Hasbro Inc. 22,807 871
  Domino’s Pizza Inc. 20,200 762
  Six Flags Entertainment    
  Corp. 11,346 667
* Fifth & Pacific Cos. Inc. 49,600 634
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 5,475 632
* Penn National Gaming Inc. 14,300 616
* Imax Corp. 25,674 511
* Live Nation Entertainment    
  Inc. 54,080 466
* Orbitz Worldwide Inc. 180,221 460

 

16

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  International Game    
  Technology 32,700 428
* Charter Communications Inc.    
  Class A 5,600 420
* Boyd Gaming Corp. 57,700 407
* Big Lots Inc. 13,168 390
  Movado Group Inc. 11,100 374
* Apollo Group Inc. Class A 9,800 285
* Biglari Holdings Inc. 746 272
* Liberty Media Corp. -    
  Liberty Capital Class A 2,200 229
  Signet Jewelers Ltd. 4,300 210
  Interpublic Group of    
  Cos. Inc. 18,535 206
  Churchill Downs Inc. 2,800 176
* Netflix Inc. 3,200 174
* Beazer Homes USA Inc. 48,500 172
  McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. 2,965 162
* Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. 5,300 133
* Barnes & Noble Inc. 10,200 130
* Liberty Global Inc. 2,200 124
  Scripps Networks    
  Interactive Inc. Class A 1,900 116
* Discovery Communications    
  Inc. Class A 1,950 116
  Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 3,400 115
* Liberty Global Inc. Class A 1,812 110
  Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. 4,300 94
* Office Depot Inc. 26,100 67
* Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. 4,880 60
* American Apparel Inc. 38,397 59
* Sears Hometown and    
  Outlet Stores Inc.    
  Rights Exp. 10/3/12 21,600 59
* Carter’s Inc. 1,091 59
  Blyth Inc. 2,200 57
  Christopher & Banks Corp. 16,200 57
* Bloomin’ Brands Inc. 3,300 54
  GameStop Corp. Class A 2,400 50
* LodgeNet Interactive Corp. 75,900 49
  Lear Corp. 1,300 49
* Capella Education Co. 1,200 42
* Overstock.com Inc. 4,000 41
  RadioShack Corp. 16,700 40
* New York & Co. Inc. 9,565 36
* Pandora Media Inc. 3,200 35
  Hooker Furniture Corp. 2,584 34
* Cumulus Media Inc. Class A 12,198 33
* Career Education Corp. 7,649 29
  Ambassadors Group Inc. 5,104 28
* Exide Technologies 8,800 27
* Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. 3,462 24
* Carmike Cinemas Inc. 1,875 21
* Lee Enterprises Inc. 14,075 21
* Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. 3,780 15

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* American Public Education    
  Inc. 400 15
* G-III Apparel Group Ltd. 400 14
  AH Belo Corp. Class A 2,937 14
  Universal Technical    
  Institute Inc. 889 12
* Ascena Retail Group Inc. 500 11
* Kirkland’s Inc. 950 9
* Pacific Sunwear of    
  California Inc. 3,700 9
* Meritage Homes Corp. 200 8
* Coldwater Creek Inc. 9,000 7
* Blue Nile Inc. 199 7
* Chuy’s Holdings Inc. 300 7
  Lennar Corp. Class A 197 7
  Nutrisystem Inc. 617 6
* Furniture Brands    
  International Inc. 4,200 6
* Valuevision Media    
  Inc. Class A 2,463 6
  Standard Motor Products Inc. 295 5
* Five Below Inc. 136 5
* School Specialty Inc. 2,200 5
  American Greetings Corp.    
  Class A 300 5
* Corinthian Colleges Inc. 2,000 5
* Reading International Inc.    
  Class A 800 5
* Education Management Corp. 1,300 4
* rue21 inc 120 4
* Body Central Corp. 300 3
* Express Inc. 200 3
* Vitacost.com Inc. 317 2
* MTR Gaming Group Inc. 500 2
  Fred’s Inc. Class A 100 1
* Summer Infant Inc. 500 1
      498,696
Consumer Staples (10.3%)    
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 860,881 77,428
  Procter & Gamble Co. 901,360 62,518
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 588,019 43,396
  Coca-Cola Co. 1,137,734 43,154
  CVS Caremark Corp. 640,540 31,015
  Kraft Foods Inc. 681,310 28,172
  Altria Group Inc. 736,048 24,577
  PepsiCo Inc. 325,851 23,060
  Kroger Co. 713,492 16,796
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 160,431 13,762
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 131,370 13,153
  Reynolds American Inc. 237,542 10,295
  Walgreen Co. 251,100 9,150
* Dean Foods Co. 553,630 9,052
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 73,932 7,927

 

17

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Constellation Brands Inc.    
  Class A 190,900 6,176
  Lorillard Inc. 42,439 4,942
  Dr Pepper Snapple Group    
  Inc. 92,301 4,110
  Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. 48,385 3,546
  General Mills Inc. 86,350 3,441
  Sysco Corp. 102,599 3,208
  HJ Heinz Co. 38,890 2,176
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.    
  Class A 35,221 2,169
  Beam Inc. 29,400 1,692
  Hormel Foods Corp. 43,700 1,278
  Clorox Co. 16,440 1,185
  Campbell Soup Co. 19,700 686
  ConAgra Foods Inc. 21,403 591
^ SUPERVALU Inc. 164,000 395
  Avon Products Inc. 21,500 343
  Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 17,100 274
* Smart Balance Inc. 10,913 132
  Hershey Co. 1,807 128
  Kellogg Co. 1,607 83
* Monster Beverage Corp. 1,400 76
* Cott Corp. 6,100 48
  B&G Foods Inc. Class A 1,000 30
  Energizer Holdings Inc. 300 22
* Post Holdings Inc. 700 21
* Dole Food Co. Inc. 800 11
* Natural Grocers by Vitamin    
  Cottage Inc. 467 10
  Safeway Inc. 400 6
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 200 5
* Synutra International Inc. 800 4
      450,243
Energy (10.6%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 1,610,014 147,236
  Chevron Corp. 719,642 83,881
  ConocoPhillips 661,894 37,847
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 363,295 31,265
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 476,300 26,001
  Schlumberger Ltd. 347,419 25,129
  Phillips 66 472,102 21,891
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 168,775 13,521
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 180,096 12,592
  EOG Resources Inc. 100,900 11,306
  Williams Cos. Inc. 284,900 9,963
  Spectra Energy Corp. 261,830 7,687
  Marathon Oil Corp. 241,600 7,144
  Devon Energy Corp. 98,891 5,983
  Tesoro Corp. 86,750 3,635
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 93,480 3,320
  Valero Energy Corp. 81,300 2,576
  Halliburton Co. 73,895 2,490
  Murphy Oil Corp. 37,840 2,032
* Nabors Industries Ltd. 133,900 1,879

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Denbury Resources Inc. 94,300 1,524
  Nexen Inc. 55,100 1,396
* Cameron International Corp. 15,600 875
  Hess Corp. 12,900 693
* WPX Energy Inc. 32,599 541
  Diamond Offshore    
  Drilling Inc. 7,700 507
  Baker Hughes Inc. 6,829 309
* Hercules Offshore Inc. 50,300 245
* SemGroup Corp. Class A 6,600 243
  SandRidge Mississippian    
  Trust II 11,500 234
  Peabody Energy Corp. 7,296 163
  W&T Offshore Inc. 8,600 161
* Cheniere Energy Inc. 10,200 159
* Ocean Rig UDW Inc. 9,458 154
* Renewable Energy Group    
  Inc. 11,100 74
* Lone Pine Resources Inc. 33,028 52
* Halcon Resources Corp. 5,100 37
* Willbros Group Inc. 4,900 26
* Cal Dive International Inc. 13,600 21
* Kosmos Energy Ltd. 1,400 16
  Noble Energy Inc. 169 16
* Uranium Resources Inc. 29,100 15
  Noble Corp. 400 14
* McDermott International Inc. 1,000 12
* EPL Oil & Gas Inc. 600 12
* Amyris Inc. 3,400 12
* Oil States International Inc. 100 8
* ZaZa Energy Corp. 2,464 7
* Endeavour International Corp. 700 7
  QEP Resources Inc. 200 6
* Newfield Exploration Co. 200 6
* Rentech Inc. 2,500 6
  CONSOL Energy Inc. 200 6
* Harvest Natural Resources    
  Inc. 600 5
* Alpha Natural Resources Inc. 814 5
* Gevo Inc. 1,200 3
  DHT Holdings Inc. 300 2
* Houston American Energy    
  Corp. 1,404 1
      464,951
Exchange-Traded Fund (0.1%)    
  SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 45,400 6,534
 
Financials (15.8%)    
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2,144,180 74,039
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1,471,411 59,563
* American International    
  Group Inc. 1,189,390 39,000
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 404,924 35,714
  US Bancorp 1,041,024 35,707

 

18

 

Growth and Income Fund

    Market
    Value
  Shares ($000)
Bank of America Corp. 3,996,930 35,293
American Express Co. 516,585 29,373
Citigroup Inc. 720,900 23,588
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 174,050 19,786
CME Group Inc. 286,290 16,404
Discover Financial Services 389,370 15,470
Torchmark Corp. 280,900 14,424
Simon Property Group Inc. 94,600 14,361
Equity Residential 248,855 14,317
Fifth Third Bancorp 859,100 13,325
Marsh & McLennan Cos.    
Inc. 380,475 12,910
Invesco Ltd. 485,255 12,127
State Street Corp. 287,881 12,080
SLM Corp. 681,956 10,720
Allstate Corp. 250,100 9,906
HCP Inc. 221,345 9,845
Assurant Inc. 215,500 8,038
American Tower    
Corporation 112,455 8,028
Public Storage 51,839 7,214
Health Care REIT Inc. 116,000 6,699
Kimco Realty Corp. 327,320 6,635
NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. 278,642 6,491
MetLife Inc. 185,100 6,379
Prudential Financial Inc. 112,900 6,154
Prologis Inc. 175,300 6,141
BB&T Corp. 183,800 6,095
AvalonBay Communities    
Inc. 43,291 5,887
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 100,884 5,719
Progressive Corp. 267,833 5,555
BlackRock Inc. 30,920 5,513
Capital One Financial Corp. 92,634 5,281
Aon plc 99,800 5,219
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 311,400 4,998
Legg Mason Inc. 191,992 4,738
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. 74,701 4,729
Travelers Cos. Inc. 68,216 4,656
NYSE Euronext 175,400 4,324
SunTrust Banks Inc. 138,300 3,910
Ventas Inc. 61,200 3,810
Bank of New York Mellon    
Corp. 167,213 3,782
Federated Investors Inc.    
Class B 173,339 3,586
M&T Bank Corp. 36,689 3,491
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. 78,386 3,436
Chubb Corp. 38,409 2,930
Hudson City Bancorp Inc. 331,800 2,641
PNC Financial Services    
Group Inc. 41,439 2,615
Unum Group 134,700 2,589
Apartment Investment &    
Management Co. Class A 90,756 2,359

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Loews Corp. 52,800 2,179
  People’s United    
  Financial Inc. 178,492 2,167
  Granite Real Estate Inc. 58,970 2,117
  Equity Lifestyle    
  Properties Inc. 30,871 2,103
  Morgan Stanley 91,200 1,527
  Erie Indemnity Co. Class A 22,889 1,471
* IntercontinentalExchange    
  Inc. 10,500 1,401
* Genworth Financial Inc.    
  Class A 244,070 1,277
  Aflac Inc. 25,387 1,216
  Vornado Realty Trust 12,300 997
  Newcastle Investment    
  Corp. 122,300 921
  Huntington Bancshares Inc. 96,200 664
  Northern Trust Corp. 12,993 603
  XL Group plc Class A 24,467 588
  Lincoln National Corp. 20,039 485
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 47,500 458
  Symetra Financial Corp. 34,800 428
  ACE Ltd. 5,400 408
  Prospect Capital Corp. 30,500 351
* Alleghany Corp. 1,000 345
  Starwood Property Trust Inc. 13,700 319
  American Assets Trust Inc. 10,853 291
* NewStar Financial Inc. 23,000 276
* Popular Inc. 15,300 267
* First Industrial Realty    
  Trust Inc. 17,800 234
  RLI Corp. 3,200 213
  KeyCorp 22,200 194
  Taubman Centers Inc. 2,300 176
* eHealth Inc. 8,950 168
* Central Pacific Financial Corp. 11,300 162
  White Mountains    
  Insurance Group Ltd. 300 154
* First BanCorp 32,200 142
  Retail Properties of    
  America Inc. 12,400 140
  MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 4,397 139
  Potlatch Corp. 3,500 131
  Endurance Specialty    
  Holdings Ltd. 2,900 112
  Washington REIT 3,500 94
  Cash America    
  International Inc. 1,700 66
  Medley Capital Corp. 3,100 44
  EverBank Financial Corp. 2,864 39
  United Fire Group Inc. 1,453 37
* Ezcorp Inc. Class A 1,500 34
  Sterling Financial Corp. 1,500 33
* Hilltop Holdings Inc. 2,400 31

