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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: Anne E. Robinson, 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, 2016 – September 30, 2017

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

0448435, v0.49



Annual Report | September 30, 2017

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund


 

Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success

We want to give you the best chance of investment success. These principles, grounded in Vanguard’s research and experience, can put you on the right path.

Goals. Create clear, appropriate investment goals.

Balance. Develop a suitable asset allocation using broadly diversified funds. Cost. Minimize cost.

Discipline. Maintain perspective and long-term discipline.

A single theme unites these principles: Focus on the things you can control.

We believe there is no wiser course for any investor.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisors’ Report. 7
Fund Profile. 12
Performance Summary. 14
Financial Statements. 16
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 37
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 38
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. 40
Glossary. 42

 

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: Nautical images have been part of Vanguard’s rich heritage since its start in 1975. For an
incoming ship, a lighthouse offers a beacon and safe path to shore. You can similarly depend on Vanguard to put
you first––and light the way––as you strive to meet your financial goals. Our client focus and low costs,
stemming from our unique ownership structure, assure that your interests are paramount.


 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• The Vanguard Growth and Income Fund returned almost 18% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2017. It trailed its benchmark but exceeded the average return of its peers.

• The fund invests in U.S. large- and mid-capitalization stocks and seeks a total return greater than that of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Three independent advisors manage the fund, each responsible for its own portfolio.

• In general, growth stocks outpaced their value counterparts during the fiscal year.

• All but two of the fund’s 11 industry sectors posted positive results, with financials, information technology, and industrials performing best.

• Energy, which ended the year in negative territory, was the fund’s weakest performer.

• For the ten years ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s average annual return trailed that of its benchmark but outpaced that of its peers.

Total Returns: Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Growth and Income Fund  
Investor Shares 17.66%
Admiral™ Shares 17.81
S&P 500 Index 18.61
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 17.51
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.  
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.  

 

Total Returns: Ten Years Ended September 30, 2017  
  Average
  Annual Return
Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares 6.77%
S&P 500 Index 7.44
Large-Cap Core Funds Average 6.04
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.  

 

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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Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Growth and Income Fund 0.34% 0.23% 1.07%

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the fund’s expense ratios were 0.34% for Investor Shares and 0.23% for Admiral Shares.
The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through
year-end 2016.

Peer group: Large-Cap Core Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

Our investors depend on Vanguard to be a responsible steward of their assets. This includes our obvious responsibilities—managing the funds, offering investment perspectives and advice, and assisting with questions and transactions.

But because a long-term perspective informs every aspect of our investment approach, we also work on your behalf in less obvious ways, such as by advocating for responsible governance among the companies in which Vanguard funds invest. Vanguard’s index funds are essentially permanent owners of thousands of publicly traded companies, and we have a special obligation to be engaged stewards actively focused on the long term.

Simply put, we believe that well-governed companies are more likely to perform well over the long run.

Although Vanguard has always been an advocate for strong corporate governance, we have expanded our efforts recently as our investor base continues to grow. Our Investment Stewardship team has doubled in size since 2015, and we continue to add analysts, researchers, and operations team members. The team guides our engagement activities and our funds’ proxy voting by analyzing corporate governance practices in companies around the world.

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Our four Investment Stewardship pillars

As we evaluate company responsiveness to governance matters, including environmental and social concerns, we focus on four key areas—what we call our Investment Stewardship pillars:

The board: A high-functioning, well-composed, independent, diverse, and experienced board with effective ongoing evaluation practices.

Governance structures: Provisions and structures that empower shareholders and protect their rights.

Appropriate compensation: Pay that incentivizes relative outperformance over the long term.

Risk oversight: Effective, integrated, and ongoing oversight of relevant industry-and company-specific risks.

Guided by these pillars, our Investment Stewardship team conducted more than 950 engagements, or discussions, with company directors and leaders worldwide during the 12 months ended June 30, 2017.

Market Barometer      
    Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2017
  One Year Three Years Five Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 18.54% 10.63% 14.27%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 20.74 12.18 13.79
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 18.71 10.74 14.23
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 19.49 5.11 7.35
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 0.07% 2.71% 2.06%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 0.87 3.19 3.01
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.64 0.28 0.18
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 2.23% 1.22% 1.30%

 

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We also cast more than 171,000 votes on behalf of Vanguard funds at more than 18,000 shareholder meetings.

Gender diversity on boards and climate risk

As we engage with companies, we are devoting increased attention to two specific topics. The first is gender diversity on boards. It’s no secret that the right combination of talent, skills, and experience leads to better results, so we pay close attention to how company boards are structured and managed, and how they evolve.

In recent years, a growing body of research has demonstrated that greater diversity on boards can lead to improved governance and company performance. We are advocating for boards to incorporate diverse perspectives and experience into their strategic planning and decision-making. One example of our commitment to more diverse boards is our participation in the 30% Club, a global coalition working to increase the representation of women in boardrooms and leadership roles.

The second issue is climate risk. We will continue to engage with companies to understand their responses to this risk. Regardless of one’s perspective on the issue, the potential is real for changing regulations, demographics, and consumption behavior to affect business results for companies in many sectors.

We want to ensure that such business and regulatory risks are sufficiently disclosed so investors can value companies appropriately. In the past year, we have voted for shareholder proposals at several energy companies that called for management to improve its climate risk assessment and planning, and we will consider supporting similar proposals if we believe they are beneficial to long-term shareholder value. When a proposal from a shareholder presents a strong case for change, we’re more than willing to fully consider it. And even if the case falls short, these proposals often catalyze a discussion that generates meaningful change over time.

In addition to considering activists’ proposals, we consult research providers and our own network of experts. When we detect material risks to a company’s long-term value (such as bad leadership, poor disclosure, misaligned compensation structures, or threats to shareholder rights), we act with our voice and our vote.

Our stewardship reflects our mission

But we don’t act as independent agents with our own agenda. Every time we speak with a company chairman, CEO, or director, we’re acutely aware of the role we play in representing the economic interests of more than 20 million Vanguard investors. So you can expect us to speak out when we detect threats to the economic interests of our shareholders.

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We take positions on these matters not because they are inherently good or noble but because they are tied to the long-term economic value of your funds’ investments.

You trust us to represent your interests across the globe. You can be confident we act on that responsibility with the seriousness and dedication it deserves.

To learn more about our Investment Stewardship program, including how our funds have voted, visit https://about. vanguard.com/investment-stewardship/.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 13, 2017

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Advisors’ Report

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund’s Investor Shares returned 17.66% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2017. The Admiral Shares returned 17.81%. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index returned 18.61%, and the average return of large-capitalization core funds was 17.51%.

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. (Please note that Los Angeles Capital’s discussion refers to industry sectors as defined by Russell classifications, rather than by the Global Industry Classification Standard used elsewhere in this report.) These comments were prepared on October 16, 2017.

Vanguard Growth and Income Fund Investment Advisors
 
  Fund Assets Managed  
Investment Advisor % $ Million Investment Strategy
Vanguard Quantitative Equity 33 3,292 Employs a quantitative fundamental management
Group     approach, using models that assess valuation, growth
      prospects, management decisions, market
      sentiment, and earnings and balance-sheet quality of
      companies as compared with their peers.
D. E. Shaw Investment 33 3,266 Employs quantitative models that seek to capture
Management, L.L.C.     predominantly bottom-up stock-specific return
      opportunities. The portfolio’s sector weights, size,
      and style characteristics may differ modestly from the
      benchmark in a risk-controlled manner.
Los Angeles Capital 32 3,232 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 2 207 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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Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

Portfolio Managers:

James P. Stetler

Binbin Guo, Principal, Head of Alpha
Equity Investments

Overall global economic growth, though uncertain and mixed at times, combined with rising corporate earnings to support a strong performance by the U.S. stock market. Stock valuations also climbed as investors embraced risk.

U.S. economic fundamentals remained firm behind favorable consumer confidence, unemployment, and GDP data. The Federal Reserve acknowledged the economy’s strength, pushing the range of its federal funds target rate to 1%–1.25% with hikes in March and June. The groundwork has been set, and the market is anticipating another rate increase in December and three more in 2018.

The broad U.S. equity market (as measured by the Russell 3000 Index) returned 18.71% for the period. Growth stocks outperformed their value counterparts, while small-cap stocks beat large-caps. U.S. stocks trailed their developed- and emerging-market peers.

Although overall performance is affected by macro factors, our approach to investing focuses on specific fundamentals. We believe that attractive stocks exhibit five key characteristics: high quality—healthy balance sheets and steady cash-flow generation; effective use of capital with

sound investment policies that favor internal over external funding; consistent earnings growth with the ability to grow earnings year after year; strong market sentiment; and reasonable valuation. The interaction of these characteristics generates an opinion on all stocks in our universe as our model seeks to capitalize on investor biases across the market.

Using these five themes, we generate a daily composite stock ranking, seeking to capitalize on market inefficiencies. We then monitor our portfolio and adjust when appropriate to maximize expected returns and minimize exposure to risks that our research indicates don’t improve returns (such as industry selection and other risks relative to the benchmark).

Over the period, our sentiment model contributed significantly to relative performance; quality and yields also made meaningful contributions. Management decisions was the only model that did not perform as expected. Our strongest sector results were in industrials, health care, and information technology. Our worst were in consumer discretionary and energy.

