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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: 811-05628   

 

Name of Registrant:

Vanguard Malvern Funds

 

Address of Registrant:

P.O. Box 2600
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Name and address of agent for service:

Heidi Stam, Esquire
  P.O. Box 876
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (610) 669-1000

 

Date of fiscal year end:     September 30

 

 

Date of reporting period:  October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 



Annual Report | September 30, 2015

Vanguard Capital Value 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 Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisor’s Report. 9
Fund Profile. 14
Performance Summary. 15
Financial Statements. 17
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 30
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 31
Glossary. 33

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: Pictured is a sailing block on the Brilliant, a 1932 schooner docked in Mystic, Connecticut. A type of pulley, the
sailing block helps coordinate the setting of the sails. At Vanguard, the intricate coordination of technology and people allows
us to help millions of clients around the world reach their financial goals.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard Capital Value Fund -15.67%
Russell 3000 Value Index -4.22
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average -4.57
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
September 30, 2014, Through September 30, 2015

      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending    
  Share Share Income Capital
  Price Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Capital Value Fund $15.32 $11.45 $0.175 $1.494

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

After a lukewarm first half, the broad U.S. stock market struggled in the second half of the fiscal year, and Vanguard Capital Value Fund struggled even more. For the 12 months ended September 30, 2015, your fund returned –15.67%, more than 11 percentage points behind both its benchmark index and the average return of its peers.

The fund’s first fiscal year in the red since 2011 occurred partly because the advisor’s value-oriented style was out of favor with investors. Wellington Management Company focuses on companies of all sizes that it judges to be undervalued by the marketplace. Within the Russell family of indexes, however, both large-and smaller-company growth stocks outperformed their value counterparts. The Russell 3000 Growth Index advanced more than 3%, while the Russell 3000 Value Index (your fund’s benchmark) returned about -4%.

When selecting stocks, the fund’s two portfolio managers and their teams independently pursue an intensive, bottom-up research approach to identify companies that appear to have the best prospects. In doing so, they pay less attention to the composition of the fund’s benchmark. This approach has led to notable year-to-year swings in performance relative to the

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benchmark, the broad market, and peers. That’s why we suggest that you consider this fund as a complementary holding in a diversified portfolio that fits your time horizon and risk appetite.

If you hold shares in a taxable account, you may wish to review the table and discussion on after-tax returns for the fund’s fiscal year, based on the highest tax bracket, later in this report.

Please note that as of September 30, 2015, the fund had realized short-term capital gains equal to about 2% of fund assets and long-term capital gains equal to about 6%. Gains will be distributed in December.

China’s economic woes weighed on global stocks

The broad U.S. stock market returned –0.49% for the 12 months. The final two months were especially rocky as investors worried in particular about the global ripple effects of slower economic growth in China.

For much of the fiscal year, investors were preoccupied with the possibility of an increase in short-term interest rates. On September 17, the Federal Reserve announced that it would hold rates steady for the time being, a decision that to some investors indicated the Fed’s concern about the fragility of global markets.

Market Barometer      
 
  Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2015
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) -0.61% 12.66% 13.42%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 1.25 11.02 11.73
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) -0.49 12.53 13.28
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) -11.34 2.87 2.19
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 2.94% 1.71% 3.10%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 3.16 2.88 4.14
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.02 0.02 0.04
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index -0.04% 0.93% 1.73%

 

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International stocks returned about –11%, held back in part by the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies. Returns for emerging markets, which were especially hard hit by concerns about China, trailed those of the developed markets of the Pacific region and Europe.

Taxable bonds recorded gains as investors searched for safety

The broad U.S. taxable bond market returned 2.94% as investors gravitated toward safe-haven assets amid global stock market turmoil. Stimulative monetary policies from many of the world’s central banks, declining inflation expectations, and global investors’ search for higher yields also helped lift U.S. bonds.

The yield of the 10-year Treasury note ended September at 2.05%, down from 2.48% a year earlier. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

The Fed’s 0%–0.25% target for short-term interest rates continued to limit returns for money market funds and savings accounts.

International bond markets (as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Index ex USD) returned –7.67%, hurt by the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies. Without this currency effect, international bonds advanced modestly.

Expense Ratios    
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group    
 
    Peer Group
  Fund Average
Capital Value Fund 0.47% 1.18%

The fund expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s expense ratio was 0.50%. This increase from the estimated expense ratio reflects a
performance-based investment advisory fee adjustment. When the performance adjustment is positive, the fund’s expenses increase; when it
is negative, expenses decrease. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and
captures information through year-end 2014.

Peer group: Multi-Cap Value Funds.

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Strategies restrained results during a challenging year

The two Wellington portfolio management teams that oversee your fund follow distinct, value-oriented strategies that seek to identify companies with the opportunity for superior results down the road. Each team is responsible for about half of the fund’s total assets. By combining strategies in this way, the advisor hopes to reduce the portfolio’s volatility while preserving its chance to outperform in the long run.

The fund’s “go anywhere” approach tilts it toward smaller companies, giving it a median market capitalization that was less than one-fifth the size of its benchmark’s at the end of the period (as you can see on the Fund Profile page of this report). Many

of its holdings tend to be more volatile than the broader market. Such stocks can be fertile ground for building a portfolio—but they can hurt returns if they move in the wrong direction. Your fund’s higher volatility was a disadvantage during the period, as more stable stocks generally performed better.

For several years, the fund has held an outsize stake in information technology companies—about double the sector’s weight in the benchmark index. Tech stocks were once almost exclusively the domain of growth-style investors. However, value investors have increasingly turned to parts of this sector that they consider inexpensive relative to earnings and other measures. The benchmark’s information

Total Returns  
Ten Years Ended September 30, 2015  
  Average
  Annual Return
Capital Value Fund 5.76%
Russell 3000 Value Index 5.68
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 4.98
Multi-Cap Value 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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Staying the course can help you stay closer to your fund’s return
 
When stock markets are highly volatile, as in recent months, it’s tempting to run for cover.
But the price of panic can be high.
 
A rough measure of what can be lost from attempts to time the market is the difference
between the returns produced by a fund and the returns earned by the fund’s investors.
 
The results shown in the Performance Summary later in this report are your fund’s time-
weighted returns—the average annual returns investors would have earned if they had invested
a lump sum in the fund at the start of the period and reinvested any distributions they received.
Their actual returns, however, depend on whether they subsequently bought or sold any shares.
There’s often a gap between this dollar-weighted return for investors and the fund’s time-
weighted return, as shown below.
 
Many sensible investment behaviors can contribute to the difference in returns, but industry
cash flow data suggest that one important factor is the generally counterproductive effort to
buy and sell at the “right” time. Keeping your emotions in check can help narrow the gap.
 
Mutual fund returns and investor returns over the last decade

Notes: Data are as of December 31, 2014. The average fund returns and average investor returns are from Morningstar. The average
fund returns are the average of the funds’ time-weighted returns in each category. The average investor returns assume that the growth
of a fund’s total net assets for a given period is driven by market returns and investor cash ow. To calculate investor return, a fund’s
change in assets for the period is discounted by the return of the fund to isolate how much of the asset growth was driven by cash ow.
A model, similar to an internal rate-of-return calculation, is then used to calculate a constant growth rate that links the beginning total
net assets and periodic cash ows to the ending total net assets.
Sources: Vanguard and Morningstar, Inc.

 

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technology stocks declined, and the fund’s holdings lagged these considerably—they were responsible for about half of its overall underperformance.

The advisor also had a higher commitment to the energy sector, especially to oil and gas exploration and production companies. These companies, which made up almost 10% of your fund’s assets on average, took the brunt of the steep slide in oil prices during the year. Although the fund’s double-digit decline in this segment was in line with that of the benchmark, the advisor’s overweighting further restrained results.

Consumer staples—a very small slice of the fund—was a notable bright spot; its double-digit gains were well ahead of the sector’s return in the benchmark. In financials and utilities, the fund’s lighter-than-benchmark holdings meant that its superior gains had little impact on relative results.

The Advisor’s Report that follows this letter provides additional details about the management of the fund during the year.

Long-term track record is solid despite a few ups and downs

Over the past decade, the Capital Value Fund has had some notable disappointments: In fiscal 2008, during the Great Recession, it lagged its benchmark by about 20 percentage points. It has also enjoyed some exceptional success: In fiscal 2009, when the market began to climb, it outperformed its benchmark by about 40 percentage points.

For the ten years ended September 30, 2015, a period during which value investing was largely out of favor, your fund’s 5.76% average annual return kept it ahead of its benchmark, which of course incurs no expenses. As I’ve noted before, there’s no guarantee that years of outperformance will always make up for lean years and disappointments. But we believe that the fund, led by the deep and experienced teams at Wellington, can play a useful supporting role for patient investors with a long-term horizon.

A dose of discipline is crucial when markets become volatile

Although the broad U.S. stock market has posted gains for six straight calendar years—from 2009 to 2014—that streak may not last a seventh. Stocks tumbled in August and swung up and down in September.

Nobody can control the direction of the markets or predict where they’ll go in the short term. However, investors can control how they react to volatility.

During periods of market adversity, it’s more important than ever to keep sight of one of Vanguard’s key principles: Maintain perspective and long-term discipline. Whether you’re investing for yourself or on behalf of clients, your success is affected greatly by how you respond—or don’t respond—during turbulent markets. (You can read Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success at vanguard.com/research.)

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As I’ve written in the past, the best course for long-term investors is generally to ignore daily market moves and not make decisions based on emotion. (See the box on page 6 for more discussion on the benefit of staying the course.) This is also a good time to evaluate your portfolio and make sure your asset allocation is aligned with your time horizon, goals, and risk tolerance.

The markets are unpredictable and often confounding. Keeping your long-term plans clearly in focus can help you weather these periodic storms.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 12, 2015

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Advisor’s Report

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Capital Value Fund returned –15.67%, reflecting the combined results of two portfolio managers at your fund’s investment advisor, Wellington Management Company llp. The use of two managers who independently oversee separate portions of the portfolio provides exposure to distinct yet complementary investment approaches, enhancing the diversification of your fund. It is not uncommon for different managers to have different views about individual securities or the broader investment environment.

The managers have prepared a discussion of the investment environment that existed during the year and of how their portfolio positioning reflects this assessment. These comments were prepared on October 13, 2015.

Portfolio Manager:

Peter I. Higgins, CFA
Senior Managing Director

Our investment approach is to identify stocks that possess considerable upside potential because of compelling valuation characteristics along with catalysts that we believe could unlock that potential within 12 to 18 months. We often employ a contrarian approach that seeks to exploit inefficiencies in the market. We attempt to anticipate change, both positive and negative, that could affect our investment thesis. We believe that in the short term markets can be quite irrational, and so our trading activity attempts to capture some of these anomalies. We do not attempt to mimic any index; instead, our goal is to substantially outperform the market in the intermediate to longer term.

Our holdings in the information technology and energy sectors weighed on relative results. Trican Well Service (energy) and SunEdison (information technology) were our largest relative detractors. Shares of Trican, a Canada-based oilfield services company, fell amid broader industry challenges. However, the company has recently demonstrated its ability to renegotiate terms of its debt with noteholders, and we are optimistic about its prospects. Additionally, powerful self-correcting forces inherent in commodity markets mean that oil prices should eventually revert to the marginal cost of production. We continue to hold a small position.

SunEdison, a U.S.-based solar installation firm, reported mixed results, with better-than-expected second-quarter project deliveries. Investor attention, however, was more focused on the company’s longer-term ability to grow its business at its aggressive targeted rates. Recent unrest in capital markets also weighed on the stock price. We believe that the recent shift in sentiment is exaggerated and that the solar market is at an inflection point at which costs have come down and growth is resuming. The installation market remains fragmented, and we regard this as an opportunity for SunEdison to gain market share.

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Micron Technology, a semiconductor manufacturer specializing in NAND Flash, DRAM, and NOR Flash memory devices, also weighed on relative performance. The stock price fell after Micron reported better-than-expected earnings but provided disappointing guidance on PC weakness. We believe that the DRAM market has been undergoing a fundamental shift because of consolidation. The consolidated industry structure, now with only three primary players, should drive more rational capacity management. We continue to hold the stock.

Portola Pharmaceuticals (health care) and Optimal Payments (information technology) were among our stronger performers. Portola is a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics for thrombosis, hematological disorders, and inflammation. Its stock rose after the company reported that three of its drug candidates remain on track for potential commercialization over the next few years. We are encouraged by the efficacy and safety of these drugs to date and by the significant commercial opportunity in markets with high unmet medical needs. We also believe the market underappreciates the potential shareholder value that can be created from the company’s strong pipeline and upcoming clinical catalysts. We continue to hold the stock.

Optimal Payments is an Isle of Man-based provider of online and mobile payment processing services to merchants and consumers. Its shares climbed after the company announced its acquisition of Skrill, a leading provider of wallet payments for online gambling and gaming. Optimal should be able to consolidate its position in this growing and increasingly regulated niche.

As always, our sector positioning remains a product of our bottom-up stock selection process. We used weakness in the energy sector to opportunistically build positions in companies that should be able to take advantage of what is likely a cyclical trend. We added to our stake in Pioneer Natural Resources and established a position in Patterson-UTI Energy, an onshore drilling company with leverage to U.S. shale. They should benefit from the eventual improvement in sentiment around oil prices. We decreased our exposure to consumer discretionary, where we are now only modestly overweighted, in part by trimming our position in Groupon, a U.S. web-based coupon business.

We are optimistic about the portfolio’s positioning and believe the current environment remains conducive to stock-picking. Markets are likely to take time to digest the impact of China’s slowing growth and the adjustment in U.S. industrial production resulting from strength in the U.S. dollar. Political pressure on health care pricing may persist until the next election, which may cause another sector to assume market leadership in the near term. Although we cannot predict market outcomes, we can hold companies with compelling valuations, positive momentum, and strong catalysts that are uncorrelated to broader market cycles.

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Portfolio Manager:

David W. Palmer, CFA
Senior Managing Director

Our portion of the fund focuses on stocks that trade at a discounted multiple to the broad market, either on current earnings or on those we expect within a reasonable investment horizon. Our approach searches for companies with pronounced negative sentiment, controversy, or perceived event risk that, through fundamental research and analysis, we find to be temporary or overstated. Because individual holdings can be out of phase with the market for extended periods, we seek to build a portfolio of stocks that have unique drivers and are diversified across capitalization sizes and industries.

Equity markets managed to gain through much of the past year but stumbled in the final three months as investors worried about a potential economic slowdown. Trends that may have started with a deceleration in China and negative returns in many emerging markets have spilled into U.S. economic data. A rise in the ratio of business inventories-to-sales could portend a period of reduced production to rebalance supplies with underlying demand. The national purchasing managers’ monthly survey indicates increasing softness, and recent data on employment growth have been tepid. Although a recession is not our base case for the U.S. economy, some cyclical segments, particularly those exposed to energy and certain types

of capital equipment, are experiencing reduced or slowing volumes. The tone of many corporate management teams has become cautious.

Investor response to this more lukewarm outlook has been striking. Over the past year, the spread between the total return of the best-performing (health care) and worst-performing (energy) sectors of the Russell 3000 Value Index was almost 40 percentage points. Of the five sectors to lag the index, four are considered economically sensitive: energy, materials, information technology, and industrials. History suggests, based on several valuation metrics, that the current gap between the least expensive stocks and the broad market is nearly as wide as it has ever been without economic growth turning negative. Such a decline could happen, but the valuations show the pessimism that has already moved markets in anticipation of a growth shortfall.

We acknowledge our frustration that some of the portfolio’s holdings have been caught in the cyclical sell-down. That said, we believe these periods of wider performance dispersion among stocks and sectors provide investment opportunities. They lay the groundwork for differentiated upside potential once confidence in economic acceleration re-emerges.

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Some of the strongest contributors to our performance were office furniture manufacturer Knoll, internet search and advertising giant Google, and California utility PG&E. Knoll had a favorable earnings trajectory and disclosed a strong book of future orders. Moreover, because the company sources some components from Canada and Europe, the stronger U.S. dollar boosted its profit margins. Google’s emphasis on cost control pleasantly surprised its investors. The market was also pleased with the company’s decision to provide separate disclosure on the profitability of its core search business. This differentiated that business from its various (and, in many cases, loss-making) growth ventures, such as self-driving cars and life sciences. Gas and electricity provider PG&E outperformed the overall utility group. Rulings determined its ultimate liability related to a catastrophic explosion of one of its pipelines in 2010, and analysts began to focus more on the company’s future earnings prospects.

Stock selection in the financial, technology, consumer staples, telecommunication services, and utilities sectors helped our relative performance. However, these gains were offset by challenges in energy, materials, consumer discretionary, and health care. Although the great majority of energy stocks lost ground, the independent producers and service companies we focus on felt the heat more than large-capitalization, integrated companies.

The most notable declines came from natural gas producer Southwestern Energy, pressure pumping services provider Trican Well Service, and drill rig capital equipment maker National Oilwell Varco, as crude oil prices fell to levels not seen since the depths of the financial crisis in 2009.

In materials, we were disappointed by operational difficulties at aluminum rolling mill operator Constellium. The integration of its purchase of a sheet-rolling facility in Alabama has been fraught with small mistakes and troubled supply contracts. We still expect the company to execute on its plan to expand into the fast-growing aluminum automotive body sheet market. However, we accept that near-term results will be less robust, causing some tension because of the company’s use of debt to finance the acquisition. We continued to hold positions in each of these companies as of the end of September. That said, we have been measured in our deployment of additional shareholder capital until we see more positive changes.

The perceived near-term prospects for a range of companies and sectors have ebbed recently. This has given us an attractive window to research and evaluate many contrarian opportunities and to add several new positions after price declines. In consumer discretionary, we purchased Global Brands, an owner and licensee of apparel and accessories brands, and Ralph Lauren, the apparel designer and retailer. Ralph Lauren had attracted our attention earlier in the year as its earnings estimates and valuation multiples contracted amid

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extra costs for foreign currency moves and infrastructure investments. However, the stock became more intriguing when its founder relinquished the role of CEO to a highly respected outsider with prior stints at Old Navy and Swedish retailer H&M.

In industrials, we saw considerable value in short-line rail operator Genesee & Wyoming. The railroad’s premium multiple, earned over many years of acquiring and improving small regional freight lines, had sharply eroded. Reasons for this included investor worries about shipment volumes in coal and iron ore and the company’s controversial recent purchase of European open-access operator Freightliner.

We believe these and other purchases made since our last update have been acquired at attractive prices relative to their fundamental prospects. They fit well with our strategy to pan out nuggets of underlying value from the stream of data points, angst, and hyperbole flowing through the financial markets. We appreciate deeply the trust shown by the fund’s shareholders and their confidence that our efforts on their behalf will be successful over the market cycle.

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Capital Value Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2015

Portfolio Characteristics    
      DJ
      U.S.
    Russell Total
    3000 Market
    Value FA
  Fund Index Index
Number of Stocks 150 1,997 4,000
Median Market Cap $7.1B $41.8B $46.5B
Price/Earnings Ratio 22.9x 17.4x 20.2x
Price/Book Ratio 1.6x 1.7x 2.5x
Return on Equity 10.9% 12.6% 17.2%
Earnings Growth      
Rate 10.9% 5.3% 10.1%
Dividend Yield 1.7% 2.7% 2.1%
Foreign Holdings 16.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 90%
Ticker Symbol VCVLX
Expense Ratio1 0.47%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.35%
Short-Term Reserves 1.2%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S.
    Russell Total
    3000 Market
    Value FA
  Fund Index Index
Consumer Discretionary 11.2% 5.8% 13.7%
Consumer Staples 1.3 6.6 8.7
Energy 14.0 12.2 6.3
Financials 18.6 31.4 18.3
Health Care 10.4 11.0 14.4
Industrials 8.7 10.2 10.6
Information Technology 21.6 11.2 19.6
Materials 7.9 2.7 3.1
Other 0.7 0.0 0.0
Telecommunication      
Services 1.8 2.4 2.1
Utilities 3.8 6.5 3.2

 

Volatility Measures    
  Russell DJ
  3000 U.S. Total
  Value Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.78 0.76
Beta 1.25 1.25
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Pioneer Natural Oil & Gas Exploration  
Resources Co. & Production 2.4%
MetLife Inc. Life & Health  
  Insurance 2.3
Merck & Co. Inc. Pharmaceuticals 2.3
Cobalt International Oil & Gas Exploration  
Energy Inc. & Production 1.9
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 1.8
Cisco Systems Inc. Communications  
  Equipment 1.8
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 1.7
Portola Pharmaceuticals    
Inc. Biotechnology 1.7
TherapeuticsMD Inc. Pharmaceuticals 1.6
Sumco Corp. Semiconductor  
  Equipment 1.5
Top Ten   19.0%
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.

 

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2015, the expense ratio was 0.50%.

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Capital Value 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, 2005, Through September 30, 2015
Initial Investment of $10,000


 
    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2015  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  Capital Value Fund* -15.67% 9.42% 5.76% $17,508
•••••••• Russell 3000 Value Index -4.22 12.11 5.68 17,370
 
– – – – Dow Multi-Cap Jones Value U.S. Funds Total Stock Average Market -4.57 10.69 4.98 16,263
  Float Adjusted Index -0.55 13.26 7.06 19,778
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Capital Value Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015


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Capital Value Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2015

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

      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
Common Stocks (98.4%)    
Consumer Discretionary (11.1%)  
  Las Vegas Sands Corp. 392,581 14,906
*,^ Groupon Inc. Class A 3,374,086 11,000
* Kate Spade & Co. 560,908 10,719
* Amazon.com Inc. 16,177 8,281
* Markit Ltd. 251,800 7,302
  Electrolux AB Class B 243,884 6,891
* Fiat Chrysler    
  Automobiles NV 505,208 6,567
  Quebecor Inc. Class B 276,500 6,052
* Global Brands Group    
  Holding Ltd. 26,358,000 5,457
  Ralph Lauren Corp.    
  Class A 43,300 5,116
  Sky plc 316,744 5,011
  Wynn Resorts Ltd. 94,134 5,000
  Tribune Media Co.    
  Class A 118,296 4,211
* iRobot Corp. 130,860 3,813
*,^ LifeLock Inc. 427,025 3,741
* Vera Bradley Inc. 247,200 3,117
* Michael Kors Holdings    
  Ltd. 65,232 2,755
  Sands China Ltd. 898,400 2,729
*,^ GoPro Inc. Class A 66,692 2,082
  Melco Crown    
  Entertainment Ltd. ADR 150,500 2,071
* DISH Network Corp.    
  Class A 3,453 202
  Dollar General Corp. 406 30
      117,053
Consumer Staples (1.3%)    
  Imperial Tobacco Group    
  plc 155,957 8,063
  Avon Products Inc. 902,290 2,932
  Ingredion Inc. 31,800 2,777
      13,772
Energy (13.8%)    
  Pioneer Natural Resources    
  Co. 212,160 25,807
* Cobalt International    
  Energy Inc. 2,910,050 20,603
* Southwestern Energy Co. 940,619 11,936
* McDermott International    
  Inc. 2,571,546 11,058
  Halliburton Co. 207,295 7,328
  Canadian Natural    
  Resources Ltd. 359,928 7,001
  HollyFrontier Corp. 122,477 5,982
* Diamondback Energy Inc. 88,200 5,698
* Whiting Petroleum Corp. 372,689 5,691
*,^ Laredo Petroleum Inc. 572,358 5,397
  Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 399,894 5,255
* Newfield Exploration Co. 145,503 4,787
  Helmerich & Payne Inc. 90,933 4,298
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 109,223 4,112
  Marathon Oil Corp. 231,000 3,557
* Rice Energy Inc. 209,565 3,387
* Continental Resources Inc. 115,330 3,341
  Baker Hughes Inc. 62,400 3,247
* Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. 2,727,814 3,194
  QEP Resources Inc. 223,500 2,800
^ Trican Well Service Ltd. 3,728,482 1,900
  Superior Energy Services    
  Inc. 10,858 137
      146,516
Financials (18.4%)    
  MetLife Inc. 522,743 24,647
  Citigroup Inc. 385,007 19,100
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 302,651 18,453
  Principal Financial Group    
  Inc. 318,892 15,096
  American International    
  Group Inc. 261,377 14,852
  PNC Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 166,092 14,815

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  American Tower    
  Corporation 110,273 9,702
  Torchmark Corp. 163,935 9,246
  Raymond James Financial    
  Inc. 173,405 8,606
  AvalonBay Communities    
  Inc. 40,331 7,051
  Unum Group 206,500 6,625
  Columbia Property Trust    
  Inc. 280,400 6,505
* LendingClub Corp. 489,208 6,472
  Arthur J Gallagher & Co. 144,200 5,953
  M&T Bank Corp. 36,600 4,463
  Fifth Third Bancorp 213,300 4,034
  Weyerhaeuser Co. 136,400 3,729
  SL Green Realty Corp. 30,260 3,273
  Equity LifeStyle Properties    
  Inc. 55,210 3,234
  Boston Properties Inc. 26,600 3,149
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 177,500 2,806
* Springleaf Holdings Inc.    
  Class A 60,804 2,658
      194,469
Health Care (10.3%)    
  Merck & Co. Inc. 482,499 23,831
* Portola Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. Class A 415,649 17,715
* TherapeuticsMD Inc. 2,933,488 17,190
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 215,209 12,740
* Mylan NV 296,060 11,919
  Eisai Co. Ltd. 149,735 8,835
  AstraZeneca plc ADR 162,400 5,168
* Biogen Inc. 14,453 4,217
* Arena Pharmaceuticals    
  Inc. 1,672,631 3,195
  Perrigo Co. plc 14,400 2,265
* TESARO Inc. 54,200 2,173
* Allergan plc 705 192
      109,440
Industrials (8.6%)    
  General Electric Co. 623,146 15,716
*,^ XPO Logistics Inc. 345,873 8,242
* Generac Holdings Inc. 244,413 7,354
  Eaton Corp. plc 142,048 7,287
  United Parcel Service Inc.    
  Class B 71,000 7,007
* Builders FirstSource Inc. 447,808 5,678
* Genesee & Wyoming Inc.    
  Class A 88,400 5,223
* Hertz Global Holdings Inc. 309,497 5,178
* WESCO International Inc. 105,972 4,925
  Raytheon Co. 35,200 3,846
  Sulzer AG 38,574 3,780
* KLX Inc. 99,534 3,557
  Sanwa Holdings Corp. 516,100 3,553
  Owens Corning 68,896 2,887
* Scorpio Bulkers Inc. 1,866,347 2,725
* AECOM 97,763 2,690
* UTi Worldwide Inc. 341,493 1,567
* Clean Harbors Inc. 2,512 110
      91,325
Information Technology (21.4%)  
  Cisco Systems Inc. 718,509 18,861
  Sumco Corp. 1,823,760 16,357
* Micron Technology Inc. 1,055,843 15,817
* SunEdison Inc. 1,976,594 14,192
*,^ Gogo Inc. 919,015 14,043
*,^ Coupons.com Inc. 1,481,515 13,334
*,^ SunPower Corp. Class A 610,350 12,231
* Optimal Payments plc 2,289,328 11,226
* ARRIS Group Inc. 427,702 11,107
  Cypress Semiconductor    
  Corp. 1,290,658 10,996
* Google Inc. Class A 16,622 10,611
*,^ Stratasys Ltd. 357,889 9,480
* GCL-Poly Energy    
  Holdings Ltd. 42,431,580 8,220
  Western Digital Corp. 98,000 7,785
*,^ Zillow Group Inc. 270,731 7,310
* Synaptics Inc. 70,500 5,813
  Samsung Electronics Co.    
  Ltd. 5,947 5,706
* Shutterstock Inc. 181,540 5,490
* Pandora Media Inc. 225,914 4,821
  Maxim Integrated    
  Products Inc. 141,000 4,709
* SunEdison Semiconductor  
  Ltd. 437,783 4,614
* Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.  
  ADR 74,080 4,369
* GrubHub Inc. 101,825 2,478
* Silicon Motion Technology  
  Corp. ADR 79,931 2,183
* Envestnet Inc. 50,500 1,514
*,^ Zillow Group Inc. Class A 45,439 1,305
* Yelp Inc. Class A 55,228 1,196
* Qorvo Inc. 3,662 165
* Cree Inc. 5,473 133
      226,066
Materials (7.8%)    
^ Methanex Corp. 487,376 16,161
  Reliance Steel &    
  Aluminum Co. 257,612 13,914
  Norbord Inc. 907,065 13,010
* Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 623,959 8,885
  Celanese Corp. Class A 115,536 6,836
  Wacker Chemie AG 85,885 6,533
  Rio Tinto plc ADR 127,800 4,322

 

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    Market
    Value
  Shares ($000)
Bemis Co. Inc. 85,600 3,387
Cabot Corp. 106,696 3,367
Chemours Co. 346,100 2,239
Huntsman Corp. 221,200 2,144
* Constellium NV Class A 313,509 1,900
    82,698
Other (0.1%)    
*,1 Allstar Co-Invest LLC    
Private Placement NA 1,384
 
Telecommunication Services (1.8%)  
Verizon Communications    
Inc. 235,201 10,234
* T-Mobile US Inc. 120,800 4,809
SoftBank Group Corp. 78,555 3,632
    18,675
Utilities (3.8%)    
PG&E Corp. 287,862 15,199
Exelon Corp. 445,640 13,235
OGE Energy Corp. 180,400 4,936
Xcel Energy Inc. 109,509 3,878
Edison International 46,300 2,920
    40,168
Total Common Stocks    
(Cost $1,220,736)   1,041,566
Preferred Stocks (0.6%)    
*,2 Lithium Technologies    
Inc. Pfd. (Cost $5,828) 1,195,700 6,409
Temporary Cash Investments (3.5%)  
Money Market Fund (3.1%)    
3,4 Vanguard Market    
Liquidity Fund,    
0.189% 33,185,000 33,185
 
  Face  
  Amount  
  ($000)  
Repurchase Agreements (0.4%)  
RBS Securities, Inc.    
0.100%, 10/1/15 (Dated    
9/30/15, Repurchase Value  
$1,400,000, collateralized  
by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond  
2.125%, 5/15/25, with a    
value of $1,430,000) 1,400 1,400
  Face Market
  Amount Value
  ($000) ($000)
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.  
0.120%, 10/1/15 (Dated    
9/30/15, Repurchase Value  
$2,600,000, collateralized  
by U.S. Treasury Note/Bond  
1.000%, 9/15/18, with a    
value of $2,652,000) 2,600 2,600
    4,000
Total Temporary Cash Investments  
(Cost $37,185)   37,185
Total Investments (102.5%)    
(Cost $1,263,749)   1,085,160
 
    Amount
    ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-2.5%)  
Other Assets    
Investment in Vanguard   104
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 12,651
Receivables for Accrued Income 1,536
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 7,538
Other Assets   366
Total Other Assets   22,195
Liabilities    
Payables for Investment Securities  
Purchased   (11,947)
Collateral for Securities on Loan (33,185)
Payables to Investment Advisor (427)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (1,081)
Payables to Vanguard   (2,151)
Other Liabilities   (14)
Total Liabilities   (48,805)
Net Assets (100%)    
Applicable to 92,428,181 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial  
interest (unlimited authorization) 1,058,550
Net Asset Value Per Share   $11.45

 

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At September 30, 2015, net assets consisted of:
Amount
($000)

Paid-in Capital 1,139,017
Undistributed Net Investment Income 6,757
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 91,188
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (178,589)
Forward Currency Contracts 190
Foreign Currencies (13)
Net Assets 1,058,550

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 $31,735,000.
1 Restricted security represents 0.1% of net assets. Shares not applicable for this private placement.
2 Restricted security represents 0.6% of net assets.
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 $33,185,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2015
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends1 19,080
Interest 1
Securities Lending 1,303
Total Income 20,384
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B  
Basic Fee 2,996
Performance Adjustment 910
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative 2,773
Marketing and Distribution 318
Custodian Fees 127
Auditing Fees 32
Shareholders’ Reports 15
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 3
Total Expenses 7,174
Expenses Paid Indirectly (46)
Net Expenses 7,128
Net Investment Income 13,256
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 125,636
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts 5,188
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 130,824
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (352,536)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (76)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (352,612)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (208,532)
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $497,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 13,256 20,167
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 130,824 201,441
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (352,612) 6,554
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (208,532) 228,162
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (18,062) (10,580)
Realized Capital Gain1 (154,201) (130,762)
Total Distributions (172,263) (141,342)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 216,336 857,946
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 162,455 134,688
Redeemed (723,255) (544,812)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (344,464) 447,822
Total Increase (Decrease) (725,259) 534,642
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 1,783,809 1,249,167
End of Period2 1,058,550 1,783,809

1 Includes fiscal 2015 and 2014 short-term gain distributions totaling $99,085,000 and $94,545,000, 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 $6,757,000 and $12,844,000.