 

19

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Healthcare Trust of    
  America Inc. 3,100 30
* FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. 5,300 25
  SeaBright Holdings Inc. 2,200 24
  Kilroy Realty Corp. 500 22
* Southwest Bancorp Inc. 2,042 22
  RLJ Lodging Trust 1,100 21
  First Financial Bankshares Inc. 500 18
* Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. 1,600 18
* HomeTrust Bancshares Inc. 1,300 17
  Rouse Properties Inc. 1,200 17
  Terreno Realty Corp. 1,054 17
  Willis Group Holdings plc 400 15
  Post Properties Inc. 300 14
  Primerica Inc. 500 14
  Piedmont Office Realty    
  Trust Inc. Class A 800 14
  Principal Financial Group Inc. 507 14
  Extra Space Storage Inc. 400 13
* Strategic Hotels &    
  Resorts Inc. 1,900 11
  Western Asset    
  Mortgage Capital Corp. 500 11
  Getty Realty Corp. 569 10
* HFF Inc. Class A 600 9
  Old Republic International    
  Corp. 900 8
  Winthrop Realty Trust 700 8
  Acadia Realty Trust 299 7
* Phoenix Cos. Inc. 226 7
* FBR & Co. 2,060 6
  STAG Industrial Inc. 335 5
  Old National Bancorp 300 4
  Provident New York Bancorp 400 4
  FBL Financial Group Inc.    
  Class A 101 3
  AmREIT Inc. Class B 200 3
* Preferred Bank 196 3
  Heritage Financial Group Inc. 209 3
* Virginia Commerce    
  Bancorp Inc. 300 3
  Investors Real Estate Trust 300 2
  Parkway Properties Inc. 176 2
  NGP Capital Resources Co. 300 2
* Global Indemnity plc 100 2
* Netspend Holdings Inc. 211 2
* Citizens Republic Bancorp    
  Inc. 100 2
  SI Financial Group Inc. 100 1
  MidSouth Bancorp Inc. 6
      693,229
Health Care (11.3%)    
  Pfizer Inc. 3,606,279 89,616
  Johnson & Johnson 861,193 59,345
  Merck & Co. Inc. 1,219,666 55,007

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Abbott Laboratories 468,649 32,131
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 547,998 30,365
  Eli Lilly & Co. 534,792 25,354
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 611,132 20,626
  Amgen Inc. 184,826 15,585
  McKesson Corp. 170,970 14,709
  Baxter International Inc. 184,868 11,140
  Aetna Inc. 250,320 9,913
  WellPoint Inc. 168,912 9,799
* Biogen Idec Inc. 62,949 9,394
  Covidien plc 151,900 9,026
* Celgene Corp. 115,660 8,836
  Cardinal Health Inc. 211,610 8,246
  Zimmer Holdings Inc. 118,300 7,999
* Mylan Inc. 312,900 7,635
* DaVita Inc. 64,300 6,662
  Thermo Fisher Scientific    
  Inc. 112,711 6,631
  Allergan Inc. 63,300 5,797
* Gilead Sciences Inc. 78,800 5,227
* Tenet Healthcare Corp. 764,185 4,791
  Medtronic Inc. 106,410 4,588
  Becton Dickinson and Co. 54,002 4,242
* Life Technologies Corp. 86,700 4,238
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.    
  Class A 102,810 3,980
* Forest Laboratories Inc. 109,447 3,897
  Humana Inc. 47,716 3,347
* Alexion Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 28,900 3,306
  Stryker Corp. 41,110 2,288
* XenoPort Inc. 123,600 1,416
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. 2,822 1,399
* Boston Scientific Corp. 212,800 1,221
* CareFusion Corp. 34,899 991
* Illumina Inc. 20,100 969
* Allscripts Healthcare    
  Solutions Inc. 50,388 626
  HCA Holdings Inc. 12,502 416
  Patterson Cos. Inc. 11,252 385
* Medivation Inc. 6,400 361
* Watson Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 4,000 341
  Teleflex Inc. 4,900 337
  PerkinElmer Inc. 9,280 273
* PharMerica Corp. 21,100 267
* Emergent Biosolutions Inc. 17,100 243
* Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc. 11,800 225
* Pain Therapeutics Inc. 41,997 212
* Sequenom Inc. 59,100 209
* Questcor    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 8,400 155
*,^ StemCells Inc. 70,751 146
* ViroPharma Inc. 4,500 136
* Theravance Inc. 5,200 135

 

20

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Threshold    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 17,300 125
* MEDNAX Inc. 1,600 119
* Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 19,500 89
* Health Net Inc. 3,900 88
* Array BioPharma Inc. 14,451 85
* LCA-Vision Inc. 20,797 84
* Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. 10,172 77
* MedAssets Inc. 4,076 73
* AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. 4,016 71
* Omeros Corp. 6,371 60
* Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. 8,785 50
* HealthSouth Corp. 2,000 48
* AngioDynamics Inc. 3,942 48
* Exelixis Inc. 9,600 46
* Neuralstem Inc. 34,069 43
* BioDelivery Sciences    
  International Inc. 5,700 36
* Keryx Biopharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 11,800 33
* Nanosphere Inc. 9,700 32
* Optimer Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 2,247 32
* Cambrex Corp. 2,700 32
* Santarus Inc. 3,300 29
* TranS1 Inc. 10,180 27
  Invacare Corp. 1,869 26
* ACADIA Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 10,415 26
* Globus Medical Inc. 1,400 25
* Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2,100 22
* Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. 2,800 19
* SIGA Technologies Inc. 5,900 19
* Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. 800 19
* GTx Inc. 3,100 14
* Arqule Inc. 2,647 13
* Staar Surgical Co. 1,400 11
* Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1,520 11
  Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. 300 9
* Biosante Pharmaceuticals Inc. 4,189 8
* Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. 900 7
* Discovery Laboratories Inc. 2,100 7
* Hospira Inc. 200 7
* Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. 300 6
* Hologic Inc. 227 5
* Biolase Inc. 2,350 4
* Myrexis Inc. 1,550 4
* Pacific Biosciences of    
  California Inc. 2,000 4
* Repligen Corp. 612 4
* Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. 300 3
* Anika Therapeutics Inc. 200 3
* Masimo Corp. 116 3
* Pozen Inc. 300 2
* SurModics Inc. 89 2

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Ventrus Biosciences Inc. 400 1
* Gentiva Health Services Inc. 101 1
* Accretive Health Inc. 100 1
* Alimera Sciences Inc. 400 1
      495,797
Industrials (9.4%)    
  General Electric Co. 4,425,774 100,509
  Union Pacific Corp. 219,588 26,065
  General Dynamics Corp. 384,481 25,422
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 296,393 21,213
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 205,574 19,197
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 286,692 19,045
  Caterpillar Inc. 214,821 18,483
  Tyco International Ltd. 326,980 18,396
  Raytheon Co. 314,049 17,951
  Boeing Co. 212,250 14,777
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 249,400 11,178
  United Technologies Corp. 129,350 10,127
  Parker Hannifin Corp. 116,720 9,755
  L-3 Communications    
  Holdings Inc. 120,964 8,674
  CSX Corp. 409,686 8,501
  Equifax Inc. 180,000 8,384
  Textron Inc. 306,900 8,032
  Emerson Electric Co. 117,529 5,673
  Honeywell International Inc. 94,169 5,627
  3M Co. 59,180 5,469
  Republic Services Inc.    
  Class A 189,900 5,224
  Precision Castparts Corp. 31,037 5,070
  Norfolk Southern Corp. 61,802 3,932
  Southwest Airlines Co. 443,600 3,890
  Xylem Inc. 119,271 3,000
  Cintas Corp. 67,600 2,802
  Covanta Holding Corp. 136,800 2,347
  Cummins Inc. 25,197 2,323
  Waste Management Inc. 69,500 2,230
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 36,650 2,180
  Pentair Inc. 42,500 1,892
* Sensata Technologies    
  Holding NV 51,900 1,545
* Verisk Analytics Inc. Class A 30,700 1,462
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 18,937 1,317
  C.H. Robinson    
  Worldwide Inc. 20,500 1,200
  Iron Mountain Inc. 28,300 965
  WW Grainger Inc. 4,266 889
  Fluor Corp. 14,918 840
  Avery Dennison Corp. 26,100 831
* Nielsen Holdings NV 20,200 606
  Expeditors International    
  of Washington Inc. 16,400 596
  AAR Corp. 32,274 530
* EnerNOC Inc. 40,000 519

 

21

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Ryder System Inc. 11,631 454
* Old Dominion Freight    
  Line Inc. 14,500 437
  Robert Half International Inc. 16,200 431
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 5,300 422
* Genesee & Wyoming Inc.    
  Class A 5,500 368
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 22,300 308
  Towers Watson & Co.    
  Class A 5,300 281
* Babcock & Wilcox Co. 11,000 280
* Swift Transportation Co. 32,240 278
* Engility Holdings Inc. 14,297 264
* Shaw Group Inc. 6,000 262
  Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 3,000 229
* DigitalGlobe Inc. 9,309 190
* FuelCell Energy Inc. 188,700 166
  Roper Industries Inc. 1,500 165
  Cooper Industries plc 1,740 131
* Spirit Aerosystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 4,700 104
* Huntington Ingalls    
  Industries Inc. 2,200 93
  US Ecology Inc. 4,259 92
* Odyssey Marine    
  Exploration Inc. 26,700 84
* Fuel Tech Inc. 20,100 84
  Costamare Inc. 4,900 75
* AerCap Holdings NV 5,900 74
  Rollins Inc. 3,141 73
* Nortek Inc. 1,304 71
  Quad/Graphics Inc. 4,000 68
  Brink’s Co. 2,200 57
  Albany International Corp. 2,200 48
  American Science &    
  Engineering Inc. 682 45
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 3,075 41
* Rexnord Corp. 2,100 38
* Teledyne Technologies Inc. 400 25
  Crane Co. 600 24
* Esterline Technologies Corp. 400 22
* Pendrell Corp. 18,600 21
  H&E Equipment    
  Services Inc. 1,400 17
  Apogee Enterprises Inc. 850 17
  Star Bulk Carriers Corp. 27,146 16
* Federal Signal Corp. 2,574 16
* American Reprographics Co. 3,710 16
* CRA International Inc. 900 16
* Xerium Technologies Inc. 4,427 16
  Heartland Express Inc. 1,100 15
  Harsco Corp. 700 14
  Safe Bulkers Inc. 2,300 13
  Mueller Water Products Inc.    
  Class A 2,700 13

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* WABCO Holdings Inc. 200 12
  Alliant Techsystems Inc. 200 10
* NCI Building Systems Inc. 900 9
* Jacobs Engineering    
  Group Inc. 200 8
* Pacer International Inc. 1,949 8
  Fastenal Co. 170 7
* Zipcar Inc. 900 7
  Encore Wire Corp. 233 7
* Quality Distribution Inc. 600 6
* GeoEye Inc. 200 5
  Kaman Corp. 135 5
  Aceto Corp. 482 5
* AECOM Technology Corp. 200 4
  Briggs & Stratton Corp. 216 4
* MYR Group Inc. 200 4
* Performant Financial Corp. 361 4
  John Bean Technologies    
  Corp. 200 3
* CPI Aerostructures Inc. 300 3
* Tecumseh Products Co.    
  Class A 568 3
  Acorn Energy Inc. 300 3
* ACCO Brands Corp. 400 3
      414,762
Information Technology (19.8%)  
  Apple Inc. 321,883 214,780
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 431,259 89,465
  Microsoft Corp. 2,770,074 82,493
* Google Inc. Class A 74,679 56,345
  Cisco Systems Inc. 2,178,997 41,597
  QUALCOMM Inc. 641,166 40,066
  Intel Corp. 1,582,959 35,901
  Oracle Corp. 1,114,625 35,100
  Visa Inc. Class A 242,558 32,571
  Mastercard Inc. Class A 47,620 21,499
  Accenture plc Class A 268,200 18,782
* eBay Inc. 297,866 14,420
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 259,387 13,112
  Seagate Technology plc 346,810 10,751
  Western Digital Corp. 251,500 9,741
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 201,905 9,632
* LSI Corp. 1,225,300 8,467
  Hewlett-Packard Co. 478,228 8,159
* Citrix Systems Inc. 103,523 7,927
  CA Inc. 303,640 7,823
* EMC Corp. 282,400 7,701
* Symantec Corp. 420,600 7,571
  Total System Services Inc. 315,700 7,482
  Intuit Inc. 121,600 7,160
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 315,100 5,899
* Yahoo! Inc. 352,374 5,629
* VeriSign Inc. 91,500 4,455
* F5 Networks Inc. 41,410 4,336