At the individual stock level, the largest contributions came from overweighted positions in NVIDIA, United Rentals, Applied Materials, and Alaska Air. Our portfolio also benefited from our underweight position in QUALCOMM. Overweight positions in Southwestern Energy, Newfield Exploration, Chesapeake Energy, Diamond Offshore Drilling, and Michael Kors hurt performance.

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We believe that our approach will benefit investors over the long term and feel that the fund offers a strong mix of stocks with attractive valuation and growth characteristics relative to its benchmark.

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


Portfolio Manager:

Philip Kearns, Ph.D., Managing Director

The S&P 500 rose strongly over the period, particularly after the U.S. presidential election. The rally was broad-based, with only one sector—telecommunications services—experiencing a negative return. The financial sector was the top performer, returning more than 36%. Nearly half of this gain occurred between the eve of the election and the end of 2016, as investors appeared to view Donald Trump’s electoral victory as a positive for the sector. This was perhaps because of expectations that a Trump administration would relax financial oversight and regulations. Global equity markets also performed well, with the MSCI World Index returning only slightly less than the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rising 22.49%.

The rally was accompanied by a significant decline in implied and realized volatility: The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)—a measure of the expected volatility of the S&P 500—dropped to 9.36 in July, slightly above the record low it set in 1993. This index briefly spiked during the 12 months in an apparent reaction to some geopolitical

events; despite the global and domestic turmoil, however, realized volatility over the period was only 7.4%.

Although we monitor market activity of the type described above, we generally do not make investment decisions within benchmark-relative equity portfolios based on a subjective analysis of the investment environment. The only exception is when we attempt to mitigate certain situation-specific risks identified by the firm. There were no such occurrences of this during the period.

Our quantitative equity investment process deploys alpha models that seek to forecast individual stock returns, and it deploys risk models that seek to mitigate active exposures to industries, sectors, and common risk factors. However, the resulting portfolios may exhibit small to moderate active exposures to industries, sectors, and risk factors as a by-product of our focus on bottom-up stock selection. Therefore, we generally attribute portfolio performance to three major sources: bottom-up stock selection, exposure to industry groups, and risk factors such as value, growth, and market capitalization.

Stock selection contributed most to our portfolio’s performance over the period; exposures to macro and technical risks also contributed. Exposures to fundamental risks were the primary detractors. Our overweight exposure to small-cap stocks was a key contributor,

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while an overweight exposure to stocks with low dollar trading volume was a significant, but smaller, detractor.

The three largest single-stock contributors were overweight positions in Apple and Lam Research and an underweight position in Allergan. The three largest single-stock detractors were underweight positions in Boeing and NVIDIA and a position in Bank of America that shifted from underweight to overweight during the period.

In our view, the U.S. economy appears to be expanding, albeit at a moderate pace. The U.S. Federal Reserve saw sufficient expansion of economic activity to warrant raising the federal funds rate in December, March, and June, and the unemployment rate recently matched its pre-recession low. While it’s likely that there will be further market-rattling shocks to come, we expect the economy to be resilient and to continue exhibiting modest growth.

Los Angeles Capital

Portfolio Managers:

Thomas D. Stevens, CFA,
Chairman and Principal

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

Against the backdrop of a dramatic reversal from value to growth, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ended the fiscal year substantially higher. In the last quarter of 2016, U.S. large value stocks outperformed growth

by almost 6%, thanks to an improved economic outlook. Then, despite low levels of market volatility during the first quarter of 2017, value’s momentum reversed as quickly as it had accelerated. A weaker dollar and strong fundamental momentum for the so-called FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet’s Google) stocks drove the resurgence in growth stocks. Lower commodity prices and political uncertainty with regard to health care, tax reform, deregulation, and infrastructure spending also boosted the growth segment, as they hindered value stocks.

An analysis of equity factors over the trailing year shows that price momentum continues to be a dominant driver of return, with both one- and three-year momentum among the strongest factors. With the exception of dividend yield, which has underperformed as investors adjust their portfolios for higher interest rates, the performance of value factors was generally positive. Companies with a large proportion of non-dollar sales outperformed as the dollar weakened during the first half of 2017; so, too, did higher-quality companies with sustainable growth rates. Positive analyst sentiment, a factor generally favored by investors, underperformed as the improved outlook in fundamentals shifted from value back to growth.

Our portfolio’s tilt toward stocks with positive one-year momentum and exposure to financial risk added value,

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while its underweight to stocks with the best long-term returns detracted as growth stocks regained their dominance. With growth assets rebounding strongly in 2017, the portfolio’s higher exposure to value factors at year-end also detracted from returns. For the year, the impact of the portfolio’s active sector bets was generally small. Overweights to technology and underweights to energy helped returns. Underweights to the larger-cap diversified financial firms, however, were the largest detractors.

As of September 30, our portfolio’s largest sector overweights are in technology and capital goods; its largest underweights are in retail and transportation. Over the 12 months, the portfolio shifted out of energy and real estate and into internet and capital goods. Its exposure to earnings growth and quality has increased while its exposure to value factors and financial risk has decreased. Today, it is positioned toward larger-cap companies that derive a high percentage of sales from foreign trade. The portfolio’s beta relative to the S&P 500 Index is 1.0.

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Growth and Income Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VQNPX VGIAX
Expense Ratio1 0.34% 0.23%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.54% 1.65%

 

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
      Total
      Market
    S&P 500 FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 910 505 3,808
Median Market Cap $82.5B $92.1B $61.4B
Price/Earnings Ratio 21.8x 22.3x 21.9x
Price/Book Ratio 3.1x 3.0x 2.9x
Return on Equity 16.0% 16.0% 15.1%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 9.5% 9.3% 9.6%
Dividend Yield 1.8% 1.9% 1.8%
Foreign Holdings 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 96%
Short-Term Reserves 0.3%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S. Total
    S&P 500 Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Consumer Discretionary 10.8% 11.9% 12.3%
Consumer Staples 7.8 8.2 7.3
Energy 5.7 6.1 5.8
Financials 14.2 14.6 15.0
Health Care 14.5 14.5 14.0
Industrials 10.4 10.2 10.8
Information Technology 25.8 23.2 22.3
Materials 3.1 3.0 3.4
Real Estate 3.1 3.0 4.0
Telecommunication      
Services 1.7 2.2 2.0
Utilities 2.9 3.1 3.1

Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification
Standard (“GICS”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable),
which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS
classification as of the effective reporting period.

Volatility Measures    
    DJ
    U.S. Total
  S&P 500 Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.99
Beta 0.97 0.96

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

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, the expense ratios were 0.34% for Investor Shares and 0.23% for Admiral Shares.

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Growth and Income Fund

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Apple Inc. Technology  
  Hardware, Storage &  
  Peripherals 4.0%
Alphabet Inc. Internet Software &  
  Services 2.9
Microsoft Corp. Systems Software 2.3
Facebook Inc. Internet Software &  
  Services 1.8
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 1.5
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 1.5
Amazon.com Inc. Internet & Direct  
  Marketing Retail 1.4
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 1.3
Merck & Co. Inc. Pharmaceuticals 1.2
Bank of America Corp. Diversified Banks 1.2
Top Ten   19.1%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and
equity index products.    

 


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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, 2007, Through September 30, 2017
Initial Investment of $10,000


    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2017  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Growth and Income Fund*Investor        
  Shares 17.66% 14.27% 6.77% $19,258
• • • • • • • • S&P 500 Index 18.61 14.22 7.44 20,488
– – – – Large-Cap Core Funds Average 17.51 12.66 6.04 17,979
  Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market        
  Float Adjusted Index 18.67 14.15 7.64 20,887
Large-Cap Core Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.    

 

        Final Value
  One Five Ten of a $50,000
  Year Years Years Investment
 
Growth and Income Fund Admiral Shares 17.81% 14.40% 6.90% $97,414
 
S&P 500 Index 18.61 14.22 7.44 102,442
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float        
Adjusted Index 18.67 14.15 7.64 104,435

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Growth and Income Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2007, Through September 30, 2017


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Growth and Income Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2017

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 (97.7%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (10.5%)  
* Amazon.com Inc. 141,987 136,499
  Comcast Corp. Class A 2,166,573 83,370
  Home Depot Inc. 452,960 74,086
  McDonald’s Corp. 430,410 67,437
* Priceline Group Inc. 27,112 49,637
  Walt Disney Co. 441,141 43,483
  Yum! Brands Inc. 507,415 37,351
  TJX Cos. Inc. 455,126 33,556
  Carnival Corp. 498,772 32,206
  Royal Caribbean    
  Cruises Ltd. 259,929 30,812
  Ross Stores Inc. 349,964 22,597
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 395,365 22,520
  General Motors Co. 545,602 22,031
* Dollar Tree Inc. 251,846 21,865
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 261,954 20,941
* Netflix Inc. 114,272 20,723
  Delphi Automotive plc 189,547 18,651
* Discovery    
  Communications Inc.    
  Class A 783,060 16,671
  H&R Block Inc. 611,710 16,198
  Hasbro Inc. 158,090 15,441
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 136,124 15,009
  Coach Inc. 351,139 14,144
* Mohawk Industries Inc. 54,599 13,514
  Omnicom Group Inc. 171,103 12,674
  Wyndham Worldwide    
  Corp. 103,596 10,920
* Charter Communications    
  Inc. Class A 27,951 10,158
  Leggett & Platt Inc. 211,605 10,100
  Darden Restaurants Inc. 123,068 9,695
  Expedia Inc. 66,821 9,618
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 55,390 8,249