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

 

Capital Value Fund          
 
 
Financial Highlights          
 
 
For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $15.32 $14.57 $10.58 $8.59 $9.62
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .1291 .1782 .138 .155 .109
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (2.330) 2.055 4.051 2.075 (1.054)
Total from Investment Operations (2.201) 2.233 4.189 2.230 (.945)
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.175) (.111) (.199) (.100) (.085)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (1.494) (1.372) (.140)
Total Distributions (1.669) (1.483) (.199) (.240) (.085)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $11.45 $15.32 $14.57 $10.58 $8.59
 
Total Return 3 -15.67% 16.50% 40.21% 26.50% -10.00%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,059 $1,784 $1,249 $659 $613
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets4 0.50% 0.47% 0.41% 0.47% 0.58%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 0.93% 1.19%2 1.03% 1.42% 0.87%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 90% 90% 132% 123% 149%

1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $.018 and 0.12%, respectively,
resulting from income received from Vodafone Group plc in the form of cash and shares in Verizon Communications Inc. in February 2014.
3 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.
4 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of 0.06%, 0.02%, (0.05%), 0.01%, and 0.11%.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Capital Value Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund.

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 affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

3. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged

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as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

5. 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, 2012–2015), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

7. Securities Lending: To earn additional income, the fund lends its securities to qualified institutional borrowers. Security loans 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 absence 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

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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.

8. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3 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 0.06% 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 equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2015, or at any time during the period then ended.

9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income 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.

B. The investment advisory firm Wellington Management Company llp provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on the fund’s performance relative to the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float Adjusted Index for the preceding three years. For the year ended September 30, 2015, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.21% of the fund’s average net assets before an increase of $910,000 (0.06%) 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, 2015, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $104,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.04% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

D. The fund has asked its investment advisor to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the year ended September 30, 2015, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $46,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average net assets).

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 934,430 105,752 1,384
Preferred Stocks 6,409
Temporary Cash Investments 33,185 4,000
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 204
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (14)
Total 967,615 109,942 7,793

 

At September 30, 2015, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

 

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date Receive Deliver ($000)
Goldman Sachs International 12/16/15 EUR 10,773 USD 12,068 (14)
BNP Paribas 12/16/15 USD 12,121 EUR 10,773 67
UBS AG 12/16/15 USD 9,202 GBP 5,994 137
            190
EUR—Euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

F. 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.

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During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $86,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income. Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be passive foreign investment companies, for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $130,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net investment income and realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $1,325,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $38,816,000 from accumulated net realized gains, to paid-in capital.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2015, the fund had $34,246,000 of ordinary income and $65,962,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,263,749,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $178,589,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $87,827,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $266,416,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

G. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund purchased $1,288,131,000 of investment securities and sold $1,791,634,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 15,385 56,918
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 12,497 9,803
Redeemed (51,913) (35,991)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (24,031) 30,730

 

I. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2015, 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 Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Capital Value 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 Capital Value Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at September 30, 2015, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 10, 2015

Special 2015 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Capital Value Fund

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, is included pursuant to provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $91,126,000 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 $19,668,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 35.1% 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 2015. (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.)

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: Capital Value Fund      
Periods Ended September 30, 2015      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes -15.67% 9.42% 5.76%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions -19.01 7.57 4.34
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -7.68 6.98 4.41

 

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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, 2015      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Capital Value Fund 3/31/2015 9/30/2015 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $814.37 $2.14
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,022.71 2.38

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that
period is 0.47%. 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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Glossary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 194 Vanguard funds.

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

InterestedTrustee1 Rajiv L. Gupta
  Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
F. William McNabb III Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of International PLC (diversified manufacturing and
the investment companies served by The Vanguard services), Hewlett-Packard Co. (electronic computer
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive PLC
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of Mountain Capital.
the investment companies served by The Vanguard  
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Amy Gutmann
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Group (1995–2008). Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
  Other Experience: President of the University of
IndependentTrustees Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
  Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Emerson U. Fullwood Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal School for Communication, with secondary faculty
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
(document management products and services); Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished  
Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
manufacturing), the United Way of Rochester, Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Amerigroup Corporation (managed health care), the Experience: Corporate Vice President and Chief
University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and Member
Community College Foundation, and North Carolina of the Executive Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson
A&T University. & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/
  consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge
  Corporation (hotels), the University Medical Center
  at Princeton, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
  and the Center for Talent Innovation; Member of
  the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s
  Leadership at Rutgers University.

 

 

F. Joseph Loughrey Executive Officers  
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Glenn Booraem  
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation the investment companies served by The Vanguard
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the the investment companies served by The Vanguard
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board Group (2001–2010).  
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both
at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas J. Higgins  
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
Mark Loughridge 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. Peter Mahoney  
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Scott C. Malpass Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Other Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other at The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Group (2008–2014).  
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame
403(b) Investment Committee; Board Member of Heidi Stam  
TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic Investment Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Services, Inc. (investment advisors); Member of Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
the Investment Advisory Committee of Major Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard
League Baseball. Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group;
Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the
André F. Perold investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Marketing Corporation.  
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and    
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of Paul A. Heller Thomas M. Rampulla
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer    
(retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications John J. Brennan  
equipment); Trustee of Colby-Sawyer College; Chairman, 1996–2009  
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris Cotton    
Cancer Center and of the Advisory Board of the  Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Parthenon Group (strategy consulting).    
Founder  
  John C. Bogle  
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

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.

 

 

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Annual Report | September 30, 2015

Vanguard U.S. Value 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 Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Advisor’s Report. 8
Fund Profile. 10
Performance Summary. 11
Financial Statements. 13
Your Fund’s After-Tax Returns. 26
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 27
Glossary. 29

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: Pictured is a sailing block on the Brilliant, a 1932 schooner docked in Mystic, Connecticut. A type of pulley, the
sailing block helps coordinate the setting of the sails. At Vanguard, the intricate coordination of technology and people allows
us to help millions of clients around the world reach their financial goals.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015  
  Total
  Returns
Vanguard U.S. Value Fund -1.18%
Russell 3000 Value Index -4.22
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average -4.57
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance        
September 30, 2014, Through September 30, 2015        
 
      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending    
  Share Share Income Capital
  Price Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard U.S. Value Fund $16.95 $16.48 $0.282 $0.000

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

After several years of calm, volatility made a comeback in the final months of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. Stocks that had posted sizable advances were hard hit by summer turbulence, which erased a significant portion of their earlier gains.

For the large- and mid-cap value stocks in which your fund predominantly invests, the broad-based retreat pushed returns into negative territory. Vanguard U.S. Value Fund returned –1.18% for the 12-month period—its first negative fiscal-year return since 2009.

Although the fund’s result was negative, it was better than that of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Value Index, and the average return of peer funds.

If you hold shares of your fund in a taxable account, you may wish to review the information on after-tax returns that appears later in this report.

China’s economic woes weighed on global stocks

The broad U.S. stock market returned –0.49% for the 12 months. The final two months were especially rocky as investors worried in particular about the global ripple effects of slower economic growth in China.

For much of the fiscal year, investors were preoccupied with the possibility of an increase in short-term interest rates. On September 17, the Federal Reserve announced that it would hold rates steady

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for the time being, a decision that to some investors indicated the Fed’s concern about the fragility of global markets.

International stocks returned about –11% as the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies weighed on results. Returns for emerging markets, which were especially hard hit by concerns about China, trailed those of the developed markets of the Pacific region and Europe.

Taxable bonds recorded gains as investors searched for safety

The broad U.S. taxable bond market returned 2.94% as investors gravitated toward safe-haven assets amid global stock market turmoil. Stimulative monetary policies from the world’s central banks, declining inflation expectations, and global investors’ search for higher yields also helped lift U.S. bonds.

The yield of the 10-year Treasury note ended September at 2.05%, down from 2.48% a year earlier. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

International bond markets (as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Index ex USD) returned –7.67%, hurt by the dollar’s strength. Without this currency effect, international bonds advanced modestly.

The Fed’s 0%–0.25% target for short-term interest rates continued to limit returns for money market funds and savings accounts.

Market Barometer      
 
  Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2015
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) -0.61% 12.66% 13.42%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 1.25 11.02 11.73
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) -0.49 12.53 13.28
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) -11.34 2.87 2.19
 
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 2.94% 1.71% 3.10%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 3.16 2.88 4.14
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.02 0.02 0.04
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index -0.04% 0.93% 1.73%

 

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In a challenging environment, the fund fared relatively well

Your fund’s advisor, Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group, seeks to identify stocks that are attractively valued relative to their fundamentals based on earnings prospects and balance sheet quality.

It uses a proprietary computer model to systematically evaluate thousands of companies quickly and efficiently, without the emotion that can cloud human decision-making.

During the fiscal year, the advisor scored successes with technology holdings such as semiconductor makers and software firms. The fund’s tech holdings advanced about 6%, while their counterparts in the benchmark index declined more than 6%.

Health care stocks were another strong point. The fund did especially well with holdings in the life sciences and health care technology areas.

Longer-term trends have buoyed the health care sector: An aging population that requires more health care, greater accessibility to health care across the globe, and the broader availability of insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Results were more disappointing in the consumer staples and materials sectors. Energy stocks suffered as oil prices failed to stabilize. However, the fund avoided some of the worst performers, and its energy shares on the whole fared better than those in the benchmark.

Expense Ratios    
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group    
 
    Peer Group
  Fund Average
U.S. Value Fund 0.29% 1.18%

The fund expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s expense ratio was 0.26%. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided
by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2014.

Peer group: Multi-Cap Value Funds.

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For more about the advisor’s strategy and the fund’s positioning, see the Advisor’s Report that follows this letter.

The fund’s ten-year results demonstrate its resilience

For the decade ended September 30, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund produced an average annual return of 5.74%. Its return exceeded the average return of peer funds and was about in line with that of the benchmark.

The fund showed resilience in recovering from a highly volatile time for quantitative stock-selection strategies. It experienced double-digit losses for two years during the 2008–2009 financial crisis and faced additional challenges in the period that followed. But since then, the fund has outpaced its benchmark index for five straight fiscal years.

We remain confident that the disciplined investment process employed by Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group will continue to produce competitive results over the long term.

A dose of discipline is crucial when markets become volatile

Although the broad U.S. stock market has posted gains for six straight calendar years—from 2009 to 2014—that streak may be coming to an end. Stocks tumbled in August and swung up and down in September.

Total Returns  
Ten Years Ended September 30, 2015  
  Average
  Annual Return
U.S. Value Fund 5.74%
Russell 3000 Value Index 5.68
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average 4.98
Multi-Cap Value 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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Staying the course can help you stay closer to your fund’s return
 
When stock markets are highly volatile, as in recent months, it’s tempting to run for cover.
But the price of panic can be high.
 
A rough measure of what can be lost from attempts to time the market is the difference
between the returns produced by a fund and the returns earned by the fund’s investors.
 
The results shown in the Performance Summary later in this report are your fund’s time-
weighted returns—the average annual returns investors would have earned if they had invested
a lump sum in the fund at the start of the period and reinvested any distributions they received.
Their actual returns, however, depend on whether they subsequently bought or sold any shares.
There’s often a gap between this dollar-weighted return for investors and the fund’s time-
weighted return, as shown below.
 
Many sensible investment behaviors can contribute to the difference in returns, but industry
cash flow data suggest that one important factor is the generally counterproductive effort to
buy and sell at the “right” time. Keeping your emotions in check can help narrow the gap.
 
Mutual fund returns and investor returns over the last decade
Notes: Data are as of December 31, 2014. The average fund returns and average investor returns are from Morningstar. The average
fund returns are the average of the funds’ time-weighted returns in each category. The average investor returns assume that the growth
of a fund’s total net assets for a given period is driven by market returns and investor cash ow. To calculate investor return, a fund’s
change in assets for the period is discounted by the return of the fund to isolate how much of the asset growth was driven by cash ow.
A model, similar to an internal rate-of-return calculation, is then used to calculate a constant growth rate that links the beginning total
net assets and periodic cash ows to the ending total net assets.
Sources: Vanguard and Morningstar, Inc.

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Nobody can control the direction of the markets or predict where they’ll go in the short term. However, investors can control how they react to volatility.

During periods of market adversity, it’s more important than ever to keep sight of one of Vanguard’s key principles: Maintain perspective and long-term discipline. Whether you’re investing for yourself or on behalf of clients, your success is affected greatly by how you respond—or don’t respond—when markets are turbulent. (You can read Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success at vanguard.com/research.)

As I’ve written in the past, the best course for long-term investors is generally to ignore daily market moves and not make decisions based on emotion. This is also a good time to evaluate your portfolio and make sure your asset allocation is aligned with your time horizon, goals, and risk tolerance.

Markets are unpredictable and often confounding. Keeping our long-term plans clearly in focus can be crucial as we weather these periodic storms.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 12, 2015

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Advisor’s Report

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. Value Fund returned –1.18%. It outpaced its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Value Index, by more than 3 percentage points despite turbulent market conditions.

After six straight years of positive performance, U.S. stocks declined slightly. Overall, the broad U.S. equity market returned –0.49%; most of the underperformance occurred in the last six months. Large- and mid-capitalization stocks declined –0.61%, whereas small-caps rose 1.25%.

Although both value- and growth-oriented companies experienced downturns in the last six months, growth stocks outperformed value by a little over 7 percentage points for the year. Globally, U.S. equities outperformed international markets. Developed markets dropped –8.66% and emerging markets more than –19%.

Performance in the Russell 3000 Value Index benchmark was split; five of ten sectors generated positive returns. Results were best in health care and utilities, but they were countered by poor performance in energy and materials.

The Federal Reserve held off on raising interest rates until it sees further progress toward its employment and inflation targets. Real GDP in the second quarter increased at an annual rate of 3.9%, compared with 0.6% in the first quarter. This reflected positive contributions

from exports, acceleration in personal consumption expenditures, and an increase in state and local government spending. The unemployment rate has continued to improve over the past year. The U.S. nonfarm payroll rose by 142,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.1%, from 5.9% a year ago.

The economic slowdown overseas, especially in emerging markets, is still adding volatility to U.S. markets. Emerging-market currencies have lost value against the U.S. dollar. The possibility that the Fed might raise interest rates by the end of 2015 is pushing the dollar up and driving capital outflows from these countries.

Many emerging economies have also been affected by weak commodity prices that have contributed to lower export growth. China’s ongoing slowdown represents significant downside risk to overall emerging-market performance.

Although we seek to understand the impact of macro factors on fund performance, our process is centered on specific stock fundamentals. We use a quantitative approach to systematically identify stocks that are most likely to outperform in the long term. We focus on valuation and other factors that we believe contribute to fundamental growth. This allows us to take advantage of inefficiencies in the market caused by persistent biases in investor behavior.

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We use the results of our model to construct a portfolio with the goal of maximizing expected return while minimizing exposure to risks that our research indicates do not improve returns, such as industry selection and other risks relative to our benchmark.

For the fiscal year, our sentiment, growth, and quality models contributed to returns. However, our valuation and management decisions models did not perform as expected.

Our stock selection results for the 12 months were mixed. They were positive in six of the ten sectors, with strong returns in information technology, energy, and industrials. In technology, Electronic Arts, Freescale Semiconductor, and CDW were the top contributors to relative performance. In energy, an overweight to Tesoro drove results. JetBlue and Alaska Air Group led in industrials.

Unfortunately, we were not able to avoid all poor performers. Most disappointing were our results in materials and consumer staples. In materials, Century Aluminum, Alcoa, and Westlake Chemical did not meet expectations. In consumer staples, Mondelez International and Sanderson Farms were among the main detractors.

Portfolio Managers:

James P. Stetler, Principal

James D. Troyer, CFA, Principal

Michael R. Roach, CFA

Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group

October 16, 2015

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U.S. Value Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2015

Portfolio Characteristics    
    Russell DJ
    3000 U.S. Total
    Value Market
  Fund Index FA Index
Number of Stocks 247 1,997 4,000
Median Market Cap $32.2B $41.8B $46.5B
Price/Earnings Ratio 15.1x 17.4x 20.2x
Price/Book Ratio 1.8x 1.7x 2.5x
Return on Equity 13.3% 12.6% 17.2%
Earnings Growth Rate 7.9% 5.3% 10.1%
Dividend Yield 2.6% 2.7% 2.1%
Foreign Holdings 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 66%
Ticker Symbol VUVLX
Expense Ratio1 0.29%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.36%
Short-Term Reserves 0.1%

 

Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure)
      DJ
      U.S.
    Russell Total
    3000 Market
    Value FA
  Fund Index Index
Consumer      
Discretionary 6.7% 5.8% 13.7%
Consumer Staples 6.8 6.6 8.7
Energy 12.3 12.2 6.3
Financials 30.4 31.4 18.3
Health Care 11.6 11.0 14.4
Industrials 10.1 10.2 10.6
Information      
Technology 10.6 11.2 19.6
Materials 2.6 2.7 3.1
Telecommunication      
Services 2.5 2.4 2.1
Utilities 6.4 6.5 3.2

 

Volatility Measures    
  Russell DJ
  3000 U.S. Total
  Value Market
  Index FA Index
R-Squared 0.97 0.93
Beta 0.97 0.97

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

 

Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets)
Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas 3.2%
Wells Fargo & Co. Diversified Banks 2.7
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals 2.6
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diversified Banks 2.6
Bank of America Corp. Diversified Banks 2.0
General Electric Co. Industrial  
  Conglomerates 2.0
Citigroup Inc. Diversified Banks 1.9
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Multi-Sector Holdings 1.7
Procter & Gamble Co. Household Products 1.6
AT&T Inc. Integrated  
  Telecommunication  
  Services 1.5
Top Ten   21.8%

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

 

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2015, the expense ratio was 0.26%.

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Performance Summary

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

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015
Initial Investment of $10,000


 
    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2015  
          Final Value
    One Five Ten of a $10,000
    Year Years Years Investment
  U.S. Value Fund* -1.18% 14.41% 5.74% $17,471
•••••••• Russell 3000 Value Index -4.22 12.11 5.68 17,370
 
– – – – Dow Multi-Cap Jones Value U.S. Funds Total Stock Average Market -4.57 10.69 4.98 16,263
  Float Adjusted Index -0.55 13.26 7.06 19,778
Multi-Cap Value Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015


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U.S. Value Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2015

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 (99.5%)1    
Consumer Discretionary (6.6%)    
  Target Corp. 146,000 11,484
  General Motors Co. 326,100 9,790
  Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 167,000 6,598
* Skechers U.S.A. Inc.    
  Class A 45,600 6,114
* DISH Network Corp.    
  Class A 104,100 6,073
  Comcast Corp. Class A 106,089 6,034
  Marriott International Inc.    
  Class A 86,400 5,892
* Madison Square Garden Co.    
  Class A 63,800 4,603
  Best Buy Co. Inc. 117,700 4,369
  Darden Restaurants Inc. 56,500 3,873
  Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 50,800 3,501
  Carnival Corp. 64,800 3,221
  Home Depot Inc. 18,600 2,148
* Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. 80,900 1,411
  Time Warner Inc. 20,500 1,409
* Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. 71,200 1,345
  Comcast Corp. Special    
  Class A 21,500 1,231
  Big Lots Inc. 11,900 570
  Hasbro Inc. 6,400 462
  Cablevision Systems Corp.    
  Class A 11,000 357
      80,485
Consumer Staples (6.8%)    
  Procter & Gamble Co. 269,669 19,400
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 198,000 8,207
  CVS Health Corp. 73,050 7,048
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 46,900 6,780
  Bunge Ltd. 86,600 6,348
  Altria Group Inc. 107,500 5,848
^ Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. 270,900 5,629
  Kroger Co. 150,200 5,418
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 83,500 5,414
  Dean Foods Co. 319,200 5,273
  Ingles Markets Inc. Class A 56,600 2,707
  Mondelez International Inc.    
  Class A 36,268 1,519
  Walgreens Boots Alliance    
  Inc. 9,400 781
  Philip Morris International    
  Inc. 7,200 571
* Central Garden & Pet Co.    
  Class A 32,600 525
  ConAgra Foods Inc. 11,300 458
* SUPERVALU Inc. 51,600 371
  Clorox Co. 2,200 254
      82,551
Energy (12.3%)    
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 527,100 39,190
  Schlumberger Ltd. 197,000 13,587
  Chevron Corp. 151,830 11,976
  Valero Energy Corp. 161,800 9,724
  Marathon Petroleum Corp. 179,600 8,321
  Tesoro Corp. 80,300 7,808
  Teekay Tankers Ltd.    
  Class A 992,000 6,845
^ Nordic American Tankers    
  Ltd. 434,500 6,605
  PBF Energy Inc. Class A 217,900 6,151
  Alon USA Energy Inc. 292,000 5,277
  Noble Corp. plc 477,900 5,214
  Delek US Holdings Inc. 174,900 4,845
* FMC Technologies Inc. 133,000 4,123
  Nabors Industries Ltd. 394,500 3,728
  Scorpio Tankers Inc. 376,300 3,451
*,^ Frontline Ltd. 1,011,600 2,721
  HollyFrontier Corp. 50,000 2,442
* WPX Energy Inc. 305,600 2,023
* Cameron International    
  Corp. 19,800 1,214

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  Ship Finance International    
  Ltd. 67,900 1,103
  Atwood Oceanics Inc. 70,500 1,044
  ConocoPhillips 11,890 570
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 17,200 476
  Occidental Petroleum    
  Corp. 5,200 344
      148,782
Financials (30.3%)    
  Wells Fargo & Co. 637,623 32,742
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 516,140 31,469
  Bank of America Corp. 1,584,076 24,680
  Citigroup Inc. 470,361 23,335
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    
  Class B 161,800 21,099
  US Bancorp 337,900 13,857
  PNC Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 128,800 11,489
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 55,917 9,716
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 95,600 9,515
  Everest Re Group Ltd. 40,700 7,055
  Validus Holdings Ltd. 155,500 7,008
  Voya Financial Inc. 178,200 6,909
* Synchrony Financial 210,000 6,573
  First American Financial    
  Corp. 167,800 6,556
  Hartford Financial Services    
  Group Inc. 141,600 6,483
  AmTrust Financial Services    
  Inc. 102,700 6,468
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 58,300 6,362
  Assured Guaranty Ltd. 253,000 6,325
  Universal Insurance    
  Holdings Inc. 209,900 6,200
* Walker & Dunlop Inc. 234,100 6,105
  Bank of New York Mellon    
  Corp. 150,600 5,896
* MGIC Investment Corp. 635,000 5,880
* E*TRADE Financial Corp. 215,500 5,674
  Equity Residential 73,600 5,529
* Santander Consumer USA    
  Holdings Inc. 214,600 4,382
* Heritage Insurance    
  Holdings Inc. 217,800 4,297
  Capital One Financial Corp. 57,100 4,141
  Navient Corp. 359,400 4,040
  Hospitality Properties Trust 145,200 3,714
  General Growth Properties    
  Inc. 134,500 3,493
  Digital Realty Trust Inc. 53,100 3,469
  Welltower Inc. 49,800 3,373
  Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. 21,600 3,105
  Summit Hotel Properties    
  Inc. 261,900 3,056
  Alexandria Real Estate    
  Equities Inc. 35,000 2,964
  Kimco Realty Corp. 117,200 2,863
  Weingarten Realty    
  Investors 83,100 2,751
  UDR Inc. 77,100 2,658
  CyrusOne Inc. 81,300 2,655
  Chambers Street    
  Properties 408,200 2,649
* Cowen Group Inc. Class A 575,600 2,625
  CubeSmart 94,700 2,577
  American International    
  Group Inc. 44,000 2,500
  Regency Centers Corp. 37,900 2,356
  DuPont Fabros Technology    
  Inc. 89,900 2,327
  Ryman Hospitality    
  Properties Inc. 46,200 2,274
  Ventas Inc. 37,000 2,074
  CBL & Associates    
  Properties Inc. 150,700 2,072
  HCI Group Inc. 51,700 2,004
  Weyerhaeuser Co. 56,200 1,537
  Reinsurance Group of    
  America Inc. Class A 14,700 1,332
  Lexington Realty Trust 161,800 1,311
  Omega Healthcare    
  Investors Inc. 35,100 1,234
  Janus Capital Group Inc. 88,500 1,204
* Arch Capital Group Ltd. 15,300 1,124
  Maiden Holdings Ltd. 80,600 1,119
  Piedmont Office Realty    
  Trust Inc. Class A 61,000 1,091
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 28,500 1,090
  LaSalle Hotel Properties 37,800 1,073
  Corrections Corp. of    
  America 31,800 939
  EPR Properties 18,100 933
  HCP Inc. 22,900 853
* INTL. FCStone Inc. 31,500 778
* Strategic Hotels & Resorts    
  Inc. 46,900 647
* Realogy Holdings Corp. 14,600 549
  PacWest Bancorp 11,800 505
  Ashford Hospitality Prime    
  Inc. 35,914 504
*,^ Impac Mortgage Holdings    
  Inc. 29,000 474
  Monogram Residential    
  Trust Inc. 47,800 445
  RE/MAX Holdings Inc. 12,000 432
  Legg Mason Inc. 9,000 375
  Care Capital Properties Inc. 10,900 359
  KeyCorp 21,400 278
  OM Asset Management plc 17,400 268

 