 

22

 

Growth and Income Fund

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Marvell Technology    
  Group Ltd. 367,200 3,360
  Texas Instruments Inc. 112,102 3,088
  Fidelity National    
  Information Services Inc. 96,090 3,000
* Juniper Networks Inc. 174,024 2,978
* AOL Inc. 84,000 2,959
* Zebra Technologies Corp. 73,600 2,763
* Autodesk Inc. 82,300 2,746
* Advanced Micro    
  Devices Inc. 793,500 2,674
  Analog Devices Inc. 66,284 2,598
* Red Hat Inc. 44,600 2,540
* Lam Research Corp. 75,300 2,393
* NetApp Inc. 71,200 2,341
* NVIDIA Corp. 173,900 2,320
  TE Connectivity Ltd. 67,898 2,309
* BMC Software Inc. 51,400 2,133
  Applied Materials Inc. 155,025 1,731
  Xerox Corp. 198,400 1,456
  Automatic Data    
  Processing Inc. 24,400 1,431
* Teradata Corp. 18,800 1,418
* Fiserv Inc. 17,600 1,303
  Paychex Inc. 37,400 1,245
  Linear Technology Corp. 27,101 863
* First Solar Inc. 36,000 797
* CoreLogic Inc. 29,600 785
  Dell Inc. 71,816 708
  Harris Corp. 12,600 645
  Computer Sciences Corp. 16,500 531
  Microchip Technology Inc. 16,178 530
  Molex Inc. 15,100 397
* Silicon Image Inc. 84,700 389
* Electronic Arts Inc. 29,088 369
* Vocus Inc. 16,600 333
* NCR Corp. 12,600 294
  InterDigital Inc. 6,000 224
  FLIR Systems Inc. 10,630 212
  Altera Corp. 6,000 204
  Avago Technologies Ltd. 5,700 199
* Agilysys Inc. 21,400 184
* Brocade Communications    
  Systems Inc. 27,100 160
  Loral Space &    
  Communications Inc. 2,100 149
* Acxiom Corp. 7,638 140
* Progress Software Corp. 6,100 130
* VistaPrint NV 3,740 128
* Travelzoo Inc. 5,024 118
* Quest Software Inc. 2,700 76
* ShoreTel Inc. 17,150 70
  Tessera Technologies Inc. 4,704 64
* Sonus Networks Inc. 27,500 52
* Ancestry.com Inc. 1,300 39

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Aspen Technology Inc. 1,500 39
  IAC/InterActiveCorp 700 36
* TeleCommunication    
  Systems Inc. Class A 16,706 36
* Peregrine    
  Semiconductor Corp. 2,123 36
* MoneyGram International    
  Inc. 2,400 36
*,^ Ubiquiti Networks Inc. 2,500 30
* Mattson Technology Inc. 29,900 29
* Cognizant Technology    
  Solutions Corp. Class A 400 28
* Maxwell Technologies Inc. 3,200 26
  Black Box Corp. 1,000 25
* AsiaInfo-Linkage Inc. 2,000 23
* International Rectifier Corp. 1,400 23
* IntraLinks Holdings Inc. 3,400 22
* Riverbed Technology Inc. 900 21
* AVG Technologies NV 2,000 19
  Micrel Inc. 1,500 16
* Dolby Laboratories Inc.    
  Class A 400 13
* Quantum Corp. 8,033 13
* Calix Inc. 2,000 13
  Xilinx Inc. 314 10
* Powerwave Technologies    
  Inc. 15,776 10
  Western Union Co. 485 9
* Integrated Device    
  Technology Inc. 1,500 9
* Netscout Systems Inc. 312 8
* Anaren Inc. 387 8
* UTStarcom Holdings Corp. 7,200 7
* MaxLinear Inc. 1,108 7
* NXP Semiconductor NV 284 7
* Arrow Electronics Inc. 200 7
  Corning Inc. 478 6
* TNS Inc. 400 6
  Amphenol Corp. Class A 100 6
* SunPower Corp. Class A 1,300 6
* NCI Inc. Class A 700 5
* Tech Data Corp. 100 5
  Digimarc Corp. 200 4
* Imation Corp. 794 4
* Rovi Corp. 300 4
* Global Cash Access    
  Holdings Inc. 525 4
* WebMD Health Corp. 294 4
* Acme Packet Inc. 229 4
* Demand Media Inc. 357 4
* EPAM Systems Inc. 200 4
* Dice Holdings Inc. 400 3
* TeleTech Holdings Inc. 171 3
* Seachange International Inc. 358 3
* Dynamics Research Corp. 300 2

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Amtech Systems Inc. 500 2
* Smith Micro Software Inc. 969 2
* FriendFinder Networks Inc. 1,250 1
* Monster Worldwide Inc. 100 1
      867,089
Materials (2.9%)    
  Monsanto Co. 342,300 31,156
  Freeport-McMoRan    
  Copper & Gold Inc. 395,493 15,654
  Dow Chemical Co. 380,863 11,030
  PPG Industries Inc. 95,430 10,959
  EI du Pont de Nemours    
  & Co. 213,452 10,730
  CF Industries Holdings Inc. 45,164 10,037
  Praxair Inc. 64,540 6,704
  Ball Corp. 146,640 6,204
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 25,200 3,753
  LyondellBasell    
  Industries NV Class A 46,600 2,407
  Air Products & Chemicals    
  Inc. 22,400 1,853
  Ecolab Inc. 23,440 1,519
  Newmont Mining Corp. 25,461 1,426
  International Flavors    
  & Fragrances Inc. 23,151 1,379
  Georgia Gulf Corp. 37,900 1,373
* Owens-Illinois Inc. 66,700 1,251
  Titanium Metals Corp. 88,795 1,139
  Airgas Inc. 11,740 966
  Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. 23,900 935
  Nucor Corp. 23,860 913
  United States Steel Corp. 46,550 888
  Eastman Chemical Co. 12,380 706
  American Vanguard Corp. 15,618 544
* Headwaters Inc. 70,889 466
* Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 36,400 455
  Eagle Materials Inc. 8,800 407
  Teck Resources Ltd.    
  Class B 13,500 398
* Mercer International Inc. 50,341 376
  Bemis Co. Inc. 11,800 371
  Schweitzer-Mauduit    
  International Inc. 9,571 316
  Valspar Corp. 5,500 309
*,^ Rare Element    
  Resources Ltd. 58,464 288
* Clearwater Paper Corp. 5,200 215
  FMC Corp. 3,323 184
* SunCoke Energy Inc. 11,239 181
  Sealed Air Corp. 11,100 172
* Resolute Forest Products 12,726 165
  Rockwood Holdings Inc. 3,100 144
  PH Glatfelter Co. 5,737 102
  MeadWestvaco Corp. 2,900 89
  Barrick Gold Corp. 2,100 88

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Commercial Metals Co. 4,200 55
  Noranda Aluminum    
  Holding Corp. 8,075 54
* US Silica Holdings Inc. 3,500 47
  Wausau Paper Corp. 4,200 39
* General Moly Inc. 8,000 25
  Myers Industries Inc. 1,600 25
* New Gold Inc. 1,400 17
  Alcoa Inc. 1,907 17
* Northern Dynasty    
  Minerals Ltd. 3,300 15
* GSE Holding Inc. 1,768 14
  Cabot Corp. 300 11
  Goldcorp Inc. 200 9
  Allegheny Technologies Inc. 223 7
  Pan American Silver Corp. 291 6
* WR Grace & Co. 100 6
  Hecla Mining Co. 883 6
* Tahoe Resources Inc. 100 2
  Boise Inc. 200 2
* Penford Corp. 100 1
      128,610
Telecommunication Services (3.2%)  
  AT&T Inc. 2,430,538 91,631
  Verizon Communications    
  Inc. 868,806 39,591
  CenturyLink Inc. 117,010 4,727
* Sprint Nextel Corp. 584,700 3,228
* Crown Castle    
  International Corp. 22,540 1,445
  Frontier Communications    
  Corp. 90,600 444
* Leap Wireless    
  International Inc. 55,696 380
  Windstream Corp. 18,500 187
  Cellcom Israel Ltd. 5,000 43
* Vonage Holdings Corp. 5,347 12
* MetroPCS    
  Communications Inc. 591 7
  USA Mobility Inc. 67 1
      141,696
Utilities (3.4%)    
  American Electric Power    
  Co. Inc. 285,820 12,559
  PG&E Corp. 256,696 10,953
  DTE Energy Co. 159,680 9,571
  Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 157,911 8,338
  Entergy Corp. 119,400 8,274
  Public Service    
  Enterprise Group Inc. 247,927 7,978
  Ameren Corp. 238,800 7,802
  Dominion Resources Inc. 146,027 7,731
  FirstEnergy Corp. 146,800 6,474
  CenterPoint Energy Inc. 295,850 6,302

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  NextEra Energy Inc. 84,890 5,970
  ONEOK Inc. 116,650 5,635
  Northeast Utilities 139,549 5,335
  Southern Co. 112,659 5,193
  Duke Energy Corp. 71,620 4,641
  Consolidated Edison Inc. 70,597 4,228
  CMS Energy Corp. 178,703 4,209
* AES Corp. 380,600 4,175
  Exelon Corp. 107,410 3,822
  PPL Corp. 77,400 2,249
  NiSource Inc. 79,167 2,017
  Integrys Energy Group Inc. 38,277 1,998
  Xcel Energy Inc. 69,910 1,937
  Sempra Energy 28,196 1,818
  NRG Energy Inc. 79,300 1,696
  Wisconsin Energy Corp. 36,540 1,377
  Pepco Holdings Inc. 55,600 1,051
  AGL Resources Inc. 23,402 957
  TECO Energy Inc. 49,100 871
  SCANA Corp. 13,000 628
  ITC Holdings Corp. 5,069 383
  IDACORP Inc. 7,288 315
  NorthWestern Corp. 6,200 225
  MGE Energy Inc. 1,800 95
* Calpine Corp. 4,900 85
  Southwest Gas Corp. 1,800 80
  WGL Holdings Inc. 1,800 72
  Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 1,107 52
  Great Plains Energy Inc. 800 18
  Alliant Energy Corp. 400 17
  Vectren Corp. 500 14
  UNS Energy Corp. 240 10
      147,155
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $3,722,691) 4,308,762
Temporary Cash Investments (2.0%)1  
Money Market Fund (1.8%)    
2,3 Vanguard Market    
  Liquidity Fund,    
  0.163% 82,107,393 82,107

 

    Face Market
    Amount Value
    ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.2%)
4,5 Fannie Mae    
  Discount Notes,    
  0.135%, 12/12/12 8,000 7,998
5,6 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.130%, 10/19/12 100 100
4,5 Freddie Mac    
  Discount Notes,    
  0.160%, 10/16/12 100 100
      8,198
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $90,305)   90,305
Total Investments (100.2%)    
(Cost $3,812,996)   4,399,067
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.2%)  
Other Assets   35,003
Liabilities3   (45,190)
      (10,187)
Net Assets (100%)   4,388,880

 

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At September 30, 2012, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 4,730,391
Undistributed Net Investment Income 9,985
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (936,553)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 586,071
Futures Contracts (1,014)
Net Assets 4,388,880
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 91,049,524 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 2,797,855
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Investor Shares $30.73
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 31,705,945 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 1,591,025
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Admiral Shares $50.18

 

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 $595,000.
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 99.8% and 0.4%, 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 Includes $729,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the  Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 Securities with a value of $8,198,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
6 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor 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  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2012
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 94,609
Interest2 182
Security Lending 637
Total Income 95,428
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 4,602
Performance Adjustment 250
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 6,018
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 1,593
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 527
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 235
Custodian Fees 210
Auditing Fees 28
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 78
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 6
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 11
Total Expenses 13,558
Expenses Paid Indirectly (44)
Net Expenses 13,514
Net Investment Income 81,914
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 436,084
Futures Contracts 27,066
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 463,150
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 546,580
Futures Contracts 11,711
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 558,291
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,103,355
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $11,000
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $173,000