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Ralph Lauren Corp.    
  Class A 87,310 7,709
  BorgWarner Inc. 147,693 7,566
  Tiffany & Co. 81,493 7,479
  DR Horton Inc. 175,800 7,020
  News Corp. Class B 483,175 6,595
  Twenty-First Century    
  Fox Inc. 255,209 6,582
  Genuine Parts Co. 66,100 6,322
  Target Corp. 107,038 6,316
  News Corp. Class A 430,908 5,714
  Goodyear Tire &    
  Rubber Co. 169,200 5,626
* O’Reilly Automotive Inc. 25,900 5,578
* Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. 113,115 5,413
  PVH Corp. 41,200 5,194
* LKQ Corp. 127,600 4,592
  Garmin Ltd. 76,130 4,109
  Time Warner Inc. 39,834 4,081
  Hilton Worldwide    
  Holdings Inc. 57,298 3,979
* Ulta Beauty Inc. 15,167 3,429
  Foot Locker Inc. 94,560 3,330
  Starbucks Corp. 60,403 3,244
  Ford Motor Co. 258,827 3,098
  Dick’s Sporting Goods    
  Inc. 107,400 2,901
* Ferrari NV 25,600 2,828
* Visteon Corp. 17,800 2,203
* Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. 110,300 2,160
* Michaels Cos. Inc. 91,400 1,962
  Interpublic Group of Cos.    
  Inc. 84,715 1,761
  Cable One Inc. 2,158 1,558
  Graham Holdings Co.    
  Class B 2,457 1,438
* Adtalem Global Education    
  Inc. 39,500 1,416

 

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Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Liberty Media Corp-Liberty    
  SiriusXM Class C Shares 29,500 1,235
  Carter’s Inc. 11,700 1,155
* Liberty Media Corp-Liberty    
  SiriusXM Class A Shares 26,500 1,110
  La-Z-Boy Inc. 39,600 1,065
  Adient plc 11,100 932
  GameStop Corp. Class A 38,800 802
* Discovery Communications    
  Inc. 37,159 753
* Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 11,900 735
  Viacom Inc. Class B 23,000 640
^ Restaurant Brands    
  International Inc. 10,000 639
  Gannett Co. Inc. 62,335 561
  Brinker International Inc. 15,700 500
* Express Inc. 73,900 500
* Crocs Inc. 48,900 474
  Office Depot Inc. 98,400 447
  Bloomin’ Brands Inc. 25,100 442
* Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. 11,200 433
* Liberty Expedia Holdings    
  Inc. Class A 7,481 397
* Lumber Liquidators    
  Holdings Inc. 9,900 386
* Liberty Ventures Class A 6,700 386
  Gentex Corp. 17,938 355
* Wayfair Inc. 5,200 350
* Select Comfort Corp. 10,900 338
  Aaron’s Inc. 6,500 284
  Signet Jewelers Ltd. 3,000 200
* TripAdvisor Inc. 3,900 158
* ServiceMaster Global    
  Holdings Inc. 3,100 145
* NVR Inc. 46 131
  Lennar Corp. Class A 2,300 121
* Liberty Interactive Corp.    
  QVC Group Class A 5,100 120
  Pier 1 Imports Inc. 28,184 118
* La Quinta Holdings Inc. 6,100 107
* Kirkland’s Inc. 6,800 78
* Hibbett Sports Inc. 5,161 74
* Fossil Group Inc. 7,800 73
  Finish Line Inc. Class A 6,000 72
* Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings    
  Inc. Class A 5,800 72
  Aramark 1,600 65
  Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 2,600 61
*,^ Caesars Entertainment    
  Corp. 4,500 60
  American Eagle Outfitters    
  Inc. 4,200 60
* Horizon Global Corp. 3,300 58
  Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. 7,530 58

 

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
* Liberty Broadband Corp.   600 57
* Live Nation Entertainment    
  Inc.   915 40
* MDC Partners Inc. Class A 3,500 39
* Liberty Media Corp-Liberty    
  Formula One Class A   1,000 36
  Libbey Inc.   3,900 36
* Deckers Outdoor Corp.   500 34
* Sotheby’s   600 28
  Bassett Furniture Industries    
  Inc.   689 26
* Bridgepoint Education Inc. 2,579 25
* Weight Watchers      
  International Inc.   500 22
  Sirius XM Holdings Inc.   3,800 21
* Denny’s Corp.   1,491 19
  New Media Investment      
  Group Inc.   1,200 18
* TRI Pointe Group Inc.   1,000 14
  Ruth’s Hospitality Group      
  Inc.   600 13
* Groupon Inc. Class A   2,400 12
* Monarch Casino & Resort      
  Inc.   300 12
* Biglari Holdings Inc.   34 11
  NIKE Inc. Class B   200 10
  Extended Stay America Inc. 400 8
  HSN Inc.   200 8
  L Brands Inc.   140 6
* Tuesday Morning Corp.   1,190 4
  Cato Corp. Class A   271 4
  Gap Inc.   100 3
* Vitamin Shoppe Inc.   300 2
        1,048,617
Consumer Staples (7.5%)      
  Procter & Gamble Co. 1,263,949 114,994
  PepsiCo Inc. 808,435 90,084
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   994,231 77,689
  Philip Morris      
  International Inc.   602,726 66,909
  Coca-Cola Co. 1,209,231 54,427
  Altria Group Inc.   778,790 49,391
  Costco Wholesale Corp.   287,635 47,256
  Kimberly-Clark Corp.   314,602 37,022
  Conagra Brands Inc.   978,156 33,003
  Constellation Brands Inc.      
  Class A   141,673 28,257
  Colgate-Palmolive Co.   381,316 27,779
  Walgreens Boots Alliance      
  Inc.   272,912 21,074
  Campbell Soup Co.   417,287 19,537
  Hershey Co.   171,712 18,746
  CVS Health Corp.   172,326 14,014

 

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Growth and Income Fund      
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Mondelez International Inc.    
  Class A   271,265 11,030
  Dr Pepper Snapple Group      
  Inc.   107,276 9,491
  Clorox Co.   59,516 7,851
  Molson Coors Brewing Co.    
  Class B   81,710 6,671
  Kroger Co.   197,100 3,954
  Kraft Heinz Co.   43,500 3,373
* US Foods Holding Corp.   96,911 2,588
  Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. 50,459 2,366
* Post Holdings Inc.   15,400 1,359
  Sysco Corp.   24,712 1,333
  General Mills Inc.   18,915 979
* Monster Beverage Corp.   16,600 917
  Hormel Foods Corp.   8,300 267
  Ingredion Inc.   2,100 253
* Nomad Foods Ltd.   17,292 252
* Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.   5,900 168
  Coca-Cola European      
  Partners plc   3,900 162
* Adecoagro SA   12,600 136
* Boston Beer Co. Inc.      
  Class A   400 62
* HRG Group Inc.   3,500 55
* United Natural Foods Inc.   700 29
* USANA Health Sciences Inc. 400 23
* Central Garden & Pet Co.      
  Class A   304 11
  JM Smucker Co.   105 11
  Casey’s General Stores Inc. 100 11
  Dean Foods Co.   200 2
        753,536
Energy (5.5%)      
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 1,600,973 131,248
  Chevron Corp.   872,274 102,492
  Halliburton Co.   981,828 45,194
  Schlumberger Ltd.   549,880 38,360
  Phillips 66   349,007 31,973
  Baker Hughes a GE Co.   643,213 23,554
  Valero Energy Corp.   289,395 22,263
  ConocoPhillips   441,063 22,075
  Williams Cos. Inc.   706,450 21,201
*,^ Chesapeake Energy      
  Corp. 4,023,642 17,302
  Marathon Petroleum      
  Corp.   305,620 17,139
  Kinder Morgan Inc.   796,735 15,281
  Anadarko Petroleum      
  Corp.   310,200 15,153
  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   303,500 8,119
  Devon Energy Corp.   220,595 8,098
  Cimarex Energy Co.   52,971 6,021
  EOG Resources Inc.   44,099 4,266

 