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      Market
      Value
    Shares ($000)
  First Defiance Financial    
  Corp. 7,300 267
  Popular Inc. 8,000 242
  First Industrial Realty Trust    
  Inc. 9,700 203
      368,510
Health Care (11.5%)    
  Johnson & Johnson 337,150 31,473
  Pfizer Inc. 525,425 16,503
  Aetna Inc. 86,900 9,508
  Anthem Inc. 64,500 9,030
  Merck & Co. Inc. 176,101 8,698
* HCA Holdings Inc. 107,400 8,308
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 62,700 7,274
* Express Scripts Holding Co. 86,700 7,019
  Eli Lilly & Co. 79,900 6,687
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 105,000 6,216
* Quintiles Transnational    
  Holdings Inc. 87,800 6,108
  Medtronic plc 71,900 4,813
  Abbott Laboratories 105,500 4,243
  AbbVie Inc. 52,100 2,835
  Cardinal Health Inc. 30,200 2,320
  Amgen Inc. 14,500 2,006
* Charles River Laboratories    
  International Inc. 28,100 1,785
* ICU Medical Inc. 10,100 1,106
* Allergan plc 3,700 1,006
* Amedisys Inc. 23,300 885
* Affymetrix Inc. 98,400 840
* INC Research Holdings Inc.    
  Class A 19,500 780
      139,443
Industrials (10.0%)    
  General Electric Co. 945,540 23,847
  General Dynamics Corp. 69,400 9,574
  Northrop Grumman Corp. 54,500 9,044
* JetBlue Airways Corp. 283,100 7,296
  Cintas Corp. 75,800 6,500
  Caterpillar Inc. 96,800 6,327
  Southwest Airlines Co. 155,700 5,923
* Spirit AeroSystems    
  Holdings Inc. Class A 122,400 5,917
  Emerson Electric Co. 129,200 5,707
  PACCAR Inc. 106,100 5,535
  Alaska Air Group Inc. 65,600 5,212
  Aircastle Ltd. 244,300 5,035
  United Technologies Corp. 47,100 4,191
* Dycom Industries Inc. 56,700 4,103
  Comfort Systems USA Inc. 148,400 4,045
  General Cable Corp. 225,100 2,679
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 8,500 1,762
  GATX Corp. 33,800 1,492
* ACCO Brands Corp. 197,900 1,399
  Global Brass & Copper    
  Holdings Inc. 62,900 1,290
  SkyWest Inc. 68,900 1,149
  Raytheon Co. 8,300 907
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 38,600 766
  Ennis Inc. 35,500 616
* MYR Group Inc. 18,700 490
  Griffon Corp. 23,300 368
* RPX Corp. 24,800 340
* Virgin America Inc. 7,100 243
      121,757
Information Technology (10.5%)  
  Intel Corp. 517,300 15,591
  Cisco Systems Inc. 568,800 14,931
  Microsoft Corp. 254,900 11,282
  Hewlett-Packard Co. 414,400 10,613
  CDW Corp. 167,800 6,856
  Computer Sciences Corp. 108,200 6,641
  Jabil Circuit Inc. 296,700 6,637
* Electronic Arts Inc. 97,100 6,579
  International Business    
  Machines Corp. 44,600 6,466
  Booz Allen Hamilton    
  Holding Corp. Class A 233,000 6,107
* Cirrus Logic Inc. 139,800 4,405
* Aspen Technology Inc. 100,700 3,818
* Tech Data Corp. 42,300 2,898
* Sykes Enterprises Inc. 106,200 2,708
  EarthLink Holdings Corp. 341,600 2,658
  QUALCOMM Inc. 49,200 2,643
  DST Systems Inc. 22,948 2,413
  SYNNEX Corp. 23,500 1,999
* Sigma Designs Inc. 260,200 1,793
  NVIDIA Corp. 72,500 1,787
* NeoPhotonics Corp. 235,500 1,604
  Avnet Inc. 31,400 1,340
* Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. 63,500 1,060
* Sanmina Corp. 45,200 966
* PMC-Sierra Inc. 137,100 928
* ePlus Inc. 8,200 648
* Avid Technology Inc. 70,400 560
* Integrated Device    
  Technology Inc. 27,100 550
* Plexus Corp. 9,300 359
      126,840
Materials (2.6%)    
^ Dow Chemical Co. 193,000 8,183
  Avery Dennison Corp. 101,400 5,736
  LyondellBasell Industries    
  NV Class A 68,700 5,727
* Berry Plastics Group Inc. 152,100 4,574
  Ashland Inc. 39,900 4,015

 

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        Market
        Value
      Shares ($000)
  Domtar Corp.   35,800 1,280
  International Paper Co. 33,700 1,273
  Bemis Co. Inc.   11,900 471
  KMG Chemicals Inc.   12,700 245
        31,504
Telecommunication Services (2.5%)  
  AT&T Inc.   563,010 18,343
  Verizon Communications    
  Inc.   169,800 7,388
  CenturyLink Inc.   126,800 3,185
* Cincinnati Bell Inc.   296,900 926
  Telephone & Data Systems    
  Inc.   17,700 442
        30,284
Utilities (6.4%)      
  American Electric Power    
  Co. Inc.   164,500 9,353
  Edison International   143,700 9,063
  Public Service Enterprise    
  Group Inc.   212,400 8,955
  Exelon Corp.   275,500 8,182
  DTE Energy Co.   96,800 7,780
  FirstEnergy Corp.   242,800 7,602
  WGL Holdings Inc.   120,500 6,949
  Vectren Corp.   159,600 6,705
  Entergy Corp.   94,000 6,119
  PPL Corp.   73,500 2,417
  American States Water Co. 58,200 2,410
  New Jersey Resources    
  Corp.   33,200 997
  IDACORP Inc.   13,700 887
  Chesapeake Utilities Corp. 6,800 361
* Talen Energy Corp.   34,124 345
        78,125
Total Common Stocks      
(Cost $1,140,568)     1,208,281
Temporary Cash Investments (1.5%)1  
Money Market Fund (1.4%)    
2,3 Vanguard Market Liquidity    
  Fund, 0.189% 17,868,071 17,868
  Face Market
  Amount Value
  ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.1%)
4,5 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.090%, 10/5/15 500 500
4,5 Federal Home Loan    
  Bank Discount Notes,    
  0.095%, 10/21/15 300 300
      800
Total Temporary Cash Investments    
(Cost $18,668)   18,668
Total Investments (101.0%)    
(Cost $1,159,236)   1,226,949
 
      Amount
      ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.0%)    
Other Assets    
Investment in Vanguard   111
Receivables for Accrued Income   1,588
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 1,070
Total Other Assets   2,769
Liabilities    
Payables for Investment Securities    
Purchased   (2,745)
Collateral for Securities on Loan   (10,133)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (537)
Payables to Vanguard   (1,368)
Total Liabilities   (14,783)
Net Assets (100%)    
Applicable to 73,716,721 outstanding  
$.001 par value shares of beneficial    
interest (unlimited authorization)   1,214,935
Net Asset Value Per Share   $16.48

 

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At September 30, 2015, net assets consisted of:
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 1,082,130
Undistributed Net Investment Income 15,799
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 49,404
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 67,713
Futures Contracts (111)
Net Assets 1,214,935

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 $9,641,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures
investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 1.0%, respectively,
of net assets.
2 Includes $10,133,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
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 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
5 Securities with a value of $400,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2015
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 28,850
Interest1 11
Securities Lending 350
Total Income 29,211
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 614
Management and Administrative 2,301
Marketing and Distribution 231
Custodian Fees 18
Auditing Fees 32
Shareholders’ Reports 16
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Total Expenses 3,213
Net Investment Income 25,998
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 63,316
Futures Contracts 11
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 63,327
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (107,667)
Futures Contracts (89)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (107,756)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (18,431)
1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $10,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 25,998 18,875
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 63,327 85,247
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (107,756) 63,529
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (18,431) 167,651
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (19,263) (16,854)
Realized Capital Gain
Total Distributions (19,263) (16,854)
Capital Share Transactions    
Issued 436,088 326,566
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 18,266 16,081
Redeemed (318,266) (205,405)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 136,088 137,242
Total Increase (Decrease) 98,394 288,039
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 1,116,541 828,502
End of Period1 1,214,935 1,116,541
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $15,799,000 and $11,661,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Year Ended September 30,
Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $16.95 $14.41 $11.89 $9.20 $9.28
Investment Operations          
Net Investment Income .355 .299 .304 .2761 .207
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)          
on Investments (.543) 2.531 2.506 2.632 (.112)
Total from Investment Operations (.188) 2.830 2.810 2.908 .095
Distributions          
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.282) (. 290) (. 290) (. 218) (.175)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.282) (. 290) (. 290) (. 218) (.175)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $16.48 $16.95 $14.41 $11.89 $9.20
 
Total Return2 -1.18% 19.89% 24.16% 32.10% 0.89%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data          
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,215 $1,117 $829 $602 $454
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.26% 0.29% 0.29% 0.29% 0.29%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to          
Average Net Assets 2.10% 1.92% 2.26% 2.54% 1.95%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 66% 57% 75% 69% 60%

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.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard U.S. Value Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund.

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 acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The fund may seek to enhance returns by using futures contracts instead of the underlying securities when futures are believed to be priced more attractively than the underlying securities. 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 aggregate settlement values 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, 2015, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values 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, 2012–2015), 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 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 absence 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.

6. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3 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 0.06% 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 equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2015, 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.

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, 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.

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Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2015, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $111,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.04% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
Common Stocks 1,208,281
Temporary Cash Investments 17,868 800
Futures Contracts—Assets1 109
Total 1,226,258 800
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2015, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
S&P 500 Index December 2015 9 4,295 (80)
E-mini S&P 500 Index December 2015 19 1,813 (31)
        (111)

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

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

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The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net investment income and realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $2,597,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $6,677,000 from accumulated net realized gains, to paid-in capital.

The fund used capital loss carryforwards of $7,721,000 to offset taxable capital gains realized during the year ended September 30, 2015, reducing the amount of capital gains that would otherwise be available to distribute to shareholders. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2015, the fund had $17,580,000 of ordinary income and $48,839,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,159,271,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $67,678,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $140,227,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $72,549,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund purchased $952,475,000 of investment securities and sold $808,028,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

G. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  Shares Shares
  (000) (000)
Issued 24,986 20,088
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,064 1,068
Redeemed (18,195) (12,805)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 7,855 8,351

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2015, 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 Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard U.S. Value 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 U.S. Value Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at September 30, 2015, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 10, 2015

Special 2015 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard U.S. Value Fund

This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, is included pursuant to provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund distributed $6,677,000 as capital gain dividends (20% rate gain distributions) to shareholders
during the fiscal year.

The fund distributed $19,263,000 of qualified dividend income to shareholders during the fiscal year.

For corporate shareholders, 94.5% 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 2015. (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.)

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: U.S. Value Fund      
Periods Ended September 30, 2015      
  One Five Ten
  Year Years Years
Returns Before Taxes -1.18% 14.41% 5.74%
Returns After Taxes on Distributions -1.56 14.01 4.94
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -0.33 11.62 4.52

 

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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, 2015      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
U.S. Value Fund 3/31/2015 9/30/2015 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return $1,000.00 $933.18 $1.16
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return 1,000.00 1,023.87 1.22

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that
period is 0.24%. 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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Glossary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 194 Vanguard funds.

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

InterestedTrustee1 Rajiv L. Gupta
  Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
F. William McNabb III Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of International PLC (diversified manufacturing and
the investment companies served by The Vanguard services), Hewlett-Packard Co. (electronic computer
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive PLC
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of Mountain Capital.
the investment companies served by The Vanguard  
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Amy Gutmann
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Group (1995–2008). Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
  Other Experience: President of the University of
IndependentTrustees Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
  Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Emerson U. Fullwood Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal School for Communication, with secondary faculty
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
(document management products and services); Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished  
Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
manufacturing), the United Way of Rochester, Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Amerigroup Corporation (managed health care), the Experience: Corporate Vice President and Chief
University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and Member
Community College Foundation, and North Carolina of the Executive Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson
A&T University. & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/
  consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge
  Corporation (hotels), the University Medical Center
  at Princeton, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
  and the Center for Talent Innovation; Member of
  the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s
  Leadership at Rutgers University.

 

 

F. Joseph Loughrey Executive Officers  
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Glenn Booraem  
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation the investment companies served by The Vanguard
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the the investment companies served by The Vanguard
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board Group (2001–2010).  
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both  
at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas J. Higgins
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
Mark Loughridge 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. Peter Mahoney  
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Scott C. Malpass Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Other Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other at The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Group (2008–2014).  
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame  
403(b) Investment Committee; Board Member of Heidi Stam
TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic Investment Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Services, Inc. (investment advisors); Member of Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
the Investment Advisory Committee of Major Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard
League Baseball. Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group;
Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the
André F. Perold investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Marketing Corporation.  
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and    
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of Paul A. Heller Thomas M. Rampulla
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer    
(retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications  John J. Brennan  
equipment); Trustee of Colby-Sawyer College;  Chairman, 1996–2009  
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris Cotton    
Cancer Center and of the Advisory Board of the  Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
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Annual Report | September 30, 2015

Vanguard Institutional Bond Funds

Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond 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 Total Returns 1
Chairman’s Letter 2
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund 7
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund 41
About Your Fund’s Expenses 79
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement 81
Glossary 82

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: Pictured is a sailing block on the Brilliant, a 1932 schooner docked in Mystic, Connecticut. A type of pulley,
the sailing block helps coordinate the setting of the sails. At Vanguard, the intricate coordination of technology and people
allows us to help millions of clients around the world reach their financial goals.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015        
30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund1  
Institutional Plus Shares 1.16% 0.35% 0.95% 1.30%
Barclays U.S. 1–3 Year Government/Credit ex Baa Index 1.24
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Funds Average 0.65
 
Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund 2        
Institutional Plus Shares 1.75% 0.56% 2.43% 2.99%
Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex Baa Index 3.16
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance        
September 30, 2014, Through September 30, 2015        
Distributions Per Share
Starting Ending Income Capital
Share Price Share Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund1  
Institutional Plus Shares $13.66 $13.79 $0.048 $0.000
Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund2        
Institutional Plus Shares $22.90 $23.46 $0.127 $0.000

1 The Fund is the successor to VFTC Short-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.
2 The Fund is the successor to VFTC Intermediate-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary
Trust Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

I am pleased to present the first shareholder report for Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund. These funds, which were formerly administered as trusts, began operating as registered investment companies on June 19, 2015. Their investment objective has not changed: Both remain focused on generating current income from a diversified portfolio of liquid, high-quality investment-grade bonds.

The 12-month period ended September 30, 2015, was a volatile one for bonds. Uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve might begin raising interest rates weighed on sentiment at times, but a host of other factors contributed to the bumpy ride. They included the unsteady pace of growth at home and abroad, disinflationary pressures from the drop in the price of oil and other commodities, the strength of the U.S. dollar, and seemingly stretched stock market valuations.

While the prospect of an eventual Fed rate hike put some pressure on very-short-term Treasury yields, uncertainty in the markets helped intermediate- and long-term Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities outperform their riskier corporate counterparts.

The Short-Term Fund returned 1.30% for the fiscal year, outpacing the 1.24% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. 1–3 Year Government/Credit ex Baa Index.

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The Intermediate-Term Fund returned 2.99%, a little less than the 3.16% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex Baa Index.

At the close of the period, the 30-day SEC yield stood at 1.16% for the Short-Term Fund and 1.75% for the Intermediate-Term Fund.

U.S. fixed income recorded gains as investors searched for safety

The broad U.S. taxable bond market returned 2.94% as investors gravitated toward safe-haven assets amid global stock market turmoil. Stimulative monetary policies from the world’s central banks, declining inflation expectations, and global investors’ search for higher yields also helped lift U.S. bonds.

The yield of the 10-year Treasury note ended September at 2.05%, down from 2.48% a year earlier. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

International bond markets (as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Index ex USD) returned –7.67%; the dollar’s strength was a significant factor here as well. Without this currency effect, international bonds advanced modestly.

Market Barometer      
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods Ended September 30, 2015
One Three Five
Year Years Years
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) 2.94% 1.71% 3.10%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 3.16 2.88 4.14
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.02 0.02 0.04
 
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) -0.61% 12.66% 13.42%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 1.25 11.02 11.73
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) -0.49 12.53 13.28
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) -11.34 2.87 2.19
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index -0.04% 0.93% 1.73%

 

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The Fed’s 0%–0.25% target for short-term interest rates continued to limit returns for money market funds and savings accounts.

China’s economic woes weighed on global stocks

The broad U.S. stock market returned –0.49% for the 12 months. The final two months were especially rocky as investors worried in particular about the global ripple effects of slower economic growth in China.

For much of the fiscal year, investors were preoccupied with the possibility of an increase in short-term interest rates. On September 17, the Fed announced that it would hold rates steady for the time being, a decision that to some investors indicated the Fed’s concern about the fragility of global markets.

International stocks returned about –11% as the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies weighed on results. Returns for emerging markets, which were especially hard hit by concerns about China, trailed those of the developed markets of the Pacific region and Europe.

The Federal Reserve didn’t find the right moment to raise rates

With the financial crisis in the rearview mirror and the economy showing more strength toward the end of 2014, the Fed ended its bond-buying program and seemed to edge closer to raising interest rates from the near-zero levels where they have been since late 2008.

Total Returns  
Ten Years Ended September 30, 2015  
Average
Annual Return
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund Institutional Plus Shares 3.14%
Barclays U.S. 1–3 Year Government/Credit ex Baa Index 2.74
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Funds Average 2.53
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
 
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund Institutional Plus Shares 4.24%
Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate ex Baa Index 4.26

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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But amid severe winter weather and a West Coast port strike, growth ground almost to a halt. The oil price slide and the strong U.S. dollar helped push inflation even further below the Fed’s target of 2%.

International developments also muddied the picture, including flare-ups in the Greek debt crisis and repercussions from events in China—notably the surprise devaluation of China’s currency, the sharp correction in mainland China stock markets, and the downturn in manufacturing.

Collectively, these concerns helped fuel demand for intermediate- and long-term Treasuries, although the prospect of a Fed rate hike hurt their very-short-term counterparts. That trend was reflected in Treasury yields: The yield of the 2-year bill rose 8 basis points over the fiscal year to 0.65%, while the yield of the 3-year note fell 10 basis points to 0.93%; yields further out on the maturity spectrum fell as well. (A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.) Because yields and prices move in opposite directions, prices of Treasuries rose for all but some of the shortest maturities.

Corporate bonds reacted differently—the increase in market volatility made investors more reluctant to take on credit risk in exchange for higher yields. As a result, the spread in their yields compared with Treasuries widened over the period. This was especially true for bonds of companies active in the energy and metals and mining segments, given the drop in commodity prices.

Bond price increases accounted for a good portion of both funds’ returns for the fiscal year. They contributed roughly 1 percentage point to the Short-Term Fund’s result and well over 2 percentage points to the Intermediate-Term Fund’s.

Compared with their benchmarks, the Short-Term Fund outperformed while the Intermediate-Term Fund’s slight bias toward shorter maturities contributed to its modest lag.

Taking a longer-term look at performance of the funds

Over the past decade, which provides a better vantage point from which to judge a fund’s performance, the Short-Term Fund has produced an average annual return of 3.14%. That compares favorably with the fund’s benchmark, whose average annual return was 2.74% over the same period.

The Intermediate-Term Fund’s return was a heftier 4.24%. That was very close to the 4.26% return for its benchmark, which, like all indexes, incurs no expenses.

A dose of discipline is crucial when markets become volatile

Amid the volatility that has characterized the stock and bond markets recently, it’s important to remember that nobody can control the direction of the markets or reliably predict where they’ll go in the short term. However, investors can control how they react to unstable and turbulent markets.

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During periods of market adversity, it’s more important than ever to keep sight of one of Vanguard’s key principles: Maintain perspective and long-term discipline. Whether you’re investing for yourself or on behalf of clients, your success is affected greatly by how you respond—or don’t respond—during turbulent markets. (You can read Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success at vanguard.com/research.)

As I’ve written in the past, the best course for long-term investors is generally to ignore daily market moves and not make decisions based on emotion. This is also a good time to evaluate your portfolio and make sure your asset allocation is aligned with your time horizon, goals, and risk tolerance.

The markets are unpredictable and often confounding. Keeping your long-term plans clearly in focus can help you weather these periodic storms.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 15, 2015

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2015

Financial Attributes    
Barclays Barclays
U.S. 1–3 U.S.
Year Aggregate
Gov/Credit Float
ex Baa Adjusted
Fund Index Index
Number of Bonds 836 1,203 9,611
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.1% 0.8% 2.3%
Average Coupon 1.7% 1.8% 3.2%
Average Duration 1.8 years 1.9 years 5.7 years
Average Effective      
Maturity 2.2 years 1.9 years 7.9 years
Ticker Symbol VISTX
Expense Ratio1 0.02%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.16%
Short-Term Reserves 0.9%

 

Volatility Measures  
Barclays U.S. 1–3 Barclays U.S.
Year Gov/Credit Aggregate Float
ex Baa Index Adjusted Index
R-Squared 0.83 0.63
Beta 1.02 0.17

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

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
 
Asset-Backed 25.0%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 2.3
Finance 18.7
Foreign 9.4
Industrial 10.5
Treasury/Agency 32.0
Utilities 1.9
Other 0.2

The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are
generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
 
U.S. Government 30.8%
Aaa 29.9
Aa 14.2
A 21.6
Not Rated 3.5

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to
classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity
Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and
may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information about these ratings,
see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
 
Under 1 Year 16.9%
1–3 Years 62.3
3–5 Years 16.4
5–7 Years 3.0
7–10 Years 1.4

 

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated June 16, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the annualized expense ratio was 0.02%.

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Institutional Short-Term Bond 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, 2005, Through September 30, 2015
Initial Investment of $10,000,000


 
  Average Annual Total Returns  
Periods Ended September 30, 2015 Final Value of
One Five Ten a $10,000,000
Year Years Years Investment
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund        
Institutional Plus Shares 1.30% 1.30% 3.14% $13,620,172
Barclays U.S. 1–3 Year Government/Credit        
ex Baa Index 1.24 0.95 2.74 13,109,845
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt        
Funds Average 0.65 1.54 2.53 12,843,504
Spliced Barclays U.S. Aggregate        
Float Adjusted Index 2.83 3.09 4.65 15,747,584

For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.
1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
The Fund is the successor to VFTC Short-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015

Barclays U. S.
1–3 Year
Gov/Credit
Institutional Plus Shares ex Baa Index
Income Capital Total Total
Fiscal Year Returns Returns Returns Returns
2006 0.00% 4.23% 4.23% 3.89%
2007 0.00 5.57 5.57 5.67
2008 0.00 2.86 2.86 4.57
2009 0.00 8.70 8.70 5.70
2010 0.00 3.76 3.76 3.03
2011 0.00 1.31 1.31 1.23
2012 0.00 2.21 2.21 1.16
2013 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.50
2014 0.00 1.04 1.04 0.65
2015 0.35 0.95 1.30 1.24

The Fund is the successor to VFTC Short-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2015

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).

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (31.7%)        
U.S. Government Securities (10.0%)        
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 7/15/16 15,250 15,288
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 8/15/16 12,300 12,329
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 9/15/16 35,600 35,767
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500% 9/30/16 2,100 2,102
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 12/15/16 102,000 102,223
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 1/31/17 219,800 220,934
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 8/31/17 35,000 35,000
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 9/30/17 114,900 114,865
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 10/15/17 21,830 21,922
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 11/15/17 10,200 10,238
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/30/17 77,200 79,733
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 12/15/17 78,050 78,550
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 1/15/18 35,500 35,600
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 2/15/18 11,400 11,462
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 7/15/18 29,500 29,505
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 9/15/18 216,400 216,941
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 12/31/19 950 965
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 3/31/20 200 201
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/20 30 30
1,023,655
Agency Bonds and Notes (21.7%)        
4 AID-Jordan 2.578% 6/30/22 13,750 14,148
5 Federal Farm Credit Banks 0.350% 11/4/15 11,000 11,002
5 Federal Farm Credit Banks 1.500% 11/16/15 27,500 27,548
5 Federal Farm Credit Banks 1.110% 2/20/18 26,000 26,171
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.375% 2/19/16 101,750 101,824
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.000% 3/11/16 13,750 13,798
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.500% 9/28/16 156,600 156,722
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 11/23/16 76,750 76,893
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.625% 12/9/16 10,500 10,642
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 4.750% 12/16/16 10,000 10,512
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 3/10/17 38,100 38,266
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 5/30/17 18,750 18,751
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.750% 8/28/17 112,600 112,769
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.400% 3/15/16 101,000 101,086
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 5.250% 4/18/16 16,500 16,951
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.500% 5/13/16 11,250 11,266
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 2.000% 8/25/16 65,400 66,344

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.500% 1/27/17 254,350 254,246
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 2/22/17 148,000 148,664
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.000% 3/8/17 240,300 241,807
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.750% 7/14/17 37,500 37,586
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.000% 9/29/17 35,000 35,207
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.750% 1/12/18 177,450 177,246
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.750% 5/30/19 50,000 50,975
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.250% 10/2/19 25,000 24,950
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 5.000% 3/15/16 47,750 48,790
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.500% 3/30/16 4,500 4,506
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.625% 8/26/16 2,350 2,355
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.375% 11/15/16 40,150 40,565
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 1/30/17 3,000 3,029
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 5.000% 2/13/17 8,250 8,750
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 4/27/17 46,450 46,845
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 5.000% 5/11/17 19,000 20,338
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 5.375% 6/12/17 35,600 38,447
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 9/27/17 18,500 18,613
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 10/26/17 5,250 5,267
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 12/20/17 3,750 3,758
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 7/20/18 83,000 83,483
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 10/19/18 97,750 98,104
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.750% 9/12/19 13,250 13,487
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.500% 6/22/20 7,200 7,216
2,228,927
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)        
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 4/1/28 14 15
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $3,243,047) 3,252,597
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (27.0%)      
7 AEP Texas Central Transition Funding III LLC        
  2012-1 0.880% 12/1/18 6,795 6,773
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-SN1 0.950% 6/20/18 13,601 13,609
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-SN2 1.210% 2/20/19 19,400 19,445
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.390% 9/16/19 5,445 5,468
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 6,230 6,292
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2 1.840% 6/15/20 10,990 11,054
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 33,047 33,186
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-1 0.677% 1/15/19 16,509 16,493
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-1 1.290% 1/15/19 20,121 20,152
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-3 1.330% 3/15/19 42,211 42,316
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.600% 10/15/19 24,060 24,195
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 72,490 72,776
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2012-4 0.447% 5/15/20 30,038 29,987
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2013-1 0.627% 2/16/21 23,451 23,482
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2013-2 0.627% 5/17/21 12,663 12,674
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2013-3 0.577% 12/15/21 38,834 38,733
7 American Express Issuance Trust II 2013-1 0.487% 2/15/19 38,477 38,417
7 American Express Issuance Trust II 2013-2 0.637% 8/15/19 11,072 11,091
7,8 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ART 4.954% 1/14/29 4,021 4,520
7,8,9 Arran Residential Mortgages Funding 2010-1 plc 1.721% 5/16/47 1,128 1,128
7,8,9 Arran Residential Mortgages Funding 2011-1 plc 1.783% 11/19/47 1,178 1,179

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,8 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.867% 12/5/32 559 597
7 BA Credit Card Trust 2014-A1 0.587% 6/15/21 84,098 83,848
7 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 530 556
7,8,9 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 1.095% 2/25/43 6,628 6,537
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.850% 4/14/20 20,490 20,462
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2006-PWR13 5.533% 9/11/41 2,153 2,214
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-PWR16 5.843% 6/11/40 283 284
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-PWR16 5.895% 6/11/40 6,178 6,527
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-TOP28 5.710% 9/11/42 2,946 3,150
7,8 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 0.707% 7/15/20 24,145 24,071
7,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series        
  2005-3 0.525% 6/25/26 3,479 3,421
7,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series        
  2010-1 1.229% 5/25/29 4,474 4,487
7,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series        
  2011-1 1.129% 2/25/30 5,987 5,956
7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1A 2.260% 3/15/23 5,500 5,607
7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2A 0.877% 7/17/23 12,475 12,482
8 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.250% 7/21/20 15,060 15,257
7,9 Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust 2007-A5 0.247% 7/15/20 7,091 7,045
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2014-A3 0.587% 1/18/22 38,989 38,959
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2015-A2 2.080% 3/15/23 38,740 39,280
7 Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust 2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 30,370 31,272
7 Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2014-4 1.810% 7/15/20 8,300 8,409
7 Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2015-1 1.830% 7/15/20 3,070 3,105
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 1.800% 3/15/21 6,530 6,588
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 1.980% 2/16/21 5,075 5,142
7 CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co. IV LLC        
  2012-1 2.161% 10/15/21 11,516 11,731
7,8 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.760% 12/15/47 1,609 1,888
7 Chase Issuance Trust 2013-A6 0.627% 7/15/20 14,070 14,081
7 Chase Issuance Trust 2013-A9 0.627% 11/16/20 46,901 46,928
7 Chase Issuance Trust 2014-A2 2.770% 3/15/23 21,012 21,890
7,8 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 1.340% 12/17/18 8,553 8,587
7,8 Cit Equipment Collateral 2013-VT1 1.130% 7/20/20 22,148 22,159
7,9 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2008-A2 1.345% 1/23/20 30,955 31,507
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2008-A7 1.591% 5/20/20 2,509 2,574
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A2 0.476% 5/26/20 62,906 62,719
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A2 0.633% 9/10/20 88,456 88,505
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A1 2.880% 1/23/23 41,086 43,075
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A6 2.150% 7/15/21 49,225 50,233
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C5 5.431% 10/15/49 1,526 1,570
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 1,295 1,334
7,8 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 349 367
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11 1.987% 4/10/46 3,883 3,919
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11 3.093% 4/10/46 1,270 1,296
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 355 382
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 2,830 3,055
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.477% 5/10/47 66 69
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 487 519
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 395 414