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2012 2011
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 81,914 79,488
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 463,150 362,030
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 558,291 (312,354)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,103,355 129,164
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (51,327) (53,125)
Admiral Shares (27,485) (26,147)
Realized Capital Gain    
Investor Shares
Admiral Shares
Total Distributions (78,812) (79,272)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (437,673) (500,958)
Admiral Shares 122,956 (89,097)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (314,717) (590,055)
Total Increase (Decrease) 709,826 (540,163)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 3,679,054 4,219,217
End of Period1 4,388,880 3,679,054
1 Net Assets - End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $9,985,000 and $6,880,000

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.86 $23.98 $22.34 $25.84 $38.62
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .549 .482 .418 .447 .546
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain          
(Loss) on Investments 6.846 (.124) 1.630 (3.453) (8.758)
Total from Investment Operations 7.395 .358 2.048 (3.006) (8.212)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.525) (.478) (.408) (.494) (.560)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (4.008)
Total Distributions (.525) (.478) (.408) (.494) (4.568)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $30.73 $23.86 $23.98 $22.34 $25.84
 
Total Return1 31.27% 1.28% 9.24% -11.29% -23.28%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,798 $2,548 $3,020 $3,253 $3,919
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets2 0.36% 0.32% 0.32% 0.35% 0.31%
Ratio of Net Investment Income          
to Average Net Assets 1.94% 1.78% 1.74% 2.28% 1.69%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 102% 120% 94% 83% 96%

1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund Prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.01%, (0.04%), (0.04%), (0.04%), and (0.02%),

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $38.97 $39.15 $36.48 $42.20 $63.08
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .952 .832 .722 .775 .963
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain          
(Loss) on Investments 11.168 (.199) 2.666 (5.638) (14.313)
Total from Investment Operations 12.120 .633 3.388 (4.863) (13.350)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.910) (.813) (.718) (.857) (.985)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (6.545)
Total Distributions (.910) (.813) (.718) (.857) (7.530)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $50.18 $38.97 $39.15 $36.48 $42.20
 
Total Return1 31.40% 1.39% 9.37% -11.15% -23.19%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,591 $1,131 $1,199 $1,441 $1,907
Ratio of Total Expenses          
to Average Net Assets2 0.25% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.16%
Ratio of Net Investment Income          
to Average Net Assets 2.05% 1.89% 1.85% 2.42% 1.84%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 102% 120% 94% 83% 96%

1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund Prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.01%, (0.04%), (0.04%), (0.04%), and (0.02%),

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

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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, 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).

During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund’s average investment in futures contracts represented 4% of net assets, based on quarterly average aggregate settlement values.

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 for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2009–2012), 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 fees charged to borrowers plus 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. D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., and Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc., each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fees for D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., are subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance since September 30, 2011, relative to the S&P 500 Index. In accordance with the advisory contract entered into with Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc., beginning October 1, 2012, the investment advisory fee will be subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance since September 30, 2011, relative to the S&P 500 Index.

The Vanguard Group provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund on an at-cost basis; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $543,000 for the year ended September 30, 2012.

For the year ended September 30, 2012, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.11% of the fund’s average net assets, before an increase of $250,000 (0.01%) based on performance.

C. 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 September 30, 2012, the fund had contributed capital of $611,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.24% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

D. The fund has asked its investment advisors 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 year ended September 30, 2012, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $44,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average net assets).

E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2012, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 4,308,762
Temporary Cash Investments 82,107 8,198
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (350)
Total 4,390,519 8,198
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

F. At September 30, 2012, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
S&P 500 Index December 2012 190 68,125 (991)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2012 64 4,589 (23)

 

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

G. 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.

Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $3,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Passive foreign investment companies held at September 30, 2012, had unrealized appreciation of $21,000, of which all has been distributed and is reflected in the balance of undistributed net investment income.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2012, the fund had $22,338,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $469,055,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2012. At September 30, 2012, the fund had available capital losses totaling $937,041,000 to offset future net capital gains of $90,131,000 through September 30, 2017, and $846,910,000 through September 30, 2018.

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Growth and Income Fund

At September 30, 2012, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,814,132,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $584,935,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $645,689,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $60,754,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

H. During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund purchased $4,060,733,000 of investment securities and sold $4,077,434,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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

      Year Ended September 30,
    2012   2011
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 196,350 6,915 212,372 7,984
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 49,896 1,822 51,795 1,927
Redeemed (683,919) (24,460) (765,125) (29,070)
Net Increase (Decrease) —Investor Shares (437,673) (15,723) (500,958) (19,159)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 303,344 6,585 352,128 8,358
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 25,393 568 24,071 549
Redeemed (205,781) (4,475) (465,296) (10,508)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 122,956 2,678 (89,097) (1,601)

 

J. In preparing the financial statements as of September 30, 2012, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Vanguard Quantitative Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund: In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Quantitative Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at September 30, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and broker and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 9, 2012

 

Special 2012 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

 

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $78,812,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 100% of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

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Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns

This table presents returns for your fund both before and after taxes. The after-tax returns are shown in two ways: (1) assuming that an investor owned the fund during the entire period and paid taxes on the fund’s distributions, and (2) assuming that an investor paid taxes on the fund’s distributions and sold all shares at the end of each period.

Calculations are based on the highest individual federal income tax and capital gains tax rates in effect at the times of the distributions and the hypothetical sales. State and local taxes were not considered. After-tax returns reflect any qualified dividend income , using actual prior-year figures and estimates for 2012. (In the example, returns after the sale of fund shares may be higher than those assuming no sale. This occurs when the sale would have produced a capital loss. The calculation assumes that the investor received a tax deduction for the loss.)

The table shows returns for Investor Shares only; returns for other share classes will differ. Please note that your actual after-tax returns will depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. Also note that if you own the fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information does not apply to you. Such accounts are not subject to current taxes.

Finally, keep in mind that a fund’s performance—whether before or after taxes—does not guarantee future results.

Average Annual Total Returns: Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares    
Periods Ended September 30, 2012      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 31.27% -0.23% 7.11%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 30.90 -0.90 6.62
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 20.74 -0.31 6.18

 

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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 typical 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. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not 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 September 30, 2012      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Growth and Income Fund 3/31/2012 9/30/2012 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,035.03 $1.84
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,035.37 1.28
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.26 $1.83
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.82 1.27

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 0.25% 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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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

The board of trustees of Vanguard Growth and Income Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc., and The Vanguard Group, Inc. (through its Equity Investment Group). The board determined that the retention of the advisors was in the best interest of the fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decision upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. 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 advisor’s investment management services provided to the fund since 2011, and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board noted the following:

D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. Founded in 2005, DESIM is a global investment management and technology development firm. The firm employs quantitative models that seek to capture predominantly “bottom-up” stock-specific return opportunities while aiming to control overall portfolio risk and characteristics, such as size, sector weights, and style, to be similar to those of the benchmark. DESIM has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. LA Capital was formed in 2002 from the equity portion of Wilshire Asset Management. The firm offers risk-controlled active equity portfolios managed both quantitatively and fundamentally. LA Capital employs a quantitative model that seeks to emphasize stocks with characteristics that investors are currently seeking and to underweight stocks with characteristics that investors are currently avoiding. LA Capital has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Equity Investment Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth. Vanguard has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.

Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s investment performance since each advisor began managing the fund in 2011, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance of a relevant benchmark and peer group. The board noted that each advisor has carried out the fund’s investment strategy in a disciplined fashion, and that performance results have allowed the fund to remain competitive versus the fund’s benchmark and peer group. Information about the fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.

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Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory fee rate was also well below its peer-group average. Information about the fund’s expense ratio appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements section, which also includes information about the fund’s advisory fee rate.

The board did not consider profitability of DESIM and LA Capital in determining whether to approve the advisory fees, because the firms are independent of Vanguard, and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations. 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 the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules for DESIM and LA Capital. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase. The board also concluded that the 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 the fund’s assets managed by Vanguard increase.

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

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Glossary

30-Day SEC 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 (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), 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.

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.

Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.

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. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities 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.

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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.

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.

 

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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 179 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 vanguard.com.

InterestedTrustee1 and Delphi Automotive LLP (automotive components);
  Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital; Trustee of
F. William McNabb III The Conference Board.
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the  
Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Amy Gutmann
Years: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Inc., and of each of the investment companies served Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Director of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H.
of The Vanguard Group since 2008; Chief Executive Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Officer and President of The Vanguard Group and of in the School of Arts and Sciences with secondary
each of the investment companies served by The appointments at the Annenberg School for
Vanguard Group since 2008; Director of Vanguard Communication and the Graduate School of Education
Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The of the University of Pennsylvania; Member of the
Vanguard Group (1995–2008). National Commission on the Humanities and Social
  Sciences; Trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New
IndependentTrustees  York and of the National Constitution Center; Chair
of the U. S. Presidential Commission for the Study 
Emerson U. Fullwood of Bioethical Issues.
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal  
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Executive JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate
Corporation (document management products and Vice President and Chief Global Diversity Officer
services); Executive in Residence and 2010 (retired 2008) and Member of the Executive
Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson & Johnson
Institute of Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/consumer
(multi-industry manufacturing), the United Way of products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation
Rochester, Amerigroup Corporation (managed health (hotels), the University Medical Center at Princeton,
care), the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Center
Monroe Community College Foundation, and North for Talent Innovation; Member of the Advisory Board
Carolina A&T University. of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
at Syracuse University.
 
Rajiv L. Gupta F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins
and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. Inc. (industrial machinery); Director of SKF AB
(chemicals); Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (industrial machinery), Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized
(diversified manufacturing and services), Hewlett- consumer services), the Lumina Foundation for
Packard Co. (electronic computer manufacturing),

 

 

Education, and Oxfam America; Chairman of the Executive Officers  
Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters    
and Member of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Glenn Booraem  
Institute for International Studies at the University Born 1967. Controller Since July 2010. Principal
of Notre Dame. Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal
  of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of
Mark Loughridge the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Group; Assistant Controller of each of the investment
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Vice companies served by The Vanguard Group (2001–2010).
President and Chief Financial Officer at IBM (information    
technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Thomas J. Higgins  
Retirement Plan Committee. Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
  2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Scott C. Malpass Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Financial Officer of each of the investment companies
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chief served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of
Investment Officer and Vice President at the University the investment companies served by The Vanguard
of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Group (1998–2008).  
Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member    
of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee; Kathryn J. Hyatt  
Director of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal
advisor); Member of the Investment Advisory Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of
Committees of the Financial Industry Regulatory The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the
Authority (FINRA) and of Major League Baseball. investment companies served by The Vanguard
  Group; Assistant Treasurer of each of the investment
André F. Perold companies served by The Vanguard Group (1988–2008).
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Heidi Stam  
Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at the Harvard Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing
Officer and Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel
LLC (private investment firm); Director of Rand of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard
Merchant Bank; Overseer of the Museum of Fine Group and of each of the investment companies
Arts Boston. served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior
  Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.    
Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal Vanguard Senior Management Team   
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman,    
President, and Chief Executive Officer of NACCO Mortimer J. Buckley Michael S. Miller
Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/ Paul A. Heller Glenn W. Reed
aircraft systems and services) and the National Martha G. King George U. Sauter
Association of Manufacturers; Chairman of the Board Chris D. McIsaac  
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and of    
University Hospitals of Cleveland; Advisory Chairman    
of the Board of The Cleveland Museum of Art.  Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
   
Peter F. Volanakis John J. Brennan   
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal  Chairman, 1996–2009  
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning    
Incorporated (communications equipment); Director Founder  
of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing);
Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business  John C. Bogle
Administration at Dartmouth College; Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996
Norris Cotton Cancer Center.    

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
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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Annual Report | September 30, 2012
Vanguard Structured Equity Funds
 

Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund

 


 

> For the 12 months ended September 30, 2012, Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund returned more than 32% and Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund returned more than 31%.

> The funds outpaced their benchmark indexes and the average returns of their peers.

> For both funds, stock selection in the energy and materials sectors drove a large part of the outperformance.

 

Contents  
Your Fund’s Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisor’s Report. 7
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund. 9
Structured Broad Market Fund. 22
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 39
Glossary. 41

 

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.

See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.

About the cover: Our cover photograph shows rigging on the HMSSurprise, a replica of an 18th-century Royal Navy frigate. It was featured in the 2003 movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which was based on Patrick O’Brian’s sea novels, set amid the Napoleonic Wars. Vanguard was named for another ship of that era, the HMSVanguard, which was the flagship of British Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012  
 
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund  
Institutional Shares 32.32%
Institutional Plus Shares 32.42
S&P 500 Index 30.20
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 27.34
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.  
Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund  
Institutional Shares 31.43%
Institutional Plus Shares 31.56
Russell 3000 Index 30.20
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 25.24
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.  