        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Andeavor   35,200 3,631
  EQT Corp.   45,500 2,975
* Newfield Exploration Co.   89,600 2,658
  Occidental Petroleum      
  Corp.   40,605 2,607
* Energen Corp.   46,600 2,548
*,^ Transocean Ltd.   203,260 2,187
  Range Resources Corp.   83,280 1,630
* CONSOL Energy Inc.   82,200 1,392
  Ensco plc Class A   205,110 1,224
* QEP Resources Inc.   120,300 1,031
  Murphy Oil Corp.   10,800 287
  Cameco Corp.   19,142 185
* Peabody Energy Corp.   5,800 168
  Oceaneering International      
  Inc.   5,070 133
* Exterran Corp.   3,800 120
* Southwestern Energy Co.   18,792 115
* Kosmos Energy Ltd.   13,900 111
  Marathon Oil Corp.   7,900 107
  Golar LNG Ltd.   4,704 106
* Ultra Petroleum Corp.   11,400 99
* Denbury Resources Inc.   57,300 77
* Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. 2,100 69
  Cosan Ltd.   4,300 35
* TechnipFMC plc   1,212 34
  Archrock Inc.   2,600 33
  World Fuel Services Corp. 900 31
  Encana Corp.   2,147 25
* Diamond Offshore Drilling    
  Inc.   1,400 20
* Matrix Service Co.   1,300 20
* Helix Energy Solutions      
  Group Inc.   2,400 18
* Basic Energy Services Inc. 200 4
* Whiting Petroleum Corp.   700 4
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 25 4
* International Seaways Inc. 100 2
        553,429
Financials (13.8%)      
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1,597,609 152,588
  Bank of America Corp. 4,799,732 121,625
  Wells Fargo & Co. 1,788,367 98,628
  Citigroup Inc. 1,338,226 97,343
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.      
  Class B   466,962 85,603
  Goldman Sachs Group      
  Inc.   228,615 54,225
  S&P Global Inc.   252,230 39,426
  Morgan Stanley   730,452 35,186
  Bank of New York Mellon      
  Corp.   646,415 34,273
  Allstate Corp.   339,218 31,178
  Progressive Corp.   601,123 29,106

 

18


 

Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Chubb Ltd. 186,461 26,580
  State Street Corp. 274,488 26,225
  Intercontinental Exchange    
  Inc. 360,386 24,759
  Aflac Inc. 286,668 23,332
  Lincoln National Corp. 305,820 22,472
  Zions Bancorporation 475,245 22,422
  Everest Re Group Ltd. 90,644 20,702
  T. Rowe Price Group Inc. 226,343 20,518
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 137,782 20,462
  Citizens Financial Group    
  Inc. 530,741 20,099
  Regions Financial Corp. 1,319,052 20,089
  Unum Group 365,191 18,672
  Aon plc 119,270 17,425
  Marsh & McLennan Cos.    
  Inc. 201,951 16,926
  M&T Bank Corp. 102,000 16,426
  Franklin Resources Inc. 351,605 15,650
  People’s United Financial    
  Inc. 792,019 14,367
  Discover Financial    
  Services 217,112 13,999
  US Bancorp 238,645 12,789
  BlackRock Inc. 28,550 12,764
  Leucadia National Corp. 504,058 12,727
  American International    
  Group Inc. 206,000 12,646
* E*TRADE Financial Corp. 283,490 12,363
  Synchrony Financial 383,400 11,905
  Moody’s Corp. 82,100 11,429
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 178,940 10,695
  MetLife Inc. 187,379 9,734
  Torchmark Corp. 112,587 9,017
  Navient Corp. 595,225 8,940
  Hartford Financial    
  Services Group Inc. 157,255 8,717
  Willis Towers Watson plc 55,600 8,575
  Comerica Inc. 109,653 8,362
  CME Group Inc. 56,300 7,639
  Raymond James Financial    
  Inc. 74,141 6,252
  XL Group Ltd. 142,730 5,631
  Invesco Ltd. 159,840 5,601
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 44,981 5,511
  Principal Financial Group    
  Inc. 85,595 5,507
  Prudential Financial Inc. 51,538 5,480
  American Express Co. 52,420 4,742
  Voya Financial Inc. 116,900 4,663
  Nasdaq Inc. 54,700 4,243
  Huntington Bancshares    
  Inc. 295,132 4,120

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  First Horizon National    
  Corp. 203,320 3,894
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 54,551 3,358
  FNF Group 59,300 2,814
  Cincinnati Financial Corp. 29,531 2,261
  East West Bancorp Inc. 35,800 2,140
  Fifth Third Bancorp 75,480 2,112
  Affiliated Managers Group    
  Inc. 9,830 1,866
  First American Financial    
  Corp. 35,800 1,789
  Ares Capital Corp. 108,800 1,783
  Northern Trust Corp. 17,612 1,619
* Brighthouse Financial Inc. 26,020 1,582
  American Equity    
  Investment Life    
  Holding Co. 29,800 867
  Credicorp Ltd. 3,900 800
* Flagstar Bancorp Inc. 14,400 511
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 13,200 498
  Great Western Bancorp Inc. 10,800 446
  Popular Inc. 12,400 446
  TCF Financial Corp. 21,500 366
  Primerica Inc. 3,870 316
* First BanCorp 57,900 296
  First Midwest Bancorp Inc. 12,016 281
  Reinsurance Group of    
  America Inc. Class A 2,000 279
  Apollo Investment Corp. 42,700 261
  Argo Group International    
  Holdings Ltd. 4,200 258
  Beneficial Bancorp Inc. 13,200 219
  LPL Financial Holdings Inc. 4,000 206
  Synovus Financial Corp. 3,800 175
* eHealth Inc. 6,932 166
  Aspen Insurance Holdings    
  Ltd. 3,900 158
* World Acceptance Corp. 1,900 157
  Old Republic International    
  Corp. 7,225 142
  Bank of NT Butterfield &    
  Son Ltd. 3,800 139
  Umpqua Holdings Corp. 7,100 139
  Hanover Insurance Group    
  Inc. 1,400 136
  Columbia Banking System    
  Inc. 3,024 127
  Kearny Financial Corp. 6,921 106
  Nelnet Inc. Class A 1,900 96
* PHH Corp. 6,300 88
  UMB Financial Corp. 1,100 82
  Meridian Bancorp Inc. 4,000 75
* Green Dot Corp. Class A 1,500 74
* Opus Bank 3,087 74

 

19


 

Growth and Income Fund      
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
    Shares ($000)
* Essent Group Ltd.   1,600 65
  Erie Indemnity Co. Class A 500 60
  PacWest Bancorp   1,100 56
^ Prospect Capital Corp.   7,400 50
  Brookline Bancorp Inc.   3,200 50
  Banner Corp.   800 49
  Preferred Bank   788 48
  Heritage Financial Corp.   1,488 44
  Employers Holdings Inc.   888 40
  Federated Investors Inc.      
  Class B   1,300 39
  CenterState Banks Inc.   800 21
  BGC Partners Inc. Class A 1,400 20
  Arbor Realty Trust Inc.   2,461 20
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. 500 19
  PNC Financial Services      
  Group Inc.   127 17
* Bancorp Inc.   1,200 10
* Arch Capital Group Ltd.   100 10
  Southwest Bancorp Inc.   300 8
  PJT Partners Inc.   200 8
  THL Credit Inc.   807 8
  Newtek Business Services    
  Corp.   400 7
  National General Holdings      
  Corp.   300 6
  Interactive Brokers Group Inc. 100 5
  Garrison Capital Inc.   500 4
  OFG Bancorp   300 3
* Donnelley Financial Solutions    
  Inc.   100 2
        1,384,229
Health Care (14.2%)      
  Johnson & Johnson 1,125,548 146,332
  Merck & Co. Inc. 1,907,133 122,114
  Pfizer Inc. 2,285,017 81,575
  Bristol-Myers Squibb      
  Co. 1,206,824 76,923
  AbbVie Inc. 801,099 71,186
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 325,713 63,791
* Celgene Corp. 434,736 63,393
  Eli Lilly & Co. 708,485 60,604
  Cigna Corp. 274,827 51,376
  Amgen Inc. 248,441 46,322
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 641,640 41,193
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 495,845 40,173
  Anthem Inc. 204,736 38,875
  Baxter International Inc. 619,305 38,861
  Medtronic plc 478,395 37,205
* Centene Corp. 343,403 33,231
  Aetna Inc. 187,764 29,856
  Humana Inc. 113,424 27,633
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals      
  Inc. 167,277 25,433

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Danaher Corp. 293,641 25,189
* Boston Scientific Corp. 773,183 22,554
* Mettler-Toledo    
  International Inc. 35,522 22,242
* Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. 199,186 18,937
* IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 119,474 18,577
  Becton Dickinson and Co. 94,073 18,434
  Thermo Fisher Scientific    
  Inc. 85,965 16,265
* HCA Healthcare Inc. 192,889 15,352
  McKesson Corp. 92,958 14,279
  Allergan plc 68,612 14,062
  Abbott Laboratories 253,411 13,522
* Express Scripts Holding    
  Co. 165,678 10,491
  Cooper Cos. Inc. 42,224 10,012
* DaVita Inc. 156,100 9,271
  Zoetis Inc. 144,057 9,185
* Hologic Inc. 197,200 7,235
* Edwards Lifesciences    
  Corp. 62,670 6,850
* Alexion Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 48,672 6,828
* Waters Corp. 36,803 6,607
* Intuitive Surgical Inc. 5,987 6,262
  Patterson Cos. Inc. 139,320 5,385
* Illumina Inc. 22,343 4,451
* Biogen Inc. 13,885 4,348
* Regeneron    
  Pharmaceuticals Inc. 8,941 3,998
* Myriad Genetics Inc. 86,600 3,133
  Universal Health Services    
  Inc. Class B 27,400 3,040
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings    
  Inc. 23,400 2,740
* Charles River Laboratories    
  International Inc. 25,000 2,700
* Portola Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 28,200 1,524
* Molina Healthcare Inc. 20,700 1,423
  Cardinal Health Inc. 18,700 1,251
* Dynavax Technologies    
  Corp. 54,200 1,165
  Bruker Corp. 39,100 1,163
* United Therapeutics Corp. 9,000 1,055
* Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. 56,600 849
* MyoKardia Inc. 18,499 793
* Alnylam Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 6,700 787
* AMAG Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 42,200 779
* PTC Therapeutics Inc. 35,000 700
* Intrexon Corp. 29,300 557
* Bioverativ Inc. 9,368 535