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 135 142
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 490 502
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 2,570 2,683
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 3.778% 9/10/58 2,135 2,199
7 CNH Equipment Trust 2041-A 1.500% 5/15/20 15,196 15,301
7 COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2007-C2 5.484% 4/15/47 5,523 5,772
7 COMM 15-CR22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 440 447
7 COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust 5.292% 12/10/46 1,662 1,716
7 COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust 5.306% 12/10/46 8,510 8,755
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 492 508
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 700 745
7 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 1,287 1,302
7 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 1,075 1,094
7 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 396 399
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 10/10/46 760 825
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 10/10/46 665 730
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 673 716
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 965 1,051
7 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/10/23 880 966
7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.376% 7/10/45 3,495 3,852
7,8 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.400% 7/10/45 2,461 2,668
7,8 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 516 556
7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 130 143
7 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 828 845
7,8 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 3.086% 4/12/35 1,009 1,019
7 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.743% 2/10/47 349 375
7 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 347 381
7 COMM 2014-CR17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 341 367
7 COMM 2014-CR17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 272 291
7 COMM 2014-CR18 Mortgage Trust 3.452% 7/15/47 100 106
7 COMM 2014-CR18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 2,745 2,900
7 COMM 2014-CR20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 1,450 1,510
7 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 1,400 1,489
7 COMM 2014-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.040% 2/10/48 30 31
7 COMM 2015-CR24 Mortgage Trust 3.445% 8/10/55 300 315
7 COMM 2015-CR24 Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/55 2,580 2,700
7 COMM 2015-CR25 Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 640 670
7 COMM 2015-CR26 Mortgage Trust 3.788% 10/10/48 4,960 5,109
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 21,387 21,615
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.125% 7/22/20 15,300 15,393
7 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C3 3.718% 8/15/48 1,300 1,360
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2012-A6 1.670% 1/18/22 40,670 40,813
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A1 0.507% 8/17/20 26,717 26,646
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A6 0.657% 4/15/21 16,718 16,748
8 DNB Boligkreditt AS 1.450% 3/21/18 4,035 4,042
7,8 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2012-2 0.930% 4/20/18 2,218 2,218
7,8 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2013-2 1.510% 3/20/19 5,817 5,821
7,8 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 12,450 12,585
7 First National Master Note Trust 2013-2 0.737% 10/15/19 13,527 13,537
7 First National Master Note Trust 2015-1 0.974% 9/15/20 10,640 10,644
7 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-A 1.310% 8/15/18 5,400 5,412
7,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 2.260% 11/15/25 13,150 13,360
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-C 1.560% 2/15/20 5,260 5,304
7,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 2.440% 1/15/27 37,000 37,677
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 1.740% 2/15/21 16,855 16,961

 

13

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2012-2 1.920% 1/15/19 5,159 5,216
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2012-5 1.490% 9/15/19 30,271 30,399
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 0.707% 2/15/21 42,840 42,668
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-2 1.980% 1/15/22 4,410 4,412
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-5 2.390% 8/15/22 36,500 36,939
7 GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-2 2.220% 1/15/22 16,577 16,927
7 GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-6 1.360% 8/17/20 31,532 31,643
7,9 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-2 0.966% 4/22/19 5,326 5,331
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2014-1 0.596% 7/20/19 38,600 38,413
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2014-2 0.666% 10/20/19 20,200 20,101
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2015-2 0.866% 1/20/22 7,720 7,691
7,8 GM Financial Leasing Trust 2014-1A 1.300% 5/21/18 16,750 16,806
7 GM Financial Leasing Trust 2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 3,120 3,149
7,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2012-2A 1.770% 1/15/19 27,222 27,424
7,8 Golden Credit Card Trust 2014-2A 0.657% 3/15/21 25,233 25,176
7,8 Great America Leasing Receivables 2013-1 1.160% 5/15/18 4,756 4,762
7,8 Great America Leasing Receivables 2014-1 1.470% 8/15/20 4,690 4,705
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-GG8 5.560% 11/10/39 4,142 4,238
7,8 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 117 132
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.172% 7/10/46 1,790 1,957
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 1,558 1,593
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 3,195 3,441
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 150 157
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC32 3.764% 7/10/48 1,070 1,127
7 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2013-1 0.870% 7/15/19 6,992 6,989
7 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2014-1 1.550% 10/15/21 23,451 23,623
7,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2015-3 2.670% 9/25/21 21,050 21,044
7,8 Hilton USA Trust 2013-HLT 2.662% 11/5/30 746 745
7 Honda Auto Receivables 2014-4 Owner Trust 1.460% 10/15/20 3,580 3,603
7,8 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2014-A 1.010% 9/15/17 18,667 18,685
7 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 1.780% 11/15/21 11,030 11,102
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission Series        
  2010-1 1.345% 4/25/22 3,527 3,528
7,8 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.279% 5/15/48 2,382 2,430
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2015-B 1.780% 6/15/22 1,845 1,856
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2006-LDP6 5.471% 4/15/43 4,295 4,344
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2007-LDP10 5.439% 1/15/49 3,054 3,182
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C1 4.608% 6/15/43 150 157
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C2 3.616% 11/15/43 275 285
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2010-C2 4.070% 11/15/43 478 514

 

14

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.388% 2/15/46 2,143 2,273
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 4,070 4,515
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.500% 8/15/46 673 772
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-RR1 4.717% 3/16/46 6,791 7,586
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 559 568
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 673 694
7,8 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 1,062 1,087
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 3,009 3,252
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 469 498
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 205 220
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 1,000 1,092
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 1.855% 4/15/46 3,883 3,912
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 1,351 1,371
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C12 3.664% 7/15/45 2,719 2,880
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C12 4.161% 7/15/45 1,425 1,519
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C14 3.761% 8/15/46 342 365
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C14 4.133% 8/15/46 210 229
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C15 3.659% 11/15/45 194 206
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C17 4.199% 1/15/47 1,856 2,028
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C18 4.079% 2/15/47 40 43
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C18 4.439% 2/15/47 544 589
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C21 3.428% 8/15/47 60 63
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C24 3.639% 11/15/47 970 1,017
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.        
  2013-2 0.797% 9/1/28 11,872 11,779
7,8 Lanark Master Issuer plc 2012-2A 1.729% 12/22/54 18,881 18,931
7,8 Lanark Master Issuer plc 2013-1A 0.829% 12/22/54 25,928 25,887
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C3 5.641% 3/15/39 5,319 5,344
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C6 5.342% 9/15/39 3,433 3,530
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C7 5.347% 11/15/38 1,974 2,035
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 6.269% 4/15/41 3,535 3,834
7,8 M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust 2013-1A 1.570% 8/15/18 10,430 10,493
7,8 Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust 2012-A 0.850% 10/22/18 864 865

 

15

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,9 MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust 2004-A3 0.467% 8/16/21 4,073 4,052
7 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2006-C2 5.739% 8/12/43 770 788
7 ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-2 6.060% 6/12/46 2,483 2,527
7 ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 5.331% 3/12/51 813 812
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2009-A 3.510% 1/15/30 81 81
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-A 2.100% 7/15/17 6,088 6,107
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-A 3.040% 8/15/28 8,922 9,116
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 1.680% 5/11/20 8,508 8,588
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 1.980% 6/10/32 3,988 4,028
7,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 2.570% 6/9/33 7,037 7,253
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 1,670 1,726
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 337 355
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 896 908
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C10 4.218% 7/15/46 4,024 4,383
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 660 715
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C11 4.362% 8/15/46 130 142
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 388 415
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 75 81
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 194 209
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 194 210
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 690 743
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 2,044 2,175
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 361 383
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2015-C22 3.306% 4/15/48 1,005 1,021
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2015-C23 3.719% 7/15/50 2,600 2,722
7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-HQ9 5.728% 7/12/44 5,523 5,660
7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ12 5.319% 12/15/43 1,924 1,989
7,8 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 1,578 1,620
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-1 0.705% 6/25/31 8,000 7,641
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-1 0.945% 2/25/39 1,770 1,674
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-8 0.634% 4/25/23 30,970 30,430
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-1 0.794% 4/25/40 5,150 4,983
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 0.844% 6/26/56 16,600 16,583
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2014-A 1.040% 10/15/19 18,761 18,790
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2015-A 1.580% 5/17/21 3,085 3,106
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-B Owner Trust 1.500% 9/15/21 27,560 27,688
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-B Owner Trust 1.790% 1/17/22 2,970 3,006
7 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables Series        
  2015-A 1.440% 1/15/20 2,400 2,408
8 Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale 2.000% 2/5/19 15,050 15,234

 

16

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
9 North Carolina State Education Assistance        
  Authority 2011-1 1.181% 1/26/26 3,519 3,505
7 North Carolina State Education Assistance        
  Authority 2011-2 1.076% 7/25/25 5,926 5,884
7,8 OBP Depositor LLC Trust 2010-OBP 4.646% 7/15/45 602 677
Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/20 4,900 4,897
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-14 0.525% 1/25/23 11,592 11,454
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2004-3 0.465% 7/25/23 6,650 6,495
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 0.395% 4/25/25 12,710 12,464
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-6 0.405% 7/27/26 3,559 3,508
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-5 0.405% 1/25/27 5,631 5,468
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2007-1 0.385% 1/26/26 6,425 6,105
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2012-1 1.144% 9/25/28 7,317 7,327
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2012-3 0.844% 12/26/25 4,122 4,000
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2012-7 0.474% 9/25/19 3,551 3,514
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-3 0.494% 5/26/20 21,146 21,125
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-3 0.694% 4/26/27 18,766 18,478
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-5 0.794% 10/25/27 10,004 10,061
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-6 0.694% 2/25/21 22,513 22,264
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-6 0.844% 6/26/28 14,484 14,348
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-1 0.574% 7/26/21 17,081 16,903
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-2 0.784% 3/26/29 34,186 32,723
7 SMART ABS Series 2012-4US Trust 0.970% 3/14/17 1,878 1,876
7 SMART ABS Series 2012-4US Trust 1.250% 8/14/18 2,596 2,598
7 SMART ABS Series 2013-1US Trust 1.050% 10/14/18 5,146 5,140
7 SMART ABS Series 2014-1US Trust 1.680% 12/14/19 4,409 4,414
7,9 South Carolina Student Loan Corp. Revenue        
  2010-1 1.295% 7/25/25 4,379 4,407
8 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.250% 5/2/18 3,097 3,087
7,8 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.750% 11/15/20 8,341 8,294
8 Swedbank Hypotek AB 1.375% 3/28/18 3,868 3,867
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2014-1 1.610% 11/15/20 44,200 44,523
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 12,680 12,960
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 14,360 14,441
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-3 2.380% 9/15/23 21,730 21,730
7 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 192 206
7,8 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 2,772 2,874
7 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 1,018 1,027
7,8 VNO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 2,552 2,576
7 Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2014-A 0.990% 7/20/18 9,943 9,932
7 Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  Series 2006-C29 5.297% 11/15/48 3,267 3,382
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 725 738
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 259 269
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 407 439
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 1,743 1,908
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.435% 7/15/46 272 296
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 2.991% 2/15/48 120 122

 

17

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 240 241
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.400% 6/15/48 400 416
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 6,400 6,651
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C30 3.411% 9/15/58 2,960 3,025
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C30 3.664% 9/15/58 1,770 1,844
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-Lc22 3.839% 9/15/58 2,520 2,655
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.556% 12/15/47 250 262
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.789% 12/15/47 1,240 1,302
8 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 13,270 13,369
7,8 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 1,199 1,316
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 1,166 1,224
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 584 628
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C8 3.001% 8/15/45 751 768
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 2.870% 11/15/45 3,180 3,221
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 440 453
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 464 496
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 440 480
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 167 177
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 442 471
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 878 958
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 70 76
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 600 639
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 1,090 1,135
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 3.522% 3/15/47 20 21
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 438 473
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2012-D 2.150% 4/17/23 20,637 20,965
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2013-A 1.610% 12/15/21 6,191 6,225
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2014-A 0.587% 12/15/19 29,548 29,547
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2015-A 0.687% 2/15/22 11,160 11,129
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2013-B 1.320% 1/15/20 6,400 6,425
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2014-B 1.680% 12/15/20 12,760 12,860
7 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2015-A 1.730% 12/15/20 3,200 3,221
7,8 World Omni Master Owner Trust 2013-1 0.557% 2/15/18 13,393 13,389
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $2,763,738) 2,773,035
Corporate Bonds (30.8%)        
Finance (18.5%)        
Banking (16.6%)        
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 1.375% 3/13/17 22,170 22,171
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 1.650% 9/29/17 15,910 15,984
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 3.050% 8/23/18 7,300 7,538
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 2.000% 8/24/18 10,115 10,159
8 ABN AMRO Bank NV 2.500% 10/30/18 2,750 2,794

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
American Express Credit Corp. 2.800% 9/19/16 21,530 21,903
American Express Credit Corp. 1.550% 9/22/17 3,000 3,004
8 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 3.250% 3/1/16 13,320 13,461
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1.250% 1/10/17 9,640 9,683
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1.875% 10/6/17 4,590 4,636
Bank of America Corp. 3.750% 7/12/16 10,190 10,387
Bank of America Corp. 5.750% 12/1/17 3,090 3,338
Bank of America Corp. 2.000% 1/11/18 2,732 2,747
Bank of America Corp. 6.875% 4/25/18 1,517 1,696
Bank of America Corp. 6.500% 7/15/18 8,149 9,103
Bank of America Corp. 2.600% 1/15/19 23,449 23,700
Bank of America Corp. 2.650% 4/1/19 3,210 3,247
Bank of America NA 1.125% 11/14/16 6,430 6,433
Bank of America NA 1.250% 2/14/17 37,470 37,492
Bank of America NA 1.650% 3/26/18 15,965 15,960
Bank of America NA 1.750% 6/5/18 11,100 11,058
Bank of Montreal 2.500% 1/11/17 6,143 6,253
Bank of Montreal 1.300% 7/14/17 6,000 6,015
Bank of Montreal 1.400% 4/10/18 2,830 2,812
Bank of Montreal 1.800% 7/31/18 6,855 6,878
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.600% 1/15/20 2,300 2,529
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.375% 7/15/16 14,160 14,238
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.550% 1/12/17 12,900 13,137
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.300% 7/21/17 30,420 30,484
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.375% 12/18/17 3,625 3,619
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.700% 6/11/18 10,900 10,882
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.050% 10/30/18 9,095 9,180
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 1.200% 3/10/17 18,370 18,295
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.150% 9/14/18 6,240 6,280
8 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 5,392 5,449
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 4.650% 7/2/18 9,122 9,760
BNP Paribas SA 1.250% 12/12/16 11,940 11,941
BNP Paribas SA 1.375% 3/17/17 22,217 22,234
BNP Paribas SA 2.375% 9/14/17 2,735 2,780
BPCE SA 1.625% 2/10/17 27,385 27,488
BPCE SA 1.625% 1/26/18 11,489 11,492
BPCE SA 2.500% 12/10/18 3,670 3,742
Branch Banking & Trust Co. 1.000% 4/3/17 5,510 5,491
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.350% 7/18/16 8,260 8,302
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.550% 1/23/18 1,255 1,259
Citigroup Inc. 3.953% 6/15/16 6,885 7,024
Citigroup Inc. 1.350% 3/10/17 7,350 7,337
Citigroup Inc. 1.750% 5/1/18 5,831 5,794
Citigroup Inc. 2.150% 7/30/18 11,122 11,160
Citigroup Inc. 2.550% 4/8/19 4,310 4,349
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.250% 3/17/16 15,150 15,333
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.125% 3/13/17 27,520 27,545
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.400% 9/8/17 22,300 22,410
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.900% 9/18/17 7,680 7,757
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.625% 3/12/18 7,300 7,311
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 3.375% 1/19/17 9,730 10,001
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 1.700% 3/19/18 5,500 5,511
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 2.250% 1/14/19 11,020 11,134

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Credit Suisse 1.375% 5/26/17 9,470 9,452
Credit Suisse 1.750% 1/29/18 12,090 12,083
Credit Suisse 1.700% 4/27/18 13,685 13,636
Deutsche Bank AG 1.400% 2/13/17 16,830 16,798
Deutsche Bank AG 1.350% 5/30/17 13,770 13,691
Deutsche Bank AG 1.875% 2/13/18 12,300 12,266
Fifth Third Bank 2.150% 8/20/18 6,448 6,494
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 10/1/16 3,950 4,131
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.250% 9/1/17 16,510 17,930
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.950% 1/18/18 12,770 13,932
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 39,705 40,185
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.150% 4/1/18 24,760 27,234
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.900% 7/19/18 26,865 27,500
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 1/31/19 11,570 11,730
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.550% 10/23/19 7,860 7,906
HSBC USA Inc. 1.500% 11/13/17 9,630 9,613
HSBC USA Inc. 1.625% 1/16/18 3,210 3,204
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.125% 2/26/16 25,710 25,755
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.450% 3/1/16 27,997 28,298
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.150% 7/5/16 54,125 55,047
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.350% 2/15/17 38,460 38,509
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.000% 8/15/17 58,085 58,482
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.000% 1/15/18 28,639 31,294
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.800% 1/25/18 12,966 12,971
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 29,082 29,011
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.200% 10/22/19 4,006 3,986
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 6.000% 10/1/17 11,790 12,742
Lloyds Bank plc 4.200% 3/28/17 3,210 3,346
Lloyds Bank plc 1.750% 5/14/18 6,160 6,155
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 1.250% 1/30/17 9,180 9,179
Morgan Stanley 1.875% 1/5/18 6,400 6,418
Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 34,017 34,186
Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 6,470 6,559
Morgan Stanley 2.375% 7/23/19 10,342 10,341
MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 1.625% 2/9/18 4,800 4,784
MUFG Union Bank NA 5.950% 5/11/16 1,210 1,246
MUFG Union Bank NA 3.000% 6/6/16 11,480 11,642
MUFG Union Bank NA 1.500% 9/26/16 3,935 3,951
MUFG Union Bank NA 2.125% 6/16/17 4,820 4,864
MUFG Union Bank NA 2.625% 9/26/18 5,970 6,073
MUFG Union Bank NA 2.250% 5/6/19 4,580 4,596
National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.750% 3/9/17 3,670 3,753
National Australia Bank Ltd. 1.875% 7/23/18 9,070 9,110
National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.300% 7/25/18 3,860 3,923
8 Nordea Bank AB 1.875% 9/17/18 3,135 3,145
8 Nordea Bank AB 2.500% 9/17/20 4,860 4,896
PNC Bank NA 1.150% 11/1/16 4,202 4,204
PNC Bank NA 1.125% 1/27/17 6,620 6,623
PNC Bank NA 1.500% 10/18/17 15,560 15,577
PNC Bank NA 1.500% 2/23/18 11,800 11,771
PNC Bank NA 1.600% 6/1/18 15,200 15,163
PNC Funding Corp. 2.700% 9/19/16 7,953 8,060
Royal Bank of Canada 2.300% 7/20/16 3,675 3,721
Royal Bank of Canada 1.450% 9/9/16 6,430 6,474
Royal Bank of Canada 1.400% 10/13/17 7,320 7,316
Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 7/27/18 10,136 10,293

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Royal Bank of Canada 1.800% 7/30/18 2,411 2,422
Svenska Handelsbanken AB 3.125% 7/12/16 3,670 3,736
Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.250% 6/17/19 5,500 5,578
Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.125% 5/2/17 11,020 11,046
Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.625% 3/13/18 31,935 32,050
Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.400% 4/30/18 5,340 5,319
Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.750% 7/23/18 9,210 9,237
UBS AG 5.875% 12/20/17 6,430 7,001
UBS AG 1.800% 3/26/18 23,725 23,717
US Bank NA 1.100% 1/30/17 4,130 4,136
US Bank NA 1.375% 9/11/17 7,810 7,834
US Bank NA 1.350% 1/26/18 6,175 6,176
Wachovia Corp. 5.625% 10/15/16 4,590 4,802
Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 6/15/17 12,900 13,846
Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 2/1/18 12,660 13,839
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.676% 6/15/16 21,885 22,345
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.250% 7/20/16 10,977 11,018
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100% 5/8/17 8,870 8,993
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.150% 6/2/17 6,900 6,899
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.400% 9/8/17 14,380 14,398
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.625% 12/11/17 3,210 3,486
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.500% 1/16/18 26,771 26,727
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.150% 1/15/19 9,122 9,189
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.125% 4/22/19 6,430 6,475
Westpac Banking Corp. 1.050% 11/25/16 3,310 3,319
Westpac Banking Corp. 1.200% 5/19/17 17,804 17,835
Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/14/17 12,860 13,032
Westpac Banking Corp. 1.550% 5/25/18 19,060 19,078
Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 2,750 3,055
 
Brokerage (0.1%)        
Charles Schwab Corp. 1.500% 3/10/18 9,125 9,137
NYSE Holdings LLC 2.000% 10/5/17 3,210 3,244
 
Finance Companies (1.3%)        
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.950% 5/9/16 12,391 12,558
General Electric Capital Corp. 1.500% 7/12/16 9,911 9,978
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.350% 10/17/16 34,333 35,277
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.900% 1/9/17 18,370 18,819
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.450% 3/15/17 10,360 10,571
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.300% 4/27/17 9,160 9,356
General Electric Capital Corp. 1.250% 5/15/17 14,790 14,860
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.625% 9/15/17 9,640 10,476
General Electric Capital Corp. 1.600% 11/20/17 6,700 6,750
 
Insurance (0.4%)        
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 2.450% 12/15/15 2,455 2,465
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.900% 1/31/17 2,350 2,382
8 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.000% 4/5/17 9,180 9,291
8 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.100% 8/2/18 3,113 3,156
MetLife Inc. 1.903% 12/15/17 18,000 18,131
8 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 1,000 994
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.450% 7/17/17 4,900 4,919
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.400% 12/15/17 2,295 2,292
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.900% 7/16/18 2,610 2,638

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)        
Simon Property Group LP 6.100% 5/1/16 6,135 6,259
Simon Property Group LP 3.375% 3/15/22 2,230 2,292
1,903,382
Industrial (10.4%)        
Basic Industry (0.5%)        
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 1.200% 10/15/17 920 917
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 1.875% 11/21/16 6,581 6,629
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 1.625% 2/24/17 23,815 23,881
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 5.400% 3/29/17 3,320 3,510
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 2.050% 9/30/18 4,590 4,603
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 6.500% 4/1/19 2,060 2,354
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.250% 12/1/17 1,940 1,999
Praxair Inc. 5.200% 3/15/17 90 95
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 2.000% 3/22/17 5,360 5,393
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 1.625% 8/21/17 4,760 4,743
 
Capital Goods (2.2%)        
Boeing Capital Corp. 2.125% 8/15/16 2,350 2,378
Boeing Capital Corp. 2.900% 8/15/18 3,000 3,128
Boeing Capital Corp. 4.700% 10/27/19 4,590 5,090
Boeing Co. 0.950% 5/15/18 12,900 12,760
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.000% 3/3/17 4,960 4,962
Danaher Corp. 2.300% 6/23/16 1,815 1,836
Danaher Corp. 1.650% 9/15/18 3,125 3,142
Danaher Corp. 5.400% 3/1/19 3,065 3,422
General Dynamics Corp. 1.000% 11/15/17 17,115 17,039
General Electric Co. 5.250% 12/6/17 46,376 50,203
Honeywell International Inc. 5.300% 3/15/17 5,775 6,140
Honeywell International Inc. 5.300% 3/1/18 22,602 24,745
Honeywell International Inc. 5.000% 2/15/19 7,285 8,100
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.050% 10/11/16 12,775 12,818
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.050% 12/15/16 1,530 1,534
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.000% 1/13/17 8,461 8,576
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.200% 10/10/17 1,380 1,379
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.550% 12/15/17 13,745 13,827
John Deere Capital Corp. 5.350% 4/3/18 2,300 2,513
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.750% 8/10/18 4,570 4,575
John Deere Capital Corp. 5.750% 9/10/18 4,565 5,093
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.950% 12/13/18 2,695 2,721
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.950% 3/4/19 2,300 2,315
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.375% 7/14/20 6,140 6,200
Precision Castparts Corp. 1.250% 1/15/18 2,880 2,868
Raytheon Co. 6.750% 3/15/18 2,765 3,119
Raytheon Co. 6.400% 12/15/18 7,215 8,288
United Technologies Corp. 5.375% 12/15/17 2,882 3,132
 
Communication (1.1%)        
America Movil SAB de CV 2.375% 9/8/16 23,638 23,818
America Movil SAB de CV 5.625% 11/15/17 13,700 14,801
America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 1,265 1,388
Comcast Corp. 4.950% 6/15/16 7,300 7,515
Comcast Corp. 6.500% 1/15/17 5,635 6,020
Comcast Corp. 6.300% 11/15/17 29,925 32,987

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Comcast Corp. 5.875% 2/15/18 2,750 3,031
Comcast Corp. 5.700% 5/15/18 17,260 19,102
NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 4/1/16 6,430 6,501
 
Consumer Cyclical (1.6%)        
8 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 1.625% 11/28/17 10,000 9,919
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.125% 10/7/16 6,890 6,911
American Honda Finance Corp. 0.950% 5/5/17 2,975 2,970
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.550% 12/11/17 4,238 4,256
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.500% 3/13/18 4,560 4,554
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.600% 7/13/18 2,910 2,908
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.125% 10/10/18 4,435 4,487
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.450% 9/24/20 2,810 2,804
Costco Wholesale Corp. 5.500% 3/15/17 6,395 6,823
8 Daimler Finance North America LLC 2.950% 1/11/17 2,460 2,504
8 Daimler Finance North America LLC 1.125% 3/10/17 6,145 6,122
8 Daimler Finance North America LLC 1.875% 1/11/18 9,105 9,011
8 Daimler Finance North America LLC 1.650% 3/2/18 1,500 1,485
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.700% 3/15/17 8,350 8,511
8 Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. 6.800% 6/15/18 415 469
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 1.625% 4/15/17 9,180 9,284
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.100% 6/6/17 4,590 4,583
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.400% 11/17/17 4,565 4,571
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 910 915
Target Corp. 2.300% 6/26/19 5,965 6,094
TJX Cos. Inc. 6.950% 4/15/19 4,130 4,820
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.050% 1/12/17 2,730 2,769
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.375% 1/10/18 9,375 9,363
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.450% 1/12/18 10,965 10,981
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.550% 7/13/18 3,900 3,899
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.800% 2/15/18 15,825 17,564
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 1.125% 4/11/18 12,380 12,374
 
Consumer Noncyclical (2.1%)        
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 240 238
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.150% 2/1/19 875 877
Coca-Cola Co. 3.150% 11/15/20 3,700 3,884
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.250% 3/1/18 9,125 9,135
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.050% 12/1/16 15,090 15,458
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.850% 9/4/18 4,115 4,146
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 5.650% 5/15/18 21,818 24,187
GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc 1.500% 5/8/17 12,050 12,140
Hershey Co. 1.600% 8/21/18 4,340 4,387
Hershey Co. 4.125% 12/1/20 10,000 10,959
Medtronic Inc. 1.375% 4/1/18 18,200 18,152
Merck & Co. Inc. 1.300% 5/18/18 11,040 11,047
PepsiCo Inc. 1.125% 7/17/17 26,730 26,853
PepsiCo Inc. 1.250% 4/30/18 13,500 13,495
PepsiCo Inc. 5.000% 6/1/18 7,250 7,941
Pfizer Inc. 0.900% 1/15/17 3,004 3,009
Pfizer Inc. 1.100% 5/15/17 9,180 9,195
Philip Morris International Inc. 1.250% 8/11/17 12,770 12,806
Philip Morris International Inc. 1.250% 11/9/17 6,375 6,376
Sanofi 1.250% 4/10/18 5,680 5,667
Stryker Corp. 2.000% 9/30/16 3,210 3,245
8 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 1.625% 3/17/17 6,430 6,470

 

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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Energy (1.6%)        
BP Capital Markets plc 2.248% 11/1/16 10,100 10,223
BP Capital Markets plc 1.846% 5/5/17 5,756 5,812
BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 11/6/17 6,500 6,492
BP Capital Markets plc 1.674% 2/13/18 10,450 10,477
BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 5/10/18 9,000 8,937
BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 10,100 10,219
BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 2,750 3,031
Chevron Corp. 1.365% 3/2/18 5,330 5,333
Chevron Corp. 1.718% 6/24/18 5,250 5,291
Chevron Corp. 2.193% 11/15/19 4,500 4,550
Chevron Corp. 2.427% 6/24/20 4,000 4,050
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC 2.500% 12/15/19 1,830 1,847
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.305% 3/6/18 9,125 9,142
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1.750% 2/15/17 12,860 12,972
8 Schlumberger Investment SA 1.950% 9/14/16 2,585 2,611
8 Schlumberger Norge AS 1.950% 9/14/16 1,840 1,862
8 Schlumberger SA 2.650% 1/15/16 1,580 1,588
Shell International Finance BV 2.000% 11/15/18 9,200 9,297
Total Capital International SA 1.000% 1/10/17 6,500 6,495
Total Capital International SA 1.500% 2/17/17 3,670 3,694
Total Capital International SA 1.550% 6/28/17 12,470 12,564
Total Capital International SA 2.125% 1/10/19 4,150 4,208
Total Capital SA 2.125% 8/10/18 17,254 17,529
Total Capital SA 4.450% 6/24/20 5,000 5,515
 
Technology (1.0%)        
Apple Inc. 0.900% 5/12/17 3,315 3,319
Apple Inc. 1.000% 5/3/18 918 914
Apple Inc. 2.100% 5/6/19 15,610 15,865
Cisco Systems Inc. 1.650% 6/15/18 3,620 3,643
Corning Inc. 1.500% 5/8/18 5,235 5,240
EMC Corp. 1.875% 6/1/18 6,900 6,907
Intel Corp. 1.350% 12/15/17 27,490 27,588
Oracle Corp. 1.200% 10/15/17 20,015 20,025
Oracle Corp. 5.750% 4/15/18 9,638 10,649
Oracle Corp. 2.375% 1/15/19 4,100 4,184
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.400% 5/18/18 3,305 3,288
 