Institutional Shares and Institutional Plus Shares are available to certain institutional investors who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

 

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance        
September 30, 2011, Through September 30, 2012        
      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending Income Capital
  Share Price Share Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund        
Institutional Shares $21.49 $27.83 $0.497 $0.000
Institutional Plus Shares 42.48 55.02 1.010 0.000
Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund        
Institutional Shares $21.03 $27.10 $0.447 $0.000
Institutional Plus Shares 42.02 54.17 0.923 0.000

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Over the past 12 months, stocks rebounded strongly from depressed levels. A large part of the gains came in the first six months as investors grew more optimistic about the economy. Returns were more modest in the second half of the fiscal year as concerns resurfaced about the pace of economic growth at home and abroad as well as the debt crisis in Europe.

Even as stocks rose across the board, gains differed modestly by market capitalization. Institutional Shares of the Structured Broad Market Fund returned 31.43% for the fiscal year, more than 1 percentage point better than the result for the benchmark Russell

3000 Index and about 6 percentage points better than the average return of peer funds. Institutional Shares of the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund returned 32.32% for the same period, beating the return of the benchmark Standard & Poors 500 Index by about 2 percentage points and the average return of peer funds by about 5 percentage points.

The consumer discretionary, telecom-munication services, and financial sectors performed the best for both fundsindexes, but the advisor found the most value for the funds versus their benchmarks among energy and materials stocks.

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Stocks notched a powerful rally, with help from central bankers
U.S. stocks surged 30% in the 12 months ended September 30, 2012, outpacing the gains of their international counterparts. The rally came amid moves by U.S. and European central bankers to quiet—at least temporarilyinvestors’ concerns about the U.S. economy and the finances of European governments and banks.

U.S. stocks were the standouts, but European and emerging markets stocks also posted double-digit results. The developed markets of the Pacific region were the weakest performers but still recorded a modest advance.

In July, the president of the European Central Bank declared that policymakers would do whatever was needed to preserve the euro common currency.

That pronouncement was encouraging to investors, but Europe’s financial troubles are by no means resolved. Vanguard economists believe the most likely scenario is that the Eurozone will “muddle through” for several years, with occasional spikes in market volatility, as fiscal tightening continues in the face of weak economic growth.

Bonds produced solid returns; future results may be more muted
Bonds once again advanced; the broad U.S. taxable market returned about 5% for the 12 months. Among U.S. Treasuries,

Market Barometer      
 
    Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2012
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 30.06% 13.27% 1.22%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 31.91 12.99 2.21
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 13.29 1.53
MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) 14.48 3.17 -4.12
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 5.16% 6.19% 6.53%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 8.32 5.99 6.06
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.05 0.08 0.63
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 1.99% 2.33% 2.11%

 

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long-term bonds were particularly strong as they benefited from the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program.

As bond prices rose, the yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to a record low in July, closing below 1.5%. (Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions.) By the end of the period, the yield had climbed, but it still remained low by historical standards.

Bondholders have enjoyed years of strong returns. But as Tim Buckley, our incoming chief investment officer, has noted, investors shouldn’t be surprised if future results are much more modest. As yields tumble, the scope for further declinesand price increasesdiminishes.

The Federal Reserve announced on September 13 that it would continue to hold its target for short-term interest rates between 0% and 0.25% at least through mid-2015. The exceptionally low rates, in place since late 2008, kept a tight lid on returns from money market funds and savings accounts.

Some sectors had solid gains; others had even stronger ones
Whether you look at the broad market or the large-cap market, overall returns for the 12-month period were very similar, topping 30%, with all sectors posting double-digit increases. Consumer discretionary, telecommunication services, and financials returned about 35% or more.

Both funds generated even better returns than their benchmarks. The advisor, Vanguard Equity Income Group, matches the weighting of each sector in a fund to its weighting in the benchmark, but it uses quantitative models to determine which stocks to overweight, underweight, or avoid. This proprietary approach—which tends to favor high-quality, attractively priced stocks—worked well, with stock choices outpacing those in the benchmark in seven of ten sectors in the broad market fund and in eight of ten in the large-cap fund.

Energy stock selections contributed the most to both fundsrelative outper-formance. The funds held sizable stakes in a small number of oil-refining stocks that paid off handsomely as margins rose on unexpectedly tight refining capacity. In contrast, the funds avoided coal stocks, which suffered from weak demand.

The funds also significantly outpaced their indexes in materials, where certain chemical and fertilizer stocks benefited as food prices rose and as production costs fell because of cheap natural gas. Avoiding underperforming metals and mining stocks also helped relative performance.

Overall health care selection was disappointing for both funds. Certain holdings in the life sciences and health care equipment segments performed well, but not well enough to offset poor stock selection among health care providers.

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For the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund, technology stock selection also detracted from relative performance. Investments in tablet and phone makers helped the fund, but underweights in certain fast-rising internet stocks took a toll.

The funds’ strategy has had some challenging periods
Since the funds’ inceptions—2004 for the broad market fund and 2006 for its large-cap counterpart—there have been periods when stock market movements have been driven largely by external developments, notably the financial crisis and the European debt crisis.

Those periods have been challenging for the funds’ strategy, which seeks to identify the stocks in each sector that are most likely to outperform their peers. Nevertheless, the annual returns of both funds since inception have kept pace with those of their benchmark indexes, which incur no costs. From inception through September 30, 2012, Institutional Plus Shares of the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund matched the S&P 500 Index’s average annual return of 3.88%, and those of the Structured Broad Market Fund were in line with the Russell 3000 Index’s average annual return of 5.58%. Over the same period, both funds outpaced the average annual returns of their respective peer funds by more than a full percentage point.

Total Returns  
Inception Through September 30, 2012  
  Average
  Annual Return
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund Institutional Plus Shares (Returns since inception: 5/15/2006) 3.88%
S&P 500 Index 3.88
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 2.62
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.  
 
Structured Broad Market Fund Institutional Plus Shares (Returns since inception: 5/3/2004) 5.49%
Russell 3000 Index 5.58
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 4.43
Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (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 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.

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The lessons of the financial crisis remain relevant four years later
In September, the end of your funds fiscal year, we marked the fourth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the start of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. When the Lehman news broke, I was speaking to institutional clients at an event in Washington, D.C., all of three weeks into my new role as Vanguards CEO.

In the ensuing months, I was struck both by how fortunate I was to work with a great team of Vanguard “crew” and by the remarkable steadiness demonstrated by our clients. Many clients experienced significant losses, but signs of panic were few. On balance, they remained committed to their long-term investment programs and managed to benefit from the financial marketssubsequent recovery.

As the crisis recedes further in time, it’s important not to lose sight of the lessons that it illuminated about investing and sound financial practices generally. First among those lessons is that diversification does work. Diversification didn’t immunize investors from the market’s decline, but it certainly helped to insulate them from the worst of it.

Another important take-away is that having the courage to stick with a sound invest-ment planas so many of our clients didis important during volatile, uncertain times. Investors who resisted the urge to bail out of stocks at the depths of the crisis have largely been rewarded in the succeeding years.

I am very optimistic that, if investors embrace these lessons, they can give themselves a better chance of reaching their long-term goals. As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 18, 2012

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Advisor’s Report

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund returned 32.32% for Institutional Shares and 32.42% for Institutional Plus Shares, outperforming the return of its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, by more than 2 percentage points.

The Structured Broad Market Fund returned 31.43% for Institutional Shares and 31.56% for Institutional Plus Shares, beating the return of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, by more than 1 percentage point.

The investment environment
The broad market rose sharply in the first six months of the fiscal year, gaining more than 26%. By the second half, however, its momentum slowed dramatically, and it moved ahead by less than 3%. Although all ten sector groups generated positive returns within the benchmarks of both funds, results were best among consumer discretionary, telecommunications, and financial companies. Utilities and consumer staples were the laggards.

Equity markets have staged quite a rally since last fall, but investor concerns and economic uncertainty are still prominent. The United States faces a “fiscal cliff” scenario that could send us into recession if not resolved, and investors have renewed worries over the Eurozone crisis and slowing growth in China. Add to that stagnant employment, election-year uncertainty, and a lack of clarity on corporate profits, and it’s easy to see why

investorsappetite for riskier assets may be put on hold for a while. Market volatility, though it declined substantially during this period, is likely to persist amid our unresolved budget, deficit, and employ-ment problems and anemic world economic growth.

Management of the funds
Although it’s important to understand how these macro factors affect overall portfolio performance, our approach to investing focuses on specific stock fundamentals and employs five components:

n Valuation, which measures the price we pay for earnings and cash flows.

n Growth, which considers the growth of earnings as a factor in how much we pay for them.

n  Management decisions, which assesses the actions taken by company management that signal its informed opinions regarding a firm’s prospects and earnings.

n  Market sentiment, which captures how investors reflect their opinions of a company through their activity in the market.

n Quality, which measures balance-sheet strength and the sustainability of earnings.

Our risk-control process then neutralizes our exposure to market capitalization, volatility, and industry risks relative to our benchmark. In our view, the rewards available do not justify such risk exposures. As a result of these risk controls, our three-year tracking error was 1.24%

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for the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and 1.71% for the Structured Broad Market Fund.

The results from our stock selection model continued the trend from the first six months of the fiscal year. The quality, management decisions, and growth indicators contributed positively to performance to varying degrees in each of the funds. For the Structured Broad Market Fund, the valuation indicator was neutral, whereas the market sentiment indicator detracted slightly from results. For the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund, the valuation indicator detracted from returns, whereas the market sentiment component had a neutral effect.

The model’s breadth can be seen by its effectiveness across sectors. Our stock-selection results were positive in eight of ten sectors in the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and seven of ten in the Structured Broad Market Fund.

Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund
Company selections in materials, energy, and consumer staples added the most to our relative returns. In materials, CF Industries, Freeport-McMoRan, and PPG Industries were the largest contributors. The same was true for Tesoro, Marathon Oil, and Marathon Petroleum in energy, and for Constellation Brands, Dean Foods, and Whole Foods in consumer staples.

Selection results were disappointing in technology and health care, mostly because of underweight positions in Google, Visa, Amgen, and Gilead Sciences.

Structured Broad Market Fund
Selections in energy, materials, and consumer discretionary companies added the most to our relative returns. In energy, Marathon Petroleum, Tesoro, and National Oilwell Varco were the largest contributors. CBS, Brinker International, and Dillard’s led the way in consumer discretionary, as did CF Industries, Eastman Chemical, and PPG Industries in materials.

Selection results were disappointing in technology and health care, mostly because of underweights in Google, Visa, Merck, and Amgen.

Outlook
Although we cannot predict with certainty how broader political or economic events will affect the markets, we are confident that the stock market will provide worthwhile returns for long-term investors. With that in mind, we believe that equity exposure will continue to play an important part in a diversified investment plan.

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

James D. Troyer, CFA
Principal and Porfolio Manager

James P. Stetler
Principal and Porfolio Manager

Michael R. Roach, CFA
Porfolio Manager

Vanguard Equity Investment Group

October 16, 2012

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Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2012

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Institutional Institutional
  Shares Plus Shares
Ticker Symbol VSLIX VSLPX
Expense Ratio1 0.24% 0.17%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.15% 2.22%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 159 500 3,638
Median Market Cap $65.0B $57.5B $35.6B
Price/Earnings Ratio 14.2x 16.1x 17.0x
Price/Book Ratio 2.3x 2.2x 2.2x
Return on Equity 18.8% 19.3% 18.0%
Earnings Growth Rate 9.1% 10.6% 10.4%
Dividend Yield 2.3% 2.1% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 64%
Short-Term Reserves 0.0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index Index
Consumer Discretionary 10.5% 11.0% 12.0%
Consumer Staples 10.9 10.9 9.5
Energy 11.9 11.3 10.4
Financials 14.6 14.6 16.0
Health Care 12.0 12.0 11.9
Industrials 10.1 9.8 10.6
Information Technology 19.8 20.1 19.2
Materials 3.5 3.5 3.9
Telecommunication      
Services 3.7 3.3 2.9
Utilities 3.0 3.5 3.6

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  S&P 500 Market
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.99
Beta 0.99 0.94

These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Computer Hardware 4.9%
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 3.8
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 2.4
Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.3
International Business IT Consulting &  
Machines Corp. Other Services 2.2
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 2.2
Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals 1.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.7
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Other Diversified  
  Financial Services 1.7
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 1.7
Top Ten   24.8%

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

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the expense ratios were 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.17% for Institutional Plus Shares.

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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 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.