 

20


 

Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* LivaNova plc 6,600 462
* QIAGEN NV 14,600 460
* Amicus Therapeutics Inc. 29,400 443
* OraSure Technologies Inc. 18,800 423
* Depomed Inc. 68,600 397
* Momenta Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 20,100 372
* Laboratory Corp. of    
  America Holdings 2,300 347
* Insulet Corp. 6,100 336
* Puma Biotechnology Inc. 2,800 335
* BioMarin Pharmaceutical    
  Inc. 3,600 335
* Mylan NV 10,600 332
* Mallinckrodt plc 8,300 310
* INC Research Holdings Inc.    
  Class A 4,100 214
* Allscripts Healthcare    
  Solutions Inc. 12,300 175
* Ophthotech Corp. 58,500 165
* TherapeuticsMD Inc. 25,300 134
*,^ Rockwell Medical Inc. 15,536 133
  Owens & Minor Inc. 3,900 114
* Triple-S Management Corp.    
  Class B 4,639 110
* Masimo Corp. 1,200 104
* Innoviva Inc. 7,100 100
*,^ Insys Therapeutics Inc. 6,700 59
* Medpace Holdings Inc. 1,700 54
* Spectrum Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 3,700 52
* Clovis Oncology Inc. 600 49
* BioCryst Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 8,700 46
* Enzo Biochem Inc. 4,300 45
  Invacare Corp. 2,600 41
* AngioDynamics Inc. 2,200 38
* Quidel Corp. 800 35
* Amedisys Inc. 600 34
* Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. 11,755 30
* Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1,800 27
* Incyte Corp. 200 23
* Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 4,800 21
* Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. 900 19
* Novus Therapeutics Inc. 3,577 19
* Magellan Health Inc. 185 16
* Chimerix Inc. 2,634 14
* Catalent Inc. 300 12
* Arbutus Biopharma Corp. 1,600 10
* Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. 740 9
* Otonomy Inc. 2,600 8
* NanoString Technologies Inc. 500 8
  ResMed Inc. 100 8

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. 100 7
* Editas Medicine Inc. 300 7
  Dentsply Sirona Inc. 100 6
* OvaScience Inc. 4,000 6
* Cardiovascular Systems Inc. 200 6
* NxStage Medical Inc. 199 5
* RTI Surgical Inc. 802 4
* Lantheus Holdings Inc. 200 4
  Luminex Corp. 155 3
* Quality Systems Inc. 200 3
* AquaBounty Technologies    
  Inc. 371 3
*,^ CytRx Corp. 5,500 2
* ArQule Inc. 1,800 2
* Novavax Inc. 1,500 2
* Axovant Sciences Ltd. 200 1
* BioScrip Inc. 300 1
      1,417,146
Industrials (10.1%)    
  Honeywell International    
  Inc. 520,764 73,813
  Boeing Co. 228,001 57,960
  Deere & Co. 361,497 45,400
  Waste Management Inc. 577,134 45,172
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 142,795 44,308
  Caterpillar Inc. 345,950 43,143
  Raytheon Co. 229,931 42,901
  Cummins Inc. 231,478 38,895
  General Electric Co. 1,517,552 36,694
  3M Co. 174,613 36,651
  Emerson Electric Co. 431,754 27,131
  Ingersoll-Rand plc 298,908 26,654
  United Technologies Corp. 217,120 25,203
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 126,755 22,589
  Fortive Corp. 300,171 21,249
  CSX Corp. 388,339 21,071
  Masco Corp. 527,867 20,592
  Southwest Airlines Co. 361,800 20,254
  American Airlines Group    
  Inc. 424,335 20,152
* United Rentals Inc. 142,978 19,837
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 161,869 19,439
* United Continental    
  Holdings Inc. 303,279 18,464
  Union Pacific Corp. 155,900 18,080
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 62,645 18,024
  Cintas Corp. 112,890 16,288
  General Dynamics Corp. 75,404 15,502
  Kansas City Southern 112,944 12,275
  Eaton Corp. plc 153,036 11,752
  Stanley Black & Decker Inc. 77,483 11,698
  Spirit AeroSystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 149,200 11,596

 

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Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 77,608 11,483
  KAR Auction Services Inc. 197,000 9,405
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 171,035 8,247
  Allegion plc 94,899 8,206
  Allison Transmission    
  Holdings Inc. 212,405 7,972
  PACCAR Inc. 110,118 7,966
* IHS Markit Ltd. 174,995 7,714
  L3 Technologies Inc. 40,440 7,620
  FedEx Corp. 32,583 7,350
  Johnson Controls    
  International plc 182,110 7,337
  Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 62,240 7,245
  Pentair plc 105,975 7,202
  Republic Services Inc.    
  Class A 91,803 6,065
  Roper Technologies Inc. 23,344 5,682
  Fortune Brands Home &    
  Security Inc. 78,210 5,258
  Canadian Pacific Railway    
  Ltd. 30,800 5,175
  Fluor Corp. 122,356 5,151
  Equifax Inc. 39,919 4,231
  AMETEK Inc. 56,799 3,751
  Xylem Inc. 48,851 3,060
  Owens Corning 34,900 2,700
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 15,420 2,699
  Jacobs Engineering    
  Group Inc. 35,360 2,060
  Arconic Inc. 77,330 1,924
  Norfolk Southern Corp. 14,211 1,879
* HD Supply Holdings Inc. 47,800 1,724
  Expeditors International of    
  Washington Inc. 26,300 1,574
  Old Dominion Freight Line    
  Inc. 13,887 1,529
  Nielsen Holdings plc 27,810 1,153
  Timken Co. 23,645 1,148
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 74,801 1,048
  Dover Corp. 10,900 996
  Carlisle Cos. Inc. 9,802 983
* AerCap Holdings NV 16,600 848
  AO Smith Corp. 12,477 742
* Continental Building    
  Products Inc. 27,400 712
* Quanta Services Inc. 17,600 658
* Moog Inc. Class A 7,800 651
* RPX Corp. 45,800 608
* Univar Inc. 19,500 564
  Hubbell Inc. Class B 4,800 557
  Trinity Industries Inc. 17,000 542
* Verisk Analytics Inc.    
  Class A 6,200 516
  BWX Technologies Inc. 8,862 496

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Colfax Corp. 9,899 412
  JB Hunt Transport    
  Services Inc. 3,301 367
  Orbital ATK Inc. 2,300 306
* AECOM 8,100 298
  Insperity Inc. 3,069 270
* Armstrong World    
  Industries Inc. 5,228 268
  Crane Co. 3,300 264
  Brady Corp. Class A 6,900 262
* WABCO Holdings Inc. 1,700 252
* MRC Global Inc. 11,500 201
* YRC Worldwide Inc. 13,145 181
* Rexnord Corp. 6,179 157
  Albany International Corp. 2,500 143
* Masonite International Corp. 1,800 125
  Oshkosh Corp. 1,400 116
  Federal Signal Corp. 5,102 109
* SPX FLOW Inc. 2,800 108
  Snap-on Inc. 700 104
* Mistras Group Inc. 4,186 86
* TransUnion 1,800 85
* NCI Building Systems Inc. 5,200 81
* SPX Corp. 2,754 81
  EnerSys 1,111 77
  Brink’s Co. 749 63
* Civeo Corp. 20,300 58
  Covanta Holding Corp. 3,620 54
  Huntington Ingalls    
  Industries Inc. 227 51
  Werner Enterprises Inc. 1,400 51
* LB Foster Co. Class A 2,100 48
* Navigant Consulting Inc. 2,800 47
* ARC Document Solutions    
  Inc. 11,400 47
  Steelcase Inc. Class A 2,900 45
  ArcBest Corp. 1,200 40
  Briggs & Stratton Corp. 1,600 38
* USG Corp. 1,100 36
* Kirby Corp. 500 33
* Armstrong Flooring Inc. 2,060 32
* TrueBlue Inc. 1,400 31
* Huron Consulting Group Inc. 899 31
  Knoll Inc. 1,300 26
* Milacron Holdings Corp. 1,500 25
* Harsco Corp. 1,200 25
  Global Brass & Copper    
  Holdings Inc. 700 24
  Matson Inc. 800 23
* JetBlue Airways Corp. 1,100 20
* TriNet Group Inc. 600 20
* Babcock & Wilcox    
  Enterprises Inc. 5,900 20

 

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Growth and Income Fund      
 
 
 