Transportation (0.3%)        
Canadian National Railway Co. 5.850% 11/15/17 3,150 3,436
United Parcel Service Inc. 5.500% 1/15/18 4,565 5,012
United Parcel Service Inc. 5.125% 4/1/19 23,480 26,253
1,061,870
Utilities (1.9%)        
Electric (1.9%)        
Ameren Illinois Co. 6.125% 11/15/17 180 198
Arizona Public Service Co. 8.750% 3/1/19 760 924
Arizona Public Service Co. 2.200% 1/15/20 1,000 1,002
Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.950% 8/15/16 1,055 1,100
Commonwealth Edison Co. 1.950% 9/1/16 6,935 6,988
Commonwealth Edison Co. 6.150% 9/15/17 8,360 9,111
Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.800% 3/15/18 5,390 5,938
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.500% 2/1/19 1,100 1,235
Consumers Energy Co. 5.500% 8/15/16 1,528 1,587
Consumers Energy Co. 5.150% 2/15/17 2,750 2,892

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Consumers Energy Co. 5.650% 9/15/18 1,840 2,045
Consumers Energy Co. 6.125% 3/15/19 7,895 9,024
Consumers Energy Co. 6.700% 9/15/19 8,910 10,457
DTE Electric Co. 3.450% 10/1/20 1,380 1,462
DTE Electric Co. 3.900% 6/1/21 1,380 1,493
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.250% 1/15/18 215 234
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.100% 4/15/18 7,715 8,405
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 7.000% 11/15/18 14,888 17,326
Duke Energy Florida Llc 5.650% 6/15/18 7,590 8,413
Duke Energy Progress LLC 5.300% 1/15/19 14,725 16,407
Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.800% 5/1/21 3,670 4,058
Georgia Power Co. 3.000% 4/15/16 1,840 1,862
Georgia Power Co. 5.700% 6/1/17 1,120 1,200
MidAmerican Energy Co. 2.400% 3/15/19 2,785 2,840
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 1.100% 1/27/17 3,670 3,680
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 5.450% 4/10/17 4,560 4,872
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 0.950% 4/24/17 13,480 13,460
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 5.450% 2/1/18 1,150 1,254
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.   10.375% 11/1/18 10,152 12,693
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.150% 2/1/19 1,540 1,552
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.300% 11/15/19 10,270 10,351
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.050% 2/15/22 1,093 1,105
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.625% 11/30/17 365 395
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 8.250% 10/15/18 1,370 1,625
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.500% 10/1/20 4,560 4,801
PacifiCorp 3.850% 6/15/21 1,150 1,232
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 5.300% 5/1/18 1,840 2,019
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 2.000% 8/15/19 7,300 7,335
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.500% 8/15/20 1,182 1,260
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.500% 11/1/18 1,240 1,423
Southern California Edison Co. 1.125% 5/1/17 5,510 5,506
Union Electric Co. 6.400% 6/15/17 3,538 3,819
194,583
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $3,152,980) 3,159,835
Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (9.3%)        
Asian Development Bank 0.750% 1/11/17 25,000 25,053
8 Banco del Estado de Chile 2.000% 11/9/17 7,095 7,095
8 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 2.500% 1/11/16 4,600 4,626
8 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 1.125% 9/12/16 7,350 7,387
8 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 0.875% 2/21/17 14,700 14,716
8 Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale 2.375% 3/31/16 4,600 4,644
8 Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale 1.125% 1/30/17 4,350 4,379
8 Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale 1.375% 1/29/18 1,825 1,843
CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.125% 5/9/16 1,800 1,798
CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.750% 5/9/18 16,820 16,675
CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC 1.625% 4/30/17 16,425 16,383
8 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 1.450% 4/16/16 1,000 1,001
Corp. Andina de Fomento 3.750% 1/15/16 50,011 50,455
Corp. Andina de Fomento 1.500% 8/8/17 5,500 5,512
8 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 9,975 9,918
8 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.000% 7/17/22 2,375 2,175
8 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 4.500% 8/13/23 6,875 6,873
8,10 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 1.625% 10/5/16 2,750 2,777
10 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 5.125% 2/1/17 2,750 2,905
8,11 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.250% 10/18/16 5,500 5,527

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Electricite de France SA 1.150% 1/20/17 13,775 13,792
8 Electricite de France SA 6.500% 1/26/19 1,825 2,079
European Investment Bank 1.375% 10/20/15 9,175 9,179
European Investment Bank 2.125% 7/15/16 2,750 2,784
European Investment Bank 1.750% 3/15/17 8,275 8,404
European Investment Bank 1.625% 6/15/17 2,300 2,335
European Investment Bank 1.000% 3/15/18 13,775 13,788
European Investment Bank 1.875% 3/15/19 18,375 18,771
European Investment Bank 2.500% 4/15/21 11,025 11,505
8 Export-Import Bank of China 2.850% 9/16/20 6,700 6,718
Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.250% 11/20/15 5,325 5,328
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/11/17 50,806 52,481
Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 1,375 1,545
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 4,775 5,175
FMS Wertmanagement AoeR 1.125% 9/5/17 4,580 4,599
FMS Wertmanagement AoeR 1.625% 11/20/18 9,175 9,314
Hydro-Quebec 2.000% 6/30/16 17,900 18,086
Hydro-Quebec 1.375% 6/19/17 15,327 15,447
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 2.351% 11/13/17 4,500 4,535
8 Industrial Bank of Korea 1.375% 10/5/15 4,600 4,600
Inter-American Development Bank 0.875% 11/15/16 9,175 9,209
Inter-American Development Bank 1.125% 3/15/17 4,600 4,633
Inter-American Development Bank 2.375% 8/15/17 6,425 6,615
Inter-American Development Bank 2.125% 11/9/20 1,800 1,847
International Bank for Reconstruction &        
  Development 1.000% 9/15/16 13,775 13,832
International Bank for Reconstruction &        
  Development 0.625% 10/14/16 20,000 19,995
International Finance Corp. 1.125% 11/23/16 4,400 4,425
International Finance Corp. 1.750% 9/4/18 15,600 15,890
8 IPIC GMTN Ltd. 3.750% 3/1/17 1,700 1,753
10 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 7/31/18 4,600 4,663
10 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 11/13/18 7,575 7,676
8 Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 2.125% 3/6/19 13,775 14,037
12 KFW 2.000% 6/1/16 16,075 16,241
12 KFW 1.250% 10/5/16 4,600 4,635
12 KFW 1.250% 2/15/17 9,175 9,255
12 KFW 1.000% 6/11/18 11,475 11,471
12 KFW 1.875% 4/1/19 4,600 4,704
12 KFW 4.000% 1/27/20 4,125 4,572
12 KFW 2.625% 1/25/22 4,600 4,821
12 KFW 2.125% 1/17/23 1,825 1,846
8 Kingdom of Sweden 1.000% 11/15/16 6,425 6,462
8 Kommunalbanken AS 2.375% 1/19/16 3,675 3,697
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.000% 3/15/18 2,750 2,751
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.125% 5/23/18 7,350 7,362
8 Kommunalbanken AS 2.125% 3/15/19 12,850 13,210
8 Kommunalbanken AS 1.750% 5/28/19 13,775 13,969
8 Kommuninvest I Sverige AB 0.875% 12/13/16 6,425 6,450
8 Kommuninvest I Sverige AB 1.000% 10/24/17 2,750 2,758
Korea Development Bank 3.250% 3/9/16 1,375 1,388
Korea Development Bank 4.000% 9/9/16 9,210 9,455
Korea Development Bank 3.875% 5/4/17 9,200 9,537
Korea Development Bank 2.250% 8/7/17 7,115 7,190
Korea Development Bank 3.500% 8/22/17 6,775 7,015
Korea Development Bank 4.625% 11/16/21 1,800 2,000

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
8 Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 2.500% 7/16/17 2,050 2,076
8 Korea Expressway Corp. 1.625% 4/28/17 32,150 32,096
8 Korea Expressway Corp. 1.875% 10/22/17 1,800 1,805
8 Korea Gas Corp. 2.875% 7/29/18 7,350 7,557
8 Korea Land & Housing Corp. 1.875% 8/2/17 4,600 4,615
8 Korea National Oil Corp. 2.875% 11/9/15 3,675 3,678
Korea National Oil Corp. 3.125% 4/3/17 4,600 4,706
8 Korea National Oil Corp. 2.750% 1/23/19 18,375 18,682
8 Korea Resources Corp. 2.125% 5/2/18 2,750 2,756
12 Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank 2.125% 7/15/16 4,600 4,663
8 Municipality Finance plc 1.125% 4/17/18 2,300 2,304
8 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.875% 3/13/19 7,350 7,499
North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 2,400 2,432
13 Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG 2.000% 6/3/16 4,600 4,650
8 Province of Alberta 1.000% 6/21/17 2,750 2,756
8 Province of Alberta 1.750% 8/26/20 8,600 8,639
Province of British Columbia 2.100% 5/18/16 2,575 2,601
Province of Manitoba 2.100% 9/6/22 1,275 1,261
Province of Ontario 2.300% 5/10/16 15,655 15,823
Province of Ontario 1.600% 9/21/16 13,193 13,314
Province of Ontario 1.100% 10/25/17 21,125 21,129
Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 2,375 2,584
Province of Ontario 4.400% 4/14/20 1,375 1,534
Quebec 2.750% 8/25/21 5,825 6,040
7,8 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III 5.832% 9/30/16 1,630 1,670
Republic of Korea 5.125% 12/7/16 2,300 2,410
Republic of Poland 6.375% 7/15/19 17,261 19,979
Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 11,360 12,683
Republic of Poland 4.000% 1/22/24 8,675 9,165
8 Sinopec Capital 2013 Ltd. 1.250% 4/24/16 4,600 4,601
8 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd. 2.750% 5/17/17 2,000 2,032
8 State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd. 2.750% 5/7/19 9,175 9,348
State of Israel 3.150% 6/30/23 1,800 1,845
8 State of Qatar 3.125% 1/20/17 2,300 2,362
Statoil ASA 1.250% 11/9/17 25,000 24,859
Statoil ASA 1.200% 1/17/18 1,550 1,544
Statoil ASA 1.950% 11/8/18 13,775 13,861
Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 2,700 2,732
Statoil ASA 2.650% 1/15/24 1,825 1,742
Svensk Exportkredit AB 1.750% 10/20/15 4,600 4,603
Svensk Exportkredit AB 1.125% 4/5/18 5,475 5,485
8 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 4.300% 10/25/19 2,250 2,475
8 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 4,600 4,573
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $952,345) 960,740
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.3%)        
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.        
  Revenue 1.298% 7/1/16 2,300 2,309
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.        
  Revenue 2.107% 7/1/18 1,825 1,846
Illinois GO 4.961% 3/1/16 1,825 1,854
Illinois GO 5.665% 3/1/18 4,600 4,914
Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development Authority        
  Revenue 2010-EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 5,274 5,445

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development Authority        
  Revenue 2010-ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 10,837 11,316
Princeton University New Jersey GO 4.950% 3/1/19 5,975 6,628
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $33,752) 34,312
       
Shares
Temporary Cash Investment (3.6%)        
Money Market Fund (3.6%)        
14 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund        
  (Cost $365,569) 0.189% 365,568,902 365,569
Total Investments (102.7%) (Cost $10,511,431) 10,546,088
 
Amount
($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-2.7%)        
Other Assets        
Investment in Vanguard       914
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold       2,782
Receivables for Accrued Income       35,374
Other Assets       844
Total Other Assets 39,914
Liabilities        
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased       (311,363)
Payables to Vanguard       (334)
Other Liabilities       (3,890)
Total Liabilities (315,587)
Net Assets (100%)        
Applicable to 744,654,894 outstanding $.001 par value shares of      
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 10,270,415
Net Asset Value Per Share $13.79

 

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At September 30, 2015, net assets consisted of:  
Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 10,238,113
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (209)
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 2,848
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 34,657
Futures Contracts (1,754)
Swap Contracts (3,240)
Net Assets 10,270,415

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $7,318,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $2,412,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $989,000 have been segregated as collateral for open over-the-counter swap contracts.
4 U.S. government-guaranteed.
5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by
the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
6 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by
the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in
exchange for senior preferred stock.
7 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments
and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
8 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt
from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was
$928,457,000, representing 9.0% of net assets.
9 Adjustable-rate security.
10 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
11 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
12 Guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
13 Guaranteed by the Republic of Austria.
14 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is
the 7-day yield.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
  ($000)
Investment Income    
Income    
Interest2   34,999
Total Income   34,999
Expenses    
The Vanguard Group—Note B    
Investment Advisory Services   40
Management and Administrative   465
Marketing and Distribution   13
Custodian Fees   21
Auditing Fees   34
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses   1
Total Expenses   574
Net Investment Income   34,425
Realized Net Gain (Loss)    
Investment Securities Sold   3,766
Futures Contracts   458
Swap Contracts   362
Realized Net Gain (Loss)   4,586
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)    
Investment Securities   34,657
Futures Contracts   (1,754)
Swap Contracts   (3,240)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   29,663
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 68,674
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $133,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 34,425
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 4,586
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 29,663
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 68,674
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (35,129)
Realized Capital Gain
Total Distributions (35,129)
Capital Share Transactions—Note H    
Issued 2 10,243,597
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 35,129
Redeemed (41,856)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 10,236,870
Total Increase (Decrease) 10,270,415
Net Assets  
Beginning of Period
End of Period3 10,270,415
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Includes shares converted from the net assets of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Short-Term Bond Trust. See Note G in Notes to Financial Statements.
3 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($209,000).

 

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

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Financial Highlights

June 19, 20151 to
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period September 30, 2015
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $13.79
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income . 047
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .001
Total from Investment Operations . 048
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.048)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (. 048)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $13.79
 
Total Return 0.35%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $10,270
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02%2
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.22%2
Portfolio Turnover Rate 28%
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Annualized.

 

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund is offered to investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $10 million. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries.

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. Bonds, and temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds 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 aggregate settlement values 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 period ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 14% and 5% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or

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issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

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The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. 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. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the period ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased each represented less than 1% of net assets based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 9% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for the period ended September 30, 2015, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

6. Other: 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.

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, 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, 2015, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $914,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.37% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 3,252,597
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2,722,953 50,082
Corporate Bonds 3,159,835
Sovereign Bonds 960,740
Taxable Municipal Bonds 34,312
Temporary Cash Investments 365,569
Futures Contracts—Assets1 193
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (535)
Swap Contracts—Assets 2471 6
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (170)1 (1,311)
Total 365,304 10,129,132 50,082
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2015, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

Interest Rate Credit  
Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000)
Other Assets 440 6 446
Other Liabilities (705) (1,311) (2,016)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the period ended September 30, 2015, were:

Interest Rate Credit  
Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 458 458
Swap Contracts 325 37 362
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 783 37 820
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts (1,754) (1,754)
Swap Contracts (1,935) (1,305) (3,240)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation      
(Depreciation) on Derivatives (3,689) (1,305) (4,994)

 

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At September 30, 2015, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

    ($000)
Aggregate
Number of Settlement Unrealized
Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 6,393 1,400,267 462
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 (2,897) (349,134) (1,689)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 (674) (86,767) (82)
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2015 (177) (27,850) (395)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2015 61 9,785 (50)
(1,754)

 

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

At September 30, 2015, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
Remaining    
Up-Front Periodic  
Premium Premium Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination    Amount (Paid) (Paid)    (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating  
Federation of Malaysia/A3 9/20/20 BOANA 8,000 262 1.000 (196)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 9/20/20 JPMC 5,000 190 1.000 (97)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 12/20/20 BNPSW 8,500 337 1.000 (210)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 12/20/20 JPMC 8,000 326 1.000 (189)
People’s Republic of China/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 6,200 92 1.000 6
Republic of Chile/Aa3 9/20/20 GSCM 15,000 (78) 1.000 (390)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 7,500 73 1.000 (108)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 7,600 74 1.000 (110)
65,800 (1,294)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
Remaining    
Up-Front Periodic  
Premium Premium Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Purchased
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 9/20/18 BNPSW 875 13 (1.000) (6)
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 9/20/18 GSCM 875 13 (1.000) (5)
1,750 (11)
(1,305)

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps        
Fixed Floating  
Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation 
Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Termination Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
12/15/15 CME 137,749 0.327 (0.207)1 21
2/7/16 CME 4,617 0.485 (0.199)1 (2)
2/16/16 LCH 9,191 0.370 (0.209)1 10
3/15/16 CME 45,916 0.364 (0.207)1 61
6/15/16 CME 44,420 0.704 (0.207)1 91
9/15/16 CME 36,721 0.701 (0.207)1 110
10/17/16 LCH 55,102 0.581 (0.207)1 100
3/15/17 CME 94,000 0.883 (0.207)1 507
8/15/17 LCH 150,000 0.981 (0.207)1 999
3/15/18 CME 175,000 0.899 (0.208)1 598
9/7/18 CME 27,593 (0.907) 0.1991 (646)
9/15/18 CME 3,093 1.544 (0.207)1 54
12/15/18 CME 18,881 (1.470) 0.2071 (325)
8/15/19 LCH 70,000 (1.524) 0.2071 (1,240)
8/15/20 LCH 200,000 (1.486) 0.2081 (2,273)
(1,935)

CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
LCH—London Clearing House.
1 Based on 1-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

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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.

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized gains of $495,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to overdistributed net investment income.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2015, the fund had $1,059,000 of ordinary income available for distribution.

At September 30, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $10,511,431,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $34,657,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $46,872,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $12,215,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the period ended September 30, 2015, the fund purchased $865,227,000 of investment securities and sold $744,725,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $2,269,667,000 and $2,018,506,000, respectively.

G. On June 19, 2015, the fund acquired all of the net assets of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Short-Term Bond Trust (the “trust”). The trust’s net assets transferred to the fund were $9,958,882,000, including $33,986,000 of unrealized appreciation. These net assets were exchanged on a tax-free basis for 722,013,000 shares of the fund. Immediately following the transfer on June 19, 2015, unitholders of the trust received those 722,013,000 shares of the fund in exchange for their 722,013,000 units of the trust, and the trust ceased operations.

The fund reclassified realized gain of $1,244,000 from accumulated net realized gain to paid in capital for differences in the treatment of futures contracts held on June 19, 2015, for financial reporting and tax purposes.

H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were.

June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
Shares
(000)
Issued 745,145
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,549
Redeemed (3,039)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 744,655
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.

 

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I. Certain funds managed by The Vanguard Group participate in a $3 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. In October 2015, this credit agreement was amended to designate the fund as an additional borrower. 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 0.06% 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. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

Management has determined that no other transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2015, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2015

Financial Attributes    
Barclays  
U. S. Barclays 
  Intermediate U.S.
Aggregate  Aggregate
ex Baa Bond
Fund Index Index
Number of Bonds 959 5,207 9,611
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.7% 1.9% 2.3%
Average Coupon 2.8% 2.8% 3.2%
Average Duration 3.6 years 4.0 years 5.6 years
Average Effective      
Maturity 4.1 years 5.1 years 7.8 years
Ticker Symbol VITBX
Expense Ratio1 0.02%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.75%
Short-Term Reserves 3.8%

 

Volatility Measures  
Barclays U.S.  
Intermediate Barclays U.S.
Aggregate Aggregate
ex Baa Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.95
Beta 0.96 0.67

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

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
 
Asset-Backed 8.5%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 3.4
Finance 10.9
Foreign 5.6
Government Mortgage-Backed 27.9
Industrial 8.5
Treasury/Agency 33.1
Utilities 2.1

The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are
generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
 
U.S. Government 55.6%
Aaa 12.4
Aa 7.6
A 15.7
Not Rated 8.7

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to
classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity
Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and
may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information about these ratings,
see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
 
Under 1 Year 16.6%
1–3 Years 16.8
3–5 Years 30.9
5–7 Years 20.8
7–10 Years 14.9

 

1 The expense ratio shown is from the prospectus dated June 16, 2015, and represents estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the annualized expense ratio was 0.02%.

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Performance Summary

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

Cumulative Performance: September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015
Initial Investment of $10,000,000

 

 
Average Annual Total Returns  
Periods Ended September 30, 2015 Final Value of
One Five Ten a $10,000,000
Year Years Years Investment
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund        
Institutional Plus Shares 2.99% 2.64% 4.24% $15,149,458
Barclays U.S. Intermediate Aggregate        
ex Baa Index 3.16 2.56 4.26 15,176,032
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.94 3.10 4.64 15,733,959

The Fund is the successor to VFTC Intermediate-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary
Trust Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2005, Through September 30, 2015  
Barclays U. S.
Intermediate
Aggregate
Institutional Plus Shares ex Baa Index
Income Capital Total Total
Fiscal Year Returns Returns Returns Returns
2006 0.00% 3.92% 3.92% 3.87%
2007 0.00 5.32 5.32 5.37
2008 0.00 3.46 3.46 4.54
2009 0.00 9.36 9.36 9.18
2010 0.00 7.42 7.42 7.07
2011 0.00 3.96 3.96 4.24
2012 0.00 4.58 4.58 3.83
2013 0.00 -0.76 -0.76 -0.81
2014 0.00 2.50 2.50 2.46
2015 0.56 2.43 2.99 3.16

The Fund is the successor to VFTC Intermediate-Term Bond Trust (the predecessor trust), a collective trust managed by Vanguard Fiduciary
Trust Company, an affiliate of The Vanguard Group, Inc. The predecessor trust transferred its assets to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s
commencement of operations on or about June 19, 2015. The performance of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares includes the performance
of the predecessor trust prior to the commencement of the Fund’s operations. The performance of the predecessor trust has not been adjusted
to reflect the expenses of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares. If the performance of the predecessor trust was adjusted to reflect the expenses
of the Fund’s Institutional Plus Shares, the predecessor trust’s performance would have been lower. The Fund is managed with the same
investment objective, strategies, policies, and risks as the predecessor trust. The predecessor trust was not an investment company and,
therefore, was not subject to certain investment restrictions imposed on investment companies by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
If the predecessor trust had been an investment company, its performance may have been different.

 

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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2015

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).

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (58.7%)        
U.S. Government Securities (27.4%)        
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 11/30/15 132,600 132,869
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250% 12/31/15 110,000 110,052
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375% 3/15/16 12,500 12,514
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 4/30/16 4,942 4,993
United States Treasury Note/Bond 7.250% 5/15/16 25,325 26,417
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 7/15/16 6,500 6,516
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 8/15/16 78,200 78,383
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500% 9/30/16 25 25
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500% 11/30/16 1,000 1,001
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 11/30/16 2,405 2,417
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 1/15/17 209,918 210,705
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 3/31/17 8,838 8,902
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 4/15/17 44,926 45,158
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 8.750% 5/15/17 21,707 24,573
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 6/30/17 6,350 6,354
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 8/15/17 15,150 15,221
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 8/31/17 28,655 29,327
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 9/30/17 60,000 59,981
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 10/15/17 1,560 1,567
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/30/17 650 671
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 12/15/17 6,000 6,038
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 2/15/18 750 754
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/15/18 1,500 1,504
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 9/15/18 1,000 1,002
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 2/15/19 130,106 137,384
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/28/19 32,131 32,462
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 4/30/19 16,173 16,469
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 5/15/19 118,795 127,222
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 5/31/19 64,083 64,103
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 8/15/19 706 771
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/31/19 39,984 39,709
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/19 173,000 176,676
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 11/15/19 15,086 16,385
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 12/31/19 31,600 32,084
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 1/31/20 35,900 35,872
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/20 72,356 79,501
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 3/31/20 10,950 10,986
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/20 50 50

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/20 126,300 127,918
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 85,000 85,014
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/20 41,300 41,952
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 1/31/21 3,594 3,710
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/22 10,333 10,352
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 6/30/22 82,300 84,460
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/22 51,500 51,492
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/15/22 15,050 14,907
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/23 11,300 11,206
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 5/15/24 11,500 11,983
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 8/15/24 90,850 93,604
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/24 8,800 8,968
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/25 33,400 33,280
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 5/15/25 67,800 68,245
2,203,709
Agency Bonds and Notes (4.5%)        
4 AID-Jordan 2.578% 6/30/22 24,000 24,695
4 AID-Tunisia 2.452% 7/24/21 8,433 8,665
4 AID-Ukraine 1.847% 5/29/20 26,000 26,249
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.375% 6/10/16 36,000 36,021
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 2.000% 9/9/16 7,670 7,785
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 11/23/16 19,250 19,286
5 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.750% 8/28/17 49,500 49,574
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.000% 3/8/17 4,650 4,679
6,7 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 6/16/17 50,000 50,052
6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.750% 1/12/18 55,050 54,987
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 2/8/18 12,050 12,068
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 7/20/18 10,900 10,963
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 10/19/18 25,250 25,341
6 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.750% 6/20/19 26,000 26,505
356,870
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (26.8%)        
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 2.000% 5/1/28–8/1/28 6,195 6,171
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 1/1/28–2/1/43 49,561 50,476
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 5/1/27–11/1/45 107,808 111,316
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500% 8/1/20–11/1/45 267,481 279,599
6,7,8 Fannie Mae Pool 4.000% 7/1/18–11/1/45 151,701 162,409
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 11/1/15–9/1/44 82,798 89,663
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 5.000% 1/1/16–11/1/44 58,076 64,141
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 5.500% 1/1/17–6/1/40 43,755 48,789
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 12/1/16–11/1/39 23,429 26,453
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 6.500% 1/1/16–8/1/39 13,566 15,594
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 7.000% 5/1/16–9/1/38 5,774 6,632
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 7.500% 11/1/15–6/1/32 526 589
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 8.000% 7/1/30–1/1/31 24 28
6,7 Fannie Mae Pool 8.500% 12/1/30 13 15
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000% 9/1/28–6/1/30 7,313 7,269
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.500% 9/1/27–4/1/43 38,104 38,795
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 8/1/26–8/1/45 131,709 134,115
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500% 8/1/20–8/1/45 234,507 245,422
6,7,8 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 5/1/18–10/1/45 105,749 112,699
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 10/1/18–7/1/45 51,063 55,274
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.000% 12/1/17–4/1/41 25,731 27,981
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.500% 1/1/16–10/1/45 18,274 20,517
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 7/1/20–5/1/40 33,761 38,342
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.500% 1/1/16–9/1/38 7,643 8,768

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 7.000% 1/1/16–6/1/38 4,028 4,602
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 7.500% 12/1/15–5/1/32 401 461
6,7 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 8.000% 12/1/15–1/1/31 38 44
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 2.500% 1/15/43–6/15/43 1,308 1,295
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.000% 9/15/42–8/15/45 22,367 22,881
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.500% 1/15/42–7/15/45 20,472 21,476
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.000% 3/15/39–3/15/45 25,294 27,036
7,8 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.500% 2/15/39–10/1/45 38,032 41,635
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.000% 2/15/33–10/1/45 15,639 17,518
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.500% 3/15/31–8/15/40 12,826 14,458
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.000% 2/15/17–3/15/40 6,945 7,809
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.500% 12/15/27–6/15/38 5,768 6,612
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.000% 8/15/24–11/15/31 333 369
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.500% 4/15/17–3/15/32 56 63
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.000% 4/15/30–10/15/30 62 70
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.500% 7/15/30 23 23
7 Ginnie Mae I Pool 9.000% 1/15/20–7/15/21 5 6
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.500% 3/20/43–4/20/43 4,386 4,327
7,8 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.000% 6/20/43–11/1/45 73,449 75,022
7,8 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.500% 8/20/42–11/1/45 157,422 165,087
7,8 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.000% 2/20/34–10/1/45 85,534 91,391
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.500% 3/20/33–3/20/45 48,692 52,582
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.000% 5/20/39–10/1/45 28,200 30,955
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.500% 4/20/37–3/20/41 6,487 7,225
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.000% 5/20/36–10/20/41 9,957 11,202
7 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.500% 3/20/38–7/20/39 112 129
2,155,335
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)        
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.125% 12/1/32 11 11
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.340% 9/1/32 1 2
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.460% 5/1/33 99 105
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.535% 8/1/33 123 129
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.550% 7/1/33 199 206
6,7,9 Fannie Mae Pool 2.625% 5/1/33 23 25
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.461% 10/1/32 33 35
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.500% 8/1/37 116 125
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.551% 1/1/33 13 14
6,7,9 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.586% 2/1/33 52 53
705
Total U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $4,659,665) 4,716,619
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (11.4%)    
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-SN1 0.950% 6/20/18 3,140 3,142
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-SN2 1.210% 2/20/19 5,000 5,012
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.390% 9/16/19 1,400 1,406
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 1,600 1,616
7 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2 1.840% 6/15/20 2,920 2,937
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 2,360 2,370
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-1 0.677% 1/15/19 2,781 2,778
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-1 1.290% 1/15/19 3,230 3,235
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-3 1.330% 3/15/19 5,383 5,396
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.600% 10/15/19 8,920 8,970
7 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 19,270 19,346
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2008-2 1.467% 9/15/20 5,930 6,060