Cumulative Performance: May 16, 2006, Through September 30, 2012
Initial Investment of $5,000,000


 
      Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2012  
        Since Final Value
    One Five Inception of a $5,000,000
    Year Years (5/16/2006) Investment
  Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund        
  Institutional Shares 32.32% 1.00% 3.83% $6,353,632
••••••• S&P 500 Index 30.20 1.05 3.92 6,387,688
– – – – Large-Cap Core Funds Average 27.34 -0.19 2.64 5,905,041
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Index 30.00 1.53 4.18 6,493,693

Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

      Since Final Value
  One Five Inception of a $200,000,000
  Year Years (5/15/2006) Investment
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund Institutional        
Plus Shares 32.42% 1.07% 3.88% $255,022,087
S&P 500 Index 30.20 1.05 3.88 255,033,044
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 1.53 4.16 259,398,559
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Plus Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): May 16, 2006, Through September 30, 2012


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Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2012

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the funds 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 funds Forms N-Q on the SECs website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SECs 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%)  
  Home Depot Inc. 106,475 6,428
  Comcast Corp. Class A 169,500 6,063
* DIRECTV 74,700 3,919
  CBS Corp. Class B 94,890 3,447
  Gap Inc. 89,600 3,206
  Macys Inc. 84,300 3,171
  Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 54,000 2,834
* O’ReillyAutomotive Inc. 33,600 2,810
  Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 144,800 2,764
  TJX Cos. Inc. 60,700 2,719
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 60,200 2,551
  Lowes Cos. Inc. 72,800 2,202
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 48,600 1,900
* Goodyear Tire &    
  Rubber Co. 139,000 1,695
  ExpediaInc. 26,800 1,550
  Viacom Inc. Class B 20,500 1,099
  McDonalds Corp. 11,247 1,032
  Walt Disney Co. 15,879 830
* Amazon.com Inc. 3,100 788
  H&RBlock Inc. 42,100 730
  Starwood Hotels & Resorts    
  Worldwide Inc. 7,700 446
  Gannett Co. Inc. 21,200 376
  Comcast Corp. 10,525 366
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 5,400 340
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 2,550 294
* PulteGroup Inc. 13,100 203
      53,763
Consumer Staples (10.8%)    
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 95,936 8,629
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 77,646 5,730
  Procter & Gamble Co. 77,794 5,396
  CVS Caremark Corp. 105,100 5,089
  Altria Group Inc. 149,200 4,982

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Coca-Cola Co. 108,280 4,107
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 45,200 3,877
  Kraft Foods Inc. 87,500 3,618
  Kroger Co. 121,700 2,865
* Dean Foods Co. 152,800 2,498
* Constellation Brands Inc.    
  Class A 68,000 2,200
  Campbell Soup Co. 53,700 1,870
  PepsiCo Inc. 23,992 1,698
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 13,600 1,362
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 7,500 804
  Lorillard Inc. 4,100 477
  Beam Inc. 6,100 351
      55,553
Energy (11.9%)    
  ExxonMobil Corp. 211,839 19,373
  ChevronCorp. 99,356 11,581
  ConocoPhillips 92,459 5,287
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 67,300 3,674
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 41,300 3,308
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 37,661 3,241
  Tesoro Corp. 74,700 3,130
  EOG Resources Inc. 27,900 3,126
  Marathon Oil Corp. 94,500 2,794
  Valero Energy Corp. 51,900 1,644
  Phillips 66 24,579 1,140
  Schlumberger Ltd. 15,425 1,116
  Williams Cos. Inc. 24,300 850
  Murphy Oil Corp. 7,600 408
  Diamond Offshore    
  Drilling Inc. 2,700 178
      60,850
Financials (14.6%)    
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 216,979 8,783
  Wells Fargo & Co. 251,635 8,689
  US Bancorp 155,224 5,324
  American Express Co. 83,200 4,731
  Bank of America Corp. 533,953 4,715
  Discover Financial Services 91,550 3,637

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Allstate Corp. 87,500 3,466
* American International    
  Group Inc. 104,900 3,440
  Simon Property Group Inc. 19,900 3,021
  Torchmark Corp. 56,550 2,904
  Invesco Ltd. 109,300 2,731
  Fifth Third Bancorp 175,800 2,727
  Franklin Resources Inc. 21,000 2,627
  MetLife Inc. 74,300 2,560
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 19,000 2,160
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 22,805 2,011
  HCP Inc. 43,300 1,926
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 109,600 1,759
  Kimco Realty Corp. 82,800 1,678
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class A 11 1,460
  Citigroup Inc. 41,625 1,362
  BB&T Corp. 27,200 902
  Apartment Investment &    
  Management Co. Class A 20,700 538
  Assurant Inc. 14,000 522
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 8,500 482
  Prologis Inc. 12,000 420
  Huntington Bancshares Inc. 33,200 229
      74,804
Health Care (11.9%)    
  Pfizer Inc. 400,219 9,945
  Merck & Co. Inc. 176,844 7,976
  Abbott Laboratories 99,168 6,799
  Johnson & Johnson 71,046 4,896
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 88,154 4,885
  EliLilly & Co. 97,887 4,641
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 124,700 4,209
  Baxter International Inc. 60,100 3,622
  McKesson Corp. 37,800 3,252
* Watson    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 37,840 3,222
  Aetna Inc. 78,870 3,123
  Zimmer Holdings Inc. 27,200 1,839
* Mylan Inc. 69,900 1,705
* Biogen Idec Inc. 4,600 686
  Amgen Inc. 5,800 489
      61,289
Industrials (10.1%)    
  General Electric Co. 532,022 12,082
  Union Pacific Corp. 39,500 4,689
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 38,000 3,548
  Raytheon Co. 59,600 3,407
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 48,916 3,250
  Parker Hannifin Corp. 37,800 3,159
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 66,000 2,958
  Textron Inc. 107,300 2,808
  Eaton Corp. 57,200 2,703

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 37,321 2,671
  Caterpillar Inc. 30,600 2,633
  Honeywell International Inc. 39,300 2,348
  Boeing Co. 29,100 2,026
  United Technologies Corp. 20,986 1,643
  Norfolk Southern Corp. 22,800 1,451
  Equifax Inc. 4,600 214
  Cintas Corp. 4,200 174
  Robert Half International Inc. 5,500 147
      51,911
Information Technology (19.8%)  
  Apple Inc. 37,632 25,110
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 55,340 11,480
  Microsoft Corp. 301,041 8,965
  Intel Corp. 289,453 6,565
  Cisco Systems Inc. 323,815 6,182
* Google Inc. Class A 6,505 4,908
  Accenture plc Class A 64,400 4,510
  Mastercard Inc. Class A 8,300 3,747
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 61,950 3,131
* Fiserv Inc. 40,700 3,013
  Seagate Technology plc 89,700 2,781
  Western Digital Corp. 71,700 2,777
  CAInc. 103,900 2,677
* LSI Corp. 342,900 2,369
* Symantec Corp. 128,700 2,317
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 44,600 2,128
  Oracle Corp. 67,088 2,113
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 99,300 1,859
  Total System Services Inc. 73,400 1,740
  QUALCOMMInc. 23,657 1,478
* Citrix Systems Inc. 9,400 720
* Teradata Corp. 6,600 498
* Advanced Micro    
  Devices Inc. 78,200 263
* Autodesk Inc. 7,500 250
      101,581
Materials (3.5%)    
  Monsanto Co. 49,700 4,524
  CF Industries Holdings Inc. 15,385 3,419
  PPG Industries Inc. 29,100 3,342
  International Paper Co. 91,700 3,331
  Eastman Chemical Co. 24,100 1,374
  Ball Corp. 31,700 1,341
  Sherwin-WilliamsCo. 3,300 491
  FMC Corp. 5,400 299
      18,121
Telecommunication Services (3.7%)  
  AT&T Inc. 295,735 11,149
  Verizon    
  Communications Inc. 168,396 7,674
      18,823

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Utilities (3.0%)    
  American Electric    
  Power Co. Inc. 77,100 3,388
  Ameren Corp. 85,600 2,796
  Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 52,000 2,746
  Public Service    
  Enterprise Group Inc. 76,200 2,452
  Consolidated Edison Inc. 28,200 1,689
  DTEEnergy Co. 20,300 1,217
  PPL Corp. 31,400 912
      15,200
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $403,536)   511,895
Temporary Cash Investments (0.2%)1  
Money Market Fund (0.1%)    
2 Vanguard Market    
  Liquidity Fund, 0.163% 687,775 688
 
    Face  
    Amount  
    ($000)  
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
3 Fannie Mae Discount    
  Notes, 0.160%, 10/31/12 100 100
3,4 Freddie Mac Discount    
  Notes, 0.170%, 12/17/12 100 100
  United States Treasury    
  Note/Bond, 4.000%,    
  11/15/12 100 100
      300
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $988)   988
Total Investments (100.0%)    
(Cost $404,524)   512,883
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%)  
Other Assets   750
Liabilities   (905)
      (155)
Net Assets (100%)   512,728

 

At September 30, 2012, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 581,281
Undistributed Net Investment Income 7,009
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (183,912)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 108,359
Futures Contracts (9)
Net Assets 512,728
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 549,485 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 15,291
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Shares $27.83
 
Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 9,041,833 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 497,437
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Plus Shares $55.02

 

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 0.0%, 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 was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
4 Securities with a value of $100,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2012
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 10,847
Interest1 1
Total Income 10,848
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 359
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 17
Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares 293
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 4
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares 84
Custodian Fees 11
Auditing Fees 29
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares 1
Total Expenses 798
Net Investment Income 10,050
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 29,872
Futures Contracts 189
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 30,061
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 85,500
Futures Contracts 17
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 85,517
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 125,628
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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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2012 2011
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 10,050 9,663
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 30,061 61,992
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 85,517 (33,034)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 125,628 38,621
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Institutional Shares (271) (183)
Institutional Plus Shares (9,009) (11,627)
Realized Capital Gain    
Institutional Shares
Institutional Plus Shares
Total Distributions (9,280) (11,810)
Capital Share Transactions    
Institutional Shares 9 (90,798)
Institutional Plus Shares 5,674 (210,058)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 5,683 (300,856)
Total Increase (Decrease) 122,031 (274,045)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 390,697 664,742
End of Period1 512,728 390,697
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $7,009,000 and $6,239,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $21.49 $20.97 $19.47 $22.56 $29.98
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .531 .4281 .366 .546 .492
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 6.306 .458 1.505 (2.993) (7.091)
Total from Investment Operations 6.837 .886 1.871 (2.447) (6.599)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.497) (.366) (.371) (.643) (.430)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.391)
Total Distributions (.497) (.366) (.371) (.643) (.821)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $27.83 $21.49 $20.97 $19.47 $22.56
 
Total Return 32.32% 4.14% 9.68% -10.25% -22.52%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $15 $12 $95 $106 $135
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.10% 1.95% 1.86% 2.33% 1.91%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 64% 67% 61% 80%2 72%

1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 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          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $42.48 $41.98 $38.97 $45.15 $60.02
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.084 .9101 .768 1.116 1.025
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 12.466 .906 3.014 (5.980) (14.193)
Total from Investment Operations 13.550 1.816 3.782 (4.864) (13.168)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.010) (1.316) (.772) (1.316) (.920)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.782)
Total Distributions (1.010) (1.316) (.772) (1.316) (1.702)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $55.02 $42.48 $41.98 $38.97 $45.15
 
Total Return 32.42% 4.18% 9.78% -10.16% -22.46%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $497 $379 $570 $467 $677
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.12%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.17% 2.02% 1.93% 2.41% 1.99%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 64% 67% 61% 80%2 72%

1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 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 and Institutional Plus Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, 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 funds pricing time but after the close of the securitiesprimary 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 funds 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).

During the year ended September 30, 2012, the funds average investment in futures contracts represented less than 1% of net assets, based on quarterly average aggregate settlement values.

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 funds tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2009–2012), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the funds 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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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 September 30, 2012, the fund had contributed capital of $71,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the funds net assets and 0.03% of Vanguards capitalization. The funds trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the funds investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the funds own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the funds investments as of September 30, 2012, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 511,895
Temporary Cash Investments 688 300
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (4)
Total 512,579 300
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2012, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2012 12 861 (9)

 

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

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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.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2012, the fund had $7,528,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $29,981,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2012. At September 30, 2012, the fund had available capital losses totaling $183,929,000 to offset future net capital gains of $71,219,000 through September 30, 2017, and $112,710,000 through September 30, 2018.