          Market
          Value
        Shares ($000)
* Kratos Defense & Security    
  Solutions Inc.     1,400 18
* Atkore International Group    
  Inc.     800 16
* FTI Consulting Inc.     415 15
  LSC Communications Inc.   800 13
  CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. 137 10
  Rockwell Collins Inc.   79 10
* Rush Enterprises Inc. Class A 219 10
  Ennis Inc.     500 10
  Watts Water Technologies    
  Inc. Class A     100 7
  Quad/Graphics Inc.     300 7
* CAI International Inc.   200 6
* Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. 100 5
* DXP Enterprises Inc.     157 5
  Spartan Motors Inc.     300 3
* Plug Power Inc.     500 1
  RR Donnelley & Sons Co.   100 1
          1,012,596
Information Technology (25.2%)  
  Apple Inc. 2,596,358 400,151
  Microsoft Corp.   3,061,896 228,081
* Facebook Inc. Class A 1,030,951 176,159
* Alphabet Inc. Class A 149,296 145,372
* Alphabet Inc. Class C 147,927 141,878
  Visa Inc. Class A   931,244 98,004
  International Business      
  Machines Corp.   624,300 90,573
  Intel Corp.   2,003,410 76,290
  Broadcom Ltd.   228,448 55,408
  Mastercard Inc. Class A 360,126 50,850
  QUALCOMM Inc.   940,963 48,780
  Cisco Systems Inc.   1,437,951 48,358
  Applied Materials Inc. 899,634 46,862
  NVIDIA Corp.   252,028 45,055
  Texas Instruments Inc. 448,370 40,192
  HP Inc.   1,880,514 37,535
* VeriSign Inc.   350,490 37,289
* Adobe Systems Inc.   245,476 36,620
  DXC Technology Co.   424,691 36,472
  Lam Research Corp.   185,895 34,398
  Fidelity National        
  Information Services Inc. 350,695 32,751
* salesforce.com Inc.   338,169 31,592
  Accenture plc Class A 220,281 29,753
  Oracle Corp.   612,485 29,614
* Electronic Arts Inc.   243,573 28,756
* Synopsys Inc.   350,116 28,195
  Intuit Inc.   187,287 26,621
  Western Digital Corp. 273,410 23,623
  Symantec Corp.   670,026 21,984
  CSRA Inc.   658,669 21,255
  Juniper Networks Inc. 750,856 20,896

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
* Cadence Design    
  Systems Inc. 496,353 19,591
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 151,628 16,073
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 188,285 15,980
* Advanced Micro Devices    
  Inc. 1,241,010 15,823
  Western Union Co. 806,585 15,486
  Seagate Technology plc 440,509 14,612
* PayPal Holdings Inc. 223,455 14,308
* eBay Inc. 367,551 14,136
  Harris Corp. 102,639 13,515
* Micron Technology Inc. 324,743 12,772
  Analog Devices Inc. 143,276 12,346
* F5 Networks Inc. 96,626 11,649
  NetApp Inc. 261,770 11,455
  Cognizant Technology    
  Solutions Corp. Class A 139,800 10,141
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 153,250 9,886
  Amphenol Corp. Class A 112,433 9,516
* Citrix Systems Inc. 119,470 9,178
  Paychex Inc. 151,472 9,082
  Total System Services Inc. 135,964 8,906
* Autodesk Inc. 79,267 8,898
  Xilinx Inc. 119,680 8,477
  CA Inc. 252,149 8,417
  Corning Inc. 279,875 8,374
* Teradata Corp. 190,429 6,435
  TE Connectivity Ltd. 69,200 5,748
* CoreLogic Inc. 122,200 5,648
  Skyworks Solutions Inc. 52,755 5,376
  FLIR Systems Inc. 137,390 5,346
* Red Hat Inc. 33,660 3,732
  Versum Materials Inc. 81,603 3,168
* BlackBerry Ltd. 260,000 2,907
* Fiserv Inc. 21,631 2,790
* First Data Corp. Class A 119,900 2,163
  Alliance Data Systems    
  Corp. 9,446 2,093
* SINA Corp. 17,600 2,018
* IAC/InterActiveCorp 16,900 1,987
  LogMeIn Inc. 17,352 1,910
* Zynga Inc. Class A 439,900 1,663
* ANSYS Inc. 13,288 1,631
  Xerox Corp. 42,905 1,428
* InterXion Holding NV 25,600 1,304
* Take-Two Interactive    
  Software Inc. 12,200 1,247
  Sabre Corp. 68,600 1,242
* Microsemi Corp. 23,700 1,220
* Palo Alto Networks Inc. 8,400 1,210
* Dell Technologies Inc.    
  Class V 14,900 1,150
  Global Payments Inc. 11,335 1,077
* Flex Ltd. 57,100 946

 

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Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise    
  Co. 52,500 772
  InterDigital Inc. 9,900 730
* Kulicke & Soffa Industries    
  Inc. 28,600 617
  Genpact Ltd. 21,400 615
* Cree Inc. 20,600 581
  Convergys Corp. 21,700 562
* Ambarella Inc. 11,000 539
* ARRIS International plc 17,000 484
* VMware Inc. Class A 4,030 440
* MicroStrategy Inc. Class A 3,401 434
* Nuance Communications    
  Inc. 27,400 431
* Conduent Inc. 24,700 387
  Micro Focus International    
  plc ADR 11,617 371
  Maxim Integrated    
  Products Inc. 7,300 348
* Photronics Inc. 32,300 286
* Bankrate Inc. 17,400 243
* Synaptics Inc. 5,200 204
  Amdocs Ltd. 2,407 155
* Rudolph Technologies Inc. 5,793 152
  Progress Software Corp. 3,600 137
* CommScope Holding    
  Co. Inc. 3,800 126
  Vishay Intertechnology Inc. 6,600 124
* Net 1 UEPS Technologies    
  Inc. 11,681 114
  Travelport Worldwide Ltd. 5,754 90
* Shutterstock Inc. 2,600 87
  Dolby Laboratories Inc.    
  Class A 1,500 86
* Glu Mobile Inc. 17,400 65
* Alpha & Omega    
  Semiconductor Ltd. 3,900 64
* CommerceHub Inc. 3,000 64
  Teradyne Inc. 1,600 60
* First Solar Inc. 1,200 55
  NVE Corp. 682 54
  Science Applications    
  International Corp. 800 53
* TechTarget Inc. 4,200 50
* Qorvo Inc. 700 49
* Sonus Networks Inc. 6,400 49
* Rubicon Project Inc. 12,100 47
  NIC Inc. 2,616 45
* CommVault Systems Inc. 700 43
* Calix Inc. 8,061 41
  Brooks Automation Inc. 1,300 39
* Trimble Inc. 998 39
* Mellanox Technologies Ltd. 800 38
* Tower Semiconductor Ltd. 1,200 37

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  EVERTEC Inc. 2,300 36
* XO Group Inc. 1,821 36
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 1,100 32
* Zix Corp. 6,500 32
* Aspen Technology Inc. 500 31
* CommerceHub Inc. Class A 1,350 30
* Etsy Inc. 1,800 30
* Blucora Inc. 1,200 30
* DHI Group Inc. 11,400 30
*,^ MagnaChip Semiconductor    
  Corp. 2,500 28
  CDK Global Inc. 400 25
  Leidos Holdings Inc. 400 24
* EchoStar Corp. Class A 400 23
* TTM Technologies Inc. 1,400 21
* Endurance International    
  Group Holdings Inc. 2,413 20
* Euronet Worldwide Inc. 200 19
* Amkor Technology Inc. 1,700 18
  Daktronics Inc. 1,200 13
* Rambus Inc. 800 11
  Microchip Technology Inc. 100 9
  Plantronics Inc. 200 9
  Hackett Group Inc. 500 8
* 8x8 Inc. 500 7
* Bazaarvoice Inc. 1,299 6
* Care.com Inc. 400 6
* Web.com Group Inc. 200 5
* Barracuda Networks Inc. 200 5
* Yelp Inc. Class A 100 4
* KEMET Corp. 200 4
* Aerohive Networks Inc. 1,000 4
* Cimpress NV 40 4
  CPI Card Group Inc. 3,100 4
* Extreme Networks Inc. 300 4
* Atlassian Corp. plc Class A 100 3
* Control4 Corp. 100 3
* Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. 67 3
      2,524,011
Materials (3.0%)    
  Air Products & Chemicals    
  Inc. 258,018 39,017
  LyondellBasell Industries    
  NV Class A 259,513 25,705
* DowDuPont Inc. 371,280 25,704
* Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 1,684,299 23,648
  Albemarle Corp. 144,602 19,711
  Praxair Inc. 137,867 19,265
  Eastman Chemical Co. 207,070 18,738
  Avery Dennison Corp. 177,708 17,476
  Sealed Air Corp. 390,935 16,701
* Owens-Illinois Inc. 563,580 14,180
  FMC Corp. 138,044 12,329
  Newmont Mining Corp. 310,960 11,664

 