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2012-4 0.447% 5/15/20 12,542 12,521
7 American Express Credit Account Secured Note        
  Trust 2013-3 0.577% 12/15/21 12,202 12,170
7 American Express Issuance Trust II 2013-1 0.487% 2/15/19 10,750 10,733
7 American Express Issuance Trust II 2013-2 0.637% 8/15/19 3,317 3,323
7,10 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ART 4.954% 1/14/29 5,132 5,768
7,9,10 Arran Residential Mortgages Funding 2010-1 plc 1.721% 5/16/47 1,229 1,229
7,9,10 Arran Residential Mortgages Funding 2011-1 plc 1.783% 11/19/47 689 690
10 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.400% 11/23/16 5,077 5,157
7,10 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.867% 12/5/32 400 427
7 BA Credit Card Trust 2014-A1 0.587% 6/15/21 15,428 15,382
7 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 715 751
7,9,10 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 1.095% 2/25/43 7,185 7,087
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.850% 4/14/20 4,365 4,359
7 Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust 2014-3 2.410% 7/15/22 9,200 9,425
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2006-PWR13 5.533% 9/11/41 2,063 2,121
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-PWR16 5.843% 6/11/40 651 653
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-PWR16 5.895% 6/11/40 12,939 13,671
7 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-TOP28 5.710% 9/11/42 3,078 3,291
7,10 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 0.707% 7/15/20 6,185 6,166
7,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series        
  2005-3 0.525% 6/25/26 3,410 3,353
7,9 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series        
  2011-1 1.129% 2/25/30 2,642 2,629
7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1A 2.260% 3/15/23 1,430 1,458
7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2A 0.877% 7/17/23 3,225 3,227
10 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.250% 7/21/20 3,120 3,161
7,9 Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust 2007-A5 0.247% 7/15/20 3,771 3,746
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2014-A3  0.587% 1/18/22 11,094 11,085
7 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2015-A2  2.080% 3/15/23 6,480 6,570
7 Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust 2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 7,765 7,996
7 Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2014-4 1.810% 7/15/20 2,100 2,128
7 Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2015-1 1.830% 7/15/20 1,860 1,881
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 1.800% 3/15/21 1,690 1,705
7 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 1.980% 2/16/21 1,265 1,282
7 CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co. IV LLC        
  2012-1 2.161% 10/15/21 5,853 5,962
7,10 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.760% 12/15/47 2,054 2,410
7 Chase Issuance Trust 2014-A2 2.770% 3/15/23 2,333 2,430
7,10 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 1.340% 12/17/18 2,586 2,596
7,10 Cit Equipment Collateral 2013-VT1 1.130% 7/20/20 2,954 2,956
7,9 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2008-A7 1.591% 5/20/20 4,778 4,902
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A2 0.476% 5/26/20 16,184 16,136
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2013-A2 0.633% 9/10/20 10,049 10,055
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A1 2.880% 1/23/23 4,486 4,703
7 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2014-A6 2.150% 7/15/21 12,870 13,134
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C5 5.431% 10/15/49 2,481 2,552
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 1,280 1,319
7,10 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 400 421
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11  3.093% 4/10/46 1,309 1,337

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 333 358
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 2,800 3,023
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.477% 5/10/47 65 68
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 508 542
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 940 985
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 130 137
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 480 491
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 2,570 2,683
7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 3.778% 9/10/58 2,860 2,946
7 CNH Equipment Trust 2041-A 1.500% 5/15/20 3,409 3,433
7 COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2007-C2 5.484% 4/15/47 5,276 5,514
7 COMM 15-CR22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 430 437
7 COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust 5.292% 12/10/46 1,677 1,732
7 COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust 5.306% 12/10/46 8,301 8,541
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 595 615
7 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 893 951
7 COMM 2012-CR3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 1,531 1,548
7 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 1,221 1,241
7 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 518 521
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 10/10/46 1,835 1,991
7 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 10/10/46 842 925
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 655 696
7 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 1,845 2,009
7 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/10/23 1,494 1,640
7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.376% 7/10/45 3,603 3,971
7,10 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.400% 7/10/45 2,083 2,258
7,10 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 546 589
7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 150 165
7 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 834 850
7,10 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 3.086% 4/12/35 500 504
7 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.743% 2/10/47 470 505
7 COMM 2014-CR14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 593 650
7 COMM 2014-CR17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 362 389
7 COMM 2014-CR17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 295 315
7 COMM 2014-CR18 Mortgage Trust 3.452% 7/15/47 100 106
7 COMM 2014-CR18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 2,830 2,990
7 COMM 2014-CR20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 1,500 1,562
7 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 1,375 1,462
7 COMM 2014-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.040% 2/10/48 25 26
7 COMM 2015-CR24 Mortgage Trust 3.445% 8/10/55 310 326
7 COMM 2015-CR24 Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/55 2,830 2,962
7 COMM 2015-CR25 Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 1,035 1,083
7 COMM 2015-CR26 Mortgage Trust 3.788% 10/10/48 6,500 6,695
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 2,602 2,630
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.125% 7/22/20 2,720 2,736
7 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C3 3.718% 8/15/48 1,345 1,407
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2012-A6 1.670% 1/18/22 13,138 13,185
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A1 0.507% 8/17/20 6,168 6,152
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A6 0.657% 4/15/21 5,095 5,104
7 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2014-A4 2.120% 12/15/21 6,500 6,634
10 DNB Boligkreditt AS 1.450% 3/21/18 1,198 1,200
7,10 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2012-2 0.930% 4/20/18 643 643
7,10 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2013-2 1.510% 3/20/19 799 800
7,10 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 3,300 3,336
7 Fifth Third Auto 2013-1 1.300% 2/18/20 8,361 8,392

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 First National Master Note Trust 2013-2 0.737% 10/15/19 4,108 4,111
7 First National Master Note Trust 2015-1 0.974% 9/15/20 2,790 2,791
7 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-A 1.310% 8/15/18 1,450 1,453
7,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 2.260% 11/15/25 3,159 3,209
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-C 1.560% 2/15/20 1,350 1,361
7,10 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 2.440% 1/15/27 9,700 9,878
7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 1.740% 2/15/21 4,455 4,483
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 0.707% 2/15/21 6,191 6,166
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-2 1.980% 1/15/22 8,705 8,708
7 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-5 2.390% 8/15/22 9,340 9,452
7 GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-2 2.220% 1/15/22 2,986 3,049
7 GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-3 0.657% 3/15/20 23,000 22,989
7 GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-6 1.360% 8/17/20 8,481 8,511
7,9 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-2 0.966% 4/22/19 6,570 6,577
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2012-4 0.656% 10/20/17 4,778 4,778
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2014-1 0.596% 7/20/19 9,800 9,752
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2014-2 0.666% 10/20/19 2,600 2,587
7 GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2015-2 0.866% 1/20/22 7,200 7,173
7,10 GM Financial Leasing Trust 2014-1A 1.300% 5/21/18 1,920 1,926
7 GM Financial Leasing Trust 2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 950 959
7,10 Golden Credit Card Trust 2012-2A 1.770% 1/15/19 8,701 8,766
7,10 Golden Credit Card Trust 2014-2A 0.657% 3/15/21 2,781 2,775
7,10 Great America Leasing Receivables 2013-1 1.160% 5/15/18 1,911 1,914
7,10 Great America Leasing Receivables 2014-1 1.470% 8/15/20 1,077 1,080
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-GG8 5.560% 11/10/39 5,352 5,475
7,10 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 233 263
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 789 808
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 3,230 3,479
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 80 84
7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC32 3.764% 7/10/48 1,120 1,180
7 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2013-1 0.870% 7/15/19 2,239 2,238
7 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2014-1 1.550% 10/15/21 2,692 2,712
7,10 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2015-3 2.670% 9/25/21 5,580 5,578
7,10 Hilton USA Trust 2013-HLT 2.662% 11/5/30 699 698
7 Honda Auto Receivables 2014-4 Owner Trust 1.460% 10/15/20 930 936
7,10 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2014-A 1.010% 9/15/17 987 988
7 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 1.780% 11/15/21 2,910 2,929
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission Series        
  2010-1 1.345% 4/25/22 2,293 2,293
7,10 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.279% 5/15/48 1,906 1,944
7 John Deere Owner Trust 2015-B 1.780% 6/15/22 480 483
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2006-LDP6 5.471% 4/15/43 4,350 4,400
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2007-LDP10 5.439% 1/15/49 3,098 3,228

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 2,819 3,127
7,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.500% 8/15/46 833 954
7,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-RR1 4.717% 3/16/46 8,782 9,811
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C6 3.507% 5/15/45 425 451
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 944 958
7,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 833 858
7,10 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 1,548 1,585
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 2,453 2,651
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 452 480
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 100 107
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 1,120 1,223
7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 1,676 1,700
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C12 3.664% 7/15/45 2,680 2,838
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C12 4.161% 7/15/45 1,309 1,396
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C14 3.761% 8/15/46 358 382
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C14 4.133% 8/15/46 270 294
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C15 3.659% 11/15/45 179 190
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2013-C17 4.199% 1/15/47 3,606 3,939
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C18 4.079% 2/15/47 442 479
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C18 4.439% 2/15/47 402 435
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C21 3.428% 8/15/47 580 608
7 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust        
  2014-C24 3.639% 11/15/47 970 1,017
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.        
  2013-2 0.797% 9/1/28 2,972 2,949
7,10 Lanark Master Issuer plc 2012-2A 1.729% 12/22/54 749 751
7,10 Lanark Master Issuer plc 2013-1A 0.829% 12/22/54 5,964 5,954
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C3 5.641% 3/15/39 5,612 5,638
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C6 5.342% 9/15/39 3,490 3,589
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C7 5.347% 11/15/38 4,534 4,673
7 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 6.269% 4/15/41 8,117 8,803
7,10 M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust 2013-1A 1.570% 8/15/18 3,123 3,142
7,10 Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust 2012-A 0.850% 10/22/18 273 273
7,9 MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust 2004-A3 0.467% 8/16/21 15,215 15,135
7,10 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2012-A 0.790% 11/15/17 4,795 4,796

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2006-C2 5.739% 8/12/43 833 852
7 ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-2 6.060% 6/12/46 2,369 2,412
7 ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 5.331% 3/12/51 1,866 1,865
7,10 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-A 2.100% 7/15/17 3,385 3,395
7,10 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-A 3.040% 8/15/28 6,271 6,407
7,10 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 1.680% 5/11/20 1,732 1,749
7,10 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 1.980% 6/10/32 599 605
7,10 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-A 2.570% 6/9/33 895 923
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 2,328 2,405
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 416 438
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 1,132 1,146
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C10 4.218% 7/15/46 4,581 4,990
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 880 953
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C11 4.362% 8/15/46 350 383
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 375 401
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 75 81
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 358 386
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 179 194
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 690 743
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 2,364 2,515
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 295 313
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2015-C22 3.306% 4/15/48 1,010 1,026
7 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2015-C23 3.719% 7/15/50 2,800 2,931
7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-HQ9 5.728% 7/12/44 5,545 5,682
7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ12 5.319% 12/15/43 1,977 2,044
7,10 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 1,982 2,035
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-8 0.634% 4/25/23 8,100 7,959
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-1 0.794% 4/25/40 2,750 2,661
7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 0.844% 6/26/56 4,800 4,795
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2014-A 1.040% 10/15/19 4,486 4,493
7 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2015-A 1.580% 5/17/21 875 881
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-B Owner Trust 1.500% 9/15/21 6,990 7,022
7 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-B Owner Trust 1.790% 1/17/22 775 784
7 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables Series        
  2013-A 0.507% 2/15/18 1,822 1,821
7 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables Series        
  2015-A 1.440% 1/15/20 7,500 7,524
10 Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale 2.000% 2/5/19 3,200 3,239
9 North Carolina State Education Assistance        
  Authority 2011-1 1.181% 1/26/26 1,431 1,426
Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/20 4,800 4,797

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 0.395% 4/25/25 12,365 12,126
7,9 SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-5 0.405% 1/25/27 1,792 1,740
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-3 0.494% 5/26/20 2,877 2,874
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-3 0.694% 4/26/27 3,584 3,529
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-5 0.794% 10/25/27 2,992 3,009
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2013-6 0.844% 6/26/28 4,360 4,319
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-1 0.574% 7/26/21 5,196 5,142
7 SLM Student Loan Trust 2014-2 0.784% 3/26/29 7,766 7,434
7 SMART ABS Series 2012-4US Trust 0.970% 3/14/17 610 609
7 SMART ABS Series 2012-4US Trust 1.250% 8/14/18 836 837
7 SMART ABS Series 2013-1US Trust 1.050% 10/14/18 1,672 1,670
7 SMART ABS Series 2014-1US Trust 1.680% 12/14/19 269 269
7,9 South Carolina Student Loan Corp. Revenue        
  2010-1 1.295% 7/25/25 1,096 1,103
10 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.250% 5/2/18 998 995
7,10 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.750% 11/15/20 5,077 5,049
10 Swedbank Hypotek AB 1.375% 3/28/18 1,131 1,131
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 2,560 2,616
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 3,500 3,520
7 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-3 2.380% 9/15/23 5,760 5,760
7 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 244 262
7,10 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 3,870 4,012
7 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 1,340 1,352
7,10 VNO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 2,470 2,494
7 Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust 2014-A 0.990% 7/20/18 2,153 2,151
7 Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  Series 2006-C29 5.297% 11/15/48 3,413 3,533
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 863 878
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 327 341
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 416 449
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 290 317
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 2.991% 2/15/48 90 91
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 215 216
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.400% 6/15/48 550 572
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 7,160 7,440
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C30 3.411% 9/15/58 3,100 3,168
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-C30 3.664% 9/15/58 1,870 1,948
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-Lc22 3.839% 9/15/58 3,340 3,519
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.556% 12/15/47 240 252
7 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2015-SG1 3.789% 12/15/47 1,200 1,260
10 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.450% 11/28/16 4,837 4,918
10 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 1,028 1,036

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7,10 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 1,221 1,339
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 1,072 1,126
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 610 655
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C8 3.001% 8/15/45 208 213
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 2.870% 11/15/45 2,428 2,460
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 566 582
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 476 508
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 225 245
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 161 170
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 595 635
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 1,488 1,624
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 461 500
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 595 634
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 1,110 1,155
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 3.522% 3/15/47 140 148
7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 692 747
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2013-A 1.610% 12/15/21 1,732 1,741
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2014-A 0.587% 12/15/19 6,729 6,729
7 World Financial Network Credit Card Master Note        
  Trust Series 2015-A 0.687% 2/15/22 2,585 2,578
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2013-B 1.320% 1/15/20 1,953 1,961
7 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2014-B 1.680% 12/15/20 3,360 3,386
7 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2015-A 1.730% 12/15/20 850 856
7,10 World Omni Master Owner Trust 2013-1 0.557% 2/15/18 1,612 1,611
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $910,878) 916,150
Corporate Bonds (20.6%)        
Finance (10.4%)        
Banking (8.5%)        
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 1.375% 3/13/17 760 760
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 1.650% 9/29/17 4,500 4,521
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 3.050% 8/23/18 3,410 3,521
Abbey National Treasury Services plc 4.000% 3/13/24 4,490 4,668
American Express Bank FSB 6.000% 9/13/17 1,000 1,083
American Express Centurion Bank 6.000% 9/13/17 1,731 1,874
American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 1,800 1,807
American Express Credit Corp. 2.375% 5/26/20 4,900 4,903
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1.875% 10/6/17 2,350 2,373
10 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.875% 1/12/21 4,040 4,532
10 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.500% 3/19/24 3,590 3,591
Bank of America Corp. 2.600% 1/15/19 2,520 2,547
Bank of America Corp. 2.650% 4/1/19 1,570 1,588
Bank of America Corp. 2.250% 4/21/20 1,500 1,476
Bank of America Corp. 5.700% 1/24/22 2,700 3,080
Bank of America Corp. 4.100% 7/24/23 900 931
Bank of America Corp. 4.125% 1/22/24 5,222 5,457
Bank of America Corp. 4.000% 4/1/24 900 924
Bank of America Corp. 3.875% 8/1/25 7,165 7,265
Bank of America NA 1.250% 2/14/17 4,130 4,132
Bank of Montreal 2.550% 11/6/22 3,140 3,089
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1.969% 6/20/17 2,880 2,916
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.600% 1/15/20 3,770 4,146
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.150% 2/24/20 590 590

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.600% 8/17/20 1,246 1,261
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.150% 2/1/21 2,000 2,170
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.400% 5/15/24 1,890 1,930
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.000% 2/24/25 600 588
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.450% 4/25/18 1,193 1,186
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.050% 10/30/18 11,910 12,022
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.375% 1/13/21 4,490 4,901
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.800% 7/21/21 2,648 2,679
10 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 4,192 4,236
Barclays Bank plc 3.750% 5/15/24 2,250 2,282
BB&T Corp. 2.050% 6/19/18 3,798 3,834
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400% 10/2/17 7,190 7,839
Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 7.250% 2/1/18 5,050 5,654
BNP Paribas SA 1.375% 3/17/17 1,800 1,801
BNP Paribas SA 2.700% 8/20/18 3,590 3,673
BNP Paribas SA 2.400% 12/12/18 5,350 5,417
BPCE SA 2.500% 12/10/18 7,485 7,631
BPCE SA 2.250% 1/27/20 1,750 1,759
BPCE SA 4.000% 4/15/24 5,750 5,976
Citigroup Inc. 2.500% 9/26/18 2,590 2,625
Citigroup Inc. 4.500% 1/14/22 2,340 2,532
Citigroup Inc. 3.300% 4/27/25 2,640 2,563
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.625% 3/12/18 2,680 2,684
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/20/18 9,880 10,106
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.250% 3/13/19 2,000 2,020
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 3/19/20 2,970 3,313
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 2.250% 1/14/19 3,590 3,627
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 2.250% 1/14/20 750 750
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 3.875% 2/8/22 4,187 4,416
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 4.625% 12/1/23 10,840 11,204
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank        
  BA 3.375% 5/21/25 4,090 4,021
Credit Suisse 2.300% 5/28/19 5,990 6,009
Credit Suisse 3.000% 10/29/21 3,000 3,003
Credit Suisse 3.625% 9/9/24 2,800 2,798
10 Danske Bank A/S 2.750% 9/17/20 6,300 6,350
Deutsche Bank AG 1.875% 2/13/18 2,600 2,593
Deutsche Bank AG 3.700% 5/30/24 3,040 3,019
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 10,840 10,971
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.150% 4/1/18 5,200 5,719
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 1/31/19 9,470 9,601
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.550% 10/23/19 6,050 6,085
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.000% 6/15/20 3,165 3,635
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.750% 9/15/20 1,684 1,689
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.250% 7/27/21 1,200 1,338
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 8,970 10,296
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.625% 1/22/23 6,831 6,910
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.000% 3/3/24 13,560 13,966
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.850% 7/8/24 1,880 1,917
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.500% 1/23/25 11,275 11,051
10 HSBC Bank plc 1.500% 5/15/18 2,250 2,236
HSBC Bank USA NA 4.875% 8/24/20 3,896 4,287

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
HSBC Holdings plc 5.100% 4/5/21 5,840 6,479
HSBC Holdings plc 4.000% 3/30/22 4,400 4,619
HSBC Holdings plc 4.250% 3/14/24 2,700 2,690
HSBC USA Inc. 2.625% 9/24/18 2,700 2,748
HSBC USA Inc. 2.375% 11/13/19 2,960 2,954
HSBC USA Inc. 2.750% 8/7/20 780 782
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.450% 3/1/16 3,590 3,629
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.000% 8/15/17 4,490 4,521
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.000% 1/15/18 12,490 13,648
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 2,400 2,394
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.625% 5/15/18 2,800 2,784
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.300% 4/23/19 8,450 9,590
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.250% 1/23/20 6,490 6,430
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.950% 3/25/20 5,955 6,558
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.750% 6/23/20 4,475 4,501
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.400% 7/22/20 4,720 5,090
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.250% 10/15/20 3,600 3,859
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.625% 5/10/21 2,740 2,983
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.350% 8/15/21 7,155 7,679
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.500% 1/24/22 9,891 10,675
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.250% 9/23/22 3,140 3,139
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.200% 1/25/23 10,053 9,959
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.875% 2/1/24 1,500 1,545
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.625% 5/13/24 3,350 3,382
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.125% 1/23/25 700 676
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.900% 7/15/25 2,353 2,396
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 6.000% 10/1/17 7,190 7,771
KeyBank NA 1.650% 2/1/18 2,400 2,401
Lloyds Bank plc 1.750% 5/14/18 3,080 3,077
Lloyds Bank plc 2.350% 9/5/19 1,960 1,977
Lloyds Bank plc 6.375% 1/21/21 2,880 3,450
Lloyds Bank plc 3.500% 5/14/25 3,010 2,987
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.300% 1/30/19 6,062 6,109
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.250% 7/25/19 3,400 3,411
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.900% 2/6/25 1,400 1,342
Morgan Stanley 1.875% 1/5/18 2,700 2,708
Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 8,135 8,175
Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 4,973 5,041
Morgan Stanley 2.375% 7/23/19 17,224 17,222
Morgan Stanley 2.650% 1/27/20 2,000 2,003
Morgan Stanley 2.800% 6/16/20 1,800 1,809
Morgan Stanley 5.750% 1/25/21 6,800 7,733
Morgan Stanley 3.875% 4/29/24 7,500 7,665
Morgan Stanley 4.000% 7/23/25 5,652 5,760
MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.500% 6/18/22 6,290 6,432
MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.000% 2/10/25 1,800 1,713
MUFG Union Bank NA 2.625% 9/26/18 1,460 1,485
National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.300% 7/25/18 3,140 3,191
10 Nordea Bank AB 1.875% 9/17/18 2,440 2,448
10 Nordea Bank AB 2.500% 9/17/20 3,785 3,813
PNC Bank NA 2.200% 1/28/19 3,300 3,333
PNC Bank NA 2.700% 11/1/22 4,900 4,727
PNC Bank NA 3.300% 10/30/24 1,450 1,444
PNC Bank NA 2.950% 2/23/25 2,820 2,731
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.854% 11/9/22 1,200 1,196

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
PNC Funding Corp. 5.125% 2/8/20 2,550 2,857
PNC Funding Corp. 3.300% 3/8/22 3,590 3,690
State Street Corp. 1.350% 5/15/18 1,800 1,791
State Street Corp. 2.550% 8/18/20 756 764
State Street Corp. 3.300% 12/16/24 1,790 1,803
State Street Corp. 3.550% 8/18/25 778 791
Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.400% 10/1/20 610 611
10 Swedbank AB 2.375% 2/27/19 3,770 3,820
UBS AG 5.875% 12/20/17 1,530 1,666
UBS AG 1.800% 3/26/18 4,000 3,999
UBS AG 2.375% 8/14/19 2,310 2,320
US Bancorp 4.125% 5/24/21 1,350 1,464
US Bank NA 1.350% 1/26/18 601 601
Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 6/15/17 4,570 4,905
Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 2/1/18 6,740 7,368
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.625% 12/11/17 7,020 7,623
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.150% 1/15/19 2,044 2,059
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.125% 4/22/19 4,940 4,975
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.150% 1/30/20 6,490 6,477
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.600% 7/22/20 7,410 7,467
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 1/22/21 2,240 2,303
Wells Fargo & Co. 4.600% 4/1/21 5,670 6,220
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.500% 3/8/22 3,720 3,847
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.450% 2/13/23 7,460 7,429
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.300% 9/9/24 7,510 7,450
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 2/19/25 1,050 1,008
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550% 9/29/25 3,179 3,170
Wells Fargo Bank NA 6.000% 11/15/17 7,190 7,829
Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 7/30/18 5,575 5,657
Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 7,190 7,988
Westpac Banking Corp. 2.300% 5/26/20 2,570 2,582
 
Brokerage (0.3%)        
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 3.700% 10/15/24 1,785 1,830
Charles Schwab Corp. 2.200% 7/25/18 450 456
Charles Schwab Corp. 4.450% 7/22/20 1,350 1,490
CME Group Inc. 3.000% 3/15/25 1,340 1,316
Franklin Resources Inc. 2.850% 3/30/25 1,785 1,718
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.000% 10/15/23 10,510 10,909
Invesco Finance plc 3.125% 11/30/22 4,490 4,556
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 2.950% 4/1/22 60 60
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 3.625% 4/1/25 3,220 3,288
 
Finance Companies (1.0%)        
General Electric Capital Corp. 1.500% 7/12/16 4,884 4,917
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.900% 1/9/17 8,990 9,210
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.400% 2/15/17 2,010 2,127
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.625% 9/15/17 3,318 3,606
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.625% 5/1/18 7,315 8,087
General Electric Capital Corp. 6.000% 8/7/19 5,030 5,816
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.500% 1/8/20 9,296 10,639
General Electric Capital Corp. 2.200% 1/9/20 3,356 3,393
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.550% 5/4/20 1,364 1,573
General Electric Capital Corp. 4.375% 9/16/20 5,601 6,180
General Electric Capital Corp. 4.625% 1/7/21 6,640 7,442

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.300% 2/11/21 4,490 5,165
General Electric Capital Corp. 4.650% 10/17/21 5,255 5,922
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.150% 9/7/22 1,680 1,734
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.100% 1/9/23 1,800 1,841
 
Insurance (0.4%)        
ACE INA Holdings Inc. 3.150% 3/15/25 895 873
10 Jackson National Life Global Funding 4.700% 6/1/18 2,250 2,406
Manulife Financial Corp. 4.900% 9/17/20 6,695 7,425
MetLife Inc. 3.600% 4/10/24 995 1,014
MetLife Inc. 3.000% 3/1/25 1,500 1,459
10 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 3,500 3,479
PartnerRe Finance A LLC 6.875% 6/1/18 2,250 2,525
PartnerRe Finance B LLC 5.500% 6/1/20 1,740 1,932
10 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 2.875% 12/6/22 4,580 4,427
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.450% 7/17/17 670 673
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.900% 7/16/18 1,020 1,031
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.700% 7/15/20 1,010 1,031
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.350% 7/15/22 2,080 2,147
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/23 2,700 2,686
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.750% 7/15/25 1,290 1,334
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.2%)        
Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.000% 8/1/22 2,300 2,288
Federal Realty Investment Trust 2.750% 6/1/23 4,490 4,332
Simon Property Group LP 5.650% 2/1/20 3,860 4,377
Simon Property Group LP 2.500% 9/1/20 727 734
Simon Property Group LP 4.375% 3/1/21 4,400 4,783
Simon Property Group LP 3.750% 2/1/24 2,661 2,739
Simon Property Group LP 3.500% 9/1/25 891 892
841,207
Industrial (8.2%)        
Basic Industry (0.5%)        
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 5.400% 3/29/17 1,070 1,131
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 3.250% 11/21/21 4,640 4,652
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 2.875% 2/24/22 4,620 4,506
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 3.850% 9/30/23 5,570 5,641
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 4.625% 1/15/20 2,520 2,765
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 3.625% 1/15/21 1,995 2,120
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.250% 12/1/17 930 958
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 6.500% 5/15/19 771 880
Praxair Inc. 3.000% 9/1/21 2,850 2,930
Praxair Inc. 2.200% 8/15/22 1,120 1,073
Praxair Inc. 2.650% 2/5/25 1,015 982
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. 6.500% 7/15/18 2,000 2,226
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. 4.125% 5/20/21 3,595 3,782
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 1.625% 8/21/17 5,349 5,330
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 2.250% 12/14/18 900 896
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 3.500% 3/22/22 370 369
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 2.875% 8/21/22 370 351
Sherwin-Williams Co. 3.450% 8/1/25 900 911
Syngenta Finance NV 3.125% 3/28/22 1,080 1,058

 

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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Capital Goods (1.2%)        
10 Airbus Group Finance BV 2.700% 4/17/23 7,161 7,072
Boeing Capital Corp. 4.700% 10/27/19 2,790 3,094
Boeing Co. 7.950% 8/15/24 5,890 8,047
Danaher Corp. 5.625% 1/15/18 2,700 2,954
Danaher Corp. 5.400% 3/1/19 3,505 3,913
Danaher Corp. 3.900% 6/23/21 2,215 2,374
Danaher Corp. 3.350% 9/15/25 6,375 6,497
Deere & Co. 2.600% 6/8/22 3,590 3,535
General Dynamics Corp. 2.250% 11/15/22 4,490 4,305
General Electric Co. 2.700% 10/9/22 10,844 10,848
Honeywell International Inc. 3.350% 12/1/23 9,475 9,863
John Deere Capital Corp. 5.350% 4/3/18 5,545 6,059
John Deere Capital Corp. 5.750% 9/10/18 2,700 3,012
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.300% 9/16/19 1,970 1,993
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.450% 9/11/20 5,175 5,219
John Deere Capital Corp. 3.900% 7/12/21 2,585 2,763
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.750% 3/15/22 1,980 1,969
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 1/27/23 1,925 1,903
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.500% 9/15/22 1,885 1,971
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.300% 11/21/24 4,475 4,569
Precision Castparts Corp. 2.500% 1/15/23 4,130 3,992
Raytheon Co. 2.500% 12/15/22 2,520 2,478
 
Communication (0.7%)        
America Movil SAB de CV 2.375% 9/8/16 1,335 1,345
America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 10/16/19 1,800 1,953
America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 4,800 5,265
America Movil SAB de CV 3.125% 7/16/22 7,364 7,166
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc. 9.455% 11/15/22 1,530 2,137
Comcast Corp. 5.875% 2/15/18 2,100 2,315
Comcast Corp. 5.700% 5/15/18 2,220 2,457
Comcast Corp. 2.850% 1/15/23 2,700 2,690
Comcast Corp. 3.600% 3/1/24 3,600 3,731
Comcast Corp. 3.375% 2/15/25 2,885 2,913
Comcast Corp. 3.375% 8/15/25 1,815 1,829
NBCUniversal Media LLC 5.150% 4/30/20 8,090 9,126
NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.375% 4/1/21 6,290 6,889
NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 1/15/23 4,390 4,345
Walt Disney Co. 3.150% 9/17/25 2,500 2,533
 
Consumer Cyclical (1.0%)        
10 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 3.125% 11/28/21 1,030 990
10 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 3.600% 11/28/24 1,285 1,198
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.600% 7/13/18 700 699
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 6,590 6,624
American Honda Finance Corp. 2.450% 9/24/20 2,225 2,220
Automatic Data Processing Inc. 2.250% 9/15/20 650 653
Automatic Data Processing Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 475 482
Costco Wholesale Corp. 2.250% 2/15/22 2,790 2,760
Cummins Inc. 3.650% 10/1/23 1,350 1,410
10 Daimler Finance North America LLC 2.375% 8/1/18 8,285 8,319
10 Daimler Finance North America LLC 2.875% 3/10/21 3,055 2,982
10 Daimler Finance North America LLC 3.875% 9/15/21 1,000 1,008
Harley-Davidson Inc. 3.500% 7/28/25 2,665 2,706