At September 30, 2012, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $404,524,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $108,359,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $111,376,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $3,017,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund purchased $303,158,000 of investment securities and sold $296,447,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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

      Year Ended September 30,
    2012   2011
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Institutional Shares        
Issued 221 9 1,694 73
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (212) (9) (92,492) (4,062)
Net Increase (Decrease)Institutional Shares 9 (90,798) (3,989)
Institutional Plus Shares        
Issued 2,675 56
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,999 66 3,795 85
Redeemed (213,853) (4,734)
Net Increase (Decrease)Institutional Plus Shares 5,674 122 (210,058) (4,649)

 

At September 30, 2012, two shareholders were each a record or beneficial owner of 33% or more of the funds net assets, with a combined ownership of 97%. If one of these shareholders were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the funds expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.

H. In preparing the financial statements as of September 30, 2012, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2012

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Institutional Institutional
  Shares Plus Shares
Ticker Symbol VSBMX VSBPX
Expense Ratio1 0.24% 0.17%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.00% 2.07%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
    Russell U.S. Total
    3000 Market
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 194 2,961 3,638
Median Market Cap $33.6B $35.8B $35.6B
Price/Earnings Ratio 14.2x 17.0x 17.0x
Price/Book Ratio 2.4x 2.2x 2.2x
Return on Equity 18.5% 17.8% 18.0%
Earnings Growth Rate 11.0% 10.4% 10.4%
Dividend Yield 2.2% 2.0% 2.0%
Foreign Holdings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 58%
Short-Term Reserves 0.0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
    Russell U.S. Total
    3000 Market
  Fund Index Index
Consumer Discretionary  13.1% 12.2% 12.0%
Consumer Staples 9.2 9.5 9.5
Energy 10.8 10.2 10.4
Financials 16.4 16.0 16.0
Health Care 11.1 11.9 11.9
Industrials 10.2 10.7 10.6
Information Technology  19.1 19.1 19.2
Materials 3.8 3.9 3.9
Telecommunication      
Services 3.2 2.9 2.9
Utilities 3.1 3.6 3.6

 

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  Russell 3000 Market
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.99
Beta 1.01 1.01

These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Computer Hardware 4.4%
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 3.2
Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 2.0
International Business IT Consulting &  
Machines Corp. Other Services 2.0
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 1.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 1.8
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 1.7
Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals 1.6
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 1.6
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Other Diversified  
  Financial Services 1.5
Top Ten   21.7%

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

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2012. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, the expense ratios were 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.17% for Institutional Plus Shares.

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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 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.

Cumulative Performance: November 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2012
Initial Investment of $5,000,000


 
      Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2012  
 
        Since Final Value
    One Five Inception of a $5,000,000
    Year Years (11/30/2006) Investment
 
  Structured Broad Market Fund        
  Institutional Shares 31.43% 0.95% 2.26% $5,697,265
 
••••••• Russell 3000 Index 30.20 1.30 2.79 5,871,903
 
– – – – Multi-Cap Core Funds Average 25.24 -0.23 1.52 5,458,835
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Index 30.00 1.53 3.04 5,952,842

Multi-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

      Since Final Value
  One Five Inception of a $200,000,000
  Year Years (5/3/2004) Investment
Structured Broad Market Fund Institutional        
Plus Shares 31.56% 1.02% 5.49% $313,608,412
Russell 3000 Index 30.20 1.30 5.58 315,715,030
 
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 30.00 1.53 5.84 322,416,859

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.

"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Plus Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): November 30, 2006, Through September 30, 2012


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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2012

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the funds 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 funds Forms N-Q on the SECs website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SECs Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (99.6%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (13.0%)  
  Home Depot Inc. 71,200 4,298
  Comcast Corp. Class A 95,991 3,434
  CBS Corp. Class B 74,000 2,688
  TJX Cos. Inc. 59,500 2,665
  Gap Inc. 65,800 2,354
  Jarden Corp. 44,200 2,335
  Macys Inc. 59,800 2,250
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 56,800 2,221
  Foot Locker Inc. 61,100 2,169
  Thor Industries Inc. 58,700 2,132
  Brinker International Inc. 60,000 2,118
  PVH Corp. 22,000 2,062
  Dillards Inc. Class A 28,400 2,054
* PulteGroup Inc. 122,900 1,905
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 44,800 1,898
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 16,100 1,859
  Regal Entertainment    
  Group Class A 124,700 1,755
  Belo Corp. Class A 215,000 1,683
* DIRECTV 26,400 1,385
  Coach Inc. 19,300 1,081
* Delphi Automotive plc 34,200 1,060
* priceline.com Inc. 1,300 804
  Cracker Barrel Old    
  Country Store Inc. 11,200 752
  Advance Auto Parts Inc. 10,400 712
  Starwood Hotels & Resorts    
  Worldwide Inc. 11,900 690
  Gannett Co. Inc. 28,500 506
* Conns Inc. 20,300 448
  McDonalds Corp. 3,611 331
* Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 4,300 271
  News Corp. Class A 10,700 262
  Walt Disney Co. 2,700 141
* Amazon.com Inc. 400 102
      50,425

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Consumer Staples (9.2%)    
  Philip Morris    
  International Inc. 63,950 5,752
  CVS Caremark Corp. 72,600 3,515
  Altria Group Inc. 103,200 3,446
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 37,465 2,765
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 31,000 2,659
  Procter & Gamble Co. 36,651 2,542
  Reynolds American Inc. 48,400 2,098
  Kroger Co. 86,400 2,034
  Kraft Foods Inc. 45,900 1,898
* Dean Foods Co. 108,800 1,779
  Coca-Cola Co. 40,980 1,554
  Herbalife Ltd. 31,400 1,488
  Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.    
  Class A 29,300 1,138
* Pilgrims Pride Corp. 190,800 975
  Beam Inc. 13,500 777
  PepsiCo Inc. 9,300 658
* USANA Health Sciences Inc. 9,700 451
      35,529
Energy (10.8%)    
  ExxonMobil Corp. 136,520 12,485
  ChevronCorp. 65,365 7,619
  ConocoPhillips 64,040 3,662
  Phillips 66 59,870 2,776
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 49,500 2,702
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 33,700 2,700
  HollyFrontier Corp. 57,700 2,381
  Tesoro Corp. 40,700 1,705
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 19,540 1,682
  Williams Cos. Inc. 45,400 1,588
  Valero Energy Corp. 26,100 827
* Helix Energy Solutions    
  Group Inc. 31,300 572
  Schlumberger Ltd. 7,800 564
* Plains Exploration &    
  Production Co. 8,200 307
      41,570

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Financials (16.3%)    
  Wells Fargo & Co. 174,870 6,038
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 147,336 5,964
  US Bancorp 105,850 3,631
  American Express Co. 58,720 3,339
  Discover Financial Services 66,500 2,642
  Fifth Third Bancorp 160,000 2,482
  Allstate Corp. 61,800 2,448
  State Street Corp. 56,600 2,375
* American International    
  Group Inc. 72,200 2,367
  Aflac Inc. 49,040 2,348
  Torchmark Corp. 42,500 2,182
  KeyCorp 248,200 2,169
  Assurant Inc. 49,700 1,854
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 19,200 1,693
  Allied World Assurance Co.    
  Holdings AG 20,341 1,571
* World Acceptance Corp. 21,956 1,481
* American Capital Ltd. 117,900 1,337
  Public Storage 8,900 1,239
  HCP Inc. 26,700 1,188
  Nelnet Inc. Class A 45,100 1,071
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 66,500 1,067
  Kimco Realty Corp. 48,700 987
  CBL & Associates    
  Properties Inc. 46,100 984
  General Growth    
  Properties Inc. 48,800 951
  Digital Realty Trust Inc. 12,400 866
  Lexington Realty Trust 88,700 857
  Duke Realty Corp. 58,200 855
  Weingarten Realty    
  Investors 30,000 843
  Apartment Investment &    
  Management Co. Class A 31,700 824
  Omega Healthcare    
  Investors Inc. 33,500 761
  Moodys Corp. 17,200 760
* Credit Acceptance Corp. 6,999 598
* Sunstone Hotel    
  Investors Inc. 43,400 477
  EverestRe Group Ltd. 4,400 471
  NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. 19,300 450
  Simon Property Group Inc. 2,600 395
  BB&T Corp. 11,900 395
  Prologis Inc. 8,100 284
  Liberty Property Trust 7,200 261
  Citigroup Inc. 7,300 239
  Bank of America Corp. 21,400 189
  Regions Financial Corp. 18,800 135
      63,068

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Health Care (11.0%)    
  Pfizer Inc. 254,264 6,318
  Abbott Laboratories 68,100 4,669
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 61,275 3,395
  Merck & Co. Inc. 73,683 3,323
  EliLilly & Co. 69,920 3,315
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 90,752 3,063
  Johnson & Johnson 37,007 2,550
  McKesson Corp. 27,800 2,392
  Aetna Inc. 51,700 2,047
  AmerisourceBergen Corp.    
  Class A 52,300 2,025
* CharlesRiver Laboratories    
  International Inc. 42,600 1,687
  Warner Chilcott plc Class A 94,200 1,272
* Pharmacyclics Inc. 19,000 1,225
  Cooper Cos. Inc. 12,700 1,200
  ResMed Inc. 26,800 1,085
  Zimmer Holdings Inc. 15,700 1,062
* Community Health    
  Systems Inc. 31,000 903
* Watson    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 10,000 852
* WellCare Health Plans Inc. 5,100 288
      42,671
Industrials (10.1%)    
  General Electric Co. 286,380 6,504
  Union Pacific Corp. 28,800 3,418
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 27,200 2,540
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 36,330 2,413
  Raytheon Co. 42,200 2,412
  Parker Hannifin Corp. 27,400 2,290
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 48,600 2,178
  Textron Inc. 81,000 2,120
  ChicagoBridge &    
  Iron Co. NV 51,400 1,958
* Delta Air Lines Inc. 183,600 1,682
* CNHGlobal NV 42,300 1,640
  Caterpillar Inc. 18,500 1,592
  Manitowoc Co. Inc. 98,300 1,311
* Alaska Air Group Inc. 34,800 1,220
  United Technologies Corp. 14,140 1,107
  Honeywell International Inc. 17,400 1,040
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 8,700 693
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 9,600 687
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 41,000 567
  Cintas Corp. 13,200 547
* US Airways Group Inc. 45,700 478
  Lincoln Electric    
  Holdings Inc. 11,100 433
  Deluxe Corp. 7,100 217
* WESCO International Inc. 1,800 103
      39,150

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Information Technology (19.1%)  
  Apple Inc. 25,420 16,962
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 36,642 7,601
  Microsoft Corp. 234,097 6,971
  Intel Corp. 192,290 4,361
  Cisco Systems Inc. 179,350 3,424
  Accenture plc Class A 45,800 3,207
* Google Inc. Class A 3,350 2,528
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 46,700 2,361
* Alliance Data Systems Corp. 16,200 2,300
  Western Digital Corp. 53,900 2,088
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 43,400 2,070
  IAC/InterActiveCorp 39,300 2,046
* Cadence Design    
  Systems Inc. 158,300 2,037
* Unisys Corp. 97,500 2,030
* VMware Inc. Class A 19,900 1,925
  Heartland Payment    
  Systems Inc. 50,900 1,613
  Anixter International Inc. 27,400 1,574
* LSI Corp. 226,700 1,566
  Fair Isaac Corp. 29,000 1,284
* NVIDIA Corp. 85,400 1,139
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 54,300 1,016
  Oracle Corp. 29,248 921
  Mastercard Inc. Class A 1,600 722
  Intuit Inc. 10,300 606
  QUALCOMMInc. 8,400 525
* Gartner Inc. 7,500 346
* Advanced Micro    
  Devices Inc. 66,500 224
  MAXIMUSInc. 3,400 203
      73,650
Materials (3.8%)    
  Monsanto Co. 35,700 3,249
  CF Industries Holdings Inc. 11,550 2,567
  PPG Industries Inc. 22,100 2,538
  FMC Corp. 38,800 2,149
  Eastman Chemical Co. 37,000 2,109
  Sherwin-WilliamsCo. 7,200 1,072
  Rockwood Holdings Inc. 21,200 988
      14,672
Telecommunication Services (3.2%)  
  AT&T Inc. 192,429 7,254
  Verizon    
  Communications Inc. 111,057 5,061
      12,315
Utilities (3.1%)    
  American Electric    
  Power Co. Inc. 56,500 2,482
  Public Service Enterprise    
  Group Inc. 69,400 2,233
  Consolidated Edison Inc. 35,300 2,114

 

    Market
    Value
  Shares ($000)
PNM Resources Inc. 98,800 2,078
Ameren Corp. 62,300 2,035
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 13,800 729
DTEEnergy Co. 3,900 234
PPL Corp. 2,500 73
    11,978
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $314,691)   385,028
Temporary Cash Investments (0.4%)1  
Money Market Fund (0.4%)    
2 Vanguard Market    
Liquidity Fund, 0.163% 1,544,691 1,545
 