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Growth and Income Fund      
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Ecolab Inc.   70,614 9,082
  PPG Industries Inc.   67,964 7,385
  Sherwin-Williams Co.   14,623 5,236
  Graphic Packaging      
  Holding Co. 350,500 4,889
  Chemours Co.   65,100 3,295
  Packaging Corp. of      
  America   25,572 2,933
  Mosaic Co. 108,694 2,347
  WR Grace & Co.   31,100 2,244
  International Flavors &      
  Fragrances Inc.   14,790 2,114
  WestRock Co.   34,404 1,952
  Monsanto Co.   14,732 1,765
  International Paper Co.   19,417 1,103
  Methanex Corp.   19,470 979
* Berry Global Group Inc.   15,500 878
  Ferroglobe plc   64,500 849
  Reliance Steel &      
  Aluminum Co.   10,300 784
  Olin Corp.   18,200 623
* Louisiana-Pacific Corp.   20,110 545
  Celanese Corp. Class A   4,800 500
* Alcoa Corp.   10,400 485
* Coeur Mining Inc.   46,900 431
  Steel Dynamics Inc.   10,900 376
* SunCoke Energy Inc.   31,700 290
* Century Aluminum Co.   16,800 278
* Constellium NV Class A   22,200 227
* Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 4,800 139
* Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.   18,800 134
* Crown Holdings Inc.   2,000 119
* Allegheny Technologies Inc. 4,000 96
  Warrior Met Coal Inc.   3,900 92
  Mercer International Inc.   7,600 90
  Tronox Ltd. Class A   3,600 76
* TimkenSteel Corp.   3,300 54
  Schweitzer-Mauduit      
  International Inc.   1,200 50
  Worthington Industries Inc.   900 41
  KMG Chemicals Inc.   493 27
* Ryerson Holding Corp.   1,900 21
^ Israel Chemicals Ltd.   3,500 15
  Ashland Global Holdings Inc. 200 13
  Nucor Corp.   100 6
  Core Molding Technologies      
  Inc.   200 4
  Materion Corp.   99 4
* GCP Applied Technologies      
  Inc.   84 3
*,2 Ferroglobe R&W Trust   48,731
        296,712

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Other (0.2%)    
  SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 66,100 16,606
*,2 Safeway Inc. CVR (Casa Ley)  
  Exp. 01/30/2018 75,810 10
* Rizzoli Corriere Della Sera    
  Mediagroup SPA 2,001 3
*,2 Safeway Inc. CVR (PDC)    
  Exp. 01/30/2019 75,810
      16,619
Real Estate (3.1%)    
  American Tower Corp. 291,573 39,852
  Prologis Inc. 568,548 36,080
* SBA Communications    
  Corp. Class A 185,024 26,653
  Equity Residential 348,279 22,962
  Equinix Inc. 36,740 16,397
* CBRE Group Inc. Class A 381,300 14,444
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 769,902 14,235
  Crown Castle International    
  Corp. 129,070 12,904
  Realogy Holdings Corp. 383,422 12,634
  Iron Mountain Inc. 321,847 12,520
  AvalonBay Communities    
  Inc. 68,355 12,196
  Apartment Investment &    
  Management Co. 233,450 10,239
  HCP Inc. 352,900 9,821
  Digital Realty Trust Inc. 64,464 7,628
  Essex Property Trust Inc. 25,604 6,504
  UDR Inc. 162,925 6,196
  Duke Realty Corp. 214,900 6,193
  SL Green Realty Corp. 50,144 5,081
  Weyerhaeuser Co. 144,700 4,924
  Public Storage 20,638 4,416
  Welltower Inc. 54,027 3,797
  Simon Property Group Inc. 21,466 3,456
  Equity LifeStyle Properties    
  Inc. 36,115 3,073
  GGP Inc. 127,980 2,658
  Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 66,100 1,822
* Equity Commonwealth 59,700 1,815
  Spirit Realty Capital Inc. 154,323 1,322
  Sun Communities Inc. 14,000 1,199
  CoreCivic Inc. 39,900 1,068
  Liberty Property Trust 21,700 891
  Four Corners Property    
  Trust Inc. 32,469 809
  Columbia Property Trust    
  Inc. 26,393 575
* Quality Care Properties    
  Inc. 23,600 366
  Realty Income Corp. 6,285 359

 

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Growth and Income Fund      
 
 
 
        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Retail Properties of      
  America Inc.   18,000 236
  InfraREIT Inc.   8,300 186
  Highwoods Properties Inc. 2,300 120
  Outfront Media Inc.   4,600 116
  WP Carey Inc.   1,200 81
  American Assets Trust Inc. 1,200 48
  Colony NorthStar Inc.      
  Class A   3,080 39
  Paramount Group Inc.   1,668 27
  Community Healthcare      
  Trust Inc.   900 24
  Parkway Inc.   983 23
  Chesapeake Lodging Trust 729 20
  Forest City Realty Trust Inc.  
  Class A   700 18
  DDR Corp.   1,500 14
  Boston Properties Inc.   100 12
  Altisource Residential Corp. 700 8
  UMH Properties Inc.   400 6
        306,067
Telecommunication Services (1.7%)  
  AT&T Inc. 2,636,134 103,257
  Verizon Communications      
  Inc. 1,276,189 63,159
*,^ Globalstar Inc.   371,200 605
* Boingo Wireless Inc.   15,800 338
* United States Cellular      
  Corp.   417 15
* Zayo Group Holdings Inc.   100 3
        167,377
Utilities (2.9%)      
  PG&E Corp.   636,160 43,316
  NextEra Energy Inc.   212,977 31,212
  CenterPoint Energy Inc. 1,010,934 29,529
  Entergy Corp.   333,301 25,451
  American Electric Power      
  Co. Inc.   329,821 23,167
  FirstEnergy Corp.   676,383 20,853
  Ameren Corp.   333,186 19,272
  NRG Energy Inc.   660,461 16,901
  Xcel Energy Inc.   234,145 11,080
  Duke Energy Corp.   119,981 10,069
  Southern Co.   132,275 6,500
  Dominion Energy Inc.   79,101 6,085
  AES Corp.   527,580 5,814
  Pinnacle West Capital      
  Corp.   61,690 5,217
  Edison International   66,436 5,127
  Exelon Corp.   134,434 5,064

 

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  DTE Energy Co. 33,219 3,566
  NiSource Inc. 132,095 3,380
  PPL Corp. 77,500 2,941
  Eversource Energy 34,835 2,105
  CMS Energy Corp. 40,737 1,887
  Westar Energy Inc.    
  Class A 36,999 1,835
  Consolidated Edison Inc. 19,900 1,606
  WEC Energy Group Inc. 20,185 1,267
  Public Service Enterprise    
  Group Inc. 22,000 1,018
  Alliant Energy Corp. 23,100 960
  Avangrid Inc. 8,595 408
* Atlantic Power Corp. 99,700 244
  Fortis Inc. 2,200 79
  Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 388 30
* Vistra Energy Corp. 700 13
  MGE Energy Inc. 100 6
  Sempra Energy 47 5
  Great Plains Energy Inc. 100 3
      286,010
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $8,207,897)   9,766,349
Temporary Cash Investments (2.5%)1  
Money Market Fund (2.4%)    
3,4 Vanguard Market    
  Liquidity Fund, 1.223% 2,342,189 234,266

 

    Face  
  Amount  
    ($000)  
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
5 United States Cash    
  Management Bill,    
  1.029%, 1/2/18 2,000 1,995
  United States Treasury Bill,    
  1.023%, 10/5/17 150 150
5 United States Treasury Bill,    
  1.033%%–1.038%, 11/2/17 4,150 4,146
5 United States Treasury Bill,    
  1.056%, 11/24/17 5,000 4,993
      11,284
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $245,514)   245,550
Total Investments (100.2%)    
(Cost $8,453,411)   10,011,899

 

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Growth and Income Fund  
 
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.2%)  
Other Assets  
Investment in Vanguard 483
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 25,962
Receivables for Accrued Income 8,161
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,522
Variation Margin Receivable-Futures  
Contracts 721
Other Assets 70
Total Other Assets 37,919
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased (30,638)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (3,698)
Payables to Investment Advisor (1,681)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (5,317)
Payables to Vanguard (11,618)
Other Liabilities (12)
Total Liabilities (52,964)
Net Assets (100%) 9,996,854

 

At September 30, 2017, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 8,039,508
Undistributed Net Investment Income 30,143
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 364,497
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 1,558,488
Futures Contracts 4,218
Net Assets 9,996,854

 

  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 64,123,083 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 2,981,954
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Investor Shares $46.50
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 92,387,321 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 7,014,900
Net Asset Value Per Share—  
Admiral Shares $75.93

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers.
The total value of securities on loan is $3,228,000.
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 99.9% and 0.3%, respectively, of net assets.
2 Security value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds
and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate
shown is the 7-day yield.
4 Includes $3,698,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
5 Securities with a value of $8,489,000 have been segregated
as initial margin for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
CVR—Contingent Value Rights.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End    
 
Futures Contracts        
        ($000)
        Value and
    Number of   Unrealized
    Long (Short) Notional Appreciation
  Expiration Contracts Amount (Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2017 1,720 216,385 4,218

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

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

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Growth and Income Fund  
 
 
Statement of Operations  
 
  Year Ended
  September 30, 2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 154,513
Interest 2 2,266
Securities Lending—Net 148
Total Income 156,927
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 7,573
Performance Adjustment 79
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 6,137
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 4,905
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 406
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 289
Custodian Fees 227
Auditing Fees 27
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Investor Shares 268
Shareholders’ Reports and Proxy—Admiral Shares 79
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 17
Total Expenses 20,007
Net Investment Income 136,920
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 2 418,979
Futures Contracts 29,856
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 448,835
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 2 613,347
Futures Contracts 2,886
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 616,233
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,201,988

1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $7,000.
2 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company
of the fund were $2,199,000, $7,000, and $17,000, respectively.