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Home Depot Inc. 4.400% 4/1/21 2,030 2,238
Home Depot Inc. 2.625% 6/1/22 2,700 2,701
Home Depot Inc. 3.350% 9/15/25 950 967
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 4.625% 4/15/20 2,070 2,285
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.120% 4/15/22 3,590 3,664
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.875% 9/15/23 3,775 4,003
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 775 783
MasterCard Inc. 2.000% 4/1/19 670 678
MasterCard Inc. 3.375% 4/1/24 1,350 1,383
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.600% 3/15/17 2,250 2,268
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 220 221
PACCAR Financial Corp. 2.200% 9/15/19 450 454
PACCAR Financial Corp. 2.500% 8/14/20 315 319
TJX Cos. Inc. 6.950% 4/15/19 6,740 7,866
TJX Cos. Inc. 2.750% 6/15/21 2,700 2,743
TJX Cos. Inc. 2.500% 5/15/23 900 871
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.550% 7/13/18 500 500
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.800% 7/13/22 600 604
VF Corp. 3.500% 9/1/21 1,900 2,015
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.625% 7/8/20 1,365 1,472
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.250% 10/25/20 1,485 1,575
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.250% 4/15/21 2,852 3,158
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2.550% 4/11/23 6,290 6,216
 
Consumer Noncyclical (1.5%)        
Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.500% 1/15/18 5,840 6,358
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 970 963
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.150% 2/1/19 3,300 3,306
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.625% 1/17/23 2,355 2,251
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.375% 1/15/20 1,990 2,223
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 4.375% 2/15/21 990 1,080
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 2.500% 7/15/22 2,725 2,606
Coca-Cola Co. 3.300% 9/1/21 3,590 3,763
Coca-Cola Co. 3.200% 11/1/23 1,435 1,474
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 2,655 2,696
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 3.875% 11/26/23 1,350 1,390
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 2.100% 5/1/23 1,200 1,161
Covidien International Finance SA 2.950% 6/15/23 8,300 8,207
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.250% 9/1/22 4,085 4,119
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.700% 4/1/24 6,230 6,374
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.500% 2/1/25 5,185 5,220
Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.650% 3/1/26 2,720 2,733
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 5.650% 5/15/18 5,390 5,975
Hershey Co. 4.125% 12/1/20 785 860
Hershey Co. 2.625% 5/1/23 5,500 5,418
Hershey Co. 3.200% 8/21/25 2,680 2,727
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 3.500% 4/1/22 1,105 1,138
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.625% 8/1/20 630 670
Medtronic Inc. 5.600% 3/15/19 1,800 2,026
Medtronic Inc. 2.750% 4/1/23 5,000 4,965
Medtronic Inc. 3.500% 3/15/25 4,400 4,491
PepsiCo Inc. 7.900% 11/1/18 900 1,064
PepsiCo Inc. 4.500% 1/15/20 2,250 2,489
PepsiCo Inc. 3.000% 8/25/21 1,360 1,408
PepsiCo Inc. 3.100% 7/17/22 6,318 6,452

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
PepsiCo Inc. 2.750% 3/1/23 900 893
PepsiCo Inc. 3.600% 3/1/24 6,536 6,774
PepsiCo Inc. 3.500% 7/17/25 5,350 5,491
Philip Morris International Inc. 2.900% 11/15/21 1,350 1,358
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.600% 11/15/23 3,050 3,162
Stryker Corp. 4.375% 1/15/20 1,800 1,965
Sysco Corp. 3.750% 10/1/25 2,095 2,112
 
Energy (1.4%)        
BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 5/10/18 1,800 1,787
BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 3,780 3,825
BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 7,640 8,360
BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 4,040 4,453
BP Capital Markets plc 3.561% 11/1/21 6,917 7,237
BP Capital Markets plc 3.062% 3/17/22 915 919
BP Capital Markets plc 3.245% 5/6/22 1,800 1,812
BP Capital Markets plc 2.500% 11/6/22 3,140 2,993
BP Capital Markets plc 2.750% 5/10/23 2,190 2,098
BP Capital Markets plc 3.994% 9/26/23 900 935
BP Capital Markets plc 3.814% 2/10/24 3,590 3,667
BP Capital Markets plc 3.506% 3/17/25 915 905
Chevron Corp. 2.193% 11/15/19 450 455
Chevron Corp. 2.411% 3/3/22 3,290 3,218
Chevron Corp. 2.355% 12/5/22 4,825 4,645
Chevron Corp. 3.191% 6/24/23 550 557
ConocoPhillips Co. 2.400% 12/15/22 1,800 1,705
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC 2.500% 12/15/19 2,690 2,715
EOG Resources Inc. 4.400% 6/1/20 2,065 2,253
EOG Resources Inc. 2.625% 3/15/23 5,390 5,226
EOG Resources Inc. 3.150% 4/1/25 3,010 2,951
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.397% 3/6/22 1,100 1,093
Halliburton Co. 5.900% 9/15/18 450 502
National Oilwell Varco Inc. 2.600% 12/1/22 4,490 4,178
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1.500% 2/15/18 2,250 2,246
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.100% 2/1/21 5,815 6,264
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.125% 2/15/22 2,695 2,720
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 2.700% 2/15/23 1,800 1,770
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.500% 6/15/25 3,000 2,992
Schlumberger Investment SA 3.650% 12/1/23 3,590 3,678
Shell International Finance BV 4.375% 3/25/20 1,840 2,022
Shell International Finance BV 3.250% 5/11/25 1,800 1,793
Total Capital Canada Ltd. 2.750% 7/15/23 2,700 2,605
Total Capital International SA 2.750% 6/19/21 7,190 7,265
Total Capital International SA 2.875% 2/17/22 4,040 4,028
Total Capital International SA 2.700% 1/25/23 1,350 1,308
Total Capital SA 4.450% 6/24/20 1,800 1,985
Total Capital SA 4.125% 1/28/21 805 874
 
Other Industrial (0.1%)        
Fluor Corp. 3.500% 12/15/24 7,725 7,844
       
Technology (1.4%)        
Apple Inc. 0.900% 5/12/17 2,565 2,569
Apple Inc. 2.000% 5/6/20 3,705 3,718
Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/6/21 5,840 5,992

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Apple Inc. 2.150% 2/9/22 895 873
Apple Inc. 2.400% 5/3/23 3,590 3,475
Apple Inc. 3.450% 5/6/24 3,600 3,712
Apple Inc. 2.500% 2/9/25 1,340 1,270
Apple Inc. 3.200% 5/13/25 2,000 2,009
Applied Materials Inc. 2.625% 10/1/20 1,735 1,740
Applied Materials Inc. 3.900% 10/1/25 2,800 2,792
Baidu Inc. 3.250% 8/6/18 7,075 7,201
Broadcom Corp. 3.500% 8/1/24 465 460
Cisco Systems Inc. 4.950% 2/15/19 1,215 1,340
Cisco Systems Inc. 4.450% 1/15/20 590 650
Corning Inc. 1.500% 5/8/18 4,045 4,049
Corning Inc. 2.900% 5/15/22 2,695 2,715
EMC Corp. 3.375% 6/1/23 1,800 1,798
Intel Corp. 2.450% 7/29/20 885 897
Intel Corp. 3.300% 10/1/21 6,780 7,088
Intel Corp. 3.100% 7/29/22 1,335 1,358
Intel Corp. 2.700% 12/15/22 5,390 5,298
Intel Corp. 3.700% 7/29/25 5,240 5,381
International Business Machines Corp. 3.625% 2/12/24 1,800 1,852
Microsoft Corp. 2.375% 2/12/22 445 444
Microsoft Corp. 2.700% 2/12/25 670 655
Oracle Corp. 5.750% 4/15/18 1,810 2,000
Oracle Corp. 2.375% 1/15/19 2,920 2,980
Oracle Corp. 2.800% 7/8/21 1,345 1,362
Oracle Corp. 2.500% 5/15/22 8,260 8,139
Oracle Corp. 2.500% 10/15/22 6,300 6,147
Oracle Corp. 3.625% 7/15/23 4,500 4,686
Oracle Corp. 3.400% 7/8/24 6,090 6,171
Oracle Corp. 2.950% 5/15/25 2,000 1,948
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.400% 5/18/18 2,550 2,537
QUALCOMM Inc. 2.250% 5/20/20 2,315 2,311
QUALCOMM Inc. 3.450% 5/20/25 1,810 1,710
Xilinx Inc. 3.000% 3/15/21 5,390 5,483
 
Transportation (0.4%)        
7 CSX Transportation Inc. 6.251% 1/15/23 1,365 1,597
Union Pacific Corp. 4.163% 7/15/22 1,590 1,704
Union Pacific Corp. 2.750% 4/15/23 3,965 3,898
Union Pacific Corp. 3.750% 3/15/24 5,750 6,063
United Parcel Service Inc. 3.125% 1/15/21 4,980 5,196
United Parcel Service Inc. 2.450% 10/1/22 10,322 10,136
657,369
Utilities (2.0%)        
Electric (1.9%)        
Alabama Power Co. 3.375% 10/1/20 3,590 3,765
Alabama Power Co. 3.550% 12/1/23 450 465
Ameren Illinois Co. 2.700% 9/1/22 1,827 1,803
Arizona Public Service Co. 3.350% 6/15/24 3,410 3,478
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 2.800% 8/15/22 2,649 2,622
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 3.350% 7/1/23 3,800 3,858
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.400% 9/1/21 2,500 2,610
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.100% 11/1/24 3,000 2,989
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.650% 5/1/18 2,160 2,397
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.500% 2/1/19 845 949
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 2.500% 1/15/23 4,385 4,275

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Consumers Energy Co. 6.125% 3/15/19 1,120 1,280
Consumers Energy Co. 6.700% 9/15/19 1,745 2,048
Consumers Energy Co. 5.650% 4/15/20 6,158 7,085
Consumers Energy Co. 2.850% 5/15/22 4,380 4,408
Consumers Energy Co. 3.125% 8/31/24 1,350 1,365
DTE Electric Co. 3.450% 10/1/20 3,210 3,401
DTE Electric Co. 3.900% 6/1/21 4,115 4,450
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 7.000% 11/15/18 2,160 2,514
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 4.300% 6/15/20 3,465 3,807
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 3.900% 6/15/21 1,729 1,861
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.000% 9/15/21 7,945 8,243
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.250% 8/15/25 585 595
Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.800% 5/1/21 6,150 6,800
Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.300% 12/1/22 1,300 1,305
Florida Power & Light Co. 2.750% 6/1/23 2,385 2,370
Florida Power & Light Co. 3.250% 6/1/24 5,650 5,790
Kentucky Utilities Co. 3.300% 10/1/25 2,730 2,778
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. 3.300% 10/1/25 2,730 2,778
MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.950% 7/15/17 3,287 3,544
MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.300% 3/15/18 3,326 3,618
MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.700% 9/15/23 1,350 1,422
MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.500% 10/15/24 1,150 1,195
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.  10.375% 11/1/18 4,242 5,304
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.000% 1/27/20 135 134
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.350% 6/15/20 4,490 4,500
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.050% 2/15/22 4,857 4,912
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.850% 1/27/25 1,770 1,720
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.500% 6/15/25 7,415 7,510
PacifiCorp 5.500% 1/15/19 2,665 2,984
Potomac Electric Power Co. 3.600% 3/15/24 3,210 3,339
PPL Electric Utilities Corp. 3.000% 9/15/21 1,030 1,060
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 2.375% 5/15/23 1,930 1,862
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.050% 11/15/24 5,320 5,297
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.000% 5/15/25 3,850 3,836
Southern California Edison Co. 3.875% 6/1/21 910 979
Southern California Edison Co. 3.500% 10/1/23 6,110 6,346
Union Electric Co. 3.500% 4/15/24 1,520 1,562
 
Natural Gas (0.1%)        
Southern California Gas Co. 3.150% 9/15/24 5,510 5,590
       
Other Utility (0.0%)        
American Water Capital Corp. 3.400% 3/1/25 690 698
159,501
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $1,637,306) 1,658,077
Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (5.4%)        
Asian Development Bank 1.875% 10/23/18 6,375 6,526
10 Banco del Estado de Chile 2.000% 11/9/17 1,450 1,450
10 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 1.375% 9/27/17 2,725 2,753
10 Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 2,725 2,850
Canada 0.875% 2/14/17 1,825 1,832
10 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 4,550 5,012
CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.750% 5/9/18 5,860 5,810
10 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 3.400% 4/16/23 800 781

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Corp Andina de Fomento 4.375% 6/15/22 7,161 7,835
Corp. Andina de Fomento 3.750% 1/15/16 11,825 11,930
Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 1,300 1,287
10 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 4,000 3,977
11 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 2.750% 9/16/25 7,580 7,660
10,12 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.250% 10/18/16 2,725 2,738
European Investment Bank 0.625% 4/15/16 4,550 4,557
European Investment Bank 2.125% 7/15/16 3,650 3,695
European Investment Bank 1.750% 3/15/17 5,450 5,535
European Investment Bank 1.625% 6/15/17 2,275 2,309
European Investment Bank 4.000% 2/16/21 9,100 10,192
European Investment Bank 2.500% 4/15/21 7,275 7,592
10 Export-Import Bank of China 2.850% 9/16/20 9,400 9,425
Export-Import Bank of Korea 3.750% 10/20/16 16,250 16,660
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/11/17 14,430 14,906
Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.750% 2/27/18 3,935 3,937
Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.250% 1/21/20 5,390 5,385
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 2,550 2,764
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/14/24 2,000 2,143
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 3.231% 11/13/19 1,000 1,022
Inter-American Development Bank 1.125% 3/15/17 2,275 2,291
Inter-American Development Bank 2.375% 8/15/17 2,725 2,806
Inter-American Development Bank 3.875% 2/14/20 4,550 5,020
Inter-American Development Bank 3.000% 2/21/24 3,250 3,480
International Bank for Reconstruction &        
  Development 1.000% 9/15/16 4,550 4,569
International Finance Corp. 2.250% 4/11/16 4,550 4,595
International Finance Corp. 1.125% 11/23/16 2,900 2,917
10 IPIC GMTN Ltd. 3.125% 11/15/15 4,550 4,561
11 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 11/13/18 2,725 2,761
11 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.125% 2/7/19 2,725 2,791
13 KFW 2.000% 6/1/16 6,825 6,895
13 KFW 1.250% 10/5/16 4,550 4,585
13 KFW 1.250% 2/15/17 20,000 20,175
13 KFW 1.000% 6/11/18 5,225 5,223
Korea Development Bank 3.250% 3/9/16 3,375 3,407
Korea Development Bank 4.000% 9/9/16 5,050 5,184
Korea Development Bank 3.250% 9/20/16 2,000 2,041
Korea Development Bank 3.875% 5/4/17 4,000 4,146
Korea Development Bank 3.500% 8/22/17 6,155 6,373
10 Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 2.500% 7/16/17 2,050 2,076
Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 2.625% 11/27/18 4,755 4,837
10 Korea Expressway Corp. 1.625% 4/28/17 4,750 4,742
10 Korea Gas Corp. 2.875% 7/29/18 3,650 3,753
10 Korea Land & Housing Corp. 1.875% 8/2/17 4,750 4,765
13 Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank 2.125% 7/15/16 4,550 4,612
13 Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank 2.375% 9/13/17 5,000 5,149
10 Municipality Finance plc 1.125% 4/17/18 2,275 2,279
10 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.875% 3/13/19 1,800 1,836
North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 3,750 3,800
10 Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 3.375% 10/14/16 900 915
10 Province of Alberta 1.000% 6/21/17 1,825 1,829
10 Province of Alberta 1.750% 8/26/20 1,500 1,507
Province of Manitoba 2.100% 9/6/22 1,900 1,879
Province of New Brunswick 2.750% 6/15/18 1,145 1,190

 

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Face Market
Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Province of Ontario 1.600% 9/21/16 9,140 9,224
Province of Ontario 1.100% 10/25/17 2,725 2,726
Province of Ontario 1.200% 2/14/18 2,275 2,278
Province of Ontario 3.000% 7/16/18 3,926 4,107
Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 5,475 5,958
Province of Ontario 4.400% 4/14/20 3,175 3,542
Quebec 3.500% 7/29/20 6,375 6,875
Quebec 2.750% 8/25/21 9,225 9,565
Quebec 7.500% 7/15/23 1,335 1,779
7,10 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II 5.298% 9/30/20 625 668
7,10 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III 5.832% 9/30/16 570 584
Republic of Korea 5.125% 12/7/16 2,275 2,384
Republic of Korea 7.125% 4/16/19 3,175 3,754
Republic of Poland 6.375% 7/15/19 15,000 17,362
Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 7,115 8,007
Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 3,275 3,657
Republic of Poland 4.000% 1/22/24 15,400 16,270
10 Republic of Slovakia 4.375% 5/21/22 2,275 2,538
10 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd. 2.750% 5/17/17 1,450 1,473
State of Israel 5.125% 3/26/19 6,825 7,625
10 State of Qatar 3.125% 1/20/17 2,275 2,336
Statoil ASA 5.250% 4/15/19 4,550 5,061
Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 7,065 7,148
Statoil ASA 2.450% 1/17/23 1,825 1,745
Statoil ASA 3.700% 3/1/24 6,300 6,458
Svensk Exportkredit AB 1.750% 10/20/15 6,825 6,829
10 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 1,750 1,740
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $423,367) 433,245
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.1%)        
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance        
  Corp. Revenue 2.995% 7/1/20 2,050 2,097
Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 2,986 3,083
Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 1,433 1,496
University of California Revenue 2.054% 5/15/18 900 922
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $7,368) 7,598
 
Shares
Temporary Cash Investment (9.2%)        
Money Market Fund (9.2%)        
14 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 0.189%        
  (Cost $738,478) 738,478,476 738,478
Total Investments (105.4%) (Cost $8,377,062) 8,470,167
Other Assets and Liabilities (-5.4%)        
Other Assets       133,085
Liabilities       (568,175)
(435,090)

 

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Market
Value
($000)
Net Assets (100%)  
Applicable to 342,543,216 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 8,035,077
Net Asset Value Per Share $23.46
 
Amount
($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers 7,731,689
Affiliated Vanguard Funds 738,478
Total Investments in Securities 8,470,167
Investment in Vanguard 707
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 95,265
Receivables for Accrued Income 34,206
Other Assets 2,907
Total Assets 8,603,252
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 563,086
Payables to Vanguard 232
Other Liabilities 4,857
Total Liabilities 568,175
Net Assets 8,035,077

 

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At September 30, 2015, net assets consisted of:  
Amount
($000)
Paid-in Capital 7,927,107
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (105)
Accumulated Net Realized Gains 12,360
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 93,105
Futures Contracts 3,491
Swap Contracts (881)
Net Assets 8,035,077

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $1,957,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $5,791,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $320,000 have been segregated as collateral for open over-the-counter swap contracts.
4 U.S. government-guaranteed.
5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by
the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
6 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by
the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in
exchange for senior preferred stock.
7 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments
and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
8 Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of September 30, 2015.
9 Adjustable-rate security.
10 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt
from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was
$296,780,000, representing 3.7% of net assets.
11 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
12 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
13 Guaranteed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
14 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is
the 7-day yield.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
  ($000)
Investment Income    
Income    
Interest2   42,429
Total Income   42,429
Expenses    
The Vanguard Group—Note B    
Investment Advisory Services   31
Management and Administrative   335
Marketing and Distribution   10
Custodian Fees   27
Auditing Fees   46
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses   1
Total Expenses   450
Net Investment Income   41,979
Realized Net Gain (Loss)    
Investment Securities Sold   5,701
Futures Contracts   6,103
Swap Contracts   551
Realized Net Gain (Loss)   12,355
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)    
Investment Securities   93,105
Futures Contracts   3,491
Swap Contracts   (881)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   95,715
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 150,049
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $281,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 41,979
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 12,355
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 95,715
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 150,049
Distributions    
Net Investment Income (42,421)
Realized Capital Gain
Total Distributions (42,421)
Capital Share Transactions—Note H    
Issued 2 7,910,849
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 42,421
Redeemed (25,821)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 7,927,449
Total Increase (Decrease) 8,035,077
Net Assets  
Beginning of Period
End of Period3 8,035,077
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Includes shares converted from the net assets of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Intermediate-Term Bond Trust. See Note G in Notes to Financial Statements.
3 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($105,000).

 

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

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Financial Highlights

June 19, 20151 to
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period September 30, 2015
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.36
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income .126
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .101
Total from Investment Operations .227
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.127)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.127)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $23.46
 
Total Return 0.97%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $8,035
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02%2
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.92%2
Portfolio Turnover Rate 45%3
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.
2 Annualized.
3 Includes 12% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

 

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund is offered to investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $10 million. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries.

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. Bonds, and temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds 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 aggregate settlement values 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 period ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 9% and less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

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3. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment

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by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. 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. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the period ended September 30, 2015, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 4% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At September 30, 2015, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts cash with a value of $580,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

5. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund has also

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entered into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

6. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for its open federal income tax period ended September 30, 2015, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

8. Other: 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.

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, 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 Assets and Liabilities.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At September 30, 2015, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $707,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.28% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 4,716,619
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 895,171 20,979
Corporate Bonds 1,658,077
Sovereign Bonds 433,245
Taxable Municipal Bonds 7,598
Temporary Cash Investments 738,478
Futures Contracts—Assets1 231
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (572)
Swap Contracts—Assets 731 8
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (77)1 (867)
Total 738,133 7,709,851 20,979
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At September 30, 2015, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:

Interest Rate Credit  
Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption ($000) ($000) ($000)
Other Assets 304 8 312
Other Liabilities (649) (867) (1,516)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the period ended September 30, 2015, were:

Interest Rate Credit  
Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 6,103 6,103
Swap Contracts 368 183 551
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 6,471 183 6,654
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 3,491 3,491
Swap Contracts (22) (859) (881)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation      
(Depreciation) on Derivatives 3,469 (859) 2,610

 

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At September 30, 2015, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

    ($000)
Aggregate
Number of Settlement Unrealized
Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 1,193 261,304 522
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 1,812 233,267 1,844
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note December 2015 1,420 171,132 1,178
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond December 2015 (78) (12,512) (55)
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond December 2015 (53) (8,339) 2
3,491

 

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

At September 30, 2015, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
Remaining    
Up-Front Periodic  
Premium Premium Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination    Amount  (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating          
Federation of Malaysia/A3 9/20/20 GSCM 7,500 93 1.000 (336)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 12/20/20 BNPSW 3,867 153 1.000 (96)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 12/20/20 GSCM 3,000 177 1.000 (16)
Peoples’ Republic of China/Aa3 9/20/20 BNPSW 5,000 43 1.000 (11)
Peoples’ Republic of China/Aa3 9/20/20 BNPSW 5,000 33 1.000 (21)
Peoples’ Republic of China/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 6,400 95 1.000 6
Republic of Chile/Aa3 9/20/20 GSCM 8,000 (41) 1.000 (208)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 2,500 24 1.000 (36)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 7,400 72 1.000 (107)
Republic of Chile/Aa3 12/20/20 JPMC 5,000 105 1.000 (16)
53,667 (841)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
Remaining    
Up-Front Periodic  
Premium Premium Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Purchased            
El Du Pont De Nemours & Co. 9/20/18 GSCM 1,550 23 (1.000) (10)
El Du Pont De Nemours & Co. 9/20/18 BNPSW 1,550 22 (1.000) (10)
Wells Fargo & Co. 9/20/20 BOANA 3,740 76 (1.000) 2
6,840 (18)
(859)

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps        
Fixed Floating  
Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
Notional Received Received Appreciation
Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Termination Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
3/15/17 CME 60,000 0.883 (0.207)1 324
8/15/17 LCH 80,000 0.981 (0.207)1 533
3/15/18 CME 50,000 0.899 (0.208)1 171
9/15/18 CME 5,920 1.544 (0.207)1 116
1/15/19 CME 25,000 (1.549) 0.2071 (491)
8/15/19 LCH 20,000 (1.524) 0.2071 (355)
8/15/20 LCH 50,000 (1.486) 0.2081 (568)
3/15/21 CME 10,000 1.823 (0.207)1 248
(22)
CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
LCH—London Clearing House.
1 Based on one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

 

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.

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Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized gains of $337,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to overdistributed net investment income.

For tax purposes, at September 30, 2015, the fund had $3,034,000 of ordinary income and $12,831,000 of long-term capital gains available for distribution.

At September 30, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,377,063,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $93,104,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $108,347,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $15,243,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the period ended September 30, 2015, the fund purchased $434,364,000 of investment securities and sold $365,848,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $3,160,047,000 and $2,967,772,000, respectively.

G. On June 19, 2015, the fund acquired all of the net assets of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Intermediate-Term Bond Trust (the “trust”). The trust’s net assets transferred to the fund were $7,659,070,000, including $74,381,000 of unrealized appreciation. These net assets were exchanged on a tax-free basis for 327,868,000 shares of the fund. Immediately following the transfer on June 19, 2015, unitholders of the trust received those 327,868,000 shares of the fund in exchange for their 327,868,000 units of the trust, and the trust ceased operations.

The fund reclassified realized loss of $342,000 from accumulated net realized gains to paid in capital for differences in the treatment of futures contracts held on June 19, 2015, for financial reporting and tax purposes.

H. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:

June 19, 20151 to
September 30, 2015
Shares
(000)
Issued 341,833
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,815
Redeemed (1,105)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 342,543
1 Commencement of operations as a registered investment company.

 

I. Certain funds managed by The Vanguard Group participate in a $3 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. In October 2015, this credit agreement was amended to designate the fund as an additional borrower. 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 0.06% 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. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

Management has determined that no other transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2015, 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 Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund: In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets, statement of assets and liabilities, 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 Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund (constituting separate portfolios of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at September 30, 2015, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and the financial highlights for the period June 19, 2015 (commencement of operations) through September 30, 2015, 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 Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2015

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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, 2015      
Beginning Ending Expenses
Account Value Account Value Paid During
3/31/2015 9/30/2015 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return  
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund  
Institutional Plus Shares $1,000.00 $1,004.95 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund  
Institutional Plus Shares $1,000.00 $1,005.79 $0.10
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return  
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund  
Institutional Plus Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.97 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund  
Institutional Plus Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.97 $0.10

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for that
period are: for the Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund Institutional Plus Shares, 0.02%; and for the Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Institutional Plus Shares, 0.02%. 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 Arrangement

The board of trustees approved the launch of Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund utilizing an internalized management structure whereby The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)—through its Fixed Income Group—would provide investment advisory services to each fund at cost. The board determined that the investment advisory arrangements with Vanguard were in the best interests of the funds and their prospective shareholders.

The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether 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 the investment management services to be provided to the funds and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.

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

Investment performance

The board determined that, in its management of other Vanguard active funds, the Fixed Income Group has a track record of consistent performance and disciplined investment processes. Information about each fund’s performance since the commencement of operations can be found in the Performance Summary sections of this report.

Cost

The board considered the cost of services to be provided and concluded that each fund’s expense ratio will be below the average expense ratios charged by funds in its peer group. Information about each fund’s expense ratio appears in the Financial Statements sections.

The board did not consider 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 funds’ at-cost arrangements with Vanguard ensure that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets 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.

Average Coupon. The average interest rate paid on the fixed income securities held by a fund. It is expressed as a percentage of face value.

Average Duration. An estimate of how much the value of the bonds held by a fund will fluctuate in response to a change in interest rates. To see how the value could change, multiply the average duration by the change in rates. If interest rates rise by 1 percentage point, the value of the bonds in a fund with an average duration of five years would decline by about 5%. If rates decrease by a percentage point, the value would rise by 5%.

Average Effective Maturity. The average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration the possibility that the issuer may call the bond before its maturity date. The figure reflects the proportion of fund assets represented by each security; it also reflects any futures contracts held. In general, the longer the average effective maturity, the more a fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market interest rates.

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.

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.

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.

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.

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

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

Yield to Maturity. The rate of return an investor would receive if the fixed income securities held by a fund were held to their maturity dates.

Benchmark Information

Spliced Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index: Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index through December 31, 2009; Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index thereafter.

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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 194 Vanguard funds.

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

InterestedTrustee1 Rajiv L. Gupta
  Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
F. William McNabb III Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of International PLC (diversified manufacturing and
the investment companies served by The Vanguard services), Hewlett-Packard Co. (electronic computer
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive PLC
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of Mountain Capital.
the investment companies served by The Vanguard  
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Amy Gutmann
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Group (1995–2008). Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
  Other Experience: President of the University of
IndependentTrustees Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
  Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Emerson U. Fullwood Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal School for Communication, with secondary faculty
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
(document management products and services); Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished  
Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
manufacturing), the United Way of Rochester, Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Amerigroup Corporation (managed health care), the Experience: Corporate Vice President and Chief
University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and Member
Community College Foundation, and North Carolina of the Executive Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson
A&T University. & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/
  consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge
  Corporation (hotels), the University Medical Center
  at Princeton, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
  and the Center for Talent Innovation; Member of
  the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s
  Leadership at Rutgers University.