  Face  
  Amount  
  ($000)  
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.0%)
3,4 Fannie Mae    
Discount Notes,    
0.135%, 12/12/12 100 100
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $1,645)   1,645
Total Investments (100.0%)    
(Cost $316,336)   386,673
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%)  
Other Assets   572
Liabilities   (619)
    (47)
Net Assets (100%)   386,626

 

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At September 30, 2012, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 347,798
Undistributed Net Investment Income 5,666
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (37,155)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 70,337
Futures Contracts (20)
Net Assets 386,626
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 270,954 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 7,344
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Shares $27.10
 
Institutional Plus Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 7,001,134 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 379,282
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Institutional Plus Shares $54.17

 

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 0.0%, 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 was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
4 Securities with a value of $100,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2012
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 8,571
Interest1 2
Security Lending 4
Total Income 8,577
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 294
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 10
Management and Administrative—Institutional Plus Shares 206
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Plus Shares 56
Custodian Fees 9
Auditing Fees 28
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Plus Shares 1
Total Expenses 604
Net Investment Income 7,973
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 25,539
Futures Contracts 360
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 25,899
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 58,818
Futures Contracts 47
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 58,865
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 92,737
1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $2,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2012 2011
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 7,973 5,614
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 25,899 29,319
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 58,865 (24,482)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 92,737 10,451
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Institutional Shares (119) (94)
Institutional Plus Shares (6,371) (5,546)
Realized Capital Gain    
Institutional Shares
Institutional Plus Shares
Total Distributions (6,490) (5,640)
Capital Share Transactions    
Institutional Shares 119 843
Institutional Plus Shares 4,615 (18,297)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 4,734 (17,454)
Total Increase (Decrease) 90,981 (12,643)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 295,645 308,288
End of Period1 386,626 295,645
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $5,666,000 and $4,183,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $21.03 $20.70 $18.99 $21.53 $28.67
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .544 .3851 .376 .3521 .402
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 5.973 .338 1.672 (2.500) (6.833)
Total from Investment Operations 6.517 .723 2.048 (2.148) (6.431)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.447) (.393) (.338) (.392) (.280)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.429)
Total Distributions (.447) (.393) (.338) (.392) (.709)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $27.10 $21.03 $20.70 $18.99 $21.53
 
Total Return 31.43% 3.37% 10.88% -9.67% -22.95%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $7 $6 $5 $4 $4
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets 0.24% 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.19% 1.64% 1.91% 2.15% 1.72%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 58% 56% 52% 62% 70%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Plus Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $42.02 $41.36 $37.94 $43.07 $57.39
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.122 .7961 .778 .7251 .873
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 11.951 .672 3.343 (5.006) (13.714)
Total from Investment Operations 13.073 1.468 4.121 (4.281) (12.841)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.923) (.808) (.701) (.849) (.621)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.858)
Total Distributions (.923) (.808) (.701) (.849) (1.479)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $54.17 $42.02 $41.36 $37.94 $43.07
 
Total Return 31.56% 3.43% 10.96% -9.60% -22.91%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $379 $290 $304 $275 $248
Ratio of Total Expenses to          
Average Net Assets 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.12%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.26% 1.71% 1.98% 2.23% 1.80%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 58% 56% 52% 62% 70%
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.

 

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

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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 and Institutional Plus Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, 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 funds pricing time but after the close of the securitiesprimary 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 funds 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).

During the year ended September 30, 2012, the funds average investment in futures contracts represented less than 1% of net assets, based on quarterly average aggregate settlement values.

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 funds tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2009–2012), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the funds financial statements.

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

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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 fees charged to borrowers plus 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 September 30, 2012, the fund had contributed capital of $54,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the funds net assets and 0.02% of Vanguards capitalization. The funds trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

C. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the funds investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the funds own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the market value of the funds investments as of September 30, 2012, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 385,028
Temporary Cash Investments 1,545 100
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (8)
Total 386,565 100
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

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D. At September 30, 2012, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2012 22 1,578 (20)

 

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

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.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2012, the fund had $5,912,000 of ordinary income available for distribution. The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $25,947,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2012. At September 30, 2012, the fund had available capital losses totaling $37,168,000 to offset future net capital gains through September 30, 2018.

At September 30, 2012, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $316,336,000.

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $70,337,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $76,010,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $5,673,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2012, the fund purchased $210,892,000 of investment securities and sold $204,235,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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

      Year Ended September 30,
    2012   2011
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Institutional Shares        
Issued 749 32
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 119 5 94 4
Redeemed
Net Increase (Decrease)Institutional Shares 119 5 843 36
Institutional Plus Shares        
Issued 2,634 55
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,981 44 1,703 38
Redeemed (20,000) (475)
Net Increase (Decrease)Institutional Plus Shares 4,615 99 (18,297) (437)

 

At September 30, 2012, one shareholder was the record or beneficial owner of 89% of the funds net assets. If the shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the funds expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.

H. In preparing the financial statements as of September 30, 2012, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Vanguard Quantitative Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanguard Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund and Vanguard Structured Broad Market Fund (constituting two separate portfolios of Vanguard Quantitative Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at September 30, 2012, the results of each of their operations for the year ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fundsmanagement; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and broker and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 12, 2012

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Special 2012 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Structured Equity Funds

 

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The funds distributed qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year as follows:

  Qualified Dividend Income
Fund ($000)
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund 9,280
Structured Broad Market Fund 6,490

 

For corporate shareholders, the percentage of investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) that qualifies for the dividends-received deduction is as follows:

Fund Percentage
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund 100%
Structured Broad Market Fund 97

 

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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. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not 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 September 30, 2012      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  3/31/2012 9/30/2012 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,042.32 $1.23
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,042.84 0.87
Structured Broad Market Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,027.29 $1.22
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,027.70 0.86
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.87 $1.22
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,024.22 0.86
Structured Broad Market Fund      
Institutional Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.87 $1.22
Institutional Plus Shares 1,000.00 1,024.22 0.86

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: for the Structured Large-Cap Equity Fund, 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.17% for Institutional Plus Shares; for the Structured Broad Market Fund, 0.24% for Institutional Shares and 0.17% for 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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Glossary

30-Day SEC 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 (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), 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.

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.

Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.

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. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities 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.

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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.

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.

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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 funds 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 Vanguards 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 179 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 vanguard.com.

InterestedTrustee1 and Delphi Automotive LLP (automotive components);
  Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital; Trustee of
F. William McNabb III The Conference Board.
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the  
Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Amy Gutmann
Years: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Inc., and of each of the investment companies served Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Director of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H.
of The Vanguard Group since 2008; Chief Executive Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Officer and President of The Vanguard Group and of in the School of Arts and Sciences with secondary
each of the investment companies served by The appointments at the Annenberg School for
Vanguard Group since 2008; Director of Vanguard Communication and the Graduate School of Education
Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The of the University of Pennsylvania; Member of the
Vanguard Group (1995–2008). National Commission on the Humanities and Social
Sciences; Trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New
IndependentTrustees  York and of the National Constitution Center; Chair
of the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study
Emerson U. Fullwood of Bioethical Issues.
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal  
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Executive JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America  Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate
Corporation (document management products and Vice President and Chief Global Diversity Officer
services); Executive in Residence and 2010 (retired 2008) and Member of the Executive
Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson & Johnson
Institute of Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/consumer
(multi-industry manufacturing), the United Way of products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation
Rochester, Amerigroup Corporation (managed health (hotels), the University Medical Center at Princeton,
care), the University of Rochester Medical Center, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Center
Monroe Community College Foundation, and North for Talent Innovation; Member of the Advisory Board
Carolina A&T University. of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
at Syracuse University.
 
Rajiv L. Gupta F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001. 2 Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal
Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins
and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. Inc. (industrial machinery); Director of SKF AB
(chemicals); Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (industrial machinery), Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized
(diversified manufacturing and services), Hewlett- consumer services), the Lumina Foundation for
Packard Co. (electronic computer manufacturing),  

 

 

Education, and Oxfam America; Chairman of the Executive Officers  
Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters    
and Member of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Glenn Booraem  
Institute for International Studies at the University Born 1967. Controller Since July 2010. Principal
of Notre Dame. Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal
  of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of
Mark Loughridge the investment companies served by The Vanguard
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Group; Assistant Controller of each of the investment
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Senior Vice companies served by The Vanguard Group (2001–2010).
President and Chief Financial Officer at IBM (information    
technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBMs Thomas J. Higgins  
Retirement Plan Committee. Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
  2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Scott C. Malpass Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Financial Officer of each of the investment companies
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chief served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of
Investment Officer and Vice President at the University the investment companies served by The Vanguard
of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Group (1998–2008).  
Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member    
of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee; Kathryn J. Hyatt  
Director of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment Born 1955. Treasurer Since November 2008. Principal
advisor); Member of the Investment Advisory Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of
Committees of the Financial Industry Regulatory The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the
Authority (FINRA) and of Major League Baseball. investment companies served by The Vanguard
  Group; Assistant Treasurer of each of the investment
André F. Perold companies served by The Vanguard Group (1988–2008).
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Heidi Stam  
Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at the Harvard Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing
Officer and Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel
LLC (private investment firm); Director of Rand of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard
Merchant Bank; Overseer of the Museum of Fine Group and of each of the investment companies
Arts Boston. served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior
  Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation.
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.    
Born 1941. Trustee Since January 1993. Principal Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam   
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman,    
President, and Chief Executive Officer of NACCO Mortimer J. Buckley Michael S. Miller
Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/ Paul A. Heller Glenn W. Reed
aircraft systems and services) and the National Martha G. King George U. Sauter
Association of Manufacturers; Chairman of the Board Chris D. McIsaac  
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and of    
University Hospitals of Cleveland; Advisory Chairman Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
of the Board of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 
 John J. Brennan  
Peter F. Volanakis  Chairman, 1996–2009  
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President    
and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning    
Incorporated (communications equipment); Director Founder  
of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing);    
Overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business John C. Bogle
Administration at Dartmouth College; Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996
Norris Cotton Cancer Center.    

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
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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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert. The following members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts serving on its Audit Committee, and to be independent: Rajiv L. Gupta, Amy Gutmann, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, Scott C. Malpass, André F. Perold, and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $85,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $84,000

Aggregate Audit Fees of Registered Investment Companies in the Vanguard Group.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $4,809,780
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $3,978,540

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $1,812,565
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $1,341,750

Includes fees billed in connection with assurance and related services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $490,518
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $373,830

Includes fees billed in connection with tax compliance, planning and advice services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group and related to income and excise taxes.

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $16,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $16,000

Includes fees billed for services related to risk management and privacy matters. Services were provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

 

(e) (1) Pre-Approval Policies. The policy of the Registrant’s Audit Committee is to consider and, if appropriate, approve before the principal accountant is engaged for such services, all specific audit and non-audit services provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; and (4) other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group. In making a determination, the Audit Committee considers whether the services are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     In the event of a contingency situation in which the principal accountant is needed to provide services in between scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Chairman of the Audit Committee would be called on to consider and, if appropriate, pre-approve audit or permitted non-audit services in an amount sufficient to complete services through the next Audit Committee meeting, and to determine if such services would be consistent with maintaining the accountant’s independence. At the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting, services and fees would be presented to the Audit Committee for formal consideration, and, if appropriate, approval by the entire Audit Committee. The Audit Committee would again consider whether such services and fees are consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

     The Registrant’s Audit Committee is informed at least annually of all audit and non-audit services provided by the principal accountant to the Vanguard complex, whether such services are provided to: (1) the Registrant; (2) The Vanguard Group, Inc.; (3) other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant; or (4) other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

     (2) No percentage of the principal accountant’s fees or services were approved pursuant to the waiver provision of paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) For the most recent fiscal year, over 50% of the hours worked under the principal accountant’s engagement were not performed by persons other than full-time, permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012: $506,518
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011: $389,830

Includes fees billed for non-audit services provided to the Registrant, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Vanguard Marketing Corporation, and other registered investment companies in the Vanguard Group.

(h) For the most recent fiscal year, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of all non-audit services was consistent with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not Applicable.

Item 6: Investments.

Not Applicable.

Item 7: Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 8: Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 9: Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers.

Not Applicable.

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

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: November 16, 2012

 

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: November 16, 2012

 

  VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
 
By: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
Date: November 16, 2012

 

* By: /s/ Heidi Stam

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on March 27, 2012 see file Number 2-11444, Incorporated by Reference.