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

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Growth and Income Fund    
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    
 
  Year Ended September 30,
  2017 2016
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 136,920 135,032
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 448,835 315,955
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 616,233 413,592
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,201,988 864,579
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (53,480) (53,764)
Admiral Shares (81,075) (70,386)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (131,717) (152,494)
Admiral Shares (184,783) (181,922)
Total Distributions (451,055) (458,566)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (112,815) (67,371)
Admiral Shares 2,725,083 427,504
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 2,612,268 360,133
Total Increase (Decrease) 3,363,201 766,146
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 6,633,653 5,867,507
End of Period2 9,996,854 6,633,653

1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $13,413,000 and $65,407,000, respectively. Short-term gain
distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $30,143,000 and $27,778,000.

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

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Growth and Income Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
Investor Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $42.16 $39.55 $42.69 $36.02 $30.73
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .7921 . 852 .729 .671 .631
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 6.346 4.813 (.541) 6.639 5.288
Total from Investment Operations 7.138 5.665 .188 7.310 5.919
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.799) (.790) (.724) (. 640) (. 629)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.999) (2.265) (2.604)
Total Distributions (2.798) (3.055) (3.328) (.640) (.629)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $46.50 $42.16 $39.55 $42.69 $36.02
 
Total Return2 17.66% 14.79% 0.22% 20.42% 19.54%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,982 $2,801 $2,691 $2,979 $2,869
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.37% 0.36%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.80% 2.09% 1.70% 1.67% 1.90%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 96% 96% 116% 133% 109%

1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 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.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.02%, and 0.01%.

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

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Growth and Income Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
Admiral Shares          
 
For a Share Outstanding     Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $68.83 $64.57 $69.71 $58.82 $50.18
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income 1.3621 1.466 1.272 1.176 1.097
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments 10.384 7.855 (.897) 10.833 8.633
Total from Investment Operations 11.746 9.321 .375 12.009 9.730
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (1.384) (1.364) (1.264) (1.119) (1.090)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (3.262) (3.697) (4.251)
Total Distributions (4.646) (5.061) (5.515) (1.119) (1.090)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $75.93 $68.83 $64.57 $69.71 $58.82
 
Total Return2 17.81% 14.91% 0.31% 20.55% 19.69%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $7,015 $3,833 $3,177 $2,917 $2,157
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets3 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.26% 0.26%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 1.91% 2.20% 1.81% 1.78% 2.00%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 96% 96% 116% 133% 109%

1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 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.
3 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.02%, and 0.01%.

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

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Growth and Income Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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 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.

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. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional 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, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 3% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

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, 2014–2017), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

5. Securities Lending: To earn additional income, the fund lends its securities to qualified institutional borrowers. Security loans are subject to termination by the fund at any time, and are required to be secured at all times by collateral in an amount at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. Daily market fluctuations could cause the value of loaned securities to be more or less than the value of the collateral received. When this occurs, the collateral is adjusted and settled on the next business day. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into securities lending transactions only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master securities lending agreements with its counterparties. The master securities lending agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any loans with that borrower, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund; however, such actions may be subject to legal proceedings. While collateral mitigates counterparty risk, in the event of a default, the fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability in the Statement of Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Securities lending income represents fees charged to borrowers plus income earned on invested cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan. During the term of the loan, the fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities.

6. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

7. 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. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. 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), shareholder reporting, and the proxy. 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.

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B. The investment advisory firms 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 fee of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the S&P 500 Index for the preceding three years. The basic fee of Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc., is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the S&P 500 Index for the preceding five years.

Vanguard provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund as described below; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $1,114,000 for the year ended September 30, 2017.

For the year ended September 30, 2017, the aggregate investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.10% of the fund’s average net assets, before an increase of $79,000 (0.00%) based on performance.

C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $483,000, representing 0.00% of the fund’s net assets and 0.19% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 9,766,336 3 10
Temporary Cash Investments 234,266 11,284
Futures Contracts—Assets1 722
Total 10,001,324 11,287 10
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.      

 

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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.

The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $23,675,000 from accumulated net realized gains to paid-in capital.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2017, the fund had $203,347,000 of ordinary income and $220,224,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,467,221,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,544,678,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $1,637,774,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $93,096,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the fund purchased $9,133,674,000 of investment securities and sold $6,883,749,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:      
      Year Ended September 30,
    2017   2016
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 277,033 6,367 230,757 5,725
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 179,760 4,259 200,200 4,990
Redeemed (569,608) (12,950) (498,328) (12,298)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (112,815) (2,324) (67,371) (1,583)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 3,081,615 41,593 543,550 8,207
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 247,827 3,595 235,763 3,601
Redeemed (604,359) (8,482) (351,809) (5,325)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 2,725,083 36,706 427,504 6,483

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to
September 30, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of 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”) as of September 30, 2017, 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 as of September 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 13, 2017


Special 2017 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Growth and Income Fund

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, is included pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $317,856,000 as capital gain dividends (20% rate gain distributions) to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of short-term capital gain dividends distributed by the fund are qualified short-term capital gains.

The fund distributed $141,428,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 46.6% 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 2017. (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, 2017      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes 17.66% 14.27% 6.77%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions 15.87 12.91 5.78
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.18 11.21 5.27

 

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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, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Growth and Income Fund 3/31/2017 9/30/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,074.73 $1.72
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,075.37 1.14
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.41 $1.67
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.97 1.12

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 0.33% for Investor Shares and 0.22% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the
annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent
six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (183/365).

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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. (DESIM), Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. (LA Capital), and The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements 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. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.

The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.

In addition, the board received monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.

Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also 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 reviewed 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 considered the following:

DESIM. Founded in 2005, DESIM is a global investment management and technology development firm. The advisor 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 focuses on return drivers that it considers “idiosyncratic,” or those that other quantitative managers tend to overlook, and de-emphasizes the use of traditional factors such as value, growth, and momentum, as these factors are more subject to crowding from other quantitative managers. DESIM has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

LA Capital. LA Capital was formed in 2002 from the equity portion of Wilshire Asset Management. The advisor employs a controlled, dynamic investment model, gradually assigning new prices to key equity risks as market conditions evolve and investor preferences shift. The price of factor risk evolves over time in a way that can be captured in a model, similar to changes in cost of capital. The model uses more than 50 factors to actively weight stocks, including value, momentum, quality, sector, and market capitalization. The advisor applies statistical techniques to reduce noise in the factor returns and it looks for velocity and acceleration of the cleansed factor performance over the prior six months. LA Capital has managed a portion of the fund since 2011.

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Vanguard. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Quantitative Equity 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 compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue. Information about the fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.

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 expense rates were 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 expense rates.

The board did not consider the 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 assets managed by each advisor increase. The board also concluded that the fund’s at-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 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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makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification (or the results
to be obtained by the use thereof), and all such parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy,
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Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, S&P, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in
making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classification have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive,
consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

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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 198 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. 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.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Vanguard Group and President and Chief Executive Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; President of The Vanguard Group (2008–2017); Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services);

Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing); Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College; Trustee of the University of Rochester.

Rajiv L. Gupta

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Arconic Inc. (diversified manufacturer), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital.

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

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, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.


 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008), Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008), Vice President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2006), Controller (1995–1997), Treasurer (1991–1995), and Assistant Treasurer (1989–1991) of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/ consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.

F. Joseph Loughrey

Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services), Oxfam America, and the Lumina Foundation for Education; Director of the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013); Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors for Spruceview Capital Partners, the Board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisor), and the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion; Chairman of the Board of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment advisor).

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Board of Hypertherm, Inc. (industrial cutting systems, software, and consumables).


 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

Born 1967. Investment Stewardship Officer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer (2015–2017), Controller (2010–2015), and Assistant Controller (2001–2010) of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Thomas J. Higgins

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

Peter Mahoney

Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard Group (2008–2014).

Anne E. Robinson

Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup (2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).

Michael Rollings

Born 1963. Treasurer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group (2006–2016).

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Gregory Davis James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Karin A. Risi
John T. Marcante
 
 
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
 
John J. Brennan  
Chairman, 1996–2009  
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
 
Founder  
 
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 


 

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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. All members of the Audit Committee have been determined by the Registrant’s Board of Trustees to be Audit Committee Financial Experts and to be independent: Rajiv L. Gupta, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, and Peter F. Volanakis.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $27,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $69,000

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

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $8,424,459
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $9,629,849

Includes fees billed in connection with audits of the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc. and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $3,194,093
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $2,717,627

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

(c) Tax Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $274,313
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $254,050

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

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(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017: $0
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $214,225

Includes fees billed for services related to tax reported information provided to the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Vanguard Marketing Corporation.

(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: the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant. 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: the Registrant, other registered investment companies in the Vanguard complex, The Vanguard Group, Inc., or other entities controlled by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that provide ongoing services to the Registrant.

     (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, 2017: $274,313
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2016: $468,275

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

(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.

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Item 12: Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 13: 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 21, 2017

 

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 21, 2017

 

 

VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
 
BY: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: November 21, 2017

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson

 

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016 see file Number

33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.

 

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