 

 

F. Joseph Loughrey Executive Officers  
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Glenn Booraem  
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation the investment companies served by The Vanguard
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the the investment companies served by The Vanguard
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board Group (2001–2010).  
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both
at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas J. Higgins  
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
Mark Loughridge 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. Peter Mahoney  
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Scott C. Malpass Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Other Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other at The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Group (2008–2014).  
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame
403(b) Investment Committee; Board Member of Heidi Stam  
TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic Investment Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Services, Inc. (investment advisors); Member of Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
the Investment Advisory Committee of Major Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard
League Baseball. Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group;
Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the
André F. Perold investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Marketing Corporation.  
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and    
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of Paul A. Heller Thomas M. Rampulla
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer John J. Brennan  
(retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications Chairman, 1996–2009  
equipment); Trustee of Colby-Sawyer College; Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris Cotton    
Cancer Center and of the Advisory Board of the    
Parthenon Group (strategy consulting). Founder  
  John C. Bogle  
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

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.

 

 

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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 Total Returns. 1
Chairman’s Letter. 2
Fund Profile. 8
Performance Summary. 9
Financial Statements. 11
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 25
Glossary. 27

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: Pictured is a sailing block on the Brilliant, a 1932 schooner docked in Mystic, Connecticut. A type of pulley, the
sailing block helps coordinate the setting of the sails. At Vanguard, the intricate coordination of technology and people allows
us to help millions of clients around the world reach their financial goals.

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015        
 
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund      
Investor Shares 0.37% -0.41% -0.95% -1.36%
ETF Shares 0.46      
Market Price       -1.20
Net Asset Value       -1.26
Admiral™ Shares 0.46 -0.31 -0.91 -1.22
Institutional Shares 0.50 -0.28 -0.91 -1.19
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected        
Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index       -1.19
Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average       -2.69

Inflation-Protected Bond 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. Institutional Shares are
available to certain institutional investors who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria. The Vanguard ETF® Shares
shown are traded on the Nasdaq exchange and are available only through brokers. The table provides ETF returns based on both the Nasdaq
market price and the net asset value for a share. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,879,964; 7,337,138; 7,720,749; 7,925,573; 8,090,646; and 8,417,623.
For the ETF Shares, the market price is determined by the midpoint of the bid-offer spread as of the closing time of the New York Stock
Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time). The net asset value is also determined as of the NYSE closing time. For more information about
how the ETF Shares' market prices have compared with their net asset value, visit vanguard.com, select your ETF, and then select the Price
and Performance tab. The ETF premium/discount analysis there shows the percentages of days on which the ETF Shares' market price was
above or below the NAV.

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
September 30, 2014, Through September 30, 2015

      Distributions Per Share
  Starting Ending    
  Share Share Income Capital
  Price Price Dividends Gains
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities        
Index Fund        
Investor Shares $24.74 $24.23 $0.173 $0.000
ETF Shares 49.38 48.36 0.395 0.000
Admiral Shares 24.77 24.27 0.198 0.000
Institutional Shares 24.78 24.28 0.205 0.000

 

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Chairman’s Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund returned –1.36% for Investor Shares for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. Returns were slightly better for Institutional (–1.19%), Admiral (–1.22%), and ETF (–1.26%, based on net asset value) Shares.

The fund’s benchmark index returned –1.19%. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track its benchmark as closely as possible, after allowing for expenses. An index, of course, has no operating costs to detract from its returns.

China’s economic woes weighed on U.S. stocks

The broad U.S. stock market returned –0.49% for the 12 months. The final two months were especially rocky as investors worried in particular about the global ripple effects of slower economic growth in China.

For much of the fiscal year, investors were preoccupied with the possibility of an increase in short-term interest rates. On September 17, the Federal Reserve announced that it would hold rates steady for the time being, a decision that to some investors indicated the Fed’s concern about the fragility of global markets.

International stocks returned about –11%, as the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies weighed on results. Returns for emerging markets, which

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were especially hard hit by the concerns about China, trailed those of the developed markets of the Pacific region and Europe.

Taxable bonds recorded gains as investors searched for safety

The broad U.S. taxable bond market returned 2.94%, as investors gravitated toward safe-haven assets amid global stock market turmoil. Stimulative monetary policies from the world’s central banks, declining inflation expectations, and global investors’ search for higher yields also helped lift U.S. bonds.

The yield of the 10-year Treasury note ended September at 2.05%, down from 2.48% a year earlier. (Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

International bond markets (as measured by the Barclays Global Aggregate Index ex USD) returned –7.67%, hurt by the dollar’s strength against many foreign currencies. Without this currency effect, international bonds advanced modestly.

The Fed’s 0%–0.25% target for short-term interest rates continued to limit returns for money market funds and savings accounts.

Expectations for inflation receded, causing TIPS’ prices to follow suit

As you can see in the returns table on page 1, the returns of the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund consisted of both negative income and negative capital (price) returns. (See the box on page 6 for more on the fund’s income situation.)

Market Barometer      
  Average Annual Total Returns
  Periods Ended September 30, 2015
  One Three Five
  Year Years Years
Bonds      
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable      
market) 2.94% 1.71% 3.10%
Barclays Municipal Bond Index (Broad tax-exempt market) 3.16 2.88 4.14
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.02 0.02 0.04
 
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) -0.61% 12.66% 13.42%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 1.25 11.02 11.73
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) -0.49 12.53 13.28
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) -11.34 2.87 2.19
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index -0.04% 0.93% 1.73%

 

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During the period, as concerns spread that global growth was slowing, nominal Treasuries rose in price and their yields fell. However, Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) reacted differently. Prices of short-term TIPS declined and their yields rose (although they remained very low) as inflation insurance lost some appeal. China’s deceleration, falling commodity prices, and deflationary signals in Europe and Japan combined to cause investors to view TIPS as less attractive.

U.S. inflation readings also contributed to the market reaction. The core personal consumption expenditure index, which is watched closely by the Federal Reserve, has remained below the Fed’s 2% target. And the “headline” consumer price index (CPI), which includes food and energy, actually registered a monthly negative reading several times during the period. The headline CPI is used to calculate the inflation adjustment on the securities held by your fund.

The silver lining to TIPS’ lower prices has been yields that are higher, if still very low. As of September 30, the fund’s SEC yield stood at 0.37% for Investor Shares, the first time in the fund’s three-year history that its yield finished a reporting period in positive territory.

Until recently, investors had been willing to pay above face value for short-term inflation-protected securities because of concerns that inflation would accelerate

Expense Ratios          
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group          
 
 
  Investor ETF Admiral Institutional Peer Group
  Shares Shares Shares Shares Average
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities          
Index Fund 0.20% 0.10% 0.10% 0.07% 0.80%

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the expense ratios were 0.17% for Investor Shares, 0.08% for ETF Shares, 0.08% for Admiral
Shares, and 0.05% for Institutional Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters
Company, and captures information through year-end 2014.

Peer group: Inflation-Protected Bond Funds.

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in coming years. The rationale was that an increase in inflation would trigger future inflation adjustments that would generate positive returns. This calculation caused the fund’s Investor Shares to consistently post negative yields—until early January, when the yield ticked above zero for the first time. Although it drifted back below zero several times in the following months, it ended the period above the flat line.

With inflation fears receding, the TIPS market is providing more regular income for the fund—a welcome development. Should it continue, fund returns will benefit as more income can be reinvested into the portfolio.

Providing protection from inflation remains a valuable goal

As of September 30, the bond market indicated that the expected average annual rate of inflation over the next five years was 1.12%, a figure much lower than that of a year ago, when it registered 1.71%. This projection is based on the so-called break-even inflation rate, which represents the difference between the yields of inflation-protected Treasury securities and nominal Treasury securities with the same maturities.

The market’s corresponding projection for inflation over the next ten years stood at 1.33% on September 30, compared with

Yields of U.S. Treasury Securities    
As of September 30, 2015    
  Inflation-Protected  
  Securities Nominal
Maturity (Real Yields) Securities
2 years -0.15% 0.65%
3 years -0.07 0.93
5 years 0.26 1.38
10 years 0.72 2.05
30 years 1.41 2.85
Source: Vanguard.

 

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1.86% one year ago. The 30-year figure fell from 2.06% a year ago to a remarkably low 1.44%.

Of course, market expectations for inflation constantly change, just as bond prices and interest rates do. If inflation expectations should revive, TIPS prices could rise accordingly. But if actual inflation should reassert itself, that could boost interest rates for all bonds; this would hurt TIPS prices but provide additional inflation compensation on the fund’s holdings, helping the income return.

In short, it can be especially difficult to project what the TIPS market will do in the future. But whatever happens, TIPS’ built-in inflation protection and U.S. Treasury backing can offer a beneficial degree of diversification to a portfolio.

A dose of discipline is crucial when markets become volatile

The past few months have been volatile ones in the financial markets. Stocks tumbled in August, for example, and swung up and down in September. And as I mentioned, expectations about inflation have shifted.

The fund feels the impact of disinflation
 
The low level of inflation in recent years, and even occasions of falling consumer prices, has
had an impact on the fund’s returns and distributions.
 
As we noted earlier, the fund’s total return for the fiscal year included a component of negative
income, an unusual data point. Negative income is recorded when the values of some of the
fund’s securities are adjusted downward as consumer prices decline, as they have from time
to time recently. These reductions were greater than the income received from the fund’s
portfolio of securities.
 
As for distributions, although the fund can issue dividends quarterly, it has not done so for
most of its roughly three-year history, including the first three quarters of calendar 2015. It has
held back dividends to minimize the risk of overdistributing income for the full year, a potential
recordkeeping headache for shareholders.
 
This risk is greatest during periods of deflation, low or slowing inflation, and low or negative
yields, conditions that have characterized the TIPS market in recent years, even after the slight
uptick in yields recently.
 
When the accountants determine the fund’s total income for calendar 2015, the fund will
distribute whatever income is available, if any, in the latter half of December, as it has done
for the past three years.

 

 

These developments remind us that nobody can control the direction of the markets or reliably predict where they’ll go in the short term. However, investors can control how they react to unstable and turbulent markets.

During periods of market adversity, it’s more important than ever to keep sight of one of Vanguard’s key principles: Maintain perspective and long-term discipline. Whether you’re investing for yourself or on behalf of clients, your success is affected greatly by how you respond—or don’t respond—during turbulent markets. (You can read Vanguard’s Principles for Investing Success at vanguard.com/research.)

As I’ve written in the past, the best course for long-term investors is generally to ignore daily market moves and not make decisions based on emotion. This is also a good time to evaluate your portfolio and make sure your asset allocation is aligned with your time horizon, goals, and risk tolerance.

The markets are unpredictable and often confounding. Keeping long-term plans clearly in focus can help us weather these periodic storms.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
October 19, 2015

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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

Fund Profile
As of September 30, 2015

Share-Class Characteristics        
  Investor   Admiral Institutional
  Shares ETF Shares Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VTIPX VTIP VTAPX VTSPX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10% 0.10% 0.07%
30-Day SEC Yield2 0.37% 0.46% 0.46% 0.50%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
 
    Barclays  
    TIPS Barclays
    0-5 Year Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index 
 
Number of      
Bonds 16 15 9,611
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before      
expenses) 1.0% 1.2% 2.3%
 
Average Coupon 0.9% 0.9% 3.2%
 
Average Duration 2.6 years 2.6 years 5.6 years
 
Average      
Effective      
Maturity 2.6 years 2.6 years 7.8 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 0.3%
 
 
 
Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Treasury/Agency     100.0%

The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are
generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 100.0%

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are
used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. "Not
Rated" is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money
market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information
about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 19.6%
1 - 3 Years 39.2
3 - 5 Years 41.2

 

Investment Focus


1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 27, 2015, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2015, the expense ratios were 0.17% for Investor Shares, 0.08% for ETF Shares, 0.08% for Admiral Shares, and 0.05% for
Institutional Shares.
Yields of inflation-protected securities tend to be lower than those of nominal bonds, because the former do not incorporate market expectations
about inflation. The principal amounts—and thus the interest payments—of inflation-protected securities are adjusted over time to reflect inflation.

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Performance Summary

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

Cumulative Performance: October 16, 2012, Through September 30, 2015
Initial Investment of $10,000


 
    Average Annual Total Returns  
    Periods Ended September 30, 2015  
 
      Since Final Value
    One Inception of a $10,000
    Year (10/16/2012) Investment
  Short-Term Inflation-Protected      
  Securities Index Fund Investor Shares -1.36% -0.78% $9,772
  Barclays U.S. Treasury      
••••••••        
  Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5      
  Year Index -1.19 -0.74 9,783
 
 
– – – – Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average -2.69 -2.73 9,216
  Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.94 1.73 10,519

Inflation-Protected Bond Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Investor Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

 

    Since Final Value
  One Inception of a $10,000
  Year (10/12/2012) Investment
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities      
Index Fund ETF Shares Net Asset Value -1.26% -0.68% $9,799
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected      
Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index -1.19 -0.74 9,781
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.94 1.67 10,505
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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  Average Annual Total Returns  
  Periods Ended September 30, 2015  
    Since Final Value
  One Inception of a $10,000
  Year (10/16/2012) Investment
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities      
Index Fund Admiral Shares -1.22% -0.67% $9,803
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected      
Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index -1.19 -0.74 9,783
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.94 1.73 10,519
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Admiral Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

    Since Final Value
  One Inception of a $5,000,000
  Year (10/17/2012) Investment
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities      
Index Fund Institutional Shares -1.19% -0.63% $4,907,296
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected      
Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index -1.19 -0.72 4,894,713
 
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index 2.94 1.81 5,271,855
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the Institutional Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

 

Cumulative Returns of ETF Shares: October 12, 2012, Through September 30, 2015

    Since
  One Inception
  Year (10/12/2012)
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund    
ETF Shares Market Price -1.20% -1.92%
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund    
ETF Shares Net Asset Value -1.26 -2.01
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities    
(TIPS) 0–5 Year Index -1.19 -2.19
"Since Inception" performance is calculated from the ETF Shares’ inception date for both the fund and its comparative standards.

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): October 16, 2012, Through September 30, 2015

        Barclays
        TIPS
        0-5 Year
      Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2013 0.09% -1.00% -0.91% -1.20%
2014 0.02 -0.04 -0.02 0.21
2015 -0.41 -0.95 -1.36 -1.19

 

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Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets
As of September 30, 2015

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).

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (99.7%)        
U.S. Government Securities (99.7%)        
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.000% 1/15/16 500,445 599,868
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/16 1,125,962 1,204,839
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.500% 7/15/16 502,490 603,367
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.375% 1/15/17 432,815 525,888
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/17 1,299,898 1,360,501
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.625% 7/15/17 383,916 463,003
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 405,947 478,632
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 1,474,052 1,520,410
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.375% 7/15/18 412,135 474,363
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.125% 1/15/19 386,425 457,660
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/19 1,482,581 1,505,298
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.875% 7/15/19 436,366 521,038
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.375% 1/15/20 530,891 615,197
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/20 1,008,629 1,022,117
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.250% 7/15/20 825,851 949,349
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $12,485,920)     12,301,530
 
      Shares  
Temporary Cash Investment (0.1%)        
Money Market Fund (0.1%)        
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund        
(Cost $12,155) 0.189%   12,155,462 12,155
Total Investments (99.8%) (Cost $12,498,075)       12,313,685

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.2%)  
Other Assets  
Investment in VGI 1,106
Receivables for Accrued Income 25,467
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 48,441
Other Assets 2
Total Other Assets 75,016
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased (45,238)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (7,855)
Payables to Vanguard (2,364)
Other Liabilities (124)
Total Liabilities (55,581)
Net Assets (100%) 12,333,120

 

At September 30, 2015, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 12,574,749
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (11,083)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (46,156)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (184,390)
Net Assets 12,333,120
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 187,039,468 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 4,532,444
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $24.23
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 38,012,180 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 1,838,352
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $48.36
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 87,606,731 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 2,125,819
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $24.27

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 158,037,204 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 3,836,505
Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares $24.28

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Year Ended
  September 30, 2015
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest Income (Loss)1 (40,560)
Total Income (Loss) (40,560)
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 283
Management and Administrative— Investor Shares 7,061
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 1,003
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 974
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 1,091
Marketing and Distribution— Investor Shares 818
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 218
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 242
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 393
Custodian Fees 56
Auditing Fees 46
Shareholders’ Reports— Investor Shares
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 28
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 3
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares 7
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 8
Total Expenses 12,231
Net Investment Income (Loss) (52,791)
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold (9,328)
Futures Contracts (3,585)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (12,913)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities (73,400)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (139,104)
1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $142,000.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income (Loss) (52,791) 80,746
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (12,913) (1,688)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (73,400) (85,671)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations (139,104) (6,613)
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (32,095) (617)
ETF Shares (11,618) (506)
Admiral Shares (12,111) (569)
Institutional Shares (25,014) (1,074)
Realized Capital Gain    
Investor Shares
ETF Shares
Admiral Shares
Institutional Shares
Total Distributions (80,838) (2,766)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 110,230 818,913
ETF Shares 532,047 370,519
Admiral Shares 640,240 744,384
Institutional Shares 1,193,894 1,446,088
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 2,476,411 3,379,904
Total Increase (Decrease) 2,256,469 3,370,525
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 10,076,651 6,706,126
End of Period1 12,333,120 10,076,651
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($11,083,000) and $79,312,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares      
      Oct. 16,
  Year Ended 20121 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.74 $24.75 $25.00
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income (Loss) (.131) .183 .015
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.206) (.189) (.241)
Total from Investment Operations (.337) (.006) (.226)
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.173) (.004) (.024)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.173) (.004) (.024)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.23 $24.74 $24.75
 
Total Return2 -1.36% -0.02% -0.91%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $4,532 $4,517 $3,702
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.17% 0.20% 0.20%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (0.53%) 0.88% 0.01%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 26% 18% 13%

1 Inception.
2 Total returns do not include transaction or account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide
information about any applicable transaction and account service fees.
3 Annualized.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares,
including ETF Creation Units.

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

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Financial Highlights

ETF Shares      
      Oct. 12,
  Year Ended 20121 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $49.38 $49.36 $49.83
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income (Loss) (.210) .414 .065
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.415) (.371) (.483)
Total from Investment Operations (.625) .043 (.418)
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.395) (.023) (.052)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.395) (.023) (.052)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $48.36 $49.38 $49.36
 
Total Return -1.26% 0.09% -0.84%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,838 $1,336 $967
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%2
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (0.44%) 0.98% 0.11%2
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 26% 18% 13%

1 Inception.
2 Annualized.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares,
including ETF Creation Units.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares      
      Oct. 16,
  Year Ended 20121 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.77 $24.77 $25.00
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income (Loss) (.105) .209 .025
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.197) (.195) (.229)
Total from Investment Operations (.302) .014 (.204)
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.198) (.014) (.026)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.198) (.014) (.026)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.27 $24.77 $24.77
 
Total Return2 -1.22% 0.06% -0.82%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,126 $1,518 $776
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (0.44%) 0.98% 0.11%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 26% 18% 13%

1 Inception.
2 Total returns do not include transaction or account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide
information about any applicable transaction and account service fees.
3 Annualized.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares,
including ETF Creation Units.

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

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares      
      Oct. 17,
  Year Ended 20121 to
  September 30, Sept. 30,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $24.78 $24.77 $24.99
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income (Loss) (.099) .215 .026
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.196) (.189) (.220)
Total from Investment Operations (.295) .026 (.194)
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.205) (.016) (.026)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.205) (.016) (.026)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $24.28 $24.78 $24.77
 
Total Return2 -1.19% 0.11% -0.78%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $3,837 $2,706 $1,262
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.05% 0.07% 0.07%3
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (0.41%) 1.01% 0.14%3
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 26% 18% 13%

1 Inception.
2 Total returns do not include transaction fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any
applicable transaction fees.
3 Annualized.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares,
including ETF Creation Units.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, ETF Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq; they can be purchased and sold through a broker. Admiral Shares and Institutional 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. Bonds, and temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds 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 aggregate settlement values 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, 2015, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts each represented 0% of net assets, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open futures contracts at September 30, 2015.

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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, 2013–2015), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

5. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3 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 0.06% 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 equal to the higher of the federal funds rate or LIBOR reference rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2015, or at any time during the period then ended.

6. Other: 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. Inflation adjustments to the face amount of inflation-indexed securities are included in interest income. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, 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, 2015, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,106,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.44% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 12,301,530
Temporary Cash Investments 12,155
Total 12,155 12,301,530

 

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

Certain of the fund’s U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed securities experienced deflation and amortization adjustments that reduced interest income and the cost of investments for financial statement purposes by an amount greater than the reduction of taxable income; the additional income reduction will be deferred for tax purposes until it is used to offset future inflation adjustments that increase taxable income. The difference becomes permanent if the securities are sold. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund realized gains of $4,165,000 that were included in ordinary income for tax purposes as a result of deferred deflation and amortization adjustments; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to overdistributed net investment income. Deferred inflation and amortization adjustments to securities held at September 30, 2015, totaling $9,090,000 are reflected as a reduction of the amount of tax-basis unrealized appreciation of investment securities.

During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund realized $16,930,000 of net capital gains resulting from in-kind redemptions—in which shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the fund rather than for cash. Because such gains are not taxable to the fund, and are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to paid-in capital.

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For tax purposes, the fund had a net operating loss of $39,069,000, which has been reclassified from overdistributed net investment income to paid-in-capital. At September 30, 2015, the fund had no ordinary income available for distribution. The fund had available capital losses totaling $45,559,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains.

At September 30, 2015, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $12,507,745,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $194,060,000, consisting entirely of unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

E. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the fund purchased $5,401,428,000 of investment securities and sold $3,000,274,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $773,784,000 and $173,206,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.

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

  Year Ended September 30,
  2015 2014
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 829,293 34,019 1,086,608 43,771
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 31,998 1,322 615 25
Redeemed (751,061) (30,890) (268,310) (10,797)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 110,230 4,451 818,913 32,999
ETF Shares        
Issued 738,501 15,206 405,104 8,164
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions
Redeemed (206,454) (4,250) (34,585) (700)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares 532,047 10,956 370,519 7,464
Admiral Shares        
Issued 1,106,772 45,451 1,056,873 42,528
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 10,779 445 515 21
Redeemed (477,311) (19,565) (313,004) (12,590)
Net Increase (Decrease) —Admiral Shares 640,240 26,331 744,384 29,959
Institutional Shares        
Issued 1,866,248 76,449 1,638,186 65,969
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 24,697 1,019 1,066 43
Redeemed (697,051) (28,609) (193,164) (7,768)
Net Increase (Decrease) —Institutional Shares 1,193,894 48,859 1,446,088 58,244

 

G. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to September 30, 2015, 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 Malvern Funds and the Shareholders of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index 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 Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (constituting a separate portfolio of Vanguard Malvern Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at September 30, 2015, 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 periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and broker, by agreement to the underlying ownership records of the transfer agent and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 16, 2015

Special 2015 tax information (unaudited) for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected
Securities Index Fund


This information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, is included pursuant to provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code.

For nonresident alien shareholders, 100% of income dividends are interest-related dividends.

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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, 2015      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund 3/31/2015 9/30/2015 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $998.35 $0.80
ETF Shares 1,000.00 998.97 0.35
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 999.18 0.35
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 999.59 0.20
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.27 $0.81
ETF Shares 1,000.00 1,024.72 0.36
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.72 0.36
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,024.87 0.20

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 0.16% for Investor Shares, 0.07% for ETF Shares, 0.07% for Admiral Shares, and 0.04% for Institutional 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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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.

Average Coupon. The average interest rate paid on the fixed income securities held by a fund. It is expressed as a percentage of face value.

Average Duration. An estimate of how much the value of the fund’s bonds will fluctuate in response to a change in “real” interest rates—meaning rates without inflation expectations built in. Real interest rates are reflected in market yields for inflation-adjusted securities. To see how the fund’s bond values could change, multiply the average duration by the change in real rates. For example, if the average duration were five years, then the value of the fund’s bonds would decline by about 5% if real interest rates rose by 1 percentage point. Conversely, if real rates fell by a percentage point, the value of the bonds would rise about 5%.

Average Effective Maturity. The average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration the possibility that the issuer may call the bond before its maturity date. The figure reflects the proportion of fund assets represented by each security; it also reflects any futures contracts held. In general, the longer the average effective maturity, the more a fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market interest rates.

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.

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.

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.

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

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Yield to Maturity. This term generally refers to the rate of return an investor would receive if the fixed income securities held by a fund were held to their maturity dates. For the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund, the calculation is modified by adding in the inflation adjustment made over the past 12 months. This change results in a figure more directly comparable to the yield-to-maturity figures for other types of bond funds. (An unmodified yield to maturity is used in calculating the fund’s 30-Day SEC Yield.)

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Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold, or promoted by Barclays Capital Inc. or any of its affiliates (“Barclays”). Barclays makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners or purchasers of the fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the fund particularly or the ability of the Barclays index to track general bond market performance. Barclays has not passed on the legality or suitability of the fund with respect to any person or entity. Barclays’ only relationship to Vanguard and the fund is the licensing of the Barclays index, which is determined, composed, and calculated by Barclays without regard to Vanguard or the fund or any owners or purchasers of the fund. Barclays has no obligation to take the needs of Vanguard, the fund, or the owners of the fund into consideration in determining, composing, or calculating the Barclays index. Barclays is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the fund to be issued. Barclays has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of the fund.

Barclays shall have no liability to third parties for the quality, accuracy, and/or completeness of the index or any data included therein or for interruptions in the delivery of the index. Barclays makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by owners of the fund or any other person or entity from the use of the index or any data included therein in connection with the rights licensed hereunder or for any other use. Barclays reserves the right to change the methods of calculation or publication, or to cease the calculation or publication of the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index, and Barclays shall not be liable for any miscalculation of or any incorrect, delayed, or interrupted publication with respect to the index. Barclays makes no express or implied warranties, and hereby expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the index or any data included therein. Barclays shall not be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, any indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of the index or any data included therein.

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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 194 Vanguard funds.

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

InterestedTrustee1 Rajiv L. Gupta
  Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal
F. William McNabb III Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of
Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Tyco
Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of International PLC (diversified manufacturing and
the investment companies served by The Vanguard services), Hewlett-Packard Co. (electronic computer
Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive PLC
Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New
President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of Mountain Capital.
the investment companies served by The Vanguard  
Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Amy Gutmann
Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal
Group (1995–2008). Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
  Other Experience: President of the University of
IndependentTrustees Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
  Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and
Emerson U. Fullwood Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal School for Communication, with secondary faculty
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School
Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of
Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the
Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential
(document management products and services); Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished  
Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Technology; Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal
manufacturing), the United Way of Rochester, Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
Amerigroup Corporation (managed health care), the Experience: Corporate Vice President and Chief
University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and Member
Community College Foundation, and North Carolina of the Executive Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson
A&T University. & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/
  consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge
  Corporation (hotels), the University Medical Center
  at Princeton, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
  and the Center for Talent Innovation; Member of
  the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s
  Leadership at Rutgers University.

 

 

F. Joseph Loughrey Executive Officers  
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Glenn Booraem  
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer Born 1967. Treasurer Since May 2015. Principal
(retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group,
consumer services), and of Oxfam America; Director Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies
of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials served by The Vanguard Group; Controller of each of
Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), the Lumina Foundation the investment companies served by The Vanguard
for Education, and the V Foundation for Cancer Group (2010–2015); Assistant Controller of each of
Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the the investment companies served by The Vanguard
College of Arts and Letters and of the Advisory Board Group (2001–2010).  
to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both
at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas J. Higgins  
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September
Mark Loughridge 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the
Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology Treasurer of each of the investment companies served
services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).
Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical  
Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth. Peter Mahoney
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal
Scott C. Malpass Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Other Experience: Head of Global Fund Accounting
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other at The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the
Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard
Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Group (2008–2014).  
Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame  
403(b) Investment Committee; Board Member of Heidi Stam
TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic Investment Born 1956. Secretary Since July 2005. Principal
Services, Inc. (investment advisors); Member of Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other
the Investment Advisory Committee of Major Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard
League Baseball. Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group;
Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the
André F. Perold investment companies served by The Vanguard Group;
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Marketing Corporation.  
Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and    
Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam
(retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Managing Mortimer J. Buckley Chris D. McIsaac
Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment Kathleen C. Gubanich James M. Norris
firm); Director of Rand Merchant Bank; Overseer of Paul A. Heller Thomas M. Rampulla
the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal    
Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer    
(retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications John J. Brennan  
equipment); Trustee of Colby-Sawyer College;  Chairman, 1996–2009  
Member of the Advisory Board of the Norris Cotton    
Cancer Center and of the Advisory Board of the  Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Parthenon Group (strategy consulting).    
Founder  
  John C. Bogle  
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

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.

 

 

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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

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

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Audit Fees of the Registrant

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $190,000
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $106,000

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

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $7,000,200
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $6,605,127

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, 2015: $2,899,096
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $2,176,479

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, 2015: $353,389
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $316,869

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.

 

(d) All Other Fees.

Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015: $202,313
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $198,163

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, 2015: $555,702
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014: $515,032

 

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.

The Registrant is a listed issuer as defined in rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). The Registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Registrant’s audit committee members are: Emerson U. Fullwood, Rajiv L. Gupta, Amy Gutmann, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, F. Joseph Loughrey, Mark Loughridge, Scott C. Malpass, André F. Perold, and Peter F. Volanakis.

Item 6: Investments.

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

     (a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

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

Item 12: Exhibits.

(a) Code of Ethics.
(b) Certifications.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: November 18, 2015

 

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 MALVERN FUNDS
 

 

BY:

/s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Date: November 18, 2015

 

 

VANGUARD MALVERN FUNDS
 
BY: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

Date: November 18, 2015

 

* By: /s/ Heidi Stam

Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on April 22, 2014 see file Number 2-17620, Incorporated by Reference.